Is Rush E difficulty overrated?

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I recently heard this piece known for being the hardest piece (according to none other than the creator, and fans) and it didn't sound ridiculously hard. Don't get me wrong, it'd take years and years to get to this level. That being said, it doesn't even compare to some of liszt  ... It just seems like it'd compare to the 6th Hungarian Rhapsody, for example, if given all octaves in the right hand (and nowhere near Liszt musically. The hungarian rhapsodies are actually what it reminds me of, like a simplified version of one of them.

If you haven't seen this video, tell me what you think. It's the four hands of it, and it really just reminds me of Traum's HR 2 four hands video.

I'm not trying to persuade you. I'm just wondering why it seems so overrated in difficulty - if you agree, or if you could try to point me as to why this piece is so difficult. Right now its supposed "difficulty" just seems like a way to gain fans to me.

[lelle]

It's probably a joke/meme. Doesn't look super hard.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

The fact that 2 people are playing it disqualifies from being considered "difficult" for solo piano lol.

Either way, tbh it doesn't come CLOSE to the difficulty of some of the T.E, Islamey, Gaspard De La Nuit, Grand Galop Chromatique, and certainly not Galop in A Minor (which I believe is the hardest piece that lasts less than 10 minutes). Heck, some of the Chopin Etudes might be harder than that (looking at Chromatic and Double Thirds).

Then again, who am I to judge? I've only just finished Fur Elise and Raindrop Prelude and have been playing for about 8 months. Take my opinions on difficulty with a healthy dose of salt.

Difficulty is subjective anyways though. Just because I have my opinion doesn't mean you don't have yours, and vice versa. There are plenty of people, both less and more qualified than me, who think the opposite. There are plenty who agree. I could go on, but I think you get my point.

[piabanoch]

is not difficult as most people thinks and the difficulty depends on the arrangement

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The fact that 2 people are playing it disqualifies from being considered "difficult" for solo piano lol.

They're playing it 4 hands because they perceive it as "impossible" and are therefor playing it in a more playable way.

is not difficult as most people thinks and the difficulty depends on the arrangement

Well, I'm considering the hardest one I've ever seen. He wrote it for different levels and I don't really know which is which but it doesn't seem super hard at all.

It's probably a joke/meme. Doesn't look super hard.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.

Then again, who am I to judge? I've only just finished Fur Elise and Raindrop Prelude and have been playing for about 8 months. Take my opinions on difficulty with a healthy dose of salt.

It's not ridiculously hard, but I did and still do have trouble with Fur Elise. Its sparseness is something that develops over time ... and the B section is fiendish. This is coming from someone who can literally play the Hungarian Rhapsody 2 to the same standard.