Doug on Demand - Episode 24
Added 2025-05-27 20:41:37 +0000 UTCHere's the Zoom recording from our 24th session this past Sunday! I hope you enjoy...
Selections:
Fair to Midland - The Greener Grass
Jane's Addiction - Three Days
Marcus King - Delilah (Live)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - East Hastings
Just a Clone - Somniphobe
Cole Porter - Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw)
Jethro Tull/London Symphony Orchestra - Aqualung
Wheel - Vultures
Nova Collective - Cascades
Porcupine Tree - The Sound of Muzak
Car Seat Headrest - Gethsemane
Comments
I have the same comment with another Rock to Classical translation. I have a cd of the London Symphony Orchestra performing the music of Genesis. While most of the interpretation is well done, primarily because the music of Genesis is already lyrical, there are some songs that do not translate well. Turn It On Again and I Know What I Like are great as Prog Rock songs, but do not belong in Classical.
Andrew Marsh
2025-05-31 22:50:04 +0000 UTCOh, man! Jane's Addiction's Three Days is such an amazing track.
Jean-Michel LaFontaine
2025-05-30 06:12:13 +0000 UTCMy main complaint with orchestral versions of rock songs is...somewhat unimaginative scoring (i.e., big brass for big guitar, etc.). I also kinda think it's a bad cheat to use rock bass, drums, and guitar...also because, the thing that makes a good rock band work is the individual styles of the folks playing the bass and drums. So just throwing in a generic drummer and bass player tends to ruin the flavor. I'd probably rather hear an orchestration that works within the general confines of an orchestra. I mean, I am not an orchestrator, and I fully can imagine that it must be a huge challenge. In any event...someone should do it with King Crimson stuff. I once heard a string ensemble arrangement of '90s-era Crimson...and it was fabulous. Very Bartok.
Jeff Norman
2025-05-30 04:12:46 +0000 UTC
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