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What are you listening to? Part III
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So...
My daughter has a viola recital coming up. For one of her pieces (in only picking up the viola 6 weeks ago), she's playing Mary Had a Little Lamb. I wish it was the Stevie Ray Vaughan version, but that's for a different time. 😁 But for her finale, she's going to play Ode to Joy. So I was able to do something I haven't done in a long time: pulled out my bassoon, and played along with her so she knew what she needed to do with the 8th notes in the piece.
My son, on the other hand, has a piece that he's needing to learn, which is from Orpheus in the Underworld (I knew it as Orpheus Overture). Everyone knows it. Trust, me, you know it. With my son, as I didn't have time to pull out my bassoon again, I instead pulled out my guitar and played the piece, along with a metronome so he could keep up at a shorter tempo. He had trouble hearing my playing, so I plugged into my amp, with full on distortion, and off we went.. But that got me thinking: Is there one? No... there couldn't be.. could there? So I went to search, and yes, THERE IS.
Picture a huge full on brawl of a bar fight. bottles being cracked over people's heads, punches flown, bodies flying everywhere, tables and chairs being thrown, windows broken, bodies thrown through the broken windows, the entire lot... then synchronize that to the Galop Infernal from Orpheus in the Underworld...
.. and you get one of the best metal covers of the Can-Can you've ever heard. 🤘🤘😈
BL.
My daughter has a viola recital coming up. For one of her pieces (in only picking up the viola 6 weeks ago), she's playing Mary Had a Little Lamb. I wish it was the Stevie Ray Vaughan version, but that's for a different time. 😁 But for her finale, she's going to play Ode to Joy. So I was able to do something I haven't done in a long time: pulled out my bassoon, and played along with her so she knew what she needed to do with the 8th notes in the piece.
My son, on the other hand, has a piece that he's needing to learn, which is from Orpheus in the Underworld (I knew it as Orpheus Overture). Everyone knows it. Trust, me, you know it. With my son, as I didn't have time to pull out my bassoon again, I instead pulled out my guitar and played the piece, along with a metronome so he could keep up at a shorter tempo. He had trouble hearing my playing, so I plugged into my amp, with full on distortion, and off we went.. But that got me thinking: Is there one? No... there couldn't be.. could there? So I went to search, and yes, THERE IS.
Picture a huge full on brawl of a bar fight. bottles being cracked over people's heads, punches flown, bodies flying everywhere, tables and chairs being thrown, windows broken, bodies thrown through the broken windows, the entire lot... then synchronize that to the Galop Infernal from Orpheus in the Underworld...
.. and you get one of the best metal covers of the Can-Can you've ever heard. 🤘🤘😈
BL.
The Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (thank you, Offenbach) is a fantastic (lively, thrilling, rollicking) piece of music.
Anyway, you are absolutely right; everyone knows it - or, rather, they will recognise it when they hear it.
And, as for modern or metallic versions of well known classical pieces, I recall an electronic version (a strangely compelling electronic version) - by Gary Numan (of Tubeway Army) of Erik Satie's well known (and beautiful and haunting) Gymnopedie No 1.
Trying my hardest to not get political here.. but I am not a 100% all-praise-be-to-the-military kind of person. To be exact, I'm not a 100% military complex guy. I have seen the outcomes of the risks of being in the military and the sacrifices one makes while in the military, and I can not praise those who are in the military enough for what they do to protect us. (Side note: I wanted to serve, but when applying, I was judged "medically unable", so the military did not want me.) That argument is for a different day on a different topic in a different forum.
Now what does this have to do with what I'm listening to? It will all come together shortly.
Now, that said, while I am not 100% pro-military complex, I am 100% pro-people who serve, as well as a 100% pro-true historian. And with not only Veteran's Day coming up in the US, but Christmas as well (I may even pull this out for ANZAC Day), one of the bands that has recently won me over, is Sabaton. They are a band from Sweden, whose albums to date have centered around telling the accurate history of World War I; not what has been whitewashed over or what certain people want you to think has happened, but true, accurate history.
In this case, just a few days ago, Sabaton released the first single off of their upcoming album, The War to End All Wars, called Christmas Truce. While the visualizations are there for the performance, the song retells the story of the actual Christmas Truce, which happened on Christmas Day, 1914.
Finally, being a musician, as I tend to get lost in the music and playing music, I rarely get emotional when it comes to music. This one had me in tears. Enjoy.
BL.
Now what does this have to do with what I'm listening to? It will all come together shortly.
Now, that said, while I am not 100% pro-military complex, I am 100% pro-people who serve, as well as a 100% pro-true historian. And with not only Veteran's Day coming up in the US, but Christmas as well (I may even pull this out for ANZAC Day), one of the bands that has recently won me over, is Sabaton. They are a band from Sweden, whose albums to date have centered around telling the accurate history of World War I; not what has been whitewashed over or what certain people want you to think has happened, but true, accurate history.
In this case, just a few days ago, Sabaton released the first single off of their upcoming album, The War to End All Wars, called Christmas Truce. While the visualizations are there for the performance, the song retells the story of the actual Christmas Truce, which happened on Christmas Day, 1914.
Finally, being a musician, as I tend to get lost in the music and playing music, I rarely get emotional when it comes to music. This one had me in tears. Enjoy.
BL.
What a great time it was to be coming of age in these times:
A few pieces from the soundtrack of The Hours (by Philip Glass).
Morning Passages, The Hours, among others.
Morning Passages, The Hours, among others.
This reminds me of this song:
Mastadon - Blood and Thunder
I know the only thing in common is the name...
