Friday Night is Rocked-Up Classical Music Night

[ufkacbln]

Vivaldi by Curved Air - not many rock bands have violin solos, never mind one as long as this!

Prog Rock at its finest

 

[ufkacbln]

Yngwie Malmsteem

 

[Fnaar]

Dis has ta feetcha, gangsta! (actually, I really love this, though am a 52 year old white middle class male, prob'ly not the target audience)

 

[Fnaar]

Anyone remember Linda Lewis (Its in his kiss etc)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqXnsbxe9FU

i love her voice

 

[Glow worm]

Some shyster called Johann Pachelbel had the cheek to rip off The Farm's 90's classic 'Altogether Now'

 

[colly]

Billy Joel : This Night will last Forever


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRvDvVu-Jzo


Beethoven : Pathetique Sonata


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGq3-Fi_zQY

 

[Glow worm]

Good thread this. I know next to nowt about classical music - and having a Classic FM (shudder) listening partner doesn't help, as whenever I hear it, it sounds to me like someone's funeral. Either that or there's an Autoglass ad on - which is most of the time.
But some of the stuff on this thread is tolerable - even for an old rocker like me.

 

[AndyRM]

Two pages and no mention of Trans Siberian Orchestra?!

 

[ufkacbln]

Depends if you class Andrew Lloyd Webber as "classical, but NIghtwish and Phantom of the opera is worth a look

The singer Tarja Turunen can certainly sing, and the tempo change is superb.

I however can't quite work out the two girls in the audience who seem to be finding it an almost rapturous experience!

 

[AndyRM]

View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JxVw5FpZgxc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJxVw5FpZgxc



View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5qdkNtq5Znw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5qdkNtq5Znw



View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SclJmnRMLnQ&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSclJmnRMLnQ



View: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2aIVKp1OY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dzf2aIVKp1OY

 

[Brains]

Handel, as I'm sure he intended, worth watching all the way through

 

[Brains]

Depends if you class Andrew Lloyd Webber as "classical, but NIghtwish and Phantom of the opera is worth a look

The singer Tarja Turunen can certainly sing, and the tempo change is superb.

I however can't quite work out the two girls in the audience who seem to be finding it an almost rapturous experience!

Stunning!

 

[AndyRM]

I however can't quite work out the two girls in the audience who seem to be finding it an almost rapturous experience!

Having seen Nightwish in their glory days, I can confirm that listening to Tarja is a truly memorable experience. Those lassies have maybe gone a bit far, but I can understand their reaction.

 

[srw]

Here's an absolute shocker...
DJ Mozart
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View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aPOJVmGCdQ
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That's brilliant. So bad it's good. Not a lot of Mozart, mind you - more DJ Rossini, Offenbach and Johann Strauss II.

 

[srw]

Gently rocked-up, and done with a lot of love and skill.

More extreme - it's part of a double CD of all the Goldberg variations. I'm afraid Jazzers generally do it better than Rockers.

David Rees Williams is another jazzer who's done some great things with classical music - unfortunately no video links.