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All those albums that transpose the music of a rock band to a foreign genre. (Not talking about stray jazz or bluegrass interpretations of pop tunes, which are a dime a dozen.)

What sensibilities do these appeal to? Are they worthwhile endeavors? Hopelessly middlebrow or daringly transgressive? Are their lesser and greater examples? Are the tranpositions sometimes clever and inventive or typically leaden and obvious, like an entire string section playing the riff to "Satisfaction" at once?

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Jaz Coleman & Youth have undertaken a bunch of symphonic handlings of rock bands (notably the Doors, Zep, Floyd)...and the results have almost always been absolutely dire.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

slightly different,but i would recommend the balanescu quartet's kraftwerk covers

― robin (robin), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

The Ukranians re-styled a bunch of Smiths tunes inna Ukranian folk song stylee, and it was a blessed event.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

that EP was something of a talisman for me in college.

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

P.S. Ukranians = Wedding Present

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope. Ukranians started out as the Wedding Present, then became Peter Solowka's own band, with no further participation from Gedge (who does not play on said Smiths EP).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

point taken!

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

This record kicks major butt.

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In case the type's too small to read, that's "Jewels and Binoculars: The Music of Bob Dylan" a kind of jazz tribute by Michael Moore, Lindsay Horner, and Michael Vatcher.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

that looks very ecm

"jewels and binoculars" is also the name of a giant dylan bootleg set that sells for $750 at vintage vinyl.

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a bit ECMesque - in that sophisticated European jazz way - though it's really more Dutch jazz, which tends to be a bit more lighthearted and fun than the typical ECM venture, at least to my ears.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

slightly different,but i would recommend the balanescu quartet's kraftwerk covers

i second that - they are stunning - and also the Senor coconut versions for a laugh.

― jed_e_3 (jed_e_3), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

The "symphonics" are all terrible. But some of the other ones ... anything the Kronos quartet does, are worthwhile.

― Z. Sachs (Zach S.), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm all for "Apocalyptica" truly a good tribute... other than that, I can do without... though I will say that the Cold Gin cover on "Spacwalk: A Tribute to Ace Frehley" idone by Jason McMaster/John Norum is pretty fucking kick ass, as is Garth Brooks "Hard Luck Woman" on KISS My Ass. I could take or leave the rest.

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Tuesday, 26 August 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I an heatily recommend Luther Wright And The Wrongs' country version of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'. On the cover, the wall is made of hay bales, and they cover the entire album with fiddles and banjos. It's surprisingly listenable.

― laticsmon, Wednesday, 27 August 2003 09:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Wasn't there just a dub reggae version of Dark Side of the Moon released? I heard one song on the radio and it seemed okay.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 27 August 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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