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We Will Rock You
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 5:03 pm
by poomshanka
It don't git much mo squarer than this, complete with a slammin' tuba solo right in da middle...
http://www.daveamason.com/tuba/we_will_rock_you.mp3
Rokkin'!!
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:41 pm
by windshieldbug
Freddy (spinnin' in his grave) meets Frankie Goes To Hollywood...
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:45 pm
by Kevin Miller
It's like a real corny pun; the more you groan, the better it is. That arrangement is so bad and corny that it's good.
It has sort of a Castrati-Lloyd Webber-Klezmer kind of thing going on.
Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 9:00 pm
by poomshanka
Kevin Miller wrote:It's like a real corny pun; the more you groan, the better it is. That arrangement is so bad and corny that it's good.
Yes, I think that was what they were aiming for. It's Max Raabe und das Palast Orchester, and they've actually got some pretty cool stuff going on:
http://www.palastorchester.de/
Under the "HOME" nav button, there's an English option.
And if you thought that was wild...
http://www.daveamason.com/aprilstage/oo ... _again.mp3
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 1:50 am
by tubeast
These people are quite well known in German speaking countries. They perform in a style that was popular in the pre-WWII German movie-era. The singer tries (and, to my opinion, succeeds in) imitating that squawking sound effect that you hear on old shellack records and real old copies of movies from that time.
They also released a CD named "Tanz-Gala" in cooperation with an association of German professional dancing teachers. That features classical ballroom literature and is to be taken more seriously.