We Will Rock You

poomshanka · Post by **poomshanka** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:03 pm

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'!!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:41 pm

Freddy (spinnin' in his grave) meets Frankie Goes To Hollywood...

Kevin Miller · Post by **Kevin Miller** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:45 pm

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.

poomshanka · Post by **poomshanka** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:00 pm

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

tubeast · Post by **tubeast** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:50 am

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.