Classical instruments meet modern songs...

[fireheart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjOQac1vOEc

A cello duo perform "Smooth Criminal".

Fucking. Awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSByj...feature=relmfu

Same duo, this time doing "Welcome TO the Jungle."

[draggar]

Nice job, those have to be some fairly well built cellos to be able to put up with the stress they give them.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Holy crap, look at the horsehair fly!

Wow!

Yeah, the cellos aren't the only things that are well built. I'm just sayin'.

[SG15Z]

Yeah I saw those vids a few weeks ago. I LOVE this group!

[RayvenQ]

Sadly they aren't available to watch on those links in the UK, well, the second one isn't anyway.

and WTF is with those super serious head shakes and stares.

[Frantic Freddie]

Speakin' as a musician myself,those guys are smokin'!!!
Used to be classical musicians were too "highbrow" to even consider rock music but now you got guys like that,very cool.

Emerson,Lake & Palmer did Ginastera,Copeland & Mussgorsky

[draggar]

Used to be classical musicians were too "highbrow" to even consider rock music but now you got guys like that,very cool.

I was a music major and you have no idea how true that was (still is in many cases).

3 semesters of music history and analysis classes - only a picture and a paragraph (a short one) of the Beatles.

[fireheart]

Holy crap, look at the horsehair fly!

Wow!

Yeah, the cellos aren't the only things that are well built. I'm just sayin'.

I would be willing to bet that they keep extra bows in a bucket somewhere. (there was a story I'd heard somewhere that Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull used to keep extra flutes on stage in a bucket)

[AdminAssistant]

3 semesters of music history and analysis classes - only a picture and a paragraph (a short one) of the Beatles.

It's changed. Now you have entire classes devoted to 'rock/pop music theory' or 'hip hop culture', etc....because they're extremely popular with college students.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I've seen the Smooth Criminal video before, but never seen Welcome to the Jungle. Awesome...would love to seem them in person...

For the music, of course

[tropicsgoddess]

Holy crap that was FUCKIN' AWESOME!!!

[fireheart]

Holy crap that was FUCKIN' AWESOME!!!

Apparaently they have an album released. And its going on my iPod

ETA: They also did U2's With or Without You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNtali_cuYA

ETA2: They DO have a CD released. Just had a look at the track listing (I know where I'm headed next week )

Where The Streets Have No Name (U2)
Misirlou{Theme From Pulp Fiction} (Dick Dale)
Use Somebody (Kings Of Leon)
Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
Fragile (Sting)
The Resistance (Muse)
Hurt (Trent Reznor/Johnny Cash)
Welcome To The Jungle (Guns N' Roses)
Human Nature (Michael Jackson)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
With Or Without You (U2)

[BookstoreEscapee]

Ooh, nice. I don't have enough on my account to preorder it on itunes; i'll have to pick up a gift card next time I'm somewhere that sells them. (I refuse to keep a credit card linked to my account...waaayyyy too easy to spend money that way ).

[fireheart]

Ooh, nice. I don't have enough on my account to preorder it on itunes; i'll have to pick up a gift card next time I'm somewhere that sells them. (I refuse to keep a credit card linked to my account...waaayyyy too easy to spend money that way ).

Ditto. Although I had to deauthorize access to iTunes store because iTunes kept freezing.

I'm going to buy the physical album. For any Aussies, have a look in JB Hi-Fi if you're interested.