JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Sep 24 2006 10:38 PM
Are there any surf covers of classical music besides Swan Lake? Can anybody point me to it? I think one of the three guitar bands should cover some classical. Don't look at us, we have a waltz already, although it is an original.
I really enjoy classical music, almost to the exclusion of all other music(although I don't listen to it that much but when I do I don't care about other music).
Beethoven's 9th(Ode to Joy) is a great and obvious one to cover. Its a very grand piece of work and in my opinion could be surfed up quite easily.
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CaptainSpringfield
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Under the Sun
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Posted on Sep 24 2006 11:52 PM
The Ventures and Terauchi Takeshi have both done albums comprised entirely of classical covers.
For individual songs on albums, good luck. There's a ton.
-Warren
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wetreverb
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 76
Panorama City, CA
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 12:24 AM
Back in the '80's with the Second Wave, Jon & The Nightriders did a killer recording of the William Tell Overture. Much of Classical Music has its roots in Folk Music, especially Gypsy Folk Music. Therefore, I've always felt that "Malaguena" belongs in the "Classical" camp since it fuses very old folk and flamenco elements.
Bruce D
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MelWaldorf
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 12:39 AM
Montreal band Les Baronics did a full album of classical tunes in the surf style called "Get Bach!" in the late 1990s. It features Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and is a fantastic CD.
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SurfBandBill
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San Francisco
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 12:45 AM
Let's not forget the Surf Coasters' version of "Bumblebee", and also Satan's Pilgrims' version of Hungarian Dance No. 5 from their self-titled album.
~B~
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DannySnyder
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 07:35 AM
MelWaldorf
Montreal band Les Baronics did a full album of classical tunes in the surf style called "Get Bach!" in the late 1990s. It features Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and is a fantastic CD.
Mel is absolutely right, this is a must have CD  . For sheer inventiveness, it's incredible. Flawless playing, brilliant arrangements, you'll listen to it again and again.
— Danny Snyder
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spskins
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tn
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 08:36 AM
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WR
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netherlands
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 09:09 AM
just wondering - are we talking trad. classical, or prog classical, or third wave classical with trad. influences here?
seriously, Im amazed at how 'clasiscal' is used to describe centuries of completly different music here, while a question about '63 or '64 can cause a lengthy debate. So, which composers / styles / periods / compositions lend itself for surf covering? anyone with lots of the quoted above see a trend? anyone who knows more about classical music than I do have an opinion on what would work. Unfortunatly I don't know too much about classical music, but Im willing to learn. keep posting!
I'll give a starter: "Mozart would suck as surf composer". too much notes, too much 8ths in a row, it would sound like reverberated progmetal or something. I think Shuberts Ave Maria would work pretty well in an astronauts like arrangement.
WR
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WR
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netherlands
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 09:09 AM
Oh just remebr, no one mentioned dance macabre yet, I think I heard that a couple of times. and "hall of the mountain king"
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 09:51 AM
In the not too distant future, look for a TomorrowMen version of Au Claire de Lune. (that's a secret  )
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Fripperton
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 10:19 AM
We do a version of Fur Elise that quotes the Fifth and the Ninth somewhere in the middle. I haven't recorded it yet but I'm planning to put it on the next CD. We also do a cover version of "Brahm's Nightmare."
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PolloGuitar
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San Francisco
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 10:45 AM
The Baronics CD is definitely worth seeking out, just fantastic. A great introduction for people who think surf music is simplistic. Which is not to say that they have complicated arrangements or are a prog band in any way. Just snappy 3 minute versions of classical music's best known songs. FWIW, The Baronics "Get Bach" was the best selling CD ever from my POP Mart.
Danny Snyder asked me a few weeks ago- if I would want to hear a compilation or tribute, what would it be. Definitely a "Surf Goes To The Symphony" compilation. Pollo has already covered "Hall of the Mountain King". I think some other pieces that deserve a turn are "Bolero" and Rimsky-Korsokoff's "Sheherazade.
Speaking of R-K, "Bumble Bee Boogie" and it's variations are based on his short piece "Flight of the Bumble Bee". B Bumble and the Stingers also recorded "Nut Rocker" a variation on the Nutcracker suite. And the Ventures "Rap City" is based on Rhapsody in Blue.
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skeeter
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Virginia, USA
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 10:53 AM
A classical comp sounds like a cool idea. Gotta admit, some of the tribute comps have been getting a little weird lately, but somehow this idea really makes sense?
We do Sabre Dance and it's one of my favorite covers that we do, plus it gets really good crowd reaction too.
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Klas
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 01:39 PM
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bigtikidude
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Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 01:48 PM
DannySnyder
MelWaldorf
Montreal band Les Baronics did a full album of classical tunes in the surf style called "Get Bach!" in the late 1990s. It features Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and is a fantastic CD.
Mel is absolutely right, this is a must have CD . For sheer inventiveness, it's incredible. Flawless playing, brilliant arrangements, you'll listen to it again and again.
There was also a 2nd cd that they did, I cant recall the title.
But I wanna say it was some classical, and a few Brit Invasion songs.
But don't quote me, I could never find it.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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DannySnyder
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 01:59 PM
bigtikidude
There was also a 2nd cd that they did, I cant recall the title.
But I wanna say it was some classical, and a few Brit Invasion songs.
But don't quote me, I could never find it.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
Nope, mostly surf standards.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
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Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Seattle
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Posted on Sep 25 2006 08:38 PM
WR
just wondering - are we talking trad. classical, or prog classical, or third wave classical with trad. influences here?
seriously, Im amazed at how 'clasiscal' is used to describe centuries of completly different music here, while a question about '63 or '64 can cause a lengthy debate. So, which composers / styles / periods / compositions lend itself for surf covering? anyone with lots of the quoted above see a trend? anyone who knows more about classical music than I do have an opinion on what would work. Unfortunatly I don't know too much about classical music, but Im willing to learn. keep posting!
I'll give a starter: "Mozart would suck as surf composer". too much notes, too much 8ths in a row, it would sound like reverberated progmetal or something. I think Shuberts Ave Maria would work pretty well in an astronauts like arrangement.
WR
The Baroque period is my favorite, but wouldn't lend itself to surf quite as well as other periods of classical because of all the 8ths(and many times 16ths in a row). Vivaldi for example has many trills on the Violin that just wouldn't work for surf. When I say Classical I mean before 1850 or so(I randomly chose that date).
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wetreverb
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Panorama City, CA
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Posted on Sep 27 2006 02:48 AM
There are so many standards we use to define different terms, like "Classical Music" To me, as one who was raised listening almost exclusively to music that was 150+ years old, Classical is more about the style than actual date of composition.
For instance, composers from the 1875-1930 period are considered "Classical" by most, but in terms of style, they were extremely avant-garde in pushing the envelope of orchestral music, to a point where ATONALITY became a recurring feature of their composition.
Yet, by the 1920's the seeds were germinating for a resurgence of trad themes, and the Neo-Romanticists, (including Rachmaninoff, who composed traditional symphonies into the 1940's) held sway also.
As far as Classical themes recorded by Instro bands, no-one'e yet mentioned one of the best, "Ten Seconds To Heaven" recorded by The Ventures in the mid-60's.
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Double-Crown-Records
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Posted on Sep 30 2006 10:53 AM
Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys - Let's Go Classics is here for download. I believe the CD is also available through Amazon Japan:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/09/japanese_surf_v.html
http://www.whitepage.com.au/XtabaysWorld/32913/
It is pretty amazing stuff!!!!
Sean
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Sep 30 2006 03:42 PM
I've tried to find the Terry and the Blue Jeans LP but it is always too exspensive. Thanks Sean.
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