[kj] OT: Billy Bragg: Proud to meet the Queen, have symphonic works performed w/ his lyrics

[Alexander Smith]

There was a point when I was interested in chasing down every little  
piece of symphonic music Jaz was involved in. While I do like some of  
it (notably the SONGS FROM THE VICTORIOUS CITY project with Anne  
Dudley), most of it fails to sustain my interest.  I admire Jaz for  
his myriad musical accomplishments, but I'll stick with his work with  
Killing Joke.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:35 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> Honestly, I haven't heard the symphonic Led Zeppelin stuff and am  

> not eager to. That sounds like one of the worst ideas in history to  

> me.

>

> Seriously, though, since being EU Composer-in-Residence, what has  

> Jaz done other than make cameos on other bands' stuff? Is that what  

> the job entails? I'd actually like to know. But I don't wanna sit  

> through symphonies of classic rock. Ugh.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

>

> Brendan wrote:

>> what's goin' on with Jaz and that high falutn '

>> "EU-Composer-in-Residence" stuff? Hmm?  -Oliver]

>>

>> Expanding his musical interests wider and deeper, I think it's  

>> brilliant

>> myself. Haven't got any of that stuff, but am keen to get the  

>> Symphonic

>> Led Zep, Oceania etc...I've heard some of the symphonic version of  

>> Kashmir

>> on Youtube and it sounds great to me...I tend to agree with him  

>> that all

>> the previous symphonic rock albums are trash (although I do think  

>> that

>> those symphonic / operatic elements in Queen, ELO, Beatles etc  

>> aren't too

>> bad).

>>

>> I sat through a few songs of Metallica with an orchestra on telly  

>> a while

>> back and it was god awful (to me)...didn't enhance the music at  

>> all, quite

>> the opposite.

>

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