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

[GREG SLAWSON]

Why not just go straight to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. I always thought of them as punk (or at least New Wave) classical (although their sound is more classical-ish). I know nothing else about them > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:48:02 +1300> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Billy Bragg: Proud to meet the Queen, have symphonic works performed w/ his lyrics> > I'll give the Led Zep and SFTFVC albums a chance as soon as I get around> to getting around to it, the guy is just so brilliant in KJ, and I love> the orchestral parts in a lot of their stuff from Pandemonium on that I> have to give it a try. Also a huge Zep fan so it's a no brainer. I like> epic sounding stuff too (Kashmir, No Quarter).> > Olly do you venture out of punk / post-punk much? I'm trying to draw a> mental line from Punk to Classical. It's a bit convoluted, and I'm sure> there's many ways you could do it...I'll give it a stab:> > Punk. Post Punk. Industrial / Metal. Rock. Classic rock. Operatic rock> (Queen / ELO). Operatic pop (Nigel Kennedy, Vanessa Mae). Classical.> > You could of course go straight from punk to rock...hard to say whether> metal or punk is closer to straight rock I suppose...> > >> > 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.> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> Gathering mailing list> >> Gathering at misera.net> >> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> > _______________________________________________> > Gathering mailing list> > Gathering at misera.net> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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