the string quartet tribute to ....

[tami]

so i'm listening to this string quartet tribute to enya right now and it's addictive music :thumbsup:

i recently bought the tributes to DMB, coldplay, and REM off ebay. still waiting for them to arrive 🙂 my coworker has the coldplay one and it rocks.

anyone else own any CDs by the string quartet?

link

there are more if you click on the letter to the left.

 

[tami]

there's no love for cool music.

oh, i own the linkin park one too. runaway is great 🙂

 

[JoeKing]

the metallica one is pretty cool. I've got that one some where around here.

 

[Cashmoney995]

Holy crap, I was wishing for something like this a while back!

Cant find a lot of them on the *fast* line...and man they are expensive....but it sounds real good. Hmmm...gonna have to wait for my job to start before I get spend happy.

Oh crap ebay! hmmmmmmmm thanks for the tip!

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: Cashmoney995
Holy crap, I was wishing for something like this a while back!

don't buy it from the aforementioned website. ebay has them about 50% cheaper. great music. 🙂

 

[KeyserSoze]

I've heard some of these, and they are really good.




KS

 

[dugweb]

i think they are kind of annoying.

 

[ThePresence]

:thumbsup:

 

[stringcheeseincident]

Tool.

 

[machoman013]

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
Tool.

why would he be a certain body part?


- - yeah some of them are pretty good, some songs just shouldn't be redone by strings.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: machoman013

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
Tool.

why would he be a certain body part?


- - yeah some of them are pretty good, some songs just shouldn't be redone by strings.

agreed. but overall, it's cool. the fun part is when it's done so well that you can start singing the lyrics along with the instruments.

 

[tami]

radiohead is good too 😉

 

[nakedfrog]

I love some of Apocalyptica's stuff, but that's a different group altogether.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Coldplay and linkin park should not have tributes.

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
Coldplay and linkin park should not have tributes.

actually, the coldplay and linkin park ones are their best ones. are you saying that because you dislike the music? it's pretty amazing what the string quartets can do to the music.

 

[LeiZaK]

i like the nirvana and tori amos ones

 

[ethebubbeth]

Apocalyptica does some amazing metal covers as well as some excellent material of their own. Most "String Tribute" or "Orchestral Tribute" albums tend to be rather inconsistent, implementing scores from several different arrangers. For example, on Led Zeppelin Symphonic Kashmir and When the Levee Breaks are excellent while the rest of the disc is somewhat lackluster. Same goes for the Tool and A Perfect Circle quartet tribute albums. The performers are usually top notch, but it's hard to evoke the moods of the original songs with a weak arrangement. I will also heartily agree with previous statements that some music just does not work in a quartet or orchestral setting.

EDIT: how the heck could I mispell the first word in my post 😕

 

[thomsbrain]

you'd think these would be good, but they rarely are.

i have:
tool
weezer
radiohead

didn't think much of any of them.

 

[conjur]

The Coldplay one is pretty good. The tribute to U2 is excellent, too.

 

[Heckler 5th]

Originally posted by: stringcheeseincident
Tool.

yes, Third Eye Open, i think it's called. very sweet.

 

[tami]

i heard the weezer one sucked 😛

i'm listening to the REM one right now. it's pretty good. the DMB one was ok -- but after listening to it, i got the feeling that DMB is good as DMB and not as a string quartet.

can't wait to listen to my own copy of coldplay. 🙂 good stuff ahead.