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Post by cynical1 on Mar 25, 2013 10:45:46 GMT -5
What happens when you take an 89 year old song by this guy...  George Gershwin...and put in the hands of these guys?  Tony Levin and 3/4 of Dream Theater...or Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci and Jordan RudessWell, you get this: This is one of my favorite Gershwin songs so I had to share this. Happy Trails Cynical One |
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Post by newey on Mar 25, 2013 22:16:22 GMT -5
A very stout cover version. I liked how they weren't slaves to the original, but felt free to play around within its structure.
So often, when rock groups cover something more in a jazz vein, they are tied to the original- it's just "the song" with the amps to 11, meaning no originality to the interpretation, just electric instrumentation. This was different.
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Post by ashcatlt on Mar 25, 2013 22:50:18 GMT -5
tl;dr (err...w?)  |
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 25, 2013 23:41:47 GMT -5
tl;dr (err...w?) When Gershwin would perform the piece it would run around 18-20 minutes. Depending on the published version you find there may be 50-88 measures missing from the original work. Based on Gershwin's original jazz\classical intent for the piece I think they kept that spirit intact. For reference, even though it's longer, try reading the original piece: HTC1 |
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Post by sumgai on Mar 26, 2013 12:47:38 GMT -5
regarding the 'original version' vid....
nle;htr2 (Not Long Enough, Had To Read Twice)
The 'modern' interpretation was OK, but I just like that 'full orchestra' sound so much more. Might explain why I had several synth modules, and when I played, I set them up to several different instruments, not just string pads or some kind of keyboard.
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Post by ashcatlt on Mar 26, 2013 18:34:27 GMT -5
The orchestral version was much more recognizable, and more pleasant to my ears.
Not sure why there's a Cyrillic watermark, but it says "BNT Archive".
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Post by cynical1 on Mar 26, 2013 18:57:19 GMT -5
Not sure why there's a Cyrillic watermark, but it says "BNT Archive". It was performed by the The Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian National Radio in the video. HTC1 |
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Post by farren on Apr 2, 2013 20:53:10 GMT -5
This is rather anal, but that picture only shows 2/5 of Dream Theater, or 3/5 when the photo was taken. Had to say it since I love DT/LTE  |
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