Sonic Youth String Quartet Tribute....Yes Really!

Washing Machine · 06.09.2006, 04:43 AM

Check this site out! They do string interpretions of popular rock songs and albums. They even have a SY tribute album!

http://www.vitaminrecords.com/web/pa...atid=20&id=820

sonic sphere · 06.09.2006, 05:50 AM

sounds pretty cool

FruitLoop · 06.09.2006, 09:14 AM

That page also has samples of 3 songs. Heard snippets of Kool Thing and Candle and.... I'm not convinced

king_buzzo · 06.09.2006, 09:42 AM

thats cool

fishmonkey · 06.09.2006, 09:47 AM

i think i saw a Nine Inch Nails version of this, dont know if i'm too convinced myself, but fuckin hell, fair play to em i'd say it wasnt easy covering SY with strings

TheDom · 06.09.2006, 09:48 AM

I want to hear the middle of Silver Rocket!

connie kreski · 06.09.2006, 09:49 AM

they just have to detune their violins... simple

acousticrock87 · 06.09.2006, 10:05 AM

I see those all the time but have never heard one. Interesting.

I wonder if any violins were harmed in the making of that record. If not, I don't want it.

noisemachine · 06.09.2006, 05:53 PM

I've heard a few of the string tribute things, but not SY. Theyre usually pretty decent. Theres this one group called the Section Quartet that does covers like those(they may or may not be the ones that make those tributes) that has played at Coachella twice now and I saw them both times. Theyre pretty fun to watch.

sugar kane101 · 06.09.2006, 06:00 PM

Heard this a while back. It sounds very similar to the actual songs. As in you know what song you're hearing straight away. Not bad. Interesting idea.

HaydenAsche · 06.09.2006, 06:02 PM

I bought the bluegrass tribute to Green Day. Funniest album ever. Well worth the 12 dollars.

finding nobody · 06.10.2006, 12:41 AM

i love these! i've been meaning to buy the nirvana and white stripes ones

Glice · 06.10.2006, 06:20 AM

My God there's bloody thousands of the buggers. I can't help but feel that they're churning these out for the obsessive collectors/ ironic wankers that would buy this kind of gack...

Having said that, I'm getting the SY one of slsk.

Washing Machine · 06.10.2006, 06:56 AM

The SOAD one is pretty interesting! Im not sure the SY one is pulled off that well actually (from what i've heard anyway) its very difficult to do SY songs justice without destroying your instruments! Also a very strange choice of tracks..Diamond sea would have made an amazing string piece. I think a full orchestral version would have been better! Anyway, got to be an interesting listen at the very least

schizophrenicroom · 06.10.2006, 09:33 AM

They did one for Metallica.

The SY one is pretty cool. I wish they could have done something instead of Superstar, they should have gone with Diamond Sea.

candymoan · 06.10.2006, 11:22 AM

i want it..

FruitLoop · 06.10.2006, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by connie kreski

they just have to detune their violins... simple

and stick a drumstick under the strings

quelle_nightmare · 06.10.2006, 06:27 PM

That's actually kind of awesome. I'm seriously (dorkily) into classical music so this is pretty exciting.

atsonicpark · 06.10.2006, 08:05 PM

I've heard of that before but I need to get that shit in mp3.

CHOUT · 06.11.2006, 03:38 AM

I like it, but I wouldn't pay for it. I'd download it.

06.09.2006, 04:43 AM	#1
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Check this site out! They do string interpretions of popular rock songs and albums. They even have a SY tribute album! http://www.vitaminrecords.com/web/pa...atid=20&id=820
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sonic sphere invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,446	sounds pretty cool
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06.09.2006, 09:14 AM	#3
FruitLoop children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 323	That page also has samples of 3 songs. Heard snippets of Kool Thing and Candle and.... I'm not convinced
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	thats cool
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fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	i think i saw a Nine Inch Nails version of this, dont know if i'm too convinced myself, but fuckin hell, fair play to em i'd say it wasnt easy covering SY with strings __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	I want to hear the middle of Silver Rocket!
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06.09.2006, 09:49 AM	#7
connie kreski little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 87	they just have to detune their violins... simple __________________
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acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I see those all the time but have never heard one. Interesting. I wonder if any violins were harmed in the making of that record. If not, I don't want it.
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noisemachine 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 651	I've heard a few of the string tribute things, but not SY. Theyre usually pretty decent. Theres this one group called the Section Quartet that does covers like those(they may or may not be the ones that make those tributes) that has played at Coachella twice now and I saw them both times. Theyre pretty fun to watch. __________________ The best radio station ever: http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
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06.09.2006, 06:00 PM	#10
sugar kane101 little trouble girl Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 40	Heard this a while back. It sounds very similar to the actual songs. As in you know what song you're hearing straight away. Not bad. Interesting idea.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I bought the bluegrass tribute to Green Day. Funniest album ever. Well worth the 12 dollars. __________________ rip
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finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	i love these! i've been meaning to buy the nirvana and white stripes ones
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06.10.2006, 06:56 AM	#14
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	The SOAD one is pretty interesting! Im not sure the SY one is pulled off that well actually (from what i've heard anyway) its very difficult to do SY songs justice without destroying your instruments! Also a very strange choice of tracks..Diamond sea would have made an amazing string piece. I think a full orchestral version would have been better! Anyway, got to be an interesting listen at the very least
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06.10.2006, 09:33 AM	#15
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	They did one for Metallica. The SY one is pretty cool. I wish they could have done something instead of Superstar, they should have gone with Diamond Sea. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	i want it.. __________________ /* nothing here...
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06.10.2006, 06:27 PM	#18
quelle_nightmare empty page Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: tee dot oh dot Posts: 10	That's actually kind of awesome. I'm seriously (dorkily) into classical music so this is pretty exciting.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I've heard of that before but I need to get that shit in mp3. __________________
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06.11.2006, 03:38 AM	#20
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I like it, but I wouldn't pay for it. I'd download it. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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