Carmen Smalley Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 For me are.Any song produced by Alain MilhaudStop Right There-The HolliesMi Calle-Lone StarCasi Casi-RaphaelBetrayed-Peter HammillTurn Of A Wheel-MassielComo El Fuego-RadoykaShe¥s Leaving Home-BeatlesEl Sete Cel-SisaShe¥s Alone-MontageEleanor Rigby-BeatlesLook At Me Now-ELODust In The Wind-KansasMelinda More Or Less-Curved AirI Reach For The Light-Raspberries.To be continued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Good topic Carmen, You know music.How about: "Boats Against The Current" "She Remembered""The Long And Winding Road""Walk Away Renee""The Soul Survives" (my song) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When I'm Cool Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hey Carmen, I love pop/rock with strings. All strings, actually. I know ELO music pretty well but I don't know "Look at me Now". What album is that from? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen Smalley Posted March 9, 2004 Author Share Posted March 9, 2004 It¥s on their first album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I personally always loved Eleanor Rigby. One of my string kids went nuts over it a few years ago and I taught him how to play it. He still talks about it when he sees me (he graduated out of my school). I thought it was lovely. A lot of Beatles tunes had great strings on them. I like Walk Away Renee's strings too. Bobby Darin had some beautiful string stuff on the If I Were A Carpenter album, such as Amy, etc. --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen Smalley Posted March 10, 2004 Author Share Posted March 10, 2004 Tony.I prefered to enclose She¥s Alone to Walk Away Renee because I prefered tpo give Montage a chance(Left Banke are better known).I also loved a lot of string arrangements on Spanish songs so I enclosed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Carmen, I need to hear more of Left Banke. I've only heard the old "Walk Away Renee". Do they have a "best of" CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Tony: I checked: www.allmusic.com (All Music Guide) & Mercury released The Left Banke "There's Gonna Be A Storm...The Complete Recordings 1966-1969" back in 1992 but the CD is NO longer made & out of print!!! Besides "Walk Away Renee", they also had classic tunes like "Pretty Ballerina" & "Desiree" among others. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen Smalley Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 Pretty Ballerina STIRS MY BLOOD1!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen Smalley Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 Maybe a label like Sundazed could reissue it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 If my aging brain serves me well, I'm pretty sure the Berries did "Pretty Ballerina" back in the bar band days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmen Smalley Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ech time I check beautiful arrangements out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmichel Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Elton John-Philadelphia Freedom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NH Bushman Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Pretty Ballerina STIRS MY BLOOD1!! that is a great tune. we played it one time in the studio on the Kurzweil 2000 just for fun. pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Cyrus Erie played "Pretty Ballerina" *EXTREMELY* well :-)Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubbiefanMike Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Conquistidor - Procal Harem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trindy Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Damn, wish I could hear it! Or hear our Raspberries play it...Anyway, I was going to say that the string quartet arrangement on "Eleanor Rigby" is very cool and holds up as a piece of music all on its own, as anyone who owns that part of the "Beatles Anthology" can testify. I think it would make a nice short program for a skater, if any of them ever thinks of it.OK, here's one out of left field: one of my favorite string arrangements on a pop record can be found on "Too Late to Turn Back Now" by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose. It's just exquisite.I would also add a whole lot of the great music of the "Philly Soul" era to the list, primarily because Thom Bell knew what he was doing with classical instruments and boy, could he put out a record with a great string arrangement.Just thought of another truly good one: "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by the Temptations...the strings have to carry most of the whole lengthy introduction of that one...and the "icy strings" at the outset just set the tone for the whole thing. Bring in some trumpet, some handclaps, a little harp glissando and you have an intro that is not to be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I transcribed the string arrangement of Eleanor Rigby from the album a few years ago because some of my elementary students wanted to play it. They adored it and still do. I love the string parts on that. I saw the boy who asked me to do it the other night. He's in ninth grade now, and they *still* have the music and play it! It was so good to see those kids and know they're still playing. Giving them stuff like "Eleanor Rigby," Star Wars, Lord of the Rings music and "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again keeps them interested and makes for some cool concert programming. --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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