Modern Lovers meet Sex Pistols.

[Pilgrim]

Hey Lightyear, at 14:40 of the clip I posted, they identify the instrument as a hurdy-gurdy.  Cool. Never seen one before!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy-gurdy

I would love to hear what they would do with the William Tell overture, the Ride of the Valkeyries, and some similar "greatest classical hits".

[Dave W]

I just knew someone else would like it! My first real exposure to classical music was to Grieg (when I was about 5) and he's still my favorite. Music from Peer Gynt sounds great to me whether it's a piano solo or with full orchestra, so why not with a metal band?

One of the pleasures of YT is being able to see live performances, like Marita Solberg singing Solveig's Song. Or to hear Grieg himself.

[drbassman]

Very cool I have to say.  I love 2 Cellos as another example of rock treatment of classical music.  BTW, it felt like there should have been an animal sacrifice or something at the end of the song.   

[Lightyear]

Hey Lightyear, at 14:40 of the clip I posted, they identify the instrument as a hurdy-gurdy.  Cool. Never seen one before!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurdy-gurdy

I would love to hear what they would do with the William Tell overture, the Ride of the Valkeyries, and some similar "greatest classical hits".

Well, learn something everyday!



And for the obsessed German barristers that are known to inhabit these environs - here's a RB clip too!



Just not the same though since he doesn't smash it in during a temper tantrum 

[drbassman]

Very interesting, I had no idea the hurdy gurdy was actually an instrument.  It appeals to my ears, much like bag pipes do!

[Pilgrim]

I always thought a hurdy-gurdy was an instrument in a box on wheels, used by street musicians (maybe with a dancing monkey). 

The Wikipedia page offers this note:

In the eighteenth century the term hurdy-gurdy was also applied to a small, portable "barrel organ" (a cranked box instrument with a number of organ pipes, a bellows and a barrel with pins that rotated and programmed the tunes) that was frequently played by poor buskers (street musicians). Barrel organs require only the turning of the crank to play; the music is coded by pinned barrels, perforated paper rolls, and more recently by electronic modules.[citation needed] The French call the barrel organ the Orgue de Barbarie ("Barbary organ"), and the Germans Drehorgel ("turned organ"), instead of Drehleier ("turning lyre").

And here's a picture of a barrel organ - much closer to what I had in mind...

[drbassman]

Yeah, Al.  Another oddity instrument!

[rexdiablo]

Didn't realize this was a cover!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yWZcsgwF8

[amptech]

Steve H did a version on his first (?) solo album too. Here is a clip from rockpalast:

[nofi]

jimmy page, bonham and jpj played on that tune.

[FrankieTbird]

jimmy page, bonham and jpj played on that tune.

I always thought it was just Pagey?

[nofi]

i read something years ago that said the other two were involved as well. i also saw things that said  only page played on it. if you listen to the song it sounds like it could be bonham on drums.

[FrankieTbird]

Page, Bonham and Jones (lol, sounds like a law firm) did all play on the PJ Proby 3-Week Hero record.  It is fairly obvious when you hear it.  Hurdy Gurdy Man I'm not so sure about.

[Pilgrim]

Didn't realize this was a cover!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yWZcsgwF8

<60's stoner mode>

Oh waaaooow, man....Thatz onna counta you wuzzn't around in the 60's riiiiight?

</60's stoner mode>

That's a pretty heavy-handed version of Donovan's gentle song.

[Dave W]

Al, no one has ever accused the Butthole Surfers of being gentle.

JPJ was their producer in the early 90s, it wouldn't surprise me if he played on that track.

Page, Bonham and Jones (lol, sounds like a law firm) did all play on the PJ Proby 3-Week Hero record.  It is fairly obvious when you hear it.  Hurdy Gurdy Man I'm not so sure about.

PJ Proby... now there's a real loony. Don't get me started.