[noumenal]

Yeah, and the beef industry.....

it's what's for dinner.

[Rob Instigator]

aaron copland - american composer.

we played RODEO in high school. GREAT cello parts! I love a composer with great love for cello. Bartok was like that as well..

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

he's some dead dude who was made famous by emerson lake & palmer, right?

That was Mussorgsky.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

That was Mussorgsky.

moussaka? i've eaten that...

[zedius]

No, I seriously don't know who Aaron Copland is. Why is that so surprising? I know a lot about a lot of music, but only so far as the different veins lead me. Nothing has led me to Aaron Copland yet.

[Tanzende Schauspieler]

Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

anyway, how many bands have pulled the acoustic versions thing succesfully?

hmmm...

the cure
radiohead
nirvana, i guess...

i'm blanking.

when did radiohead do an acoustic version of their own song?

I mean, i heard 'acoustic' versions of creep and maybe talk show host on some bootleg, but that's about it.

but i might be wrong

[nicfit]

RH did a really great performance of (semi) acoustic songs in a live done for french channel "Artè". Just thom and jonny playing guitars, some electronic beats and piano.

[_slavo_]

Oh did they? I haven't heard of that. That could have been neat.
I actually still have big love for Radiohead, now that I'm thinking about it.

[lungfish]

people still listen to Korn?
damn.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by zedius

No, I seriously don't know who Aaron Copland is. Why is that so surprising? I know a lot about a lot of music, but only so far as the different veins lead me. Nothing has led me to Aaron Copland yet.

well jokes aside he's an american classical composer from the 20th century who took some traditional american motifs & blended them into his compositions including i think some operas?

at some point in the 70s emerson lake & palmer did a flashy, bloated, virtuoso version of "hoedown" (from copland's suite "rodeo", what robinstigator played)-- you've heard that (as 56 pointed out) in the "it's what for dinner" beef commercial. let's see if i can find you a clip...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-p...263787-6847350

anyway that's certainly not his best shit. i much prefer "appalachian spring". check it out sometime.

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by Tanzende Schauspieler

when did radiohead do an acoustic version of their own song?

I mean, i heard 'acoustic' versions of creep and maybe talk show host on some bootleg, but that's about it.

but i might be wrong

they have done that a lot, especially for radio sessions and promo tours. i have a bootleg where they play songs from hail to the thief on acoustics, just thom and jonny; a couple of years ago there was a protest and thom played a little set and he played a new song called house of cards, and thom played acoustically when he was on the henry rollins show. not to mention all the b-sides they have recorded

they really pull it off.

[nicfit]

I think I'll upload the audio ripped (well, recorded) from the radiohead live @ artè sometime next week.

[nicfit]

As a matter of fact, I underestimated my abilities.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...&postcount=746

[atsonicpark]

Haha.

KoRn unplugged...

The whole idea of KoRn is 7 string absurb fx pedal bleeps, so...

[Washing Machine]

Everyone Knows who Copland is don't they?
He's a huge American Composer

I can understand how even when you know a lot about music, some music can escape your radar though...it took years before I actually heard a Velvet Underground song. Thankfully it was Heroin so I quickly seen the error of my ways.

Only on this board could the topic switch from Nu-Metal to American Nationalist Music.

[Kylerobert]

The main problem with the Korn unplugged was that their songs aren't meant to be acoustic whatsoever. Jon Davis should have held back on the vocal rasp. The voice didn't carry well over a gentler sound. I thought that the last song was well done though.
I think the Nirvana unplugged is so highly praised because Nirvana songs are known to be generally loud and the way he sang was raspy as well. But the difference is that they picked songs for unplugged that would work instead of just playing all their hits like Korn did. And Cobain recognized what he needed to change in his vocals.
I feel like if Korn was Nirvana, they would have played songs like Smells like Teen Spirit and In Bloom..just because they were the loud and rocking hits.
Korn doesn't have many songs that would work acoustically.

[contrelefuckingsexisme]

Originally Posted by Kylerobert

The main problem with the Korn unplugged was that their songs aren't meant to be acoustic whatsoever. Jon Davis should have held back on the vocal rasp. The voice didn't carry well over a gentler sound. I thought that the last song was well done though.
I think the Nirvana unplugged is so highly praised because Nirvana songs are known to be generally loud and the way he sang was raspy as well. But the difference is that they picked songs for unplugged that would work instead of just playing all their hits like Korn did. And Cobain recognized what he needed to change in his vocals.
I feel like if Korn was Nirvana, they would have played songs like Smells like Teen Spirit and In Bloom..just because they were the loud and rocking hits.
Korn doesn't have many songs that would work acoustically.

Yes, I agree with you. But the thing is it had to succeed. What was the unplugged before Korn's? I can't rememberrrr

[Kylerobert]

Originally Posted by contrelefuckingsexisme

Yes, I agree with you. But the thing is it had to succeed. What was the unplugged before Korn's? I can't rememberrrr

I have no idea... The last one I saw was Jay-Z, which was quite good.

[the ikara cult]

Korn's songs are good fun if you dont take it seriously. I fail to see the point of them existing for so long though.

[Kylerobert]

Deftones own them though.