Home
One of my favorite bands (as most of you know) is Collective Soul, and they have just released a new dvd/cd called 'Home.' It's a performance with the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, basically a live 'greatest hits' album and dvd. I have watched it over the last couple of days.
The band is from Georgia and 'Home' is one of their songs, hence the title. Several rock bands over the years have done live albums with orchestras, from the Moody Blues to Procol Harum to Jethro Tull and even Metallica. Tull's was probably the best... I have to agree with whoever wrote the liner notes when he said that he never thought he'd say a symphony orchestra 'rocked' but that was surely the case there. I just love to hear the melding of really good rock with the strings and horns like that.
And I am biased, but I think 'Home' ranks right up there. The AYSO is made up of band members from schools all over Atlanta; the 'best and brightest' it's safe to assume, all these kids are what I would call prodigies and probably more talented than most professional musicians. In fact, the seeming speed and ease which they learned these songs probably tells me more about the difference between classical music and rock than I care to know.
But it's a fantastic concert, and one I recommend if you get a chance to see it. I think some tv networks are showing an abridged free version of it currently.
The band is from Georgia and 'Home' is one of their songs, hence the title. Several rock bands over the years have done live albums with orchestras, from the Moody Blues to Procol Harum to Jethro Tull and even Metallica. Tull's was probably the best... I have to agree with whoever wrote the liner notes when he said that he never thought he'd say a symphony orchestra 'rocked' but that was surely the case there. I just love to hear the melding of really good rock with the strings and horns like that.
And I am biased, but I think 'Home' ranks right up there. The AYSO is made up of band members from schools all over Atlanta; the 'best and brightest' it's safe to assume, all these kids are what I would call prodigies and probably more talented than most professional musicians. In fact, the seeming speed and ease which they learned these songs probably tells me more about the difference between classical music and rock than I care to know.
But it's a fantastic concert, and one I recommend if you get a chance to see it. I think some tv networks are showing an abridged free version of it currently.
posted by gbj at 2:20 PM
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I know you prefer live to studio most of the time, and I am the opposite. But like the Tull album, in this case, it's the equivalent of 'live' studio recording, you know? But with an audience.
You'll recognize a lot of the songs. CS is one of those kind of anonymous bands that hardly anyone knows their name but they know their songs.
Spiderman, Spiderman, noboby knows who you are...
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