Classical music --> Prog interpretation

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   I prefer to see it done with a sense of humour. I've always found ELP's attempts banal and self-serving.

I don't think there's anything inherently sacred about classical music.

Poll Question: Should it be done?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	21	[65.63%]
No	11	[34.38%]
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Duncan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 23 2004 Status: Offline Points: 180	Posted: June 03 2006 at 08:45
	I prefer to see it done with a sense of humour. I've always found ELP's attempts banal and self-serving. I don't think there's anything inherently sacred about classical music.

Certif1ed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559	Posted: June 03 2006 at 17:07
	Lloyd Webber's interpretation of Paganini's Caprice in A Minor/Rakhmaninov's variations on the same is an absolute masterpiece! It can be done - so I reckon it should be. Even if I think that ELP's "Pictures..." is a complete travesty, and Sky's "Toccata" is painful, I have heard some really interesting interpretations - such as the Butcher Shop Quartet's version of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". "Rite...", of course, contains so many time signatures and polyrhythms and is so rhythm centered that you'd think that most Prog metal bands would be queueing up to do a version!
	The important thing is not to stop questioning.