The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays the Hits of Pink Floyd
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Composer: Nick / Gilmour, David J. / Waters, Roger / Wright, MasonComposer: Pink Floyd
Composer: G.R. / Gilmour, D.J. Waters
Composer: Roger Waters
Composer: Roger / Wright, Richard Waters
Conductor: Hermann Weindorf
Performer: Hermann Weindorf
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Performer: Bertel Gebhard
Performer: Bimey Oberreit
Performer: Lisa Cash
Performer: Mario Knapp
Performer: Peter Bischof
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-08-12
Music Label: Koch Records
Soundtracks:
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond
- Money
- Us & Them
- Hey You
- Another Brick In The Wall
- Wish You Were Here
- Time
- The Great Gig In The Sky
- In The Flesh
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Music Review: An interesting approach to an old classic, however...
Rating: 2 Stars
Pink Floyd's music can never ever be equaled, let me just get that out of the way.
They took sound and lyrics into the stratosphere, and "Shine On..." is one of those moments in rock history when you just sit back and just mutter under your breath "Wow..." as the guitars drift in and out of your head, and the whole album itself becomes a dreamlike state and an experience.
It's fitting that The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a world-renowned classical group in their own right, would try and attempt to capture this same kind of lightning in a bottle, but this time using violins, tubas and a brass section.
I found it all at once both interesting and distracting.
I was used to the floating, almost unsteerable nature of The Floyd, and I wanted to relax and stretch out as I listened - here's my gut feelings, track by track:
1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond - This was one of the better tracks, it floated a bit, gave me a bit of a rush, and then it became a bit flat for me. Why is it so suddenly so blah for me? I wasn't expecting a note for note interpretation, but honestly...
2. Money - Using the original sound effects audio of money only makes me wonder if they truly had permission of The Floyd to do this - this was loud, and bombastic, and tried to be fun, but it really wasn't.
3. Us and Them - This made me think I was not stuck in a nether region between consciousness and subconsciousness, but made me feel like I was stuck in an elevator between floors and forced to listen to it's middle-of-the-road noise - can I say it sounded like some kind of Paul McCartney's abortive recent attempts at relevant "now" music as well? I DID NOT LIKE THIS.
4. Hey You - Once again, that ugly "Paul McCartney it's 1985 I can make classical music out of my past hits, but not really" vibe hit me, and I was totally let down at this point. I wanted to enjoy this, but was only getting worse for me. I am getting really disappointed here... I plod on, but it hurts me to believe someone put this together on purpose, not as a joke.
5. Another Brick in the Wall - Now this should have been a cakewalk for the Orchestra - it should have been bombastic, and hard, and cautiously scary on some level, but it was almost kinda muted in it's play, and when the xylophones kicked in... well, I simply lost any kind of anger I expected from this track. A total breakdown and failure in communication here. I was as if Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" and "The Theme From Shaft" had a illegitimate baby here, and then dropped it off the table. Totally lacking in feeling or fire.
6. Wish You Were Here - This is probably the closest I'm going to come to a compliment for this entire review - this track was kinda okay, and it actually kinda worked out for me - it was a real example of what the rest of the album should have been - light, airy, and floated around the room a little bit.
7. Time - Once again, the original sound effects of alarms going off, then fading into a syrupy, sugary version of one of the more twisted songs by The Floyd about a literal mental breakdown - this song was nowhere near the mark.
8. The Great Gig in the Sky - Even though the sound was crisp and clear throughout, and the classical beat actually worked here a bit, this once again went into very bland middle-of-the-road territory again. This is the continuation of a mental breakdown, but it was just too organized in it's approach!
9. In the Flesh - This went into horrible horribleness of epic proportions - I was all at once offended and let down for the millions and millions of Pink Floyd fans who (luckily) will never hear this track and think "this might have been allowed to be created by David Gilmour himself!" I WANTED - I mean I REALLY wanted - to try and like this track, but the sheer audacity of it's lite rock approach, to totally castrate the track's original message, to dissect and cut out the anger and angst and replace it with slice after slice of bland White bread until the end result is a mind-numbing cacophony of horns, guitars and screaming going nowhere...
Well, in the end, I took the CD out of my player and shattered it into a million pieces.
I am humiliated to have ever purchased this.
I am disappointed that anyone on the side of The Floyd allowed this to be made.
The only people who will "appreciate" this kind of "music" are those kinds of people who drive a Mercedes Benz, Lexus, or some other foreign-made vehicle and have this CD wedged in properly next to their other symphonic disasters and probably have no real taste in music.
I feel bad for you, the listener, if you decide to purchase this. I know The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have done good works is the past, but this? This is a speed bump for them, a hindrance, a monster step backwards.
Yes, they have performed other versions of other artists, from U2 to Madonna, but I think they should stick to what they do best - perform the music of Chopin, Wagner and Beethoven.
DO NOT BUY THIS MUSIC if you are a Pink Floyd fan - it will only make you angry, and upset, and wonder how this was ever made, and why it still exists, even now.
If I'm wrong, or if you agree with me, please let me know in the comments section!
Enjoy, and check out my other reviews online here.
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