A medieval tribute to Black Sabbath
clamnebula
-Neb
---Original Message---
Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
http://www.sabbatum.com/
“Sabbatum” is a tribute album like no other – 12 Black Sabbath classic songs
played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
Can You imagine what Black Sabbath would have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne,
Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would have formed the band in the 14th
century? Would “War Pigs” or “The Wizard” have been as powerful if played on
medieval
instruments like lute, fiddle and harp?
Curious? So was Rondellus, the renowned Estonian medieval music band. They took
12 Black Sabbath classics and turned them into something totally unheard.
You don’t have to take history lessons to get the feeling. It’s all on the new
CD Rondellus recorded – “Sabbatum”. An amazing collection of Black Sabbath tunes
played on medieval instruments and sung in Latin language.
Bob Lombard
"clamnebula" <SHELLcl...@netscape.netSHELL> wrote in message
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> I don't make this stuff up, honest!
> -Neb
>Curious? So was Rondellus, the renowned Estonian medieval music band. They
took
>12 Black Sabbath classics and turned them into something totally unheard.
>
Is this another of those Cage things? 4' 33'' X 12?
bl
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Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
> I don't make this stuff up, honest!
> -Neb
>
> ---Original Message---
> Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
> http://www.sabbatum.com/
>
> “Sabbatum” is a tribute album like no other – 12 Black Sabbath classic songs
> played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
>
> Can You imagine what Black Sabbath would have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne,
> Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would have formed the band in the 14th
> century?
It would not have sounded like anything, because the chaps would have
been taken to be burned at the stake so fast that their feet would not
have touched the ground.
> Would “War Pigs” or “The Wizard” have been as powerful if played on
> medieval
> instruments like lute, fiddle and harp?
No. Vastly more comical, though.
> Curious? So was Rondellus, the renowned Estonian medieval music band. They took
> 12 Black Sabbath classics and turned them into something totally unheard.
In a related story, the Finnish cello quartet Apocalyptica have been
playing and recording heavy metal for years.
--
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Helsinki, Finland
"Nil significat nisi oscillat. Du vap. Du vap. Du vap."
John Oster
dark pseudo-medieval riffs, so their songs lend themselves nicely to this
treatment. Who knows...maybe it will turn some metalheads onto early music!
Daniel Kolle
>Who knows...maybe it will turn some metalheads onto early music!
Hah.
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gm
Hey, if the Kronos Quartet can play Jimi Hendrix, why shouldn't a
cello quartet play heavy metal? Just another badly-needed case of the
lead pipe being pulled out of classical music's ass. The medieval
Black Sabbath CD reminds me that years ago I saw Sabbath when they
were touring with Blue Oyster Cult (the "Black and Blue" tour). In
between acts, they played Lizst and Wagner orchestral pieces. And it
worked too!
Deryk Barker
....
> Hey, if the Kronos Quartet can play Jimi Hendrix,
But a single hearing of that track proves conclusively that the KQ *can't*
play Hendrix. I've seen Nige Kennedy make a fair crack at Purple Haze
though...
--
Deryk Barker (To email remove nospam.)
Alex (was 'Yes')
clamnebula wrote:
> In a related story, the Finnish cello quartet Apocalyptica have been
> playing and recording heavy metal for years.
And fellow Finns "Ensemble Ambrosius" play the music of Frank Zappa on period instruments:
http://www.ensembleambrosius.com/zappa.html
http://www.united-mutations.com/e/ensemble_ambrosius.htm
Andrej Kluge
> And fellow Finns "Ensemble Ambrosius" play the music of Frank Zappa
> on period instruments:
Whose period? Zappa's?
Ciao
A.
Alex (was 'Yes')
Francesco Zappa perhaps?
Jim Curtis
the snippets. "Rotae Confusionis" is very pretty...I can see that one
having criss-crossover potential for the adult contemporary genre.
The female voices are much better than the male who no doubt listened
to ozzy singing the originals and realized the unmatched quality of
ozzy's vocal chords ( early 70's that is ), which may have caused some
shakiness in this guy's singing here.
Victor Eijkhout
> > And fellow Finns "Ensemble Ambrosius" play the music of Frank Zappa
> > on period instruments:
>
> Whose period? Zappa's?
Right. Resurrect Don Preston's modular Moog, Eddie Jobson's Hammond, dig
up a Synclavier for the late 80s stuff....
V.
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>Hey, if the Kronos Quartet can play Jimi Hendrix,
...badly.
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>Jaakko Mäntyjärvi <jman...@pp.htv.fi> wrote in message
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>clamnebula wrote:
>
>> In a related story, the Finnish cello quartet Apocalyptica have been
>> playing and recording heavy metal for years.
>
>And fellow Finns "Ensemble Ambrosius" play the music of Frank Zappa
>on period instruments:
So they play Zappa on the same instruments that were current when he
wrote his music? Far out.
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> -Neb
>
> ---Original Message---
> Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
> http://www.sabbatum.com/
To hear music by a peerless metal guitarist, who has always maintained
that there was no discernable difference between metal and classical,
visit:
Sonarrat
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ridetheory
SHELLcl...@netscape.netSHELL wrote on 8/24/03 9:11 AM:
> I don't make this stuff up, honest!
> -Neb
>
> ---Original Message---
> Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
> http://www.sabbatum.com/
>
> “Sabbatum” is a tribute album like no other – 12 Black Sabbath classic songs
> played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
And they're doing quite nicely, thank you. Apparently they've made $30,000
on this one project alone. See:
http://www.cdbaby.org/stories/03/08/05/0321232.html
I have a fondness for classical versions of rock music -- when it works, it
works, and when it doesn't, it's pretty hilarious. Examples:
The Balanscu Quartet's versions of Kraftwerk are fitting because Alexander
Balanscu is an emotionless, stacatto and robotic violinist. Hearing him
reproduce the electronic beeps of "Pocket Calculator" and the doppler sounds
of car horns on "Autobahn" is amusing.
The two orchestral arrangements of Sex Pistols songs ("God Save the Queen"
and "EMI") from the soundtrack of "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" are very
strong, but ruined by campy vocals. There was once a version of the LP
without the vocals, but I can't find a copy.
There is a whole series of "String Quartet Tribute to <ROCK BAND NAME HERE>"
CDs which are really awful. Perfunctory, and devoid of any style. Avoid at
all costs.
For pure hilarity, I recommend "The Doors Concerto", featuring Nigel
Kennedy. It made me laugh out loud a couple times.
ignatz topolino
Jim Curtis
damn I wanted to hear some 17th century wah-wah.
Andrej Kluge
> Andrej Kluge <thew...@onlinehome.de> wrote:
>>> And fellow Finns "Ensemble Ambrosius" play the music of Frank
>>> Zappa on period instruments:
>>
>> Whose period? Zappa's?
> Right. Resurrect Don Preston's modular Moog, Eddie Jobson's
> Hammond, dig up a Synclavier for the late 80s stuff....
Well, in case nobody noticed my remark was meant ironically. Because,
IMHO, "period instruments" usually refers to instruments of the period
in which the musik was originally composed, right? That's why "music of
Zappa on period intruments" sounded ridiculous to me.
Ciao
A.
Dr.Matt
I watch out for my friends when they're about to have their periods.
Jerry Kohl
Irony is lost on r.m.e, at least. We're pre-iron age--only classic "rock"
means anything to us ... ;-)
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Dr.Matt
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AC/DC tunes. They come across rather well actually!
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> It's hard to set hands on an analog minimoog now.
http://www.vintagesynth.org/moog/voyager.shtml
Victor Eijkhout
> I have a fondness for classical versions of rock music -- when it works, it
> works, and when it doesn't, it's pretty hilarious.
Transplanting one style to another is usually hilarious.
http://music.lycos.com/artist/default.asp?QW=Run+C%26W
Hearing Stevie Wonder's clavinet lines (on Superstition) played on a
banjo still cracks me up.
Mike Borella
> I don't make this stuff up, honest!
> -Neb
>
> ---Original Message---
> Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
> http://www.sabbatum.com/
>
> played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
>
> Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would have formed the band in the 14th
> medieval
> instruments like lute, fiddle and harp?
>
> 12 Black Sabbath classics and turned them into something totally unheard.
>
> CD Rondellus recorded – “Sabbatum”. An amazing collection of Black Sabbath tunes
> played on medieval instruments and sung in Latin language.
I have this - its very good, much better than I expected.
--
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mike at borella dot net
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stePH
>
> To hear music by a peerless metal guitarist, who has always maintained
> that there was no discernable difference between metal and classical,
... other than compositional complexity and harmonic depth, you mean?
stePH
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Owen Hartnett
<mi...@borella.net> wrote:
> clamnebula wrote:
> > I don't make this stuff up, honest!
> > -Neb
> >
> > ---Original Message---
> > Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
> > http://www.sabbatum.com/
> >
> > ěSabbatumî is a tribute album like no other ń 12 Black Sabbath classic songs
> > played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
> >
> > Can You imagine what Black Sabbath would have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne,
> > Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would have formed the band in the
> > 14th
> > century? Would ěWar Pigsî or ěThe Wizardî have been as powerful if played on
> > medieval
> > instruments like lute, fiddle and harp?
> >
> > Curious? So was Rondellus, the renowned Estonian medieval music band. They
> > took
> > 12 Black Sabbath classics and turned them into something totally unheard.
> >
> > You donít have to take history lessons to get the feeling. Itís all on the
> > new
> > CD Rondellus recorded ń ěSabbatumî. An amazing collection of Black Sabbath
> > tunes
> > played on medieval instruments and sung in Latin language.
>
> I have this - its very good, much better than I expected.
Isn't there a recording of the music of Mettalica done on a dozen or so
cellos?
-Owen
Mike Borella
Yes, I think it was a string quartet. I heard a little of it and what I
heard was interesting but not remarkable. Eventually I hope to track it
down...
David Whitbeck
wrote:
>
>Isn't there a recording of the music of Mettalica done on a dozen or so
>cellos?
>
>-Owen
Oh yes I've heard their stuff as well. Apocalyptica is a quartet that
does Mettalica songs on cellos. Here is their website:
http://www.apocalyptica.com/home/index.php
David Whitbeck(delurking)
Barry Goldwater
> ridetheory <ridet...@notmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a fondness for classical versions of rock music -- when it works, it
> > works, and when it doesn't, it's pretty hilarious.
>
> Transplanting one style to another is usually hilarious.
You might want to check these out:
Jarl Sigurd
> JarlS...@ausi.com (Jarl Sigurd) wrote in message news:<fa149b3.03082...@posting.google.com>...
> >
> > To hear music by a peerless metal guitarist, who has always maintained
> > that there was no discernable difference between metal and classical,
>
> ... other than compositional complexity and harmonic depth, you mean?
All right, Mr. Nitpicker, how about shredding, thrashing and annihilation?
Bryant E. Russell
"Alex (was 'Yes')" <n...@may.be> wrote in message
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> Jaakko Mäntyjärvi <jman...@pp.htv.fi> wrote in message
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> clamnebula wrote:
>
> > In a related story, the Finnish cello quartet Apocalyptica have been
> > playing and recording heavy metal for years.
>
period instruments:
>
> http://www.united-mutations.com/e/ensemble_ambrosius.htm
Try the Meridian Brass Ensemble. They've covered Bach/Gesualdo/Gibbons and
Zappa (different albums of course). While some of their CDs have shown up
in the cutout bins, they deserve a much better fate. Good musicians, plenty
of heart and ability.
http://www.meridianartsensemble.com/disc.htm
Well worth exploring
Barry Goldwater
Oops -- sorry, I screwed up both links.
Cabeza Borradora
>acet...@earthlink.net (stePH) wrote in message news:<59e1106e.0308...@posting.google.com>...
How about you go to hell and stay there?
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Victor Eijkhout
> http://home.earthlink.net/~eschoenberg/ramblinman.ra
Funny. I like the orchestral strings and their
I'm-going-to-play-my-rawhide-cliches-no-matter-what-the-melody-does
bloody mindedness.
Raymond Hall
news:BB6EEFE1.3F50D%ridet...@notmail.com...
| in article bi52b.11334$99....@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com, clamnebula at
| SHELLcl...@netscape.netSHELL wrote on 8/24/03 9:11 AM:
|
| > I don't make this stuff up, honest!
| > -Neb
| >
| > ---Original Message---
| > Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
| > http://www.sabbatum.com/
| >
songs
| > played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
|
| And they're doing quite nicely, thank you. Apparently they've made
$30,000
| on this one project alone. See:
|
| http://www.cdbaby.org/stories/03/08/05/0321232.html
|
| I have a fondness for classical versions of rock music -- when it works,
it
| works, and when it doesn't, it's pretty hilarious. Examples:
Metallica did some things with strings, but ultimately, all these attempts
are doomed to failure imo. Mere attempts to "legitimise" one genre in terms
of another.
Strangely though, or perhaps not, if one has heard several early music
groups using really old instruments such as clackhorns, crumhorns, rattles,
weird sounding percussion instruments, bagpipe drones, then one can
appreciate and see some kind of connection with the more abrasive texture
which Rock often brings, textures which have been lost with the advent of
modern silky stringed orchestras, and muffled sounds coming from the rear.
Regards,
# http://www.users.bigpond.com/hallraylily/index.html
See You Tamara (Ozzy Osbourne)
Ray, Taree, NSW
Barry Goldwater
> Strangely though, or perhaps not, if one has heard several early music
> groups using really old instruments such as clackhorns, crumhorns, rattles,
> weird sounding percussion instruments, bagpipe drones, then one can
> appreciate and see some kind of connection with the more abrasive texture
> which Rock often brings, textures which have been lost with the advent of
> modern silky stringed orchestras, and muffled sounds coming from the rear.
In that latter part, are you referring to Spinal Tap's "Break like the Wind"?
David Whitbeck
<hallr...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>Metallica did some things with strings, but ultimately, all these attempts
>are doomed to failure imo. Mere attempts to "legitimise" one genre in terms
>of another.
I'm in pretty much complete disagreement. Rock bands doing a song
with strings can work. Ex: Eleanor Rigby. And I don't think the
purpose of using strings is to legitimize rock. The purpose is to use
a different kind of sound that a band or singer think is more
appropriate.
David Whitbeck
PJ
(in message <7gi2b.2087$H91....@news.itd.umich.edu>):
> It's hard to set hands on an analog minimoog now.
There's a real cult thing now for the sound of the analoque synthesizers so
I've been told.
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nona
"Victor Eijkhout" <see...@for.real.addy> wrote:
> ridetheory <ridet...@notmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a fondness for classical versions of rock music -- when it works, it
>> works, and when it doesn't, it's pretty hilarious.
>
> Transplanting one style to another is usually hilarious.
>
> http://music.lycos.com/artist/default.asp?QW=Run+C%26W
>
> Hearing Stevie Wonder's clavinet lines (on Superstition) played on a
> banjo still cracks me up.
>
> V.
How about rock or folk versions of classical music?
Try Sandy Bull's arrangement of Carmina Burana played on 5-string banjo! Ray
Manzarek's arrangement (Produced By Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi) is a
more substantial piece and one that generally works.
The Mass, long a focus of classical music, gets a heavy-rock treatment in
Ceremony: an Electronic Mass by Pierre Henry performed by Spooky Tooth. One
review: "There are some albums out there that completely defy genre
categorization. But every once in a blue moon, an album comes along that
manages to completely defy all rational explanation. This would be one of
those albums." As a fan more of Pierre Henry than Spooky Tooth, I find this
fascinating and rewarding listening...
nona
Whitbeck" <dwhi...@invalid.net> wrote:
Not quite Metalica but consider...
Cream - As You Said: Jack Bruce on cellos,
Velvet Underground with John Cale.
Lucy Bond
Goddammitt.
I wish I had a recording of the folk-night when Cavalorn sang the folk-
version of Paranoid by Black Sabbath, accompanying himself on the
bodhran...
Lucy
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"clamnebula" <SHELLcl...@netscape.netSHELL> wrote in message news:<bi52b.11334$99....@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com>...
> I don't make this stuff up, honest!
> -Neb
>
> ---Original Message---
> Black Sabbath songs covered by medieval music band Rondellus
> http://www.sabbatum.com/
>
> ?Sabbatum? is a tribute album like no other ? 12 Black Sabbath classic songs
> played by early music band Rondellus and sung in Latin language.
>
> Can You imagine what Black Sabbath would have sounded like if Ozzy Osbourne,
> Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward would have formed the band in the 14th
> century? Would ?War Pigs? or ?The Wizard? have been as powerful if played on
> medieval
> instruments like lute, fiddle and harp?
>
> Curious? So was Rondellus, the renowned Estonian medieval music band. They took
> 12 Black Sabbath classics and turned them into something totally unheard.
>
> You don?t have to take history lessons to get the feeling. It?s all on the new
> CD Rondellus recorded ? ?Sabbatum?. An amazing collection of Black Sabbath tunes
> played on medieval instruments and sung in Latin language.
Can Altinbay
"nona" <no...@ur.biz> wrote in message news:BB93FC37.8AFB%no...@ur.biz...
>
> The Mass, long a focus of classical music, gets a heavy-rock treatment in
> Ceremony: an Electronic Mass by Pierre Henry performed by Spooky Tooth.
One
> review: "There are some albums out there that completely defy genre
> categorization. But every once in a blue moon, an album comes along that
> manages to completely defy all rational explanation. This would be one of
> those albums." As a fan more of Pierre Henry than Spooky Tooth, I find
this
> fascinating and rewarding listening...
>
I'm the other way around. I found it tough going at first, but now I think
it's a masterpiece.
neoclassical
attempts
> >> are doomed to failure imo. Mere attempts to "legitimise" one genre in
terms
> >> of another.
Rock music/heavy metal will never escape what gives it popular status:
constant drumming and cyclic song structure. Although Metallica's "Orion"
was a big step toward escaping this, something unequaled until "Det Som
Engang Var."
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Were any of these actually attempts to "legitimise" or "escape", or
were they perhaps just attempts to distinguish one sound from another
within a genre?
--
Matthew H. Fields http://personal.www.umich.edu/~fields
Music: Splendor in Sound
Brights have a naturalistic world-view. http://www.the-brights.net/
Jace Price
For an even stranger transplant, try Dynamite Hack's covers of 'Boys in
the Hood' and 'Gin and Juice'.
You'll never take gangsta rap seriously again *if you ever did in the
first place*
Barry Goldwater
And leave us not forget "Mass in F minor" by the Electric Prunes. I've
never heard it, but I saw it in a record bin.
Barry Goldwater
Play that Funky Music, Cyborg
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