Classical rip-offs

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:08 pm

Some hits were absolute takes of classical tunes. I can think of three off the top of my head:

Lover's Concerto (The Toys) - A Bach minuet
Never Gonna Fall In Love Again (Eric Carmen) - Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto
Asia Minor (Kokomo) - Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor

Any others come to mind?

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:08 pm

Howard: Don't forget Nut Rocker by Bee Bumble and the Stingers - Flight of the Bumblebee

Also, the 12 string solo in The Byrds' "She Don't Care About Time" played by Roger McGuinn - Someone help me out here

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:53 pm

The first one rings bells, Peter. The second? I'll have to get myself a Byrds CD!!

rick36 · Post by **rick36** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:02 pm

The "She Don't Care About Time" guitar break is, I believe, J. S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy Of Mans Desiring". A classic McGuinn touch...

aristeas · Post by **aristeas** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:33 pm

Concrete Blonde's "Tomorrow (Wendy)" is Pachelbel's Canon in D - played in E.

Last year I was congratulating myself after I came up with a great chord sequence that just flowed beautifully, only to realise after ten minutes that it was Canon in D. Vale George Harrison..

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:39 pm

Yes thanks J.W. for your help on "She Don't Care About Time."

jerrymac51 · Post by **jerrymac51** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:18 am

PH's Whiter Shade of Pale is based on Bach's Air On The G String, Because (Beatles not DC5) alleged to be Moonlight Sonata "backwards".

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:36 am

Thanks for these Jerry. I love both of these songs. Nothwithstanding that it is perfectly legal, poor old Bach has been ripped off a few times.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:44 am

Then there's that trumpet line in "Penny Lane"...

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:05 pm

Cherry Baby.......That's What I Like About You......R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A........lol

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:58 am

In revisiting some previous topics, I, thought talking of classics, I would share this Clough Classic from 1963 which still sounds great to me 42 years on.
Based on Tchaikovsky's(admit looked up spelling) Piano Concerto No 1, I think it's fair to say he did not expect it to be interpreted this way. Some great Bass on this for you guitar guys.

Dedicated to our Sheena as it's called Red Square.

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=15Y5QRJX4MLJQ1XBPONYWEAFUI

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:04 am

That's only one spelling for Piotr Iliych's surname...

Tschaikovsky and Chaikovsky are two others. And Piotr Iliych is up for grabs, too...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:31 pm

Yes, recognizable from the first few notes...
(and here, a silly joke was supposed to be)
Nice version, thanx for sharing it Roy...
Paul: i've also seen: Petr, Pyotr and even Peter... and there was a joke that several years ago (a decade or two), some translator "translated" his name as "Peter Teas" ("chai" is Russian for "tea")...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:50 pm

Interesting, Roy. I vaguely remember another instrumental based on Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor. It rocked along pretty nicely - no guitars, though (I think). Can't recall exactly what it was called - 'Asia Minor'?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:00 am

Howard good call, can't say I recalled it personally and don't think I have it, will check my database to see if it is on one of the many instro compilations I have, but Asia Minor was indeed a hit for Kokomo in 61 mad number 35. Kokomo was someone called Jimmy Wisener and it was a piano led instro.

The Cougars released 4 singles all on a classical theme, but the only hit they had, which at the time upset classical purists, was their version of Swan Lake imaginatively entitled Saturday Night At The Duck Pond made number 33 in charts great single,if you would like it posting let me know. Another release with a great title was Caviare and Chips (Fries across the pond, what Americans/Canadians call Chips we call crisps, don't know about OZ.

By the way Howard do not how far from Perth you are but at one venue in February incredibly within space of three days they have Mike Pender's Searchers and then The Searchers. Expensive though.