Maybe it's just me, but I almost love this version more than I do the original by the early punk band Television. Yeah. I think it's just me, and maybe the fact that I'm a string player and I have hero-worship issues with Kronos Quartet and the covers of some popular tunes they've done (Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze, Sigur Rós' Flugufrelsarinn). Also, every other composer work I've experienced through them.
Kronos actually comes through my area once every couple of years. I've been really lucky to see them perform live several times since I was about ten or eleven. I actually suspect that they were my initial introduction to new music as I know and appreciate it now, and might have influenced some of my ideas for what I want to do professionally.
Wow. But that's definitely another entry for another time.
In the meantime, here's the song. Really cool stuff.
mp3: Kronos Quartet - Marquee Moon
In a true Kronos fashion, it's as much in accordance with the original as it possibly could be in consideration of four string-players and no recognizable percussion. The cellist even tunes the C string down to a B to enable a lower octave in places. Also: David Harrington (1st violin) has and always will rock my world.
My apologies for the severe shortage of posts. I've had the plague/been busy/am lazy. Will try harder.
1 comment:
Thank you so much for posting this. I have actually been looking for this track for ages, and been unsuccessful in my search.
I can't say that I like this better than Television's version, but I do like it. Honestly, I think they should have stretched out a bit more, improvised a bit, but that is just me.
Again, thanks for the post.
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