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Topic: William Orbit
started by: Vulu

Posted by Vulu on May 08 2001,16:47

I was listening to William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style recently, which, if you aren't aware, is a compilation of short classical pieces redone with synthesizers and a barely imperceptible trance-ish beat.

Anyway, one of my favourite tracks is Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, which incidentally is one of the main themes for Homeworld, one of the truly fantastic PC games.

On a whim, I downloaded from Napster a NYC Philharmonic Orchestra version of the actual piece, and I was absolutely blown away by what I heard. The tepid melody in Orbit's remake pales a whiter shade of pale in the presence of the orchestral version. There's a particular sequence of ascending, climaxing emotion - for mere music it was not, but pure emotion - and I swear I've never been so astounded by what I heard.

Imagine, if you will, a visual metaphor for Romeo and Juliet, where their respective families are pulling them away from each other. And yet they strain, and strain, and they nearly touch... ever so close, but they are ripped apart. Imagine the emotion you'd feel if you were Romeo or Juliet in that scenario. That's what the music emotes. I sat at my computer for ten minutes, stunned by what I'd heard.

This message has been edited by Vulu on May 09, 2001 at 11:47 AM

Posted by SLATE on May 08 2001,20:04

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Originally posted by Vulu:
Anyway, one of my favourite tracks is Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, which incidentally is one of the main themes for Homeworld, one of the truly fantastic PC games.

holy shit.... if you weren't canadian, i'd say you were just trying to sound cool by using SAT words.... shit man.. WTF did you just say?

Posted by DeadAnztac on May 08 2001,20:21

isn't it Addagio for strings?

Posted by Vulu on May 08 2001,21:29

No idea. That's what it says though :P

Posted by PersonGuy on May 09 2001,02:21

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Originally posted by LazyGit:
William Orbit is shit he's a big pile of shit who really annoys me.

True. True. But that doesn't mean he's not a musical GENIOUS! The same goes for Moby... can't stand him, but he can make some kick-ass muzak for time to time!

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Posted by CatKnight on May 09 2001,05:06

ooh sounds nice. i'll get it when i get home. is it one of those free artist band thingies that napster actually supports, and not pirated?

Posted by LazyGit on May 09 2001,05:49

Are you on eloquent pills or something?

William Orbit is shit he's a big pile of shit who really annoys me. As does Madonna.
cheers

Posted by masher on May 09 2001,09:29

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Originally posted by DeadAnztac:
isn't it Addagio for strings?

No, just one 'd'. Adagio

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Posted by Vulu on May 09 2001,13:27

You should really get your Napster on and download it...

Posted by Dark Knight Bob on May 09 2001,18:47

wtf william orbits like been around with that shit for ages the only piece that was good that hes ever done was that barbers adagio for strings mainly because the song itself sold wiothout much need for the trance. William orbit sucks my balls!

disclaimer: william orbit does not or has not ever sucked DKB's ballz

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