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.. cello.

Take your current favorite song, and imagine it being played only on a cello.

Doesn't it sound better?

Discuss.

I don't need to, I have already heard that thanks to the skills of Apocalyptica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica)

No?

Less cello, more cowbell.

I don't need to, I have already heard that thanks to the skills of Apocalyptica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica)

I'm glad you did my job and posted their link.:)

No. I tried to think of 'Babe I'm gonna leave you' played with a Cello instead of a guitar, and I became scarred for life.:D

Cello's fine, but it has its place. I've heard string bands where the cello/violin/guitar/piano were all equally skilled, and liked the flavor of each on its own, meaning that none was superior. There are sounds that every instrument is meant for.

This has potential: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKf_iW9Ds4U

inb4rickroll

Well, to be fair, this song would be great with a Cello: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4

Piano... and that's final.

Piano... and that's final.

Source?

Source?

This song is all the proof you need. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyKcwvV5gEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyKcwvV5gE)

This song is all the proof you need. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyKcwvV5gEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCyKcwvV5gE)

fnord

Source?

http://www.imeem.com/littlekoukla1963/music/E6XhVnB_/tori-amos-river-cover-joni-mitchell/

I must say that I am proud to be Zoe Keating, but I can't agree with the OP. This,
Apocalyptica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptica)
is all the proof I need. Take an awesome song like Harvester of Sorrow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbVLTRuLkw) or For Whom the Bell Tolls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLBaIfZpuY), set it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMYJTADyqY) to cellos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMMYSdwtrs) and you've got...a mediocre version of an awesome song.

I must say that I am proud to be Zoe Keating, but I can't agree with the OP. This,

is all the proof I need. Take an awesome song like Harvester of Sorrow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbVLTRuLkw) or For Whom the Bell Tolls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNLBaIfZpuY), set it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMYJTADyqY) to cellos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMMYSdwtrs) and you've got...a mediocre version of an awesome song.

Apocolyptica are awesome

Apocolyptica are awesome
Sometimes. Their version of "Refuse Resist" is almost as good as the original, but, even then, I'd rather listen to Sepultura.

After detailed scientific evaluations involving loudspeakers, kittens, a medium (wrongly labelled, it should have been a 'large'), and the ghost of raptor Stalin, I have made a startling conclusion. Every song sounds best on a ukulele, with the exception of a small number of 90s rave records which sound best on a bassoon

While the cello is indeed the bestest instrument ever you're still wrong.

Every song would be better if it were played by a ..... naked supermodel.

No one instrument is the end-all, be-all of covers. There are some timbres, ranges and tones unavailable to every instrument. Like what you like -- there's no point in trying to legislate one's preference.

Banjo pwns all.

.. cello.

Take your current favorite song, and imagine it being played only on a cello.

Doesn't it sound better?

Discuss.

I knew you loved me :fluffle:

While the cello is indeed the bestest instrument ever you're still wrong.

No, bitch, you're wrong.

I knew you loved me :fluffle:

:):wink:

Damn cello is still leaning in a corner of the room...won't play a thing by itself.

I tried playing my favourite songs on the cello. It sucked, because I couldn't figure out how to hold the bow, and then I figured out that you couldn't play more than two notes at the same time, and then the edges started to hurt my legs, and the end pin kept slipping because I lost the part that holds it in place. And they didn't sound really good because I had a hard time figuring out where to put the fingers of my left hand to get the right pitches.

Thus, I still say every song is best when played on a CD player. Or if you can get one, a turntable.


(Oddly enough, some of my favourite pieces of music -- not songs, as they don't have lyrics -- are for cello: Bach's six suites [especially No. 5], Beethoven's five sonatas [especially No. 3], etc.)

<3 Cellos, cellists even more. One pays part of the rent at my house, and another one, well, she be utterly gorgeous.

Doesn't it sound better?
Nay.

You assume my favorite song is not already on a cello.

Also, yes. The cello is the most beautiful instrument in existence.

Source?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGi49Bnghs

I can not even imagine this on a cello: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4GgaAeqmVY (it's Te Vaka - Iuliana)

While I'm inclined to disagree since there are many songs which rely on HOW they are delivered as much as the song itself, I think it would be an interesting experiment to have a string quartet have a go at Joe Satriani. Assuming they have the talent and technical ability, of course.

kazoo

kazoo

*high five*

*high five*

Any Celine Dion song is greatly improved by being done with a kazoo.

Any Celine Dion song is greatly improved by being done with a kazoo.

I am overcome with an uncontrollable urge to make a new soundtrack for "Titanic".

Any Celine Dion song is greatly improved by being done with a kazoo.

That, along with the removal of the vocals *nods*

Apocolyptica are awesome

Agreed - I saw them live once. Fantastic.

Sometimes. Their version of "Refuse Resist" is almost as good as the original, but, even then, I'd rather listen to Sepultura.

Hmm. I find that their best stuff is some of their own work, not covers: try "Path" or "Inquisition Symphony". And their version of "Hall of the Mountain King" is second to none.

No arguments on Zoe Keating also being fantastic - I've seen her live as well. But based on the music of Emilie Autumn, I must submit the electric violin into the instrument stakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf2PT-xOTbo

This very sonata is why, the piano, hands down, is the goddess of all instruments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf2PT-xOTbo

This very sonata is why, the piano, hands down, is the goddess of all instruments.

Nah, that honour goes to the ukulele. Ukuele, mandolin, electric guitar and irish tin whistle? Delicious.

Evidence for banjo awesomeness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEtqlfMTL80&feature=related)

I have more than one fav song.
Some of them are good that way.
Some of them aren't.

.. cello.

Take your current favorite song, and imagine it being played only on a cello.

Doesn't it sound better?

Discuss.

I bet if I did this the nice lovedy dovety unbiased most righteous and might NSGers would label it spam. :rolleyes:

Hells no.

*high five*Borat joins Weird Al?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6109805766205835327