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Great Rock Songs with Classical Music Flavor

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jfrancispastirchak

A few songs to get us started...

Pretty Ballerina Left Bank
Walk Away Renee Left Bank
Eleanor Rigby Beatles
As Tears Go By Rolling Stones
Lady-O Judee Sill
All By Myself Eric Carmen
 
The Ventures did a rockin' version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".
Apollo 100 has done a couple of their own renditions of Bach, with Air for The G String and Joy; Mendelsohn's 4th
 
ok i'll play Paul Muriat ..L'mour est bleu..aka love is blue and
toys..lovers concerto based on bach..mozart...one of the original big hairs..lol
 
And who can forget, to the tune of "Dance of the Hours":

"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" by Allan Sherman* <ducking tomatoes>

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[*There is also "Like I Do" by Maureen Evans, which was a hit in the UK, with the same melody for the most part.]

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cd637299 said:
And who can forget, to the tune of "Dance of the Hours":
"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" by Allan Sherman* <ducking tomatoes> [*There is also "Like I Do" by Maureen Evans, which was a hit in the UK, with the same melody for the most part.]
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cd: I too remembered Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh after logging off last night. And speaking of the Brits, my startup list (page 1) mentions an artist named Judee Sill. She too was from the UK, and her Lady-O recording, though successful in the kingdom, earned little airplay in the states. Presumably a tribute to Jacguie Kennedy Onassis, it's a painfully beautiful number, sung in Fuge style, and engineered with over-dubbed vocals not yet common in 1971. Available today on YouTube.
 
Lover's Concerto by the Toys, adapted from Bach , If I remember correctly.
 
I heard a classical piece on the radio, and was told that it was called "Air on the G String" by Bach. To me it has the feel of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale," -- actually vice versa.

Wikipedia (FWIW) comes across as to doubt this. YMMV....

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We've danced all around this one but I don't think anybody's mentioned it: Classical Gas by Mason Williams.
 
Some of these are more pop than rock, and I'm not sure if this thread is supposed to be for songs actually based on classical pieces, but these seem to have a classical flavor...

"Conquistador" Procol Harum
"Living In The Past" Jethro Tull
"A Song Of Joy" Miguel Rios
"Tuesday Afternoon" and "Nights In White Satin" Moody Blues
"Dust In The Wind" Kansas
"2001 (Also Sprach Zarathustra)" Deodato
"Could It Be Magic" Barry Manilow
"Tubular Bells" Mike Oldfield
 
Oooooooooops the toys and bach were alredy mentioned on the first page..lets see what am I going to do for an entry,oh yes, my man Jimmy Webb

McArhur Park-Richard Harris .....
 
cd637299 said:
I heard a classical piece on the radio, and was told that it was called "Air on the G String" by Bach. To me it has the feel of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale," -- actually vice versa.

Wikipedia (FWIW) comes across as to doubt this. YMMV....

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40e0Bju1o5I

Here is the version by Apollo 100
 
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