Comments on: The final Cellodown

The final Cellodown

wendell — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:46:15 -0800

If you love the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (and who in their right mind doesn't?) and enjoyed the Japanese version of Smoke on the Water, you might just barely tolerate this. Warning: contains five minutes of repackaged ~~progressive~~pretentious rock and images of cello-based dorkiness. I gave it 98/100.

By: wendell

wendell — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:48:17 -0800

Gee, it wouldn't let me add "musicvideoMTVwouldneverplaybackwhenMTVplayedmusicvideos" as a tag...

By: tapeguy

tapeguy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:55:51 -0800

If you like this, see also: the Kuricorder Quartet.

By: subgear

subgear — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:02:09 -0800

anti-music?

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:13:11 -0800

Sparky really shreds it, dude. Up next, "Life During Wartime" on prepared spoons.

By: razorian

razorian — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:41:52 -0800

This was great, great fun.

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:52:13 -0800

Gob Bluth called; he needs his entrance music back.

By: 15 step

15 step — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:23:59 -0800

I think the low point(s) are when the long-haired second-from-left one headbangs as he plays one note again and again.

By: greta simone

greta simone — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:35:27 -0800

Who headbangs to the Final Countdown anyway? He's young enough to know what is and isn't appropriate headbanging material. Well shit, maybe he's not old enough. Whatever. I thought that sucked.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:04:16 -0800

I liked the smile on the face of one of the women cellists in the background: you can tell she finds it all mildly amusing, but is also thinking 'Twenty years of dedicated training, and I'm playing the Final Sodding Countdown?'. And don't all orchestras do this kind of thing as a matter of routine? I remember seeing the Liverpool Philharmonic doing a whole night of pop songs/film themes when I was little. (Given the timing, I may even have been proto-Rickrolled!)

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:14:32 -0800

Well, the cello version was just as stupid and embarrassing as the original, so I guess these guys were... successful. Or something.

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:53:03 -0800

The final solution for classical musicians with star aspirations and good hair. Let's not forget there are people in the world who actively seek out music like this. I think we should all take a moment of silence for those people and then kill them with Sheer Hellish Miasma.

By: D.C.

D.C. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:54:17 -0800

A cloying, uncreative arrangement of a song that was shit to begin with. Kronos Quartet doing Hendrix is better.

By: geos

geos — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:56:37 -0800

Who headbangs to the Final Countdown anyway? He's young enough to know what is and isn't appropriate headbanging material. so it's headbanging with cellos you want: Master of Puppets

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:34:34 -0800

Cello face.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:18:58 -0800

They must have a lot of sore necks. Apocalyptica: Metallica on Four Cellos

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:16:36 -0800

This video makes me imagine an Arrested Development where through some sort of teleporter mix-up the Bluths wind up in an mirror universe where everything is bizarro. Evil goateed G.O.B. takes the stage to millions of adoring fans while this orchestra plays. The crowd goes wild, and he performs illusions (not tricks!) that boggle the mind. Then, as The Final Countdown climaxes, he disappears into the Aztec Tomb leaving the evil, goateed crowd to wonder where he went.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:20:32 -0800

I forgot to add the piss to my morning cornflakes, but I thought that was great, even in my hungover, slightly still inebriated state. Those Apocalyptica dudes take themselves way too seriously. I would party with those melo-m cats over Apocalyptica any day.

By: zippy

zippy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:21:31 -0800

Proof that there's not always room for cello.

By: Saxon Kane

Saxon Kane — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:43:17 -0800

revgeorge: If it's a bizarro AD world, wouldn't GOB perform tricks, not illusions?

By: TheCoug

TheCoug — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:52:56 -0800

I need this to wash the bad taste out of my mouth.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:45:23 -0800

Come on, that was hilarious. Headbanging cello action! Woot! Of course I could only watch the first thirty seconds before hitting the back button like a lab rat trying to escape an electrified cage.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:49:07 -0800

TheCoug, that was a couple of different kinds of amazing.

By: geos

geos — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:09:17 -0800

of course you could just rock out to Shostakovich instead...

By: Mike D

Mike D — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:04:52 -0800

Well, I'd never heard of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, to whom this post led me. And frankly, their take on the Theme from Shaft -- with a happy older white guy doing the Isaac Hayes vocals -- is probably the funniest thing I've seen all week.

By: etaoin

etaoin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:31:19 -0800

Second cellist makes my neck hurt and me fear that his head is going to snap off. I say that as an aging mother.

By: ZaneJ.

ZaneJ. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:42:30 -0800

I've got the Reflections CD produced by Apocalyptica right next to my computer at all times. It makes a great coaster.