Do the funky cello
January 28, 2019 4:07 PM   Subscribe

 
That was great! I was getting a real Bill-from-Freaks-and-Geeks vibe from that one kid with the dark curly hair and glasses.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 4:15 PM on January 28, 2019 [3 favorites]


They are all so uniquely into it. And the coordinated spin moves. So much fun going on.
posted by scalefree at 4:22 PM on January 28, 2019 [3 favorites]


They're having a friggin time.

I can't find it, but there's a good commentary by some producer/youtuber about trying to get orchestra strings to play on the beat, and how it's kinda impossible/wrong headed. The swell and decay of strings, especially en masse, don't work anything like the instrumentation of rock music. Maybe metal. ESPECIALLY not funk. It's a thing to work with. To quote David Berman, this is a little like 'a watercolor of a firetruck.'

But the band's killing it, like watching Baryshnikov smile and laugh while dancing on butter.
posted by es_de_bah at 4:32 PM on January 28, 2019 [5 favorites]


That's a lot of young cello players for any Alaska town. Music kids are so great.
posted by Oyéah at 8:00 PM on January 28, 2019 [4 favorites]


trying to get orchestra strings to play on the beat, and how it's kinda impossible/wrong headed

Shucks I remember this too, but can't recall where I ran into it. The reverse is also true to some extent, but there are a lot more orchestras covering pop than funk bands covering Strauss or whatever.

Regardless, these people are clearly having a blast, and I'm glad someone bothered to do this.
posted by aspersioncast at 8:43 PM on January 28, 2019 [2 favorites]


I have always felt that Cellos in an orchestra never get to display the full magnificence of the instrument. This is Fantastic.
posted by indianbadger1 at 8:42 AM on January 29, 2019 [1 favorite]


I didn't know I needed cello spins in my life, but I really did.
posted by Happy Dave at 10:17 AM on January 29, 2019 [2 favorites]


Why do they keep spinning their cellos?

I thought maybe it was an homage to something the original musicians did, like Antero's "magnetic bow trick", but I looked up the official Uptown Funk video and the musicians are entirely off-screen.
posted by meaty shoe puppet at 1:47 PM on February 2, 2019


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