The guy playing that utterly amazing version of "Eleanor Rigby" on the 11-string(!) acoustic guitar is a Swedish virtuoso named Göran Söllscher; I had never heard of him (or heard him either) until last Saturday, when the above got played on the morning show on New York's classical station WQXR, and it blew my tiny mind. He's apparently something of a Bach specialist, and a very big deal in classical circles; he records for Deutsche Grammaphon and Wiki informs me that he's sold over a million records to date. Which kinda rocks.
In any event, the above is just spectacularly beautiful, and wait till you hear the Youtube version of him doing the Beatles' "In My Life." (Go find it yourself -- what, I have to do everything for you guys?) 😎
In all seriousness, though, I gotta say -- never in my most drug addled '60s moments under the headphones listening to the likes of Revolver on my dorm room stereo did I forsee that the pop music I loved would someday go totally highbrow.
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*Today's title is a reference to the debut single by Paul Revere and the Raiders, who, of course, were often noted for their classical influences and refined demeanor. 😎😎
7 comments:
His strings go to 11.
Sorry, it was just sitting there;>
I forgive you.
Can't wait to hear his take on Revere's 'Crisco Party.'
Nobody likes a wiseass, my friend. 😎
It's a slippery slope.
Beatles songs make terrific instrumentals - I do lots of them, including Eleanor Rigby, Your mother should know (Paul's "Granny" songs fit the bill nicely) Hey Jude, When I'm 64, I'm a loser, and Manny Moore.
"I'm a Loser"...I'd be quite interested hearing that one.
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