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JimmyQ · Aug 23, 2014

I normally listen to video game music tracks, but lately I've had a hankerin' for the classical stuff, supplied, of course, by YouTube.

I was familiar with the "Marche" part, but never knew there were other well-known parts to this music piece, like "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy." Lovely!

Djembe · Aug 23, 2014

Angelicorum said:
You guys are massively increasing my must playlist! I haven't heard of some of these bands!

@AutumnalWanderer has done me the favor of lengthening my playlist quite a bit here lately. Not gunna lie, I'm about to look further into Avantasia also.
"Metal" and "Opera" automatically made me think Klingon. I'm hopeless...

ONLY_ONCE · Aug 23, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1mbSZydGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfa9z8qXkgQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXMJlibvPFA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAAXK3Mzm2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqil9WVQCvU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dLrSA-T7OY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMkJtGyI9VU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zWhBSDpyJc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPVuef4zztU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPrqGXJPaMs

gregski · Aug 23, 2014

Djembe · Aug 23, 2014

StaGiors · Aug 23, 2014

So this is what I've been listening to today. I'm thinking you guys might like it. Lot's of noise.

[video=youtube;od_9S-_nIBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od_9S-_nIBE[/video]

Here's a link to the full album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZGF-3LSjt8

And that.

And here's a link to their full album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bth8cHGHaUs

Am I slowly getting pushed into listening to dumb Greek music? I hope not. I think these guys are alright.

Elegast7 · Aug 24, 2014

Jimmy_Qu said:
I normally listen to video game music tracks, but lately I've had a hankerin' for the classical stuff, supplied, of course, by YouTube.

I was familiar with the "Marche" part, but never knew there were other well-known parts to this music piece, like "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy." Lovely!

If you haven't heard it, this also is a great piece of Tchaikovsky. Not one of his best, but still very good. Written to remember and celebrate the fallen russian soldiers in the war against Napoleon.

And ofcourse you have his Swan Lake. But that is known to everybody I pressume.

JimmyQ · Aug 24, 2014

@rohirrim Haha, yep, 1812 Overture, the one from which most people are familiar with only the last minute or so. I'm not fond of the bells, myself; I'm guessing they have some symbolic meaning, but they just don't seem to fit the rest of the music for me.

BirdTheBard · Aug 24, 2014

[video=youtube;llzTwjz-jZo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llzTwjz-jZo[/video]

Elegast7 · Aug 24, 2014

Jimmy_Qu said:
@rohirrim Haha, yep, 1812 Overture, the one from which most people are familiar with only the last minute or so. I'm not fond of the bells, myself; I'm guessing they have some symbolic meaning, but they just don't seem to fit the rest of the music for me.

Ah nice you bring that up. You see, that piece was conducted first close to the then unifinished Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was written with the completion of the cathedral in mind. The ground floor of the gallery was a memorial dedicated to the Russian victory over Napoleon. The walls displayed more than 1,000 square metres of Carrara bianca marble plaques listing major commanders, regiments, and battles of the Patriotic War of 1812 (with the lists of awards and casualties appended).

AutumnalWanderer · Aug 24, 2014

[video=youtube;ps-i41ERsIw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps-i41ERsIw[/video]

BirdTheBard · Aug 24, 2014

StaGiors · Aug 24, 2014

I watched this band live a couple of weeks ago, on the fuzztastic festival that happened in Drama, Greece. Cool stuff. A band from the US actually came to my country.