![]() ![]() Okay, it's not as good as Sky, but the way the old Dracula music (also used in my favourite ever film) is utilised in a rock song is really good. ' Plug In Baby' by Muse (2001) based on Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (I do like the P!nk song as well, by the way.) But I think the inclusion of the classical piece throughout actually adds something deeper and more to the song, making it not just a rehash, but a track all its own. But this song has some deep lyrics, probably inspired by P!nk's ' Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self'. I own two of their albums and find some of their stuff (though little of the stuff from the past year) quite enjoyable in a light, bubbly way. ' Little Me' by Little Mix (2013) based on Gabriel Fauré's PavaneĪdmission time no.2: I don't mind Little Mix. In the end, it was Beethoven who was on to something. ![]() I have not been a fan of Thicke's since, but this track actually indicated he might be onto something. But the lyrics have been designed to fit the music rather well, and Thicke doesn't do a terrible job of singing, either. I feel adding lyrics improves that disco reworking. This is actually Thicke singing over ' 5th Of Beethoven' by Walter Murphy from Saturday Night Fever. This is where you can actually hear the classical piece in the music and you go, "That sounds familiar…"Īdmission time: I only like this song because of the classical music. However, in doing actual reasearchy stuff for this, I discovered a lot of people impose classical music on songs that I personally can't hear (an example is Frank Sinatra's ' My Way') or it is claimed they use a "chord progression" used by a classical music composer. It was the Billy Joel track in this list that did it, and by 1996 I had put together a mix-tape (remember those!), taking songs in my collection and comparing them to classical pieces. This was started in my head, by the way, many years ago. But the point is a classical composer has contributed to a pop or rock song and that is the point I'm getting at here. This is when a classical piece is used in all or part of a song that has had lyrics added it may even be adapted in some way. ![]() Now, I don't mean taking a classical piece and just re-doing it, as Sky did with their awesome ' Toccata', or with the stunning ' Mozart Sonata #3' by Scatterbrain, or the slightly less awesome and not as stunning ' 5th Of Beethoven' from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. ![]()
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