Live Symphony, how about that? Options

[La Mer]

Hello everybody, here you have another +Live+ freak, I follow this forum for a long time but my lazy ass never was up to register.

What struck me last night when I listened too all this Live remixes and outtakes, what would happened if Live was to do The Best of with some symphony orchestra? Like Metallica's S/M stuff. I think it would be awsome, since Live have melodic and rocky songs, and Ed's voice would fit in perfect. I dunno if this idea was up in this forum, if it was, then lock this. If not, I would like too hear you'r comments on this idea.

Big love from Bosnia!

ps. TDTH is one of the best records ever made....There I said it.

[torcatofan]

Hello everybody, here you have another +Live+ freak, I follow this forum for a long time but my lazy ass never was up to register.

What struck me last night when I listened too all this Live remixes and outtakes, what would happened if Live was to do The Best of with some symphony orchestra? Like Metallica's S/M stuff. I think it would be awsome, since Live have melodic and rocky songs, and Ed's voice would fit in perfect. I dunno if this idea was up in this forum, if it was, then lock this. If not, I would like too hear you'r comments on this idea.

Big love from Bosnia!

ps. TDTH is one of the best records ever made....There I said it.

In my opinion Metallica's S&M and Collective Soul's Home are some of the best from those bands.

So I definitely wouldn't be against the idea.

[crazy1]

I've thought about that as well. I think it would sound awesome!!

[SecretInsomnia]

Hello everybody, here you have another +Live+ freak, I follow this forum for a long time but my lazy ass never was up to register.

What struck me last night when I listened too all this Live remixes and outtakes, what would happened if Live was to do The Best of with some symphony orchestra? Like Metallica's S/M stuff. I think it would be awsome, since Live have melodic and rocky songs, and Ed's voice would fit in perfect. I dunno if this idea was up in this forum, if it was, then lock this. If not, I would like too hear you'r comments on this idea.

Big love from Bosnia!

ps. TDTH is one of the best records ever made....There I said it.

psssst! that's the plan for the upcomin' DVD planned in 2008, Brazilia hey but don't tell anyone yet

[sellingthdrama]

I would love to hear Lightning Crashes with a full chorus doing background vocals and such. I think I'd evaporate.

[Soxwsc]

Hello everybody, here you have another +Live+ freak, I follow this forum for a long time but my lazy ass never was up to register.

What struck me last night when I listened too all this Live remixes and outtakes, what would happened if Live was to do The Best of with some symphony orchestra? Like Metallica's S/M stuff. I think it would be awsome, since Live have melodic and rocky songs, and Ed's voice would fit in perfect. I dunno if this idea was up in this forum, if it was, then lock this. If not, I would like too hear you'r comments on this idea.

Big love from Bosnia!

ps. TDTH is one of the best records ever made....There I said it.

I was just gonna start a thread on this very topic, but decided to search "symphony" to see if anyone else had brought this up. Great idea!

It can't be just any orchestra. It would be have to be a well-known and respected full size orchestra, and this pairing would be captured and presented in HD for the upcoming DVD (and also sold on CD). The audience would be homespun members, Friendsoflive members, and all the long-time loyal fans. Why can't they pull off something like this?

This post has been edited by Soxwsc: Nov 19 2007, 7:14 pm

[dangum]

Why can't they pull off something like this?

Because the costs would be too great and it wouldn't sell.

[Badman]

Because the costs would be too great and it wouldn't sell.

[Distance to Me]

Hey! Great idea. And, by the way, TDTH is great and is my favorite record of all time.

[michael39]

It would be totally awesome.....Love S&M from metallica and i'm sure these guys could pull it off easily.

[Alex]

The price of it would be huge. They'd need someone (good!) to arrange and orchestrate, the orchestra itself would cost a lot, especially if they were well known- not only for the gig nights, but also for rehearsals... and if they were to release on DVD, the sound set-up would be far more elaborate than the standard live show- the acoustic nuances of the venue would need to be considered far more than they would normally...

Yeah, I don't think it's practical. Some of the stuff would be epic... but I wouldn't want the orchestra to just be a sort of auxilliary rhythm section- they'd have to arrange some interesting counter-melodies, etc... S&M was very well done for the most part.