Re: (OT) More on Radiohead

[cpr@musetrap.com]

Thanks tEd! listening to these two albums now.. already enthralled  
with the opening of Everything In It's Right Place.. :)

not that it's the same, but contextually it reminds me of Tori Amos'  
cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit.. all the passion and energy of the  
original.. :)

-cpr

Quoting tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>:

> I am sure that some of you may be familiar with classical pianist,
> Christopher O'Riley.
>
> For Radiohead fans and non-fans alike, I cannot recomment his solo
> piano interpretations of Radiohead music enough.
>
> "Hold Me To This - Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead" . . . and . . .
> "True Love Waits - O'Riley Plays Radiohead"
>
> These 2 CD are neither erzats, pastel muzak renditions, nor are they
> smarmy new-age (a al George Winston) pap.
>
> O'riley, as a highly respected classical pianist, arranger, and
> conductor, has made the unthinkable . . . a serious attempt to get
> inside the music and really, faithfully, bring out the beauty that's
> there in Radiohead's music.
>
> I was shocked by the recordings when I first heard them - absolutely
> stunned by the beauty of it.
>
> And, when I hear RH now, I listen to them with an entirely new set of 
>ears.
>
> If you are so inclined, give O'Riley's rearrangements a listen.