Music with Strings in it

dazedcola · 07.16.2008, 11:51 AM

Lately I've grown a great appreciation for strings in modern music (ie since the 1960s) and now I have a thirst to find more of them. I've always loved "eleanor rigby", "bittersweet symphony", "don't talk(put your head on my shoulder" and "car wash hair". I love the way some beautiful string arrangement can accentuate a song and send me to the heavens with its elegance.

I recently heard "moonlight mile" by the stones last night and realized I got to hear more of this kind of style. So everyone sound off on some music with strings. Don't reccomend classical music, thats not what i had in mind.

StevOK · 07.16.2008, 12:23 PM

The Starlight Mints. [/thread]

SYRFox · 07.16.2008, 01:22 PM

Pantha Du Prince - Saturn Strobe

Okay it's sampled strings... but it still fucking beautiful

Death & the Maiden · 07.17.2008, 01:39 AM

Messin' Pt. II by Ed Kuepper

acousticrock87 · 07.17.2008, 02:39 AM

Every song by Rufus Wainwright.

HECKLER SPRAY · 07.17.2008, 06:36 AM

Venus - Welcome to the Modern Dance Hall
dEUS - In a bar, under the Sea

I don't like strings in rock music very much.

nicfit · 07.17.2008, 06:49 AM

some pj harvey stuff has interesting strings arrangments
good call on venus, great band (well, that album is great, the others a bit less imo)

terminal pharmacy · 07.17.2008, 04:37 PM

portishead and the lso

The Earl Of Slander · 07.18.2008, 07:53 AM

The Velvet Underground with Cale in really knew how to use strings. Venus in Furs is just the shit, or, for a lighter touch, Stephanie Says.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.18.2008, 12:31 PM

Smog - Wild Love (an album, has cello on some songs)
Rachels (the band)
The Sonara Pine (another band)
Tower Recordings (a band)

ricechex · 07.18.2008, 01:22 PM

Belle and Sebastian. I don't have much of their stuff, but recall lots of strings. It can be a nice touch definitely. My fave song, Strawberry Fields, is prob one of the best examples too..

EMMAh · 07.18.2008, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

some pj harvey stuff has interesting strings arrangments

Yes yes.

Soon We'll be Dead - Leftover Crack

SugarMountain · 07.18.2008, 02:59 PM

Alot of songs have strings in them, though I think I know what you are getting at, Bittersweet Symphony never gets old for me, Also worth checking out is Richards solo records, chock full of bombastic strings

Becks Paper Tiger and Lonesome Tears from Sea Change are stunning too

http://www.myspace.com/attheendoftheworldband this new side project i've been working on with my mate has lots of string samples in it, you might dig it?

dazedcola · 07.18.2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SugarMountain

http://www.myspace.com/attheendoftheworldband this new side project i've been working on with my mate has lots of string samples in it, you might dig it?

yea that was good.Beautiful, lush,melodramatic yet touching. Be perfect over the end of some movie.

greedrex · 07.18.2008, 04:45 PM

dirty three!

LittlePuppetBoy · 07.18.2008, 04:51 PM

various songs by Matthew Good
Owner's Lament by Scratch Acid

Toilet & Bowels · 07.18.2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LittlePuppetBoy

Owner's Lament by Scratch Acid

and albino slug

pop punk will eat itself · 07.18.2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

Every song by Rufus Wainwright.

QFA

debradarko · 07.19.2008, 12:52 AM

true as the night - the vines
not that much strings but it's a nice song

Green Magnesium · 07.19.2008, 12:55 AM

You Took My Moonlight Away (a song by The Poppy Family)

I love pretty much everything by them, but this is the one song that immediately springs to mind when thinking of strings...... it has a very pretty string-filled outro.

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dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	Lately I've grown a great appreciation for strings in modern music (ie since the 1960s) and now I have a thirst to find more of them. I've always loved "eleanor rigby", "bittersweet symphony", "don't talk(put your head on my shoulder" and "car wash hair". I love the way some beautiful string arrangement can accentuate a song and send me to the heavens with its elegance. I recently heard "moonlight mile" by the stones last night and realized I got to hear more of this kind of style. So everyone sound off on some music with strings. Don't reccomend classical music, thats not what i had in mind. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Pantha Du Prince - Saturn Strobe Okay it's sampled strings... but it still fucking beautiful
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HECKLER SPRAY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Near Paris, France Posts: 3,762	Venus - Welcome to the Modern Dance Hall dEUS - In a bar, under the Sea I don't like strings in rock music very much. __________________
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	some pj harvey stuff has interesting strings arrangments good call on venus, great band (well, that album is great, the others a bit less imo) __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	The Velvet Underground with Cale in really knew how to use strings. Venus in Furs is just the shit, or, for a lighter touch, Stephanie Says.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,271	Smog - Wild Love (an album, has cello on some songs) Rachels (the band) The Sonara Pine (another band) Tower Recordings (a band)
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ricechex the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 582	Belle and Sebastian. I don't have much of their stuff, but recall lots of strings. It can be a nice touch definitely. My fave song, Strawberry Fields, is prob one of the best examples too.. __________________
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SugarMountain little trouble girl Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 78	Alot of songs have strings in them, though I think I know what you are getting at, Bittersweet Symphony never gets old for me, Also worth checking out is Richards solo records, chock full of bombastic strings Becks Paper Tiger and Lonesome Tears from Sea Change are stunning too http://www.myspace.com/attheendoftheworldband this new side project i've been working on with my mate has lots of string samples in it, you might dig it? __________________ www.myspace.com/electricfurs www.myspace.com/jackjosephmusic
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debradarko little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 59	true as the night - the vines not that much strings but it's a nice song __________________
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Green Magnesium 100% Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A House Like a Lotus Posts: 809	You Took My Moonlight Away (a song by The Poppy Family) I love pretty much everything by them, but this is the one song that immediately springs to mind when thinking of strings...... it has a very pretty string-filled outro.
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