Sterbus - Appealing to Venus (Sea Nymphs cover)
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2024
- Back in summer 2015, in a dream (or I was taking a shower?) I envisioned a string quartet arrangement for this wonderful Sea Nymphs' Tim Smith penned tune, so I asked my highly esteemed friend and pondie Paolo Sala - you may know him for his amazing covers of "Tarred and Feathered" and "The Everso Closely Guarded Line" - to write one in the style of George Martin. And he did! So we had a very cool version of it, but unfortunately the midi sounds of the strings were not "real" enough for a release, so we had to let the score lay aside, waiting for the day when having a real string quartet was possible.
Now fast forward to Quarantine & Lockdown in late May 2020, when Dominique found about Layer Bows, a team of very skilled roman string players able to fulfill our dreams. So we sent them the score, and after less than 48 hours we had our REAL string quartet arrangement done perfectly! Next: we soon booked the "Jungle Music Factory", the studio of our friend and producer Francesco Grammatico (who also produced our major opus "Real Estate / Fake Inverno") and on June 20 Dominique and me went there to record lead and backing vocals, clarinet and flute.
Our five-years long fantasy was now reality!
Well, now it's time to sing along with us!
So many years ago
Cutting them down, cracking their skulls
I stroke your temple and where are all the people?
Come back to us, we need you
And good, we have a love match
As soon as they're asleep
We're gonna get us out of here
Legend or not, he's gone
He claimed to be the future
I stroke from you all your precious life
Destroy my will, it's only love
So many years ago
Golden appeals to Venus cut them down by millions
Trillion billion millions
They claimed to be the future
Dominique D'Avanzo: lead vocals, flute, clarinet
Emanuele Sterbini: backing vocals
Paolo Sala: string quartet arrangement
Strings played and recorded by Layer Bows
Vocals, flute and clarinet recordings, mix and mastering by Francesco Grammatico @ Jungle Music Factory
Music video adapted from the 1943 movie “Meshes of the Afternoon”, written by Maya Deren and directed by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid.
Video editing by Dominique D'Avanzo
You can watch the full movie and discover the art of Maya Deren through her works, mostly available on the web.
vimeo.com/2547...
Dedicated to our Leader of the Starry Skies Tim Smith especially for his birthday!
The song is free for everyone to listen and enjoy, so if you wish to help Tim just go to this page and make a donation!
www.justgiving...
Sterbus music: sterbus.bandca...
Paolo Sala music: paolosala.band...
Layer Bows String Recording: www.layerbows....
...and of course Cardiacs: alphabet-busin...
Exquisite on the ear. :)
Thank you! You will hear more REAL strings on the new album mate ;)
I'd love to read your score for this!
I have my string arrangement in pdf: just the string quartet, no vocal line, no woodwinds.
I can send it, if you want.
@@PaoloSalasan Oh wow yeah that'd be nice. my geemail is my firstname dot my lastname (no apostrophe) at g mail (Obscured to keep it off google search). Thanks!
Gorgeous!! One of my favorite Sea Nymphs songs!!
Very nice! Abviously visually inspired by the surrealists(Un Chien Andalou).
Yes, Dominique (singer and flute / clarinet player) did the video here. She loves this stuff.
This is amazingly beautiful! What I would do for a whole album of Sea Nymphs covers like this, they were my first introduction to the incredible Dr Timothy Charles Smith. He will be missed dearly but I love that his legacy can live on through things like this ♥️
Thank you Drew! I'd love to do more cover arranged for String Quartet! We used to do this live, acoustic. And Abade too. Have you heard our versions of Gina Lollobrigida and Dirty Boy?
@@sterbus79 yes, I've heard them both. I absolutely love your version of dirty boy especially whatever the wind instrument is on the outro! And the Gina Lollabrigida cover is amazing too, I love they way you pair back such texturally complex tracks, it really makes their beauty shine through. Thank you for all the hard work on these!
simply fabulous
Stunned
💕 Craigus
A beautiful arrangement of a beautiful song!
It takes a BEAU to know what is BEAUTIFUL! :)
Gorgeous
Thank you!
Anche io, come Dalenz, avevo avuto l'impressione di una brillante intuizione di fondo, e cioè di fondere insieme elementi del brano con l'arrangiamento di Eleanor Rigby! Bel lavoro!
Esatto, la mia idea era proprio di avere quel feel a metà tra Eleanor Rigby, She's Leaving Home o Yesterday. La partitura comunque è stata scritta dal mio amico Paolo Sala che ha fatto un gran bel lavoro!
Brilliant!! Thank you.
Very good Emanuele and Dominique!!!
I am in love. Xxx
Molto bella!!! 🖤
This is a beautiful rendition!
Thanks David! We imagined it for years before we were able to do it for real!
Scopro solo ora questa versione, dopo qualche giorno che sono ossessionato con questo pezzo e in generale con i Sea Nymphs. E non solo è bellissima, ma anche Meshes of the afternoon per visual! Colpito e affondato.
Grazie mille, le atmosfere dei Sea Nymphs sono decisamente uniche. Riguardo le immagini è stata la cantante Dominique ad avere la brillante idea di associarle!
@@sterbus79 Tutto meraviglioso
@@lotus8key Posso chiederti se conosci anche il nostro materiale originale?ruclips.net/video/vve0l86eFDc/видео.html
@@sterbus79 Per ora mi sono addentrato in tutte le vostre cover dei Cardiacs (Dirty Boy, con l'intro e l'outro col sax, è magnifica), ma sicuramente ascolterò anche il resto!
@@lotus8key grazie! La nostra musica piaceva anche a Tim Smith, abbiamo avuto la fortuna di conoscerlo... Grazie per l'interesse e per aver ascoltato le altre cover!
Amazing cover of an incredible song!
Beautiful X
Thanks Emily :)
Lovely ❤️
This is great! And it looks like it was literally filmed 90 years ago
Hello Avant... I've seen in another comment that you were really appreciating our own tunes, I thought you would be happy to know that our new album is out, it's called LET YOUR GARDEN SLEEP IN.... let me know if you dig it! sterbus.bandcamp.com/album/let-your-garden-sleep-in
@@sterbus79 Thank you! I really love your music. I wanted a career in music myself and saw my favorite artists struggling. It warm my heart to see people doing truly creative music. Maybe we'll meet one day. ❤️
@@avantprog6902 Well we're struggling too, in a way :) I wish this was our job, let's it's our big passion. We do it cause we love music and we love making music. What do you play?
@@sterbus79 It's obvious that your passionate about music. I started on guitar and later picked up drums.
@@avantprog6902 wish I could play drums well enough to record them on my own stuff...maybe one day, or maybe one day we'll meet and play together
I actually really thought about the arrangement on Eleanor Rigby during the very few seconds of the song! Congratulations guys!
Yes! The idea was really to have an arrangement reminding of George Martin works. A bit like She's leaving home too, even if George conducted it but did not write it!
Incredible work. Now I want to hear the whole record played with pizzicato.
Ha! Maybe one day! I'd love to hear the intro to Ditzy Scene arranged for strings!
@@sterbus79 HOO. I'm now picturing Bug from Heaven.
Magnifico great job😁
Wow!
Utter laudation!
Thanks mate! 🌹
@@sterbus79 glad you shared it on FB! Brightened my evening!
@@LordoftheBadgers That's what we're here for! You just made mine too! ps, we did other Tim Smith covers, check out Dirty Boy or Gina Lollobrigida ;)
@@sterbus79 I know those but didn't know this one. They are all splendid and harmonious. As is decreed.
Exquisite.
Qué linda versión!!! Saludos de Argentina ❤️❤️
thank you very much!
Vivaldiacs!
It makes sense! :) He wrote the Four Seasons but now, with this climate change we feel only two...
@@sterbus79 If he was around today, he'd be able to phone up Paulo Sala for advice! :D
@@sicko_the_ew that's for sure! You know he's helping arranging strings for the new album too?
@@sterbus79 No I didn't. That should add another layer of awesome to it!
@@sicko_the_ew You'll love it!