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Apocalyptica — Farewell
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 28, 2012 - 11:40
 
 andigenu wrote:
Always liked the band. The guys are pros and they just have this unique ghost-story sound. Would go for it over any thrashy and melancholic wannabe tunes.
 
I reckon they've invented a new genre of Goth Cello. Whenever I hear them on RP I think of graveyards, zombies, doom and destruction, and other such wholesome things for us closet Goths. The name is rather a giveaway as to their style, mind. Anyway, they always give me the willies, and as the late great John Peel said, good music should always be a bit scary.

jadewahoo
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 09:08
 
This would make a mediocre movie soundtrack.

alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 09:08
 
Never said this on RP before, but… MUTE!

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 09:06
 



I'd rather hear this guy.


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 09:05
 
Gorgeous.  In the way a 40 knot wind buffets you on a high cliff overlooking the ocean.

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 09:05
 
 Rafter101 wrote:
I started just listening. Then I started rockin.  Now I'm screaming.  AWESOME song.
 
Interestingly, I started to listen. Then I started to cringe. Now I am wincing. DREADFUL song. 

But then, one persons water is another's dank infested ditch juice. 

Rafter101
(Davis, California)
Posted: Mar 12, 2011 - 20:45
 
I started just listening. Then I started rockin.  Now I'm screaming.  AWESOME song.

andigenu
(Black Sea)
Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 13:08
 
Always liked the band. The guys are pros and they just have this unique ghost-story sound. Would go for it over any thrashy and melancholic wannabe tunes.

katjazuu
Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 12:59
 
Apocalyptica has to be the most depressing music I've ever heard. {#Cry}

Johnny-smooth
(On my bicycle)
Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 12:52
 
Not bad but not quite as artful or original as Kronos Quartet

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 09, 2011 - 12:51
 
 vit wrote:
Could be a car commercial, a card commercial, or the part in the movie where the kid builds his solar kite and flies it past his unrequited love's house, right after she read in the paper that he'd died.
 
I think the appropriate one is that last one you mentioned.



michael_a_k
(Germany)
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 15:28
 
 vit wrote:
Could be a car commercial, a card commercial, or the part in the movie where the kid builds his solar kite and flies it past his unrequited love's house, right after she read in the paper that he'd died.
 
Ok, *could* be a love song. I still need some PIL after listening to this.



vit
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 15:23
 
Could be a car commercial, a card commercial, or the part in the movie where the kid builds his solar kite and flies it past his unrequited love's house, right after she read in the paper that he'd died.

michael_a_k
(Germany)
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 15:23
 
This is not a love song.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 15:21
 
 Danimal174 wrote:
{#Boohoo}     {#Drummer}     {#Boohoo}                    I    {#Fire}   Like it
 



macpeck
Posted: Dec 08, 2010 - 15:19
 
Really excellent...


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 18:20
 
 crockydile wrote:
Drones on a bit, don't it? {#Headache}
 
But it's a really nice droning!  {#Daisy}

drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 08:12
 
Farewell? Can that be forever please?

oldman
(Lost in Northern Virginia)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 11:03
 
 crockydile wrote:
Drones on a bit, don't it? {#Headache}
 
{#Yes}


rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 11:00
 
Bombastic drivel.

tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 10:59
 
Moving...me toward the volume knob to seek relief

darkblue
(Germany)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 10:59
 
Love this song ...

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 10:57
 
 mirland wrote:
Guess it helps being scandinavian to really appreciate the melancholy of this arrangement. 
 
Yes.  Not only to appreciate the melancholy but the sheer determination.


vluvlu
Posted: Jul 02, 2010 - 10:57
 
Well, Philistine here too!  Liked it.

calypsus_1
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 20:05
 

Cellos in the Rain by *henrimikael
Henri Lassander  ©2008-2010 *henrimikael

Perttu Kivilaakso & Eicca Toppinen / Apocalyptica at Ankkarock, Korso, August 2008

Employer: plaza.fi/kaista (Finnish webzine)

Edited with Photoshop CS2
This photo is copyrighted. Do not use without permission or bad stuff will happen.



FluorideFreeMN
(Central Minnesota)
Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 07:04
 
I personally liked this cut....felt it was quite moving.

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 06:52
 
Getting a bit bored with this to be honest.

Tosko
(Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Mar 29, 2010 - 06:51
 
I like Apocalyptica a lot, but this is one of their more boring pieces.  Almost anything from their 2nd release—Inquisition Symphont—is more memorable than this.

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 06:06
 
 iandberg wrote:
Instrumental drivel for the masses. I bet I know a few cello players that would roll their eyes at this. It's along the same lines as Bond in that it gives the listener a false sense of cultural enlightenment, when musically, there's not much there. It's packaging and presentation, without much regard for the actual content.
 

Three chords and 4 on the floor isn't "cultural enlightenment" either - it's f ing rock n roll. That's what we're here for. Cheers to you and your Grey Poupon.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 06:04
 
Hideous.

MannAudioltd
(Worcester England)
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 06:03
 
god this was awful

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Jan 25, 2010 - 06:03
 
Guess it helps being scandinavian to really appreciate the melancholy of this arrangement. 

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 18:20
 
 Rotterdam wrote:
Sorry, I must be a Philistine, but I think this is beautiful. Don't hit me, please...
 
Well, I must be a Philistine, too!!!


mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 - 09:55
 
 Hippostar wrote:
If you are going to re-interpret a heavy rock song as a chamber arrangement, then do so.  This is just a note for note performance, and is further diluted by rock drums at the end.  It's entertaining yes, but nothing innovative here.
 
...is this a cover of someone else's composition?..i thought it was an original piece by apocalyptica...


Rotterdam
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 00:16
 
Sorry, I must be a Philistine, but I think this is beautiful. Don't hit me, please...

Hippostar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 10:16
 
 iandberg wrote:
Instrumental drivel for the masses. I bet I know a few cello players that would roll their eyes at this. It's along the same lines as Bond in that it gives the listener a false sense of cultural enlightenment, when musically, there's not much there. It's packaging and presentation, without much regard for the actual content.
 
Thank you.  Well said.


Ras_Ian
Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 10:12
 
 strange_brew00 wrote:
i could live another 26 years without hearing this again.
 
hilarious, and i agree..


moshevelvul
(or velocity?)
Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 10:11
 
really dunno why - could just be the morning but - - - nope

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 07:37
 
 Jazbo wrote:

It's slowly breaking my heart! 


I appreciate that you like it but for me it's slowly grating on my nerves. Maybe it's my mood.

crockydile
(The swamps of Houston)
Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 07:36
 
Drones on a bit, don't it? {#Headache}

FrankMc
Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 07:36
 
I wish they could have come up with a coda rather than a fade, but impressive nonetheless.

Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Jul 20, 2009 - 07:35
 

It's slowly breaking my heart!



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 12:34
 
 Hannio wrote:


Oh good grief. Get a grip. You remind me of my high school French teacher who cried when we got to the part about the little prince dying.
 
Let me guess, you got a D?


Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 12:33
 
{#Boohoo}     {#Drummer}     {#Boohoo}



lovemydog
Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 12:28
 
This song and the other by this group are starting to grow on me-I am not sure whether it's the idea of an orchestral piece after all the indie rock or what, but I am starting to really like it.

{#Meditate}

inmanart
Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 12:28
 
Reminiscent of early Autobahn

NoEnzLefttoSplit
Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 14:48
 
 ercasul wrote:

Not Scandinavian, but still absolutely love this piece.   It's like that bow is playing directly on my heartstrings.
 
.. don't know how many Scandinavians you get for two kiwis at today's rates but I totally adore this piece too.
kia ora ercasul


ercasul
(New Zealand)
Posted: Mar 15, 2009 - 14:46
 
 mirland wrote:
You might want to be scandinavian to really appreciate this piece. I am and I love it {#War}
 
Not Scandinavian, but still absolutely love this piece.   It's like that bow is playing directly on my heartstrings.

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 01:32
 
I had liked this first time I heard it as it was different from the norm but as usual anything different draws alot of critissim just because it is different. Today was on a short road trip with friend and he had 3 of their CD's and found there were several tunes I really liked and a few I didn't care for , may like more with second listen but the reason I cherish RP so much is I live out in the "sticks" and don't get to hear new and different music. I also understand different tastes in music and you may not like what I do or I may not care for what you do but without the exposure you will never know what ya like or don't so please be tollerant

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 01:10
 
You might want to be scandinavian to really appreciate this piece. I am and I love it {#War}