Chas Orff

With all the posts about Orff that often seem to fill this NG, I thought I'd share with you one of my recent listening experiences. Today I found at the library Orff's 'Carmina Burana', as interpreted by Ray Manzarek, of The Doors fame. I always had a bit of respect for Manzarek, as I thought as far as rock keyboardists go, he was pretty good. Man, this has to be one of the single worst things I have heard in my entire existence. It is utterly hilarious! Orff as he was never meant to be heard. The only way I can describe it is as if Carmina Burana was played by Chas & Dave. Anyone else heard this?

If you get the chance to listen to this atrociously bad nonsense, please do; I guarantee it'll make you laugh most heartily!

Humourously,

Colin.

Tech Support: 'I need you to boot the computer.' Customer: (THUMP! Pause.) 'No, that didn't help.'

Who's Chas and Dave?

mp3!mp3!

And in the meantime here's Abba's 'Waterloo' on Hammond organ ...

There's Real Audio files of two of the tracks here, including the famous 'O fortuna' (or 'Wheel of Fortune' as its called here):
http://www.thedoors.com/BeHere/ray/cbinfo.html

It also has the CD liner notes which are worth reading after you've heard the music:

'In 1983 Ray Manzarek, long attracted to the spiritual power of CARMINA BURANA, chose to interpret the piece in a contemporary framework. This presentation intends to create enchanted pictures; to conjure up the ectasy expressed in the lyrics, an enhanced intense feeling for life akin to the passions and revelry of the wandering poets of so long ago.'

I don't really get any of this from listening to it!

Colin.

Tech Support: 'I need you to boot the computer.' Customer: (THUMP! Pause.) 'No, that didn't help.'

So why didn't he just set the poems himself?

And parodied in Turnage's opera Greek.