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Eumir Deodato e Orquestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra

Started by farkinga · 7 months ago

RTFA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqXz7VEnYfI&...

Eumir Deodato arr, kb
Cool cover of Strauss, but if anyone can answer this for me… which came first: this, or Phish’s cover? …or, a third-party %2 ... Continue reading »

5 comments

  • fumf

    1 year ago

    I'm pretty sure the piano player, Eumir Deodato, composed this song in the 1960s or at the very latest 1970s... way before phish.
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  • farkinga

    1 year ago

    Yep - you're right - it was decades before Phish, according to wikipedia:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumir_Deodato

    His first album in the USA, Prelude, released in 1972, was of a big band Latin jazz style that immediately attracted a wide audience. His funky version of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and went No. 2 in the pop charts in the US and No. 7 in the UK. It was subsequently used to great effect in the 1979 film Being There, starring Peter Sellers and Shirley Maclaine. It was also covered extensively by the rock band Phish in their live performances and included in several of their live releases.
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  • fumf

    1 year ago

    Never heard of "Being There" but if it has Peter Sellers & Eumir its gotta be good!
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  • fumf

    1 year ago

    this video no longer works because it was taken down from youtube for copyright violation :(
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  • RS

    7 months ago

    In case you're wondering why the sudden interest -- it's a clue in the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle (which is actually delivered on Saturday).

    R
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