Thursday, September 04, 2008

Who Should be Classicalized

It's not everyday you get to vote which pop star should be "classicalized" (ouch).

September will, in the UK at least, see the issue of Songs Without Words, a collection of pop-rock hits that have been "classicalized." David Bowie, Sting, Coldplay—all your middlebrow favorites, given the ultimate middlebrow treatment.
Read more and make your vote here.

2 comments:

the amateur ear said...

How about REM? I would love to hear "Nightswimming" sung like an aria!

The Well Tempered Blog said...

I like the idea of that!

I also like the idea of Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) getting "classicalized".