How cool is this?

[GretschWretch]

Baroque psychedelic pop rock, Beethoven, and a circus march all in the same song.



Even live it's cool. We get a rocker switch flip at @3:12.



@JIO should love the choices for guitar and bass.

 

[Michedelic]

Baroque psychedelic pop rock, Beethoven, and a circus march all in the same song.



Even live it's cool. We get a rocker switch flip at @3:12.



@JIO should love the choices for guitar and bass.

Hmm, not impressed, it sounds like they’re trying too hard to be “far out”, desperately trying to do a Vanilla Fudge imitation, but retaining the orchestration. And they did this in the latter part of ‘68? It already sounded dated for that moment…had it come out a year earlier, it might have been with the times. Sorry, I’ll stick with Scott. That’s not really what’s referred to as “Baroque Pop”. The Left Banke, Sagittarius, and Millenium were.

 

[GretschWretch]

Hmm, not impressed, it sounds like they’re trying too hard to be “far out”, desperately trying to do a Vanilla Fudge imitation, but retaining the orchestration. And they did this in the latter part of ‘68? It already sounded dated for that moment…had it come out a year earlier, it might have been with the times. Sorry, I’ll stick with Scott.

I somewhat agree; I've always thought of the Bunnies as sort of Vanilla Fudge Lite. But the artist is immaterial to my post. It could have been Herman's Hermits or Blue Cheer, or even the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. What appeals to me is finding a medley of pop rock, classical, and a concert band staple all in a single recording.

 

[Michedelic]

I somewhat agree; I've always thought of the Bunnies as sort of Vanilla Fudge Lite. But the artist is immaterial to my post. It could have been Herman's Hermits or Blue Cheer, or even the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. What appeals to me is finding a medley of pop rock, classical, and a concert band staple all in a single recording.

Here you go…


Let alone full adaptations…


…not to mention Procol Harum and the Fudge on that messy “The Beat Goes On” album.
So, not a new idea in ‘68, plus march motifs had popped up in pop music before…


and then Col. Bogey and Harold Hill, of course.