Britney Spears MADE 1920s !!

[Marc Chevalier]

Unless you're European, you may not have heard of ...


MAX RAABE und das PALAST ORCHESTER ("Max Raabe and the Palace Orchestra")


This incredible, authentically 1920s looking and sounding orchestra band takes famous modern pop and rock songs and replays them in the 1920s style, complete with Rudy Vallee-style warbling. Songs like:


-- We Will Rock You

-- Oops! I Did It Again

-- Super Trouper (that old ABBA song)

-- Sex Bomb

-- Lady Marmalade

-- Uptown Girl

-- Another Day in Paradise

-- Angel



You can listen to samples at the following link. Enter it, scroll down a third of the page, then check out the sample of "We Will Rock You" (on Disc 2): http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001ZWL7E/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_f/028-4851370-6218926



The orchestra also plays genuine 1920s and '30s songs.

Their website is here: http://www.palastorchester.de/index2.php

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[KAT]

i m so in Love with Max
he is so funny cause he picks up the old german stuff as well like "the comedian harmonists" I looove it
I tried to get some tickets for the show on the 29th but it was sold out right away...:rage: [huh]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I almost saw the orchestra live in Florence, Italy.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

If you ever want to have a 1920s Berlin "Cabaret" theme party (and who doesn't?), Max Raabe's music is a must.

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[Miss Neecerie]

hahah....does the fact I have heard of him and in fact have numerous Mp3's make me European?

There are quite a few of us fans hiding out here on the FL, Marc....

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Wunderbar!!! We should have a "Palast Orchester" night one of these days. "Life is a cabaret, old chum ..."

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[Matt Deckard]

I have two of his CDs and love all his music... Thankfully my German is sorta okay so I can understand some of the songs... though oops I did it again needs no translation.

I wish they would tour here. Maxwell tried to book them for the Argyle once.

I'm surprised we didn't bring them up on the Lounge earlier...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Which CDs do you have, Matt? I ended up ordering mine from German Amazon.

 

[KAT]

Ich wollt ich w?§r ein Huhn

if we ever do the "Palast Orchester" night , i hope im invited
Verooooonikaaaa der Lenz ist daaaa... die V??glein singen tralalaaa
by the way: Kein Schwein ruft mich aaaaaaan..keine Sau interessiert sich f?ºr mich[huh]

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

They actually have done some American tours. I saw them live in San Antonio a while back, and I know that they played in New York at Carnegie Hall this year.

 

[scotrace]

Also on iTunes. Great for sampling if, like me, you find that the Real Media files at Amazon are dead as usual.

Great stuff!

Marc, if ever we meet, I'll owe you more hooch than you can swig.

 

[CharlieH.]

I've heard this band, and all I can remember is being blown away by their rendition of "Night and Day". And to be perfectly honest, the thought of a 1920's version of "We Will Rock You" makes me cringe.

(1920's Berlin Cabaret theme party.... boy, I'd love one of those for my next birthday!)

 

[flat-top]

I have two of his CDs and love all his music... Thankfully my German is sorta okay so I can understand some of the songs... though oops I did it again needs no translation.

I wish they would tour here. Maxwell tried to book them for the Argyle once.

I'm surprised we didn't bring them up on the Lounge earlier...

Well, I sorta did:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=4918
Alas, I did not attend the show

 

[RedPop4]

fftopic: Paul Anka re-made Jump by Van Halen, and it's quite different.

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

There are some of those around.

Is the Origin?°ln?? Pražsk?? Symfonick?? Orchestr still active? They were great, and I think, took up playing this sort of music earlier than Max Raabe, also combining old standards, in this case Czech, with their own creations.

Love it.

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

At the Ren Faire a few months ago, some friends and I walked past a lady in costume playing a small harpsichord. After we passed her, my friend turned around and exclaimed "That's Metallica!"

 

[Naama]

Ah yeah! Max Raabe is great! Do you know his version of "last christmas"´?

Naama

 

[Story]

Check out the BIG MESS ORCHESTRA for more musical twists.

http://www.bigmess.com/sounds.html

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Between the Palast Orchester's '20s dance band and the Big Mess Orchestra's '40s big band, I'm pretty much set for life. "Let the new be made old, and the old be made older!"

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