Search - Classic Dream Orchestra :: Bee Gees - G.H. Go Classic

Mildly Exciting.............

Martin A Hogan | San Francisco, CA. (Hercules) | 12/21/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Most of these "orchestral" recordings of famous pop songs are syrupy, simplistic and stupid. I've heard enough Bee Gees recordings like this to be wary, but I bought this on a whim. It is a basic orchestra except they have added a strong percussion and bass, making for a little bit more substance. However, there are only four good songs. The reason these are better than most is that the orchestra not only gives a slightly different interpretation of the song, but it adds sone extra percussion and minor synthesizers. In fact,"You Win Again" contains some nice little sound effects. The four good songs are, "Ordinary Lives", "Tragedy", "You Win Again" and "To Love Somebody". The rest are uninspired repeats of what you've heard elsewhere. If you're interested in something different, you might like this, but for me, it was only mildly exciting.



For the record, The "Classic Dream Orchestra" has done their own renditions of other groups, such as, ABBA, The Beatles, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Phil Collins, Queen, Rod Stewart and Simon & Garfunkel."