Oh, sh*t: DG embraces The Who
mainAlfie Boe sings ‘Love Reign O’er Me’ from Pete Townshend’s “Classic Quadrophenia”, released by the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft on June 8, 2015.
Please tell me it ain’t so.
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Good heavens, doesn’t anybody remember Wagner tenor Peter Hofmann’s ‘Rock Classics’ lp?
That was in a time in which there were – literally – Dozens of releases of classical music every month.
And now there are often around 200 classical releases in a month. Your point is?
I do! It was pure, unadulterated, high-camp crossover kitsch gold. I can’t see this latest offering from DG coming anywhere close to that level of fun.
“Deutsche Grammophone IS classical music” says their slogan. Well Norman, this is what classical music is – apparently.
Beautiful interpretation!
Why the negative coverage?
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/de/cat/4794528
It is so.
Good idea…wrong vocalist.
Deutsche Grammophon IS classical music. Is this classical music? Nowadays 2Cellos playing michael jackson IS classical music, so The Who surely must be, right?
They should seriously change their slogan to “DG >WAS< Classical Music."
The label's love affairs with (the admittedly very talented) Gordon "Sting" Sumner and Declan "Elvis Costello" McManus some 15ish years ago were ill-conceived, did nothing for the label's reputation, and, as my sources tell me, little to nothing for their bottom line.
As for this latest round of amateur hour A&R, can Max Hole and his marketing geniuses be serious about this?
Issuing a selection from a third-rate "rock opera" that was conceived, executed, edited, and marketed to the lowest common audience denominator (let's face it – "Tommy" is no "200 Motels") is several kilometers below embarrassing.
And getting Alfie Moe to sing it is like slapping lipstick on slime mold.
Correction, “Quadrophenia”, just as bad as “Tommy.” I take responsibility for a moment of cerebral flatulence.
I don’t think anyone is suggesting that the combination of Alfie Boe and Pete Townshend amounts to classical music. It might not be my cup of tea either, but I don’t think it’s a moral issue. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.