Vitamin String Quartet to cover Lana

[takeitdoen]

 

As per their announcement, Vitamin String Quartet will be covering Lana, and are releasing a music video and single on Friday: https://www.facebook.com/vitaminstringquartet/posts/10158126387419771:0

 

Hopefully they cover a whole album's worth - for those not aware, VSQ covers major bands and artists with around 10 - 14 songs per album. They've previously covered some of Lana's hits including Summertime Sadness + Young and Beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

I hope they re-do Video Games since it sounds like they did that when they still produced shitty synthesised albums. Lately it's been done with all real instruments so fingers crossed for a beautiful album! 

[TheBoss]

I'm so excited, I've always wanted her to do special orchestral shows like Björk or Carly Rae Jepsen. Can't wait for the fan edits

[expandableclitoris]

they literally have nothing to do except do covers

but anyways ill be expecting Shades of cool

[takeitdoen]

Songs I think are contenders:

 

• Born to Die
• Dark Paradise
• National Anthem
• Video Games (if covered again)
• Radio
• Summertime Sadness (if covered again)
• Ride
• Body Electric

 

• Ultraviolence
• Brooklyn Baby
• Shades of Cool
• West Coast

 

• Terrance Loves You
• Music to Watch Boys To
• Salvatore

 

• Love
• Lust for Life
• White Mustang
• Heroin

 

• Norman Fucking Rockwell
• Venice Bitch
• Mariner's Apartment Complex
• Love Song
• The Next Best American Record

 

I'm so excited, I've always wanted her to do special orchestral shows like Björk or Carly Rae Jepsen. Can't wait for the fan edits

omg YES. If we can't get our own orchestral Lana hopefully we'll have some great edits.

[Pico Ocean Boulevard]

I'm so excited, I've always wanted her to do special orchestral shows like Björk or Carly Rae Jepsen. Can't wait for the fan edits

I would be happy if she just bring back the string 'quartet' from the ??Paradise tour. An orchestral show would be amazing but we know that it most likely will never happen....

[maxthehitman]

Great News ! Very cool.  I wish them the best!

 

Even tho I am a Rock-N-Roll fan, I do have in my music collection a vast amount of 

recordings made by Symphonies or Quartet renditions of many rock songs.

Its very interersting (to me) to hear another side of the music , as if it was being played by Mozart

or Beethoven    

[takeitdoen]

Video Games is first!

 

 

Much better than their previous cover, if a touch uninspired in the arrangement. Looking forward to the whole album.

 

[TheBoss]

The official tracklsit

 

SIDE A

1. Blue Jeans 2. Video Games 3. Love 4. High by the Beach 5. Lust for Life 6. Mariners Apartment Complex

 

SIDE B

1. Ride 2. Ultraviolence 3. West Coast 4. Brooklyn Baby 5. Summertime Sadness 6. Young and Beautiful

[takeitdoen]

Awesome. Releasing 24 April - track previews available here:

https://www.vitaminstringquartet.com/products/vsq-performs-lana-del-rey

 

Of them all, I'm most excited for Lust for Life and Mariner's Apartment Complex! 

[saith]

Sounds interesting ! 

I was surprised they didn't do Born to Die, but I must admit it would be hard to do as good as the original. 

[TheBoss]

I didn't knew that another quartet covered Lana back in 2016, Midnite String Quartet, their album cover is on Spotify their MTWBT rendition is amazing

 

[takeitdoen]

I didn't knew that another quartet covered Lana back in 2016, Midnite String Quartet, their album cover is on Spotify their MTWBT rendition is amazing

 

Too bad the instruments aren't actually real. I think lots of patches have become quite good but I just can't handle synthesised strings like this . . ! 

[takeitdoen]

Just gave it a listen and it's okay. VSQ's best record is definitely still their cover of Viva La Vida, but this has some nice moments. The arrangement is too stuck with trying to emulate the vocal lines and it doesn't really utilise the really good harmonies that the strings already have written in (Ride, Ultraviolence). It's cute though, glad to have it.