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Rock with strings

Good day fellow musicheads! This goes against my inner rock child, but as I age (gasp), I find myself digging rock/pop string section Lps. Moody Blues made the definitive expression with Future days and the Zombies Odyssey is amazing. This seems a predominantly British genre, and at times very pretentious (haha), but one has to applaud the ambition. Any other suggestion? Also, I'm pretty content with the sacd version of Future Days, but curious to see what others have. Safe and happy upcoming Turkey Day to all. And...go Lions!

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acresverde
170 posts
 
ELO should be right up your alley.
wbs
42 posts
 
I don't know how well it fits, but It's A Beautiful Day used an electric violin and rocked out.

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infection
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https://youtu.be/IJ3DOnkUtDQ
czarivey
4,494 posts
 
Check out David Cross who had also been in King Crimson;
Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin) with Jerry Goodman on violin;
Soft Machine with Rick Sanders on violin.
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lowrider57
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The aforementioned artists using violin in their compositions is different than what the OP is referring to. He's talking about massed string sections.

Even Siouxsie and the Banshees added cello to their later works. Nothing wrong with adding a "Classical" labelled instrument to Rock music if it adds to the creative process and the end result.
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