The violin in rock music...

The other day I was reminded of yet another great song that was a major hit in Greece.
It is by a german band called City. The song is called Am fenster (at the window) and has a wicked violin part. Actually a greek band called nomisma (coin) have recently done, what in my opinion, is a rather good cover of it, retaining the feeling even if they changed the lyrics.

Here is the original in a recent version:



The song is by an east german band called City, and refers to the lack of freedom in East germany prior to the Wall coming down. However the wording is very ambiguous so they couldn't be accused of treason or whatever and sent to the Gulag... It was a major hit in Germany both east and west at the time, but also a big hit in Greece! I remember when i was ding my army service in northern Greece (1987-88) there wasn't a single local radio station who didn't play it at least once a day...

Here is the greek cover of it:



The violin gives this song something special ,a sad sound that has "parapono"as they say here...

Another famous song with a great violin part, is this:



Of course it isn't only the violin that makes this song one of the true greats. It is also a real protest song about a big wrong that was committed and cost a man his freedom. And also it is so well written, a masterpiece...

Finally another musician who brought the violin to rock music, or more specifically jazz/rock is the following:



Jean luc Ponty, classically trained, a concert violinist, but he also used to go and play in jazz clubs and eventually had to make a choice... A very gifted artist.

And on that note my friends goodnight, çause I have to get up for work too at sometime...

luv y'all!
DJ Papapete