ROCKIN THE CLASSICS

WHEN KING CRIMSON PROPOSED A VERSION OF HOLST’S THE PLANETS FOR THEIR WAKE OF POSEIDON ALBUM, THE GREAT MAN’S ESTATE REFUSED, SAYING: “WE DON’T WANT LONG-HAIRED ROCK & ROLLERS TAMPERING WITH THE MASTER’S MUSIC”. OTHER COMPOSERS WEREN’T QUITE SO FORTUNATE… 1 B.BUMBLE & THE STINGERS-NUT ROCKER (TCHAIKOVSKY) 2 FABULOUS FLEE-REKKERS-GREEN JEANS (ANON) 3 COUGERS-SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DUCKPOND (TCHAIKOVSKY) 4 KENNY BALL’S JAZZBAND-RONDO (MOZART) 5 JOHN BUNYAN’S PROGRESSIVE PILGRIMS-MOZART’S DILLEMA 6 PETER JAY & THE JAYWALKERS-POET & PEASANT (SUPPE) 7 PEGGY’S LEG-SABRE DANCE (KHACHATURIAN) 8 DAVE EDMUNDS & LOVE SCULPTURE-FARANDOLE (BIZET) 9 THE PLAYERS-BIZET AS IT MAY 10 ANDY MACKAY-RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES (WAGNER) 11 BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY-PAVANE (FAURE) 12 COLOSSEUM-BOLERO (RAVEL) 13 SOUNDS INCORPORATED-WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (ROSSINI) 14 LANCASTERS-SATAN’S HOLIDAY (GRIEG) 15 LAURIE JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA-IN A PERSIAN MARKET (KETELBEY) 16 JETHRO TULL-BOUREE (JS BACH) 17 EGG-FUGUE IN D MINOR (JS BACH) 18 RICK WAKEMAN-CANS AND BRAHMS 19 EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER-HOEDOWN (COPELAND) 20 ROBERT WYATT-5 BLACK NOTES AND 1 WHITE NOTE (OFFENBACH) 21 LEO KOTTKE-JESU JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING (BACH) 22 PETE SEEGER-ODE TO JOY (BEETHOVEN)