Comments on: Tiësto’s Adagio For Strings http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:36:06 -0500 hourly 1 By: BlueBrat http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130888 BlueBrat Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:27:05 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130888 Jesus christ this guy is in the super big time eh, I remember seeing him in shitty clubs in DC & SF. I stopped listening to his mixes after a while but his earlier stuff, esp. the Magik and such, had great selections on them. He just got boring over time though. The chord progressions in this song are still very strong regardless of how it gets remixed. I like the dirty lead instrument but I think the chords sounded better/prettier in the original Orbit version. Jesus christ this guy is in the super big time eh, I remember seeing him in shitty clubs in DC & SF. I stopped listening to his mixes after a while but his earlier stuff, esp. the Magik and such, had great selections on them. He just got boring over time though.

The chord progressions in this song are still very strong regardless of how it gets remixed. I like the dirty lead instrument but I think the chords sounded better/prettier in the original Orbit version.

]]> By: Todd http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130886 Todd Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:37:46 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130886 My deep emotional attachment to that track stems from a double cassette I picked up EARLY on in my raver days of Oakenfold playing at Space in Ibiza in 1999 (Essential mix 06-25-99). Every single track on there brings back some memories! I'll have to check out that movie and soundtrack, too. As a note, I'm not a huge tiesto fan, but not *everything* he's put out has been crap; he remixed Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap into one hell of a gorgeous track, and I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the *original* mix of Just Be (I was never too fond of the A&B remix). My deep emotional attachment to that track stems from a double cassette I picked up EARLY on in my raver days of Oakenfold playing at Space in Ibiza in 1999 (Essential mix 06-25-99). Every single track on there brings back some memories!

I’ll have to check out that movie and soundtrack, too.

As a note, I’m not a huge tiesto fan, but not *everything* he’s put out has been crap; he remixed Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap into one hell of a gorgeous track, and I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the *original* mix of Just Be (I was never too fond of the A&B remix).

]]> By: David http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130862 David Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:29:19 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130862 As a DJ, I always used to get requests for "TIESTO" (this is how some of the ''crowd'' calls mainstream trance), and as I am not a big fan of tiesto (understatement of course) I used to regularly drop Another Day by the skip raiders instead, and everyone used to come to me and compliment on the sick find of tiesto remix. seriously. Besides, ever since it was put into the Kevin And Perry soundtrack (which is my favorite of all time for electronic dance music soundtracks, alongside with traffic) it even became more emotional for me. "Let's get out of here... This place is full of losers" (Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) Director: Ed Bye) As a DJ, I always used to get requests for “TIESTO” (this is how some of the ”crowd” calls mainstream trance), and as I am not a big fan of tiesto (understatement of course) I used to regularly drop Another Day by the skip raiders instead, and everyone used to come to me and compliment on the sick find of tiesto remix.
seriously.

Besides, ever since it was put into the Kevin And Perry soundtrack (which is my favorite of all time for electronic dance music soundtracks, alongside with traffic) it even became more emotional for me.

“Let’s get out of here… This place is full of losers” (Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000)
Director: Ed Bye)

]]> By: Todd http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130857 Todd Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:33:34 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130857 Am I the only one who liked the remix of adagio for strings better when it was in the form of "Another Day" by Skip Raiders (feat. Jada)? Tiesto butchered the rhythm of this piece in his remix, I personally can't stand it. Also.. platoon. Hello. lol Am I the only one who liked the remix of adagio for strings better when it was in the form of “Another Day” by Skip Raiders (feat. Jada)?

Tiesto butchered the rhythm of this piece in his remix, I personally can’t stand it.

Also.. platoon. Hello. lol

]]> By: elaine jameson http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130801 elaine jameson Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130801 Kent - but it's a night rally where everybody is doing something positive and ecstatic - very different than Nazis! Kent – but it’s a night rally where everybody is doing something positive and ecstatic – very different than Nazis!

]]> By: kent http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130794 kent Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:26:08 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130794 Tiesto is the Yanni of dance music. Contrast and compare this video with any of those videos of 'praise' music in evangelical churches. Spooky huh? There's also more than a hint of a Nazi Night Rally in this video as well. Tiesto is the Yanni of dance music.

Contrast and compare this video with any of those videos of ‘praise’ music in evangelical churches. Spooky huh? There’s also more than a hint of a Nazi Night Rally in this video as well.

]]> By: Mmike M http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130791 Mmike M Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:32:31 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130791 Back when I really was into Tiesto I still hated this song. The rhythm just feels retarded and it feels like he's trying to cram a techno beat onto something more complex without knowing what he's doing. Back when I really was into Tiesto I still hated this song. The rhythm just feels retarded and it feels like he’s trying to cram a techno beat onto something more complex without knowing what he’s doing.

]]> By: Eric Carl http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130784 Eric Carl Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:40:52 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130784 This video makes this remix sound even more ridiculous than it did before. Big fan of the original by Samuel Barber, but I will just never understand this whole DJ idol worship stuff. This video makes this remix sound even more ridiculous than it did before. Big fan of the original by Samuel Barber, but I will just never understand this whole DJ idol worship stuff.

]]> By: RogueProcess http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/12/07/tiestos-adagio-for-strings/#comment-130783 RogueProcess Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:04:41 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=9808#comment-130783 I think Barber would have been far happier if Tiesto had used more than the first 16 bars of the original composition ;) I think Barber would have been far happier if Tiesto had used more than the first 16 bars of the original composition ;)

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