Life's Little Pleasures

Playtime
posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 12:43 PM | 0 cmnt/s

I just listened to Bond's latest album, after taking a break for a couple of years, entitled 'Play.'

Brilliant album. It's the same awesome and catchy strings that Bond are somehow able to make so modern. The difference between this album and previous albums is that they cover modern songs such as Jai ho (Pussycat Dolls), Pump it (Black Eyed Peas) and also features a Lady Gaga medley (song: Lgg Medley). The covers of modern songs follow in the steps of other string groups, most notable the Vitamin String Quartet, and do not disappointing those who love to listen to classical covers of pop and rock songs.

However, classics such as Vivaldi's Summer (L'estate) and Winter (L'inverno) also harp back to the traditional roots of the string quartet.

If you only have time to listen to a couple of songs from the album, I would absolutely recommend that you listen to:

1. Diablo (alternatively track 13 which is also Diablo except is Bond vs Young Offenders)
2. Jai ho
3. Elysium
4. Lgg Medley
5. Last time (AKA Bittersweet)


This album is just so awesome, so I'd greatly recommend taking a listen :)
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