{"id":11047,"date":"2023-03-06T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=11047"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:17:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:17:23","slug":"classical-nickelback-better-youd-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2023\/03\/06\/classical-nickelback-better-youd-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical Nickelback is better than you&#8217;d think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11050\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/Classical-Nickelback.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nickelback, the Canadian rock band that everyone loves to hate, is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at this year&#8217;s Juno Awards.<\/p>\n<p>In honour, Sonus Ensemble and directed by Canadian composer and producer Kevin Fox have released a classical version of the band&#8217;s hit song &#8220;Photograph&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>What makes it good?<\/h3>\n<p>The results are surprisingly effective. Despite sounding nothing like a rock song, the original tune is still recognizable beneath the fanfare.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble features an English horn, clarinet, violin, flute, harp, timpani and eight other instruments that meld together to create a lush and layered journey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonus Ensemble, dir. by Kevin Fox | Photograph | Nickelback Sessions\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LXjkqI3XEBU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>What they\u2019re saying<\/h3>\n<p>The arrangement was performed by the Sonus Ensemble and directed by Canadian composer and producer Kevin Fox. Fox said that arranging a rock song for a classical ensemble introduces a new set of emotions, and this version of &#8220;Photograph&#8221; is a sweeping and sentimental rendition that takes the original song to new emotional heights.<\/p>\n<h3>Meanwhile<\/h3>\n<p>There is no such thing as bad publicity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The story about how Nickelback became the most hated band in the world is only now just being understood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Nickelback Became The Most Hated Band Ever\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GFC4OFWIPtw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto-based Sonus Ensemble has released a classical version of Nickelback hit song &#8220;Photograph&#8221;, and it sounds surprisingly good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[86,2],"tags":[223,224],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/03\/Classical-Nickelback.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11052,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11047\/revisions\/11052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11047"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}