History is rife with examples of covers outperforming the originals. The National Anthem is one of them as the original had no set arrangement (the lyrics were grafted on to an English pub drinking song).
The best and most moving rendition I have heard was Whitney Houston's during the 1991 Super Bowl.
Musicians strive to get better not stagnate..
Exactly.
Stille Nacht (Silent night) is a very modest piece.
Said to have been written last minute when an organ broke down and the church was snowed in, preventing timely repair.
It was written for the guitar and is rather easy to play in classical form. Which makes the legend all the more plausible.
This is probably my favorite modernized arrangement, which holds some special memories for the Missus and I.
As church musicians we applied for permission from Mannheim Steamroller to perform this arrangement at our midnight mass.
Piano and electric guitar.
some correspondence took place and permission for public performance was given. Steamroller's studio is across town.
I had dialed in a great tone using chorus and as much gain as it'd take and still be clean in a bid to get the sustain to carry it.
Unbeknownst to us, but knownst after, two members sat in the congregation that night.
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