Last April, we posted a version here of Johann Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz from a great 1980's Belgian experimental compilation called An Der Shonen Blauen Donau. The indifference of the masses was overwhelming, so without further ado, here's the whole damn compilation:
48 Cameras - Dead Waters | Bene Gesserit - Bathroom Sunday Morning
Det Wiehl - Gondless | Dieter P - A Corpse For Mermaids
Dissidents - An Der Shonen Blauen Donau
Dr. Finne C Renfer - Cher Johann | FAR - Il Bel Danubio Blu Notte
Fuoko - Black Wine For Dear Mr. Strauss | Guido - Ad Vienne Qui Pourra
Kaoru Todoroki - An Der Shonen Blauen Donau Utsukushiki Aoki Donau
Klimperei - El Be Debe | Les Souplards Torves - An Der Shonen Blauer Donau
Lieutenant Caramel - Untitled | Look de Bouk - Dix Selections Du Fleuve
Pilvarta Kopilmop - Bla Ble Bli Blo Bla | Pilvarta Kopilmop - Blu Blo Bli Ble Bla
Rainer Linz - Disrythmic Etude | TUF - Blue Danube
And since I am feeling particularly under water today, here's a few more versions of the Blue Danube Waltz:
Guckenheimer Sauerkraut Band | Bill Boyd and The Cowboy Ramblers
Two of my favorite player piano rolls are these super-pianistic versions of the
"Blue Danube Arabesques, Strauss/Schulz-Evler played by Josef Lhevinne c"
and
"Blue Danube Arabesques, Strauss/Schulz-Elver played by Rosita Renard"
here automagically transcribed into MIDI files, thanks to the Mechanical Music Digest.
http://www.wfmu.org/~jhhl/MIDI/6006d%20Blue%20Danube%20Arabesques.mid
http://www.wfmu.org/~jhhl/MIDI/67563A%20Blue%20Danube%20Arabesques.mid
Posted by: Henry Lowengard | March 28, 2006 at 11:45 PM
How cruel of you to post these right after that greasy lunch. Shame on you.
Posted by: Smooth Johnny S | March 29, 2006 at 10:22 AM
Next: Myriad renditions of Also Sprach Zarathustra? Or maybe Death and Transfiguration.
Posted by: norelpref | March 29, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Hmmm,
So what there saying here is that if I can't be Buda, I must be Pest. I'll cut it out, sorry folks.
Posted by: Bartelby | March 30, 2006 at 01:54 PM
shows that barnmusic never fails , bob & the coyboys , darn tearjerking great. not into muzak at all , but this is cute.
Posted by: Hemaworstje | March 31, 2006 at 08:25 AM
wonderful!:-)
Posted by: dj | May 02, 2006 at 09:36 AM
grrrrrrrreat to find these so old tracks ... thanx a lot... cp
Posted by: klimperei | May 10, 2006 at 07:36 AM
the link above was somehow omitted from the compilation. it is a fitting coup de grace.
Posted by: adam | May 23, 2007 at 11:56 PM