Vitamin String Quartet is a series of string quartet covers released by Vitamin Records by several different groups of musicians. They focus on one band per record, and perform classical versions of their songs, generally note for note. They use a wide array of instruments but focus mainly on violins and cellos. Over the years, they have put out a staggering number of albums (232), honoring both mainstream and indie groups alike. They have put a classical spin on many genres of music, including rock, pop, punk, techno, hardcore, country, metal and rap.
Todd Mark Rubenstein has led one of several groups of players that have released albums in the series. This includes Exit... Stage Right: String Quartet Tribute to Rush which was nominated for a Grammy.
There are 232 String Quartet albums, covering many popular genres of music.
At the moment those albums that are released are:
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* String Quartet Tribute to 2Pac
* String Quartet Tribute to 3 Doors Down
* String Quartet Tribute to 311
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* String Quartet Tribute to A Perfect Circle
* Back In Baroque: The String Tribute to AC/DC
* String Quartet Tribute to Aerosmith
* In the Chamber: The String Quartet Tribute to AFI
* Precious Things: The String Quartet Tribute to Tori Amos
* String Quartet Tribute to Alicia Keys
* String Quartet Tribute to Alison Krauss
* Idol Worship: The String Quartet Tribute to American Idol
* String Quartet Tribute to Arcade Fire's Funeral
* String Quartet Tribute to Atreyu
* String Quartet Tribute to Audioslave
* String Quartet Tribute to Audioslave (Re-Release)
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* String Quartet Tribute to Bad Religion
* String Quartet Tribute to The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
* String Quartet Tribute to The Beatles
* String Quartet Tribute to Beyoncé
* String Quartet Tribute to Billy Joel
* Ice: The String Tribute to Björk
* Violently: The String Quartet Tribute to Björk
* String Quartet Tribute to Black Sabbath
* String Quartet Tribute to Bob Dylan
* Count Me In: The String Quartet Tribute to Bon Jovi
* String Quartet Tribute to Breaking Benjamin
* String Quartet Tribute to Bright Eyes: Beautiful In The Morning
* String Quartet Tribute to Garth Brooks
* String Quartet Tribute to Jeff Buckley
* String Quartet Tribute to Jimmy Buffett
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* String Quartet Tribute to Casting Crowns
* String Quartet Tribute to Celine Dion
* An Evening with Diablo: A String Tribute to Chevelle
* String Quartet Tribute to Clay Aiken
* String Quartet Tribute to Coheed and Cambria
* The String Quartet Tribute to Coheed and Cambria's In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
* String Quartet Tribute to Coldplay
* Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Cradle of Filth: The Orchestral Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Creed
* String Quartet Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
* String Quartet Tribute to The Cure
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* String Quartet Tribute to Dark Side of the Moon
* String Quartet Tribute to The Darkness
* Songs You Have Come To Love The Most: A String Quartet Tribute to Dashboard Confessional
* String Quartet Tribute to Dave Matthews Band
* String Quartet Tribute to David Bowie
* String Quartet Tribute to David Gray
* Ghost: The String Quartet Tribute to Death Cab for Cutie
* String Quartet Tribute to Deftones
* String Quartet Tribute to Depeche Mode
* String Quartet Tribute to Diana Krall
* String Quartet Tribute to Dido
* Are You Breathing: The String Quartet to Disturbed
* String Quartet Tribute to the Dixie Chicks
* String Quartet Tribute to The Doors
* String Quartet Tribute to Dream Theater
* String Quartet Tribute to Duran Duran
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* String Quartet Tribute to The Eagles
* Oceans: The String Quartet Tribute to Enya
* Dreams: The String Quartet Tribute to Enya Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to Eric Clapton
* String Quartet Tribute to Evanescence
* String Quartet Tribute to Evanescence 2
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* String Quartet Tribute to Fall Out Boy
* Strung Out on Fiona Apple: A String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to The Flaming Lips
* String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
* Rumours: The String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
* Resident Adolescence: The String Quartet Tribute to the Foo Fighters
* Shape and Colour of My Heart: The String Quartet Tribute to Foo Fighters
* Ordinary Heroes: The String Quartet Tribute to Foo Fighters
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* String Quartet Tribute to Peter Gabriel
* String Quartet Tribute to Garbage
* String Quartet Tribute to Godsmack
* Anthem: The String Quartet Tribute to Good Charlotte
* String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses
* String Quartet Tribute to Guns N' Roses(Reissue with 4 bonus tracks)
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* String Quartet Tribute to PJ Harvey
* Arteries Untold: The String Quartet Tribute to Hawthorne Heights
* String Quartet Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
* String Quartet Tribute to Faith Hill
* Uninhibited: String Quartet Tribute to Hinder
* Leave Nothing Behind: Strung Out on Hoobastank - The String Quartet Tribute
* The String Quartet Tribute to H.I.M
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* String Quartet Tribute to Incubus
* New Skin: The String Quartet Tribute to Incubus Vol. 2
* Anatomy of Evil: The String Quartet Tribute to Iron Maiden
* Interstellar: The String Quartet Tribute to Interpol
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* String Quartet Tribute to Janet Jackson
* String Quartet Tribute to Jane's Addiction
* String Quartet Tribute to Jet
* String Quartet Tribute to Jewel
* String Quartet Tribute to Elton John
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* String Quartet Tribute to The Killers
* String Quartet Tribute to KISS
* Hurt Inside: A String Quartet Tribute to KoЯn
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* Baroque Tribute to Led Zeppelin
* String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin
* String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to John Lennon
* Break Stuff: The String Quartet Tribute to Limp Bizkit
* In The Chamber with Linkin Park: The String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute Linkin Park's Meteora
* String Quartet Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd - This Sweet Home
* String Quartet Tribute to Lacuna Coil: Spiral Sounds
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* String Quartet Tribute to Madonna
* A Taste of Chaos Ensemble Performs Mastodon's Leviathan
* String Quartet Tribute to Paul McCartney
* String Quartet Tribute to Tim McGraw
* String Quartet Tribute to Sarah McLachlan
* Under Your Skin: The String Quartet Tribute to Maroon 5
* String Quartet Tribute to The Mars Volta
* String Quartet Tribute to The Matrix
* Restrung: The String Quartet Tribute to The Matrix
* Heavier Strings: A String Quartet Tribute to John Mayer’s ‘Heavier Things
* String Quartet Tribute to John Cougar Mellencamp’
* The Angry String Quartet Tribute to Metallica
* String Quartet Tribute to Van Morrison
* String Quartet Tribute to Alanis Morissette
* Strung Out On Jagged Little Pill: The String Quartet Tribute to Alanis Morissette
* In The Chamber with Mudvayne: The String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Muse
* Funeral: The String Quartet Tribute to My Chemical Romance
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* String Quartet Tribute to New Order & Joy Division
* Someday: The String Quartet Tribute to Nickelback
* String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails
* String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine
* String Quartet Tribute to Nirvana
* String Quartet Tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind
* String Quartet Tribute to No Doubt
* String Quartet Tribute to Norah Jones
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* String Quartet Tribute to The Offspring
* Decadence & Vanity: The String Quartet Tribute to Oasis
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* Revolution: The String Quartet Tribute to P.O.D.
* Strung Out on Panic! at the Disco: A String Quartet Tribute
* Perfect Murder: Strung Out on Papa Roach
* String Quartet Tribute to Pearl Jam
* String Quartet Tribute to Phish
* String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd
* More Bricks: The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's The Wall
* String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's the Dark Side of the Moon
* String Quartet Tribute to Pixies
* Symphonic Tribute to Prince's Purple Rain
* String Quartet Tribute to Puddle of Mudd
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* String Quartet Tribute to Queen
* Strings For The Deaf: The String Quartet Tribute to Queens of the Stone Age
* String Quartet Tribute to Queens of the Stone Age Vol.2
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* Enigmatic: The String Quartet Tribute to Radiohead
* Strung Out on Kid A: The String Quartet Tribute to Radiohead
* Strung Out on OK Computer: The String Tribute to Radiohead
* String Quartet Tribute to R.E.M.
* String Quartet Tribute to R.E.M. Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers
* String Quartet Tribute to Relient K
* String Quartet Tribute to Rod Stewart
* String Quartet Tribute to The Rolling Stones
* String Quartet Tribute to The Roots
* Baroque Tribute to Rush
* Exit Stage Right: The String Tribute to Rush
* String Quartet Tribute to Rush’s 2112
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* String Quartet Tribute to Sade
* String Quartet Tribute to Saliva
* String Quartet Tribute to Santana
* String Quartet Tribute to Senses Fail
* String Quartet Tribute to Simple Plan
* String Quartet Tribute to Jessica Simpson
* Evil You Dread: The String Quartet Tribute to Slayer
* String Quartet Tribute to Elliott Smith
* String Quartet Tribute to The Smiths
* String Quartet Tribute to Snow Patrol
* String Quartet Tribute to Sonic Youth
* Hometown: The String Quartet Tribute to Bruce Springsteen
* In The Chamber with Staind: The String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to Gwen Stefani
* Tall In The Saddle: The String Quartet Tribute to George Strait
* Embracing the heaviness: The String Quartet Tribute to Stone Sour
* String Quartet Tribute to Sum 41
* String Quartet Tribute to Switchfoot
* String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down
* String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Mezmerize (by Brian McDovey)
* String Quartet Tribute to System of a Down's Hypnotize
* String Quartet Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins
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* Strung Out On Taking Back Sunday: A String Quartet Tribute
* String Quartet Tribute to James Taylor
* String Quartet Tribute to Rob Thomas/matchbox twenty
* Anotomica: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool
* Chamber Made: The Baroque Tribute to Tool
* Finding Beauty In The Dissonance: A Piano Tribute To Tool
* Metamorphic: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool Vol. 2
* String Quartet Tribute to Tool
* The String Quartet Tribute to Tool's Ænima
* Third Eye Open: The String Quartet Tribute to Tool
* String Quartet Tribute to Train
* String Quartet Tribute to Shania Twain
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* String Quartet Tribute to U2’s The Joshua Tree
* Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Tribute
* Still Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Vol. 2
* Painted Red: Strung Out on Underøath
* The String Quartet Tribute to The Used
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* String Quartet Tribute to Velvet Revolver
* String Quartet Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico
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* Dad Get Me Out Of This!: The String Quartet Tribute to Warren Zevon
* Come On And Kick Me!: The String Quartet Tribute to Weezer
* Pull This String: String Quartet Tribute to Weezer (Re-Release)
* String Quartet Tribute to The White Stripes
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* Olympus: The String Quartet Tribute to Yanni
* String Quartet Tribute to Yellowcard
* Rusted Moon: The String Quartet Tribute to Neil Young
Wish You Were Here
The String Quartet Lyrics
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The Ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
Strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy happy)
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a backlit canopy
With holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs
I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy happy)
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
The worlds a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air saying)
I wish you were here
I wish you were.
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here.
The lyrics in The String Quartet's song Wish You Were Here describe a person's deep longing and desire to have someone they care about with them. The first stanza describes the beauty of nature, with the ocean looking like diamonds and the sky resembling a canopy with holes punched in it. The singer leans against the wind and pretends that they are weightless, captured by the beauty of the moment. Despite this beauty, the singer is not fully content, and expresses their desire for someone to share the moment with by repeating the line "I wish you were here" throughout the song.
The second stanza shifts to a different scene, where the singer is lying on the sand and counting UFOs in the sky. They signal to them with a lighter, again pretending to be weightless and carefree. The line "And in this moment I am happy happy" is repeated again, but it seems more like a desperate plea for happiness rather than genuine contentment. The third stanza introduces the metaphor of life as a rollercoaster, with the singer admitting they are not strapped in and perhaps should be more cautious. However, they are too caught up in the moment to care, with their hands in the air and the repeated refrain of "I wish you were here" expressing their longing for the person who is absent.
Overall, the lyrics in Wish You Were Here show a person who is captivated by the beauty of the world around them, yet unable to feel truly happy without the presence of their loved one. It's a poignant and relatable expression of the desire for human connection and the feeling of incompleteness when that connection is absent.
Line by Line Meaning
I dig my toes into the sand
I immerse myself into the environment.
The Ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
The ocean is very beautiful and reflects like a diamond.
Strewn across a blue blanket
It looks like a large, blue body of water covered in diamond-like jewels.
I lean against the wind
I physically and metaphorically fight against the world's challenges.
Pretend that I am weightless
I imagine I am free and weightless, without any concerns.
And in this moment I am happy happy)
In this moment, I am at peace and happy.
I wish you were here
I deeply desire your presence and companionship.
I lay my head onto the sand
I rest and surrender to the Earth.
The sky resembles a backlit canopy
The sky is like a giant, illuminated tent ceiling.
With holes punched in it
It has small gaps and imperfections.
I'm counting UFOs
I am imagining unidentified flying objects in the sky.
I signal them with my lighter
I attempt to communicate or attract the UFOs with my lighter.
And in this moment I am happy happy)
In this moment, I am content and joyful.
Wish you were here
I yearn for you to be present in this moment.
The worlds a roller coaster
Life is unpredictable and full of ups and downs.
And I am not strapped in
I am not prepared or protected from life's challenges.
Maybe I should hold with care
Maybe I should approach life with more caution and mindfulness.
But my hands are busy in the air saying)
But I am currently living life to the fullest, without care or caution.
I wish you were here
I desperately long for your presence and companionship.
I wish you were.
I wish for you to be here with me, close by and supportive.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Barry Alan Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb, Robin Hugh Gibb
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Sarah J. Beatty
This is what I pay my internet for, to put this on repeat! Forever awesome, Keep up the blessed work!
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Ana C. Diniz
I love Pink Floyd. Thank you guys for the amazing job.
Wency D'souza
One of my all time favourites.
Thank you folks.
Love and greetings from Bombay...
A-Minor
Amazing btw love this ❤️
ConspiracyJuice
How does this channel get so few views? This is beautiful.
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Thank you for your lovely comment 😊
Lexie D
Memorizing 💛
Ma Gui
This song reminds me my best friend who gave up his life 😞