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Band Members: Cameron Stone - cello, Nicole Garcia - violin, Neli Nikalovea - violin, Tom Tally - viola
If you like 'string tributes' you will like Tallywood Strings. They play with commitment and no apologies. The album 'sampler' is comprised of four instrumental tracks. Three of the tracks are Hendrix, Nirvana, and Beatles. The fourth track is a Morrissey song featuring Jose Maldanado from the Sweet and Tender Hooligans on vocals. The current members of the Tallywoodstrings came together after performing a few times with the 'Hooligans' at the House of Blues in Hollywood and Anaheim (which is how Jose ended up doing a vocal on one of the tracks).
Violist, Tom Tally has produced and arranged numerous albums for Vitamin
Records under the Tallywoodstrings, previous to the current group configuration. He is currently assisting Vitamin in the artist development of the Vitamin String Quartet. He can be found in string sections that recorded for Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Willie Nelson, Aaron Neville, Jody Watley, Michael Crawford, Maria McKee, Toni Toni, Dr Dre, DJ Quik, Rod Stewart, Micheal Jackson, Macy Grey, Counting Crows, Maroon 5, Leonard Cohen, Roy Orbison, Chaka Kahn, etc. etc. During his formal education he mistakenly got the idea in his head that Jimi Hendrix was actually a violist. He has never been the same since.
The enigmatic and sometimes reclusive cellist, Cameron Stone, writes and tours with both Poe and is a member of the group Bliss, with Donna De Lory, He has written and played on numerous rock albums and commercials in the Los Angeles area and is considered to be one of Hollywoods top rock cellists and recording artists as well as a composer and song writer. He is not sane.
Violinist Nicole Garcia has been Kanye Wests string director and is emerging as one of the most highly sought after violinists and orchestra contractors in Los Angeles. She has been featured in television performances for shows such as American Idol, MTV, VH1, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the American Music Awards. As an orchestra contractor, her activities range from assembling orchestras for live shows, to hiring ensembles for recording sessions at Capitol Studios in Hollywood. She is bent on world domination.
Violinist Neli Nikelovea has been engaging audiences with her heartfelt musicality, dazzling technique and exhilarating performances throughout Europe and North America for several years. Born in the elegant Eastern European city of Ruse overlooking the banks of the Danube River, after winning a number of competitions in her native Bulgaria, Miss Nikolaeva moved to Los Angeles alone at the age of 14. Since then she has balanced an active performing career with the demands of school, pursuing a Doctorate of Music at the University of Southern California. She believes in unicorns.
In Bloom
The Tallywood Strings Lyrics
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Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say yeah
We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say yeah
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say yeah
The Tallywood Strings' song "In Bloom" is a reflection on youth culture and the commercialization of the grunge music scene during the early 1990s. The opening lines, "Sell the kids for food/ Weather changes moods/ Spring is here again/ Reproductive glands," speak to the bleak economic reality faced by many young people at the time, as well as the cyclical nature of the seasons and human life. The lyrics suggest that in a world where children are being sold for food, the natural world and any hope of renewal is tarnished.
The following lines focus on one specific youth culture figure, "He's the one/ Who likes all the pretty songs/ And he likes to sing along/ And he likes to shoot his gun/ But he knows not what it means." Here, the lyrics contrast the superficiality of pop culture with the violence of gun culture. The line "He knows not what it means" suggests that this individual fully embodies the contradictions of the grunge era, while unwittingly playing into the hands of larger forces, both economic and political.
The final lines of the chorus, "We can have some more/ Nature is a whore/ Bruises on the fruit/ Tender age in bloom," continues the song's theme of commercialism and exploitation. These lines seemingly describe a culture that values "having some more" (presumably music) above all else, even if it means taking advantage of nature (the "whore"), or young people ("tender age in bloom").
Line by Line Meaning
Sell the kids for food
Children are treated as a commodity that can be traded for sustenance
Weather changes moods
The climate can have a profound impact on an individual's state of mind
Spring is here again
The season of rejuvenation has arrived once more
Reproductive glands
The biological organs responsible for the creation of new life
He's the one
Who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it mean
Knows not what it mean
And I say
There is an individual who enjoys aesthetically pleasing music and singing, but also has a penchant for firearms, despite not understanding their implications
We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom
The natural world is exploited for human gain, resulting in harm to its inhabitants, particularly the young and vulnerable
And I say yeah
Expressing agreement or affirmation of the aforementioned sentiments
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: KURT COBAIN
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@billyboy434
I love classical music like Bach or Beethoven, and I love grunge. This is a combination I thought I would never hear, and I'm loving it!
@3corazonesy2anos
Hello
@TackyRackyComixNEO
I've never really bothered before to try to listen to any of those string tributes...but after hearing this, I now know I must actively seek out and own the string tributes to every single band or artist I like.
@warthunderboys.
Masterpiece
@theunhappyzombie
this is really sweet to my ears
@rique3454
Same, I just imagined kurt saying:
"Oh, so that's how we are supposed to play in bloom acoustically"
@PopExpo
just shows how powerful melody is. you know its good if it works on multiple platforms such as a string quartet
@billyboy434
@EdgarAllen If I could live to be over 200 years old, I'd still be listening to Cobain.
@limsniff
Wow! Amazing!
@gielkeke
love the solo :)