Trans Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven’s Last Night (2000)
I have never listened to this album, I confess. However, yesterday night, I went to see TSO and this is what was performed, and the live show was the most phenomenal orchestral performance I could ever hope to witness. The guitarists were insane, the stage was on fire, and there was this one violinist, Roddy Chong, who was the craziest man I’ve ever seen. Taking first chair, although he hardly sat down, he has to be the most energetic musician I’ve ever seen, particularly for a violinist. He did nothing but sprint about and leap casually as though he wasn’t even playing extreme melodies. Not difficult or anything, nope. I am going to see these again and if you have the opportunity to do so, I heavily suggest that you don’t turn it down. They did a cover of Help! that was bloody awful (not a huge fan of female vocalists, but the cover was awful) but everything else they did, every classical cover, everything, was brilliant.
