Rhapsodies

Okay I confess, I’m really stretching it this week. This is Oriental Sky or Scarlet Perception from the official Soundtrack of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody by U2 Akiyama.  I’ll be completely honest in admitting I’m  not completely sure if it’s actually a Rhapsody or not, but it has something that I like which is the violin being used in pop applications. I don’t know why you don’t hear the violin in rock and roll and similar styles more often. It’s so versatile that what it could do to a bands sound are nearly endless. My personal belief is because it takes so long to get good that by the time they do the artists are taking themselves way too seriously.