In the endless world of mashups and covers, surely something even crazier than this will happen. Dressed in a leather kilt, a leather vest and a mohawk fixed atop his head, he certainly looked the part. A few years back, an Australian bagpiper known as the ‘Badpiper’ not only covered the song, but shot flames out of his instrument. If you thought the bagpipe part here sounded a bit familiar, but you couldn’t trace your hunch back to the source, we’ve done the heavy lifting for you and found it. This video is not just your average fun home cover, as the Snake Charmer shot a full-on video with cuts from her playing in an abandoned building along with loose thematic scenes of being trapped inside. The bagpipes are surprisingly appealing, adorned with a spiked dragon head at the top, resembling the bow of a Viking ship. She promises, “This will definitely be something you have never heard before, no matter what music you listen to, there is something in this for everyone.”Īs anyone knows, the opening lead is played for just about the entire duration of “Thunderstruck” and the only thing in this cover that gives the lead a break is when the dubstep parts come in. Known as the Snake Charmer on YouTube, this talented lady has done several bagpipe covers, ranging from folk metallers Eluveitie to the Game of Thrones theme song. Bagpipes weren’t enough, so get ready to drop the bass too. But now it’s time for something different. AC/DC‘s 1990 smash hit “Thunderstruck” has been heard over the airwaves and in arenas all over the world, with the famous lead burying its way into the memories of millions. I don't know why though.įorget all the crazy genre tag mashups you’ve heard before because this one is going to stick in your mind forever. Check out the links below for more information.Actually, for some bizarre reason, I like this. AC/DC’s classic track Thunderstruck has been reinterpreted on the bagpipes. One of my personal favorite applications of the lap steel is by Robert Randalph who uses it in a blues/rock context. We are most familiar with the lap steel from American country music as it is what we traditionally attribute that “country” sound too. The Guzheng has been used in non-traditional ways in China as an instrument in Chinese rock groups before. The Guzheng is a traditional Chinese instrument, not unlike what we know as a lap steel here in America. Though bagpipes are a traditional instrument of Scotland, AC/DC actually used it in their rock anthem “It’s a long way to the top (if you wanna rock and roll)”. This isn’t the first time a bagpipe has been used in rock n roll. Seeing this video of “The Bad Piper” playing AC/DC’s Thunderstruck and this girl on Facebook using a Guzheng to play Guns n Roses’ Sweet Child O Mine, inspired me to investigate a little more on both instruments. I love seeing instruments being used in ways one might not expect. One of the things I love about the internet is that I can sit here in the middle of North America and watch a bagpiper in Australia blow flames out of his bagpipe! What is even more interesting to me, is hearing what might be considered a “traditional” instrument in one context, being used to play in a non-traditional context.
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