# An AC/DC cover even better than Celine Dion's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946 "2014-02-22T11:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/1 "2014-02-22T11:45:54Z")
Okay, so I’m not actually an AC/DC fan and wouldn’t know one of their songs if it bit me on the ass. [But I know awesome when I see it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk) Two guys with cellos perform heavy metal as I’ve never seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/2 "2014-02-22T14:17:22Z")
Just to get this out of the way - Apocalyptica has been doing heavy metal covers on cello for decades. If you like this, check them out too. They also have a lot of original stuff that’s even better, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/3 "2014-02-22T16:01:22Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Just to get this out of the way - Apocalyptica has been doing heavy metal covers on cello for decades. If you like this, check them out too. They also have a lot of original stuff that’s even better, IMHO. I’ll look for them–thanks! ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/4 "2014-02-22T21:40:18Z")
I present [Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-4lk2-UA_I) NSFW ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/5 "2014-02-23T19:48:29Z")
Weren’t these the same guys that did [Cello Wars?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgAlQuqzl8o) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/6 "2014-02-23T21:26:21Z")
No, that cello duet is from the oddly named Piano Guys\*. If you look, you’ll see that both sides of that one are being played by the same person. The Piano Guys also have some good cello stuff. \*They started off working in a piano shop. The cellist joined later, after the name had been chosen. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/7 "2014-02-23T21:46:07Z")
Rock and roll on cello is pretty awesome in all it’s forms. Definitely check out Apocalyptica though. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/8 "2014-02-23T22:38:51Z")
I’ll echo that they’re basically an Apocalyptica knock off. Which I am TOTALLY fine with since the world needs more orchestral rock. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/9 "2014-02-24T03:33:03Z")
I you like symphonic rock, check of Symphonic Pink Floyd. Here’s the London Philharmonic’s cover of [Time.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN--9-tbiio) The whole album’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/10 "2014-02-24T05:35:22Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Okay, so I’m not actually an AC/DC fan and wouldn’t know one of their songs if it bit me on the ass. > > [But I know awesome when I see it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk) > > Two guys with cellos perform heavy metal as I’ve never seen it before. Great video. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/11 "2014-02-24T05:58:50Z")
started going down the list of what they cover and plugged my computer into the surround sound. While doing this I was watching a PBS show on how they moved the Easter Island statues. The statues were rocking to “smells like teen spirit”. dang, these guys nailed “back in black”. It’s a song that is dominated by the vocalist and they picked it right up with strings. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/12 "2014-02-24T06:16:20Z")
That’s pretty friggin great interpretation for two cellos. (And I say that as someone who is left cold by the Apolcolyptica covers.) Great feel in this. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/13 "2014-02-24T12:03:12Z")
These guys actually have some real classical music cred. I think that **Stjepan Hauser** was one of **Rostropovich** ’s last students, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/14 "2014-02-24T14:38:12Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > These guys actually have some real classical music cred. That’s part of what I thought was so cool about it–I know only slightly more about classical string music than I know about AC/DC, but from what I can tell, these guys have some pretty powerful technique. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/15 "2014-02-24T14:44:18Z")
[Interesting Wikipedia article.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Cellos) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/16 "2014-02-24T23:16:58Z")
I assume you’ve heard Hayseed Dixie. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjAu3Yyn09A/hqdefault.jpg "Hayseed Dixie - You Shook Me All Night Long") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjAu3Yyn09A) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ac-dc-cover-even-better-than-celine-dions/681946/17 "2014-02-25T00:25:07Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I assume you’ve heard Hayseed Dixie. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjAu3Yyn09A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjAu3Yyn09A) Hayseed Dixie is AWESOME!