Your favorite string arrangements in pop or rock songs - any era

Robert Palmer - Between Us @Royal Albert Hall

 

A Foggy Day In London Town - David Bowie and Angelo Badalamenti.

 

The beat is so vicious you dont notice how lush the strings sre throughout, then the actual string break is a brilliantly chosen two note cycle.

 

I always liked the strings that open Madonna's Papa Don't Preach.

 

I'm a super fan of George Martin's arranging but after listening to the new Pepper box set it reinforces my opinion that Mike Leander did a very nice job with the "She's Leaving Home" arrangement also and it doesn't sound all that different than George Martin's style or at least not jarringly so.

 

The sweep of the violins on The Temps[Since I Lost My Baby]is breathtaking.

 

George Harrison- When We Was Fab

 

Here's a nice breezy one. Ray Thomas, Love is the Key:

 

it's odd ….. but this just came to mind … mainly for the parts of the arrangement after the 1st chorus, after the halfway point ….. it's relatively simply yet very effective. one of the highlights of the song for me …

'voila' - francoise hardy

 

This always stuck out to me...

 

'cello song' - nick drake

a sparse motif more than an arrangement i suppose ….

 

Any given Barry White song.

 

ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman

 

The string instruments and a nice little bag pipe outro on The Mock Turtles-John O'War, 1987

 

T. Rex - Hot Love

 

Ben E King : Stand By Me
Crimson : Night Watch, Exiles
Tull : War Child, Too Old To Rock & Roll

 

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
St. Vincent - Cruel

 

Beck paper tiger, simply genius.

A day in the life, same.

 

Crash Test Dummies-Songbird, 2010

 

Delerium-Send Me An Angel, 2010

 

walk away Renee -Left Bank

And about 50 Beatles songs

 

XTC-Easter Theatre, 1999

 

The Lightning Seeds-Waiting For Today To Happen (97)

 

Prince - Splash

This unreleased song from 1986 is a classic and the strings are FANTASTIC!

Big, grand, sweeping kind of "Disney" strings.

Just insanely great