Rebels Without a Chord

Rip It Up review:

Rebels Without A Chord
The Cavern Club, Sun Feb 21
Like the Adelaide Festival, the Adelaide University Choral Society is celebrating their 50th anniversary. They mark the occasion with this selection of pop songs from the likes of Ben Folds, Seal and Cold Chisel. It’s fascinating to see what they do with these songs. It is a bit strange to hear a choir do a Chisel song, but a madrigal arrangement of the Beatles’ Can’t Buy Me Love worked really well. The highlight for me was a song originally written with multiple harmonies – the Beach Boys’ I Get Around. Despite the fact they are performing pop songs the overall feel is still more choral than pop. If you like listening to people sing, you’re going to really enjoy this. A great venue – check out the Beatles memorabilia in the break.
Final Word: Intriguing.
Michael Coglan