Good to excellent and non-obnoxious violin use in a song thread

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Can be from good to excellent; can't be bad, poor or fair lol, and non-obnoxious; trying to weed out rap samplings here. Otherwise, the floor is open.

I won't be constantly updating but, I'll begin.

Also, bonus: If you know.. please point out if they were synthesized violins, or an actual orchestra. As a musical background myself, I've always been interested. The shift to synth supposedly happened in the 70s, made Moog a household name.

OK! Go.

 

[Kira]

Every oil and filters' question (at least here on BITOG)....."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".

 

[Barkleymut]

Pictures of Matchstick Men

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

Every oil and filters' question (at least here on BITOG)....."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".

2:13 So Tell me now, and I won't ask again" ... (This is BITOG so.. Probably not.)

 

[PimTac]

Fast forward to around the 3:40 mark or so.

 

[Bud]

Madman Across the Water by Elton John.

 

[spasm3]

Jeff Lynne is a musical genius.

 

[spasm3]

This one is much older.

 

[ls1mike]

Jeff Lynne is a musical genius.

You beat me to it. ELO has more than a few!

 

[PF52]

I don't know where the "obnoxious" line is, but I'd be remiss in not posting this one, since I am in the later stages of learning it on piano:

The TV hostess is funny because she keeps losing her headphones.



Technically I'm not sure if that's a violin or a fiddle.

 

[Shel_B]

I am a big fan of Vanessa Mae:

 

[mccandish]

 

[Passport1]

The final minute thirty seconds of this classic is some of the sweetest, most melancholy sounds that ever graced the human ear.

 

[97prizm]

Siouxsie and the Banshees killing jar

 

[aquariuscsm]

Pictures of Matchstick Men

A psychedelic phase-shifted wah-wah pedal masterpiece!

 

[wpod]

 

[wpod]

Did Jimi Hendrix play a violin ? Then No.

 

[jhs914]

 

[aquariuscsm]

The whole Left Banke “Walk Away Renee” lp. Every song written by the group themselves. The whole album is a masterpiece!!

 

[Pablo]

Huge Bond Fan