17 CommentsIf you’ve always felt Maroon 5 could use a little less Adam Levine and a little more cello, check out this video of Nathan Chan, Steven Bennett, Maddie Tucker, and Justin Zhao, all CC ’15, performing their take on the pop group’s “Moves Like Jagger.” As if that wasn’t impressive enough, the group arranged the performance on their own by ear.
The quartet, known as String Theory (rejected names include the Cellovators and Cellato), formed at the beginning of the school year and style themselves as “Columbia’s most elite cello ensemble.” They’ve performed in St. Paul’s Chapel and at Night Market, and will take to the stage tonight and the Barnard-Columbia-Juilliard exchange concert at 7 pm in Miller Theater. Oh, and did we mention it’s free?
Also be on the lookout for String Theory’s next project—Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” for five cellos.
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@Anonymous celli*
not cellos
@out of tune.
@Anonymous They’re making a light hearted joke.
@Conrad Nathan is one of the most thoroughly awesome people in the entire world.
@Anonymous Yay Maddie and Nathan!!!! You guys rock!
@Anonymous they want to be the vitamin string quartet so hard.
@The dude stage right exudes swagger. cello on man.
@Anonymous Mick Jagger has only surged in popularity because his name rhymes with Swagger.
@Anonymous Maroon 5 needs less Maroon 5
@Anonymous most elite? straight up pretentious.
@Anonymous This is wonderful!!! Keep up the good work!
@Anonymous this is so awesome!
@Anonymous they seem a bit too pleased with themselves
@Anonymous they’re having fun and enjoying what they’re doing! take a chill pill dude
@Anonymous The cello is by far the sexiest instrument ever.
@DON'T EXPLAIN THE JOKE See if they’ll figure it out on their own.
@nice work cool project. but constructive criticism: not sure if it was the nerves being recorded or you have a different taste then I do, but I think it would be much nicer slightly slowed down. It feels frenetic and a little rushed. And even though the original sounded fairly staccato, I don’t think you need to main that aspect to stay true to it (as you are, after all, working in a different medium).