MAD WORLD (Cello & Piano Version) - Brooklyn Duo
Mad World, originally by Tears for Fears and reimagined by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews, arranged and performed on cello and piano by Brooklyn Duo.
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"Mad World" is such a classic! We had so much fun arranging this and we tried to give it a bit of a French flair - we even filmed it in Paris! Sorry it's taken sooo long for us to release a new video. We've been keeping busy with some new projects and have been traveling a bunch. We just got back from our first two concerts too! Thanks to everyone who came out to see us - it was so much fun meeting so many of you. Lots more videos coming soon, we promise! Thanks for watching :)
(And a big thank you to Ali Hauschildt and Jay Jameson for all the help with filming and childcare! xo)
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Brooklyn Duo:
Marnie Laird, piano
Patrick Laird, cello
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Lyrics:
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world, mad world
Children waiting for the day, they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher, tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very
Mad world, mad world
Enlarge your world
Mad world
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Patrick performs exclusively on Pirastro strings (http://www.pirastro.com)
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Brooklyn Duo Bio:
Founded in 2014, Brooklyn Duo has quickly established itself as one of todayβs most successful classical crossover ensembles. Through its creative arrangements and live video performances, the piano and cello duo has garnered a huge following, with over 600,000 YouTube subscribers, and over 150 million streams annually on platforms such as Spotify and Pandora Radio.
On a whim, the couple arranged and recorded two pop covers and released them on YouTube. Shakira noticed the duoβs cover of her song Empire and promoted it to her 130 million-plus fan base, saying: βWe're loving Brooklyn Duo's piano/cello cover of Empire! Great work guys." The boost that resulted from that exposure and the positive response they were getting on YouTube encouraged the couple to continue creating videos.
Since then, Marnie and Patrick have released over 70 videos on their Brooklyn Duo YouTube channel and 7 albums of covers, spanning artists from The Beatles to Metallica to Taylor Swift (who also tweeted about them, saying their cover of her song βBlank Spaceβ sounded "like a song people should walk down the aisle to"). In 2016, the couple started a second YouTube channel, Brooklyn Classical, with the goal of introducing classical music to a larger audience. With this new channel, Marnie and Patrick aim to showcase high quality, live performances of classical music. Brooklyn Classical often hosts high-profile guest artists, including the world-renowned Dover and Escher string quartets and percussionist Ivan Trevino.
In 2017, Marnie and Patrick partnered with Carnegie Hall and Ensemble Connect, a collective of some of the best young musicians in the U.S., to produce a cover of a-haβs βTake On Meβ. The video went viral and garnered millions of views in just a few months. Popular classical music stations Classic FM and WQXR regularly share Brooklyn Duoβs music on their social media pages, with Classic FM calling the duo βmasters of the artfully planned pop cover.β One of their covers was also recently featured in an episode of ABCβs Greyβs Anatomy.
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