Will Eric Gales turn viral Beethoven cover into a single?
During a recent appearance on the Blues Rock Show, Eric Gales addressed whether he’s ever considered recording Beethoven’s “Für Elise” as a single. Gales has been putting his spin on the Beethoven classic for many years during his live show.
“No, I have not, but, hey, you know, you just sparked an idea and I may do that,” Gales said. “You might be on to something. No, I haven’t. But I mean, I guess I should. I think that would be a good idea,” Eric responded.
“I just have been a fan of all different styles and kinds of music, man, and that has always been a beautiful piece to me, and it just started with me challenging myself to see if I could play it on guitar one day, and kind of turned into morphing it into my own.” Gales adds, “That is a millennial piece of music that people instantly recognize. Again, that goes back to me saying if you’re going to do a remake of something, you want to kind of make it be your own way, but still kind of giving homage to the originality of it. So, when I play that, people just kind of you can hear the ooh and ah in the crowd when people are like, “Oh, wow. I can’t believe he even tackled something like that.”
The performance has been popular with fans online. Blues Rock Review shared a clip from Gales’ rendition of “Für Elise” at the 2024 S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, which racked up over 5 million views across Blues Rock Review’s social media channels, with over 2.1 million on Instagram, over 1.6 million on Facebook, and over 1.4 million on TikTok.
Watch Gales’ response to recording his rendition of Für Elise” as a single below.
Eric Gales goes classical? Are you kidding me? That was the viral phenomenal by the Grammy award nominated blues guitar heavyhitter. That’s for sure. Truth is, Eric Gales plays everything from blues, soul, rock and R&B.