I think last ~minute of this song is one of the heaviest musical passages I've ever heard (starting at 7:45). It's all drums, but I really enjoy the shots of orchestral members looking around like "damn, this some heavy ####."
Devin originally wrote these drum parts on a computer and wasn't too concerned about how difficult they would be to actually play. The album was originally meant to be a bit of a joke, so he recorded it all himself, but it ended up producing a few tunes that ended up fan favourites.
I guess watching these videos caused this to pop up in my YouTube feed. I am a pretty big fan of both Bowie and Gabriel and had no idea this was a thing.
I'd love to hear an orchestra-only version of both Puppets and Justice. No guitars, no drum(sets) (orchestral percussion only), no singing or any other non-standard stuff. I just want a real, legit symphonist to take both albums and transcribe them as if they were composing them themselves. Maybe someone who leans more towards Baroque than Rococo, though.
I've been saying for the last 30 years that the songs on Puppets and Justice are pretty much symphonies just played on heavy metal instruments. Now I need like 10-15 people to play it on strings, woodwinds (no brass!) and percussion (kettles and piano only!).
