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Alte Schinken (12/12-9/13)

"Until that moment he had not been lonesome. Now, recognizing his loneliness, he felt alive. He had not wanted to be alive."(Truman Capote -  "A Diamond Guitar")

Sinéad O'Connor
Big Bunch of Junkie Lies              (She who dwells the secret Place of the most High shall abide under the Shadow of the Almighty  - 2003)
Sally Barker & The Rhythm
Happy Days'n'Lonely Nights       (Beating the Drum - 1992)        SUNDGAU
    
Pink Floyd
If                                              (Atom Heart Mother - 1970)
Robert Wyatt
Insensatez                                (Cuckooland - 2003)
Benjamin Diamond
Just a little Time                       (Strange Attitude - 2000)
LCD Soundsystem
Never as tired as when I'm waking up  (LCD Soundsystem - 2005) 
Sandy Denny
Next Time around                     (Who knows where the Time goes? - 1985)
Alexei Algui and Dietmar Bonnen
Red House                                (Up from the Skies - 2002)
Keimzeit
Schmetterlinge                          (Bunte Scherben - 1993)
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Serenade for the Renegade        (Strange Place for Snow -  2002)
Blondie
Songs of Love                           (The Curse of Blondie - 2003)

Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon
How Insensitive                          (Blues and Ballads  - 1970)

Sinéad O'Connor: Big Bunch of Junkie Lies
"Überhöhung des privaten Kummers" (Thomas Winkler) "Sehr zerbechlich wirkt sie hier: die Stimme von Sinead O'Connor. Leider ist auch das Lied etwas brüchig." (variety/www.uk-charts.com) "a "nasty" song written about someone she loved very much (surely a reference to Shane MacGowan and the furore O'Connor caused when she shopped him to the police for using heroin)" (Judith Pidgeon/The Independent)
"She only needs you 'cause she hates being alone"

Sally Barker & The Rhythm: Happy Days'n'Lonely Nights
"Her 2003 album "Maid in England", which had been six years in the making, was muted by the death of her husband through a recurrence of cancer in August of that year." (www.stoke-fest.co.uk) "she was confronted with the dreaded Folk Music!  It was not love at first sight; it was a slow, painful process during which time the tentacles reached deep into Sally's soul and gripped her heart so tightly it was not possible to pull her back!" (www.sallybarker.co.uk)  "And I’m not coming back I’m not coming back" ("Sirens")
"You broke my heart a million ways when you took all my
happy days
And left me lonely nights"

Pink Floyd: If
"I've had enough of the bloody domination Syd's had over this group since day one..." (Roger Waters/"What if Syd hadn't left Pink Floyd" - www-pink-floyd.org) "Maybe I like it just because of it's strangeness" (forty-two/www.sputnikmusic.com) "I know Roger Waters has a soft spot for If on side two, but I don't personally find the rest of the album very exciting" (Andy Thompson/www.planetmellotron.com)
"If I were alone, I would cry.
And if I were with you, I'd be home and dry"

Robert Wyatt: Insensatez
"Melodien, die sich in seinem Innern verfangen" (Thomas Gross) "like a tender cool hand? soothing our pain." (Jan Hupfer-Larsen on youtube) "a stellar, deeply emotional take of the Jobim & DeMoraes' classic" (www.shazam.com)
"Vague and drawn and sad, I see it still"

Benjamin Diamond: Just a little Time
"das Glück eines Achtjährigen, der ein Lied über Eifersucht im Radio hört und das Stück nachsingt, ohne zu wissen, wovon es handelt"   (Tobias Rapp)  "...Erscheinung einer unfreiwilligen Uneigentlichkeit. So wie einst der französische Punk-Darsteller Plastic Bertrand, klingt auch Benjamin Diamond wie ein freundlicher Witz." (Harald Peters/Berliner Zeitung) "Könnte schlimm werden, aber ich werde mir überlegen hinzugehen."  "Benjamin Diamond Genau deswegen würde ich auch gehen und über die anderen Dinge hinwegsehen." (wowee zowee, BlackJack/forum.rollingstone.de)
"I can't stand this situation maybe"


LCD Soundsystem: Never as tired as when I'm waking up
"my world has become a desperate search to find little moments"  "If I just drank whisky I’d be like, ‘This isn’t doing anything’"  (James Murphy) "I made this mix tape for my boyfriend to introduce him to some of my personal favorite indie sounds" "wow what a lucky boyfriend!" (heather200, ghost/www.fiql.com)
"But not with you
(Keep on telling myself it's true)"

Sandy Denny: Next Time around
"this song is about Jackson Frank, her former boyfriend who was born in Buffalo, New York. He had a sad life, too. So much talent between them - shame." (aerialkate on youtube)  "Her lyrics come filled with nostalgic autumnal melancholy crossed with a wild living eagerness." "Sandy sung about hope every bit as well as she sang of sadness, and sometimes I'm saddened that she only gets remembered as tragic."  (otter pete/www.unforumzed.com)
"I seem to remember the face and the name,
But if it's not you I won't care.
I know of changes, but nothing would change you"

Alexei Algui and Dietmar Bonnen: Red House
"So I bring something and say: "What about this?" And he says: "Oh, not so interesting for me". Or he says: "Oh, I like it very much, let's do it." (D. Bonnen) "The song's theme is "as old as the blues itself; the singer's woman doesn't love him any more and has moved"" (wikipedia/Charles R. Cross) "war der gute Jimi noch nicht 24/7 total dicht." (Ulf Kubanke/www.laut.de)
"Wait a minute, something wrong here
My key won't unlock this door"

Keimzeit: Schmetterlinge
"Melodien, zu denen man tanzen, weinen und lachen kann" (A. Funke/amazon.de) "ziemlich porös.und auch die tatsache,das die anscheinend auf paul weller stehen macht sie mir nicht sympatischer" (popkid/forum.rollingstone.de) "Der Gitarrist dieses Abends, Lars Kutschke, stieg zur Höchstform auf. Sein vorletztes Konzert in dieser Band und er spielte quasi um sein Leben. Als wolle er es der Band und dem Publikum noch einmal zeigen, wolle die Welt (zumindest die keimzeitliche) noch einmal retten"  (birgit/www.elektrofeld.de)
"Auch wenn ich mich ganz langsam bewege
Ich bin noch lange nicht bankrott"

Esbjörn Svensson Trio: Serenade for the Renegade
"I cry? each time I listen to "Serenade for the Renegade" and Esbjorn Svensson as a whole. His death was such an enormous loss..." (CyberGene on youtube) "sounds like trapped in the closet" (stu57/www.lastfm.jp) "bis an die Grenze des Verschwindens" (Ulrich Stock)

Blondie: Songs of Love
"The only songs I am not crazy about.. " (W. olsen "billyzombie"/amazon.com) Homebake 2012…the first music festival of the summer season in Sydney and my friend Sarah and I were there for one reason only….to see the lady with platinum blonde hair  ...so thank you Blondie, for reminding Sarah and I of ...the importance of setting aside time to do the things you love." -(www.catchupwithamate.com) "On "Songs Of Love", she sounds older than ever: bitter, raddled, past it. Her voice is barely up to carrying the tune, and it's not as if there's much of a tune anyway...   All it allows to seep through the cracks is her age, and she can't help that."  (Alex/thelex.blogspot.de)
"All of our days, we cry out for love
And we cry for the times that we lost it all"

Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon: How Insensitive