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Blues Sea Ferries (5/11-2/12)

"Ich bin so schlecht wie du von mir denkst" (Thomas D. "ich ich ich")

Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio, Volinkonzert E-dur                              (ca 1713-1730)
Alison Moyet
Blow Wind blow                                           (Single B-Seite - 1986)  
The Willowz
I wonder                                                      (Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind  Original                                                                         Soundtrack - 2004/2006)
Jewel
Last Dance Rodeo                                       (Goodbye Alice in Wonderland - 2006)
David Crosby
Music is Love                                               (Celebration Copy - 1971)
Lou Reed/John Cale
Nobody but you                                          (Songs for Drella - 1990)
Bruce Springsteen
Nothing Man                                             (The Rising - 2002)
Mink Deville
Something beautiful dying                           (Sportin Life - 1985)
Foo Fighters
Still                                                          (In your Honor - 2005)
George Michael
The first Time ever I saw your Face              (Songs from the last Century - 1999)
Elvis Costello
when I was cruel no. 2                               (when I was cruel - 2002)

Johnny Cash
The first Time ever I saw your Face             (American IV: The Man comes around - 2002)

MEMPHIS, Mississippi

 

 

Johann Sebastian Bach: Adagio, Konzert für Violine, Streicher und Continuo E-dur
"Vor- und Nachspiel dieses von tiefem Ernst erfüllten Adagios sind dem Orchester übertragen, das im übrigen nur den klagenden Gesang der Solovioline begleitet." (Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft 11/65)  "in den langsamen Sätzen traurig-erhaben, gehört Bachs Violinkonzert in E-Dur BWV 1042 in jede musikalische Hausapotheke." (Solothurner Zeitung) "Als wenn ich weder Ohren, am wenigsten Augen, und weiter keine übrigen Sinne besäße noch brauchte." (Goethe über Bach)

 

Alison Moyet: Blow Wind blow
"Ist mir persönlich zu langweilig. Zum Einschlafen." (variety/http://charts.org.nz) "I don’t feel a better person or more confident because I’ve lost weight" (A.M. Interview – walesonline.co.uk) "nothing hurts forever" (A.M. "A letter to my sixteen-year-old self")
"blow dust into their eyes and
let them know that nothing that we do will ever
Never be forgotten"

 

The Willowz:  I wonder
"You killed me !" "I'm hopeless i must be frenche !" (comments myspace.com) "I had never heard of the Willowz" (blog.ericrose.net)"Richie (24) wears everyday the same. The  singer of the rising Indie Band the Willowz doesnt buy any cloth in New York, but steals the fashion of his friends and their relatives (his shirt was worn for years by his friends grandfather)" (wenewyork.de)
"I look around and I close my eyes
Just for a second and begin to cry"

 

Jewel: Last Dance Rodeo
"Da wird mir immer sehr, sehr übel wenn ich diese Frau höre."  (Red Dog/www.intro.de) "this album comes with an explanation/apology from its auteur... This keeps her ceaseless introspection from sounding like excessive navel-gazing... to the ruminative, moody &"Last Dance Rodeo"" (Stephen Thomas Erlewine) ""Cynycism isn't smarter, it's only safer." As a pessimist it took a long time to believe that" (jeweljk on twitter)
"lest you look behind you
and see your own shadow is gone"


David Crosby: Music is Love
"Die Message ist ein Mantra. „Everybody’s sayin’ Music is Love“, säuselt die Stimme.  Immer wieder, 18 mal in drei Minuten. Allerdings wollte 1971 von dieser Botschaft keiner mehr etwas hören." (Tagesspiegel)  "dealt with personal tragedies, some he could be blamed for and others that just happened, but he never lost his path." (Naughty Micky/www.dabelly.com) "I'm 10-and-a-half years sober and I think that was my greatest victory and hardest battle." (D.C.  1996)
"Everybody's sayin' it's love"

 

Lou Reed/John Cale: Nobody but you
"Die bittersten Texte haben die schönsten Melodien...immer an der Kippe, am Rande des Absprungs, wo aus der rettenden Flucht in das Image die Falle der Einsamkeit wird".. (Konrad Heidkamp) "A true masterpiece of inner terrors, and human weakness." (www.opendb.net) "werfen Reed und Cale in ihren Texten ohne jegliche Rücksicht mit Namen und Daten um sich, die nur den wenigsten ein Begriff sein dürften." (Christiane Wiegand)
"I'm still not sure I didn't die
And if I'm dreaming I still have bad pains inside"

 

Bruce Springsteen: Nothing Man
"Liebeslieder an das Leben" (Konrad Heidkamp)  "The only obvious piece of the puzzle is a man “forever changed” by a significant event." (john/mcconda.com) "Lest anyone mistakenly perceive this recording as a somber evocation of loss and despair" (Thom Jurec/All Music Guide)
"the sky's still, the same
unbelievable blue"

 

Foo Fighters: Still
"I left with my heart racing, my ears ringing, my love for the Foo Fighters re-engaged" (Sherrie Perkovich/The Washington Times)  "It is nice and satisfactory, but a little unmemorable"(Davey Boy/www.sputnikmusic.com) "This song is all about someone wanting to kill themselves and it just has this very sad and deep feeling about it. " (anonymous/http://www.lyricinterpretations.com)
"Watch the Sunrise all alone
Sitting on the Tracks"

 

Mink Deville: Something beautiful dying
"Leid und Liebe, Einsamkeit und hoffnungslose Leidenschaft stecken in seinen Songs." (Willi Andresen) "the harsh reality in his voice and phrasing is yesterday, today, and tomorrow — timeless in the same way that loneliness, no money, and troubles find each other and never quit for a minute.” "I was never one of those happy cripples who stumbled around smiling and shiny-eyed" (Doc Pomus)
"Such a shame that nothing feels
the same"

 

George Michael: The first Time ever  I saw your Face
"The song is the survivor" (Phil Ramone)  "Feels like he's struggling not to cry throughout the song "(miss_unafraid/last.fm about Johnny Cash's performance) "leave me wondering, who was he thinking of while singing this.." (misstenwordsperday/www.david-cook.org)
"And the moon and the stars were
The gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies"

 

Elvis Costello: when i was cruel no. 2
"...nur das vertraute Gefühl, mit jener Bitterkeit im Herzen. ...Wut und Rhythmusschläge tief im Bauch, ...die Schärfe und die Verletzlichkeit haben sich wiedergefunden." (Konrad Heidkamp) "His voice creeps under your skin!" (mesterlars/lastfm.de) "He has given comfort, catharsis, and artistic inspiration now to several generations of musical connoisseurs and troubled souls the world over." (www.morethings.com)
"Things haven't really changed that much"
"One of us is still getting paid too much"

 

Johnny Cash: The first Time ever I saw your Face

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