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                                              (9/19-11/19)

"Sie werden vielleicht feststellen, dass Sie das, was Sie so sehr verabscheuen, irgendwann vermissen werden, weil es weg ist"   (Ken Jenkins - "Meine Schuld")


The Beach Boys
Cuddle up                                                    (Carl and the Passions: So tough - 1972)
Morrissey
Dear God please help me                              (Ringleader of the Tormentors - 2006)
David Bowie
Don't let me down & down                             (Black Tie White Noise - 1993)
Bobby Purify
I hate to see you go                                      (better to have it - 2005)
Lost Frequencies
In too deep                                                   (Less is more - 2016)
John Cale
Mailman (The lying Song)                               (black Acetate- 2005)
Oojami
Neyzen                                                         (bellydancing breakbeats - 2002)
Bob Dylan & The Band
Nothing was delivered                                     (The Basement Tapes - 1975)
Hot Chocolate
Put your Love in me                                        (20 Hottest Hits - 1977/1979)
The Hollies
The Air that I breathe                                       (C'est Chouette les Clubs - 1974)
Katrina Mitchell & Bill Wells
Wind Chimes                                                 (Caroline now! - 2000)

Morrissey
Life is a Pigsty                                                (Ringleader of the Tormentors - 2006)


The Beach Boys: Cuddle up
"I had interviewed Carl after a concert during this era and he asked me, “What do you think was wrong with (this album).”" (Gerry Borreggine/Facebook)  "Dennis Wilson's song about devotion, open and heartfelt"  (sunflower2020/sputnik music)  "string arrangement that threatens to get a bit over the top but if you're in the right mood it's lovely."  (Jeremy Ledger/Quora)
"In dreams
We'll dream
Making love to wake"

Morrissey: Dear God please help me
"even the lyrics seem, bizarrely, un-subtle"  (amazon.com) "große sentimentale Ballade" ("Die Zeit")  "Nach meinem persönlichen Lieblingslied, "Life Is A Pigsty", schwächelt das Album ein wenig." (Dirk/plattenvorgericht.blogspot)  
"And I am so very tired
Of doing the right thing"

David Bowie: Don't let me down & down
"gute, langsame Nummer mit Ausnahme des akzentuierten Gesangs" (David Buckley - "David Bowie: Story und Songs kompakt") "Gebete, Hymnen, voll überirdischer Souveränität"  (Konrad Heidkamp) "der Popgott, hatte seine dunklen Seiten" (Jens Balzer)
"Still I keep my love for you
No place to hide, no way to fall
Nowhere to lie no world so wide"

Bobby Purify: I hate to see you go
"Sadly, he passed away in Florida in 2011 at the age of 72. I hated to see you go, Bobby" (Al Kooper/www.themortonreport.com) "when Bobby started singin? and playin? the guitar, right away, it stood all my hairs up on my arm." (Dan Penn)  "versank im Dunkel der Verzweiflung" ("Die Zeit")
"Can't you see the tears
Falling from my eyes"

Lost Frequencies: In too deep
"Kumuliert kommt der 24-jährige Belgier auf 750.000 Minuten im deutschen Radio." (Musikwoche) "Die Plattenfirma bittet den belgischen DJ Lost Frequencies um den Remix eines Songs, aber Felix de Laet hat keine Lust. Nicht, dass er James Blunt nicht mag" (RBB) «Wenn du auflegst, spürst du so viel Liebe. Dann kommst du zurück ins Hotel und bist alleine.» (Felix de Laet)
 "Sometimes I'm falling down
From heaven to the ground"

John Cale: Mailman (The lying Song)
"Der gut gealterte Geiger der Velvets" (schussrichtung/forum.rollingstone) "weder gelingt ihm das Glück noch die Verzweiflung in ihrer reinen Form" (Konrad Heidkamp) John Cale ist nichgt der Arzt. John Cale ist der Schmerz" (Christian Schachinger)                                     MÜNCHEN
"I lied   
about
the
prisoner

it isn't me
it's you
it isn't you
its me"

Oojami: Neyzen
"lets things end on an ambiguous note" (barnesandnoble.com)  "a unique journey of rhythmical opportunities"  (booklet)  "mit weiteren ethnischen und elektronischen Einflüssen, denen er in der Weltstadt London tagtäglich ausgesetzt ist."

Bob Dylan & The Band:  Nothing was delivered
"Songs, deren Grundton die Heilssuche ist" (Robert Shelton: "Bob Dylan - No Direction Home: Sein Leben, seine Musik 1941-1978) "Dylan suchte Erholung nach einem Motorradunfall" (Pinky Rose) "teils genial aber oft undurchdringlich, surreal" (Kritik/amazon.de)
”Take care of all your memories”
Said my friend"

Hot Chocolate: Put your Love in me
"May this very special,unassuming singer rest in peace in the certain knowledge he will live on forever through his unique,beautiful voice and songs. He was truly blessed."  (geminiwednesday16 on YouTube)  "Ist jetzt kein so ein Ohrwurm wieviele andere Stücke von denen, eher eine bisschen düstere Nummer" (Besnik/www.ultratop.de) "Sad news – Errol Brown, the lead singer from Hot Chocolate, has died at the age of 71. He had been suffering from liver cancer" (heatworld.com)
"Tonight I wanna touch the stars"

The Hollies: The Air that I breathe
"ist gar nicht von den Hollies, Albert Hammond hat ihn geschrieben, und zwar in Los Angeles, wo er ein wunderbares Mädchen traf" (WDR) "Im Sommer 1972 herrscht dort dicke Luft. Smog hängt über der Stadt." (SWR1) "geruhsamer Titel" (fleet61/swisscharts.com)
"If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass"

Katrina Mitchell & Bill Wells: Wind Chimes
"auf die interessanteste Art völlig "abgedreht" (Dirk Reuter/www.babyblaueseiten.de) "Voll glücklicher Melancholie" (Konrad Heidkamp) "Pastel" (Katrina Mitchel's Band) "sings the joys of daytime walks in cemeteries" (plattenvorgericht.blogspot.com)
"Now and then a tear rolls off my cheek"

Morrissey: Life is a Pigsty