Grievous Islands (6/14-3/15)

              KALUNDBORG

 "Am Pfeiler lehnen, bis der Morgen graut.
Was sollen Worte in der Einsamkeit?"
(Liu Zongyuan - "Nachts aufgestanden")

Crowded House
A Sigh                                           (Time on Earth - 2007)  
Neil Young
Borrowed Tune                               (Tonight's the Night - 1975)
Diana Krall
Dancing in the Dark                        (The Look of Love - 2001)
Nylon
Feuerzeug                                     (Die Liebe kommt  -  2004)
Sinéad O'Connor
Fire on Babylon                               (She who dwells the secret Place of the most High shall abide under the Shadow of the Almighty - 2003)
Skunk Anansie
Infidelity (only you)                         (Stoosh - 1996)
Fred "Toots" Hibbert
I've got Dreams to remember          (Toots in  Memphis - 1988)
Arid
Little Things of Venom                    (ME 31 - 1998)
Get well soon
Nausea                                         (Vexations - 2009)
Calexico
Over your Shoulder                        (The black Light - 1998)
Animal Collective
The softest Voice                           (Sung Tongs - 2004)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Cortez the Killer                             (Weld - 1991)

Crowded House: A Sigh
"You just can't escape" (jonesfeld on Youtube)  "he’s writing songs to haunt you rather than win you over." (Jonathan Bernstein/Entertainment Weekly)  "it tears at me in ways I can’t remember a song ever doing, and I’m thankful that I can play it over and over until it makes me feel better." (K. L. Poore/www.hometheatershack.com/forums)
"you can tell a lot by not saying a thing"

Neil Young: Borrowed Tune
"What Rolling Stones tune is he "borrowing"?" "Lady Jane" "some of his best known songs were derivative to the point of plagiarism" (mgb70 - joelee - wags/forums.stevehoffman.tv)  "a masterpiece, on about loss, sorrow, and drugs" (www.therisingstorm.net) "and Young sometimes sounds so depressed it's a wonder he managed to tune his guitar."  (Christian Hoard/Rolling Stone)
"Ice frozen six feet deep
How long does it take?"

Diana Krall: Dancing in the Dark
"one of the finest pop songs of all time and which cannot be allowed to be forgotten" (MOVIE MAVEN/amazon.com) "For a time Dietz despaired of finding an interesting staging. Finally, John Barker sang while Till Losch danced with herself in a series of mirrors.”" (www.jazzstandards.com) "But is her safe, slightly vanilla formula the only way that jazz can become truly popular now? No. Look at Cassandra Wilson, Joshua Redman or even Shirley Horn" (Ben Ratliff/New York Times)
"Time hurries by, we're here and we're gone"

Nylon: Feuerzeug
"als befänden sich die Akteure gefühlsmäßig unter einer Käseglocke" ("kikibu" bei amazon.de)  "Und dann entdeckte ich auf dem Album plötzlich den Song Feuerzeug, der mir zuerst gar nichts sagte. Aber beim reinhören machte es klick."  (Flieger/www.best-of-80s.de) "Ich kann der Frau nichts besonderes attestieren."  (Ihassledthehoff/"Die Zeit")
"ich kapitulier,
ich bin in der Falle"
 
Sinéad O'Connor:  Fire on Babylon
"Der Kreis schließt sich, danach kann nichts mehr kommen"  (Thomas Winkler) "O’Connor’s own traumatic childhood and fractious relationship with her mother." (90percenthits) "O’Connor was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 37 and her severe muscle pain was diagnosed as fibromyalgia. She had attempted suicide at age 33. Bipolar disorder is characterized by wide mood swings, a high manic phase, when a person thinks she can do everything, to a low depressive phase when they can do almost nothing."  (www.drmirkin.com)
"And all along she gave me lies
Just to make me think I loved her"

Skunk Anansie: Infidelity (only you)
"Einer der absoluten Nervsongs von 1997!!" (pillermaik/www.hitparade.ch) "I was getting the beginnings of a headache and I flopped on the sofa, legs dangling over the side, listening to Skunk anansie's 'Infidelity (only you)'"  (Sarah Ball - "Marry me")  "I listen to Skins' disdain and am thankful for the music, but hate to think of what caused it." (meshugga2112 on Youtube)
"IN MY FACE THERE`S NO MORE JOY
CRACKED INFIDELITY,
IS ALL YOU ARE TOO ME"

Fred "Toots" Hibbert: I've got Dreams to remember
"The first time I ever heard the 'Toots in Memphis' CD (which this is from) was through the drug-induced haze of having a tooth removed.  My dentist recommended it, and I put on the headphones as he started the gas."  (secretsauce/www.radioparadise.com)    "with Toots Hibbert, who’s wearing a “54-46? knit cap that I now want. Illness had forced the band to miss some dates on its tour " (offbeat magazine)   "Frederick “Toots” Hibbert will turn 63 this year, and he keeps getting better each time I see him in concert."   (Jim Harrington/blogs.mercurynews)
"Nobody knows what I feel inside
All I know, I walked away and cried"

Arid: Little Things of Venom
"Let's hope this guy keeps away from big rivers" (www.houbi.com) "evaporate as twinkling dew drops in the first sunlight" (Shuffle) "véél te kort" (Anne-Marie/www.arid.be)
"Feel the poison of change in me
All that I'll ever be
Comes back"

Get well soon: Nausea
 "(deutsch: die Übelkeit)"  (wikipedia) "Außerdem haben die eine Geigerin. Ich liebe Geigerinnen. (Wenn du eine Geigerin bist, kannst du dich jederzeit bei mir melden.) Get Well Soon gerne wieder." (Florian/www.webadventures.at) "die Instrumentalbegleitung auf ein Minimum reduzieren und die Vocals in den Vordergrund stellen, kommt das aber leider nicht zu Gute, sofern man die Platte nicht gerade zum Einschlafen hört." (Johannes Neuhauser/www.eclat-mag.de)
"Behind the Things they sleep
But waiting
Be on your Guard"

Calexico: Over your Shoulder
"so melancholic and powerful!" (patomm11 on Youtube) "i? did not know of the existance of this !?" (brunobliss/www.mothersagainstillegalaliens.org) "When that pedal steel comes in and then a lone trumpet - you’re gone... some south-of-the-border adventure that may not turn out so well." (Curtis Harvey/ www.magnetmagazine.com)

Animal Collective: The softest Voice
"Das Ich schreit noch ein paar Mal aus den Soundschlieren, dann taucht es unter" (Frank Sawatzki) "I guess I just don't have time anymore for songs drawn out with two chords rotating back and forth with dumb little noise effects." (BtC/rateyourmusic.com)  "I’m left bloodless on the floor with my soul heaven-sent" (Lee Anderson/www.popmatters.com)
"I'll stay inside and find a page that sounds right"

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Cortez the Killer