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Ist das nicht schön (12/15-2/17)

"Öffne die Tür deiner Seele und gehe zum Atmen nach draußen"
(Vicente Huidobro - "Altazor oder Eine Fallschirmreise")
                                                                                                                              KATOWICE

 Paul Weller
All good Books                                           (Illumination - 2002)
Lucinda Williams
Cold, cold Heart                                          (Timeless - 2001)
Joni Mitchell
How do you stop                                         (Turbulent Indigo - 1994)
Marianne Faithfull
Marathon Kiss                                            (vagabond ways - 1999)
Gustav Mahler/Uri Caine
now will the sun rise as brightly from "songs of the death of children"  (urlicht/primal light - 1997)
Samba
Schein                                                       (müssen alle mit. - 2003)
Working Week
Southern Cross                                          (Companeros - 1986)
John Cale
The Soul of Carmen Miranda                        (Words for the Dying - 1989)
Cher
The Times they are A-Changin'                    (With Love - 1967)
Sufjan Stevens
They are Night Zombies!!                            (Come on feel the Illinoise - 2005)
Lucinda Williams
Words fell                                                  (World without Tears - 2003)

Marianne Faithfull
Don't forget me                                           (20th Century Blues - 1996)

Paul Weller: All good Books
Even when Weller tears loose on occasion...  it functions as an effective counterpoint," (www.allmusic.com)  "the first couple of times I listened to it, it didn't really grab me." (Mr A A S McBGregor/www.amazon.co.uk) "Britrock’s grumpy uncle" (NME)
"and the violence you've mistaken
in the words you took to be taken"

Lucinda Williams: Cold, cold Heart
"and that torn-up, trembling voice. It is also the most affecting. When Lucinda sings "I fail at everything I do," I can't help but believe her, just as I would've believed Hank." (Andrew Romaqno/GQ) "lebt in der Verehrung der Nachgeborenen weiter" ("Die Zeit") "my favorite version(sorry Hank) Lori Goldie on YouTube)
"In anger, unkind words are said that make the teardrops start"

Joni Mitchell: How do you stop
"der Grund ihres dreijährigen Schweigens war eine Krankheit, bei der es um ihre Stimme und ihr Leben ging" (Ulrich Paasch)  "Eine späte Heimkehr" (Musikexpress)  "she suffers from post-polio syndrome, a malady wherein “the wiring in my central nervous system is overtaxed, and when I don’t conserve my energy, the disease manifests itself in loss of animation" (www.encyclopedia.com)
"You think love will wait
So you don't hold on
And then it's gone"

Marianne Faithful: Marathon Kiss
"Ich war an einem Wendepunkt in meinem Leben, war mir meiner Ängste und Unsicherheiten nicht wirklich bewusst gewesen" (M.F.) "Vielleicht träumt sie zu viel" (Konrad Heidkamp) "Some of the material wavers a bit" (www.allmusic.com)
"Don't steal what I've got, baby,
'Cause the balance is thin like a shell"

Uri Caine: now will the sun rise as brightly
"etwas von der tränenlosen Trauer des Kindertotenlieds" (Konrad Heidkamp)  "unter Hohngelächter und Schmerzensschreien" (franz winter) "Das Unglück geschah nur mir allein! Die Sonne, sie scheinet allgemein!" (Friedrich Rückert)

Samba: Schein
"Kommen Samba in das gewisse Alter? ...wenn die Hormone erst mal Ruhe geben? Wenn man anfängt, Dinge und Zusammenhänge zu erkennen und dabei feststellt, dass die eigene Existenz auf der Welt gar keine so große Rolle spielt?" (www.intro.de) "schrammeln sich die drei Jungs bedächtig und verschroben wie nie durch die schwermütigen Songs - ganz so, als ob sie um Jahrzehnte gealtert wären und einen Ausweg aus der Midlife-Crisis suchen." (www.plattentests.de) "Stupid mainstream of the late 00's..." (bubbleyhoney/www.r3dd.it)
"Schöner als wahr zu sein klingt immer noch nur hier"

Working Week: Southern Cross
"O stand, stand at the window
  As the tears scald and start;" ("As I walked out one evening"/W.H. Auden) "Wieso wird solche Musik heute nicht mehr hergestellt?" (dr-music/forum.rollingstone.de) "Die Companeros kenne ich leider noch nicht," (enfis/www.hifi-forum.de)
"your body warmth could save my life"

John Cale: The Soul of Carmen Miranda
"And so we thought. ‘give that a go and see how that works out’, (laughs) and it was pretty hard actually.” (producer Brian Eno) "Jetzt wird Musik wieder lebenswichtig, wenn der Morgen so dunkel wie der Abend ist, wenn der Kopf wieder zum Innenraum wird" (Konrad Heidkamp) "a short, catchy throwaway called "The Soul of Carmen Miranda" that Eno and Cale wrote while fooling around in the studio." (Jim DeRogatis/www.jimdero.com)
"She seeded the bait and offered the faint hope of chance to innocent men"

Cher: The Times they are A-Changin'
 rare moment, when cher was truly simple and not so bad a singer" (lee michaels on YouTube) "look, it's not going to hurt me, I'm 70, it's not going to do anything to me - it's going to do stuff to young people and that really scares me and it bothers me." (Cher about Trump)  "Given the intention behind the song, it’s worth noting the irony, but, more importantly, it’s also worth noting that the song’s message is felt not just by the marginalized and their sympathizers, but also by those that have the means to affect change." (Maceagon  Voyce/nerdist.com)
"Your old road is
Rapidly agin'"

Sufjan Stevens: They are Night Zombies!!
"I find it so painfully beautiful I have almost blubbed a few times listening to it" (Oldnathan/Amazon.co.uk) "Early editions of the cover featured an image of Superman flying over the Chicago skyline...  Unfortunately, the use of the iconic Kryptonian was never cleared with DC Comics, and Stevens’ record label Asthmatic Kitty ultimately decided to replace the superhero with a bunch of anonymous, but equally heroic, balloons. (www.avclub.com) "Ein subversives Werk, das alles zusammenrührt, bis es anrührt und aufrührt" (Ulrich Stock)
"I know, I know my time has passed
I'm not so young, I'm not so fast
I tremble with the nervous thought
Of having been, at last, forgot"

Lucinda Williams: Words fell
"I have never heard anyone who was as willing to lay herself so bare. Some of her songs are downright ugly (and I don't mean that as a diss) and they make her sound really unattractive. Not many performers would so sacrifice vanity for truth." (Jon Light/bb.steelguitarforum.com) "ergießt ihre Seele in schlampig prononcierte Songs über das Recht auf üble Laune" (Susanne Messmer)  "But often as not here, Williams just goes off the rails; she squaks like a rabid harpy"  (Richard Skanse/Lonestar Music)  
"Your eyes pierced to my soul"

Marianne Faithfull: Don't 'Forget me