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Jemand zum Quälen (12/16-8/17)

"Am Anfang war das Wort.                  
Was wird am Ende sein?
Die Zunge, die nicht verdorrt,
Schweigt wie ein Stein?"
(Emil Barth - "Schleier der Maja")

                                                                                      HAUSACH
Carole King
(You make me feel like) A natural Woman                           (Tapestry - 1971)
cabaret modern
All tomorrow's Parties                                                      (a night at the magic mirror tent - 2003)
Enrico Rava
Birdsong                                                                        (Tati - 2005)
Kimmie Rhodes
I never heard you say                                                      (West Texas Heaven - 1996)
Solomon Burke
It makes no difference                                                     (Make do with what you got - 2005)
Otis Redding
I've been loving you too long                                            (Otis Blue - 1965)
Percy Sledge
Let it be me                                                                   (Single - 1974)
Moby
My Weakness                                                                 (Play - 2000)
The Moody Blues
The Night: Nights in White Satin                                       (Days of Future Past - 1967)
Vic Chesnutt
West of Rome                                                                 (West of Rome - 1994)
Neil Young
Wrecking Ball                                                                 (Freedom - 1989)

Vic Chesnutt
Threads                                                                         (About to choke - 1996)

Carole King: (You make me feel like) A natural Woman
"Das böse Erwachen, die Enttäuschungen und Zweifel am Morgen danach, das plötzlich erwachsene Ankommen in den Siebziger Jahren – die Probleme des Abschieds von der Jugend formulierte Carole King" (Klaus Walter/BR)  "mit einer plötzlich verjüngt erscheinenden Stimme und zur Allgemeinverträglichkeit ausgedünnten Hippie-Philosophie" (www.le-musterkoffer.de)
"I didn't know just what was wrong with me"  

cabaret modern: All tomorrow's Parties
"passt vor allem wegen seiner ganz speziellen Stimmung, dieser tiefen Melancholie, aus der aber keine Verzweiflung, sondern Weitermachenwollen  spricht."  ("Das letzte Lied: Songs zum Abschiednehmen")  "Fast hätte ich dann doch noch geflennt" (André Kubiczek/"Skizze eines Sommers")  "ALLE PARTIES VON MORGEN sind es. Yeah. (Als Songtitel eines der schönsten Velvet-Underground-Preziosen, übrigens"  (Chrizz B. Reuer/"Kurt Cobains kratzige Strickjacke")  
"She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown
And cry behind the door"

Enrico Rava: Birdsong
"sense of melancholia in a parsed and low-level manner." (www.allmusic.com) "Jetzt, da er über 60 ist, scheint er jede Restangst vor Schönheit verloren zu haben" (Die Zeit") "Track 2, "Birdsong" ist fatalerweise ein 3/4Takter, in dem Rava nicht mitwirkt - und auch nicht vermisst wird" Michael Rüsenberg/Jazz City)

Kimmie Rhodes: I never heard you say
"the singing possesses a haunting yet in parts hopeful sorrow." (Rjack66/iTunes) "Kimmie Rhodes sang in lauterster Schönheit die Besinnungen ihres Albums "West Texas Heaven" (Christoph Dieckmann) "Without writing I would be trapped inside with no way out of myself" (K. R.)
"I dreamed of a morning so cold
I felt a wind blow through me
That chilled me to my soul"

Solomon Burke: It makes no Difference
"Don’t let the spoken word intro (which oddly is the second verse) fool you, this gospel interpretation kicks into full-gear with Burke singing his ass off shortly thereafter." (Dave/glide MAGAZINE)  "Zu selten sind die ruhigen Momente, die Balladen, die Burke singen und flehen kann wie kein zweiter." /Martin Oehri bei amazon.de) "tief drinnen kann jede Zeile, jede Note dir Heilung bringen." (S.B.)
"Now there's no love
as true as love that dies untold"

Otis Redding: I've been loving you too long
"It comes as naturally and normally to him as crying to a baby." (Bob Rolontz/Cover) "so real it hurts" (drive careful, cos Im walkin on YouTube)  mining the depths of his personal pains in slow burning ballads (www.clashmusic.com)
"A little too long
I don't wanna stop now"

Percy Sledge: Let it be me
"I remember this well from my misspent youth" (Michael Jander on YouTube) "Sledge sounds on the verge of tears." (The Guardian) "die Themen des Blues und des schwerblütigen Genres, zu dessen Grossmeistern Percy Sledge zählt" (NZZ)
"Don't take this heaven from one"

Moby: My Weakness
"‘my weakness’ i don’t know. it’s in some strange african dialect, so i have no idea what’s being said." (M./www.mobiy.com) "I’m starting to cry…

…it must be the cold medicine. *sniff*" (Scoey/www.goodblimey.com) "song from the X-Files episode "Closure." They did a great job picking this song for that episode. It was such a sad scene, but this song made it extra touching (even if it did make me bawl my eyes out)." (MKcousins on YouTube) ?
"Weakly mind, weakly
Ooh I go home..."

The Moody Blues: The Night: Nights in White Satin
"And I played it on my computer, and I burst into tears." (Justin Hayward)  "gab auch einem kurzlebigen Erlebnispark in den USA den Namen." (Christoph Roos)  "... weil der Oldie ganzen Generationen einen Vorwand zum Engtanz gab" (Matthias Wagner)
"Just what the truth is
I can't say any more"

Vic Chesnutt: West of Rome
"Und dazu singt der sanfte, freundliche Vic seine bösen, trauergetränkten Texte" (Ulrich Stock)  "After hours of listening to this album, you'll finally begin to realize his grasp of self, how fully he realizes the absurdity of life" (bluesgambler.blogspot.com)   "It was like hearing dusk itself turn into sound, one of the most powerful moments I’ve had the privilege to witness." (Jem Cohen)
"YES IT'S A SAD STATE FOR
GREAT SUFFERING"

Neil Young: Wrecking Ball
"It’s a convenient way to express the feeling of being either powerful or destroyed" (Lily Rothman/TIME) Amazingly, Emmylou Harris liked this pile-of-poo song enough to cover it (Jarrett Bellini) "The piano led 'Wrecking Ball' sees Neil sing in that weary 'i've been through it all and might die' voice, that voice he uses so well" (www.adriandenning.co.uk)
"What is it makes me feel this way?"

Vic Chesnutt: Threads