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Manx Lament (4/17-1/18)

"Komisch, dass man vor allem an die Person denkt, die man eigentlich vergessen müsste, damit es einem besser geht"
(François-Xavier Demaison - "La Chance de ma Vie")

Elvis Presley
Blue Moon                                              (The Sun Sessions - 1976)
Michael Feinstein
Both Sides now                                       (Rubaiyat - 1990)
Kwabs
Cheating on me                                      (Love + War - 2015)
U2
Grace                                                    (All that you can't leave behind - 2000)
Wilco
Less than you think                                 (a ghost is born - 2004)
Joe Jackson
Nocturne                                                (Will Power - 1987)
Akon
Pot of Gold                                             (Trouble - 2003)
Antony and the Johnsons
Spiralling                                                (I am a Bird now - 2004)
Mali Music
Spoons                                                   (Mali Music - 2002)
Elliott Smith
waltz # 1                                                (XO - 1998)
Alison Moyet
Where Hides sleep                                    (Alf - 1984)

Elliott Smith
pretty (ugly before)                                   (from a basement on the hill - 2004)



Elvis Presley: Blue Moon
"bassist Bill Black softly plucks a lonesome sounding bassline, while Elvis cuts loose, exploring the little twists and hiccups created by the interaction of the echo with the texture and elasticity of his voice." (kingofthejungle223/www.reddit.com)  "Und was wollte der Junge selbst? Glück, Glanz, Ruhm, Ehre und die Liebe der Frauen vermutlich" (Thomas Gross) "“Let me be your one light/And if you’d like a true heart/Take the time to show you’re mine/ and I’ll be a blue moon in the dark,” sings Alex Chilton"  (Justin Joffe/observer.com)
"You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own"

Michael Feinstein: Both Sides now
"and as we mature, we stop seeing clouds for their simple beauty, but as a sign of rain or bad weather." (Catherine MacLellan) When I see injustice in the world, it’s very hard for me.  (M.F.) "Joni Mitchell färbt die Landschaft blau“  (Anna Depenbusch)
"But clouds got in my way"

Kwabs: Cheating on me
"I think youtube is cheating on you Kwabs." (bakoziel on YouTube)? "Lahme Nummer" (ul.tra/austriancharts.at) "Kwabs is  liar, he had taken my picture for his album. Please check roumi autoprod on soundcloud I am a little French singer and he think than I cant do something about this deal. Fuck kwabs you have no talent" (Babass LA Menace/facebook)
"Broke my own heart when I couldn't see"

U2: Grace
"I sang this song at my brother’s funeral." (Anonymous/www.lyricinterpretations.com)  "während sich das balladeske letzte Stück "Grace" seinen Platz auf der CD erst habe verdienen müssen" (ak)  "Stets schwebt ein Hauch Melancholie über den insgesamt 11 hierauf vertretenen Tracks, eine Art leichter Nebel, der nie ganz weicht" (Em Ka bei amazon.de)
"What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings"

Wilco: Less than you think
"the poltergeist of the album title shrieking to life and then drifting out of the room" (Greg Kot/"Wilco: Learning How to Die") "Fassade eines migränegeplagten Grüblers" (Thomas Groß)  "Geht es bei der Definition des Gespenstes letzendlich doch wieder um das leidliche Thema der Liebe?" (Giuliano Benassi/www.laut.de)
"a fist so clear and climbing
punches a hole in the sky"

Joe Jackson: Nocturne
"It is still sealed. (Saving for a rainy day. :) )" (nukevor/forums.stevehoffman.tv)  "Highbrow listeners will probably find it lowbrow. Lowbrow listeners will find it highbrow. The fact is, it's neither. (SPIN)  "Sends shivers down the spine" (Simon Harris on YouTube)

Akon: Pot of Gold
"Früher hab ich Akon auf Grund seiner teilweise komischen Stimme gehasst." (M. Koenig/amazon.de) "Meine Texte beschreiben das traurige Gefühl, wenn einen Familie und Mitmenschen scheinbar vergessen haben" (Akon) "Last but not least, thanks to the jailhouse in which I was confined" (A. credits)
"You soon lose track of which way is up when your always being put down (being put down)"

Antony and the Johnsons: Spiralling
"a morbid journey from confusion to comfort (Boy George’s performance is like that of an old queen taking a new one under his wing), and from the beginning of death to its quiet, ephemeral end." (Sal Cinquemani/Slant Magazine)  "Etwas Ätherisches, Morbides und zugleich Herzbewegendes" (Ulrich Stock) "Antony singt, leidet und hofft" (hermelinleder.blogsport.de)  
"I am undone

Where go?
Where now?
Can't stand
And if I can
Can die
I'm freezing"

Mali Music: Spoons
"This song creeps me out so much, I love it. It reminds me of being a little kid and going underwater in a pool at night, it's pitch black until someone turns the light under the surface on, and you watch the little specks go by, filtered by the light." (DanAbnormal23 auf YouTube) "Am Horizont dunkelt sich der Himmel ein" (Thomas Mießgang)  "Das Stück darbt hier auf einer Best-Of-Wedding-CD vor sich hin" (Manuel Glos/KulturStattBern)
"yeah yeah yeah"

Elliott Smith: waltz # 1                         DOUGLAS  "but Smith’s masterful way with an understated melody and melancholic lyric remained firmly intact." (Mike Diver/BBC) "dem Rauschen abgerungene Lieder" (Pinky Rose)" died in what is generally understood to have been a suicide. This came after years of struggle with depression, drugs, and personal demons, all of which he frequently addressed in his lyrics." (genius.com)
"I wish I'd never seen your face"

Alison Moyet: Where Hides sleep
"Eine etwas gar verschlafene Nummer" (remember/www.germancharts.com)  "stets zurückhaltende und immer etwas füllige Sängerin" (Berliner Morgenpost)  "Ich war 15 Jahre alt und hatte eine meiner ersten kleinen erotischen Erfahrung mit dem männlichen Geschlecht und dabei lief diese Platte (so sagte man damals noch). Besser kann es kaum kommen." (Mama Bavaria bei amazon.de)
"please don't torture me don't forsake me now"

Elliott Smith: pretty (ugly before)