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Salida hacia Abandona

                                CD 89  Salida hacia Abandona (3/18-5/18)

"Es gibt keine Grenzen, wenn man sie nicht sieht"

(Konrad Heidkamp)

Billy Joel
An innocent Man                              (An innocent Man - 1983)
Bob Dylan
Dirge                                                (Planet Waves - 1974)
Agnes Obel
Fuel to Fire (David Lynch Remix)     (Spex CD 121/Aventine - 2014/13)
Beth Gibbons & Rusty Man
funny time of year                             (out of season - 2002)
Chuck Willis
I can tell                                           (Rock around the Clock CD 6 - 1955)
Fun Gögh
Paradise on Earth                            (Back for more - 1991)
Billie Holiday
Solitude                                            (1956/Comp. All of me)
Sigur Rós
Starálfur                                           (Ágoetis Byrjun - 2000)
Mary Coughlan
Still in Love                                      (After the Fall - 1997)
Led Zeppelin
That's the Way                                (Music From The Motion                                                                                             Picture Almost    Famous - 2000)  
Leo Sayer
Unlucky in Love                              (Another Year - 1975)

Mary Coughlan
When I'm laid in Earth                   (After the Fall - 1997)

Billy Joel: An innocent Man
"trying to prove—perhaps only to himself—that the death of a romantic relationship wasn’t first-degree homicide." (Jason Heller)  "Never bothered with the man." (Voivod/www.sputnikmusic.com) "For years, Joel claimed in interviews that he was misunderstood; that a lot of the bombast in his songs was really a mocking aside at his own shortcomings." (Robert Hilburn/L.A. Times 1986)
"I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you"

Bob Dylan: Dirge
"but it is the writing Dylan can do very quickly – the description of the down and out and life gone wrong"   (Tony Attwood/bob-dylan.org.uk)  "eintöniges Klavier und gezupfe auf der Gitarre" (Holger Simpson/hitparade.ch)   "betrachte „Planet Waves“ trotz seines gelegentlichen Fatalismus als ein kleines, in sich ruhendes Meisterwerk" (itasca64/forum.rollingstone.de)
"I hate myself for loving you and the weakness that it showed"

Agnes Obel: Fuel to Fire
"There’s moments of underlying melancholy as well as fleeting moments of passion"  (Alex Gallacher/folk radio) "Auuwnes is Auwesome." (On_The_Beach/Radio Paradise)  "its unfair that lynch found this before me. This guy is always on the brink ;)?" (atopia on YouTube)
"Be gone be far away
Oh what a day to choose"

Beth Gibbons & Dustin Man: funny time of year
"das Leiden, das Bangen und die fast zornige Verzweiflung, mag man den eigenen Ohren kaum glauben" (Oliver Ding/www.plattentests.de)  "Es ist nur die Sehnsucht nach einem Zeichen, dass der Klang, dem man ein Leben lang nachläuft, keine Fata Morgana war." (Konrad Heidkamp)  "so ist es doch eher nachdenklich und verhalten sentimental als bedrückend oder gar negativ." (Alexandra Brandt/Visions)
"there'll be no blossom on the trees
And time spend cryin' has taken me in this year"

Chuck Willis: I can tell
"Simple lyrics but with a directness that cut right through to the listener. Nobody cares Nobody knows" (www.toppermost.co.uk) "after he finally let them remove seventy percent of his stomach, his recovery went wrong and he died. What a shame." (Charles Crossley Jr/www.futurerocklegends.com) "Atlanta dee-jay Zenas Sears, who’d long sponsored Willis, remembered how bad he looked the last time he’d seen him." (Bear Family Records)
"I can tell because it's plain to see
I can tell the way you look at me"

Fun Gögh: Paradise on Earth
"Can`t believe I found your music here after all these years!!!" (Trans Am Bandit auf YouTube) "This sounds very average to me..." (Mike H. auf YouTube)  "Schade hat sich die Band nicht halten können" (pillermaik/hitparade.ch)
"You drive me crazy when you play your game"

Billie Holiday: Solitude
"Her drug habit, fortified by excessive drink, turned her into a pale shadow of her self." (www.udiscover-music.de)  "Hinter ihr gab aus einem kleinen PhilcoRadio Billie Holiday leise Solitude zum Besten." (Ronald Malfi/"Tod in Neverland")  "Ellingtons Biograph J.L. Collier ... zitiert den Bandleader: „Ich war eine Nummer zu kurz, und ich schrieb es in zwanzig Minuten im Stehen gegen eine Glaswand im RCA Victors Studio" (www.deacademic.com)  
"In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die"

Sigur Rós: Starálfur
"they seem to have the gift of finding the gaps between emotions, sometimes leaving the listener adrift on a sea of conflicting moods and vague yearnings"  (Andy Gill/The Independent)  "Es ist der Engelsklang zum teuflischen Rock 'n' Roll, die fünfte Kolonne klassischer Romantik - ästhetisch korrekt bespuckt und verhöhnt" (Konrad Heidkamp)   "for one can hear whatever ones wants to hear." (J.M. Austin/amazon.com)
"Close my eyes
I hide my head under the sheets"

Mary Coughlan: Still in Love
"In 1994 she went into rehab in Dublin and with her family’s support defeated her alcoholism and hasn’t taken a drink since. It’s understandable why Mary should feel so powerful an identification with Holiday." (www.marycoughlanmusic.com)  "die Abgründe von Coughlans Stimme" (Anna-Bianca Krause)  "I awoke from my unconsciousness surrounded by empty bottles." (M.C.)
"The bells played an Angelus,
And the years twisted by"

Led Zeppelin: That's the Way
"Zeppelin skeptics could conceivably start here" (www.allmusic.com) "mournful days-gone-by balladry" (Brian Raftery/Rolling Stone) "Das Geheimnis soll bleiben, die Verklärung ungeachtet der Schattenseiten letztlich auch." (www.filmspiegel.de über "Almost famous")
"But all that lives is born to die
And so I say to you that nothing really matters"

Leo Sayer: Unlucky in Love
"They find a nice guy like Leo and make fun of him" (L.S. after Big Brother escape)   "Traurig stellte er in den 80ern fest, dass er "von allen möglichen Leuten über den Tisch gezogen worden war" (www.music4ever.de) "Von dem hab ich gar nix. Eigentlich komisch." (onkel-tom/Rolling Stone Forum)
"Guess it'll always be the same
I'm the only one to blame"

Mary Coughlan: When I'm laid in Earth