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"Vielleicht verlieb ich mich nochmal
am letzten Tag in einen Sonnenstrahl
mir bleibt keine Wahl" (Universal Gonzáles - "Glasbodenboot")

Fabrizio de André
Amico Fragile                               (Single B-Seite - 1977)
Robbie Nevil
Back to you                                   (Robbie Nevil - 1986)
Edwyn Collins
Calling on you                               (Doctor Syntax - 2001)
The Star Sisters
Cry me a River                              (Hooray for Hollywood - 1984)
Antony and the Johnsons
Deeper than Love                         (Antony and the Johnsons - 2000)
Manic Street Preachers
Fearless Punk Ballad                    (Single B-Seite - 2007)
King Black Acid
Great Spaces                                (The Mothman Prophecies - Music from the Motion Picture - 2001)
Nikol Kollars
I go to sleep                                   (Give the People what we want - The Songs of the Kinks - 2001)
Melanie
Pebbles in the Sand                       (The very best of - 1970/1998)
Godspeed you black emperor!
Providence                                     (f sharp a sharp infinity - 1997)
Element of Crime
Seit der Himmel                             (Romantik - 2001)

The Kinks
I go to sleep                                   (Unreleased Demo Recording/Kinda Kinks - 1965/2004)

Fabrizio de Andrè: Amico Fragile
"Adoro questa canzone!!!"  (Giusichevola/lastfm.de) "De André schrieb das Lied Amico Fragile in einem Zustand höchst depressiver Verstimmung und vollkommen betrunken in nur einer Nacht. (www.muh.info/main/cantautori-italiani-mainmenu-30/fabrizio-de-andrainmenu-72)  "Die Intensität seiner Lieder sind auch heute noch enorm." (Tomtom/amazon.de)
"troppo, "Se mi vuoi bene piangi"
zuviel von: "wenn du mich gern hast, dann weine"
per essere corrisposti,
um erwidert zu werden"

Robbie Nevil: Back to you
"You never think it will happen. But if it does, you're not quite ready. You try to carry on a normal life even though your life isn't normal anymore." (R.N.) "Damals wollte ihn keiner haben" (br-online.de)  "Didn`t I try  All day long  Didn`t I try  When all hope was gone" ("Wot`s it to ya")
"And though an angry word
is all that I deserve
I bring it on  back to you"

Edwyn Collins: Calling on you
"leicht dekadent, versponnen, knautschig und doch erhobenen Hauptes. ...schwelgerischer, depressiver Träumer und Tanzbär." (Gerrit Bartels)  "besonders trostlos: Edwyn Collins, 45, hat eine Gehirnblutung erlitten. Er liegt im Spital und befindet sich in einem sehr ernsten Zustand.  ...Rattenfänger der Liebe" (rotifer/fm4v2.orf.at)  "You live by the sword, you die by the sword." (E.C.)www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJGAWcETN6c
"Hit the road again
To the bitter end
(And it never ends)"

The Star Sisters: Cry me a River
"Don't cry me a river!    Heul mir nicht die Ohren voll! [ugs.]        idiom" (contribute.dict.cc) "So, to say 'cry me a river' is an exaggeration used to convey a sense of sarcasm when you don't feel sympathetic towards the person who's complaining." (Skrej/english-test.net)   "She turns, goes down the stairs, looks back to deliver the final curse (“cry me a river / cry me a river / I cried a river over you…” and fades away. With such a bravura delivery on the part of this fantastic object of desire, Miller has no choice: he breaks down and cries, his head in his hands," (Julie London in "The Girl can`t help it")
"If my pillow could talk
Imagine what it would have said
Could it be a river of tears i cried in bed"

Antony and the Johnsons: Deeper than Love
"Antony ist ganz sicher eine der außergewöhnlichsten Erscheinungen des Popbusiness, seine Stimme für viele irgendwo zwischen höchst gewöhnungsbedürftig und unerträglich - für viele aber eben auch positiv herausragend" (sozialprojekte.com) "Entweder man liebt diese Musik oder man kann mit ihr überhaupt nichts anfangen. " (ttgapers.com)    "he began to sing “Blame it on the Rain” slowly and playfully, pausing between lines as if he was searching for something else to say." (nicole kristek)
"For when I tasted my own tears
They were too sweet
And I knew that
I had come to close"

Manic Street Preachers: Fearless Punk Ballad
"Vieles vom Rest klingt verfettet und satt." (Jan Kühnemund) "the title (A-Side - Your love alone is not enough)  was the last line of a suicide note left by the friend of someone close to the group." "just absolutely nothing more than resolutely average b-side fodder" (blogspot)
"wrote my words and they made more sense
they soon became the best defense
And the rain came down so, so hard
like a fearless Punk ballad"

STRASSBOURG, Rue du Marais Kageneck

King Black Acid: Great Spaces
"weniger weinerliche Variante der annehmbaren Seite von Radiohead" (Thomas Pilgrim)  "Die Songs... durchzieht eine einheitlich dunkle, äußerst melancholische Linie, und beinahe drängt sich ein Vergleich mit Pink Floyds epischen Werken auf."  (Winfried Prokert)   "the focal point of King Black Acid, Daniel Riddle, can be a mystery himself. A mad genius in every sense of the word, Riddle has a great sense of humor and can joke like nobody else. When talking with him, however, you wonder if he's joking around with you or being serious, as he seems to be nothing but serious when it comes to playing music" (Alex Steininger)
"I've been trying just to live
And carry on without you here
Oh I can't let go"

Nikol Kollars: I go to sleep
"Nikol Kollars has an incredible voice and I really like the way she takes chances and expeiments with her unique vocal styles." (Spanky, London, England)   "Much more interesting are downright unrecognizable versions of “I Go to Sleep,” here done as a slinky R&B number by Nikol Kollars, and “Nothing in the World Can Stop Me Worryin’ Bout That Girl,” this time remade with a swampy hoo-doo vibe by Mark Lanegan." (adequacy.net)   "Because this isn't a song about looking at a sleeping loved one--it's a song about sleeping alone, yearning for your lover to be there. That's the ultimate loneliness, isn't it?" (Holly A Hughes/thesonginmyheadtoday.blogspot.com)
"I was wrong, I will cry, I will love you to the day I die"

Melanie: Pebbles in the Sand
"Hallo Ich suche melankolisch Musik wie z.B. die alten Alben von Joan Baez (1960 und 1962). Das ist so die etwas traurige Hipi Musik die schön zum anhören ist wenn man Nachts mit 120 über die Autobahn fährt. Gut zum nachdenken. Es gab wohl auch mal eine Sängerin mit dem Namen "Melanie" die ähnlich Musik gemacht hat." (sturmfalke/forum.chip.de)   "What have you learnt from your travels? - How encapsulated people are in their own lives. Travelling helps people to gather a bigger idea of who we are, it gives us more of a connectedness, that we are all part of one humanity." (Interview by Simon Calder)   "For a while there, it wasn't cool to be Melanie," she says. "Now, it's cool to be Melanie again."' (1998/St. Petersburg Times)
"Seasons of rain
I bring my little river
The sea knows my pain
I gave the sea my tears"

Godspeed you Black Emperor!: Providence
"The music on some of their records is accompanied by vocal samples recorded by the band across North America, including an apocalyptic street preacher from Providence, Rhode Island, an announcement at a supermarket, and a group of children talking and singing in French." (knowledgerush.com) "THE END OF THE WORLD WILL NEVER FUCKING COME... Love, Godspeed You Maudlin Emperor! 21/6/99" (Interview/The Wire)   "The car`s on fire and there`s no driver at the wheel and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides and a dark wind blows..." (Dead Flag Blues)

Element of Crime: Seit der Himmel
"...und auf ein Wunder hoffen. Das meistens nicht passiert... weil Körper wie Seele mehr nicht mehr mitmachen" (Thomas Gross)    "Mein Körper ist alt und verwohnt/ die Sterne wärmen den Himmel nicht mehr / und eiskalt ist der Mond" ("wann kommt der Wind")
"Bei mir geht überhaupt nichts mehr
weil sich alles um dich dreht"

The Kinks: I go to sleep (Unreleased Demo Recording)