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Surullinen paikka

                                CD 117    Surullinen paikka  (11/21-1/22)

"Ich war endlos traurig verliebt"  (Lucy Sante - "Wie ich Lucy Sante wurde")

STAVANGER

The Beatles
A Day in the Life                                     (Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967)
B.B. King
Backwater Blues                                    (One Kind Favor - 2008)
Amen Dunes
Blue Rose                                              (Freedom - 2018)
Mbongwana Star
Coco Blues                                            (From Kinshasa - 2015)
Elliott Smith
don't go down                                         (from a basement on the hill - 2004)
Gene Clark
Echoes                                                  (Echoes  - 1991)
Ani DiFranco
Joyful Girl                                               (Dilate - 1996)
Tori Amos
Luiqid Diamonds                                     (from the choirgirl hotel - 1998)
Max Herre
Staub                                                     (Ein geschenkter Tag - 2009)
Get well soon
We are safe inside                                   (Rest now, weary Head! - 2008)
Chicago
Wishing you were here                             (Chicago VII - 1974)

Get well soon
Aureate!                                                   (Vexations - 2009)

The Beatles: A Day in the Life
"We cannot avoid coming to the conclusion that the words 'I’d love to turn you on'… could have a rather sinister meaning." (BBC)  "führt in einen instrumentalen Traum hinein, ist aber selbst auch schon als Erwachen inszeniert"  (Lexikon Traumland/Uni Saarland)  "cycles through emotions like envy, sorrow, and mirth in what seems to be an attempt to come to terms with a senseless tragedy." (americansongwriter.com)
"And thought the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh"

B.B. King: Backwater Blues
"Never was there a sadder, more empathetic voice and never were there more talented hands wringing the blues from an electric guitar"  (Sid Salter/hattiesburgamerican.com)  "macht ... scheinbar seinen Frieden mit dem Tod"  (Jonathan Fischer) "It took me a while to warm up to it" (MRamble/forums.stevehoffman.tv)
"I woke up this mornin'
And I couldn't get out of my front door"

Amen Dunes:  Blue Rose
"a darkness sublimated through grooves." (amazon.com) "born of loss."  (Pitchfork) “So much pain, so much pain,”  (Damon MacMahon)
"Think 'my God, I can hardly dream'"

Mbongwana Star: Coco Blues
"this music does it better than the weed." (Sound Addiktion on YouTube)  "Coco Ngambali and Theo Nzonza were living with polio on the streets of their country’s capital Kinshasa"  (nme.com)  “The pain is so quotidian and so deep and unmerciful that people are attempting to find solace through pleasure,” says Didier Gondola, a Congolese academic." (bidolito.co.uk)

Elliott Smith: don't go down
"Elliott Smith wrote love songs like apologies."  (drownedinsound.com) "doch fehlt der Musik die Unschuld" (Gerrit Bartels) "Selbstmord mit einem Küchenmesser ins gebrochene Herz"  (StarlittenAntipathy/amazon.de)
"But I knew the sense of worthlessness
She'd have to rise above"

Gene Clark: Echoes
"Clark als Einzelgänger und als Mann der Extreme."  (Radio Bayern 2) "Clark died at 46, felled by addiction-related illnesses"  (Variety) "However, Clark's health continued to decline as his drinking accelerated" (Fandom)
"Though the walls are like the dead
They reflect the things you've said"

Ani DiFranco: Joyful Girl
"sings about wanting to be a positive force in the world." (amightygirl.com)  "immer ehrlich'n'gefühlich, immer ein bißchen gähn aber auch"  (Ulrich Stock) "it’s a simpler tune on the album but still so beautiful"  (KTSW899/ktswblog.net).
"This is just the way it goes
When everything else seems unclear"

Tori Amos: Liquid Diamonds
"Erregung energetisch  Gefälligkeit angenehm Energie moderat"  (musicu.be)  "Ich höre jetzt schon, wie manche Leser sagen : 'Das war mir klar. So wie deine Songs klingen, musst du schreckliche Horrorträume haben'" (T.A.) "Few artists are as deft as Tori Amos at writing
about the ways people process pain." (RollingStone).
"I know she's playing poker with the rest of the stragglers"

Max Herre: Staub
"ähnelt einem Loser ziemlich genau.." (remember/germancharts.de) "zeigt sich verletzlich, ohne Rücksicht auf irgendwelche Seelenschambereiche."  ("Die Zeit") "Und singen kann er immer noch nicht, obwohl dieses ja gerade dann auch wieder den Charme der Songs ausmacht"  (George McFast/amazon.de)
"Macht mich stumm, macht mich taub"

Get well soon: We are safe inside
"It's a very sad song really."  (ludiciuminfernalum auf YouTube)  "Er sendet auf der gleichen Frequenz wie andere anerkannte Weltschmerzempfänger" ("Die Zeit") "a very sad song by Get Well Soon with a tempo of 115 BPM. It can also be used half-time at 58 BPM or double-time at 230 BPM."  (songbpm.com)
 "Don't you say, we're lost!"

Chicago: Wishing you were here
"ein bisschen lahm..."  (phil/austriancharts.at) "Not really a major Chicago fan, but that's a beautiful song." (benjis/forums.stevehoffman.de) "This song is from the dawn of those dark days" (garybadger.com)
"Sleepless hours and dreamless nights and far aways"

Get well soon: Aureate!