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Zu nah

                                                          CD  111  Zu nah  (12/20-4/21)

                     "It ain't me you're looking for"  (Bob Dylan)

Duke Ellington
Autumn Leaves                                            (Dance Concerts California - 1958)
Arno
Beautiful Day in  L.A.                                    (Idiot Savants - 2003)
Paul Young
Both Sides now                                           (From Time to time The Singles Collection - 1991)
Marianne Faithfull
Children of Stone                                         (Easy come easy go - 2008)
Gorillaz
Every Planet we reach is dead                     (Demon Days -2005)
Joe Cocker
Just like a Woman                                     (With a little Help from my Friends - 1969)
Pierre Favre Ensemble
Mort d'Eurydice                                         (Fleuve - 2006)
Soap & Skin
Mr. Gaunt Pt 1000                                     (Lovetune for Vacuum - 2009)
Jimmy Scott
Nothing compares 2 u                                (holding back the years - 1999)
J.D. Souther
Songs of Love                                            (Single B-Seite - 1979)
The XX
Stars                                                       (XX - 2009)

Jimmy Scott
Jealous Guy                                            (holding back the years - 1999)

WEYMOUTH

Marianne Faithfull: Children of Stone
"this song is absolutely amazing although too sad" (Gordon Welke on YouTube) "Erinnerungen haben etwas Verbindendes, auch wenn nicht jede Erinnerung schön ist" (M.F.) "das ewige Jammern und Greinen von Rufus Wainwright ist auch nicht geeignet, ein ohnehin mediokres „Children Of Stone“ aufzuwerten." (tipBerlin)  
"Your silent spell won't bring you home tonight.
You couldn't open up your veins to light."

Gorillaz: Every planet we reach is dead
"...oh man, when those horns come to announce the tumultuous second half, this just goes into oblivion." (DeusExMackia/www.besteveralbums.com)  "und das arme, verwaiste Subjekt fragt: "Are we the last living souls on earth?"" ("Die Zeit")  "quasi die totale Befriedigung für zu Tode gelangeweilte Ohren..." (MarioAntoinette/amazon.de)
"Dreams aren't bad, our heads are mad"

Joe Cocker: Just like a Woman"
"Brings tears to my eyes ............................rest in peace Joe........."  (Geno pal at YouTube) "was sich wirklich ins Gedächtnis einbrannte, war der schwermütige Gesang" (udiscover-music.de) "the song’s alleged misogyny, a product of its broad (but somewhat scathing) summation of feminine wiles and vulnerability"  (www.vulture.com)
"It was raining down at first, but I was dying there of thirst"

Pierre Favre Ensemble:  Mort d'Eurydice
"dabei entgleitet einem zuweilen die Kontrolle: Du gibst auf und die Hände begeben sich auf die Flucht – weil das Ohr die Kontrolle aufgegeben hat." (P.F./jazzdrummerworld.com) "Musik, in der Weinen und Lachen ganz dicht beieinander liegen" (Bert Noglik/booklet) "so mysterious that it always keeps you guessing" (Raul da Gama/jazzdagama)

Soap & Skin: Mr. Gaunt Pt. 1000
"ultimativ herzzerreißend"  (musicmaniac.at) "Stimme ist so leise und für sich allein" (Jürgen Ziemer) "voll Weltschmerz und Sehnsucht. Ungewöhnliche und zerbrechliche Piano - Balladen."  (Stadtbibliothek Graz)
"I don't know where, where I go"

Jimmy Scott: Nothing compares 2 u
"and when he sang? Your heart just opens up, and dammit, you feel so much it HURTS. Like love does" (Allen on
YouTube). "He has the voice of an angel and can break your heart" (Lou Reed) "brings a different poignancy to the gospel-tinged "Jealous Guy" and "Nothing Compares 2 U.""  (Stuart Broomer/amazon.com)
"It's been so lonely without u here
Like a bird without a song"

J. D. Souther: Songs of Love
"Souther became the traveling troubadour who lived high, loved well, moved around restlessly and refused the advice of friends to "just slow it down a little"."  (www.jdsouther.net)  "my life is very much wrapped up around my dogs. I'm an advocate for adoption and rescue. I've never had a dog that wasn't a rescue." (J.D.S.) "And Monday morning when I needed to be up early....sure... I woke from a dream reminding me of the ‘60’s.  Gas was everywhere, the wrong people were getting clubbed and cuffed. I notice that now, as back then, the patriots come out early  to demonstrate and peacefully protest, then later the jerks, thieves, White power saboteurs and misguided anarchists take advantage to loot and burn." (JDSouther/Facebook)
"Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice"

The XX: Stars
"Tatsache, dass "Stars" der letzte Song des Albums ist und den Hörer sanft verabschiedet."  (sbmqi90/hitparade.ch)  "Wie das Spätwerk einer Band, die schon alles hinter sich hat" ("Die Zeit")  "Uns wurde da zu etwas applaudiert, was wir gar nicht so beabsichtigt hatten." (Oliver Sim)
"I don't have to exist outside this place"

Jimmy Scott: Jealous Guy