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No Surrender
We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat no surrender
No Surrender (lyrics)
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To shadows of the past
It's my final stand / I make a fist out of each hand / To shadows of the past / Take a breath and I scream attack
Look for the Truth, one of the best songs of Iron Maiden's glorious album The X-Factor: Album audio (ignore the video), Live in Poland, lyrics.
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The Editors
The Editors - An End Has A Start. The sound that so reminds me of driving through Berlin this summer. Of course found on Motor FM.
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The Weather Report
Joe Zawinul died early Tuesday at 75.
Stories in English at The Associated Press, in German at Der Standard and Die ZEIT.
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Some music picks
Current: The Nationals - Mistaken for Strangers - YouTube is lacking a repeat button
70ies: Curved Air - Back Street Luv, Curved Air - Melinda
60ies: How Can We Hang On To A Dream: Original version by Rudy Bennett, better known version by Tim Hardin (now which video is more strange?)
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
More old stuff, just for the fun of it: Siouxsie and the Banshees, live at Sartory-Säle Köln for WDR Rockpalast, July 19, 1981. The entire concert is on YouTube. In setlist order:
Israel
Halloween
Regal Zone
Spell Bound
Arabian Knights
Switch
Pulled to Bits
Headcut
Tenant
Night Shift
Sin in my Heart
But not them
Voody Dolly
Hong Kong Garden
Eve
Happy House
Skin
The cover versions are where it's getting awesome: Siouxsie and the Banshees covering Passenger, This Wheel's on Fire. The latter is written by Bob Dylan, and speaking of him, here's on of his best: Huricane!
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Pet Sematary
Still great: The Ramones - Pet Sematary. On YouTube (original video, alternative video), or now and then on Motor FM (MP3 stream).
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Drummerworld
OK, das ist jetzt ein wenig lahm, da die URL aus der c't abgeschrieben ist, aber die Trommeleiwebsite Drummerworld ist wirklich klasse, mit MP3s und vor allem Videos ohne Ende. Ohne ordentliche Trommler geht ja gar nix, da können sich beispielsweise in der Rockmusik die Jungs an den Klampfen noch so anstrengen. Sehr nett: die Drum Battles-Videos. Und ist man da durch, gibts noch ein bißchen Cream, vom Reunion-Konzert 2005.
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Motor FM etc.
Stalinallee, Berlin
Passable Musikstation, auch wenn sich immer mal wieder dem Morrissey seine Schmitzens in die Playlist schleichen: 100.6 Motor FM, seit 2006 mit eigener Frequenz in Berlin auf Sendung. Auch als MP3-Livestream (der teilweise leider so klingt, als würde sein Signal hinter einem UKW-Empfänger statt vor dem -Sender abgegriffen). Die Nachrichten auf Tim Renners Station kommen von der Netzeitung, die auch 50% der Anteile hält. Eben die wird sie wohl loswerden müssen, wenn sie demnächst wieder mal verkauft werden sollte, diesmal an eine Holding, der bereits Berliner Zeitung und Berliner Kurier gehören - so der frisch ge-relaunchte Tagesspiegel. Das Jazzradio hingegen war diesmal nix - man scheint eine Tendenz zur Fahrstuhlmusik entwickelt zu haben.
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Sabaton
Dry and fiercely played metal with actual singing instead of the silly growls other bands deliver. Swedish. Four free MP3 files from their excellent 2005 album Primo Victoria: Thundergods, Panzer Batallion, Primo Victoria, Hellrider.
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The Milestone Corporation
Swedish band. Free MP3 I like: Caught Up, Loser's Way Out, Black Bag. EP can be bought for 6 € including shipping from their website. My favorite Milestone song "One Single Thing" is not on the EP but luckily gets played on last.fm quite often.
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The Carburetors
Posted here before, but still good to get you going in the morning: Allright, Allright by Norge's The Carburetors. Have fun.
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WASP - Wild Child
Now that's the right song to get you going in the morning. Streaming quite often in a not too bad audio quality on NetRock 101.
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Presenting: Steel Wheels
Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels, released in 1989 and still so good that you really should get it. Addictive.
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Presenting: Cowboy Prostitutes
The "Presenting"-section of this weblog with its occasional music recommendation has been a bit dormant recently. So here we go again. Presenting today: Cowboy Prostitutes, another Swedish Rock'n'Roll chapel, with its self titel album released early in 2005. The Over the Top sample is quite nice, but better get Alive'n'Well or even better the entire album. It's only Rock'n'Roll but I like it. Drawback: poor production quality with ridiculously loud trebles.
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Presenting: Therapy?
Infernal Love, the melancholic 1996 piece of Northern Ireland's rock band Therapy? is just the right thing for long fall evenings - or a dark, rainy and cold summer evening like today's. Skip the horrible "Loose", enjoy how the songs are linked by pieces by Belfast DJ David Holmes, turn up the volume on "Misery", "Me vs You" and "A Moment of Clarity" and don't miss the startling acoustic cover of Husker Dü's "Diane". Related on the net: Suicidepact.com fan page, official site.
RELATED ON THIS WEBLOG
NEW Category Archives: Music
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Revelations
It's an understatement to say that most of MTV Unplugged has been rather shitty, with few exceptions. One of them: Neil Young Unplugged. What a glory, and currently back on heavy rotation in my CD player. If you haven't heard if yet, do so now. Probably one of the best accoustic sets ever, and one of the CDs that has been most influential to me. I do not like the opening track and certainly I do not like Harvest Moon, but Mr Soul in its original Buffalo Springfield sound, Transformer Man and Hurricane played on a pump organ are revelations. What a luck that rust never sleeps.
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Draft Bruce
Joi Ito: "Andrew Rasiej is trying to draft Bruce Springsteen, an outspoken critic of war, to perform at Giants Stadium (which he has reserved) September 1, the day of the Republican National Convention. Andrew wants you to sign his petition."
Draft Bruce - September 1, Giants Stadium >
UPDATE
Cameron Barrett who designed the Draft Bruce website has put some background information on CamWorld
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OFMP3: Hard Love
JJ Cale - Hard Love (live) >
UPDATE
With a stoopid link catcher in place, the direct link does not work. Instead, you have to go here and then scroll down or search for "Hard Love"
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Too cool
Yesterday night, my area TV station aired "Strangers In The Night - Die Bert-Kaempfert-Story", a documentary by Marc Boettcher. It is two hours long, but when it is on your TV station, don't miss it. A wonderful glimpse into the life and work of a past period's forgotten megastar.
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Tune of the day
All style, no substance, but fast and fun: The Killers - Somebody told me. Good one for hanging out at the club. Music: Windows Media, Real. Video: Windows Media, Real Media. Official site: Thekillersmusic.com.
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Bossmania
Perhaps I am just an old school fart here, but does live music get any better than this? Probably not. Just got readdicted after some months of abstinence.
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Atlantic City
Well now everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Put your hair up nice and set up pretty
and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska (1982)
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Ten
Preparing the digital jukebox for Ana's and Armin's wedding-eve party - the good thing about setting up the music yourself is that you for sure won't have to hang out at a party with a bad soundtrack ;-)
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Als Willi Brandt Bundeskanzler war
Als Willi Brandt Bundeskanzler war
Hatte Vati noch volles Haar
War Ute Lemper noch kein Star
Als Willi Brandt Bundeskanzler war
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If I should fall behind
We said we’d walk together baby come what may
That come the twilight should we lose our way
If as we’re walkin a hand should slip free
I’ll wait for you
And should I fall behind
Wait for me
We swore we’d travel darlin’ side by side
We’d help each other stay in stride
But each lover’s steps fall so differently
But I’ll wait for you
And if I should fall behind
Wait for me
Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true
But you and I know what this world can do
So let’s make our steps clear that the other may see
And I’ll wait for you
If I should fall behind
Wait for me
Now there’s a beautiful river in the valley ahead
There ’neath the oak’s bough soon we will be wed
Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees
I’ll wait for you
And should I fall behind
Wait for me
Darlin’ I’ll wait for you
Should I fall behind
Wait for me
Bruce Sprinsteen 1992
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One of my first LPs, back on heavy rotation
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Look for the Truth
All my dark dreams
Drift like smoke in the breeze
The fear grips me as I fall towards my sleep
Here comes the nightmare that never ends
Here is the dream that makes monsters of men
In the house of my soul
In rooms of ugliness and cold
Memories locked away
All the doubts and fears I never faced
Now they come again
I am falling down to meet with them
fear within us all
Mine awake and they stand up tall
Look for the truth
Deepest cut of all from you
Knife of the truth
Blade of hatred slicing through
I pray my sleep will break
Maybe this time I won't wake
Weakness I hide so well
This dagger in my mind will tell
It's my final stand
I make a fist out of each hand
To the shadows of the past
Take a breath and I scream attack
Iron Maiden - The X Factor, 1995 (Bayley/Gers/Harris)
Maiden live: 11/04 Frankfurt, 11/17 Hannover, 11/18 Berlin, 11/24 Dortmund, 11/26 Hamburg, 11/27 Leipzig
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I am the entertainer
Zeche Consolidation, Gelsenkirchen, am Tag des Offenen Denkmals
Klick = Ansicht in groß
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Wayfaring Stranger
71 years, diabetes. If you think this is all Country, you're dead wrong. Go and listen to American III and American IV. Go and listen to magic.
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The News According to Neil Young
Neil Young interviews are rare events - the last longer one I read was in Mojo magazine a long while ago - so new ones always catch my attention. Now, he discussed his new album Greendale with David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine:
"This is a time, I believe, of great inner turmoil for the majority of the American people. There is a new morality coming out of this administration - fundamentalist religious views; a holier-than-thou attitude towards the rest of the world - that is not classically American. I don't think Americans felt holier-than-thou in the twentieth century. We were happy and successful, with a great lifestyle. But something else is going on now. That's what Greendale is about. That's what Grandpa's problem is. He can't understand what's going on. He sees all of these things that the Patriot Act has taken away from what he feels is America."
The News According to Neil Young - Rolling Stone interview
RELATED LINKS
Rolling Stone: Greendale comes alive - US tour dates
Rolling Stone: Greendale album review
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Presenting: Muse
The new Muse album Absolution, out in Germany on September 22, might well be one of the most interesting releases to hit the turntables this fall. Though it has some weak spots, sounding like Radiohead on a bad trip or trying to imitate the sheer beauty of Beth Gibbons songs, it basically is a show of what "ballroom-dancing punk poets with fire in their eyes and grit in their veins," as New Musical Express puts it, can do.
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Presenting: Kaizers Orchestra
Kaizers Orchestra: six well dressed young men from Norway, playing Hummpa rock on "pump organs, oil barrels and whatever junk they find along the way".
Heard them live at the Haldener Open Air yesterday (where tonight, Patti Smith herself will play). So full of energy, play will and fun, it appears perfectly clear to me why the Orchestra's performance was elected Concert of the Year at Roskilde 2002. To find out yourself, go and listen to the live excerpts and and watch the video clips at the band's website.
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Presenting: The Hellacopters - By The Grace of God
The hebig.org CD of the month: The Hellacopters, By The Grace of God, 2002
Fast, melodic, inspired 70ies Rock'n'Roll That Sounds Fresh And YoungTM, best consumed during a feelgood summer highway cruise. Thirteen songs sparkling in diversity and creativity, no lenghts, repetitions, slowdowns or real fillers found. A rock piano so good it reminds you more than just a bit of the E Steet Band. A tour de force that shows how overrated The Hives and most of those other The-bands are. If there is something wrong with it, it has no rough edges, and it won't be your thing it you want the Dirty Punk Hellacopters back: a classic rock radio might play it right between Lynryd Skynyrd and Journey, though it never sounds dated. If you want fresh and fun Rock'n'Roll for the summer, go for it.
Hellacopters Offcial Site
Hellacopter posters at gigposter.com
Motorhorst Plattentest (German language)
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Presenting: Live - Birds of Pray
Finally, the new Live album is out. "Birds of Pray" is not a masterpiece, but far better than the disasterous "V". Though they did not get entirely rid of shallow ripples and pathetic, kitschy lyrics, and though they sometimes even use most uninspired linear fade outs, it has its strong moments. If you like Live, go for it. If you don't know this band yet, better go for 1994's "Throwing Copper", perhaps one of the best rock albums ever made.
LINKS
Friends of Live - Offical site
Friends of Live - Birds of Pray lyrics
Fans of Live - Fan site
LIVE PERFORMANCES
June 20-22, Live plays at the Southside Festival in Tuttlingen, Germany, along with an interesting selection of other bands, including The Datsuns, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, Apocalyptica, Therapy, Radiohead, The Hellacopters, Moloko, Coldplay, Guano Apes, and more. July 1, Live, Coldplay and Supergrass will play at the Fields of Rock Festival in the Goffertpark Nijmegen. The offical site lists some more tour dates, mostly supporting Bon Jovi.
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Fischerspooner, still cool
Fischerspooner, a two men lo-fi-electro combo known for New Wave Live Freak Shows with 20 people and more on the stage, are still cool. Gentlemen, if you don't have the Emerge Remix yet, get it now.
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Dr. Nina Simone dies at 70
BBC News: "Legendary jazz and blues singer Nina Simone [who's smoky voice soared in civil rights songs and interpretations of gospel, ballads and George Gershwin], has died at the age of 70 at her home in southern France, her agent has announced.
Simone was one of the last divas of jazz, was considered one of the finest songwriters and musicians of her day, and was a staunch supporter of the American black civil rights movement. She was perhaps best known for the famous single My Baby Just Cares For Me, a song which became one of the most popular and most listened to singles in the 20th Century."
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Soul legend Edwin Starr dies at 61
"Soul legend Edwin Starr has died Thursday at the age of 61, after having what is thought to have been a heart attack. [...] His biggest hit was the protest song War, which asked 'what is it good for?', in 1970. [...] Away from singing he also presented a BBC Radio 2 series about the civil rights movement, which was nominated for a prestigious Sony Award."
BBC News: Edwin Starr dies
BBC News: Edwin Starr - Your tributes
The Super Seventies: War
Edwinstarr.info - the offical website
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Presenting: Neil Young Solo Accoustic Tour
Ladies and Gentlemen, buy your tickets: Neil Young will play solo accoustic in Europe this year. Tentative schedule for Germany: April 29 Hamburg, April 30 Berlin, May 1 Frankfurt, May 7 Stuttgart, May 9 Hannover.
All tour dates at Rolling Stone magazine
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Datuns Revisited
I introduced them before, but The Datsuns are still great to get you going on a Monday morning - just the finest in loud and dirty Rock'n'Roll. Find more posters at Gigposters.com.
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Pretty in Scarlet
GUANO APES - PRETTY IN SCARLET
Gepflegter Rock, gepflegte Unterhaltung, fast schon Lounge-fähig, Lied des Tages. Nichts wirklich neues, vielleicht auch etwas kurz, trotzdem schön. Und ab auf die Heavy Rotation.
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Beth Gibbons revisited
Hier war Out of Season ja schon vor einer ganzen Weile Album der Woche (bzw. Album des Monats), nun hat es auch Die Zeit erwischt: Schönes Schweigen - Konrad Heidkamp über Beth Gibbons. In die deutschen Läden kommt das Album erst Ende Februar.
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365 Days
"For the entire year of 2003 (January 1st to December 31st) this page will feature one mp3 file (every day) to download. The content will be focused on musical pieces, but will also include spoken word. Listeners of the incredibly strange and outsider realm take note, for this is the majority of material that will be made available. [...] Previous daily offerings can be found in the archives."
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Presenting: Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
The hebig.org album of the week: Portishead wonder voice Beth Gibbons and Talk Talk man Paul Webb (alias Rustin Man) made the fine and acoustic Out of Season
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Presenting: Ms Dynamite
Jetzt auch in der deutschen Presse angekommen - Ms Dynamite
Eine Hyme der Süddeutschen Zeitung >
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51th State
Look out of your windows, watch the skies
Read all the instructions with bright blue eyes
We're W.A.S.Ps, proud American sons
We know how to clean our teeth and how to strip down a gun
We're the 51st state of America
Our star-spangled Union Jack flutters so proud
Over the dancing heads of the merry patriotic crowd
Tip your hat to the Yankee conqueror
We've got no reds under the bed
With guns under our pillows
We're the 51st state of America
Here in the land of opportunity
Watch us revel in our liberty
You can say what you like
But it doesn't change anything
'Cos the corridors of power
Are an ocean away . . .
We're the 51st state of America
New Model Army, 1985
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Working Class Hero
As soon as you're born they make you feel small
By giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be
There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
A working class hero is something to be
If you want to be a hero just follow me
If you want to be a hero well just follow me
John Lennon, 1970
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You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feelin' two-foot small
Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say
Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away
How could I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in
How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say
Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away
John Lennon
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