MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Just like a romantic horse-drawn sleigh ride through the snow-covered landscape, which is rewarded with a delicious Kaiserschmarrn (a special Kind of pancake):
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Let’s stay in wintry Austria for a last moment. Of course, the Christmas Market on Vienna’s Town Hall Square should not be missing:
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A very nice idea, Stuart. I would also like that very much. Unfortunately, some songs lose their charm when translated. Regardless of the language in which they were originally created.
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Irish folk music in a cozy pub always exudes a very intimate and familiar atmosphere. So quickly placed a Christmas tree, some candles on the table and ready is the Christmas atmosphere:
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Christmas greetings of a different kind from Athens. For the time afterwards: when the candles have all burned down, the presents are unwrapped and the Christmas tree starts to shed needles…
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What is Ritchie Blackmore doing up to now? He writes cozy Christmas carols: very nice. My Christmas wish to him: get out the guitar again.
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Yes, „The Sparrow“ sang wonderful Chasons. Here’s another nice song in French.
Béatrice Mireille Martin better known as „Cour de pirate“ was born in Montreal. I’ve presented her music here before. This time a nice Christmas carol from her:
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Hi Tom,
I’m surprised again what you know. I would not have thought that you own Eros Ramazottis CDs. My girlfriend likes his music. I didn’t know “Hoy como siempre – estoy pensando en ti“ and so I just listened to it: it sounds really cool. Do you also know “Alice” and “Gianna Nannini”? Two also quite successful Italian rock musicians. But I don’t think they sang in Spanish. Only Italian and later also English.
Beatrice Egli sings “Wir lieben laut” in perfect high German. There is no accent to be heard. Another song of hers “Mini Schwiiz, mini Heimat” („My Switzerland, my homeland“) is again in Schwitzerdütsch. From this song I understand only single words, the rest is somehow a foreign language for me.
We had already talked about Helene Fischer. She has a beautiful voice, but for me mostly the wrong music style. However, she is said to be one of the world’s best-earning femal musicians. So she did everything right. Yes, she likes to perform together with other artists. The song she sings together with Eros Ramazotti sounds really good (that surprised me now).
Unfortunately some of the music videos are only available in certain regions. The music video of Sarah McLachlan “River” that you posted is not available in our country. That’s the way it is with the worldwide music rights… . I’ll try a new link for “Eros Ramazotti: Feliz Navidad (Si Tú Quieres)”. No official videoclip, only the pure song. Maybe it works better with this one:
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La Chanson française. A French specialty that sounds like a walk along the Seine at night, when the lights of the lanterns are reflected in the waves. Sometimes also like a crispy croissant in a cafe in Montmartre.
Le Noël de la rue / Christmas in (from) the street
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Hi Tom,
thanks for the contributions. I know you lived in Switzerland for a while. I haven’t made it to Lousanne yet (seems great, located right on Lake Geneva). I have been to Basel twice so far. The historic old town there is very beautiful. You have a wonderful view of the Rhine from there (see photo). Otherwise I know Switzerland only from passing through. When I traveled with my family to Italy, we spent the night there (I described it in another topic: with a VW Beetle over the Swiss Alpine passes. Pure adventure). Switzerland, that is in my memory: mountains, mountain passes, lots of snow and mountains again. 🙂
Yes the Swiss have a rather subtle and quiet humor, but very entertaining. It’s no problem that you can’t decypher the german in this song. I don’t really understand them either. The song is sung in „Schwizerdütsch“, a dialect that understands no one but the Swiss. Sometimes they don’t want to be understood, the Swiss call it tradition… . I agree with you: a very nice song that I never heard before, thanks.
You are right in the song there is French and also Italian (The Swiss language triad: German, French and Italian). The Italian singing sounds like Eros Ramazotti. An Italian musician who was very popular with us. Especially the women melted like snow in the sun when he was singing (somehow a womanizer). And no Italian restaurant without his music in the background. Eros Ramazzotti sounds like an Italian culinary specialty: a glass of delicious red wine in your hand and a wonderfully fragrant pizza (or steaming pasta) on your plate.
Feliz Navidad (Si Tú Quieres) / Merry Christmas (If you want to)
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Hi Jacki,
I once thought about which Christmas films I like to watch. There are surprisingly few. OK, the Griswolds and their crazy Christmas story are one of them. Shrek, Ice Age and Co. Christmas specials are also part of it and of course The Peanuts and „A Christmas Carol“ by Charles Dickens, but then? The old US classics are always on TV, but that’s not my thing. And then I have to go back very far to my childhood: Three Nuts for Aschenbrödel. You would say: Cinderella. (we call the character „Aschenputtel“ or „Aschenbrödel“, similar story but different origin). It’s an enchanting fairy tale adaptation produced in the former Czechoslovakia. Not as glamorous as the Hollywood and Disney product lines. Simpler and yet therefore actually more beguiling and enchanting. It’s now a real cult film for us, even for adults. The title music of this film was re-produced a few years ago and sounds like this (the original is purely instrumental):
PS: I hope the video runs in your region
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It’s so nice to have you back, Tom. We already missed you.
PS: I found another nice Christmas video here. It doesn’t have anything to do with music, but it’s still very educational. Everyone knows it and everyone hates it: standing in line in front of a scanner checkout. I’ve always wondered how scanner cash registers actually work. Digitize numbers and display them as barcodes. I never believed that. The secret is finally out…
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Sure, I remember Tina Turner. After her unhappy breakup with Ike Turner, she made it big again in the 80s. I have heard this song („Cosas de la Vida“) before at some point, only to forget it again, so thanks Tom, I like it very much. The voices of Eros and Tina harmonize well with each other and suit the piece well. Cool sound.
Eros singing spanish: Then I’m reassured Tom: I really wasn’t sure if he was singing in Italian or Spanish. Spanish with a fat italian accent, ok.
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Hi Tom,
great that you are back again. How are you doing? I’m listening to that song for the first time right now and I really like it. It’s wonderful.
