MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Just like these crazy little guys here:
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Okay, more of a mellow tune than a rock song, but the atmosphere in the video reminds me of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
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Yeah Daryl, those are extreme temperature fluctuations that you described there. I know that you can get used to the cold but nevertheless, I can’t imagine what it’s like to be outside in extremely cold weather. My mother and my grandparents came from the former East Prussia. The winters there were just as cold as you have in Canada. But my mother always raved about the landscape there: the snow-covered forests, the large lakes transformed into a fairytale scenery of snow and ice in winter. Otherwise it was probably a rather sparse and simple life. I can’t even imagine something like that today. I’m more of a warmth-loving person, but at 40 degrees in summer, which we’ve had here in recent years (even if only for a few days), the fun stops at some point.
On the subject of a self-felled Christmas tree, I spontaneously have to think of the Griswold’s and their weird Christmas experiences. We like to watch the movie “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” at Christmas time.
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Hi Folks and David,
my active radio time ended sometime in the 90s. For the reasons you mentioned David: I didn’t like the current Top Ten 20 that were played all the time. Nevertheless, I occasionally follow current music trends as I’m still on the lookout for new music. Yes, I am not particularly interested in mainstream music. Why? This is no longer my generation and my attitude towards life. But let’s be honest: wasn’t every older generation angry about the music of the following, younger generation? What became of the Beat Era, panned by the older generation? And then those long haired hippies in the 70’s who tortured their guitars… An abomination for the older ones. I think there is still critical music today. But this is channeled, for example, in rap music or other sub-genres. Not my music at all, but the attitude towards life of a younger generation.
Of course I can start analyzing and dismantling music on an intellectual level. But that’s not the essence of music. My very personal opinion: Music should appeal to the feelings in a person and not serve the intellect. If the music does both, so much the better. How did Morrissey from “The Smith“ sing so right: “Hang the DJ, because his Music says nothing about me or my life”. I think that’s the point: the younger generation’s attitude towards life has become strange to us and the younger ones can’t relate to the music that most of us here love. Here’s an example: The Sgt. Pepper album and I came out at almost the same time. So I don’t really know much about the Woodstock era. Yes, I understand what moved people back then, what they protested against and what kind of world they wanted. But it’s not my way of life. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and co.: I can’t listen to that kind of music, no reference. On the other hand, why do I love The Beatles and the 60s? A time before or during my birth? No idea. I’m an 80’s kid and I love the music of that era (also all the independent stuff of that time, like Sisters of Mercy, New Model Army, Joy Division etc.). A music era that one or the other here in the forum certainly doesn’t particularly like. That’s just how it is with taste in music: music finds you and not you the music. Even in today there are musical pearls. Like Mona and Lisa, for example. But also other young musicians who have sought and found their own style. And trends seem to repeat themselves: in fashion, in design and also in music. Who knows, maybe in 20 years the kids will be listening to beat music and rock ‘n’ roll again? And what will the next older generation,the current young ones , say about it?
„…Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music without the idea is simply music…”
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A nice Christmas greeting from Indonesia. The instrumentation of the group is surprisingly minimalistic. More instruments a good band actually does not need:😀
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Here are two entertaining versions of the song “Feliz Navidad” (Merry Christmas).
Whether the guitar performance is really successful, I’m not sure, but the idea for the music video is funny and the implementation is well done.
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Yeah David. In the 50’s and 60’s, for whatever reason, people needed an outlet to let off steam quickly. I would like to remind of the crazy times of Beatlemania.
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Hi Jacki,
of course I know you live in Canada. You and Jung have divided Canada between you: Jung resides on the west coast and you in the east of the country. I checked once: The driving distance between Vancouver and Montreal is around 4700 kilometers (about 2900 miles). What dimensions. That’s about the distance from my hometown to Nigeria / Africa (well, at least as the crow flies. It’s a bit further by car…).
I think I’m up to date now on what Christmas food is popular in Canada. Similar to ours: at Christmas there is often roast goose or duck, with potato dumplings, sauce and red cabbage. A specialty are sausages with potato salad on Christmas Eve (well…). But it also varies from region to region. In southern Germany, the kitchen looks different again than in northern Germany, for example. Is your kitchen more of English or French origin?
You are right, the dream winter looks like this: on December 24th it starts to snow. Then on December 25th everything has turned into a winter wonderland and on December 26th Frosty the Snowman will come to visit. And from December 27th it will be 22 degrees again and the sun will be shining down on us from a bright blue sky. We used to have a lot of snow here in the area where I live, but in recent decades it has been a rarity (now I sound like an old man: “Children come quickly. Grandpa is telling about the snowy winter again….”).
Yes, I listened to the list of your Christmas carols: I know Glas Tiger, I had two CDs by the band myself. The Irish Rovers also tell me something, unfortunately I don’t know the other artists. They are very unknown to us.
Here I have found a groovy Christmas song from a compatriot of yours:
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A rocking Christmas anthem that has been a part of Christmas for me for many years:
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Even Santa has the blues in his blood…
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Hey Daryl,
very nice to hear from you. I looked up the exact location of Alberta and what it might look like there. Wow, that seems to be a beautiful and impressive spot on earth. Wild nature and a fantastic countryside. I am always completely fascinated when I see such landscapes. I live in the western part of Germany, almost on the Dutch border and very close to the Ruhr area (where the steel industry and mining was located). Since the heavy industry is disappearing more and more, it has become more beautiful here in the meantime. But of course we don’t have such breathtaking landscapes. Here everything is very flat and clear.
We also have the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree, although I have not done so for a long time. I remember when I was a child, my father always put up the tree a few days before Christmas Eve and then we decorated it together. After that, the whole house smelled wonderfully of fir. Your Christmas menu sounds very delicious.
-40 degrees during wintertime? That’s damn cold. -10 to -15 degrees, that’s it for us (and also a big exception), at least here in the west. It’s funny to hear that Boney M. hit the Canadian stereo.
I am already very excited about your festive decor and would be glad to see some pictures. I wish you also a wonderful Christmas season.
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Hi Jacki,
thank you for your feedback. I wasn’t sure if you live in Ottawa or Montreal (I kinda had Ottowa in mind though…). Now I know it. Thanks again for the Canadian tidbits. (Although, I wasn’t that bad after all. Montreal and Ottowa seem to be quite close together).
PS: do you have some nice pics of Ottawa? I found the following: (That looks very nice. I hope the pictures really show Ottawa, otherwise that would be very embarrassing now…).😀
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Every year on December 23rd, exactly when the hands of the big tower clock slip to midnight, this winter fairy tale comes to mysterious life. Only for a few hours, until the first cockcrow, then all life falls silent and rigid again and longingly waits to be brought back to life by the midnight chime of the clock tower in the village. Once again in a year, when the snowflakes fall from the sky again… .
A miniature winter wonderland that couldn’t be more beautiful:
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Wow Jung, the enumeration of the Christmas delicacies sounds like a complete assortment of a delicatessen (and the rockin’ twins on top of that). We traditionally have so-called shortbread cookies (Spritzgebäck), Christmas stollen (Christstollen), Dominoes (Dominosteine), Gingerbread (Lebkuchen) and Printen. I do not know if you can do much with the translation, so I once attached pictures. At the Christmas markets, mulled wine is drunk or mead (hot honey wine) is served. Yeah, I also like to eat all kinds of nuts and exotic cheese sounds really good. Accompanied by a glass of red or port wine. You already sent great pictures of your Christmas lake last year. I hope the Christmas market there looks just as great this year.
PS: to all these sweet delicious things, also fits the following cute video. Not particularly rocking, but soft and sweet like a piece of Christmas pie:
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Hi David,
thanks for sending the music clip. Unfortunately the video is not available in our country. Very pitty. I can only see that it should be “Christmas At Ground Zero” by Weird Al Yankovic. Such a beautiful and harmless melody… . When did he write this song? Was there anything special going on in the world or just the normal madness?
