MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Hello Diana,
as a child, I was enchanted by the musical „The Wizard of Oz“. Especially when Dorothy is torn out of the dreary gray of everyday life and suddenly wakes up in the colorful land of Oz and meets friends who help her solve her problems and create new hope.
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Thanks for posting this song Jung. I have always loved „Run for your life“ musically, although I find the lyrics also very macabre. The album Rubber Soul is in my opinion one of the Beatles albums that represents an important turning point in the musical development of the FabFour. Not as hyped as later Sgt. Pepper or the White Album, but full of musical gems.
But you’re already running on the right path (little pun ????, haha): Traveling and running sometimes just go well together. E.g. because you’ve been annoyingly called out at the airport for the fourth time and now they’re threatening that the plane will take off without you. Or you’re struggling up the stairs to the platform at the train station, a suitcase in one hand, your travel bag in the other, and you can already hear the first doors of your train closing. Or you are sprinting through a huge airport because your plane was delayed and the connecting flight doesn’t want to wait anymore (preferably at one of those mega airports you have never been to in your life) Oh yes I remember…
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You are right David, it doesn’t always have to be the long ways in life that impress you and leave traces. Oh yes, the way to the school in your hometown, walks with your parents or friends you did. I find it completely fascinating when, after many, many years, you walk a path that you haven’t used for a long time. Everything is saved: where you have to go, which turn you have to take, what it used to look like here and many memories are running through your head. Funny memories, memories that make you think. Thoughts of people and situations in life that you haven’t thought about for a long time and that are suddenly back as if it was only yesterday. Almost like a little time travel. You do the walk of live.
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Hi Jung,
I may have heard the Paul McCartney song somewhere once, but I never consciously noticed it. Thanks for posting the MLT-Version.
I find it very admirable when musicians like Paul are still active at this age. Ringo should be around 82 years old now (his birthday is at the beginning of July). I think he stopped simply getting older at a certain age. A remarkable quality.
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Probably the oldest means of travel in the world: our feet. Two feet doesn’t make a way, but we humans have a habit of running after other humans. As long as they move forward purposefully enough. So it happens that where there are two feet, there is soon a path. Is there a hiking route or a landscape that impressed you very much? Where have you always wanted to go or would you like to go again?
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A nice idea Jacki. Best wishes from me too:
Dear Mona, Dear Lisa, have a groovy day!
Vier Hände, zwei Herzen, zwölf Saiten
möge Glück euch immer begleiten
Den Rhytmus im Blut
voller Liebe und Wonne
macht weiter mit Mut
Musik warm wie die Sonne
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I’m just very uncreative right now. The last album title was very short and catchy (short&crispy ????). That’s why I’m guessing something like “Questionable” or “Songbird”.
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Hi Jung,
thank you very much for the two tracks from the Wings. I also have the Greatest Hits album. The Wings produced very nice songs, but somehow I never really warmed up to the band. Maybe because the songs were no longer a real Beatles sound, but also not yet a real Paul McCartney sound. The best example for this is Band on the run. The beginning of the title reminds me a lot of the Beatles album Abbey Road, but then develops into something else. But I think that the band helped Paul a lot to process the breakup with the Beatles. My favorite song from the Wings is Mull of Kentire. A wonderfully sentimental song. Unfortunately it doesn’t fit into this topic. Although: Hiking vacation in Scotland …
I had no idea that Paul McCartney had so many animals. It’s almost a whole zoo. Jet, Poppy, Lucky, Martha, well my dear.
I watched the commercials with O.J. Simson. Thanks, very entertaining: Yes exactly how I imagined the sprint through the airport terminal. Maybe not quite so relaxed and cheerful. More tired, sweaty and slightly rushed. But otherwise exactly this way…????
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Do you think our MLT Cruise Ship should look more like this (very elegant and smooth)? Do you sail or have you sailed Tom?
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Hi Diana,
thanks for posting the video. Eagle is a very beautiful song by ABBA. From the time when they were already musically mature. The video with the flight and landscape shots goes perfectly with the topic. When I was in my early twenties, friends gave me an ABBA Hit Box as a gift. I put the box in the farthest corner. Listening to ABBA at that age wasn’t very cool. From today’s point of view I have to say: the band had an incredible feeling for beautiful melodies and nice arrangements. And they always exuded a lot of fun with their music. Here I have a title by ABBA that is rather unknown and certainly not one of their best songs. But it goes so well with the theme of travel and vacation.
PS: We like to watch „Mama Mia“ on New Year’s Eve.
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Hi Jung,
thanks for the very detailed post. I read about the Queen Mary being ancored in Florida and now serving as a floating hotel. And you spent the night there? Wow. I’m glad to hear that the ship still exudes old-fashioned charm. In this day and age, a lot of vacation accommodations look kind of the same: Modern, stylish, cold and kind of boring. I think it’s a shame when you wake up in the morning in a hotel room and first have to think about where exactly you are now, because rooms all over the world now somehow look the same. It’s always very nice when an accommodation exudes a lot of local color. Local furniture, decoration and maybe also typical paintings or pictures of the country.
My first and only cruise in my life, I did with the AIDA Blu. It was a so-called taster cruise to Scandinavia (Oslo-Stockholm). The ship was just launched, the cabin seats were raffled at a low price to make the ship known (the ship does not even exist today). The trip started in Hamburg and lasted five days. Not particularly long, but I found it quite sufficient. There is a certain charm to traveling like this. When we entered the port of Oslo, I was sitting in the sauna. Somewhere high up in the ship. Fully glazed outer wall and a beautiful view of the harbor and the ships that sailed in and out of there. So we sat there and marveled: Only my sauna towel and I ????. I will probably never enter a port this way again.
MLT-Magical Crusing Tour? A wonderful idea. Imagine it like this: The name of your cruise ship is “MS Orange” because it has exactly this color: Bright orange. After checking in, with a little help from your friends, you get on board and go to the reception desk, where a nice receptionist is standing in front of you, who introduces herself to you as Long Tall Sally. When asked how long you would like to stay on board, you show her your ticket to ride and answer: „Eight days a week“. She smiles at you and gives you your cabin key with the words: „From me to you“. You say: „Thank you girl“, making your way to your cabin, while passing some members of the crew fixing a hole where the rain gets in. In the cabin you put down your suitcase and take off your old brown shoes. Afterwards you take a nice warm shower and when you leave the bathroom you are surprised to see a small white seagull sitting on your bed: It came in through the bathroom window. You’re thinking: „Ain’t she sweet“, as you put on comfortable shorts and a casual shirt. Your stomach growls and you know: All I’ve got to do is going to the dining hall. Not knowing the way, you ask a friendly man in a white uniform who meets you in the hallway. It is Doctor Robert, the ship’s doctor. He shows you the way and satisfied, you line up at the buffet. You feel free as a bird and your friends are all aboard. They’ve all come together having a great time. At the buffet there are Glas Onions with savoy truffle and as dessert Honey Pie with an extra taste of honey is served. You think: „I feel fine“ and on a stage in the back of the room the Sgt. Pepper Band begins to play: Good Day Sunshine. And now you know that you are really there: on the Magical Mystery Crusing Tour.
PS: When the AIDA entered or left a port, “Orinoco Flow” sounded everywhere on the ship as a theme song.
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Sting, real name Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, was born on October 2nd, 1951 in Newcastle. Like Liverpool, this city was heavily influenced by the shipbuilding industry.
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Hi David,
New York Central Station is certainly known worldwide. Not least through many TV reports and movies. But Union Station in Chicago is also very impressive. I just looked at photos of this station and I must say I am very intrigued. It’s a monumental building. Almost like a palamentary building or a museum. Thank you for pointing it out. It seems that the great train stations of the world are the castles and cathedrals of modern times. They are supposed to be cultural landmarks of their respective countries and combine aesthetics and archetectonic masterpieces. Demonstrating economic power and conveying a lasting memory to the traveler. A declaration of love for technical progress:
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A very nice song, Tom. The lyric is really funny. Yes, I’m growing older but not up (and that’s a good thing, the little boy in me is still very active). A beautiful line of John Lennon’s lyrics comes to mind: „…Woman, I know you understand the little child inside the man…“
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Hi Christopher, glad you stopped by. A trio session would be a nice combination. But then the whole thing would have to be renamed MLRT. And who should sing the lyrics, Mona or Lisa? Or both as a duet?
