MLT Club Member Jürgen
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“Big Butter and Egg Man” is a 1926 jazz song written by Percy Venable. Venable was a record producer at the Sunset Cafe and wrote the song for Louis Armstrong and singer May Alix (wikipedia).
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Hi David,
I found two more songs. I’m not sure if one of these two titles has already been mentioned here as a cover version. All those fool titles make you feel like a fool….
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Hi Jung et al,
well, the Beatles have of course left a lasting impression on me. Even though I don’t really belong to their generation anymore (I’m much too young for that… 🙂 ). Listening to Beatles during my youth was not cool at all, but I loved the music. Two girls in my class listened to Elvis. So that was pretty uncool 🙂 Queen, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and ELO were hip at that time.
As I had already written elsewhere: the music of the 80s has strongly influenced my youth and left many beautiful memories. Memories of parties, of the first great (unrequited) love. Of the second great (unrequited) love, but at some point it worked out with Cupid. And of course the time of discos (I don’t know if you say clubs). In my hometown, a complete Circus tent was built at some point, but not for Circus performances, but as a huge discotheque. That was totally awesome. It went so well that we soon had two of them. At that time I was 19 or 20, had just started my studies and it was a perfect fit. Music from that time that influenced me a lot? Where should I start? U2, Depeche Mode, The Police, Simple Minds and, and, and (Glass Tiger Jacki, in case you should read this 🙂 )…. .
Independent music labels were pretty popular in my circle of friends at that time. It was a kind of counter-movement to popular music. It probably had a similar meaning for me at the time as Weird Al Yankovic had for David. It was „our“ music, which was rarely played on the radio and also did not play a big role in the charts. But at some point some of these bands also became popular, that’s how it is when you write good music.
I’ve already posted the following song on another topic, but the title just fits too well and pretty much captures my attitude towards life at the time:
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Hi Jung, I am well, thank you for asking. I hope everything is fine with you too. Yes, the good old days. Transfigured, romantic and yet: when I look at the life stories of many musicians: certainly not an easy way to live.
One more beautiful composition of the early romantic period. In keeping with the topic, it is thematically also here about longing, love and passion:
Franz Schubert: „Ständchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder“ („Serenade: Quietly plead my songs“)
I have tried to find out the genesis of this work. Unfortunately, I have not really succeeded, since Franz Schubert’s life, like that of his musical contemporaries, followed convoluted paths. As a child or teenager he began an early career as a singer, worked for a time as his father’s school assistant, and then devoted himself to his musical career until he died, much too young, at the age of 31. Whoever his serenade („Ständchen“) was dedicated to, it’s an enchanting piece which is probably about longing love. There are several versions with voice, violin and piano, or just piano. And this one:
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Fantastic Jung. I loved Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and co. as a kid (as well as Tom & Jerry). I may have seen this Cartoon at some point, but can’t remember it. Thank you for this beautiful piece of childhood!
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Hi Jung, I wish you and everyone who reads this Happy Easter too. The creativity award belongs to you. „I am the Eggman“. The Beatles could have figured that out too. 🙂
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Yes David, Easter eggs are always well hidden. I don’t know the Wings album “Back to the Egg”. Thanks for pointing that out. I was hoping you’d go back to Sesame Street. Thanks for the song. I have a another nice Sesame Street song here too:
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Hi Jung,
I’ve had to learn over the course of life that you don’t really appreciate certain things in life until you don’t have them anymore, or maybe you don’t have them for a while and then they return (thankfully).
Things that seem completely self-evident when you are young. It’s a pity that one often becomes aware of this only with increasing age. Or maybe it’s better that way.
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to travel around in time? ( I’m sure you did, me too). Just a little bit, just to see what awaits us or how your life could develop? Fortunately this does not work in the direction of the future. But in the past you can travel back at any time. Just put the right LP on the turntable and for a short moment you’ll be there again: at the place where your future will be decided. It works almost like in the movie The Time Machine: as long as the rotating disc at the back of the time machine is spinning, you can travel back. When the LP stops spinning, you are again in the here and now 🙂 .
I like Enigma. The music invites you to dream and relax. Just like pure synthesizer music. This has always fascinated me, because sounds are produced there that have never existed in nature. It always had something of science fiction, a journey into the future. Jean Michel Jarre is such a timeless, fascinating musician for me. Just like Vangelis or the sound pioneers “Kraftwerk”, “Rheingold” and “Tangerine Dream“. I’ve been following the tracks of their music since I was maybe 14 or 15.
PS: The song “König von Deutschland” (King of Germany) is about what the protagonist would do if he were king (an ironic synonym for chancellor). All kinds of crazy stuff. Also no more nonsensical than what politicians often do, but much funnier.
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An interesting idea Tom. As for me, I would say the time between the age of 12 and 25 were particularly formative for me. Even though you don’t necessarily get more flexible with age, I have to say I listen to music today that I would have rejected as a twenty year old. And I am still looking for new music. My CD collection is constantly growing. Sometimes it’s music styles that were current a few years ago, sometimes it’s current bands. If you don’t necessarily follow the charts, there is so much to discover. That’s what I find exciting about the MLT – forum: I often find new ideas to listen to bands I didn’t know before. Fortunately, my musical development is not yet complete.
PS: What is “pop country”? I’ve never heard of it.
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Influenced by the New Wave and Punk scene, a small musical revolution also began in Germany. In the 80s, a new music scene also developed here (“Neue Deutsche Welle”). The bands gave themselves crazy names, sang in German (until then completely unusual in the pop and rock scene). The songs were sometimes deliberately simple or naive, sometimes reminiscent of children’s songs and parodied pretty much everything that had been common in German music and culture. The lyrics were cheeky, provocative and are for me forever associated with my youth. A piece of life feeling. Even if this music disappeared again at some point, it was an important impulse and had a lasting influence on the music scene.
Rio Reiser, the following performer, was not a classic representative of this music movement, but reflects this attitude to life very well.
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The Scorpions (just like “Fury” a band from Hannover).
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Yeah Tom, some European Stuff again.
Hierros del Silencio. A band from Spain that released a successful music album in the early 90s (let’s pass that as the 80s now). After that, they disappeared again at some point. At least in my perception.
