MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Thanks for the video link Leif. A very nice topic idea and a beautiful song. I like the change from the quiet and slow beginning to the groovy part. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for Denmark then.
It’s been ages since I’ve followed the European Song Contest. Germany sent so many embarrassments into the race many years ago. I just googled who will represent Germany this year. Well my dear. Also a rather shallow breeze. 🙂
I like the song from the Netherlands quite well.
(The winner with the most witty title name is already decided for me: Norway with “Give That Wolf A Banana”).
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The Mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. As the key is released, the tape is retracted by a spring to its initial position. (Wikipedia)
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A somewhat strange instrument has given us an unforgettable song:
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I don’t know why, but after listening to „Opus 17“, which was completely unknown to me until now, I spontaneously thought of the following song:
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Thank you Jung for this beautiful topic. As always, I enjoy following your little excursions into the life and works of Beethoven.
Music is not only a wonderful way to express feelings, but also a great help to process and record feelings and moving moments in life. I am convinced that many great artists, whether musicians, painters or writers constantly have a thorn in their soul, which hurt them and which they wanted to overcome through their art. Love, joy, pain and sorrow. These are probably the four great driving forces of art.
With this contribution I would like to honor the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, who already performed his own compositions in front of an audience at the age of 8. Chopin’s life was marked by the search for love and recognition, expulsion from his homeland and finally his young life ended with a serious illness, which marked him the last years of his life. His musical work was as eventful as his life. He often composed melancholy pieces of music, which certainly trace his personal journey through life. Chopin became famous for his “Nocturnes” (night-inspired composition), which were based on piano compositions by the Irish composer John Field. Chopin took the music of the Irish piano virtuoso and refined it into his own formative music.
Beautiful, timeless music that invite you to dream and reflect. Sounds that take the listener on a journey, into the life of a man who some 160 years ago expressed his feelings with these wonderful piano compositions.
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Very beautiful song David. I always find it interesting that certain songs spontaneously awaken associations and memories. Once “google” is activated in the head, then suddenly drawers are opened in the memory, which were sometimes closed and dusty for decades. It’s nice to open these drawers again and rummage around in them.
Even if the following songs are more about mourning or sadness than about broken hearts, both feelings are sometimes quite similar.
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A song that still gives me goosebumps after about 40 years. Especially when the horn kicks in. And because it is so beautiful, Eleanor Rigby as an encore.
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A well-known “circus song”, with an interesting intro and an even more interesting origin story. Typical Beatles. Thanks for the idea, David.
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Gwen Stefani has put out some pretty cool music, Diana. I really like „What You Waiting For?“ as well. Unfortunately, she has become more and more of an art product over the years. A similar development as with Madonna too. I think both had a more natural and somehow more sympathetic charisma in their younger years. Maybe it’s just a marketing strategy and they basically haven’t changed at all. That’s showbusiness.
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And here is a very nice „Canadian“ intro:
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Music from a couple (Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal) who processed their separation in this song and still managed to continue working and making music together. At least for a while. Remarkable
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Many thanks to all of you. It’s always a lot of fun for me to exchange ideas with you and I’m glad that you’re there. And here is another song about a party and tears.
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I have found a few other pieces of music that deal with the theme of the circus. Unfortunately, these pieces of music are from bands that drift more in the direction of heavy or trash. The implementation of the actually very nice theme by these bands reminds me somehow of the clown Pennywise from Stephen King or the Joker from Batman.
