MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Hi David,
thanks for the reply. Oh yes, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. Truly a tongue twister. In 1966, I didn’t have any hair to comb. 🙂 I made myself a “paper and comb” as a child. Baking paper and a comb from my mother. While I tried to elicit sounds from the whole thing, she was always searching for her comb.
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Hello Jung,
thanks for the reply. You’re right, if you listen carefully at Good Vibrations, a thireme sounds in the background. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the piece in my life, but I’ve never consciously noticed it. I always thought there was a synthesizer sounding. Really funny. Following your suggestion, I will listen to the album “Pet Sounds” and “California Girls“ again. My only two Music albums from the Beach Boys. The two CD’s have been peacefully slumbering in my collection for years now. I haven’t heard Beach Boys in years. How many albums have the Beach Boys actually produced? Have you ever been to a Beach Boy concert?
I know the Jaw Harp as the “Maultrommel”. Always reminds me of a didgeridoo or something like that. The Jaw Harp sounds like this (I hope the lady has a good dentist, in case something goes wrong during playing…)
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Hello Alex,
welcome to the club. Nice to meet you here. My ticket to Mona and Lisa was “While my guitar gently weeps” by the Beatles.
Kind regards
Jürgen
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Here is a very special piece by Deep Purple. The song comes from the third studio album, which was simply titled “Deep Purple” and is divided into three parts. Strings then sound in the second part. I love the song.
Deep Purple – April (German TV 1970 Very Rare Footage) – YouTube
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Hello David,
thanks for the answer. Yes, I know that “Kraut” is an insult. Nevertheless, in Germany, Krautrock is often used in a self ironic term and it is probably related back to the band “Faust” from Hamburg, who released an LP in 1973 whose opening title was called “Krautrock”. The label Virgin records adopted the term as a genre name for German rock with a psychedelic touch. But you’re right: actually unflattering. And I didn’t mean to devalue your interest in some sort of music. Shame on me. You are interested in new styles of music and that is great. Thanks. (… and I’m just blasting the subject of this topic, sorry Jung…).
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Hello David,
nice to hear from you. To the video of Medium Terzett “Der Harmonika Hansl” (translated roughly: The Hans with the harmonica) I answer with a quote from the Queen: “It’s shocking”. The group Medium Terzett probably started out as a comedy group once (songs like “Ein Loch ist im Eimer – A hole is in the bucket“, “Wer hat die Kokosnuß geklaut -Who stole the coconut” were certainly ironic and very popular in the late 60s and early 70s). A bit like Monthy Python for beginners. The group then unfortunately slipped into a style of music that we call „German folk music“. Jung described it well: beer tent, Oktoberfest, one, two suffa. The worldview, all Germans wear leather trousers and drink beer in the morning. No, only Bavarians do that and only sometimes 🙂. This type of music, German folk music, represents all that my generation and generations before have revolted against. This type of music is the nightmare of all young people in Germany, it is Reason why there was the Star Club in Hamburg and why young people wanted to listen to music by Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, The Beatles, The Stones, The Who etc. In this respect, one can somehow be grateful to German folk music. For a long time in Germany it was frowned upon among young people to listen to music with German lyrics. The German folk music and the associated attitude towards life has created a countermovement. “Krautrock”, but also punk, new wave and hard rock would not have existed with us without groups like the Medium Terzett. So there probably never would have been „The Scorpions“. But I’ll agree with you David, Medium Terzett’s early stuff is fun and entertaining. For example this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9evrRGi2gw (Medium Terzett – Musik aus Stuiod B. 1968)
Thanks to David and also to Jung for your interest in German music culture. If you are interested, I could also open my own topic with the title “Krautrock”. Maybe one or the other here in the forum is interested. But I don’t know if it fits into this forum
PS: Something really wacky here: The Heimatdamisch: Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns n’ Roses)
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Hi Jung,
nice that you opened this topic. Here in Germany, music videos were neglected in the 1980s. We didn’t have MTV until the 1990s. An idiosyncratic music program for young people was broadcast every Saturday. The moderators were bizarre and music videos were only shown in small excerpts for cost reasons. It’s a shame, the 80s were my teenage years. Funny and lively. In stuffy Germany there was even a new wave scene of its own. One of the icons was certainly Falco, but also Nena (99 Luftballons- 99 Red Ballons), Peter Schilling. I don’t know how to link a youtube video here. Please enter “Joachim Witt – Goldener Reiter * Orginal Video *” on youtube. That was strong party music back then. „Take on me“ is one of my favorite videos to this day.
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Hello Brian,
sorry I am only now answering you. Thanks for the encouraging words. Yes you are right, it is never too late to explore your own creativity. For me it was unfortunately not the guitar, but I love photography and filming. And I’ve been planning to write a book for at least twenty years … I think I’m just starting now. A warm welcome to you too.Jürgen
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Thanks David,
I didn’t know Joanie Sommers until that moment, but I like the song. Catchy melody, beautiful voice and well, yes the kazoo. When was it released?
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Jung, here’s just another one:
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Servus Mona,
thank you for your reply and I’m very pleased to meet you on this way. Your music inspires me very much and therefore I would like to thank you with a slightly modified stanza by ABBA:
„Thank you for the music, the songs you’re singing.
Thanks for all the joy you’re bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for your music
For giving it to me“
Viele liebe Grüße auch an Lisa
Jürgen
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Hi Jacki,
now I’m really surprised: Yet another Canadian and more schnitzel. Ottawa sounds great too. But I’m afraid I have to disappoint you: If I come to visit Canada, but only because of the wonderful people, like you and Jung. And because of the great national parks and landscape (or what would you recommend to me?) Do you speak french too?
Greetings
Jürgen
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Hello Stephen,
thank you for your welcome.
Best regards
Jürgen
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Hello Dale,
nice to hear from you. Sometimes accidents also have something good about them (but really only sometimes). Yeah, first I want to look around a bit and collect new impressions.
Greetings and all the best for you.
Jürgen
