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Tiki Taane, also a New Zealand musician, co-produced the following song with the Māori Ria Hall. An ode to his homeland but also an appeal to preserve the land of his ancestors and its beauty. In this context he uses the word “Kaitiaki” repeatedly in the text: A protector and keeper in Maori mythology.
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The singer Brook Fraser was born in Wellington and could also be heard on our radio stations:
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New Zealand has not only to offer a breathtaking landscape, but also a lot of music. Some well-known songs, that were represented in our charts, are of New Zealand origin. I wasn’t really aware of that. Perhaps the best-known band with New Zealand roots is Crowded House, who had a number of hits in the 80s. I still like this kind of music to this day.
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Midsummer is flexing its muscles at the moment and it’s pretty warm here right now. That’s why I was recently sitting by an idyllic little lake. My legs dangled relaxed in the cool water and I held a delicious ice cream in my hand. And as I sat there, observing small waterfowl and the green trees on the other bank, my thoughts began to travel. To places that I have already got to know, but also to distant places that I would like to discover one day. New Zealand is such a place. For me, halfway between Earth and Moon. Well, of course not that far, but very, very far away. And I tried to imagine what the weather might be like there now, while the thermometer keeps rising over here. And so I did a little research. But not only about the temperature there (it’s now a comfortable 16 degrees Celsius/60 degrees Fahrenheit in Auckland), but also about the country, the local people and of course the music.
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My latest timelapse video featuring the magic of New Zealand in 8K. Truly one of the most special places I have ever had the pleasure to capture. The variety...
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Hello Steve,
a very nice idea to choose this lyrics. As you have already indicated: the interpretation usually says more about the person reading the text than about the person who wrote this text. Here are my associations: Yes, it could perhaps be an autobiographical section in the lives of Mona and Lisa. After all, they are at an age when many things can change quickly and sometimes have to change. The step into a new phase of life. The road as a metaphor: from nowhere to somewhere, from beginning to becoming. The song reflects this mood very well: A bit rough and hard at the beginning, maybe the point where everything started („We’re leaving the game“ / „We’re not gonna play with their loaded dice“) and then ends in harmonious duet singing: „Destination Sunrise“, switching then to „Generation Sunrise“: perhaps also an indication that their own generation needs to change something. They have to find their own path, because the path chosen by the generation before leads to nowhere from their point of view, maybe even to an abyss (So far interpreted in terms of the complete album „Why?“). Phil Collins asks in the lyrics of “Land of Confusion”: “Oh, Superman, where are you now, when everything’s gone wrong somehow?” and then is confident: “My generation will put it right”. Did they? From our children’s point of view? Mona and Lisa could be my daughters in age. We handed them the road in not particularly good condition. I wish them good luck and all the best for their departure into their personal sunrise.
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Let’s do the time warp again (no, no, not „the jump to the left and a step to the right“ thing). After interesting LP covers from the 60s and 70s, logically the 50s follow, of course 😀. Which LP sleeves from that time do you remember, which ones did you like?
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You’re right Steve, an amazing collection of clothing. This song could also be called: Something in the Wardrobe. Unfortunately, after this very nice song, we didn’t hear much from Brooke Fraser here, although she released a total of six music albums.
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„There is freedom within, There is freedom without“ Yes Steve, a beautiful song that makes you think. Despite being released in the 80’s, for me it’s kind of a timeless song. Incidentally, “Crowded House” emerged from the New Zealand formation “Split Enz”. This Band achieved its first international success with an idiosyncratic mixture of New Wave and 60’s Rock with a small dash of Punk.
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Hi Jung,
New Zealand has always held a certain fascination for me. Even before Lord of the Rings. I do not know exactly why. I may have been thirteen or fourteen when I read Jules Verne’s novel „In Search of the Castaways“. In this book, the protagonist’s adventurous journey takes him first to South America and then to Oceania and New Zealand. I think this is when I became interested in distant countries and continents. Jules Verne’s novels awakened a wanderlust in me that hasn’t let go of me to this day.
Many years ago I met a friend of Manuela (funnily enough, his name was also Jürgen), who emigrated to New Zealand together with his girlfriend. He sounded moderately enthusiastic. Scenically he found it very beautiful, but he explained, when you live there permanently, you probably don’t perceive this beauty that way anymore. And otherwise he described life there as rather provincial and tranquil. So much for his description. As for me: there is a saying here with us: the sweetest fruits hang high up. Perhaps this also applies to New Zealand. The distance, the exoticism and the unavailability make it incredibly sweet. Nevertheless a great landscape, what I have seen so far in films and documentaries.
Time lapse photography also exerts on me again and again a new fascination. Maybe it’s because in these shots time is not only understood as a construct, but time can be seen. For us humans a completely new, unknown phenomenon of perception.
Moana Maree Maniapoto is a New Zealand singer and songwriter with indigenous roots. Together with her band „Moana & The Tribe“ she tries to popularize Māori music and culture again. She is not only musically active, but is also involved in the production of documentaries and films, such as the following video.
@ Tom: thanks !
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Ha, ha thanks David, very funny. „Yeah, I wasn’t really dead“😁 Who’s the guy asking the questions?
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Thanks for the detailed background story, Tom. Now I understand it. Since I didn’t discover my love for the Beatles until the 70’s, it was obvious by then that Paul was alive and I was only marginally aware of all the rumours. As an entertaining anecdote, nothing more. But I can imagine that towards the end of the 60’s this rumor kept Beatles fans quite busy. I always wonder why people have such a keen interest in believing in the mystical and unusual when the truth is obvious.
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Hi Jung,
back to the title picture from Abbey-Road: you are right, on the left, further back is a fifth Beetle. I never thought about that, because we call this VW “Käfer” (same meaning, but completely different word). By the way, I found another copy of the Abbey Road cover. Absolutely no idea who these boys are and why they’re walking in the wrong direction, but I like the ironing board 😃
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Hi Tom,
very nice to hear from you again, I hope you’re doing fine.
„Art spoofs life after life mis-interprets art after art spoofs life after life produces an absurdity“.
I’ve tried to follow your thoughts, but I failed. 😀 Please explain it to me.
PS: You’re right, the LP-cover of Sgt. Pepper is hard to beat
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Yeah Jung, an iconic cover for sure. And it gave rise to numerous discussions at the time. Why was Paul walking barefoot across the crosswalk? Had he passed away? In Egyptian mythology, the dead were depicted barefoot. Fortunately, as we know today, only a bunch of wild speculations. But what only a few people know (and this I have not made up now) is that the original idea to Abbey Road comes from The Beagles (see proof photo) 😁
PS: The idea with the piano keyboard sounds interesting (and maybe also the true intention), but only now where you mention it I see the keyboard. So far I’ve just always seen a street and thought about why Paul doesn’t wear shoes….
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Thanks for your detailed answer Ckay. It seems to have been a pretty crazy time. I can understand that you will always have fond memories of this time together with the musicians. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that your mother is doing well given the circumstances.