MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Hi Jung,
thanks for your „bear tour“ to Alaska. I didn’t know there was a grizzly bear live cam, but it doesn’t surprise me either. From afar they look kind of cute and snug. Until they start moving. Interesting that they appear in such large groups at dinner when you consider that they are actually loners. Alaska seems to have stunning scenery.
“There are only two ways to look at the world: either you believe that nothing in the world is a miracle, or you believe that there are only miracles”
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Matching the Octobass there is also the „Titanic Tuba“. If only the orchestra hadn’t taken these heavy instrument on board at the time, the ship might not have sunk…
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A great live gig by Phil Collins, Chester Thompson and Luis Conte. I have the feeling that Phil Collins is a musician who polarizes. You either like him or you don’t like him at all. Perhaps many fans also resented the fact that he developed from a prog rock musician in the early phase of Genesis to a cuddly pop poet in his later solo career. I like both periods in his life.
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Music will always be inspired by the environment in which it is created. Iceland has a lot to offer scenically with its incredible variety of very different landscapes, ranging from white glaciers to volcanic bizarreness, moss-green bubble fields, deep fjords and frost-cracked mountains to black beaches. Charismatic like the band SÓLSTAFIR, which means something like „spreading sunbeams“. The following song is about lost love, separation and loss:
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And that’s how impressive the landscape looks today:
By the way: Iceland is an island country in the extreme northwest of Europe. With around 103,000 square kilometers, Iceland is the second largest island country in Europe after the United Kingdom. The main island is the largest volcanic island on earth and is located just south of the Arctic Circle.
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“Go out into the world. It is more amazing than any dream.”
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Thanks Tom and Dave for your feedback! From Greenland to Iceland it is only a short hop. The island made of fire and ice. This is what the birth of Iceland may have looked like many millions of years ago:
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I had posted this video before, but I find the landscape shots so impressive that I like to show it again here:
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To accompany Greenland musically, I went looking for suitable music and didn’t find much. This is not surprising, because only 65,000 people live in Greenland and around 15 music albums are produced in one year. Most of them in the native language. But my search was not without result: „Nanook“ is a term from Inuit mythology and means something like „mighty polar bear“. And that’s also what this song is about: how the ice melt threatens the habitat of the Nanook.
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Hey David, I’m glad this thread is becoming an evegreen. Fine! Thanks for the video link. A very nice idea. You’re right, the little red planes on the runway make you want to explore the island. When I opened the live link this morning it was 5:00 am local time in Nuuk. There really isn’t much going on at this time, but I’ll check back later. Oh yes, a sightseeing flight over Greenland? No problem:
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Yeah Dave, a very nice moment. Our two young chef really let the wooden spoon dance. 😀
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Yes David, Greenland seems to have an amazing variety of music considering the small population.
Nive Nielsen, an Inuk from Nuuk, is a Greenlandic singer-songwriter and an actress. She plays with her band „The Deer Children“, often using a little red ukulele, which kickstarted her music career. The first concert she played was for Margrethe II of Denmark. Wonderful indie folk with a very original touch. The songs are about love, reindeer, pirates, ghosts and coffee.
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Hi David,
thank you for your interesting contribution. I’ve always wondered what the deeper meaning of Revolution 9 could actually be. Now that you mention Yoko Ono’s influence on the Beatles, specifically John Lennon, combined with a minimalist approach to music, the possible genesis of this title becomes more comprehensible to me. As you mentioned, Yoko Ono was anchored in the artist scene in the 1960s. I did some research: she was a supporter of the so-called Fluxus movement. An artistic approach that does not depend on the work of art, but on the creative idea.
The music of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Rheingold interested me in the 80s, because I was (and still am) very fascinated by the possibilities of electronic music at that time. To this day, Kraftwerk enjoys cult status. Personally, this music is too monotonous for me in the long run. As you said, Tangerine Dream and Rheingold followed a more avant-garde approach. I don’t know the other artists you mentioned, I’ll take a closer look.
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And what George Harrison thinks about Ringo as a drummer:
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Another tribute for Ringo and his rather inconspicuous and yet so important role that he played in the microcosm of the Beatles. For many years I didn’t even perceive Ringo as an important element of the Beatles, as he was always overshadowed by the creativity of John and Paul. But every good team needs not only stars who are in the spotlight with their genius and ego, but also reliable team players who form the basic framework with their solid work. Ringo as a drummer was often unjustly undervalued because he acted rather unobtrusive in the background. But that was perhaps his great strength: he was creative and innovative in an unspectacular way. A similar role that George also took in the early years of the Beatles.
PS: The last five minutes of the post might not be that exciting, after all we have our favorite twins who cover the Beatles songs in such a lovely and brilliant way (but a bit of self-promotion is also granted to Sina…)
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Hi Tim,
thanks for sharing that music clip of Abigail Christea. I was not familiar with her and Liliac until now. You’re right, she is drumming like hell. Very dynamic and full of life.