MLT Club Member Jürgen
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And a slightly different Christmas song by the Kinks from 1977:
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A very nice song from 1992
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Hi Jacki,
great to hear from you again. Yes the speed on these musical roads is definitely measured in beats and singing along while driving certainly increases the fun factor.
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…and back to Beethoven: I just can’t resist re-posting this stunning guitar version:
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Hi Jung,
Rick Beato’s video contributions are always very entertaining and well presented. I find it very exciting when a certain piece of music is interpreted in a new way, but when this interpretation is done on a different instrument than the one actually intended for it, then it sometimes gets really interesting. So I’ll jump back to Bach and his masterpiece Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565. I’ve found a very nice adaptation for a classical guitar here (I hope I haven’t missed the point now…):
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In keeping with the season, I found a Documentation about an ice instrument festival in Norway. Really cool sound: 😀
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Hi Christopher,
I am glad that this topic has somehow become an evergreen. On the other hand: when is the right time to end it? This question has come up before in another context here in the forum. I don’t know. Maybe things don’t always have to be finished, but can just rest. As long as I get feedback and above all new suggestions, I assume that there is still interest. I enjoy researching and sharing knowledge with others. I especially like the fact that I constantly experience new things from other members. We are an international forum here and I think that’s a great chance. When do I ever have the opportunity to exchange ideas with dear people from all different corners of the world? I have received a lot of new suggestions and knowledge in the last months and years. Not only on the subject of music, but also on living habits, cultural peculiarities and new points of view. I want to thank you all for it, it enriches my own life.
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Everything in life is a bridge – a word, a smile that we give to the other.
– Ivo Andrić –
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“Über sieben Brücken musst du gehen” (“Over seven bridges you have to go”). A beautiful “bridge song” by the East German band Karat. Written in 1978, when the former GDR still existed. From today’s point of view, the song gets a completely new meaning. I was surprised to find out that there is also an English cover version of this song (something like that is really rare). So also for me a premiere (and I do not need to translate the text…😀).
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The band „Bread“ sang about “the” London Bridge in 1985. Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London. The first historic London Bridge was built by the Romans about 2000 years ago. Subsequent structures were located in almost exactly the same place and represented the only connection across the Thames until the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750. Probably this „London Bridge“ is meant in the song or it is only a metamophorical bridge. I haven’t figured that out, unfortunately. Anyway a nice song.
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Hey Jung,
thanks for your photos from Mexico. It looks like you had a great time there. I would love to experience this country and its culture someday. You are right, it is such experiences that no one can take away from you. I also see it that way when I travel.
Bridges are fantastic structures and actually a topic in themselves. Many bridges are a piece of contemporary history and if they could only talk, they would have a lot to tell. About their builders and the time in which they came into being. Of the different cultures they have seen coming and witnessed disappearing. The countless feet that have walked on them. They have experienced people of very different origins and their languages from many corners of the world. And yet everything was ephemeral, except for the bridges themselves, which have withstood the ravages of time.
There are bridges that lead to fantastic places if you have the courage to step on them. Every step you take takes you further and further into a strange exotic world full of wonder and mystery. That’s what happened to me in Costa Rica as I followed fragile-looking suspension bridges on their way through the peaks of the giant trees. Deep beneath my feet, a billowing green ocean of dense foliage, wildly proliferating plants, and exotic blossoms stretching toward the blue of the distant sky. Many meters above my head the treetops of huge jungle giants, which have been spreading their mighty canopy of leaves there for centuries. Only sporadically single rays of sun fall through this dense roof and show me the beauty of this mysterious world with golden fingers. A tunnel of bright green interwoven with the dark brown of the countless tree trunks that seems to lead you through space and time. The calls and songs of strange birds ring out, here and there a faint rustling can be heard or the distant murmur of a small stream. Flitting shadows can be seen out of the corner of your eye, and if you take the time to just stand still and catch your breath, then the hidden inhabitants of the rainforest will eventually be very close to you: small pairs of eyes watching you carefully, colorful butterflies circling each other dancing, little hummingbirds that appearing to stand in place, flapping their wings at incredible speed, while their long beaks disappear into colorful blossoms. And the cracking of the branches, becomes an iguana, well camouflaged, deftly climbing a tree.
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Yeah Jeffery, „The long and winding road“ on an alpine route. Best in a convertible: Enjoy fresh air and a great view. A wonderful idea. „Faster“ on „Any Road“? Why not? And if the navigation system doesn’t work properly, you’ll quickly find yourself on the „Road to nowhere“ as sung by the Talking Heads.
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I also think the idea can be expanded even further. How about certain road sections on certain occasions? When it’s your birthday, then you choose the “Happy Birthday Road”. Or for wedding ceremonies, on the way to the church, Mendelssohn’s Wedding March sounds. My favorite would be the Abbeyroad.
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Hi David,
thanks for the video about the most musical road in the world (I had almost forgotten about the topic here). Yes that is a very groovy and nice idea: You don’t even need a car radio anymore.
There are places on our highways where various lane markings are applied across the direction of travel for testing purposes. But this is done to determine the durability of certain materials. Unfortunately, driving on these surfaces only makes noise, but no music.
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Hi David,
thank you for posting this beautiful song and the also magical interpretation of Mona and Lisa. I really like the songs of Simon and Garfunkel. Just like the music of the Beatles, for me it is a timeless music that never ages and somehow seems to float above things.