[Jürgen]

Hi Pascal. Thanks for your “little time travel” through the top ten of the 60s and 70s. I would also like to name my personal number 1 at this point, but there are just too many great songs.

[Jürgen]

https://youtu.be/iJnw9_u_t30

[Jürgen]

https://youtu.be/1AHnQtY1bg4

[Jürgen]

Only the best wishes !

[Jürgen]

Thank you Jung. A nice story about the origin of the song “Roll over Beethoven”. I didn’t know that Chuck Berry had a sister. Apparently many sisters have had a strong influence on the musical development of their brothers (see also: Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia and Mozart).

Pictures of an exhibition. Very beautiful Jung. Maybe an idea for a future topic?

[Jürgen]

Science or fiction or just interesting entertainment, what do you think David?

https://youtu.be/uD4izuDMUQA

[Jürgen]

The Harpejji

I have come across an interesting instrument here that I have not known before.

The harpejji is an electric stringed musical instrument developed in 2007 by American audio engineer Tim Meeks. It can be described as a cross between a piano and a guitar, or as a cross between an accordion and a pedal steel guitar. About 500 harpejjis have been made as of 2019. The harpejji is a descendant of the StarrBoard which was developed in the 1980s. Its name is derived from “harp” and „arpeggio“.
(wikipedia)

https://youtu.be/Wr87Z7rZiWE

[Jürgen]

A classical composer I also find very interesting is Frédéric Chopin. Not only his music impresses me, but especially his eventful life story up to his early death, has fascinated me, made me think and somehow also saddened me. Although Chopin’s short life was overshadowed by illness and disappointment, he traveled extensively (not always by choice) and music seems to have given him the strength that his body and fate denied him. Maybe his talent and his music freed his spirit to soar.

https://youtu.be/w18e9WhEcuU

[Jürgen]

Thanks for the feedback Jung. Most of the songs from Cœur de pirate sound like French chanson at first and are influenced by this piano playing. The song by Enya is great and the video is artistically made very appealing. It’s just always enchanting when music and images merge. An art form that I no longer want to miss.

I thank you very much for the many great contributions to this topic and also to all others who have supported this topic excellently! I would like to say goodbye at this point with a song by Gabriele Susanne Kerner (artist name Nena) with which I personally associate very beautiful memories:

Im Sturz durch Raum und Zeit
Richtung Unendlichkeit
Fliegen Motten in das Licht
Genau wie du und ich

Irgendwie fängt irgendwann
Irgendwo die Zukunft an
Ich warte nicht mehr lang
Liebe wird aus Mut gemacht
Denk nicht lange nach
Wir fahr’n auf Feuerrädern
Richtung Zukunft durch die Nacht

Falling through space and time
Towards infinity
Moths fly into the light
Just like you and me
Somehow, sometime
Somewhere the future begins
I won’t wait long
Love is made of courage
Don’t think twice
We’ll ride on firewheels
Towards the future through the night

https://youtu.be/oMHLkcc9I9c

[Jürgen]

I almost forgot a Canadian: Béatrice Martin, better known by her stage name „Cœur de pirate“:

https://youtu.be/OLj1RbilsNA

[Jürgen]

Hi Pascal, you are right: probably the most important aspect (which we unfortunately always tend to forget when dealing with water). Thanks for the pictures.

[Jürgen]

Oh dear. That doesn’t sound good, Jung. I’ve had some bad experiences with black holes in my life. There’s one in my wallet, all my money always disappears. And another one is in my right sock. It’s always following me around and threatening to engulf me.

[Jürgen]

Good idea David. I just prepared a big plate of sandwiches („Schnittchen“), made two pots of strong coffee, locked the front door and turned off the phone. I will start the journey right now. If you don’t hear from me again, I took a wrong turn somewhere between Betelgeuse, Rigel and Aldebaran. So long.

[Jürgen]

Hi Jung,

thank you very much for the two pieces of music. Although Beethoven’s 5 is probably better known, I like the 7th Symphony somehow better. It’s hard for me to describe it, I find the piece richer and more refined than Beethoven’s 5. Maybe I just experience it as more harmonic, although it is actually a rather melancholic piece. But as you so rightly wrote elsewhere: Often the slightly sad pieces are sometimes the best (Maybe just because so many emotions of the composer are involved). The transcription by Franz Liszt is beautiful.

PS: Every time I hear the beginning of Beethoven’s 5 I’m always waiting for the drums and the guitar to come in 🙂

https://youtu.be/RJRZcbqcYkY

[Jürgen]

A very impressive performance, Jung. I just listened to the original in the orchestral version to get a better feel for the composition. I suppose that at that time Beethoven’s health was not very good anymore. You are right, it sounds very melancholic.

I would be interested to know what proportion of the original orchestra performance must be retained in order to transfer this from the orchestral version to the guitar, for example. So how far you can reduce the piece of music so that it is still recognized as the original.