MLT Club Member Jürgen
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At this point I would like to present a music video from the recent past. “Haus am See”. The deliberate change of black and white and color, the post-colored parts of the picture, the whole video editing and the cool choreography of the drummers: I find this very successful. The video also fits very well with the text (I have attached a translation of the text in excerpts). A new, contemporary variation of “When I’m Sixty Four“.
(Text excerpt:)
- I was born here and walk the streets,
- I know the faces, every house and every store.
- I have to go away, know every pigeon here by name.
- Thumbs out, I’m waiting for a chic woman with a fast car.
- The sun dazzles, everything flies by.
- And the world behind me slowly becomes small.
- But the world in front of me is made for me!
- I know she’s waiting and I’ll pick her up!
- I have the day on my side, I have tailwind!
- A choir of women on the side of the road, singing for me!
- I lean back and look into the deep blue,
- Close my eyes and just walk straight ahead.
- And at the end of the road there is a house by the lake.
- Orange tree leaves lie on the path.
- I have 20 children, my wife is beautiful.
- Everybody comes by, I never have to go out.
- Here I was born, here I’ll be buried.
- I’ve got deaf ears, a white beard, and I sit in the garden.
- My 100 grandchildren play cricket on the lawn.
- When I think about it, I can hardly wait.
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Hallo Detlef,
welcome to the show. Nice that you have arrived here in the forum. Have fun browsing and reading. How did you become aware of the MLT forum?
Viele Grüße, Jürgen
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Yes a very nice song, Jung. However, also the only song besides Itchycoo Park that I know from The Smallfaces (I feel like David). Why is it, have they produced so few songs or did they never have a real Chance to stand out from the many well-known competitors? (This fate has been followed by some bands of the 60s, I’m thinking of The Byrds, The Pretty Things, The Animals. You know one or two songs of them. Or were they simply better known in the past than they are today? Unlike The Kinks or The Who).
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That’s it Jung. Also my absolute favorite video from the 80s. Always beautiful! I don’t know how many times I’ve watched it. I was very fascinated by the artistic style at the time: the constant but fluid change from the real world to the comic world, which has an almost surreal effect due to the pencil drawing. A masterpiece.
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Hi Jung, great video! The whole thing looks like it was shot on another planet. Maybe Mars, when it still had an atmosphere and water. The light mood, the barren landscape and the gray cloud cover in the firmament. Everything fits the Starman theme. With David Bowie I feel the same as you: I did not know the song. Although he is certainly a great music icon, I can do little with his music. I think I never understood his attitude to life. Mona and Lisa’s attitude to life, on the other hand, I understand light years better!
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Hello Bill, nice that you get in touch. I had the question what happened to the Small Faces. Thanks for the hint. I didn’t know that the Small Faces became The Faces with Rod Stewart.
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Thank you Will for the very detailed answer. Wow, what a family history. Compared to that, the TV series “Dynasty” and “Dallas” are really boring stuff. I will follow your advice and take a closer look at the whole thing on youtube.
James Burton also seems to have had a greater influence in music history, but is quite unknown to us.
PS: I wanted to set the video “The travelling man”, but the direct integration does not work. Now we have written so much about the song, then at least a live performance from later years:
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Hi Will, thank you very much for your answer. I just watched the video clip on youtube, because I don’t know Rick Nelson at all. It’s a beautiful song with a nice melody (the singer somehow reminds me of the young Elvis, maybe it’s because of the hairstyle. Is the song “Hello Mary Lou” actually also by him?). And you’re right: towards the end of the video, landscapes and cities are displayed. The birth of the music video in 1961. Great. Yes, sometimes it is quite good to be a living lexicon. What was “The Ozzie and Harriet tv show” exactly? An entertainment or music show, something like the Ed Sullivan Show?
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Hi, Jacki. Thank you very much for your feedback and I understand very well what you mean. Yes, in the 60s existed small video artworks that were actually not yet perceived as something special. And I fully agree with you that in the 80s the production of music videos, also from an artistic point of view, really picked up speed and also became very professional. I think it also has something to do with the fact that during this time the first music channels, such as for example MTV, established themselves and more and more people watched music videos on television. You’re right, Duran Duran not only wrote good music, but as you said, sometimes more elaborately produced videos. “Hungry like the Wolf” reminds me of a short movie with an exotic backdrop and “Is There Something I Should Know?” still uses new techniques at that time, for example „Picture-in-picture-fade-in“ (unfortunately I can’t insert the original videos, too bad…)
Where you mentioned it, I’ve added a nice work from the 60s here. When I saw the video clip for the first time, I didn’t particularly like the whole thing (maybe because The Beatles look like singing penguins in the video). But after looking at it several times, I have to say: a little bit strange but very good. This Hollywood charm (or maybe Las Vegas) with the show stairs is funny. That fits well with the lyrics, but somehow not with the Beatles. No idea how they came up with it.
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Yes, Walter if you are not careful it becomes chronic. Then no pills will help you, but only CD’s. 🙂 I am happy to hear that you have been a member of the forum since May. Studio work sounds interesting. Are you a musician or producer? (… or both)
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Hello Walter, you probably suffer (enjoy) from acute MLS (MonaLisa Syndrome). This manifests itself in the pronounced desire to hear MLT virtually anywhere. In the car, at home, in the shower and possibly also when cycling. But that’s not a cause for concern. According to the latest medical findings, MLS usually increases the quality of life in general and the joy in particular. People with MLS also have a big grin on their faces early in the morning and fall asleep peacefully humming at night. Actually enviable.
“Hopllessly Devoted to MonaLisa“ ? Nice song, sounds to me like „Living next door to Alice“. I would buy the disc immediately. I can also think of a another nice title: „Dedicated Follower of MonaLisa“
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Thank you David. That seems to be a very realistic explanation. I had already suspected something like this. 🙂
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Hello Jacki, thank you for your reply. Then the current interim score in the topic is 4:0 for more human creativity in music and better not too much technology. Heart wins. 🙂
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Hello Johnnypee, I am looking forward to your answer. I just find it interesting to think about how music could develop. Artificial intelligence should not be a focus of the topic at all. It’s just one of many aspects (Okay, AI is redundant. I understood. Next topic). You are right: Today was yesterday’s future. But what comes next? I’m just interested in how other people see and assess the development of music. Especially here in the forum, where many music lovers or musicians are on the road, an exciting question for me.