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I like Joe Cocker´s "little help from my friends" version more than the Beatles´original.
It´s the same with the following song (cover version sounds better to me than the original, although I like the original very much, too):

Aretha Franklin - Bridge over troubled water (Simon & Garfunkel)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1mj7kHeAQc"]YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Excellent(-) quality] (Live, Grammy awards)[/ame]

But sometimes there is even a gain from one version to another although it´s the same interpreter. The following version in my ears seems to be more spontaneous (not rehearsed too much or predefined to the last note) and the background singers are a lot better, too.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8JC3Ey12xs&feature=related"]YouTube - ARETHA FRANKLIN - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - 1971[/ame]

Have a nice weekend all of you. Hope, you´re all well:).

If you are well, but not posting a thing ... have to ban you:D.
 

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One of many songs from The Eagles I like : :thum:
Just take it easy with life.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPospvRqP_s"]YouTube - The Eagles Take it easy[/ame]

Another song from CCR : :thum:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9_ipu9GKw"]YouTube - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have you ever seen the rain?[/ame]


Take it easy people, no banning for now...:D :) :D
 

renee

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Hello all, sorry for not coming in to play with you
but I had PC problems and could only work on my old
PC that is very very slow, I couldnt get into internet with lap top Avast Firewall that blocked the access.

Im banning the electric company that has been cutting off
the electricity several times a day and nights at different
days.
 

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Nice to have you back again, Renee:). Was already afraid, you might have gone on vacation in egypt:D...
but during your absence I tried to "take it easy":D. Thx to unieno:).

I haven´t ever seen the rain .. it was "not available in your country":D. So I had to go to youtube to listen to this version:D:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIop4mhRro"]YouTube - Creedence Clearwater Revival - misheard lyrics[/ame]

Today I dare to post a german song - don´t kill me for that :eek:.
The song is a kind of monument for a german city called BOCHUM, where the singer comes from. If you don´t understand he lyrics it´s a bit sad, but not fatal - many germans don´t understand the lyrics as well - because the composer/singer tends to sing (although in german) in his own rarely understandable way.
But to those, who understand him, the lyrics are as good as the music or sometimnes even better.

The meaning of this song (only a VERY small excerpt and not in the correct order) is:

Deep in the west
where the sun gets dusty
it´s much better
much better than you may think

Bochum I derived from you
you´re not a cosmopolitan city
but my heart belongs to you
Glückauf
(A special expression to wish s.b. good luck - a salutation used by coal miners - the city Bochum grew due to coal mining - especially in the last century)

Of course the original lyrics are much better, than what I compress to a few lines - they are like a well done poem - but I better not try to translate the whole song. I hope you like the music:)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOqVLirG32U"]YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

Have a nice week (with some or many SU posts):)
 

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Seems as if the last video can only be watched on youtube itself. Didn´t know that "embedding" of the Bochum video was disabled:eek:.
 

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Yah..good to see you back Renee. :)
Thanks Ararat,I enjoy first video very much.
Sorry I can't find any Lorraine in my zone only rains. :D :D :D
I couldn't watch the second one.
It said "This video content from EMI, which is not available in your country.
We apologize for any inconvenience." :D :confused: :D
 

renee

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That Groenemeyer song was good, I like him :)
Stephan still has my fast PC, I have to call tomorrow
and see if he could find the error :)
Im watching a lot of TV now during the day mainly Al Jazeera and BBC
and Dutch programs, Germany doesnt seem to be interested what is going on in the world and their reporting is not as good as
f.i. the Dutch ones, they not only have news accounts during the day but also at night with discussions about it,
Germany doesnt do that, thats one of the reason I never watch German TV. Well, I hope it all comes out well for the people :thum:
 

ararat

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Wanted to post yesterday already, but SU server needed looong time to react to mouse clicks - today it´s better:D.

Now you know, unieno:), what impression german youth today gets about CCR singing about gnus:D. They must be thinking, all the grown ups were crazy, when they were young(er).

Was afraid with Groenemeyer song perhaps being "not available in your country":rolleyes: (like your CCR video, for me in germany). I hoped there was a chance, but wasn´t sure, when I posted it.

Perhaps this live version is available:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvu44pubuZ0&feature=related"]YouTube - Herbert Grönemeyer - Bochum (live 2000)[/ame]

Glad to hear, that you enjoyed the studio version, that was not available for unieno, renee:). Perhaps you´ll like the live version, too.

Hope you´ll soon get your fast pc back and of course, you´re right - there could be more news about egypt on german tv. There are only reports in the regular news (nearly every hour or two hours on ARD or ZDF and there are additional news on news channels - but one really has to search for them - I just zapped between about 50 channels in order to find s.th. about egypt without a positve result - must be a torture for people, who have family/ friends over there.
Hope the country will come back to peace again, soon and people will get the chance to live in democracy.

I dare to post another Groenemeyer because yesterday, when I found it, I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of its lyrics, that I thought:
not understanding the lyrics of BOCHUM would be sad, but not fatal
not understanding the lyrics of FLUGZEUGE IN MEINEM BAUCH (airplanes in my belly) would be a catastrophe.

It´s a kind of lovesong as well as the opposite of it. The singer expresses a mixture of loss (of his love), hate and anger for this beloved one, because she reacts emotionless towards him.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSjG55F-47Q"]YouTube - Herbert Grönemeyer - Flugzeuge Im Bauch (live 2000)[/ame]

Shadow in the (your) view/look
your smile is painted (onto your face)
your thaughts are not with me any more
you caress me mechanically
totally sterile
icecold hand
I dread you

I feel empty and used up
everything hurts
have airplanes in my belly
can´t eat a thing
can´t forget you
but I´ll succeed in this (one day)

<refrain - sung together with the audience...>
give me back my heart
You don´t need my love
give me back my heart
before it breaks to pieces
the sooner, the sooner you go
the easier, the easier it will get for me

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nobody who tortures me
nobody who crushes me
nobody who uses me, when (s)he wants
nobody who only talks to me because (s)he has a sense of duty
who only quenches his (her) own vanity with me
nobody who is never present
when you need him (her) the most
when you gasp (for air)
when you´re left high and dry
let me go
oooh, leave me alone
to make an end (to the circumstances and the pain he feels)

<refrain>
 

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Remark: In the BOCHUM video - the song begings at 0:46 sec.
Before, Groenemeyer sings a german folk song.
 

renee

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Thats a beautiful song, thank you :thum:

can you give me the german text, ararat ?
 

unieno

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Peace to Egypt :thum:

Thank you Ararat for two great songs. :thum:
This time I can watch both of them.
I enjoy the songs a lot even though I can't sing along. :)
 

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A quick "hello" on sunday - just to say - sent you a PM, renee:). You and unieno:), and all the others (and ig0r:), too, of course - I edited my post in order not to foget to mention you personally, ig0r, and thus ruined the embedding of the "Procul Harum" youtube video:D) have a nice sunday!

Peace and democracy for egypt - let´s hope the people in future will not be dominated by a dictatorial regime again (no matter, if by a politcal, religious, or other party).



Nothing to do with egypt - only in order not to forget to ban (not the user above me, but)
bad emotions/feelings:D:D and to let us all start thinking about s.th. beautiful (e.g. like a holiday cruise with a cruise liner:D:D):

Procul Harum - A whiter shade of pale

YouTube - Procol Harum - A whiter shade of pale 1967
 
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ararat

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Had not seen, you were around in SU the same time, I was posting - once again - have a nice sunday:)!
 

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Thank you ararat, got the text, its better than the english version (for me) :thum:
Yes, lets hope the people get what they demand
peacefully :)

Enjoy your Sunday all :thum:
 

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Sorry for the lost :Garry Moore :mecry:

Two of his great songs :

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_YMLDvvnw"]YouTube - Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues (Live)[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3-TgDjcBL0"]YouTube - Music Video - Gary Moore - The Loner[/ame]

Another solo :
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFUW621lgXY"]YouTube - Gary Moore Empty Rooms Live 1987 His Best Guitar Solo[/ame]

No banning for now.
 
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ararat

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Maybe some people (can only be a few, unieno:)) don´t know the name "Gary Moore" - but those who don´t know "Still Got The Blues" MUST have been living on another planet for their whole life.
Thx for videos!!!

Sorry for my poor translation of Flugzeuge... , renee:). I think it´s not possible to conserve the original beauty of Groenemeyer´s lyrics, when they are being translated into another language. Knew this already before I tried my translation. If anyone proves the opposite I will virually kiss her/his feet.

It´s always just like having to translate sentences like
My heart´s a snowflake melting under the warm sunbeams of your eyes
into
Your looks drive me crazy, baby

It´s impossible to reach the wanted quality

You want to

(for you, unieno:))
play guitar like Gary Moore
but out comes
Ricky Martin
---
(for you, renee:))
play piano like Arthur Rubinstein
but out comes
Richard Clayderman
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(for you, ig0r)
compose like Dmitri Stepanowitsch Bortnjanski
but out comes
Antonio Salieri (lol - those of you, who watched MILOS FORMAN´s "AMADEUS" will know, what I mean;))

I´m running out of time.
(Especially because I´m writing all for the second time - SU Server killed my thread:(, showing a new blue splash screen, when I wanted to send my post. When I went forward, there came an error report and when I went backward, my writing had gone.)

Wish all of you a nice start into a nice week:thum:. No time to think about what video to post ... I just choose one without thinking about it. No time to ban somebody;)...

Deep Purple - Child in Time

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAWReBmxEs&feature=related"]YouTube - Deep Purple-Child in Time[/ame]
 

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Ooops - sorry, unieno:).

When I read your post, yesterday, I didn´t understand the correct meaning of your first sentence "Sorry for the lost: Gary Moore". I thought he might have been dead for some time, already - with me not knowing about that.

Didn´t know then, that Gary Moore was found dead, that day, yesterday:mecry:.

Later I watched the news on tv and only then understood, what you meant and why you had posted his videos.

In remembrance of the just deceased Gary Moore, of course I would have abstained from posting the Deep Purple video and wouldn´t have joked around, like I did, yesterday.

(I usually post shortly after having stood up from bed, without having heard/seen/read any news of the day - so sometimes, like in this case, you maybe informed about s.th. I don´t know,yet. Thus I hope to explain my ignorance.)

Anyway,
I´m not the one to mourn for long for people (actors, musicians, etc..) I never met, didn´t know personally or never even talked to.
I´m still sorry for the loss of Michael Jackson sometimes - perhaps because there were so many documentaries about him on tv and perhaps, because his life and the way he had to die were to some degree a tragedy.

But I won´t be weeping for long, if somebody from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Genesis, Pink Floyd, etc., etc. passes away in a natural way.
I never met or saw them (except the Rolling Sones on stage in Munich - me sitting so far away, that I had to look at a giant screen in order to recognize them ... but I knew, the little spot in the nearly neon apricot blazer hopping around, was Mick Jagger)

The older we get, the sooner/easier we should be able to overcome grief in such cases. The world is still filled so much with living celebrities that we grew up with ... Otherwise year after year we would have to live mourning more and more, because the people of our age die away - not by accidents, like some friends in our youth, - but because they reached the age, when it´s getting more and more normal, that we people have to leave our beautiful planet.
So, if G.M. was not killed, but died of a heart attack, ... it was sad, but it was just his time (Last week two other german celebrities were buried ... both died very surprisingly - heart attack.)

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But, of course, I would have given G.M. a day of mourning, yesterday, if I had known/understood better.
So I won´t post a video today, instead and I ban my yesterday´s ignorance.

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Too late, ig0r:), to report the bug. Can´t reproduce it - if it happens again I will report.
Will be busy today, anyway. My car broke down (battery is dead and can´t be reloaded) and has to be towed away. Will have to call the garage now, because yesterday they couldn´t send a service car.
 
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