Gene Watson / Okra All Stars - 14 Carat Mind

Ich hatte mal einen Freund, der wollte - wenn er erwachsen ist - einen dicken Bauch haben und verschwitzt und unrasiert im Unterhemd in einer Country-Band spielen. Keine Ahnung, ob das geklappt hat. Jedenfalls haben wir hier einen Country-Song, deshalb komm' ich drauf. Das Original von Gene Watson ist eine schleimige Angelegenheit - man beachtet sie nicht, außer man war in seiner Jugend regelmäßig in der Grand ole Opry. Die Okra All Stars haben das Stück 20 Jahre später nachgespielt und dabei den Schleim entfernt. So soll es sein, wenn man ein Lied covered. 14-carat-mind by wamaser

Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game

At long last, Spring has arrived in Berlin.

Unfortunately the door to our balcony is broken and won't close properly making it difficult to record music due to noise from outside. All this inspired me to leave the door open, giving you the sound of Spring and do Joni Mitchell's great song about the circle of life. I'm playing this on a small guitar a Tanglewood TBBaby using open tunings (EBEG#BE).

I couldn't really relate to this song before I had children of my own but now I think it ranks among the best of the generation songs along with "Teach your Children" by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game by skinnymalinkmallogenlegs

Teenage Fanclub - Sometimes I don't need to believe in anything

Hör auf dieses schöne Lied
es hat nur einen schönen Ton.

Der ist einsam und allein
ich kriege nie genug davon.

Er muss einsam durch die ganze Welt
und genauso geht es mir.

Dieses Lied und dieser Ton und auch ich selbst
gehören Dir!

(Manne Krug)

Teenage Fanclub - Sometimes I dont need to believe in anything by wamaser

The Cure - In Between Days

I remember vividly the first time I heard The Cure. When I was 15, I spent 3 weeks in the Gaeltacht learning Irish. I shared a room with three other boys. One evening a girl –looking like an irish version of Siouxsie Sioux– appeared at the window and asked if she could come in. The houses were strictly separated amongst girls and boys so she had to climb in through the window to not get caught by the bean an tí.
She pulled a cassette out of the breast pocket of her leather jacket and asked if she could play it on one of the lad's ghettoblasters.
The song was Close to me and it was such a revelation. I asked her to play it again when the song finished but we heard someone coming so she grabbed her cassette and was bundled back out the window. It all seemed so surreal that I couldn't remember the name of the band or the song and I didn't get to talk to girl the rest of the time I was there (she was much too cool).

It would take another year at least before I finally got a copied tape of "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" and really got into The Cure although I never had the hair style.

Anyway, here's me singing In Between Days from the great "Head on the Door" album (which also contains "Close to Me"). Apologies for speed variations. I'm still a bit deaf and couldn't hear the metronome. My sidekick still managed (as ever) to provide a great drum and bass track.

Enjoy
The Cure - In Between Days by skinnymalinkmallogenlegs