tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47634567874976310482024-03-18T04:04:36.590+01:00popfluence.nlMusic & Art BlogArmand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-32775807547068653072024-03-16T11:05:00.010+01:002024-03-16T11:20:39.175+01:00The Yes Album<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxCMvfR3UK8Idsm4TbXFT5EIhk-kyAMDspuMYvNs35xx4oQ3ai7U7y5XFJJN2N7VUNnFP1xL5qr_fDbk8H9ntirGdOunokWWEhb9N-l_gbPiXWS16DOg-QfnQyiORG7D0oR5SZCKUaupyA49fyDjAWfb6Wv8Qw7opFVXsuz65QmmhdeLas116itU_/s500/yes.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxCMvfR3UK8Idsm4TbXFT5EIhk-kyAMDspuMYvNs35xx4oQ3ai7U7y5XFJJN2N7VUNnFP1xL5qr_fDbk8H9ntirGdOunokWWEhb9N-l_gbPiXWS16DOg-QfnQyiORG7D0oR5SZCKUaupyA49fyDjAWfb6Wv8Qw7opFVXsuz65QmmhdeLas116itU_/s16000/yes.webp" /></a></div><div>After the first two albums by Yes it was time for a change. Since the first two albums were not very succesfull their record company considered droping them. Tony Banks was replaced by Steve Howe on guitars which led to the change in sound. Steve could play folk and country and both electric and acoustic guitar. He was very talented and exactly what Yes needed to continue improving their sound. </div><div>They moved to a cottage in Churchill (Devon) to work on new material but were very restricted because they were not allowed to make noise after dark. So they moved to Langley Farm in Romansleigh. Steve Howe enjoyed working at the farm and later bought the farm. Then they moved to Advision Studios in London with producer Eddie Offord and spent the autumn recording new material.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5YAk8oFKVpnK6k8DjfvUotph4VdRAhYL4gYiHmtt83lT0ZBeJ6QRg7AMAMjP7XlHssKCPXRf2oQh6Sx-acGY3lR_2TNTQamaGfqHKjzTW5IzjAOk_KRewvMJXV7359aQiqAz8Gjt3zvNFU87h4zio5yOcgq296dl9639LTPPd-NBlzWJ7jg4lXC1/s500/yes3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5YAk8oFKVpnK6k8DjfvUotph4VdRAhYL4gYiHmtt83lT0ZBeJ6QRg7AMAMjP7XlHssKCPXRf2oQh6Sx-acGY3lR_2TNTQamaGfqHKjzTW5IzjAOk_KRewvMJXV7359aQiqAz8Gjt3zvNFU87h4zio5yOcgq296dl9639LTPPd-NBlzWJ7jg4lXC1/s16000/yes3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Album cover photo shoot</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Setback 1:</div><div><br />Their manager Roy Flynn left the band and took some money he believed he was owed. This led to financial stress for the band with their live performances being the only source of income. Flynn owned 5% of the band's publishing revenues that was later terminated. It resulted in a song "Five Per Cent For Nothing" on the album Fragile in 1972. Brian Lane became their new manager.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRDiSiCKmMUbY4N_BVeE1vwfM0MyOOdMSLB5BvOoOwW_9mOKQfCKKj1dBNKLqA39vhcrzUAwvGqJ1LvMUDB5Ik4TJbBi28RoPo1Dx8TUNQVc8rbH2Fbhz9KysQ_i1Hm3KwOvGxyFVlQ_JaYd65Hmo6mpK1w0Dzvu7kGrU7hWHUqNOofNnTezy-7yf/s517/yes4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRDiSiCKmMUbY4N_BVeE1vwfM0MyOOdMSLB5BvOoOwW_9mOKQfCKKj1dBNKLqA39vhcrzUAwvGqJ1LvMUDB5Ik4TJbBi28RoPo1Dx8TUNQVc8rbH2Fbhz9KysQ_i1Hm3KwOvGxyFVlQ_JaYd65Hmo6mpK1w0Dzvu7kGrU7hWHUqNOofNnTezy-7yf/s16000/yes4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Setback 2:</div><div><br /></div><div>In November 1970 the group was involved in a head-on vehicle collision at Basingstoke (Hampshire) leaving a live performance which left the band in a shock. Tony Kay fractured his foot due to the accident and had to do a photo shoot which his foot in plaster.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGagLafE6m9FYioqfh77Hu6a6eOO2KdYRhbD0VKjI1UO07Tt5IU9OMxtgHW_ioBJqwC9n-n3_i1tmmibin4AoSWv5w9biGvoBTpllrmYu4vTUuWp24R72WjmSrTHwRtUOWawNz_B-kE2HP1MSA90OcVe2Jh9unsmj9KdwAHTKFlSsOOpUHjwjqL8Gp/s500/yes1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGagLafE6m9FYioqfh77Hu6a6eOO2KdYRhbD0VKjI1UO07Tt5IU9OMxtgHW_ioBJqwC9n-n3_i1tmmibin4AoSWv5w9biGvoBTpllrmYu4vTUuWp24R72WjmSrTHwRtUOWawNz_B-kE2HP1MSA90OcVe2Jh9unsmj9KdwAHTKFlSsOOpUHjwjqL8Gp/s16000/yes1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Your Is No Disgrace (single cover)</td></tr></tbody></table><div>The songs:</div><div><br /></div><div>On the new album they moved away from covering songs as they intend to do on their previous albums and came up with their own material written by each band member. A procedure they would continue throughout their career. Also the songs were much longer. The album is produced by Eddie Offord.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Your's Is No Disgrace </b><br />This was written by Anderson with his friend David Foster. It is one of the best songs of the band! A real classic that is always played live.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Clap (live)</b></div><div>Howe came up with "Clap" which was influenced by Chet Atkins and Mason Williams'"Classical Gas". He wrote it to celebrate the birth of his son Dylan on the 4th of August 1969. A live version was released on the album recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on the 17th of July 1970. Howe's son Dylan became a jazz drummer and also temporary drummer on live performances of Yes.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Starship Trooper</b><br />Anderson wrote the first part of the song titled "Life Seeker" while Squire wrote the middle part "Disillusion". The closing part of the song "Würm" is based on the song "Nether Street" by Howe's earlier band Bodast.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>I've Seen All Good People</b><br />This song was by Anderson and was based on two tunes. It also became one of the best Yes songs out there.<br /><br /><b>A Venture</b><br />Written by Anderson and arranged by the whole band.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Perpetual Change</b><br />Anderson was inspired to write the lyrics for "Perpetual Change" by the view of the countryside from the cottage at Churchill where they started rehearsing. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb5QLgMQBSeQt-2YDa1YSP0HQPj6i4wAxYZbenv6hKgheBsEUI2FmX_yq7YpqIFrj9rM81yHWo9Ujy58iShmMcUE_cNHQMHB9hgkoSUsZwpCEDzXh0OFaxe9MwPuEKEMSt3KR5IzIBUWC-EZWG8ZPqo25aE8tqZMA7YqpzrxQ5tCGCkJrMvn41bB2/s500/yes5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicb5QLgMQBSeQt-2YDa1YSP0HQPj6i4wAxYZbenv6hKgheBsEUI2FmX_yq7YpqIFrj9rM81yHWo9Ujy58iShmMcUE_cNHQMHB9hgkoSUsZwpCEDzXh0OFaxe9MwPuEKEMSt3KR5IzIBUWC-EZWG8ZPqo25aE8tqZMA7YqpzrxQ5tCGCkJrMvn41bB2/s16000/yes5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes in 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Artwork:</div><div><br /></div><div>The picture on the front was taken by Phil Franks. A day after the Basingstroke accident the band appeared late at Phil's home after they visited the hospital. Phil grabbed a polystyrene mannequin head from a bin, put a 1,000 watt bulb in the kitchen light fitting, and improvised the whole shot. Rolling Stone art director John Goodchild improved it for the record sleeve and was credited for that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Release:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Yes Album was finally released on the 19th of February 1971. It would become their breakthrough album reaching #4 in the UK, #7 in the Netherlands and #40 in the US. Two singles were released in some countries especially "Your Move" / "Clap" which reached #40 in the US just like the album and another "Yours Is No Disgrace" / "Clap" was released in the Netherlands but didn't chart.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lineup:</div><div><br /></div><div>Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Tony Kaye / Bill Bruford</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7Jx5FA5cp9zAlanI3v92WVnhPXV5UdLDKT5jfhXU5TfbeZ6YE-rEj6C4BEmA6feX5m27Zwu5-JtuNx1l96FfN_9DA0GLwMs1T0RnKJHHi2zxdeU6iwvXkBvT0N3F-Uo3BTYKq73PqxqLLFUtwzIjlVNIz-RvD4A9-Sx0DGJCtrKRs_ZBmX20cO-T/s500/yes2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7Jx5FA5cp9zAlanI3v92WVnhPXV5UdLDKT5jfhXU5TfbeZ6YE-rEj6C4BEmA6feX5m27Zwu5-JtuNx1l96FfN_9DA0GLwMs1T0RnKJHHi2zxdeU6iwvXkBvT0N3F-Uo3BTYKq73PqxqLLFUtwzIjlVNIz-RvD4A9-Sx0DGJCtrKRs_ZBmX20cO-T/s16000/yes2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>The Yes Album</b> (1971)</div><div><i>Yours Is No Disgrace / Clap (live) / Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Würm / I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People / A Venture / Perpetual Change</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Videos:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yours Is No Disgrace (live at Beat Club)<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nx_GIji9EGw" width="320" youtube-src-id="nx_GIji9EGw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've Seen All Good People<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WfgPEh2J9aI" width="320" youtube-src-id="WfgPEh2J9aI"></iframe><br />Starship Trooper<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xk4U8BembHM" width="320" youtube-src-id="xk4U8BembHM"></iframe></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-12939313825930496172024-03-03T13:01:00.002+01:002024-03-03T14:14:25.718+01:00Ernst Ludwig Kirchner<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBjdTtGgxYtpf1WBd9k88e9ZptmpUjHk8yY08mof1k0ttRTMZUn5uDSNIhnrflOXJ8eyIQLJwO-d_9iU7ba9U_Kc3fmwqk4425ZZuooqOPy1WJIARIwdLEkCq9OIFmh2sw2QxfaRIv9IdWBcxPqj_MTp-7hUVbj49Y4xpXCpsLIkUSaBw8-ZviHju/s500/kirchner.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBjdTtGgxYtpf1WBd9k88e9ZptmpUjHk8yY08mof1k0ttRTMZUn5uDSNIhnrflOXJ8eyIQLJwO-d_9iU7ba9U_Kc3fmwqk4425ZZuooqOPy1WJIARIwdLEkCq9OIFmh2sw2QxfaRIv9IdWBcxPqj_MTp-7hUVbj49Y4xpXCpsLIkUSaBw8-ZviHju/s16000/kirchner.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street Dresden (1908)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria on the 6th of May 1880. In 1901 he completed his formal education before he began studying architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule in Dresden. In Dresden he met Fritz Bleyl. They were both interested in art. He continued studying from 1903 to 1904 in München and returned to Dresden in 1905 to finish school.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwzcHdd_g5fwlPArljh3mAwArialo5btqMKCL5wE2hcUMQeZlZx8Dpl7F-ivAadzGJOTxlCys9xeg-tUFB5ZGTeGnkAob32LauoG50JMU_OO9XI2AsFTUG3ocmhRS6Dg4Oflu_vBWyNoirK95BFAM7jm-EZmsXSTopci_aLI8LxBqQgq_DqtaTLgJ/s500/kirchner8.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwzcHdd_g5fwlPArljh3mAwArialo5btqMKCL5wE2hcUMQeZlZx8Dpl7F-ivAadzGJOTxlCys9xeg-tUFB5ZGTeGnkAob32LauoG50JMU_OO9XI2AsFTUG3ocmhRS6Dg4Oflu_vBWyNoirK95BFAM7jm-EZmsXSTopci_aLI8LxBqQgq_DqtaTLgJ/s16000/kirchner8.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanse Theater (1909)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1905 Kirchner, Bleyl, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Erich Heckel founded the artists group Die Brücke ("The Bridge"). It was named like that because they wanted to create a new artistic art form to form a bridge between the past (like Albrecht Dürer and Matthias Grünewald) and the present. They created the style called expressionism.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwOMUFJxTLeIEw0U8Zbp-TE8zcIMB-u4wmeOcfwngu3WaBMMFIgiZp-sLd74pbBOX4fYj6B9rRqCc1i8xE3j0FjYu0v639SN7m8KHiUkSOUXoO7YyVuvJivAlWy7SFfXZOHDDeQWLZfw8iKwQE8uOYr-n6Lyau6eVCxaGEIPPnD0eQQhWSTRUSRG4/s500/kirchner4.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwOMUFJxTLeIEw0U8Zbp-TE8zcIMB-u4wmeOcfwngu3WaBMMFIgiZp-sLd74pbBOX4fYj6B9rRqCc1i8xE3j0FjYu0v639SN7m8KHiUkSOUXoO7YyVuvJivAlWy7SFfXZOHDDeQWLZfw8iKwQE8uOYr-n6Lyau6eVCxaGEIPPnD0eQQhWSTRUSRG4/s16000/kirchner4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Nudes on a Blue Sofa (1920)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In September and October 1906 the first group exhibition was held focused on the female nude in the showroom of K.F.M. Seifert and Co. in Dresden. In 1906 he met Doris Grosse who would become his girlfriend until 1911. In 1911 he moved to Berlin where he founded the MIUM-Institut in collaboration with Max Pechstein with the aim of promoting "Moderner Unterricht im Malen" (modern teaching of painting). After 1 year the institute was closed already. He then started a relationship with Erna Schilling that lasted the rest of his life.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBw8xKykjLtJuSpWVjMPEjsRcy7JbPAbWqyyBRXAattERHHN5NVom_K0pFZajnMnPXt2615D35IekOebuKe2_LMHu4M9QNA4YvZjke4GBvQtmF20brtLEOYislYS0vrxyr1NmeFiNFKuojA6-8WeK2oqQDgenhhMjGS3tcm2CTbikoTiZaiPiljtJq/s503/kirchner3.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBw8xKykjLtJuSpWVjMPEjsRcy7JbPAbWqyyBRXAattERHHN5NVom_K0pFZajnMnPXt2615D35IekOebuKe2_LMHu4M9QNA4YvZjke4GBvQtmF20brtLEOYislYS0vrxyr1NmeFiNFKuojA6-8WeK2oqQDgenhhMjGS3tcm2CTbikoTiZaiPiljtJq/s16000/kirchner3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seated Woman with Wood Sculpture (1911)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1913 he wrote "Chronik der Brücke" (Brücke chronicle) which resulted in the ending of the group. From then on he went solo and his first solo exhibition was at Essen Folkwang Museum. He then started a series of "Straßenszenen" (street scenes) showing the streets of Berlin.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BSyo2vCbee3bAJV4Q2VwU3lCNFTGoi9xmtTZKI4vowDEa9YMjuHGUFStAhQ9jiVd140VFSvLV9EL6w69RlMkoxrtQXoqQLN_I0GsoNi3EJlDexP1JZnvT4xQBROeGzWFDFgRyd8pyuQlikTE_XDaKETyDn7KpMl4EMVSrxkGBfA-vRvJySUWyLuz/s574/kirchner7.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BSyo2vCbee3bAJV4Q2VwU3lCNFTGoi9xmtTZKI4vowDEa9YMjuHGUFStAhQ9jiVd140VFSvLV9EL6w69RlMkoxrtQXoqQLN_I0GsoNi3EJlDexP1JZnvT4xQBROeGzWFDFgRyd8pyuQlikTE_XDaKETyDn7KpMl4EMVSrxkGBfA-vRvJySUWyLuz/s16000/kirchner7.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nollendorfplatz (1912)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9KIkgsiJhu64FkAcTbMYu4a8yGaz2OcVXVLaZpS5ssGArjcKlbPB-5WSzVFJglqHkPZlKoBldw4LwhtxMBde3a782_M8wNm_Y9-hO_vOA6JUXzH65GQlOZDMigW83eGN2xgVWZJC2U3hhZoBR8nFCbfVwJRSkIfzlSsI5oW79oBPPId2UGEhE57r/s642/kirchner2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9KIkgsiJhu64FkAcTbMYu4a8yGaz2OcVXVLaZpS5ssGArjcKlbPB-5WSzVFJglqHkPZlKoBldw4LwhtxMBde3a782_M8wNm_Y9-hO_vOA6JUXzH65GQlOZDMigW83eGN2xgVWZJC2U3hhZoBR8nFCbfVwJRSkIfzlSsI5oW79oBPPId2UGEhE57r/s16000/kirchner2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Berlin Street Scene (1913)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In September 1914 he joined the army during the First World War where he was recruited as a train driver but was kicked out after a mental breakdown. Kirchner returned to Berlin to continue painting. He created paintings like "Self-Portrait as a Soldier" (1915).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeSoIVPyeUJf6JsvYeZH9E5OZliBL5hQ3Y7bkVNhKwHGoxrf-wYaVUYqkdjO0IdoUxWhY-0IgvX0Bex8fPkFp6pVAbuWgj-mNDJHZ9wSONnMCkxc4LmCms1cMNceWIqUD-8AzHse3GwjW3N2YHf6uLXV9bj8Ifhu5K5APl8V60SPRSo48MUPD0MPp/s576/kirchner1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeSoIVPyeUJf6JsvYeZH9E5OZliBL5hQ3Y7bkVNhKwHGoxrf-wYaVUYqkdjO0IdoUxWhY-0IgvX0Bex8fPkFp6pVAbuWgj-mNDJHZ9wSONnMCkxc4LmCms1cMNceWIqUD-8AzHse3GwjW3N2YHf6uLXV9bj8Ifhu5K5APl8V60SPRSo48MUPD0MPp/s16000/kirchner1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self Portrait as a Soldier (1915)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In December 1915 he was admitted to Dr. Oskar Kohnstamm's sanatorium in Königstein im Taunus where he was diagnosed with alcoholism and addiction to Barbital (sleeping pills). He created series of oil paintings and many drawings during his stays in Königstein. After an exhibition of his work at the gallery of Ludwig Schames in Frankfurt am Main in October 1916 Kirchner sold many works. He could live on it now. In December he suffered from a nervous breakdown and was admitted to Dr. Edel's sanatorium in Berlin-Charlottenburg. People who knew him told that he started to look like Vincent van Gogh and starting to behave strange and being depressed from time to time. He was treated for his illness in Davos (Switzerland). During this time he was very productive as a painter with paitings like "View of the Church in Monstein" and "Moon Rising at the Staffelalp". These paintings marked the beginning of his Alpine life including paitings and woodcuts. He was continued to be treated for his illness in The Bellevue Sanatorium in Kreuzlingen (Switzerland).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLe0mcBkqsl_T2u586JnBmNs5bfOVdYgCgwWSrlriu9FyWLuAI_vzNGckwf1ZOGEGcuVWEgLaQncuZP1Ct4G2moku0IueRlFord3Hj9L4_YsLnMM_WyiEYzzAibJClg9StWN0KSsKCw794_5qv2-zJr4DGxibbVuXu-snEV-tgMJvOzGQK0qHy-AB8/s709/kirchner5.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLe0mcBkqsl_T2u586JnBmNs5bfOVdYgCgwWSrlriu9FyWLuAI_vzNGckwf1ZOGEGcuVWEgLaQncuZP1Ct4G2moku0IueRlFord3Hj9L4_YsLnMM_WyiEYzzAibJClg9StWN0KSsKCw794_5qv2-zJr4DGxibbVuXu-snEV-tgMJvOzGQK0qHy-AB8/s16000/kirchner5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the Church in Monstein (1918)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Kirchner continued to work through 1919 and 1920 as his health also rapidly improved. Kirchner became close friends with Albert Müller and his family. Rot-Blau an art group based in Basel (Switzerland) was formed by Hermann Scherer, Albert Müller, Paul Camenisch and Hans Schiess under the guidance of Kirchner. In Berlin he met artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVTeg9cxO9GoTYOiVFRUoywncBJ8SBqZ97lxOgla99PgrTrS3H0P6CfItZGyuOi3A19Q2XnQR07yo_guxw6G2lRL34Oh8ZipIluJTN5OezbE7j3MwusjfbTg5YxspFhD9PSJl3OKUZ0CATOJvnQ7TQVJdq8MOB-QbITJVa-swlQNE9wPZVTV2e8Cy/s500/kirchner6.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVTeg9cxO9GoTYOiVFRUoywncBJ8SBqZ97lxOgla99PgrTrS3H0P6CfItZGyuOi3A19Q2XnQR07yo_guxw6G2lRL34Oh8ZipIluJTN5OezbE7j3MwusjfbTg5YxspFhD9PSJl3OKUZ0CATOJvnQ7TQVJdq8MOB-QbITJVa-swlQNE9wPZVTV2e8Cy/s16000/kirchner6.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moon Rising at the Staffelalp (1917)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1930 Kirchner began to experience health problems due to smoking. He was a a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin in 1931. When the Nazis started ruling Germany he could not sell his art anymore. His art was considered being un-German due to the Nazis. In 1934 he returned to Switzerland where he met Paul Klee. Since 1936 his depression illness was back and was upset about the situation in Germany and feared the Nazis would invade Switzerland. On 15 June 1938 Kirchner took his own life by gunshot in front of his home in Frauenkirch. Although there are doubts about his death being a suicide. His work "Bathers" (1916) that was destroyed by the Nazis was re-created at the Kirchner Museum in Davos (Switzerland).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6I4br2joSxoAFb-BWZZ7R7Ve5z17o8SNTEsFM0LHJ3vOWuo1Qb5xv5WRSZ2LQ4xx75fcyUpxXDjFVToCdZhv47qjGrUAyP6fjQ5OGJZ2funt05-cWAfwIdxI_DmlL1_r_L4NL9sEx1G9O6vp5zSKeY2YvfFzPkvI4MMuCTASCy_raItrFpTYok8q/s500/kirchner10.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6I4br2joSxoAFb-BWZZ7R7Ve5z17o8SNTEsFM0LHJ3vOWuo1Qb5xv5WRSZ2LQ4xx75fcyUpxXDjFVToCdZhv47qjGrUAyP6fjQ5OGJZ2funt05-cWAfwIdxI_DmlL1_r_L4NL9sEx1G9O6vp5zSKeY2YvfFzPkvI4MMuCTASCy_raItrFpTYok8q/s16000/kirchner10.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Elisabethshore (1913)</td></tr></tbody></table>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-79109596524372553412024-02-24T11:44:00.003+01:002024-02-25T15:36:16.618+01:00Five leaves left<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPrZNQBeIS4_5_Bblh20Wvksm_end2sv_igvduW64-MoLdebcbnPn2VhUv6PB_DuqjuEDRi-CcXBX5YqpWmNiV4AtWqeZelV2cGMFm9bMI0e8m1Iw5MRsZXBvLyPrgYHJJjSTTFe_Vh9eb_goBlAgOT5Q63ph55xfvNLzFzOLZB3ZSJCQ1TddJTzR/s500/nick2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEPrZNQBeIS4_5_Bblh20Wvksm_end2sv_igvduW64-MoLdebcbnPn2VhUv6PB_DuqjuEDRi-CcXBX5YqpWmNiV4AtWqeZelV2cGMFm9bMI0e8m1Iw5MRsZXBvLyPrgYHJJjSTTFe_Vh9eb_goBlAgOT5Q63ph55xfvNLzFzOLZB3ZSJCQ1TddJTzR/s16000/nick2.webp" /></a></div><p>Nicholas Rodney Drake (Nick Drake) was born in Burma on 19 Juni 1948. His father Rodney Shuttleworth moved there to work as an engineer with the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation. He met his mother Molly Lloyd there and married her onced she became 21 years old. In 1951 the family returned to England. Nick's sister, Gabrielle, became an actress. Father and mother both wrote music. Nick learned to play piano and recorded songs that his mother kept in the family drawing-room. He also learned clarinet and saxophone. He formed the band Perfumed Gardeners in 1964. Nick started to focus on music instead of going to school. Then he saved some money to buy an accoustic guitar in 1965 and started studying English literature at Cambridge.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8akC7v4Pk7gia2RKG14P9Srx45dVLaMRVZj1-HheizUGyAmNIubPYdhbGk9FtqRa_Nev6AAcKjVaiKDG_1k37skjKjDpIlol4xE2BadPYnT9rOOFFAIKnTpDt08NFaxG8NrKX6qKjD5EIaNk6sJkqKZ6vyLqr68UwXVfI6FkC3ZM2bosWwCahO0g/s500/nick3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8akC7v4Pk7gia2RKG14P9Srx45dVLaMRVZj1-HheizUGyAmNIubPYdhbGk9FtqRa_Nev6AAcKjVaiKDG_1k37skjKjDpIlol4xE2BadPYnT9rOOFFAIKnTpDt08NFaxG8NrKX6qKjD5EIaNk6sJkqKZ6vyLqr68UwXVfI6FkC3ZM2bosWwCahO0g/s16000/nick3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick in 1969</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In January 1968 Nick met Robert Kirby at University who would later wrote many of the strings and woodwind arrangements for Nick's first two albums. Nick discovered the British and American folk music scene and performed in local pubs and coffee houses around London. Then he was discovered by Ashley Hutchings from Fairport Convention. He introduced him to producer Joe Boyd. Based on a four-track demo tape he was contracted by Island Records. He traveled every day by train to the recording sessions in Sound Techniques studio, London. But there were some difficulties during the recording sessions which delayed the release and his first album came out later than expected.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeumW2FCZEFcaw6KZImO4BH9iiugsWC60BRJYMeGK5I-JUNXwftrXppTWQ_rsyvSXJrQmmCobgz1xrNVClIfgbhyphenhyphenYPbgEe7qaIbk13Iu-MYFU_GsoOiRRjmZnChJ-e4CSeFlVR8WCYm66dTcVW4Q4nwRksfTButx3bSYIrOj3acAOrPnsokURjzPY5/s500/nick5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeumW2FCZEFcaw6KZImO4BH9iiugsWC60BRJYMeGK5I-JUNXwftrXppTWQ_rsyvSXJrQmmCobgz1xrNVClIfgbhyphenhyphenYPbgEe7qaIbk13Iu-MYFU_GsoOiRRjmZnChJ-e4CSeFlVR8WCYm66dTcVW4Q4nwRksfTButx3bSYIrOj3acAOrPnsokURjzPY5/s16000/nick5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick with his mother Molly and sister Gabrielle</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Finally the album would be released in 1969 with the help of Richard Thompson from Fairport Convention, Danny Thompson from Pentangle and his school mate Robert Kirby. The album was titled "Five Leaves Left" which was a reference to the old Rizla cigarette papers packet including a note"Only five leaves left". </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64jGiIzK16bCyZKwFPHfo9aE-Ix0cu60akgfdEwaeLkk9AdBd1oPsHtAk1Vsy_JaeXT_1lciOuqNJ2D4k18uxdPBMqvfRu3syszA7A9aHW6mGEpL9C25Pu9CrJayf5Es9MCDvOsoyji0rw3Dk2vr-O6CEkpcw3yLF6VVOQUPHEMaNXW_owVX3FWK6/s207/nick6.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="85" data-original-width="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64jGiIzK16bCyZKwFPHfo9aE-Ix0cu60akgfdEwaeLkk9AdBd1oPsHtAk1Vsy_JaeXT_1lciOuqNJ2D4k18uxdPBMqvfRu3syszA7A9aHW6mGEpL9C25Pu9CrJayf5Es9MCDvOsoyji0rw3Dk2vr-O6CEkpcw3yLF6VVOQUPHEMaNXW_owVX3FWK6/s16000/nick6.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The note that comes with the Rizla cigarette papers packet</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album opens with "Time Has Told Me". Although the song is hopefull in tune his personal life is overwhelmed by depressions. In "River Man" Nick tells how pleasure and pain are both necessary in life. On "Day Is Done" he talks about the meaningless of life and in the song "Fruit Tree" it sounds like he predicts his own destiny about not receiving much success with his music.</p><p>Nick suffered from depressions and was prescribed antidepressants. Something he hide from his friends. He was also afraid it would conflict whith his regular use of cannabis. In 1971 he only came out to perform music and buy drugs. Even his musical friend John Martyn described Nick in 1971 as the most withdrawn person he ever met. John Martyn wrote the title song of his 1973 album "Solid Air" about Nick. In early 1972 Nick had a nervous breakdown and was hospitalised for five weeks. Then on the 25th of November 1974 Nick died in his bedroom. He had gone to bed to take an overdose of amitriptyline, and antidepressant.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUgZm0KAFItdbI9lFGdWTSHRYvXKFudx_zrxYgrWfiV5Rbo0eDg69WKc6Kr10He7AkYUORjY57LJCoNBeK9mTFo3oNnTsY9ZmVhnaduVf3rmWnsgQ-a29AXEqj5z0rItlWxoDSf4kA1FrPQvcz-Jna4rUOFA8VA3DfDKU3m9Yitd8617rGJXqu_Nb/s500/nick4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUgZm0KAFItdbI9lFGdWTSHRYvXKFudx_zrxYgrWfiV5Rbo0eDg69WKc6Kr10He7AkYUORjY57LJCoNBeK9mTFo3oNnTsY9ZmVhnaduVf3rmWnsgQ-a29AXEqj5z0rItlWxoDSf4kA1FrPQvcz-Jna4rUOFA8VA3DfDKU3m9Yitd8617rGJXqu_Nb/s16000/nick4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from backside of the album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Nick managed to release 3 studio albums: Five Leaves Left (1969), Bryter Layter (1971) and Pink Moon (1972). He started recording for a fourth album in 1974 but those sessions included his last works including: "Rider On The Wheel", "Black Eyed Dog" and "Hanging On A Star". "Tow The Line" is the last song he recorded. In his life he didn't achieve the success he wanted but after his death he became a legend in folk music. His debut album is still his best work. He inspired many musicians like R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Kate Bush, Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) and Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council).</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSulVnkESnKEt8eL-832DCmLm2dOMVQ775ZmgMMwrgdGe0HegTgQuurSUXp3cH2bg4EHXVTvLBv4FqkFKy1f3tvThVTxdqJ9JPCmwcQR8VOZl5mT8eEU8EDQohoUc1F1HTO11X0p-UYfk1rHzsAU2vrMQmYLlIlglXTT-RONTFxJYaBcOeQ-ediZc/s500/nick1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilSulVnkESnKEt8eL-832DCmLm2dOMVQ775ZmgMMwrgdGe0HegTgQuurSUXp3cH2bg4EHXVTvLBv4FqkFKy1f3tvThVTxdqJ9JPCmwcQR8VOZl5mT8eEU8EDQohoUc1F1HTO11X0p-UYfk1rHzsAU2vrMQmYLlIlglXTT-RONTFxJYaBcOeQ-ediZc/s16000/nick1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>Five Leaves Left</b> (1969)<br /><i>Time Has Told Me / River Man / Three Hours / Way to Blue / Day Is Done / Cello Song / The Thoughts of Mary Jane / Man in a Shed / Fruit Tree / Saturday Sun</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">River Man<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/idcaRTg4-fM" width="320" youtube-src-id="idcaRTg4-fM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Man In A Shed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F0BDMTLRxgg" width="320" youtube-src-id="F0BDMTLRxgg"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cello Song<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MhSVh75lKiE" width="320" youtube-src-id="MhSVh75lKiE"></iframe></div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-12604951828081508052024-02-17T12:50:00.009+01:002024-02-19T08:44:32.210+01:00The story of Virgin Records<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ahx8J8gA8VdB32LyRHwd6H6XS3N1kMHSY0EF4oiNdfZS2VnZf5gXBxiLEOxLuZW63hlvyXnNdOWKMmiHPP6toKMLSxnDJ683jo35hdhBhfLdlQCUPC74loKeXl-Kh9JzjWdltH7dYsqMkOK4c7zKYEek96q8JHF98mB3ErvZWiWqI-gn1KtwUtc8/s500/virgin1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ahx8J8gA8VdB32LyRHwd6H6XS3N1kMHSY0EF4oiNdfZS2VnZf5gXBxiLEOxLuZW63hlvyXnNdOWKMmiHPP6toKMLSxnDJ683jo35hdhBhfLdlQCUPC74loKeXl-Kh9JzjWdltH7dYsqMkOK4c7zKYEek96q8JHF98mB3ErvZWiWqI-gn1KtwUtc8/s16000/virgin1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First logo</td></tr></tbody></table><p>It all started with the Earls Court Hippies at the end of the 60's and one of them was Richard Branson who was the editor of a magazine called "Student". He suffered from dyslexia but managed to overcome this by making it his advantage and was good in making contacts and developing marketing. The magazine was a protest against the Vietnam War and the establishment. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYASBr-zLorNkyKmsZdmLBGLRMGWDMqplyy5CURjIv3lpxUDcGf_SHLD0lj_iIyU1iqQEmWIW3Jq2CLkexBX1Zc57XseDsm0cYKGUtfCoqyaBfEADPHGtkF5CIc2t4Sf3FWbiaSZGUI_kGq3R7ELrmG_aMvfGf56iNUOjs2stwUI3WS86gddy5MgE/s500/virgin4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYASBr-zLorNkyKmsZdmLBGLRMGWDMqplyy5CURjIv3lpxUDcGf_SHLD0lj_iIyU1iqQEmWIW3Jq2CLkexBX1Zc57XseDsm0cYKGUtfCoqyaBfEADPHGtkF5CIc2t4Sf3FWbiaSZGUI_kGq3R7ELrmG_aMvfGf56iNUOjs2stwUI3WS86gddy5MgE/s16000/virgin4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Issues of Student</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He decided to start selling records in the classified pages of the Magazine under the name Virgin Mail Order which became very succesfull. The name Virgin was chosen because they were all very new to the music business. The idea came from Tessa Watts also part of the team of Virgin and she was the head of publicity. Together with Nik Powell they had a small record shop called Virgin Records and Tapes on Notting Hill Gate, London. They were specialized in the german Krautrock music and offer bean bags and free vegetarian food for customers listening to the music. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhm60W1jTqalBxeUYHA2Ez2yk0p9FEEBxmjouGFx1ntmS_QTfgwDaNX07frduDyaha4evCFZAol4X8wEDdJeE3N72HsABaZERzlvN8R1TqY3tVePoQmIVnQ2dUHG9BYjcZ-V73fXysBO_QNIlUWZ5kP59AJjTAchmZMSJrbz_LXT8j8PQTOsYwbRe/s500/virgin3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhm60W1jTqalBxeUYHA2Ez2yk0p9FEEBxmjouGFx1ntmS_QTfgwDaNX07frduDyaha4evCFZAol4X8wEDdJeE3N72HsABaZERzlvN8R1TqY3tVePoQmIVnQ2dUHG9BYjcZ-V73fXysBO_QNIlUWZ5kP59AJjTAchmZMSJrbz_LXT8j8PQTOsYwbRe/s16000/virgin3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Record store at Oxford Street</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As a result of a large postal strike they decided to establish their first real record store at Oxford Street, London, above a shoe shop. Virgin Records was born. Soon they had 10 records stored all over the UK and a record label was established. Richard decided to acquire a recording studio in Oxfordshire called The Manor. They attracted Tom Newman to join them as producer and engineer in their studio. Simon Draper who was Richard's cousin left South Africa to become the buyer for Virgin's record stores and later helped to contract artists in the 80's.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VxNl_BxsCGbN1vNIARIgNRuM_A_AC0QbjSVZ6YnU6ENMM-8M0md77HWGOAD1hUYFkB2A_q3VMzobr_HiM78pHIBT4vYX6LauXyxrbObAeREmqYiFQWJuO76VEjuzZsVckZupn4nEE-xvjzBUEbfJS9c8g94yw1C9aEVNq5ir0Av0OE2ja_nDBofV/s500/vigin6.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3VxNl_BxsCGbN1vNIARIgNRuM_A_AC0QbjSVZ6YnU6ENMM-8M0md77HWGOAD1hUYFkB2A_q3VMzobr_HiM78pHIBT4vYX6LauXyxrbObAeREmqYiFQWJuO76VEjuzZsVckZupn4nEE-xvjzBUEbfJS9c8g94yw1C9aEVNq5ir0Av0OE2ja_nDBofV/s16000/vigin6.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Branson and Nik Powell</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since they already sold Krautrock records at the shops they contracted german Krautrock bands and also artists from the Canterbury scene. One of the bands of the Canterbury scene was Soft Machine including Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers. Robert Wyatt was contracted by Virgin. Mike Oldfield was the bass player for Kevin Ayers'solo releases and also for the band of the musical Hair. He had plans for his own solo album and Virgin gave him the opportunity to record it. In the early years Virgin was a label for progressive rock.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1FlYcUCw9WKLIjX9n5p8ttErCZ9l4iPWwdWFMvBKkbmS6WqMF6gPznb-LmXf02MYM_v2TMsZatjFVgs55HB013JYW0LtmqzGCL8wnPBpfcWTb1ME3G77zZ7ZS6hIbDN6lNZQIISUZtRc0c3-s6b3EAOD5YtO3_eY5uGifNHavmIiqotqZNuQDNFW/s500/virgin9.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1FlYcUCw9WKLIjX9n5p8ttErCZ9l4iPWwdWFMvBKkbmS6WqMF6gPznb-LmXf02MYM_v2TMsZatjFVgs55HB013JYW0LtmqzGCL8wnPBpfcWTb1ME3G77zZ7ZS6hIbDN6lNZQIISUZtRc0c3-s6b3EAOD5YtO3_eY5uGifNHavmIiqotqZNuQDNFW/s16000/virgin9.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (!973)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first album recorded for the label was Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield (V2001) in 1973 than followed by albums for german bands: Faust and Tangerine Dream. They also contracted Canterbury scene bands like Gong and Hatfield And The North. The first single was "Marlene" (VS102) by Kevin Coyne, the second artist to be contracted by Virgin. The first #1 album in the UK was the album Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield and soon afterwards Tubular Bells also made it to #1 due to the usage of the single "Tubular Bells" in the movie Exorcist.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF6DeU__PhcITwC6CcuWrisavrTZ3AiXa9Wg-kcQPmbUii8A_oE1Q-uAyeI0lMJuXriAhdLsNdYXxYc7NHm1uMsrBGhUJU95rQTg7wL_RSFjvfdCHCtMDXLhiPZC35vhACuzVjwIaw-Enoz051EOTyY6B3eIgTW-JX4ZdKOYOVob6NTsUhgWHe7X0/s500/virgin10.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCF6DeU__PhcITwC6CcuWrisavrTZ3AiXa9Wg-kcQPmbUii8A_oE1Q-uAyeI0lMJuXriAhdLsNdYXxYc7NHm1uMsrBGhUJU95rQTg7wL_RSFjvfdCHCtMDXLhiPZC35vhACuzVjwIaw-Enoz051EOTyY6B3eIgTW-JX4ZdKOYOVob6NTsUhgWHe7X0/s16000/virgin10.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1977 Virgin moved to punk rock and contracted the band no other record companies wanted: The Sex Pistols. They already signed a record deal with EMI and A&M but were immediately dropped again by them. More punk bands were signed like: Skids, Penetration and the Ruts.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeXD_H3ft8YEUXHwQnQ154j9AMjpQKFZo0PcHzOLvjgPhwwvaGeFPKjnE_KIL0Hv1HfqRruGbVr_GhbQ2bM1Y5VHxa4UAELvYmKqcYXuoy1jqdg0SLtfWkIaQ-ojP37X7hZT0-mnq9WCVI6f_ab9NVe07yCzWyUeD_Uuk4dYQMe-_6b6_vJ3HyIKv/s500/virgin11.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeXD_H3ft8YEUXHwQnQ154j9AMjpQKFZo0PcHzOLvjgPhwwvaGeFPKjnE_KIL0Hv1HfqRruGbVr_GhbQ2bM1Y5VHxa4UAELvYmKqcYXuoy1jqdg0SLtfWkIaQ-ojP37X7hZT0-mnq9WCVI6f_ab9NVe07yCzWyUeD_Uuk4dYQMe-_6b6_vJ3HyIKv/s16000/virgin11.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Human League - Don't You Want ME</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the 80's with the help of Simon Draper the label attracted many new wave band including: Culture Club, Human League, Simple Minds and Public Image Ltd. (PIL). But also still artists of the progressive rock like Phil Collins from Genesis. The first #1 single was "Don't You Want Me" by the Human League.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlhppwT0EXWhsIs05anMCC4XVIqoDlGLrJVJ1PQwFPMaFwCuyVgABzaVa43funAwPIwBYdAEkLwjkK0Ru4YKn0U-9WUW2tUDNQLsDou8byJjk7n-4DtK1X7OPu0F8R2uGg-X7ToYRmIOba7GOEBPvEcTnYhddaOxlWlgPT2CcAyGjhycauPep4Wet/s500/virgin7.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlhppwT0EXWhsIs05anMCC4XVIqoDlGLrJVJ1PQwFPMaFwCuyVgABzaVa43funAwPIwBYdAEkLwjkK0Ru4YKn0U-9WUW2tUDNQLsDou8byJjk7n-4DtK1X7OPu0F8R2uGg-X7ToYRmIOba7GOEBPvEcTnYhddaOxlWlgPT2CcAyGjhycauPep4Wet/s16000/virgin7.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simon Draper</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the 90's the label was home for bands like The Verve well known for their hit "Bitter Sweet Symphone" and also Massive Attack know for "Unfinished Sympathy". The label did less well and in 1992 Richard sold it to EMI to fund his new project: Virgin Atlantic, a public airlines company. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGfrC5KkLSwsLdPPODHD6qJhceHempUehHpfI4ySk6wSALH8x98pDMifBiA9Lp_uWoXssKfyj006dG62vISrZDYi576OV0bZ5xX48E9t1BcB27I7-w8Tlgv3-WW_nA3utoTkhS0TYe3ZGwrhdeFAqnTfi7G5tlNxKgCwoqC5Hbi9gyBsz2sk9q8z4/s500/virgin13.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGfrC5KkLSwsLdPPODHD6qJhceHempUehHpfI4ySk6wSALH8x98pDMifBiA9Lp_uWoXssKfyj006dG62vISrZDYi576OV0bZ5xX48E9t1BcB27I7-w8Tlgv3-WW_nA3utoTkhS0TYe3ZGwrhdeFAqnTfi7G5tlNxKgCwoqC5Hbi9gyBsz2sk9q8z4/s16000/virgin13.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An airplane from Virgin Atlantic</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1996 he started a new record label called V2 (Virgin 2). That label was then sold to Universal in 2007 and resold to PIAS in 2013. In 2004 Richard founded Virgin Galactic for spaceflight journeys in outer space.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqzi3w4fmMHD6Kk4pPJ0DiEc3z7KDd758M9IWjf7pogOcspgmfhn5puXr812BUHbLdp33pYmbE97aYJzLrevhWFhSIFxV5nb_8WaWm7hHCTKmP6_qO1XUnheF6m1KDzWUAywPZU98sL6qbEfe2BglZDyz9xcZB7mxo_X0FYLA_WjDTCBH44l0oImZ/s500/virgin8.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqzi3w4fmMHD6Kk4pPJ0DiEc3z7KDd758M9IWjf7pogOcspgmfhn5puXr812BUHbLdp33pYmbE97aYJzLrevhWFhSIFxV5nb_8WaWm7hHCTKmP6_qO1XUnheF6m1KDzWUAywPZU98sL6qbEfe2BglZDyz9xcZB7mxo_X0FYLA_WjDTCBH44l0oImZ/s16000/virgin8.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tessa Watts</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1986 Tesss Watts founded the programming department for the European launch of MTV and produced music video's. She received a Grammy Nomination for producing the video of "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics. The also commissioned the music video for "Sledgehammer" for Peter Gabriel.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpSKgDYKZNxAZBBh-aupH4AGE6mlIHuFUCTaLDeBCt6HD5i5RShLH8LBJYgw7mig0nVKbYCbhbUJwZWbcUT6FG-l39k3yTA4IBNs1KdY0h41V-umdqmnoN-ZFfOy45xa-JkVOPgP1Kgdv1iHxEJfVMk004imXrbZtDnysDG8G-I0nC-JkJBbvCbsI/s500/virgin2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpSKgDYKZNxAZBBh-aupH4AGE6mlIHuFUCTaLDeBCt6HD5i5RShLH8LBJYgw7mig0nVKbYCbhbUJwZWbcUT6FG-l39k3yTA4IBNs1KdY0h41V-umdqmnoN-ZFfOy45xa-JkVOPgP1Kgdv1iHxEJfVMk004imXrbZtDnysDG8G-I0nC-JkJBbvCbsI/s16000/virgin2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second logo</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Logo<br /></b>The first logo for Virgin was designed by the legendary Roger Dean who also did album covers for Yes and represents to virgins. It was later replaced with the logo we all know (above).</p><p><b>Links</b><br /><a href="http://www.virgin.com">www.virgin.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.virginatlantic.com">www.virginatlantic.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.virgingalactic.com">www.virgingalactic.com</a></p><p><b>Videos</b><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KXatvzWAzLU" width="320" youtube-src-id="KXatvzWAzLU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OJWJE0x7T4Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="OJWJE0x7T4Q"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hr64MxYpgk" width="320" youtube-src-id="5hr64MxYpgk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-38GX2YQig" width="320" youtube-src-id="g-38GX2YQig"></iframe></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-56541953206872792402024-02-10T12:04:00.006+01:002024-02-10T15:47:54.045+01:00Strangeways here we come<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVXND1b44YBY0hbEfnWPmKBpJczK6HxrFA-7lH2DaKhCP-9NX_BgrydLlq8uMybwUU8QGAkLZNCztFXKWe894_PnRWhFtqTHW1BB7CzvzFlbGLoEa5TvUxSngL9Fi-jFaUJZcoqVOnYfuk18ZCR15gpBzLJgf88OZN3TVO7PlV2aQ2HSY1yvIgnWV/s500/smiths2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiVXND1b44YBY0hbEfnWPmKBpJczK6HxrFA-7lH2DaKhCP-9NX_BgrydLlq8uMybwUU8QGAkLZNCztFXKWe894_PnRWhFtqTHW1BB7CzvzFlbGLoEa5TvUxSngL9Fi-jFaUJZcoqVOnYfuk18ZCR15gpBzLJgf88OZN3TVO7PlV2aQ2HSY1yvIgnWV/s16000/smiths2.webp" /></a></div><p>After the successful album "The Queen Is Dead" the Smiths started working on their next album and last for Rough Trade with the intention to contract another record company afterwards. Johnny Marr stated that the album was intended to be a homage to the Walker Brothers. They recorded at the Wool Hall Studios in Beckington (Somerset, UK) that was established and at that time owned by Tears For Fears. Stephen Street was producing the album but discovered something was wrong. Marr and Morrissey were the writers for the band like Jagger/Richards or Lennon/McCartney but their musical ideas started to differ. A recording day was followed by a drinking party after Morrissey went home to sleep. There was a wine cellar in the studios. Marr took a break because he was very tired which was negatively perceived by his bandmates. "Bengali in Platforms" was recorded for the album but never completed but ended up on Morrissey's debut album after the split up of the Smiths.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnNoVXyOpRoRzFdP5oK6W2fureqjxE8D2caYo9lfKAdK1RvHB0X0kHbkpnnUdsUSV1tyvRjwJuBAIuHuf0goDg33w1Sc3Ey5e2hITvoHcVEbpxuIRQu9nXY6usdtBxQX1GcV0g0KVONmf0vRkcT-PvDZ2LCNytE_jbfjxhxM2smnyGiirbBalHEud/s500/smiths6.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnNoVXyOpRoRzFdP5oK6W2fureqjxE8D2caYo9lfKAdK1RvHB0X0kHbkpnnUdsUSV1tyvRjwJuBAIuHuf0goDg33w1Sc3Ey5e2hITvoHcVEbpxuIRQu9nXY6usdtBxQX1GcV0g0KVONmf0vRkcT-PvDZ2LCNytE_jbfjxhxM2smnyGiirbBalHEud/s16000/smiths6.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Smiths on the streets of Manchester</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Marr decided to leave the band which resulted in the end of the Smiths. Some songs were recorded for the B-Sides for "Girlfriend In A Coma" and these turn out to be the last recordings they ever did. These were "Work Is A Four-Letter-Word" and "I Keep Mine Hidden". The band tried Marr to persuade to do some live performances to promote the album but at that point the split between Morrissey and Marr became clear. It was over. The Smiths were no more! The biggest frustration of Morrissey was that Marr started working with other artists while they were recording their last album.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNWYhGSRwJx1iuXfaERFaGWl06C41Qlx4h449JDz2ypkUOBhp5-Sy68anjIUXNAOhSQ-k-B0gtOsjPzVIWm2MGALR6RsWy57wTNhqskdsEH2mz9VVYzCaGuD11HB3puTJYoB38AFTCbBSSQfEwvagGBcVbzQRpGlw3X_x30ncFsT8Seau-984JrS7/s651/smiths5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNWYhGSRwJx1iuXfaERFaGWl06C41Qlx4h449JDz2ypkUOBhp5-Sy68anjIUXNAOhSQ-k-B0gtOsjPzVIWm2MGALR6RsWy57wTNhqskdsEH2mz9VVYzCaGuD11HB3puTJYoB38AFTCbBSSQfEwvagGBcVbzQRpGlw3X_x30ncFsT8Seau-984JrS7/s16000/smiths5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Smiths in front of the Salford lads club</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"Strangeways Here We Come" is the fourth and final studio album by the Smiths and was released after the band disbanded. All songs were composed by Johnny Marr with lyrics written and sung by Morrissey. Even after the release of the album the tensions within the band couldn't be solved and they met each other at the court in this case because of royalties. Morrissey and Marr earned 40% each while Rourke and Joyce earned only 10% and were considered as session musicians. They applied for 25% each member.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeF3vTuMoNQXDgHDFrUsuSfdvu8Uti5OmJ42nLtgKo7g-INOP5HsvCid_op77nW8UcQHpQqiA83nKDmBmk97cCfMY4hwK1FohNryB-h1kFQ-fqAcVA5XS8NnuVrudmLAqWduxp8obUs-7wiVmAtCB7r5SjejciKi9oNC7vkNuJHbR9Z9rrb5HvfT0/s500/smiths3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeF3vTuMoNQXDgHDFrUsuSfdvu8Uti5OmJ42nLtgKo7g-INOP5HsvCid_op77nW8UcQHpQqiA83nKDmBmk97cCfMY4hwK1FohNryB-h1kFQ-fqAcVA5XS8NnuVrudmLAqWduxp8obUs-7wiVmAtCB7r5SjejciKi9oNC7vkNuJHbR9Z9rrb5HvfT0/s16000/smiths3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girlfriend In A Coma - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>The Songs</b><br />Songs again were dealing about death and parting which still was the ingredient of the songs: “I Won’t Share You”, “Death at One’s Elbow”, “If you should die/I may feel slightly sad” words from “Unhappy Birthday” and in “Paint a Vulgar Picture”. Even “Girlfriend in a Coma” which sounds happy but the overall theme "I Know I Know It's SERIOUS" reaching #13 in the UK released as a single. "Girlfriend in a Coma" was inspired by Bob and Marcia's version of the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black".</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gi-lNcAmeXXrHEv7OKQ5z8J6_M4vp4vSDY7eZxsasoaxGH1q8wyVI1jyKo-3yiBwwSJF4DU7oYjRoesdlSOXvPVuwWu4cmrRWH9xSOjrsQisF7O2uUdP-SY2Xlgq70b7cCF20uWgivum7heDQ_BxZFmaUWzPh1flAAY-bEuQhaPcraWQj9d8mMOa/s500/smiths4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gi-lNcAmeXXrHEv7OKQ5z8J6_M4vp4vSDY7eZxsasoaxGH1q8wyVI1jyKo-3yiBwwSJF4DU7oYjRoesdlSOXvPVuwWu4cmrRWH9xSOjrsQisF7O2uUdP-SY2Xlgq70b7cCF20uWgivum7heDQ_BxZFmaUWzPh1flAAY-bEuQhaPcraWQj9d8mMOa/s16000/smiths4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A sort of tango “A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours” is the opener for the album. “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” is one of my favourites from the band released as a single. The videos of "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" included shots of the Salford Lad's Club in Manchester. Which would become a landmark for Smiths fans. It was a recreational club opened in 1904 by Robert Baden-Powell who later founded the scout movement. Graham Nash (from the Hollies/CSN(Y)) used to be a member of the club.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1i7x1RUnVuyDpHbeglD9XAvPL8zCUFEeO5P7psNhWvhSjvW_NWngeLN0vALa62JVY_tVNWHNJdHu_G96b3xhJFWC54KMcdOnTIiIZgaUejmcWk5AQlnwNlx7QdWwdih-N2a8gTaUsBfldfw-mab-_mMT1FkFJLTdk_wK1Bv0CmsmBE3KOO_ZgSBK/s683/smiths7.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1i7x1RUnVuyDpHbeglD9XAvPL8zCUFEeO5P7psNhWvhSjvW_NWngeLN0vALa62JVY_tVNWHNJdHu_G96b3xhJFWC54KMcdOnTIiIZgaUejmcWk5AQlnwNlx7QdWwdih-N2a8gTaUsBfldfw-mab-_mMT1FkFJLTdk_wK1Bv0CmsmBE3KOO_ZgSBK/s16000/smiths7.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kill Uncle Tour promo. The picture of Harvey Keitel</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Artwork<br /></b>The artwork for the album was designed by Morrissey and was a picture of actor Richard Davalos known for the movie "East Of Eden" from 1955. Richard looked to his costar from that movie: James Dean. Morrissey was a fan of James Dean. He even wrote a book called "James Dean Is Not Dead". Morrissey originally intended a picture of Harvey Keitel in Martin Scorsese's movie "I Call First" from 1967 but Keitel declined to use the picture. In 1991 Keitel finally gave permission and the picture was now used on T-Shirts and posters for Morrissey's 1991 "Kill Uncle" Tour.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFklj7Dy7Y0nrHg-UQspGTK2oskOm9b_RHSEZhNk6aez53KcWiXU7_KW6N79iX59scDhMqO8zMVXj2C8ZdrTFfaHLWU0rtOZo5xhd-BjDx33o7YP6x1gRSQ1sz7ySlhgkJmARPEfQmyZ2iTVTZXe-EGQV-cwNGJq0SSKbuF-W0Sar49Ykat5ITi-YU/s500/smiths8.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFklj7Dy7Y0nrHg-UQspGTK2oskOm9b_RHSEZhNk6aez53KcWiXU7_KW6N79iX59scDhMqO8zMVXj2C8ZdrTFfaHLWU0rtOZo5xhd-BjDx33o7YP6x1gRSQ1sz7ySlhgkJmARPEfQmyZ2iTVTZXe-EGQV-cwNGJq0SSKbuF-W0Sar49Ykat5ITi-YU/s16000/smiths8.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strangeways Prison / HM Prison Manchester</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Title of the album<br /></b>Strangeways is the name of a notorious prison in Manchester which looks like a castle. Strangeways Prison is nowadays called HM Prison Manchester. The rest of the title was from the novell "Billy Liar" which included the line "Borstal, here we come".</p><p>The album was did very well in the charts and reached #2 in the UK, #20 in the Netherlands and #55 in the US. </p><p>The album is the Magnum Opus for the band. Both Marr and Moz agree with this.</p><p>After the split of the band Morrissey started a succesful solo career. Marr appeared occasional with other artists. He was best know for his collaboration with Bernard Sumner of New Order and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop boys in the band Electronic in 1989. He became a session musician for many artists including The The. Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce worked again with Morrissey in 1988 and 1989 for some exlusive singles which were released on the compilation "Bona Drag". They also became session musicians for many artists together or separately.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrI_89ePuNAIV6H6KqHrzWSxofVN55rB9o3L4GDE_PrNNe4MIkQpZaaO6bVpzQt0a_GrymlaKKp9vyI4sr_cnpkawjDFYYFKH1D3RsMs7sOGC6U6jCKdOWt6zAL9LL1mtd31wGl5ohvjTi-6-qB8aRwFOD5eF1J6511qfPOITIkPQtu9Pzw8QMu3Jg/s16000/smiths1.webp" /></div><p><b>Strangeways Here We Come</b> (1987)<br /><i>A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours / I Started Something I Couldn't Finish / Death of a Disco Dancer / Girlfriend in a Coma / Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before / Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me / Unhappy Birthday / Paint a Vulgar Picture / Death at One's Elbow / I Won't Share You</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SckD99B51IA" width="320" youtube-src-id="SckD99B51IA"></iframe><br />Girlfriend In A Coma<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3GhoWZ5qTwI" width="320" youtube-src-id="3GhoWZ5qTwI"></iframe><br />Unhappy Birthday<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/49eNs7zkVlA" width="320" youtube-src-id="49eNs7zkVlA"></iframe></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-39635238991445365362024-02-04T14:24:00.005+01:002024-02-04T14:52:50.203+01:00Revolver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQgBBewpnsh_xSQx2UcJQkkCasnyG3HNQrCAxsEK7fLsjAcu0wFl2Noj26XAkODRrZPXSHkrSZZyNb9tx0Zu_6MUoX9dMnDmbidDE_HJkzJuZrb1-nwpeHzUNsJObfqWtx5umdSjMD8cYj6BTO171EgxwFjMWAkynkoTCjwVGljYoBtBBmrD3_HQ-/s500/revolver.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQgBBewpnsh_xSQx2UcJQkkCasnyG3HNQrCAxsEK7fLsjAcu0wFl2Noj26XAkODRrZPXSHkrSZZyNb9tx0Zu_6MUoX9dMnDmbidDE_HJkzJuZrb1-nwpeHzUNsJObfqWtx5umdSjMD8cYj6BTO171EgxwFjMWAkynkoTCjwVGljYoBtBBmrD3_HQ-/s16000/revolver.webp" /></a></div><div>In 1966 the Beatles released their last album before they retired as live performers. It marked the beginning of their psychedelic period. It was titled "Revolver". </div><div><br /></div><div>A double A-side single was released to promote the album "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby". A non-album single was also released titled "Paperback Writer/Rain" before the album was released.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN2sKawoPxFiU3ANrBiKl_utW_yKxMqKkYKiTX3MXUO1JLkV1x-io8G_rqatv-Xju5IGIl_H3a75lLOhQwIMey-N92jKlRgoXNkWc1gighd5g4JyNFoQJjjY1yBghVyLE4Rvd2Ut24sFZ4FN9BFbr9RuFVWkBc6xZGGJ4aGM0CSW2WO-oHFVsYHhQ/s500/revolver3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgN2sKawoPxFiU3ANrBiKl_utW_yKxMqKkYKiTX3MXUO1JLkV1x-io8G_rqatv-Xju5IGIl_H3a75lLOhQwIMey-N92jKlRgoXNkWc1gighd5g4JyNFoQJjjY1yBghVyLE4Rvd2Ut24sFZ4FN9BFbr9RuFVWkBc6xZGGJ4aGM0CSW2WO-oHFVsYHhQ/s16000/revolver3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rs_q6KKewxaDuIT02spyiYM2UY1u9eUM_xULu6h_hDoMT-F9fT4-QRZyUpVKWE1ba031Nj7_K0rgS5gHsl06_0iUHiLN1QqMWO5z4W0Ds0zKi2RMoPXExPE_FuuQcONl1a5K4du4IcmwKv-XvJpd3vbwFzCwmDqCMy7-KFWnsl-n4EhA7mCRtH_0/s500/revolver4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rs_q6KKewxaDuIT02spyiYM2UY1u9eUM_xULu6h_hDoMT-F9fT4-QRZyUpVKWE1ba031Nj7_K0rgS5gHsl06_0iUHiLN1QqMWO5z4W0Ds0zKi2RMoPXExPE_FuuQcONl1a5K4du4IcmwKv-XvJpd3vbwFzCwmDqCMy7-KFWnsl-n4EhA7mCRtH_0/s16000/revolver4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div>The album cover was made by bass player and artist Klaus Voormann based on the "Yellow Book" by Aubrey Beardsley. The title of the album refers to the handgun and the revolving motion of a record playing at the turntable. Other ideas for the album title that didn't make it were "Abracadabra" (Steve Miller Band already used it), Four Sides to the Circle (in response to Paul's magic circle), After Geography (as a response to the album "Aftermath" by the Rolling Stones) and Pendulum.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_TIL0Ijq9f2vA5Grkknfrx1bTXI05IrmYK7PmDXNd9e9YcCS8vvYIWFD3YWnlXse72UezRKISERK-FTD49raoX598wQKTUkUzWIp0SOoNYNO6eNin7lyMP2Rsj6gc7cPGNX5N1hikAV6X8Ms5DbiD1leGQrn2r4aA2b5zd4hhlfFOBpV75jwXj0i/s500/revolver2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_TIL0Ijq9f2vA5Grkknfrx1bTXI05IrmYK7PmDXNd9e9YcCS8vvYIWFD3YWnlXse72UezRKISERK-FTD49raoX598wQKTUkUzWIp0SOoNYNO6eNin7lyMP2Rsj6gc7cPGNX5N1hikAV6X8Ms5DbiD1leGQrn2r4aA2b5zd4hhlfFOBpV75jwXj0i/s16000/revolver2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beatles in 1966</td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>Taxman</b></div><div>Written by George was a protest against the high tax rates paid by top earners like the Beatles. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Eleanor Rigby</b></div><div>Written by Paul is about loneliness. Noone exists with that name. It was about somebody named Daisy Hawkins</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>I'm only sleeping</b></div><div>This was written by John. In those days he slept a lot trying to lose or forget himself or experience the use of drugs.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Love You To</b> </div><div>A song by George introduces us for the first time to Hindustani classical music. He already played sitar on "Norwegian Wood" on Rubber Soul. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Here, There And Everywhere</b></div><div>This is a ballad by Paul inspired by "God Only Knows" from the Beach Boys.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Yellow Submarine</b></div><div>This is the best known song by Ringo. He wrote the lyrics with the help of folk artist Donovan.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>She Said Se Said</b> </div><div>A song by John. The first line of the song was based on something actor Peter Fonda said to him at a party. He told how it is like to be dead. An experience Peter had as a schild in a shooting accident when his heart stopped beating for awhile.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Good Day Sunshine</b></div><div>This song was written by McCartney influenced by the Lovin' Spoonful.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>And Your Bird Can Sing</b></div><div>This song is by both Lennon and McCartney which was actually about Frank Sinatra. Originally to be titled "You Don't Get Me" which are also words in the song.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>For No One</b></div><div>By Paul was inspired by his relationship with actress Jane Asher. Which was clearly near ending. Original title was "Why Did It Die" which sums up the situation more clearer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Doctor Robert</b></div><div>By John and Paul is possibly about a New York physician (Robert Freymann) known for dispensing Vitamin B12 with amphetamine injections to his patients and was also known as Robert Dylan. John claimed it was about himself since he carried all the pills during the tours. Other speculations are Bob Dylan who introduced the band in 1964 to marijuana.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>I Want To Tell You</b></div><div>By George was about the avalanche of thoughts that he found hard to express in words.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Got To Get You Into My Life</b></div><div>By Paul was inspired by the Motown sound after seeing Stevie Wonder perform at the Scotch of St. James.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGubt_ZOY8TlZlGtKCt75g3bL9idlaNxXZwnUr7tVAZ8EVn6wd99qJfh5uYPT1ubr5ghPCT0wKswhcOaKJdnBa57MA94RVz6QjdQHfr8vPP3ihzXZl3fYCMN1WaKOkZygkNJhrCaA1-ClghALxTto1-Mq05sbtVXddj-GD5riFguGaWpJK0ifsa-8/s500/revolver5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGubt_ZOY8TlZlGtKCt75g3bL9idlaNxXZwnUr7tVAZ8EVn6wd99qJfh5uYPT1ubr5ghPCT0wKswhcOaKJdnBa57MA94RVz6QjdQHfr8vPP3ihzXZl3fYCMN1WaKOkZygkNJhrCaA1-ClghALxTto1-Mq05sbtVXddj-GD5riFguGaWpJK0ifsa-8/s16000/revolver5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover for the Bardo Thodol</td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>Tomorrow Never Knows</b></div><div>By John was supposed to sound like music they play at Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies and was inspired by the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book Of The Dead).</div></div><div><br /></div><div>The album reached #1 in the UK and US. Also the single "Paperback Writer" reached #1 in the UK, US and the Netherlands. The single "Yellow Submarine" was also #1 in the UK and the Netherlands but in the US it only reached #2 and missed the #1 position. Two years later the song "Yellow Submarine" was rewarded with a animation movie that takes place in Pepperland including a lot of hits and also songs from "Revolver".</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAXYlXHvuEzj4q1282F2aCq7yb6A3CIlUr3izIY4w9ZkVZfCdc0EyfIvmuTNcup95M6X83-a-qTE7b_UFPHVWRPKB1sBK2XLzvkreYWMMNBE3ntSbAp1c22sMrBB6EAOex683n-5pnpZIfxJbe9zenFHG5Ur76gG5T6Xs2zfjfFfswtMv2rrTXqrc/s500/revolver1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAXYlXHvuEzj4q1282F2aCq7yb6A3CIlUr3izIY4w9ZkVZfCdc0EyfIvmuTNcup95M6X83-a-qTE7b_UFPHVWRPKB1sBK2XLzvkreYWMMNBE3ntSbAp1c22sMrBB6EAOex683n-5pnpZIfxJbe9zenFHG5Ur76gG5T6Xs2zfjfFfswtMv2rrTXqrc/s16000/revolver1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div><b>Revolver</b> (1966)</div><i>
Taxman / Eleanor Rigby / I'm Only Sleeping / Love You To / Here, There and Everywhere / Yellow Submarine / She Said She Said / Good Day Sunshine / And Your Bird Can Sing / For No One / Doctor Robert / I Want to Tell You / Got to Get You into My Life / Tomorrow Never Knows</i><div><i><br /></i></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>Videos</b></h2><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paperback writer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yYvkICbTZIQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="yYvkICbTZIQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yellow Submarine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m2uTFF_3MaA" width="320" youtube-src-id="m2uTFF_3MaA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eleanor Rigby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HuS5NuXRb5Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="HuS5NuXRb5Y"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good Day Sunshine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R9ncBUcInTM" width="320" youtube-src-id="R9ncBUcInTM"></iframe></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-63986061340844648892024-01-27T13:18:00.002+01:002024-01-27T13:26:42.653+01:00XTC top 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VLKP3OtwJKJU-Aoa5R4CTGHd7sqf0smJ5oY0ZQ0V_MIfYl7S6RoOQfY2c35muY3v-6gj4qjMYu9xHU-OGTrUsfXmQTCikA6g86tD6cUTfsp6aYh5Vt1L1tjXp3aLhhJCFvGJXdFogiyRzN_2P9SOcd25LJ8Mf-lllJpv0zD00kLP5YKft2ftyxB5/s415/xtc4.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VLKP3OtwJKJU-Aoa5R4CTGHd7sqf0smJ5oY0ZQ0V_MIfYl7S6RoOQfY2c35muY3v-6gj4qjMYu9xHU-OGTrUsfXmQTCikA6g86tD6cUTfsp6aYh5Vt1L1tjXp3aLhhJCFvGJXdFogiyRzN_2P9SOcd25LJ8Mf-lllJpv0zD00kLP5YKft2ftyxB5/s16000/xtc4.webp" /></a></div><p>One of the best new wave bands from the UK is XTC with their mixture of new wave and post punk. Today I will introduce you to their in my opinion best albums. </p><p>Andy Partridge (guitars and vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass and vocals) met each other in 1970 and formed a glam rock back together with drummer Terry Chambers that went through many different names for the band. For example Star Park (Mark II) and Helium Kidz. Other people continuously joined and left the band. Keyboard player Jonathan Perkins was the last one to leave the band when a replacement was found through a "Keyboard player seeks band" advertisement. It was going to be Barry Andrews. They didn't do an audition but go out drinking together instead. </p><p>Finally in 1975 the band name was changed to XTC. They signed with Virgin Records in 1977 because of their great live performances and refusal to do conventional punk rock. They first made an EP titled "3D EP" recorded in the Abbey Road Studios. Their first album was "White Music" (reaching #38 in the UK) and the singles released from that album didn't chart. "Statue Of Liberty" was banned by the BBC because of the lyric "I sail beneath her skirt". They decided that Brian Eno would produce their next album when the heared that he was a fan of the band. Brian declined because they were good enough to produce themselves he said. Virgin Records disagree with Brian and rehired producer John Leckie who also produced their debut album. "Go 2" was a more experimental albums reaching #21 in the UK. The track "Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)" was a tribute to Brian Eno. Andrews left the band to form the League of Gentlemen together with Robert Fripp from King Crimson. They didn't replace him with a new keyboard player but a second guitarist instead: Dave Gregory from cover band Dean Gabber and His Gaberdines. Many exclusive singles were released including "Life At The Hop". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpCMckeUUJq3ReYlFhk3QiIjRcfolkdQdB-qQuh3ziyqn7nzj-rJgAiMNFf9xtxf_A-ZQEn5VhCUC_GK_Dg1IY6f55WQdfPlKP7y2ecWdMhpDUC3LPprwblQ_r_CJlNTMQynLXrEn2_0RAflT8ap2IzipUJL2FjSi4Y60qAgFREPKS0dzwK2wCB2e/s500/xtc.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpCMckeUUJq3ReYlFhk3QiIjRcfolkdQdB-qQuh3ziyqn7nzj-rJgAiMNFf9xtxf_A-ZQEn5VhCUC_GK_Dg1IY6f55WQdfPlKP7y2ecWdMhpDUC3LPprwblQ_r_CJlNTMQynLXrEn2_0RAflT8ap2IzipUJL2FjSi4Y60qAgFREPKS0dzwK2wCB2e/s16000/xtc.webp" /></a></div><p>Their worldwide breakthrough came with the single "Making Plans For Nigel" in 1979 from "Drums And Wires" (UK#34). The next album was "Black Sea" (1980) reaching #16 in the UK. In the video for "Generals And Majors" Richard Brandson makes his appearance as a military. After the successful album "English Settlement" (UK #5) including "Senses Working Overtime" in 1982 they decided to stop touring like the Beatles did and continued to work in the studio only to release more albums. They also released an album with 60's psychedelica under the pseudonym Dukes Of Stratosphear. Their music started evolving but the musical differences between Andy and Colin was also growing which led to the end of the band.</p><p>See also my review for the album "<a href="https://www.popfluence.nl/2020/03/english-settlement.html">English Settlement</a>".</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">This is my top 3 of albums by XTC:</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16JO6dPrvAJEKAibh54t5u_6CSc2_iQgTMWMK33E3HG2W4gC3efgnTczZza4p9nboVpyPyiJ-tdlHH8YKXDcduDj-cusgNgDjlhE7kWLdWss5UB9rD2jk7FdMV4m-DfzHJkr4Mus_rD79fzMJCrWZGxYRnt7-5SG1afhpC0pHbh4sNJK7TaVvbu2i/s502/xtc1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16JO6dPrvAJEKAibh54t5u_6CSc2_iQgTMWMK33E3HG2W4gC3efgnTczZza4p9nboVpyPyiJ-tdlHH8YKXDcduDj-cusgNgDjlhE7kWLdWss5UB9rD2jk7FdMV4m-DfzHJkr4Mus_rD79fzMJCrWZGxYRnt7-5SG1afhpC0pHbh4sNJK7TaVvbu2i/s16000/xtc1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orginal album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. <b>Drums And Wires</b> (1979)<br /><i>Making Plans for Nigel / Helicopter / Day In Day Out / When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty / Ten Feet Tall / Roads Girdle the Globe / Real by Reel / Millions / That Is the Way / Outside World / Scissor Man / Complicated Game</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15IhNPKRBJ7oAlbMso235Gyxcwt7MQv7qQuqFTNt05Fd86Xjtwqg2vNn8EZz0B5sTDcEXUUGSikZ8LVQn506rPMIbVTmlBIy-TQo6-hsBPsaAxgKIzxBx3VcpWdjLYJx67p8hRLB-m6OSh6fzGb-7GDGUOShrStXkP2cG5gHi3GhlBNKNxH955R4G/s500/xtc2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15IhNPKRBJ7oAlbMso235Gyxcwt7MQv7qQuqFTNt05Fd86Xjtwqg2vNn8EZz0B5sTDcEXUUGSikZ8LVQn506rPMIbVTmlBIy-TQo6-hsBPsaAxgKIzxBx3VcpWdjLYJx67p8hRLB-m6OSh6fzGb-7GDGUOShrStXkP2cG5gHi3GhlBNKNxH955R4G/s16000/xtc2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>2. <b>White Music</b> (1978)<br /><i>Radios in Motion / Cross Wires / This Is Pop / Do What You Do / Statue of Liberty / All Along the Watchtower / Into the Atom Age / I'll Set Myself on Fire / I'm Bugged / New Town Animal in a Furnished Cage / Spinning Top / Neon Shuffle</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju30Qqvx9cu4ToAvMgq_qeohbnYeyv8hLpZRy6Du6RoXmTqwMAtf2Pb7DRiumRrZ4lQTy7SpPm3wGC0h51CWuWkD88UpmG04PtlQP1OFVEZXz_5CB4dVKztxtuVPzPrEBUb8eZAf7GvLjrLKIXvsp7oOiqFvlR_MBKuxuln_OSnbAf4rL1hF0QSdPc/s16000/xtc3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>3. <b>English Settlement</b> (1982)<br />Runaways / Ball and Chain / Senses Working Overtime / Jason and the Argonauts / No Thugs in Our House / Yacht Dance / All of a Sudden (It's Too Late) / Melt the Guns / Leisure / It's Nearly Africa / Knuckle Down / Fly on the Wall / Down in the Cockpit / English Roundabout / Snowman</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-X3Wy-svIY" width="320" youtube-src-id="n-X3Wy-svIY"></iframe><br />Making Plans For Niger<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cEgGtbhmAiQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="cEgGtbhmAiQ"></iframe><br />This Is Pop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FPWEiqHVFGI" width="320" youtube-src-id="FPWEiqHVFGI"></iframe><br />Melt The Guns</div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-16016699403556665812024-01-21T15:04:00.003+01:002024-01-21T15:19:37.291+01:00Song of seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjBAPqWTNvA7c-jdIFOxGtgmc6nA_PDXBzNH6dBSG4QukBh7x88ktg3c67_MbwzPlvSjkL_ltU6xt5mQHrk8G6xW0SvjpApvdQ5DaMdqcDt55M0XCR6fm5JKncgkHiR3hhLXK9c3KKVFcJdV7h_BJsymx5JJydV6aDvJWiG8S9HvjYd42QHn6fabC/s500/jon.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEjBAPqWTNvA7c-jdIFOxGtgmc6nA_PDXBzNH6dBSG4QukBh7x88ktg3c67_MbwzPlvSjkL_ltU6xt5mQHrk8G6xW0SvjpApvdQ5DaMdqcDt55M0XCR6fm5JKncgkHiR3hhLXK9c3KKVFcJdV7h_BJsymx5JJydV6aDvJWiG8S9HvjYd42QHn6fabC/s16000/jon.webp" /></a></div><p>Jon Anderson never had a desire to become a singer but when his brother joined a band called (Electric) Warriors and their background singer left the band Jon could take his place. The Warriors were introduced to Elton John and Bernie Taupin but Jon didn't like much of the songs they wrote and moved to the Netherlands to join the band Les Cruches he met in London. But when he heared that the demos he did with Elton John and Bernie Taupin were going to be released he returned home. A single "Never My Love / All Of The Time" was released under the pseudonym Hans Christian (Anderson). It was received with positive reviews by Melody Maker and NME. A second single "(The Autobiography of) Mississippi Hobo"/"Sonata of Love" was released but went unnoticed. The songs didn't do much in the charts. After some live performances the band fired Jon because they didn't want a lead vocalist. When Jon met Chris Squire in 1968 and Yes was formed. The rest of that is history. In 1976 he released his first solo album "Olias Of Sunhillow". An album about an alien race of four tribes and their journey to a new planet as theirs is under threat from destruction. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWWxEI6U9cY9m2nvVrptOLyLXsux-MeTDsuQTW1rkdiYAKyI_DB9fj8tqg3S0KNZMXAmFZcUC7huw7l25WPYzKsO-1omJYVAJjWJGOTZKp6OhKA5JkrMk9VOpWausN5yabwmJsOA2kpUcrysEy7JlZ4hmA_-f9BJSPwOkzwKglFKmmP0Fjcdc4YYn/s500/jon3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWWxEI6U9cY9m2nvVrptOLyLXsux-MeTDsuQTW1rkdiYAKyI_DB9fj8tqg3S0KNZMXAmFZcUC7huw7l25WPYzKsO-1omJYVAJjWJGOTZKp6OhKA5JkrMk9VOpWausN5yabwmJsOA2kpUcrysEy7JlZ4hmA_-f9BJSPwOkzwKglFKmmP0Fjcdc4YYn/s16000/jon3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Album cover of "Olias Of Sunhillow" (1976)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"Some Are Born", "Hear It", "Days" and "Everybody Loves You" were originally written for the Yes album "Tormato" in 1978. But were rejected by the band for inclusion. Which started a rift between the band and Jon Anderson together with Rick Wakeman. That rift widened at full when Yes started recording the follow-up that would become "Drama" in 1980. The title of that Yes album cound be explained in any way. Jon and Rick left the band in 1979 before finishing that Yes album. However Jon would rejoin Yes in 1983 after hearing the new songs by the new line-up and they would bring out their biggest hit ever "Owner Of A Lonely Heart". When Rick Wakemen left the band in 1973 after "Tales From Topographic Oceans" was released he was replaced by the Swiss Patrick Moraz but rejoined in 1977 for "Going For The One". The first choice for a new keyboard player in 1973 was Vangelis from Aphrodite's Child but he didn't accept the offer. In 1979 Jon started recording an album with Vangelis titled "Short Stories" which gave him worldwide fame with the song "I Hear You Now".</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijshfsrQDFkl5Mv2yqPoHYB2jzOMlaS0rRtLammqv97q19dATiHW-G2Ki4H4ZA9stbrRT0Sn5lZrufB0fHptvYpWJ3RMkgk3YCg3bqrhyocugw0d-KVBaaVaGzQI8UNwYdp9HCbowv-xS43sxYWlJLhm3yz67o1CcPcglTO9zNyfp1CFwTF-J20dP/s500/jon2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijshfsrQDFkl5Mv2yqPoHYB2jzOMlaS0rRtLammqv97q19dATiHW-G2Ki4H4ZA9stbrRT0Sn5lZrufB0fHptvYpWJ3RMkgk3YCg3bqrhyocugw0d-KVBaaVaGzQI8UNwYdp9HCbowv-xS43sxYWlJLhm3yz67o1CcPcglTO9zNyfp1CFwTF-J20dP/s16000/jon2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon in 1980</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Jon's second solo album was intended to be released by Virgin Records and would include one side of songs dedicated to Marc Chagall and the other side about the fearie kingdom. He recruited a band for the recording of the album that he named The New Life Band. Unfortunately Virgin Records lost interest and declined. So Jon contracted his old label Atlantic Records again. He recorded the album at home just like his first album "Olias Of Sunhillow" from 1976. He worked with Jack Bruce from Cream on the album and Johnny Dankworth who was a veteran in the UK jazz scene and could be heared on "Don't Forget(Nostalgia)". He toured with The New Life Band playing Yes songs and solo work.</p><p>In 1981 he would rejoin Vangelis for their second album together titled "The Friends Of Mr. Cairo" and joined Rick Wakeman on his solo album of that year titled "1984" based on George Orwell's novel for the song "Hymn".</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlJDGBGv0v3I8z4TjWMzxo1nZp1bMFH6yedrk0tXh6t1Fquscf63IGXZlk8ZXuSdjVE5-WTHVxwp9bQu8ZKzinKE0hiIuwmtZlYFGSACBwtRl100Ww4eBK9Cp0krKmPqmEWYqjN5WzoZXFEzO3p0cn1pPwu3QRatFpj5OCLnE4aOTtSUEjX6utsId/s500/jon1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlJDGBGv0v3I8z4TjWMzxo1nZp1bMFH6yedrk0tXh6t1Fquscf63IGXZlk8ZXuSdjVE5-WTHVxwp9bQu8ZKzinKE0hiIuwmtZlYFGSACBwtRl100Ww4eBK9Cp0krKmPqmEWYqjN5WzoZXFEzO3p0cn1pPwu3QRatFpj5OCLnE4aOTtSUEjX6utsId/s16000/jon1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Song Of Seven</b> (1980)<br /><i>For You for Me / Some Are Born / Don't Forget (Nostalgia) / Heart of the Matter / Hear It / Everybody Loves You / Take Your Time / Days / Song of Seven</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GH298X1q9z0" width="320" youtube-src-id="GH298X1q9z0"></iframe><br />Some are born<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jqUuk8RiFKY" width="320" youtube-src-id="jqUuk8RiFKY"></iframe><br />Hear It</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlgzblRzUvA" width="320" youtube-src-id="GlgzblRzUvA"></iframe><br />Hans Christian (Anderson) - Never My Love (1968)</div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-75267194175635177102024-01-13T15:37:00.031+01:002024-03-10T16:46:36.515+01:00Smile / Smiley Smile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLR1H5Z-Th0V4MPexfDO6Bv8Pxh0zRCzDULg-eda2n4MQxKoNeEiOYp29G-3nMUg5bZ5wcyqy8qnLv5rTZC9TMkovSx8546JUGDLHo9KpX1Oqg4pZXSGDpyu7PVRXIi1U_QU5cja4FhprvyfYCyskI9Tbglq2yIRtS8zLC8ZcvC86l3-yYS0A_1L3/s16000/smile.webp" /></div><span style="text-align: left;">In the summer of 1966 Brian Wilson concentrated on finishing the next Beach Boys' single "Good Vibrations". It was as a long structured song taking a long time to record. With the success of "Pet Sounds" they loosened from their early surf sound. Brian invited session musician Van Dyke Parks to assist in creating the next album to be titled "Smile". </span>It was planned to be a thematical album. Brian announced to his wife and friends that he was "writing a teenage symphony to God". He also planned many side projects with sound effect collages, a comedy album and a health food album. Capital Records didn't support his ideas and therefore Brian founded the Brother Records label.<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXd_sVi13OjJdNARHj7I-ibs6w5zC9QkTDh0I-qD498i8E0W6XgrBkH7zFWlZu8slXYUTUkaxrEKXMJFNhocbkfzOUsoFqxWJ5IlM6L-ZBasCQDQYZ6fCKB2iCmGRND8Uyaf392l2IMvVXToFXu1q3oxy3xj5KWS2MYyFSECDWd1zrwXGw5oG1V8P/s500/smile4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXd_sVi13OjJdNARHj7I-ibs6w5zC9QkTDh0I-qD498i8E0W6XgrBkH7zFWlZu8slXYUTUkaxrEKXMJFNhocbkfzOUsoFqxWJ5IlM6L-ZBasCQDQYZ6fCKB2iCmGRND8Uyaf392l2IMvVXToFXu1q3oxy3xj5KWS2MYyFSECDWd1zrwXGw5oG1V8P/s16000/smile4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Vibrations - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Finally "Good Vibrations" was released in October 1966 and became their third #1 in the US. In the Netherlands it reached #2 and in the UK #1. It took a year to record "Smile". It was supposed to be released in the first half of 1967 but was repeatedly postponed by Brian Wilson and refused to come up with a final release because of his artistic perfectionism. Even a new album cover leacked. Meanwhile he started to suffer from delusions and paranoia. He even believed on one occasion that the possible album track "Fire" caused a building to burn down. Carl Wilson refused militairy service in January 1967 and was arrested in April by the FBI taking several years to resolve the matter. Finally "Smile" was shelved because of personal, technical and legal reasons. The Beach Boys even started a lawsuit against Capitol Records because of neglected royalty payments and were determined to leave Capitol Records. Many of Brian Wilson's associates including Parks disassiociated themselves for the band. After the legendary "Pet Sounds" it could have become their best work if all this didn't happen. For Brian Wilson it was a race and competition with the Beatles and feared his new album could be lost against what would become "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967. For the rest of the band it were exhaustive recording sessions and became tired of Brian being the leader of the band.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq4q61Cndn3SGPTnpwiV3x4U3DyRP32WRW6-c1pbBWvs7qSkkYblPC9Q2fuYJQLDiKEKzcthLr21tAs0VgW7BwjuOwif2pAHUQFDammwj4rA7GS6JgZ0hpw9wbABR9mc0ABdfIjbUILvfX-zGbyVAOpqakBDiTXuxVCyC4R5-laSbfxlQn8PVEr0i/s500/smile5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq4q61Cndn3SGPTnpwiV3x4U3DyRP32WRW6-c1pbBWvs7qSkkYblPC9Q2fuYJQLDiKEKzcthLr21tAs0VgW7BwjuOwif2pAHUQFDammwj4rA7GS6JgZ0hpw9wbABR9mc0ABdfIjbUILvfX-zGbyVAOpqakBDiTXuxVCyC4R5-laSbfxlQn8PVEr0i/s16000/smile5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach Boys in 1967</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Beach Boys attempted to tour Europe with four extra musicians in May 1967 but the British musicians' union didn't allow this. And they had to do it without these extra musicians which resulted in very weak performances. They refused to headline the Monterey Pop Festival in June which could've been an opportunity to promote their new music. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3cT4qbGaMPqDNLp3AspC3BUprsGFWH8VFUxNcw7iTAMr-PGb6-fFrVGr_O_07N9H7k-rEtHvfid6-5-FRgzpqCr1gRc8pXj-M1EtA7bjhqeWoxaT_PjuzhKIgd6847lT8j8RTMuQ8QeRWEM4MYLE6ubMjyregWEHPIrqDa1NPmLFpvpjdCJZer9n/s500/smile3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3cT4qbGaMPqDNLp3AspC3BUprsGFWH8VFUxNcw7iTAMr-PGb6-fFrVGr_O_07N9H7k-rEtHvfid6-5-FRgzpqCr1gRc8pXj-M1EtA7bjhqeWoxaT_PjuzhKIgd6847lT8j8RTMuQ8QeRWEM4MYLE6ubMjyregWEHPIrqDa1NPmLFpvpjdCJZer9n/s16000/smile3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heroes And Villians - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Because of contractual obligations they had to deliver an album soon. Therefore they created a simple relaxed remade version of "Smile" titled "Smiley Smile". The recording sessions were from June to July 1967. A much shorter time than the recording sessions they did for "Smile" which already took a year without a finishing result. They released a new single "Heroes And Villains" in July 1967 reaching #12 in the US, #10 in the Netherlands and #8 in the UK. The lawsuit with Capitol Records was resolved and they didn't have to release "Smile" but could release "Smiley Smile" instead.</p><p>Smiley Smile was released on September 18, 1967 and reached #41 in the US making it their worst-selling album so far. In the UK however it managed to reach #9. But over the years the album has grown in popularity. The intended "Smile" album was left unfinished and the band started working on a live album "Lei'd In Hawaii" that was also never released and the next studio album "Wild Honey".</p><p>Some of the excelent songs that were left out of "Smiley Smile" were shelved and released on later albums. In 2004 Brian Wilson released his own version of "Smile" titled "Brian Wilson Presents Smile". Finally in 2011 the "Smile" Sessions saw the light of day being released on a single CD, Double CD and Boxed set. It sounds heavenly and much better than the quickly recorded "Smiley Smile".</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgI8JjAhKGMmYeZQ-02p4bZKpgJSd-dGKbArbnPcJ0EKXhVZyP7X5zipoLjB42gQfgqYRjx9FWZfXO5C8fNbbkcaQ6Wx02Gyy8Mlocoe07ZtlYRCrTzlGdtt-Q0PL7av7JGIPx0diUYZvHH-oBQidEjqnbMh_3wvKxBgp0ZdpAX5UEvwa9ZRTKvBu/s500/smile1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgI8JjAhKGMmYeZQ-02p4bZKpgJSd-dGKbArbnPcJ0EKXhVZyP7X5zipoLjB42gQfgqYRjx9FWZfXO5C8fNbbkcaQ6Wx02Gyy8Mlocoe07ZtlYRCrTzlGdtt-Q0PL7av7JGIPx0diUYZvHH-oBQidEjqnbMh_3wvKxBgp0ZdpAX5UEvwa9ZRTKvBu/s16000/smile1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Smile</b> (1967) - Intended tracklisting according to leacked album cover<br /><i>Do You Like Worms / Wind Chimes / Heroes And Villains / Surf's Up / Good Vibrations / Cabin Essence / Wonderful / I'm In A Great Shape / Child Is The Father Man / The Elements / Vega-Tables / The Old Master Painter</i><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseZIP5Pc6VitycmeVci6OI8OvoSp6Jh5BERzekXY7cUC-WTejynrzaS_RASdCZIozL8Pow5ZY4b2kzXKjW-7xq1tNp5SWJqnr4UpMqtFLVR6AswcK7IKyvQGKOdCpUBtLnXfgBQGx_H5e-bjtXQl5epSM6UzcSRm2iVjvJlI8vUXoRFDqX3iGyxuu/s500/smile2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseZIP5Pc6VitycmeVci6OI8OvoSp6Jh5BERzekXY7cUC-WTejynrzaS_RASdCZIozL8Pow5ZY4b2kzXKjW-7xq1tNp5SWJqnr4UpMqtFLVR6AswcK7IKyvQGKOdCpUBtLnXfgBQGx_H5e-bjtXQl5epSM6UzcSRm2iVjvJlI8vUXoRFDqX3iGyxuu/s16000/smile2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><b></b><p><b>Smiley Smile</b> (1967)<br />Heroes and Villains / Vegetables / Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony) / She's Goin' Bald / Little Pad / Good Vibrations / With Me Tonight / Wind Chimes / Gettin' Hungry / Wonderful / Whistle In<br /><br /><b>Smile Sessions</b> (2011)<br /><i>Our Prayer / Gee / Heroes And Villains / Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) / I'm In Great Shape / Barnyard / My Only Sunshine / The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine / Cabin Essence / Wonderful / Look (Song For Children) / Child Is Father Of The Man / Surf's Up / I Wanna Be Around / Workshop / Vega-Tables / Holidays / Wind Chimes / The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'leary's Cow) / Love To Say Dada / Good Vibrations / You're Welcome / Heroes And Villains / Heroes And Villains Sections / Vega-Tables / He Gives Speeches / Smile Backing Vocals Montage / Surf's Up 1967 / Psycodelic Sounds: Brian Falls Into A Piano / Capitol Smile Promo</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S22a1CITgj0" width="320" youtube-src-id="S22a1CITgj0"></iframe><br />Surf's Up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D1dCpa8oy4E" width="320" youtube-src-id="D1dCpa8oy4E"></iframe><br />Child Is The Father Of The Man</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROsWPbd4Mjw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ROsWPbd4Mjw"></iframe><br />Wonderful<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8ITpzYsZN8A" width="320" youtube-src-id="8ITpzYsZN8A"></iframe><br />Cabin Essence</div><p></p></div></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-80023198736748024202024-01-07T15:26:00.007+01:002024-01-07T15:44:33.860+01:00Jasper Johns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWC1jkA9D0lKn34YCpk_qo9FnCvPVJGV64qolTjETf_bZr3iGxhBfsk9fRwGz9jzSIlGG-HPXwuCBsX86EH7Yk6E4Fcf1o4tMe38__wbP4Oq0NrWsXxgj1Rp8XtEt1Vu7JhAvyPIQEfKEKd1dGOI82-1r4F-JmlPt4KzzTcSRLOo94LfcgQ9Z_ce0j/s500/jasper.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWC1jkA9D0lKn34YCpk_qo9FnCvPVJGV64qolTjETf_bZr3iGxhBfsk9fRwGz9jzSIlGG-HPXwuCBsX86EH7Yk6E4Fcf1o4tMe38__wbP4Oq0NrWsXxgj1Rp8XtEt1Vu7JhAvyPIQEfKEKd1dGOI82-1r4F-JmlPt4KzzTcSRLOo94LfcgQ9Z_ce0j/s16000/jasper.webp" /></a></div><p>Jasper Johns was born on May 15th 1930 in Augusta, Georgia. He spent his early life with his grandparents in South Carolina after the divorce of his parents and started painting at the age of 3. His grandmother painted landscapes that were hanging on the walls of several family members at home. That motivated him to continue painting. Later in his life he lived with his mother and stepfather and later his aunt. He studied art at the University of South Carolina en then moved to New York City in 1949 at Parsons School of Design. In 1951 he had to fight in the Korean War for 2 years. When he came back in the summer of 1953 he worked at Marboro Books and started to meet some artists that would form his career. These artists were: Sari Dienes, Rachel Rosenthal and Robert Rauschenberg. He started a romantic but also artistic relationship with Robert Rauschenberg until 1961. He also became influenced and worked together with choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCm5VE0rwHlIV9nSkdoPmnAkScyIpA7luM4Nvmj4kLrxBINXpxYaprp5_drOlFukWz_pAZUGI-irIIPg00TGLE2wNejEJ5X7u46bvyjE1wb5ZjiwVGWgC6UmfuxTZwOFVpccjlGtUILzZePXNlOEZENMTRjsWxDemdelA5vnUUNNQS7mBbLZ0tEHbK/s500/jasper9.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCm5VE0rwHlIV9nSkdoPmnAkScyIpA7luM4Nvmj4kLrxBINXpxYaprp5_drOlFukWz_pAZUGI-irIIPg00TGLE2wNejEJ5X7u46bvyjE1wb5ZjiwVGWgC6UmfuxTZwOFVpccjlGtUILzZePXNlOEZENMTRjsWxDemdelA5vnUUNNQS7mBbLZ0tEHbK/s16000/jasper9.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled (1930)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXwZhl1LFVgVuq-hxFSepBF_LgyrkJsutRO9fHIlq4igRIw1fMgwKJCbo3NQH0Qft1IPI1ZjUbShoJcCXGx_dU-waT0wsTo_C20O7QzM51mNsgsEXXX_KQpadgAQQEWwR64KdK9AiicNSk1BY3AkocLZejCudoPh6BlHRR_y2byySJIxF_tLBRec1/s652/jasper3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXwZhl1LFVgVuq-hxFSepBF_LgyrkJsutRO9fHIlq4igRIw1fMgwKJCbo3NQH0Qft1IPI1ZjUbShoJcCXGx_dU-waT0wsTo_C20O7QzM51mNsgsEXXX_KQpadgAQQEWwR64KdK9AiicNSk1BY3AkocLZejCudoPh6BlHRR_y2byySJIxF_tLBRec1/s16000/jasper3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Target with four faces (1955)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>His work consists of paintings, sculptures and prints. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFicP-PbyGmYvppL4xRCAQvmYr1jQgP3xSIqD5FbnlpJfUdBcQ8oqFytSqG5dRnhEUOGMPjoML1KsoZ65Y22gvU9vyF_0qreORnjo4VaT5euZbrPelZ2sQmWsL_abYW2FDzYZp3b2zWcxPiMtJMYydh62qPwrnMPyDTpd0SsQmHwlRoeP4QQz4l9b/s500/jasper10.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFicP-PbyGmYvppL4xRCAQvmYr1jQgP3xSIqD5FbnlpJfUdBcQ8oqFytSqG5dRnhEUOGMPjoML1KsoZ65Y22gvU9vyF_0qreORnjo4VaT5euZbrPelZ2sQmWsL_abYW2FDzYZp3b2zWcxPiMtJMYydh62qPwrnMPyDTpd0SsQmHwlRoeP4QQz4l9b/s16000/jasper10.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">English Light Bulb (1970)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He best known for his flags, maps, targets, letters and numbers. His work is abstract expressionistic but also recognized as Pop Art.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReEG17-xEbYefldz0ypc_Rkjy_MZdUyu1vaP70ytkALXg0ukRU0f5Mg-RHDEfc8a3OztwtCaTVRDvifFiCZl9UYoMcsOE-zjKmBRMHMoMkKADYHm87SmjAtvoa2qbPlyZJ5PR6IxzCBOd-oea1YEp90FySWH4Ct4mgiD0YIAMMHADp6xedIZgPrc7/s500/jasper1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReEG17-xEbYefldz0ypc_Rkjy_MZdUyu1vaP70ytkALXg0ukRU0f5Mg-RHDEfc8a3OztwtCaTVRDvifFiCZl9UYoMcsOE-zjKmBRMHMoMkKADYHm87SmjAtvoa2qbPlyZJ5PR6IxzCBOd-oea1YEp90FySWH4Ct4mgiD0YIAMMHADp6xedIZgPrc7/s16000/jasper1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flag (1954-1955)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbO3WwZynMHCeRbny72Q-RWr9ko5FNcdPAYbOY6Yko2A6EIemQDVSG0Ro4qGzRPFfKx41-TYkPf-g3R6u9fkgpRwh45WA-gk3iaqjdiMIOV3atYK3MOa_W8V-WaYWlH_3zY6NDkb2zDj3zyucGwF4fArhFIgdppiQ7SN0Qmgmf8NikzoutjxVm-pL/s500/jasper5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbO3WwZynMHCeRbny72Q-RWr9ko5FNcdPAYbOY6Yko2A6EIemQDVSG0Ro4qGzRPFfKx41-TYkPf-g3R6u9fkgpRwh45WA-gk3iaqjdiMIOV3atYK3MOa_W8V-WaYWlH_3zY6NDkb2zDj3zyucGwF4fArhFIgdppiQ7SN0Qmgmf8NikzoutjxVm-pL/s16000/jasper5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map (1961)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYH00sFKDcTaXa6r-GXEfJOz2EdR0VcLsVEm286knd3kmxC25j7vclzCx6Yl50hHCZVXydz49KlBkftVe0nFA-8MArR0EMFp4-7rtG1OhHjpSnIk9_vfZQUFngB0jIN_mEktrK7vZGOybpEnN6Fwrhm_4o9Rid_ph1RtXs46hcvZsfMwF9rBGBc8z/s588/jasper6.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYH00sFKDcTaXa6r-GXEfJOz2EdR0VcLsVEm286knd3kmxC25j7vclzCx6Yl50hHCZVXydz49KlBkftVe0nFA-8MArR0EMFp4-7rtG1OhHjpSnIk9_vfZQUFngB0jIN_mEktrK7vZGOybpEnN6Fwrhm_4o9Rid_ph1RtXs46hcvZsfMwF9rBGBc8z/s16000/jasper6.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Savarin (1982)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucyY8sW7QIxT_M24eueWoPOnCUoFiL29BRD6O0o-IsOrxDdN2G9dOFa3PLMlYSl5XpXyjHBQ3FbWGYa64pHIDwmbMB1ft8kB_DjnbpNEumSnleb1VrDX_TUzdSdpj8u2NzA_FGnGp2qEKbCZmRVxrLnaf9JSe_9m1Uqq_gCB6Pz_NKmMGEuofUZmT/s765/jasper4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucyY8sW7QIxT_M24eueWoPOnCUoFiL29BRD6O0o-IsOrxDdN2G9dOFa3PLMlYSl5XpXyjHBQ3FbWGYa64pHIDwmbMB1ft8kB_DjnbpNEumSnleb1VrDX_TUzdSdpj8u2NzA_FGnGp2qEKbCZmRVxrLnaf9JSe_9m1Uqq_gCB6Pz_NKmMGEuofUZmT/s16000/jasper4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Center (1982)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3BWeQI6l1R6X10bLmAMwlTiv5cOy7GOwa-RLhRqNb9Fbv2ho06C2jjDO9Omr-0USOEG1jSPptdJ9wE3ll1SYZGUCl4lFD5F5CPbO4r9o41obEZZNd7muVHnHKHg1vWOpyzbNUJBLqGhFrX6-W45pSnnUJSQ6XOw33TZ8cr3LRVBAlQ8Wb9yF5a9t/s500/jasper2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3BWeQI6l1R6X10bLmAMwlTiv5cOy7GOwa-RLhRqNb9Fbv2ho06C2jjDO9Omr-0USOEG1jSPptdJ9wE3ll1SYZGUCl4lFD5F5CPbO4r9o41obEZZNd7muVHnHKHg1vWOpyzbNUJBLqGhFrX6-W45pSnnUJSQ6XOw33TZ8cr3LRVBAlQ8Wb9yF5a9t/s16000/jasper2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Racing Thoughts (1983)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcA65VZNV5vagZzLbmU8GojK8byCWGMZNQcDrmVOdg6kcFEdUHiUcUvJGKJ83TkpJzaDleUeycuT_D4CwVgqujGQ_lUwStwB1jdsMSR15Yt98GPtQ08M9doxDn9fs8CPndtodmzV4CTHvV_KQkVDMhNwPchZ3vJCqHkkMNGJgDq1CaOAmSLMpUMkoT/s500/jasper7.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcA65VZNV5vagZzLbmU8GojK8byCWGMZNQcDrmVOdg6kcFEdUHiUcUvJGKJ83TkpJzaDleUeycuT_D4CwVgqujGQ_lUwStwB1jdsMSR15Yt98GPtQ08M9doxDn9fs8CPndtodmzV4CTHvV_KQkVDMhNwPchZ3vJCqHkkMNGJgDq1CaOAmSLMpUMkoT/s16000/jasper7.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled (1988)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-hTU_9a-TrvG9_DDOCsuhXhepU9wpbI483I__qlkbG-cZFdj1cdYn-B1idM6iS8YndnqqJqyzK4RXVryWbnQufG0Cwp7VsRxPGSjKr_bkkdqCdcmazc4eI4JIrafHm-UTOjLwzeF6dspEZszx496m0P0aPlhtUxT7wifUPpPGbCI_6SK7Cq3F81P/s500/jasper8.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-hTU_9a-TrvG9_DDOCsuhXhepU9wpbI483I__qlkbG-cZFdj1cdYn-B1idM6iS8YndnqqJqyzK4RXVryWbnQufG0Cwp7VsRxPGSjKr_bkkdqCdcmazc4eI4JIrafHm-UTOjLwzeF6dspEZszx496m0P0aPlhtUxT7wifUPpPGbCI_6SK7Cq3F81P/s16000/jasper8.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mind/Mirror (1988)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-12016820640142509692023-12-24T13:23:00.005+01:002023-12-24T13:51:35.798+01:00Fernand Léger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzjjxsjRjQmApilbIrZrU9aNknybVB4-e8w0UD9mixA-J81Wv8FE7NfLnVY3UoAPfcIWnmHclFSqM5FCzDMI8gPNm_1mb57Fl5uls51JoRAJBtFPavnz-4oyqOtq1Zb_5lf8N0ZDwpT9nTD5kCydq5WURxnbkC8lcBCPbpjs0gmFeceQ7rBRmGncJ/s500/leger.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinzjjxsjRjQmApilbIrZrU9aNknybVB4-e8w0UD9mixA-J81Wv8FE7NfLnVY3UoAPfcIWnmHclFSqM5FCzDMI8gPNm_1mb57Fl5uls51JoRAJBtFPavnz-4oyqOtq1Zb_5lf8N0ZDwpT9nTD5kCydq5WURxnbkC8lcBCPbpjs0gmFeceQ7rBRmGncJ/s16000/leger.webp" /></a></div><p>Fernand Léger was born in Argentan (Orne) France on February 4th 1881. His father was a cattle farmer. He was trained as an architect before moving to Paris in 1900 to start a career as an architectal draftsman. He studied at the School of Decorative Arts since his application for the École des Beaux-Arts was rejected. Although he attended the École des Beaux-Arts shortly together with painter and sculptor Gérome and later private school: Académie Julian. At the age of 25 he seriously started to work as a painter. His style at that moment was impressionism like for example "Le Jardin de ma mère". One of the works he didn't distroy later in his career.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2PusEuA3OAIeXaYm28EuAv32DkX1XaAQDUnGams93Qb3Dbr__iorRxhVF1InLAa6uzuV_P0dHavRcIoYfbO7gb7DNEb7AX6j8Mc1asTyhZzTufjuLK8u9PC4k-dfGlsgWBgfvyQXEG3XVpMBM6hBfZ8OWZFQH6RAMyX-AuEmlg9cNJnyRbKp_ELi/s581/leger1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2PusEuA3OAIeXaYm28EuAv32DkX1XaAQDUnGams93Qb3Dbr__iorRxhVF1InLAa6uzuV_P0dHavRcIoYfbO7gb7DNEb7AX6j8Mc1asTyhZzTufjuLK8u9PC4k-dfGlsgWBgfvyQXEG3XVpMBM6hBfZ8OWZFQH6RAMyX-AuEmlg9cNJnyRbKp_ELi/s16000/leger1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le Jardin de ma Mére (1905)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>His style changed in 1907 when he saw Cézanne's retrospective collection at the Salon d'Automne. In 1910 he exhibited there also with his own paintings like "Nudes in the Forest". His style is described a personal form of Cubism titled "Tubism" because of the use of cylindrical forms.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9D93RfybmZ5GaNZTA16uxwsH5JH6xabgPCYz7kmfZO5RtNaqdJQzxViv-0UPzOw7A-2Z7eKPKRnImd_wGCMibVSpB-52jC3gf9pB2TQoySaHNMghwCDm_94zj6k_lOUTi98FnGDM6JqFuLtat-tmlfyUhzC9wvJQFHu1vtH-cbPEvrfIyqQEevvh/s500/leger2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9D93RfybmZ5GaNZTA16uxwsH5JH6xabgPCYz7kmfZO5RtNaqdJQzxViv-0UPzOw7A-2Z7eKPKRnImd_wGCMibVSpB-52jC3gf9pB2TQoySaHNMghwCDm_94zj6k_lOUTi98FnGDM6JqFuLtat-tmlfyUhzC9wvJQFHu1vtH-cbPEvrfIyqQEevvh/s16000/leger2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nudes in the Forest (1910)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1911 his work was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants together paintings from Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes and Henri Le Fauconnier in the first ever Cubism exhibition for the general public.</p><p>In 1912 he formed the Puteaux Group aka Section d'Or with painters: Le Fauconnier, Metzinger, Gleizes, Francis Picabia and the Duchamp brothers, Jacques Villon, Raymon Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYId1OFuJz_AotywMVV9J_QnofsARxlxxGMpxJiYYe2uld5CmBCvLJeGa5bHKdKSZ2a5u4G38MQ17n1iWH7Fbqd_ZE3BU-IPeJ1PNIMHRekl9r-AXWizJnRP-wJzhV6bM1zBPlxARn1zAS8qL5TqqcPFYYxrDGkyWqM80_X3K9rOgbHRD7OCmnlNNL/s676/leger3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYId1OFuJz_AotywMVV9J_QnofsARxlxxGMpxJiYYe2uld5CmBCvLJeGa5bHKdKSZ2a5u4G38MQ17n1iWH7Fbqd_ZE3BU-IPeJ1PNIMHRekl9r-AXWizJnRP-wJzhV6bM1zBPlxARn1zAS8qL5TqqcPFYYxrDGkyWqM80_X3K9rOgbHRD7OCmnlNNL/s16000/leger3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soldier with a Pipe (1916)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since 1914 his work became more abstract and he was mobilized to join the army in World War I which became a source of inspiration for his work like "Soldier with a pipe" (1916). In 1916 he almost died after a mustard gas attack by German troops at Verdun. In his recovery period in Villepinte he painted "The Card Players" (1917). It marked the beginning of his "mechanical period" including the Disk series in 1918.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRm-0e7JVqgea1yRo9hes4RatjLSTgVnHhuVykcYU7sHRI-Kk660EcjhA-E2tHvRLj-KUf4dkOyMEsD2oKKxCi0WTHLT9lb6b5jdIubR17eDuEYz2_fifRGSQCmSC0_F8GEuKJvFvFSj8NAj5hbm3RexjVBO6cUua-SYJ7vfT_ekY2NpCa9gpgaLY/s500/leger4.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRm-0e7JVqgea1yRo9hes4RatjLSTgVnHhuVykcYU7sHRI-Kk660EcjhA-E2tHvRLj-KUf4dkOyMEsD2oKKxCi0WTHLT9lb6b5jdIubR17eDuEYz2_fifRGSQCmSC0_F8GEuKJvFvFSj8NAj5hbm3RexjVBO6cUua-SYJ7vfT_ekY2NpCa9gpgaLY/s16000/leger4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Card Players (1917)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKn58Nc5w6c5d8eXkaLZxT6HG3WxE61BU5skNs7gxeg1DdZyZW69ASlNgp3za8m5Zu-VWrcXEVTIdssP-0mTB1njm3-tap_uYe2UaS932b1agfJ_-QpnHT_AG5QOskRXKwy0K2Yja5mzGjMZAbFTKxjVQsvdS0Tt1t1uU2MWEXAkgjpp3IeuXd6pI/s500/leger11.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKn58Nc5w6c5d8eXkaLZxT6HG3WxE61BU5skNs7gxeg1DdZyZW69ASlNgp3za8m5Zu-VWrcXEVTIdssP-0mTB1njm3-tap_uYe2UaS932b1agfJ_-QpnHT_AG5QOskRXKwy0K2Yja5mzGjMZAbFTKxjVQsvdS0Tt1t1uU2MWEXAkgjpp3IeuXd6pI/s16000/leger11.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bridge of the Tug Boat (1920)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He married Jeanne-Augustine Lohy in 1919 and met architect and also painter Le Corbusier in 1920. He painted works like "Nude On a Red Background" (1927) and "The Siphon" (1924). He became enthusiastic for the cinema and decided to become a filmmaker as well. He designed the film set for a laboratory scene in Marcel L'Herbier's "L'Inhumaine" in 1924. He collaborated with Amédée Ozenfant to establish the Académie Moderne where he thaught. In 1925 he created his first mural paintings.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CzG5JRYVmGbVM4BJH2KUuoCm0RPYboJ9mMNpp6gbl6tsQq49KErSsZzgQCiVXwhrOMFm5UCJ0IG7OwEAdgPVrbE4_-h9S8ZSDkrhcFazivDzH3vkRFR0UdYn-AT_Yf27Vc3eRBH_Oi6SZCVOXeCD9A8FIWfvV9_VofnLXi5XS3EpIHhPCUynEck-/s651/leger5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CzG5JRYVmGbVM4BJH2KUuoCm0RPYboJ9mMNpp6gbl6tsQq49KErSsZzgQCiVXwhrOMFm5UCJ0IG7OwEAdgPVrbE4_-h9S8ZSDkrhcFazivDzH3vkRFR0UdYn-AT_Yf27Vc3eRBH_Oi6SZCVOXeCD9A8FIWfvV9_VofnLXi5XS3EpIHhPCUynEck-/s16000/leger5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nude on a red background (1927)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDHDlnCrQb52VpveShJR3BnrGM9KomMXNj1sp48ikttu9SUiWHTPmNWbRMDSI6ZnUHOX3xxWq8xE_JG7S4gK6xKQbruPOqzTw2QDPO39Mw7D13MJv842IlKPRnGyiziO9Y7s1QMbX7cNiGYPCTGXs6W_fbOgwXTqzEyBPKJ6F35jrwJHtCy4mBtqS/s735/leger6.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDHDlnCrQb52VpveShJR3BnrGM9KomMXNj1sp48ikttu9SUiWHTPmNWbRMDSI6ZnUHOX3xxWq8xE_JG7S4gK6xKQbruPOqzTw2QDPO39Mw7D13MJv842IlKPRnGyiziO9Y7s1QMbX7cNiGYPCTGXs6W_fbOgwXTqzEyBPKJ6F35jrwJHtCy4mBtqS/s16000/leger6.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Siphon (1924)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A new style was developed in the 1930's including "Two Sisters" (1935) and several versions of "Adam and Eve" with some humor. In 1931 he made his first visit to the United States where he visited New York and Chicago. In 1935 the MOMA in New York presented an exhibition of his work. He also decorated Nelson Rockefeller's apartment.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9bCX058RxJMvwRJ9ezGPlKGEZJyTSQer0ioF5YpPgDp1uNDQwFcWZ_LB5lv8Gr_c04NtzJ5DSE7Irx0B4_A6u13hGj-gpA9v_u366s7tT_BVH_zD2PEhZaBUhDWJJ_LsJ1zicsdq-1QNIHxDcM0I2VSR47GCTsxLr_QnH9OrsCQ4hIjFoAEzv3HH/s700/leger7.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9bCX058RxJMvwRJ9ezGPlKGEZJyTSQer0ioF5YpPgDp1uNDQwFcWZ_LB5lv8Gr_c04NtzJ5DSE7Irx0B4_A6u13hGj-gpA9v_u366s7tT_BVH_zD2PEhZaBUhDWJJ_LsJ1zicsdq-1QNIHxDcM0I2VSR47GCTsxLr_QnH9OrsCQ4hIjFoAEzv3HH/s16000/leger7.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Sisters (1935)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>During World War II Léger lived in the US and thaught at Yale University. Works from this period: The Tree and the Ladder (1943-1944), Romantic Landscape (1946) and "Three Musicians" (1944). </p><p>He returned to France in 1945 where he joined to Communistic Party and his work became less abstract. He created paintings of popular life featuring acrobats, builders, divers and more. Later he made paintings about the consumer society which marks the first step to Pop Art. He was a teacher for many years at the Académie Vasilieff in Paris then in 1931 at the Sorbonne, then at his own Académie Fernand Léger.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyxHPxite993eYJj3avMJBUwik5wTjqJfS9oTc9_ozBbW3azJlftd9tBUzTi-NTIbITiEBCnUI64oxHgzTO9OhyphenhyphenScVXPRS3iHZTlV6tXPH5aqSH4eckt1jWdas4eNnDjWLL9_0ff5EduSA_EcbiUAyfWwbnRS-MRk9yGkusW-2MkrXN1m91WOd0cq/s16000/leger8.webp" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Great Parade (1953)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1952 some of his murals were installed in the Genaral Assembly Hall of the UN headquarters in New York and in 1960 the Fernand Léger Museum was opened in Biot, France. He married Nadia Khodessevitch in 1952 after the death of his first wife. In his final years he lectured in Bern, designed mosaics and stained-glass windows for the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. Paintings from this period: Country Outing, The Camper and the series of Big Parade. He suddenly died at home on August 17th 1955.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhjUKY48CS1NnLt_FJjmfmzJeFcX-l2D4Vdadq9W_3WYUN2okJCqG1p1QppK3ooUrnUjKdAp7mDJcaTJFmpslfsc1GsS6w2OQKlBPxwN4Mv3PeosvB1s1MXpV-xNMLoCOtACNsjuKxPz7LZvU2MscWwcalmzi6J6b6Y1qb_FY92iy-JR2Csu7jmR5/s500/leger9.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhjUKY48CS1NnLt_FJjmfmzJeFcX-l2D4Vdadq9W_3WYUN2okJCqG1p1QppK3ooUrnUjKdAp7mDJcaTJFmpslfsc1GsS6w2OQKlBPxwN4Mv3PeosvB1s1MXpV-xNMLoCOtACNsjuKxPz7LZvU2MscWwcalmzi6J6b6Y1qb_FY92iy-JR2Csu7jmR5/s16000/leger9.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stained-glass windows Central University of Venezuela</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcJN4wulT0UxbSCITlyJKGbJIcIfMXdNlzWWeQAlV8hezNrz__tTqx544PruIhug3VVflVRfxawubxOU0-ZTnY9ggsY090UHQpDzhlueD8A1ZforIPXh-tpqSmBC8-6JarnLSTvIi0ghG2M_qlYTDG6RAsC3ArzZy1ewljfwGs6S_M7CMWR6A_CwA/s500/leger10.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcJN4wulT0UxbSCITlyJKGbJIcIfMXdNlzWWeQAlV8hezNrz__tTqx544PruIhug3VVflVRfxawubxOU0-ZTnY9ggsY090UHQpDzhlueD8A1ZforIPXh-tpqSmBC8-6JarnLSTvIi0ghG2M_qlYTDG6RAsC3ArzZy1ewljfwGs6S_M7CMWR6A_CwA/s16000/leger10.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Country Outing (1954)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-49938865581922049162023-12-17T12:45:00.008+01:002023-12-17T13:09:36.639+01:00Magical Mystery Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkicC9gmronUTxt0OOuv7bZgT5CPHAZa-JrU5gFfKecnKRF0KDK5nnWMQ83xUWhqMhRafOeXGyQylXyjhqMaqtGcag7LAcn9qIUxPiv-YuJEaDKd1p3zYUlpEsrkP45NjszneZgXW3n3YUwtUyFSqCkn4oKNCFeWJ5zH9JisgsVxNH7WCmMg-mIfJ8/s503/beatles.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkicC9gmronUTxt0OOuv7bZgT5CPHAZa-JrU5gFfKecnKRF0KDK5nnWMQ83xUWhqMhRafOeXGyQylXyjhqMaqtGcag7LAcn9qIUxPiv-YuJEaDKd1p3zYUlpEsrkP45NjszneZgXW3n3YUwtUyFSqCkn4oKNCFeWJ5zH9JisgsVxNH7WCmMg-mIfJ8/s16000/beatles.webp" /></a></div><p>In 1967 the Beatles made a TV movie titled "Magical Mystery Tour". A double EP and a LP were released as a soundtrack. The EP includes most part of the song of the movie. The LP also includes some songs which were not in the movie but released as singles.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84wRUD9rnrQ2l5br_9Cnry-UGZIjjPZ1nRrkbDxgW_Lk6MvY87lEK1ujYo1LfBaZ8z4Q-3GK_FcIRTFI4HDU1oAW1TCXGs8Wv5wGbYq_vbx9wyYH-sKVm_KBKuJm6UB7rwdI74G_kE8b7Mai0PfYCEYwPFv-QCj21nCByOW5ZfhWlEdNZoK_TEAeA/s500/beatles3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84wRUD9rnrQ2l5br_9Cnry-UGZIjjPZ1nRrkbDxgW_Lk6MvY87lEK1ujYo1LfBaZ8z4Q-3GK_FcIRTFI4HDU1oAW1TCXGs8Wv5wGbYq_vbx9wyYH-sKVm_KBKuJm6UB7rwdI74G_kE8b7Mai0PfYCEYwPFv-QCj21nCByOW5ZfhWlEdNZoK_TEAeA/s16000/beatles3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scene from the movie</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first song to be recorded was the title song which was not immediately released also due to the death of manager Brian Epstein, the fifth Beatle. He died of a prescription drug overdose. The rest of the songs were recorded when filming and editing the movie. Also they joined Transcendental Meditation under teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during this period. Paul came up with the title song, "Fool On The Hill" and "Your Mother Should Know", John came up with "I Am The Walrus" and George with "Blue Jay Way". "Hello, Goodbye" by Paul was also a song from the movie but was not released on the EP but only on the LP.<br /><br />The movie was about a psychedelic bus ride with McCartney's memories of people from Liverpool holidaying on coach tours. The movie was shot at different places in the UK like RAF West Malling, a Royal Air Force base in Kent.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5eBr3Xw9ZSwDhTaAlHmC-ZcKx491kDMPkorIa7R9V4OkFTCPg4ELo44r2J1utXHbw7aMNOH9OG2gKNBGhkHhy9ISYJ-GARgZCAa6XZej43RE2eRDR25NPvPnsrV2CeHZhWR6yeWkkcptLQP78rwDmcoi_NZapldd6VB6xxH1jEmUnpUcnJDG8HnB9/s500/beatles5.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5eBr3Xw9ZSwDhTaAlHmC-ZcKx491kDMPkorIa7R9V4OkFTCPg4ELo44r2J1utXHbw7aMNOH9OG2gKNBGhkHhy9ISYJ-GARgZCAa6XZej43RE2eRDR25NPvPnsrV2CeHZhWR6yeWkkcptLQP78rwDmcoi_NZapldd6VB6xxH1jEmUnpUcnJDG8HnB9/s16000/beatles5.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawing from the cartoon story that comes with the EP/LP/CD</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The songs:</p><p><b>Magical Mystery Tour</b><br /><i>It's about holidays from Paul's childhood and the psychedelic bus trips from Ken Kesey with hippies in California since 1964 in a painted bus to promote the hippie culture. Ken Kesey was the men who wrote "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". Pete Townsend of the Who already wrote a song about a magic bus in 1965 that was finally recorded and released in 1968 by the Who titled "Magic Bus".</i></p><p><b>Your Mother Should Know</b><br /><i>Paul wrote this song at home in Cavendish Avenue and playing it on a harmonium for his family for the first time.</i><br /></p><p><b>I Am The Walrus</b><br /><i>The use of a walrus is inspired by the poem below titled "The Walrus And The Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll best known for the books about Alice in Wonderland. The song includes references to Hare Krishna: </i></p><p><span><i>"The sun was shining on the sea, </i><i>Shining with all his might<br /></i><i>He did his very best to make t</i><i>he billows smooth and bright<br /></i><i>And this was odd, because it was t</i><i>he middle of the night.</i></span></p><p><i><span><a href="https://www.popfluence.nl/p/poem-by-lewis-carrol-walrus-and.html">Read the whole poem here</a>.</span></i></p><p><b>The Fool On The Hill</b><br /><i>Is is not clear if the inspiration for Paul came from a seeing a man on Primrose Hill who just seem to disappear or the Maharishi Guru.</i></p><p><b>Flying</b><br /><i>An instrumental by the band.</i></p><p><b>Blue Jay Way</b><br /><i>George was in LA waiting for his friend Derek Taylor who was lost in the fog and traffic. So George was playing with a hammond organ and composed this one. "Don't Be Long" referred to his waiting for Derek to arrive.</i></p><p><b>Hello Goodbye</b><br /><i>A simple song by Paul about duality. The final "Aloha" chorus is based on the Hawaiian greeting.</i></p><p><b>Strawberry Fields Forever</b><br /><i>Strawberry Field was a salvation army home where John used to play in his youth. At some point the beatles had the idea to make an album about their childhood but that idea was never realised. The song is an outtake of the Sgt. Pepper album</i></p><p><b>Penny Lane</b><br /><i>This street name was already mentioned in an early version of "In My Life" but was not on the final released version. It is now a landmark in Liverpool and everything described in the song like Bioletti's barber shop was once there.</i></p><p><b>Baby You're A Rich Man</b><br /><i>The first part was written by John about beautiful people: Californian hippies. The second part is written by Paul about the rich man probably Brian Epstein who made al lot of money out of the Beatles</i>.</p><p><b>All You Need Is Love</b><br /><i>In June 1967 the Beatles were asked to contribute a song to the very first ever global television broadcast: "Our World". John wrote it and understood it had to be a simple message to the world. The segment were the Beatles did their song they were joined by many other artists like the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon and Graham Nash.</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCIk1fi8NBeXniwvOkZ1qqCN5hhyEeg3WHcKLo9vgOwYCMUErBTJoVGd90-MoALlgYuFWyfy3ipecDcXUMWDFPt8-ga9gf-XCQzfSEQVos-dHL4jLp6AmfpAOTzQBqRTt4ckb5dnyUez2CmOa7jLT2hAOy2YBWVObO4D0yuU2f100kU62pERm1GAt/s500/beatles1.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCIk1fi8NBeXniwvOkZ1qqCN5hhyEeg3WHcKLo9vgOwYCMUErBTJoVGd90-MoALlgYuFWyfy3ipecDcXUMWDFPt8-ga9gf-XCQzfSEQVos-dHL4jLp6AmfpAOTzQBqRTt4ckb5dnyUez2CmOa7jLT2hAOy2YBWVObO4D0yuU2f100kU62pERm1GAt/s16000/beatles1.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original EP Cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Magical Mystery Tour EP</b>: (#2 in the UK)<br /><i>Magical Mystery Tour / Your Mother Should Know / I Am The Walrus / The Fool On The Hill / Flying / Blue Jay Way</i></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5v11KZgAKKcfDjb5p7Pf23FkcwHp4E67fgJJW7CC9Xc6NqA3KamVaOWap8E8ty9qw7gZhnDGsv-cHoeH19CUS-6_Ty0Ych4t2ctbf1TAEUzRPC9DMNdLs_dqfUfjJ-ZdDG85mB1cZD8VwOuoy8WFuKdW_G82QTyND4fhYT6KVv2EWsiHx5wY90tK/s500/beatles2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5v11KZgAKKcfDjb5p7Pf23FkcwHp4E67fgJJW7CC9Xc6NqA3KamVaOWap8E8ty9qw7gZhnDGsv-cHoeH19CUS-6_Ty0Ych4t2ctbf1TAEUzRPC9DMNdLs_dqfUfjJ-ZdDG85mB1cZD8VwOuoy8WFuKdW_G82QTyND4fhYT6KVv2EWsiHx5wY90tK/s16000/beatles2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original LP cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>Magical Mystery Tour LP/CD</b>: (#1 in the US/#33 in the UK)<br /><i>Magical Mystery Tour / Your Mother Should Know / I Am The Walrus / The Fool On The Hill / Flying / Blue Jay Way / Hello Goodbye / Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane / Baby You're A Rich Man / All You Need Is Love</i></p><p><b>Singles:</b><br /><i>Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever</i> (#2 UK/#1 NL/#1 US)<br /><i>All You Need Is Love/Baby You're A Rich Man</i> (#1 in UK, NL and US)<br /><i>Hello Goodbye/I Am The Walrus</i> (#1 in UK, NL and US)<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TKuvJLTeJYY" width="320" youtube-src-id="TKuvJLTeJYY"></iframe><br />I Am The Walrus<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jIDEZ_frJBs" width="320" youtube-src-id="jIDEZ_frJBs"></iframe><br />Promo for the movie<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l6Mg-CrIN5c" width="320" youtube-src-id="l6Mg-CrIN5c"></iframe><br />The Fool On The Hill</div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-8818059050850539562023-12-16T14:45:00.003+01:002023-12-16T14:50:32.176+01:00Curved Air's second album<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lzPMG6MU9d_7KJvMOT7M_7ek9-MYGJGTiy0NvD4JRb2ZaogyFf6RktTpbYKM-LLMgyu_GDErk6XIoRGdan07erOHYNR-DfhH489213alWHRirLKp35v7CNTzK5XPVCaX0LF4AGvrJj21CuE_Fzg9oy4uMmx6bICMo-JjpmMNjRzpazcG3jcHXmEO/s16000/CurvedAir1.webp" /></div><p>Curved air was a band formed in 1970 by musicians from different artistic backgrounds. Their music styles were progressive rock, psychedelic, folk, classical and fusion. The group evolved out of the band Sisyphus formed by Darryl Way (violin) and Francis Monkman (keyboards/guitar). Pianist Nick Simon, bassist Rob Martin and drummer Florian Pilkington-Miksa were added to the line-up.</p><p>Sonja Kristina was the final ingredient to complete and transform into Curved Air. Sonja was a folk artist who played in a London Stage version of the musical Hair. Nick Simon left the band by then.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG3fJklgG16xsm5jV61hHOz20PN07hkgm5JF6BLdpsiHmZ5nRouso9QXXRX1H3r0lMWRWSgV5rurZWx2oyuvX8WJTASN8augau-4gDpIv8RViPzTJbxmVutBEuQVkzESV36RcDeyD4EbvCOlDjII5PzSbAhuefLJF6kmJu1MNBMiWApN9T_C7o-Xi/s500/curvedair.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG3fJklgG16xsm5jV61hHOz20PN07hkgm5JF6BLdpsiHmZ5nRouso9QXXRX1H3r0lMWRWSgV5rurZWx2oyuvX8WJTASN8augau-4gDpIv8RViPzTJbxmVutBEuQVkzESV36RcDeyD4EbvCOlDjII5PzSbAhuefLJF6kmJu1MNBMiWApN9T_C7o-Xi/s16000/curvedair.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The band in 1971</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The name of the band came from the album title "A Rainbow In Curved Air" from 1969 by the minimalist artist Terry Riley. The rainbow is visible in the album cover of their second album and has a minimalistic representation of the title and band name.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOrVwLa5O_F6cPIniJv_uQ-Y8eNRIf2ZaKjucYDZZYbTwQgvQnTAsbG8A5Mf3Ok27xed7VZAw5Vr1ys1aUm1nr85Z6GPYelmU1xe2SFF_aKWrwTXljj6RYocQ_zrTIMBXFUliXsorP_kxLtZkb5ILU2FqmCdQJIuOJL5zQDFkVTvI9ow4bboepLi5/s500/curvedair4.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOrVwLa5O_F6cPIniJv_uQ-Y8eNRIf2ZaKjucYDZZYbTwQgvQnTAsbG8A5Mf3Ok27xed7VZAw5Vr1ys1aUm1nr85Z6GPYelmU1xe2SFF_aKWrwTXljj6RYocQ_zrTIMBXFUliXsorP_kxLtZkb5ILU2FqmCdQJIuOJL5zQDFkVTvI9ow4bboepLi5/s16000/curvedair4.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terry Riley's "A Rainbow In Curved Air"</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Their first album "Air Conditioning" was the first picture disc released commercially in the UK and reached #8 in the UK. They also release a single "It Happened Today". Rob Martin left the band due to a hand injury and was replaced by Ian Eyre.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0CgkGys4baWcfuaQrKMXtJ7ZSYlMRqFPcocW1kdXptE-HkIpKq8KC-wr_r3xxFiql501DcrcA587EWmokjTSE5YEhf_RjjoPDmSU30fM7VAMWT15cT-9QMfWW9IqRNCVSEpyFB5H2vLLhY8QVbODQkovf0ErDx1u3eNTbYldssDVybhexEZQTeDv/s500/curvedair3.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0CgkGys4baWcfuaQrKMXtJ7ZSYlMRqFPcocW1kdXptE-HkIpKq8KC-wr_r3xxFiql501DcrcA587EWmokjTSE5YEhf_RjjoPDmSU30fM7VAMWT15cT-9QMfWW9IqRNCVSEpyFB5H2vLLhY8QVbODQkovf0ErDx1u3eNTbYldssDVybhexEZQTeDv/s16000/curvedair3.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Back Street Luv" single covers</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Curved Air released their second album simply titled "Second Album" and reached #11 in the UK. The single of that album "Back Street Luv" reached #4 in the UK. A third exclusive single "Sarah's Concern" didn't impress. Normally a second album is always hard to follow up the debut album but for Curved Air it is a big improvement. To promote the album the band did 3 US tours and built a cult following over there.</p><p>The A side of the album has songs by Way and the B side had songs by Monkman. They were never able to write songs together and eventually a split within the band was forming between the 2 founders.</p><p>Young Mother" started as a song by Way, Monkman, and Pilkington-Miksa's pre-Curved Air band, Sisyphus. "Back Street Luv" was released as a single and became the best known song by the band. "Jumbo" is a classical ballad.</p><p>"Piece of Mind" has classical music influences.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94C7UUUQXbq4LdEV6MtovVpqj87htk3h8pJJBGgAfvzOtzMcqXd4u_sRVAuabBdZyushB7lDlUfO0jBQmGTtOJAXKcNYj3UULTm9VG53ysSTwktILoCqeEYpsp8LuwKqGD0ynIt1dTkQ3CXkSZWAnlNsNSFLlP0tPzd3axKm3koydPnqkI1hEJ9Do/s500/CurvedAir2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94C7UUUQXbq4LdEV6MtovVpqj87htk3h8pJJBGgAfvzOtzMcqXd4u_sRVAuabBdZyushB7lDlUfO0jBQmGTtOJAXKcNYj3UULTm9VG53ysSTwktILoCqeEYpsp8LuwKqGD0ynIt1dTkQ3CXkSZWAnlNsNSFLlP0tPzd3axKm3koydPnqkI1hEJ9Do/s16000/CurvedAir2.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1973 the founders left the band and were replaced first by Eddie Jobson (later with Roxy Music and U.K.) on violin and later also drummer Stewart Copeland (later with the Police).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmWLZRPhXlRVN9f6Dt2hT5174CL5Vj__gRm54PTG1_wqtBRWBkb5gNBF4mNlZlzRSXSSjZwZxmiF_xQCjfdJe5Jb0iHnO_iYsmCjTBUkMpN8Q9UojggqPlYD9AKrZpLvuGw5kDzIICfLzEnJ_7uROwWvJ4oDdYbHgcKaiGFbA3RODsg2ojFSGETps/s500/curvedair1b.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmWLZRPhXlRVN9f6Dt2hT5174CL5Vj__gRm54PTG1_wqtBRWBkb5gNBF4mNlZlzRSXSSjZwZxmiF_xQCjfdJe5Jb0iHnO_iYsmCjTBUkMpN8Q9UojggqPlYD9AKrZpLvuGw5kDzIICfLzEnJ_7uROwWvJ4oDdYbHgcKaiGFbA3RODsg2ojFSGETps/s16000/curvedair1b.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Second Album </b>(1971)<br /><i>Young Mother / Back Street Luv / Jumbo / You Know / Puppets / Everdance /Bright Summer's Day '68 / Piece of Mind</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/82tcFeK_pkg" width="320" youtube-src-id="82tcFeK_pkg"></iframe><br />Back Street Luv in Beat Club.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvHkFqxQ0co" width="320" youtube-src-id="cvHkFqxQ0co"></iframe><br />Jumbo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gnXExm8IA5c" width="320" youtube-src-id="gnXExm8IA5c"></iframe><br />Young Mother</div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-58378235282388901342023-11-26T13:38:00.005+01:002023-12-15T11:33:05.903+01:00Pieces of 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQBMZIpXjHmh1Hb-Ge5-GTEMPzgwXsxPoIkTZzXRwE89ES-tyEXBA-N2vhqRi9H7rstUSI7iCRrfBmVzNxjnGLDXJOs7xX7hjhHoamDrflOYbUbqGa-OHnk4SiuUEyZ8HrtsTskgmbWJe_juns2pHoKwOKmQ1HgpqhEwKHYYnnMTeuZ6lkQbgKVqH/s500/styx.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQBMZIpXjHmh1Hb-Ge5-GTEMPzgwXsxPoIkTZzXRwE89ES-tyEXBA-N2vhqRi9H7rstUSI7iCRrfBmVzNxjnGLDXJOs7xX7hjhHoamDrflOYbUbqGa-OHnk4SiuUEyZ8HrtsTskgmbWJe_juns2pHoKwOKmQ1HgpqhEwKHYYnnMTeuZ6lkQbgKVqH/s16000-rw/styx.png" /></a></div><p>Styx started their career in progressive rock in 1972. The first line up of the band was Dennis DeYoung, James Young, John Curulewski and brothers Chuck and John Panozzo. In 1976 John Curelewski was replaced by Tommy Shaw who would become important for their success. Their best albums start with "Equinox" from 1975 and then "Crystal Ball" in 1976.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeS_lyW1QuGJbsdsJoV6JlRTRS6MUhnYZLSKV-hPgqt9khOb-qcV0m8NOlb0-JOSuhLnldUFlYquZv_oWcHtpcdQXDBpB4xtMvnREOBxdb2umSvscsk4SB3lew_mSf-hz81l_4zUQPbJJ0MExhzXCpiEQwK0J1nBKEUuaZCOKiC8UN-kaKNbRHYGa/s500/styx4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeS_lyW1QuGJbsdsJoV6JlRTRS6MUhnYZLSKV-hPgqt9khOb-qcV0m8NOlb0-JOSuhLnldUFlYquZv_oWcHtpcdQXDBpB4xtMvnREOBxdb2umSvscsk4SB3lew_mSf-hz81l_4zUQPbJJ0MExhzXCpiEQwK0J1nBKEUuaZCOKiC8UN-kaKNbRHYGa/s16000/styx4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Single covers: Sing For The Day and Renegade</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Their breakthrough in North America came in 1977 with "The Grand Illusion" but with their next album it would become worldwide. "Pieces of Eight" is a concept album from Styx about Money and how it dominates people's lives. And as a result of the success of this album the band got better financially themselves. Their progressive rock sound started to become commercial. The album was again recorded at the Paragon Studios in their hometown Chicago like their previous 3 albums ("Equinox", "Crystal Ball" and "The Grand Illusion").</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DoHE75jYai6fKqt_8k9YPYziNQl6Yw1cuSijGM8tm5HWyoAUWtjpwLDOiW8Iu8QkydagLKRZv8ejqWS5qh4XYdToGs0YbGkziSWHfWyG3y-inLgwwsjRUU6FtUfEDBx0X-AnYinUd8ed3VCTfwWxAWf93bCjAdfjrJRMhpa4KwgzmPsw9IZTCHdG/s500/styx3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DoHE75jYai6fKqt_8k9YPYziNQl6Yw1cuSijGM8tm5HWyoAUWtjpwLDOiW8Iu8QkydagLKRZv8ejqWS5qh4XYdToGs0YbGkziSWHfWyG3y-inLgwwsjRUU6FtUfEDBx0X-AnYinUd8ed3VCTfwWxAWf93bCjAdfjrJRMhpa4KwgzmPsw9IZTCHdG/s16000/styx3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Styx in 1978</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album opens with "Great White Hope" by James Young. The title and story of the song was based on a movie from 1970 with the same title. About a boxer who fights his way out of poverty. "I'm Okay" by De Young and Young continues the opener in the same style. "Sing For The Day" is one of my favourite songs from Styx and reached #18 in the Netherlands as a single. Followed by 2 songs written by DeYoung: "The Message" which is instrumental and "Lord Of The Ring" which of course refers to the classic novel by Tolkien. "Blue Collar Man" is about unemployment that was inspired by a friend of Shaw who worked in the auto industry and kept losing jobs. As a single it reached #21 in the US and #47 in the Netherlands. "Queen of Spades" is about gambling. "Renegade" was released as a single reaching #16 in the US. The title track was written by DeYoung. The album ends with an instrumental by Shaw titled "Aku-Aku". </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZTq0hoK3kSp4VWJ-_Qe1_v88TQKVw9352NjAhyns_JRhyu9n1QFyYVDac774HHSpLN_uclI5rBY4zhoMA1B9bavM82G213caLqC3KTYbIB_paBg6nU8EVwGIfhd0OulF-f8v35dxkDIhBymG-VF_KK0Sjfn6bC0APwefqSnx3R_zO-lQJpaCGPUA/s500/styx2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZTq0hoK3kSp4VWJ-_Qe1_v88TQKVw9352NjAhyns_JRhyu9n1QFyYVDac774HHSpLN_uclI5rBY4zhoMA1B9bavM82G213caLqC3KTYbIB_paBg6nU8EVwGIfhd0OulF-f8v35dxkDIhBymG-VF_KK0Sjfn6bC0APwefqSnx3R_zO-lQJpaCGPUA/s16000/styx2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inner sleeve picture</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the UK it appeared that punk made a break-through and progressive rock was not popular anymore so the album didn't do much over there. It did much beter in the US reaching #6 as well as the Netherlands reaching #20. So the next album "Cornerstone" moved towards a more commercial rock sound with the hit single "Babe". Unfortunately it led to frictions within the band because of the more commercial sound.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XtuFAYftGWr969QaRV0vHmWGat7pB0ny7YOQswMjZop7h611EP0rIk1OoyDI_Wmp0lFy-alvtHxxvebkEOWBXLz7yDJFzMHjmxxXPF1GcWzGpksaKKkqhB1kLXtlJup7M0BtYxJnKtwH1BlLUvbzyfYOlYwonweILGeovP0LVCn7Wq7MDl0Al5l4/s500/styx1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XtuFAYftGWr969QaRV0vHmWGat7pB0ny7YOQswMjZop7h611EP0rIk1OoyDI_Wmp0lFy-alvtHxxvebkEOWBXLz7yDJFzMHjmxxXPF1GcWzGpksaKKkqhB1kLXtlJup7M0BtYxJnKtwH1BlLUvbzyfYOlYwonweILGeovP0LVCn7Wq7MDl0Al5l4/s16000/styx1.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Pieces Of Eight </b>(1978)<br /><div><i>Great White Hope / I'm O.K. / Sing for the Day / The Message / Lords of the Ring / Blue Collar Man / Queen of Spades / Renegade / Pieces of Eight / Aku Aku</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oXu4bAB4Ar8" width="320" youtube-src-id="oXu4bAB4Ar8"></iframe><br />Sing For The Day<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m3ybm4oesz8" width="320" youtube-src-id="m3ybm4oesz8"></iframe><br />Great White Hope<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nmc1bjLKVyQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Nmc1bjLKVyQ"></iframe><br />The Message/Lord Of The Ring</div></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-91655428340273851302023-11-05T13:12:00.007+01:002023-11-05T13:20:39.499+01:00Legendary censored album covers<p>Throughout the years album covers were censored for reasons that norms and values in those times were not accepting things. In most cases we can buy the albums nowadays with the covers as how they were intended officially but for "Electric Ladyland" from Jimmy Hendrix Experience it is still censored untill now.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alice Cooper - Love It To Death</b> (1971)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY520WiQCP194U1KtfpXV2ksqIRAiupeaI99TIDG19m7uEvCN051gyWkmGK7HKfZne2S0HBNtgDFrQ4lQvR2GZstpYDztU1GNZkwI1wH7Hrhut6CvrnyqcKPmDcZjVHm_HvGwn7f7thAfY5pKwARyOtDFNm3ZnKH6s4qM_L6f7KW3UEY12avVMBbeu/s500/cac1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY520WiQCP194U1KtfpXV2ksqIRAiupeaI99TIDG19m7uEvCN051gyWkmGK7HKfZne2S0HBNtgDFrQ4lQvR2GZstpYDztU1GNZkwI1wH7Hrhut6CvrnyqcKPmDcZjVHm_HvGwn7f7thAfY5pKwARyOtDFNm3ZnKH6s4qM_L6f7KW3UEY12avVMBbeu/s16000/cac1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzeTrE_rfg6c1ep_v3nrUQtHanPbCO1-m4_aRwXC0eU-NAsnh1HrNDgeyBTS3veWBhrMbki43P9q4UqgBy7S1i91Rv8rKcWnNl89Gv5_czNV_HsRiEmeB-ymgH93mNQRFFo-iUsGvviqr4yUQ0HkznKuwH2520s78xmj9pb4RCACeKOECkB-iNA73/s500/cac2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzeTrE_rfg6c1ep_v3nrUQtHanPbCO1-m4_aRwXC0eU-NAsnh1HrNDgeyBTS3veWBhrMbki43P9q4UqgBy7S1i91Rv8rKcWnNl89Gv5_czNV_HsRiEmeB-ymgH93mNQRFFo-iUsGvviqr4yUQ0HkznKuwH2520s78xmj9pb4RCACeKOECkB-iNA73/s16000/cac2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">censored album cover</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>On the original cover Alice Cooper holds two arms in front of him. It almost looks like his finger resembles a phallus. Not intentional of course. But the cover was soon replaced with a version leaving out the right arm and hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World </b>(1971)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCQljbEnh46yyYSEC2VJjWVXkLe9W10AUpoQvKJeq8f9gguX_x-ud9zQwwCxV6gVi2ALU-bK2yWXwstb3y4PJuxSphIyS3R03l3Or1bYHDkeXkA-Yr2VWmvx6sqeyy4aWe2OLsYeU1ALyb62iIMQvRjg8xF0ltWKmBMGnHsKho3Byxt5MFP_h1Pcw/s500/cac3.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCQljbEnh46yyYSEC2VJjWVXkLe9W10AUpoQvKJeq8f9gguX_x-ud9zQwwCxV6gVi2ALU-bK2yWXwstb3y4PJuxSphIyS3R03l3Or1bYHDkeXkA-Yr2VWmvx6sqeyy4aWe2OLsYeU1ALyb62iIMQvRjg8xF0ltWKmBMGnHsKho3Byxt5MFP_h1Pcw/s16000/cac3.png" /></a></div><p>Bowie was wearing woman's dresses at that time but in the early seventies transvestism was taboo those days and was rejected by the time Bowie breakthrough in the world. It was replaced by Bowie as Ziggy Stardust.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>David Bowie - Diamond Dogs</b> (1974)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsE5_lPwONeOJ6XPSweKfcqovqgPiwpi1oHNIhXyKBCCmKcZSb7BTkm0ZUzRzP7Kh6CNO4mExPyXI5AsgELTXM-3o3QMD3GUl12OeDRowKYM3qDPgvWHbFNzbNbzJisL-xsseuOE8i4pL5MKlQX5_hkTDkTlOhqChj1i87_e2ymso5rH84B1ns2eol/s500/cac4.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsE5_lPwONeOJ6XPSweKfcqovqgPiwpi1oHNIhXyKBCCmKcZSb7BTkm0ZUzRzP7Kh6CNO4mExPyXI5AsgELTXM-3o3QMD3GUl12OeDRowKYM3qDPgvWHbFNzbNbzJisL-xsseuOE8i4pL5MKlQX5_hkTDkTlOhqChj1i87_e2ymso5rH84B1ns2eol/s16000/cac4.png" /></a></div>The album cover displays Bowie as half human half dog. The front of the album was not a real problem but more for the back of the cover where the bottom half of the body was displayed. The original covers hints at a phallus between the legs. But Americans decided to darken that area.<div><br /><p><b>Tin Machine - Tin Machine II</b> (1991)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2T6GSVlnZO4j5u33o2di0WXhqqfXYfNFDDej4nyQCjB8dc_jrlESGFWhd1cfz5I3QD6V8Q8YXqPs5CL4k92vr6IXx3RhFBO1HiZWVmYonjNnk0eehPR0pQEKuyQqfcLDSWPLGct4icyWsDoFHfs9FDlBP1pdQvMQKruuwmpC58vFtlWn7UVVh45Z/s500/cac5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2T6GSVlnZO4j5u33o2di0WXhqqfXYfNFDDej4nyQCjB8dc_jrlESGFWhd1cfz5I3QD6V8Q8YXqPs5CL4k92vr6IXx3RhFBO1HiZWVmYonjNnk0eehPR0pQEKuyQqfcLDSWPLGct4icyWsDoFHfs9FDlBP1pdQvMQKruuwmpC58vFtlWn7UVVh45Z/s16000/cac5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXkI2n5-HqIiNWK52Qr-P_isp-yWU3baPgd6umMQfZPiVpSPs8AFZmhYD7vqm-cPwb2gURyl6EiHysXU9VtaJAPr5LKExOVYGLXc8osz2R2ctrn7sFaLEJO2nPzwk4FQCwqm0ZlheeWb2iXkyWfj9IAybhJvTno-cREM6PViJc4yB63AFMX9e1T4f/s500/cac6.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXkI2n5-HqIiNWK52Qr-P_isp-yWU3baPgd6umMQfZPiVpSPs8AFZmhYD7vqm-cPwb2gURyl6EiHysXU9VtaJAPr5LKExOVYGLXc8osz2R2ctrn7sFaLEJO2nPzwk4FQCwqm0ZlheeWb2iXkyWfj9IAybhJvTno-cREM6PViJc4yB63AFMX9e1T4f/s16000/cac6.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">censored album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A Greek statues was displayed 4 times to suggest it could be the members of the band. The phallus was again a problem for Americans and this was nicely solved to chissel out the phallus.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Blind Faith - Blind Faith</b> (1969)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7Bl6Wzv1qccnZiX6rUBM4Ts7ZlX8QYN8pOHGZtKyeysEcYX8Qffw-FsubuWMHBkD8QXKXcFeEGJi2n6buQGJB0A4S00JrcGyhJ28glaHaVm7DIbZgp7KP3lNDSWnYY_yph-Av-UBaJBWPx-3KazhNWiuLswoypiV6n_hwddJU98EjeM88-fV_orU/s500/cac7.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN7Bl6Wzv1qccnZiX6rUBM4Ts7ZlX8QYN8pOHGZtKyeysEcYX8Qffw-FsubuWMHBkD8QXKXcFeEGJi2n6buQGJB0A4S00JrcGyhJ28glaHaVm7DIbZgp7KP3lNDSWnYY_yph-Av-UBaJBWPx-3KazhNWiuLswoypiV6n_hwddJU98EjeM88-fV_orU/s16000/cac7.png" /></a></div>Blind Faith was the superband by Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. They only released one album. The album cover displays an 11-year old girl holding a model of an aircraft. The fact that the girl was naked wasn't the biggest issue here but the aircraft was considered to resemble a phallus by some people. Therefore in some countries a cover displaying the band was used at the right.<p><b>John & Yoko - Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins</b> (1968)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0-ob7VfdHj3cnODOqVJ1fvaIucZhFA2MEkY5BlqeheCpTO87MEQup3EQkzXWEJ8Eu9ZRzoziZmWuycoKwYGfWxgiO7jK7xI94ap7gEorxS3HC8wKnNPpun9WwvngDSqtMIVAT0_Z8vjZlppzY5Vyzk-HuXrTAUhuVdk18bc2UdoTQqkeXITbB_J0/s500/cac8.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0-ob7VfdHj3cnODOqVJ1fvaIucZhFA2MEkY5BlqeheCpTO87MEQup3EQkzXWEJ8Eu9ZRzoziZmWuycoKwYGfWxgiO7jK7xI94ap7gEorxS3HC8wKnNPpun9WwvngDSqtMIVAT0_Z8vjZlppzY5Vyzk-HuXrTAUhuVdk18bc2UdoTQqkeXITbB_J0/s16000/cac8.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left the censored cover and right the original cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first 3 albums of John Lennon and Yoko Ono were very experimental and a nightmare to listen to. It is not really music but a sound collage of experiments. On the first album a picture of them both naked was used that led to lots of complaints by distributors.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roger Waters - The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking</b> (1984)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hJO_UofV4zq12XJKoSw-441dCxK_MUdMzbfUl5e4KQheyJNVAjO0O-CsHCraT4IGlcm6ursUGVclQRSxJws6f_gTduDFy2hp8qGHPwwqxf5s5A7eN4GkF3eM0PoT9uYRessjmBSOl4wqJ3VdGi0gdv6yZIZwBFj54hMF38qqIezfpIzlTQyB5AuX/s500/cac9.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hJO_UofV4zq12XJKoSw-441dCxK_MUdMzbfUl5e4KQheyJNVAjO0O-CsHCraT4IGlcm6ursUGVclQRSxJws6f_gTduDFy2hp8qGHPwwqxf5s5A7eN4GkF3eM0PoT9uYRessjmBSOl4wqJ3VdGi0gdv6yZIZwBFj54hMF38qqIezfpIzlTQyB5AuX/s16000/cac9.png" /></a></div><p>In the USA a naked behind was simply covered by a black banner for Roger Waters his first solo album.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roxy Music - Country Life</b> (1974)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrOZJp6UHBJT_JXHWIZQxp9nMfzo1BocekBSDRvi0bpyezkTlRvvYLpuJ7IEFsKl2gC3nIhn6cGs2gTLF1WgTm884XzoBr3t7FdQemmbXaTtdEoztIe58iAbA_3tbkugefia0pfaU9zbxF0kYFqMJS2OQ5-urpBUoHeyAY6hNW-Adgtfl7NtqAOFB/s500/cac10.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrOZJp6UHBJT_JXHWIZQxp9nMfzo1BocekBSDRvi0bpyezkTlRvvYLpuJ7IEFsKl2gC3nIhn6cGs2gTLF1WgTm884XzoBr3t7FdQemmbXaTtdEoztIe58iAbA_3tbkugefia0pfaU9zbxF0kYFqMJS2OQ5-urpBUoHeyAY6hNW-Adgtfl7NtqAOFB/s16000/cac10.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left the original album cover and right the censored cover</td></tr></tbody></table>Bryan Ferry always used women to pose on the album covers of Roxy Music. In this case they were dressed in ladies underwear and one without bra but covering it nicely up with her hands. Still too much for some people that's why in the USA the cover one the right was used without the 2 women.</div><div><br /><p><b>Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle! See Jungle ! Go Join Your Gang, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! </b>(1981)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhx5ynCdtqUE2Sw5HEJtHmb2eaYtGyUjPYqQ2_2u-rsQrRzIOzggAJ_AbE4IrSXLVLKsj9KrQKec4higEmjtdhYK3dZsciys-EuHMsMBxaWuomnPm9u2h-e6feLikUEEoE0_OiE55GPEoyPkUl8HMMr9p43WKyfqMc1R5A6HGthug1G8vQHyo9_U4/s500/cac11.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhx5ynCdtqUE2Sw5HEJtHmb2eaYtGyUjPYqQ2_2u-rsQrRzIOzggAJ_AbE4IrSXLVLKsj9KrQKec4higEmjtdhYK3dZsciys-EuHMsMBxaWuomnPm9u2h-e6feLikUEEoE0_OiE55GPEoyPkUl8HMMr9p43WKyfqMc1R5A6HGthug1G8vQHyo9_U4/s16000/cac11.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gYQMhs9zjNo_4Ch10rix91iF8ua92oDdb-53aqxWq3C3SMq66epgs4jWLEE6O4pxtZXFMtjN7_Qjv-TxmHcaNHK5Q6FWGMNPg5motRlGObUfBCIRxS7PpYkjhQ0MxgZ8B9mDXMiI2G-bWXaMBli5WpJtV6D5uzlf7tOGFjwLZ2SaLqSdY4ZKtUYQ/s500/cac13.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8gYQMhs9zjNo_4Ch10rix91iF8ua92oDdb-53aqxWq3C3SMq66epgs4jWLEE6O4pxtZXFMtjN7_Qjv-TxmHcaNHK5Q6FWGMNPg5motRlGObUfBCIRxS7PpYkjhQ0MxgZ8B9mDXMiI2G-bWXaMBli5WpJtV6D5uzlf7tOGFjwLZ2SaLqSdY4ZKtUYQ/s16000/cac13.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manet's "Dejeuner sur l’Herbe"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrJi8Wm_ZkrY8FpPvPQbKyykX0uZPY87BcVRTL0TKgcDahz8AzbKRZ7O6JU74jLoGFoiHKm6beW4juV6UFtyouslQmEIwWp31cQ5227kzyiLUMUd0A8hyphenhyphenvJCE7qhE_HCVSeECKGqUFmQ9G2Se7inT6erb4akvj9WnQWAzlPFOq0QwtqiPZqxN64Wf/s502/cac12.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggrJi8Wm_ZkrY8FpPvPQbKyykX0uZPY87BcVRTL0TKgcDahz8AzbKRZ7O6JU74jLoGFoiHKm6beW4juV6UFtyouslQmEIwWp31cQ5227kzyiLUMUd0A8hyphenhyphenvJCE7qhE_HCVSeECKGqUFmQ9G2Se7inT6erb4akvj9WnQWAzlPFOq0QwtqiPZqxN64Wf/s16000/cac12.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Censored album cover</td></tr></tbody></table>The idea is brilliant to create a copy of a painting by Manet with the characters being the members of the band. Unfortunately not everyone accepted this and another version was created from the photo sessions for the album where Annabella Lwin lies on the ground covered.</div><div><br /><p><b>Jimmy Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland</b> (1968)</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCg0CNN1CihzdnqZ742vv7n6bYcTklW1B23zNgafMUn192hDK03AQ3fR_KJiUpWN665IAYWUmNrEPoM2WmK4DSECYFo-dy9pxUlBGMhxZ9SCNYb1oFOohyphenhyphenn8ZqMPBtND_aYA14bUfAKDdwJ4TqugeQ1qWWlPzWJOGSRffeteMbgawwNgepqjCIY9y/s500/cac14.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCg0CNN1CihzdnqZ742vv7n6bYcTklW1B23zNgafMUn192hDK03AQ3fR_KJiUpWN665IAYWUmNrEPoM2WmK4DSECYFo-dy9pxUlBGMhxZ9SCNYb1oFOohyphenhyphenn8ZqMPBtND_aYA14bUfAKDdwJ4TqugeQ1qWWlPzWJOGSRffeteMbgawwNgepqjCIY9y/s16000/cac14.png" /></a></div><p>Naked girls was too much and the album is nowadays still replaced everywhere with the right cover.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy</b> (1973)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rn90L1sQ16Fn2838tCmvvPqvESTshgdk6Oa0mZfpk47PDUIuggk-pJ3Pt1ALQB4UfULIRKL0oODSxEmwG2hNOFJAKVCLJxTnngF2ZOyFwUdqKsRm5A5NLMtbM8q6FWpqtiHmVLwevPTkzzPfg2rqQ4hWWJSOtfEF8rc6Pz41yHvQtH8GWMduCGO1/s500/cac15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rn90L1sQ16Fn2838tCmvvPqvESTshgdk6Oa0mZfpk47PDUIuggk-pJ3Pt1ALQB4UfULIRKL0oODSxEmwG2hNOFJAKVCLJxTnngF2ZOyFwUdqKsRm5A5NLMtbM8q6FWpqtiHmVLwevPTkzzPfg2rqQ4hWWJSOtfEF8rc6Pz41yHvQtH8GWMduCGO1/s16000/cac15.png" /></a></div>Naked children at the Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland) was too much for some people and putting the band name and album cover above the nearest kid.</div><div><br /><p><b>Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here</b> (1975)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqA5W8nxaBmADxKw1UQtv-9IRulikK8P-fqngvpToydzUKGMLOS79FbNdSTiwQhyphenhyphenbrFILtw0wli0p9A_ThiLvpBzVIzG6VrRoQ7aLCoPuCjJI8Ef-cHC-BUbQXVQPwDrCkOaw785mPHqOeOnuVz2ccHSBRgIKzAnHbpHOlKfm_MISeearJspPQ_cGM/s500/cac16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqA5W8nxaBmADxKw1UQtv-9IRulikK8P-fqngvpToydzUKGMLOS79FbNdSTiwQhyphenhyphenbrFILtw0wli0p9A_ThiLvpBzVIzG6VrRoQ7aLCoPuCjJI8Ef-cHC-BUbQXVQPwDrCkOaw785mPHqOeOnuVz2ccHSBRgIKzAnHbpHOlKfm_MISeearJspPQ_cGM/s16000/cac16.png" /></a></div>In the original album two men shaking hands that made the second one set afire was considered too violent. And it was replaced by a cover only including the album title logo in full size.</div><div><br /><p><b>Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet</b> (1968)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipECdeNvKO-4Ikr05oglqM9Sn4HvbMv3K09IeVsvDNdVFJhITXGc3X8i0_FoaPOc54M9EgtNGeALsAP2xzCW05-RPB9DDAQGFLUI9cKsyyhsX438sxM_YJB4pYT07tXrupU_dGxR9P62en8LWQV1bEshFSyLhmXiz_fbpXkDjLz_8KDwnBnFn3chNd/s500/cac17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipECdeNvKO-4Ikr05oglqM9Sn4HvbMv3K09IeVsvDNdVFJhITXGc3X8i0_FoaPOc54M9EgtNGeALsAP2xzCW05-RPB9DDAQGFLUI9cKsyyhsX438sxM_YJB4pYT07tXrupU_dGxR9P62en8LWQV1bEshFSyLhmXiz_fbpXkDjLz_8KDwnBnFn3chNd/s16000/cac17.png" /></a></div>The album cover was banned by the record company and alternatively replaced by something that looked like an invitation card. A dirty toilet was a bit too much.</div><div><br /><p><b>The Mamas & The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears</b> (1966)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbmJev_V4tcz_Z9L_5sPAylBbkFbdSreCq5_ScPLNEzr7nVdKlCJNMQxSoM_fomRkwzrvH6st7R2_YoH4CJCxA-1jx0zi-V1Ysm7pIoYEl2o5JSoehGVjmokXSwMyHhrQBVBfOBPGHcK6SsAJwbF5pLhxb1aMrPyJ8RuF7nUfDd2n8LZ4yPbgyzPD/s500/cac18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbmJev_V4tcz_Z9L_5sPAylBbkFbdSreCq5_ScPLNEzr7nVdKlCJNMQxSoM_fomRkwzrvH6st7R2_YoH4CJCxA-1jx0zi-V1Ysm7pIoYEl2o5JSoehGVjmokXSwMyHhrQBVBfOBPGHcK6SsAJwbF5pLhxb1aMrPyJ8RuF7nUfDd2n8LZ4yPbgyzPD/s16000/cac18.png" /></a></div><p>Another toilet can affair for the Mama's and the Papa's. They replaced the toilet can by a banner that it includes their big hit "California Dreamin'".</p></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-85955108439746798822023-10-07T11:44:00.002+02:002023-10-07T11:47:43.835+02:00Ismism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv5u0FEjNNn03QdVd1ArBNhykyhavAxPuzMzMAGOsPohQCHYF_IiFeynJ_xss0Oj9j8cs_hZHPHrRBQQy_zHGufNGEj_gfaxPRL9bXmkH2x45IhjiW6Gpt1wGw5xRVYkCs0ClQfjj-APGPHK2KsRWAP5b9bqd8-50rzF4sz3oehBKB341ydgRtiJc/s500/gc.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv5u0FEjNNn03QdVd1ArBNhykyhavAxPuzMzMAGOsPohQCHYF_IiFeynJ_xss0Oj9j8cs_hZHPHrRBQQy_zHGufNGEj_gfaxPRL9bXmkH2x45IhjiW6Gpt1wGw5xRVYkCs0ClQfjj-APGPHK2KsRWAP5b9bqd8-50rzF4sz3oehBKB341ydgRtiJc/s16000/gc.png" /></a></div><p>Ismism is the 4th album by Godley & Creme released in October 1981. In the US the album was released with a different title "Snack Attack". The album reached #29 in the UK, #28 in the Netherlands and became their best selling album. Again a commercial album after "Freeze Frame" from 1979 with the hit single "An Englishman In New York". To bridge the gap between "Freeze Frame" and "Ismism" they released two exclusive singles in 1980: "Submarine", an instrumental version of "Power Behind The Throne" and "Wide Boy". "Power Behind The Throne" was released later as the B-Side of "Under Your Thumb". Godley & Creme play all instruments on the album except for the saxophone. It is probably their most accessible album of their career.</p><p> </p><p>The songs on the album talk about silly things like in "Snack Attack" about a pathological desire for food or is it about anorexia followed by a Victorian ghost story titled "Under Your Thumb"</p><p> </p><p>"Joey's Camel" is about a search in the desert to find the tablets of the 10 commandments, finding them and then facing a certain death. </p><p> </p><p>"The Problem" tells the story of riddles like "If train a leaves Manchester at 7:00 am and travels at an average speed of 85 mph, etc).</p><p> </p><p>The story of a woman pressuring a man into marriage "Wedding Bells". </p><p> </p><p>"Lonnie" tells the story of the real killer of Kennedy who, only carried out the deed in order to gain the recognition. </p><p> </p><p>"Sale Of The Century" about auctioning your hearth at the sale of the century. </p><p> </p><p>The album closes with "The Party" that is ridiculing show business parties and the music industry.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTggaS59siteUeJzXQ3_mer3MWFFYnz9cS8SMg6k8JfZ2a-Hph7lE5CtiuTf9OIods2G0dwF2iF4V8JXULMVRDm4BVLTYD2M21lXXa-RBUZOcOJmPKomceoGY6poGrx8M7d2YNyWj5yaCIcDKKT5yrYzxQ1w9aAtHQu9dhkDM0MhlW6RMvE0_PxKBL/s500/gc3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTggaS59siteUeJzXQ3_mer3MWFFYnz9cS8SMg6k8JfZ2a-Hph7lE5CtiuTf9OIods2G0dwF2iF4V8JXULMVRDm4BVLTYD2M21lXXa-RBUZOcOJmPKomceoGY6poGrx8M7d2YNyWj5yaCIcDKKT5yrYzxQ1w9aAtHQu9dhkDM0MhlW6RMvE0_PxKBL/s16000/gc3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under Your Thumb - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The first single of the album was "Under Your Thumb" which made #3 in the UK and #13 in the Netherlands. The second single "Wedding Bells" which reached #7 in the UK and #44 in the Netherlands.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzUijWl1agAcjgXdjku1MlmjQR_DqBIjrzioxMLBoAgmElnX_zY3xtBWjxOoNqYRFdzJ9VtS1T2jJ_gBHGq4Geh3MqFWiuy5E64rQmOE9HBoDNfrQ0t8VuOJYFF4vzCuVzGjnex0npFpmcd07gkxeiAa1kiC42oHrZ3LB2eJQmAOr2NAV2AaUrNpV/s500/gc4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzUijWl1agAcjgXdjku1MlmjQR_DqBIjrzioxMLBoAgmElnX_zY3xtBWjxOoNqYRFdzJ9VtS1T2jJ_gBHGq4Geh3MqFWiuy5E64rQmOE9HBoDNfrQ0t8VuOJYFF4vzCuVzGjnex0npFpmcd07gkxeiAa1kiC42oHrZ3LB2eJQmAOr2NAV2AaUrNpV/s16000/gc4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wedding Bells - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqi19tSi1De24pMy652GlqFP4alRn7VXgfFG1Y7s2Mcs3u1z7glIQJ6m8z0_VshrEbWJet8_3OMgAgaJ-Y5bUe_bIIi4OEJ07rpnyYdsYqse0VWO6Bcd_0gCwKKdX2GhqQv9brlouMGHk82eNsVCdaVfGKQJwgoi8Qrvr058wVAa-XY6Wbe-_8jMX/s16000/gc5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snack Attack - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album cover was designed by Ben Kelly. It originally was a white cover with the title spelt in holes in the cover with a contrasting colour beneath. Later editions were made of coloured dots instead of holes or with a black background. In the US a different cover was used based on the first song of the album and also titled after the first song.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1y4IYK3fEM-h5HhKYFjvXhJO9L4ZNg6CdImpvvQQIPkgMExo9oPom0Q7YHgYsHpeAxr96y0s8sLLSPYlLjh5P-NlJmGlJnmJDM0m6s_iQoXGe-8hGnAqMLR4mQvOdnifvmbxF24uMNn-wMGYQWk548y_AFM8nu6nhSk61gFtPUdZzR6vvbJUSTaI/s16000/gc1.png" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover with holes</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINR_aAyYR__WNUQ1_E2IfVbvjw-yywvHlOXBerJL6uGZNKAHx59njMNkmSZtwffTFoMsX4bg21EO-7l4Ot-_qzOBnIUqfCErJAIH08vtXnqgYAQsue1Lte6LlfRQfu_JK24I-gCn2T3BBDdoviywFOmcowdhRMerwh69A5UMw6JMkdxHlLDjDxktu/s500/gc2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINR_aAyYR__WNUQ1_E2IfVbvjw-yywvHlOXBerJL6uGZNKAHx59njMNkmSZtwffTFoMsX4bg21EO-7l4Ot-_qzOBnIUqfCErJAIH08vtXnqgYAQsue1Lte6LlfRQfu_JK24I-gCn2T3BBDdoviywFOmcowdhRMerwh69A5UMw6JMkdxHlLDjDxktu/s16000/gc2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">US album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Ismism / Snack Attack </b>(1981)</p><p><i>Snack Attack / Under Your Thumb / Joey's Camel / The Problem / Ready for Ralph / Wedding Bells / Lonnie / Sale of the Century / The Party</i></p><p><b>Singles:</b><br />Submarine / Marciano (1980)<br />Wide Boy / I Pity Inanimate Objects (1980)<br />Under Your Thumb / Power Behind The Throne (1981)<br />Wedding Bells / Babies (1981)<br />Snack Attack / Strange Apparatus (edit of "An Englishman in New York")</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T2l_OBsq3Lc" width="320" youtube-src-id="T2l_OBsq3Lc"></iframe><br />Wedding Bells - promo video</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bidQIXnRABA" width="320" youtube-src-id="bidQIXnRABA"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Under Your Thumb - at Toppop<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kLqx3qB56pc" width="320" youtube-src-id="kLqx3qB56pc"></iframe><br />Wide Boy - Promo video<br /></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-13340836604470871072023-09-03T13:32:00.004+02:002023-09-03T13:35:26.625+02:00Matthew & Son<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwjuqX_ETiHuXDrPkQWI8gA0bBN5t7Mmg6Z_oYVfKnnkvfx0KMjaSE0Y9gO4ADFEhrrbjOUW999fA6Mu0Sip-Dtd98R0JTBBFjlp1L5eIvDCmQmPJnZin0E6sxuuZ59Thy64kB1qxA2P8Jy1aCsP2Za8mLyyT5b9nyMTlAkkjrwtl-D7DlFsuzYr9/s16000/cat.png" /></div><p>During his teenage years Cat Stevens (Steven Demetre Georgiou) was heavily influenced by the Beates and the Stones but also the folk music of Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel. Steven's older brother searched for a record company interested to give him a record deal. So on the 10th of July 1966 the recordings for his debut album started. John Paul Jones played bass on the first 2 singles before John became a member of Led Zeppelin. The first single was "I Love My Dog" reachting #28 in the UK and #21 in the Netherlands followed by "Matthew & Son" which reached #2 in the UK and also #21 in the Netherlands. One of the songs for the debut album "Here Comes My Baby" was given to The Tremeloes and reached #4. "I've Found A Love" was covered by David Garrick but that one failed to chart. But the single "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun" released by Cat himself as single reached #6 in the UK and #26 in the Netherlands. Cat Steven already proved to be a great song writer.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXy-d2ORtYC4i-hMNYhPzvdVJDqbAinCovZ-WOqHt9wVcVg-w6hCbqb5vSDX6VdP3ttt2qP2XtzMUJzjQ4aTkZ6Z5d2fDJZ8md7Cl-43dnjiiErOSneLzhieJzcvSMHgRSpRpuLMYKDBURtYnu6ltGAdwF0Bc4mRW8TbF9xnmgYhqDyf169lvZro2/s506/cat1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXy-d2ORtYC4i-hMNYhPzvdVJDqbAinCovZ-WOqHt9wVcVg-w6hCbqb5vSDX6VdP3ttt2qP2XtzMUJzjQ4aTkZ6Z5d2fDJZ8md7Cl-43dnjiiErOSneLzhieJzcvSMHgRSpRpuLMYKDBURtYnu6ltGAdwF0Bc4mRW8TbF9xnmgYhqDyf169lvZro2/s16000/cat1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matthew & Son - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mzOQbTziw-M3IZZGYsLYernTvQRB0xcDo9PTvXAO7idREwB3-eYrqdSzUGRRI_ryQp1kw3Cz4rpVoAFe5pRDtCrSVhMUCP6IIFf1hYvu4DGlTosPGUguAHGF8JTBIP9UNGxs3mYrzirnoE-HZ8WvofE5a0Ex8oF8lPJKCxKb5PPrCheEwGGQpSfM/s500/cat2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mzOQbTziw-M3IZZGYsLYernTvQRB0xcDo9PTvXAO7idREwB3-eYrqdSzUGRRI_ryQp1kw3Cz4rpVoAFe5pRDtCrSVhMUCP6IIFf1hYvu4DGlTosPGUguAHGF8JTBIP9UNGxs3mYrzirnoE-HZ8WvofE5a0Ex8oF8lPJKCxKb5PPrCheEwGGQpSfM/s16000/cat2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo for the "I Love My Dog" single.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album is titled "Matthew & Son" after the success of the second single and was finally released in 1967 reaching #7 in the UK. Overall we hear a different sound from Cat Stevens than we are used to. The recognizable acoustic folk sound from Cat Stevens arrives with his third album "Mona Bone Jakon" in 1970. The music is more orchestrated and performed with a band here rather than accoustical. The song "Portobelle Road" however is fully accoustic with Cat on guitar and already hints in the direction to follow.</p><p>After this his second album was more of this but sold very bad. Although it includes the song "The First Cut Is The Deepest" which was a hit for Rod Stewart and at the time already covered by P.P. Arnold (formerly on tour in 1965 with Ike & Tina Turner) and in her version it reached #18 in the UK. In 2017 Yusuf/Cat Stevens rerecorded some of the songs of this album but played them in the folk style we used to know from him on the album "Laughing Apple" which make them sound much better.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-7cVIte7fRPr8hqQU7vKCG5PwoTnkXgDF0gTw4qBgwWOmFcckzAgIgjEQCTnv6rhiLiaNYM76bUhLpRSLkxYgzsXng3jUqKYVNowy4QwDDmkrQsbsMd9g8VgZgNI_Gk-QVyiR5Z3lBerRO7Cyj6dzwdkTuwQfB2i7nBSO_WDHKtTm8y9TRJwoBJs/s500/cat3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-7cVIte7fRPr8hqQU7vKCG5PwoTnkXgDF0gTw4qBgwWOmFcckzAgIgjEQCTnv6rhiLiaNYM76bUhLpRSLkxYgzsXng3jUqKYVNowy4QwDDmkrQsbsMd9g8VgZgNI_Gk-QVyiR5Z3lBerRO7Cyj6dzwdkTuwQfB2i7nBSO_WDHKtTm8y9TRJwoBJs/s16000/cat3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Matthew & Son</b> (1967)<br /><i>Matthew and Son / I Love My Dog / Here Comes My Baby / Bring Another Bottle Baby / Portobello Road / I've Found a Love / I See a Road / Baby Get Your Head Screwed On / Granny / When I Speak to the Flowers / The Tramp / Come On and Dance / Hummingbird / Lady</i><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4pLNKb8j2U" width="320" youtube-src-id="u4pLNKb8j2U"></iframe><br />Matthew & Son<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dVzcahWYI7s" width="320" youtube-src-id="dVzcahWYI7s"></iframe><br />I Love My Dog<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JsYpSHHqsEs" width="320" youtube-src-id="JsYpSHHqsEs"></iframe><br />Here Comes My Baby</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pui30wdf52Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="Pui30wdf52Q"></iframe><br />Granny</div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-67716597074006849662023-08-27T14:22:00.003+02:002023-08-27T14:25:30.678+02:00Goat's Head Soup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhEowz1HSOjjG7xeza3O7UsPbal3_BsCtYDLISJ4mwxn-NYntzo4SVTj2s9Etpl5Y7bGBuBoWsH2ZYr4PCg38tmeyTpWEFt5GnyA5J_BfGwtnzDj0MjhJReLSrPF-DPpCYR1PtDO3ZqXFNjhbQI6kDXg40Y5vtflwNuJJs4PkC-Ni3KAURExB4Ort/s500/rs7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhEowz1HSOjjG7xeza3O7UsPbal3_BsCtYDLISJ4mwxn-NYntzo4SVTj2s9Etpl5Y7bGBuBoWsH2ZYr4PCg38tmeyTpWEFt5GnyA5J_BfGwtnzDj0MjhJReLSrPF-DPpCYR1PtDO3ZqXFNjhbQI6kDXg40Y5vtflwNuJJs4PkC-Ni3KAURExB4Ort/s16000/rs7.png" /></a></div><p>While Mick Jagger scored headline pages following his marriage to Bianca Pérez-Mora Macías, Keith Richards was in a Swiss rehab clinic to put the brakes on his heroin usage. Their next album "Goat's Head Soup" was like throwing all their ideas in a cauldron to see what happens. It was also their first album to be recorded in Jamaica but not including any influence of reggae. They still lived outside of the UK due to the fact they were tax exiles. Recordings were started in November 1972 and would be released in 1973 and it included the hit single "Angie". It was also their last album to produced by Jimmy Miller who produced all albums since "Beggars Banquet" from 1968. Bill Wyman only appears on 3 of the tracks. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjg22mbiHjlVz3S9dGMuD2Hv0jxOegMFoMVuRgZ3EFvBWb5bYqBWN_edkJf7Qeahvq6m-vxUYWwicay4zaKX9djVEGP1g7N-KLnononmZkXO1ZHfswg2ojKW4Qj2vpNqA-xyD44vExgGjFcrnL4neQyEiYu3A-Yc8oQ2vXRrmkX8hVZvRnBwi_ljYg/s500/rs5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjg22mbiHjlVz3S9dGMuD2Hv0jxOegMFoMVuRgZ3EFvBWb5bYqBWN_edkJf7Qeahvq6m-vxUYWwicay4zaKX9djVEGP1g7N-KLnononmZkXO1ZHfswg2ojKW4Qj2vpNqA-xyD44vExgGjFcrnL4neQyEiYu3A-Yc8oQ2vXRrmkX8hVZvRnBwi_ljYg/s16000/rs5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Angie" - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>It was rumoured that the song "Angie" was about David Bowie's ex-wife Angela. These rumours were false. It was named after Keith Richards'baby daughter Dandelion Angela. The lyrics are about Mick's breakup with Marianne Faitfull. As a single "Angie" reached #5 in the UK, #1 in the Neterlands and also #1 in the US. As a second single they released "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" in the US reaching #15. In the Netherlands "Star Star" was released reaching #21.</p><p>They recorded lots of songs for the album including "Tops" and "Waiting On A Friend" which would surface on "Tattoo You" in 1981. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" and "Dancing with Mr. D." were intended to follow the early seventies disco style.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RWCXXQENpdCIjB3mmiUQKFb-wbqHKs_4T5Av7TG8zPVG4HSqVsyWF2thMlQDF7gQnq5QruENIm3zim3rerwoAsjea3qjIc4sNF5OpR74j56tjLkd8aRFEKIffW4M8B0Kcwgjkr3Gd1KPFwpw5SPuqg30OB3OJByZ5z6ieqRDxSqhqZuNZd-9TlR9/s500/rs6.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RWCXXQENpdCIjB3mmiUQKFb-wbqHKs_4T5Av7TG8zPVG4HSqVsyWF2thMlQDF7gQnq5QruENIm3zim3rerwoAsjea3qjIc4sNF5OpR74j56tjLkd8aRFEKIffW4M8B0Kcwgjkr3Gd1KPFwpw5SPuqg30OB3OJByZ5z6ieqRDxSqhqZuNZd-9TlR9/s16000/rs6.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Star Star"/"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo" - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The song "Star Star" whas banned by the BBC due to its obscene lyrics and was originally titled "Starfucker". The best songs on the album are the ballads of which "Angie" is the best known. But also "100 Years Ago", "Coming Down Again" and "Winter". The album managed to reach #1 in the Netherlands, UK and US.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-APecwBfnhyiZQVEmOa-fiGs41txQmtSoERiPKv4CBFbcKGqPO1cL4J4ZCCRaXVR8fR8H08OZVVfTwCx5k2jCCbbx-QTn6HQATMUmWJ8ctoJzqM7qrCrr9ArLz0yIEkklyjY6ogZ86HOOnub-Z3DMjScCOUiloYUAVmpzHbUL4x9a-70ABQlZlqt/s500/rs1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-APecwBfnhyiZQVEmOa-fiGs41txQmtSoERiPKv4CBFbcKGqPO1cL4J4ZCCRaXVR8fR8H08OZVVfTwCx5k2jCCbbx-QTn6HQATMUmWJ8ctoJzqM7qrCrr9ArLz0yIEkklyjY6ogZ86HOOnub-Z3DMjScCOUiloYUAVmpzHbUL4x9a-70ABQlZlqt/s16000/rs1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katharine Hepburn in "The African Queen".</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwd9Z0bHMP5edz1FCOD-Bug04o6wQC4nC9n29fWPqq_Aj8OKmeH62MP6R8LataKaiQ5SLA0yy7eY4E8VKycAV2-8it84aVXDE_6uctM7dg_BU7G_jkLg6p2MfzE-4ciHVYixj6zhin9Gm3-3ITC-bs17oertYySEWu8czWswKLEPCRsomr2oLlrxM/s500/rs2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwd9Z0bHMP5edz1FCOD-Bug04o6wQC4nC9n29fWPqq_Aj8OKmeH62MP6R8LataKaiQ5SLA0yy7eY4E8VKycAV2-8it84aVXDE_6uctM7dg_BU7G_jkLg6p2MfzE-4ciHVYixj6zhin9Gm3-3ITC-bs17oertYySEWu8czWswKLEPCRsomr2oLlrxM/s320/rs2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover with photo of Mick</td></tr></tbody></table><div>The album cover was designed by Ray Lawrence and photographed by David Bailey. The photo's of the band members were meant to resemble Katharine Hepburn in "The African Queen". The title of the album was represented in a photo of a real goat head in a soup and was meant to be the front cover but was considered to be controversial. A first album cover was designed by the legendary Hypgnosis but was rejected.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fW_sT06IJIMz4hHdlN9bZ2Dn_HmFAtLzsgWthU9zTyllYhXkLAe-b5Kh0raw7GOOAhA51H4QOMzEpgywu69VdfwRFH-jv8-2JwmhasGYguTTmYXA4bSAV8YvovwaWoNxpaTRusScvcR5Q9XZzbnEbE89YVCLB-H7XE5v3Ob9s3OlT1cA1C14Yhok/s500/rs3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fW_sT06IJIMz4hHdlN9bZ2Dn_HmFAtLzsgWthU9zTyllYhXkLAe-b5Kh0raw7GOOAhA51H4QOMzEpgywu69VdfwRFH-jv8-2JwmhasGYguTTmYXA4bSAV8YvovwaWoNxpaTRusScvcR5Q9XZzbnEbE89YVCLB-H7XE5v3Ob9s3OlT1cA1C14Yhok/s16000/rs3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First design for the album cover by Hypgnosis</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>Goat's Head Soup</b> (1973)</div><div><i>Dancing With Mr. D / 100 Years Ago / Coming Down Again / Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) / Angie / Silver Train / Hide Your Love / Winter / Can You Hear The Music / Star Star</i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2K7jMLS-7iw" width="320" youtube-src-id="2K7jMLS-7iw"></iframe><br />Angie - Promo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gl3WKbzmL3A" width="320" youtube-src-id="gl3WKbzmL3A"></iframe><br />Coming Down Again<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/frt_f0eP_Hs" width="320" youtube-src-id="frt_f0eP_Hs"></iframe><br />Winter</div></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-77781232619278890422023-07-23T14:05:00.005+02:002023-07-23T14:17:30.385+02:00Flow Motion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpdOdDdRmARaoZbLS4dKznBfHVWkLvbU2AQJr5bV84hLXSqjLATUWA8awoIEB7-qQUil693HQ4FqBUx8deONlxSP5Aa3z9Cjpdu1bAsircM0xa0QwdLA6DLo08awsp4JOmXDhlfJbbBZ3PL5xLus97bHRrYmb1buzEo3ylfj3T3K8JDlCNZJFo9X0/s500/can3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpdOdDdRmARaoZbLS4dKznBfHVWkLvbU2AQJr5bV84hLXSqjLATUWA8awoIEB7-qQUil693HQ4FqBUx8deONlxSP5Aa3z9Cjpdu1bAsircM0xa0QwdLA6DLo08awsp4JOmXDhlfJbbBZ3PL5xLus97bHRrYmb1buzEo3ylfj3T3K8JDlCNZJFo9X0/s16000/can3.png" /></a></div><p>Irmin Schmidth (classical composer, conductor and pianist) made a trip to New York in 1966 where he was influenced by Avant Garde musicians Steve Reich, La Monte Young and Terry Riley. When he came home he decided to form a band with Avant-Garde flautist and composer David C. Johnson and music teacher Holger Czukay. Holger and Irmin studied under the legendary Karlheinz Stockhausen. Holger played bass guitar and recorded everything on a 2 track tape machine, Irmin played piano and organs. The group was expanded by guitarist Michael Karoli (a student from Holger) and drummer Jaki Liebezeit (who played in various free jazz groups). The music moved further into rock music and that's where David Johnson decided to leave them. At first the band was named "Inner Space" and then "The Can". Finally the name became CAN. Which could be a abbreviation for Communism, Anarchism, Nihilism and in turkey the word can means: soul, life, heart or spirit.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eLFYwr1UZpYc-iTP_t-5L-HW3C__CDh6VvHwFHOITjABpc2sZNQfDci3tUGm1m9zO-H31djUIfXRTkcfg2mzFn5hdGLuNLWl5KAojYn5IfXWV5wLWqAIxwigUt_qz6w69UCCh0M8sjUGz2newGxhqGra0TEI_o-h9rQEK6JGLitm_Y_m1Deog76j/s508/can6.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eLFYwr1UZpYc-iTP_t-5L-HW3C__CDh6VvHwFHOITjABpc2sZNQfDci3tUGm1m9zO-H31djUIfXRTkcfg2mzFn5hdGLuNLWl5KAojYn5IfXWV5wLWqAIxwigUt_qz6w69UCCh0M8sjUGz2newGxhqGra0TEI_o-h9rQEK6JGLitm_Y_m1Deog76j/s16000/can6.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can with first vocalist: Malcolm Mooney</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1968 they recorded material for the album "Prepared to Meet Thy Pnoom" with Malcolm Mooney (a New York-based sculptor) on vocals but was not released at that time. Finally in 1969 they released their first album "Monster Movie" which included 2 of the songs recorded for "Prepared to Meet Thy Pnoom". Mooney left the band in 1969 on the advice of his psychiatrist. Working with the band had a bad influence of his mental health.`</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoKawKf-rSk5Mzb6t3HepADc3ynYIRvO7962bzc-oXjvjcMiP4AK5FaOXLvDB9eXtDMnk6PfgKHH6MCIat9TLDtMUwSqHcHs8SyAb83QS5b-rqB-nfJlI8BQwwa8gCHoNN-Qf77TXqObLn9jocZI2zPdJGQkWLIr7tjZRTF_64ocIxL3fY4KoINE_/s500/can4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoKawKf-rSk5Mzb6t3HepADc3ynYIRvO7962bzc-oXjvjcMiP4AK5FaOXLvDB9eXtDMnk6PfgKHH6MCIat9TLDtMUwSqHcHs8SyAb83QS5b-rqB-nfJlI8BQwwa8gCHoNN-Qf77TXqObLn9jocZI2zPdJGQkWLIr7tjZRTF_64ocIxL3fY4KoINE_/s16000/can4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can with Suzuki on the left</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Mooney was replaced by young traveler Kenji "Damo" Suzuki who Holger and Jaki discovered out on the streets of Munich. The next album "Soundtracks" also included songs with Mooney. The double album "Tago Mago" was a breakthrough for the band. In 1971 they composed music for the german television crime miniseries "Das Messer" directed by Rolf von Sydow. The song "Spoon" was used as the theme song and became #6 in the German charts when it was released as a single. "Spoon" ended up on their next album "Ege Bamyasi" in 1972 which was more accessible. Followed by "Future Days" in 1973 which was an early interpretation of ambient music. Suzuki left after recording this album to marry his German girlfriend and become a Jehova's Witness. Michaell and Irmin took over vocals. The terrific album "Soon Over Babaluma" was released in 1974 and then "Landed" in 1975.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32JNTrj0yHEb0bCtOOPxTJnEnBoli-RWSxRcnnovmAsDshx8uD2X56ztBifuetikGM3dJHOapY9GFe7M751FIXMdo_gqx3nKXEaZJbTIuuF7p5Y8JzQG7Zc4t5wFUIZvFbDIe7CNWSH9vMbulCG3vzX72EfvcfDHvLk85FEmdTpFIj10P-9iSVBIa/s500/can.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32JNTrj0yHEb0bCtOOPxTJnEnBoli-RWSxRcnnovmAsDshx8uD2X56ztBifuetikGM3dJHOapY9GFe7M751FIXMdo_gqx3nKXEaZJbTIuuF7p5Y8JzQG7Zc4t5wFUIZvFbDIe7CNWSH9vMbulCG3vzX72EfvcfDHvLk85FEmdTpFIj10P-9iSVBIa/s16000/can.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The band in 1976</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1976 the german Krautrock band CAN released their seventh album. It was recorded in their own Inner Space Studio in Cologne (Germany). For the first time a single of CAN reached the UK charts reaching #26. It resulted in appearing in the BBC TV show Top Of The Pops.</p><p>This is where reggae and krautrock meet each other. They were experimenting with disco and reggae. It is probably their most accessible album ever. Which is why some Can fans didn't like the album.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SZYFb3I1m8iIxaGyBKmq9eD-ejKkIYOEtgRAgbSPyNVoLkE6eQsY6MQ3mBKzvLwBGlsbAJln9GvdtHIpVTZbTg9yQSOgrtmY70i4yb4he7q89XSxMtvym63KNAIuu6BySUOz6sc_8EFmYMwFZS9HSl8SO8qID8xQax8ZD3J9AY34Zpp73NBehADv/s500/can2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SZYFb3I1m8iIxaGyBKmq9eD-ejKkIYOEtgRAgbSPyNVoLkE6eQsY6MQ3mBKzvLwBGlsbAJln9GvdtHIpVTZbTg9yQSOgrtmY70i4yb4he7q89XSxMtvym63KNAIuu6BySUOz6sc_8EFmYMwFZS9HSl8SO8qID8xQax8ZD3J9AY34Zpp73NBehADv/s16000/can2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I Want More - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album opens with "I Want More" followed by "Cascade Waltz" which is a reggae waltz. Guitarist Michael Karoli played a turkish bağlama on "Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die". "...And More" is a reprise of the opening song. Irmin Schmidt sings on the song "Babylonian Pearl" and describes a girl who "comes from a land where woman is man". "Smoke (E.F.S. Nr. 59)" includes Jaki Liebezeit's intense ethnic tom-tom beat. It was the last album with Holger Czukay on bass guitar. He also appeared on the next album "Saw Delight" where he only handles tapes and creates sound effects. Holger started his solo career in 1978 and released his debut album "Movies" in 1979.</p><p>The picture on the album cover was taken by Michael Karoli.</p><p>If you want to explore the sound of CAN this is where to start!</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu5EAJ5eu1WDycaPuQFlfuUYorexHZSLx_IWBxXJg82IJzMa-ZNID6qTweWyjfQmZrkQfRsOrclnNrDw23xyDWM5cDnBMdFafItKpBEXGPWXebPATz6f8_NHsxM_Lc9YoehMgGfkroWXlPv4CQJm_q_5HRoAE0nydRZXDKrdZ8ZhHCfN4GCdJmI3Y/s500/flow%20motion.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDu5EAJ5eu1WDycaPuQFlfuUYorexHZSLx_IWBxXJg82IJzMa-ZNID6qTweWyjfQmZrkQfRsOrclnNrDw23xyDWM5cDnBMdFafItKpBEXGPWXebPATz6f8_NHsxM_Lc9YoehMgGfkroWXlPv4CQJm_q_5HRoAE0nydRZXDKrdZ8ZhHCfN4GCdJmI3Y/s16000/flow%20motion.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>Flow Motion</b> (1976)<br /><i>I Want More / Cascade Waltz / Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die / ...And More / Babylonian Pearl / Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59) / Flow Motion</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-9nFglCyshY" width="320" youtube-src-id="-9nFglCyshY"></iframe><br />I Want More - at TOTP</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CbziLoekyvw" width="320" youtube-src-id="CbziLoekyvw"></iframe><br />Flow Motion<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VLFnuAiTJMM" width="320" youtube-src-id="VLFnuAiTJMM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cascade Waltz</div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-3261196598087453502023-07-09T11:30:00.006+02:002023-07-09T11:32:26.237+02:00This boy is crackin' up<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQuflJGFvADu0grVk5DpvwjptIKMb58486RqvRDLFpmKA2HH6di1p63plFxkOZB7hhEWxV7PeBXs96BY4IMjlSH7ZrO51ffG3T6XXpUfxR9L-TJAviN1g0_IzEpZv3Oa4CYH2xv37H2gV1ol8GZViqOQQY9PHLCPe_z72JdxnUK6WeiFp6HU9bl8L/s500/phil3.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQuflJGFvADu0grVk5DpvwjptIKMb58486RqvRDLFpmKA2HH6di1p63plFxkOZB7hhEWxV7PeBXs96BY4IMjlSH7ZrO51ffG3T6XXpUfxR9L-TJAviN1g0_IzEpZv3Oa4CYH2xv37H2gV1ol8GZViqOQQY9PHLCPe_z72JdxnUK6WeiFp6HU9bl8L/s16000/phil3.png" /></a></div><p>Philip Parris Lynott was born on the 20th of August in 1949. Son of Philomena (his mother from Dublin) and Cecil Parris (his father from British Guiana). They were not married and his mother already had 2 children placed for adoption. His father left after a few months already and he didn't raise up Phil. In his childhood in Manchester he faced racism. He was of a mixed race and his mother decided to sent him to live with his grandparents in Dublin. Finally he had a father figure for the first time in his life and he could grow up without racism. His mother stayed close to her son and with her new partner she took over the management of the Clifton Grange Hotel in Whalley Range. The hotel nicknamed "The Biz" became popular with the show business and was later referred to by Phil's band Thin Lizzy.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX9tHAncbVKxlUaU3UTqF-dsCZWuRRcCS3lf1mjd-8zN-UaKOCgZyZ_IBbegMxrurQWAVypHbboOeEEmpRSye6-73HM4kGzBXU6KH9F_Ca6HG-uKylR35sQY-Cm-zEHLxOzfD-b-dR3-riLrlXzQkJC4D7lQWJQuq8w3ddgNkCjxYRLnb8E9eXIY6/s500/phil5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBX9tHAncbVKxlUaU3UTqF-dsCZWuRRcCS3lf1mjd-8zN-UaKOCgZyZ_IBbegMxrurQWAVypHbboOeEEmpRSye6-73HM4kGzBXU6KH9F_Ca6HG-uKylR35sQY-Cm-zEHLxOzfD-b-dR3-riLrlXzQkJC4D7lQWJQuq8w3ddgNkCjxYRLnb8E9eXIY6/s16000/phil5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thin Lizzy with Downey and Moore</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Phil became influenced by the Motown label and The Mamas & the Papas. His first band where he did lead vocals was the Black Eagles in 1965 and they played covers in local clubs around Dublin. His second band was Kama Sutru. The third: Skid Row. Skid Row signed a dealwith Ted Carrol who would become the manager of Thin Lizzy. Guitarist Gary Moore would later also join the band for a short while. Then a fourth band was formed together with Brian Downey called Orphanage. Phil started to learn to play bass guitar. After replacing the guitarist with Eric Bell and adding Eric Wrixon who introduced them to Eric they were now a four-piece band. Wrixon was a founding member of Them (including Van Morrison) and took over bass guitar, because Phil was still learning to play bass. The name of the band was soon changed to Thin Lizzy. The name came from a character "Thin Lizzie" in the comic The Dandy. The H was added to mimic the way the word thin is pronounced in a Dublin accent. The first hit of the band was a rock version of "Whiskey In The Jar" (originally from Jim Fitzpatrick). Follow-up singles failed to chart and Eric Bell was replaced by Gary Moore as a guitarist. The band almost decided to quit until "The Boys Are Back In Town" in 1976 became a worldwide hit including the album "Jailbreak". Lynott became friends with Huey Lewis who was a support act during the live tour. The band managed to score some more successful albums.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDiRRGCr-lLGbHHUOZEk85rqa67tq-iMJokUETrj_LOXZvVXUWRSIUH30MNkSlYUR6e-21oCXgGLXECn9XxE4d7Jz3cWFmoTYJsh-AI7hRclvEfIjaS4PjyWXvVf_Mr43U_pRrAmntQM32jSQzEK6eeiGBiHVjUe5-H9sksf3OsIDm4wi8k0XbNaV/s500/phil6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDiRRGCr-lLGbHHUOZEk85rqa67tq-iMJokUETrj_LOXZvVXUWRSIUH30MNkSlYUR6e-21oCXgGLXECn9XxE4d7Jz3cWFmoTYJsh-AI7hRclvEfIjaS4PjyWXvVf_Mr43U_pRrAmntQM32jSQzEK6eeiGBiHVjUe5-H9sksf3OsIDm4wi8k0XbNaV/s16000/phil6.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeff Wayne's War Of The World (original album cover)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1978 Lynott started to work on solo projects. He was involved with Jeff Wayne's musical "The War Of The World". Singing and speaking the role of Parson Nathaniel on "The Spirit Of Man". He did sessions with other artists including Bob Geldof on Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves "Blue Wave" EP. He then tried as a punk band called The Greedies including members of the Sex Pistols and Thin Lizzy only performing live and releasing a christmas single "A Merry Jingle". He became friends with Midge Ure (later in Visage and Ultravox) who played in the band Rich Kids including Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols and Rusty Egan (later in Visage). He married Caroline Crowther, a daughter of British comedian Leslie Crowther on the 14th of February 1980. He already had a daughter of her called Sarah of whom he had written a song released by Thin Lizzy. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3OaHMDreoAu5CmI0u4Iq1wZVK9pv09HPMuv681-wiA7eGU68TB7qiHrYYSnSBFgT5inPCDuGq3Spf06K9Mv9yjpKm_WOKDu3WLWnpY5m-h3k3hK4CbAY051E0MsifAFPUvRLHdwvlKX9BrumGP7PGPePJ7Ortg99hTgOe2P5NxepZLSxGzzTLuzh/s504/phil8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3OaHMDreoAu5CmI0u4Iq1wZVK9pv09HPMuv681-wiA7eGU68TB7qiHrYYSnSBFgT5inPCDuGq3Spf06K9Mv9yjpKm_WOKDu3WLWnpY5m-h3k3hK4CbAY051E0MsifAFPUvRLHdwvlKX9BrumGP7PGPePJ7Ortg99hTgOe2P5NxepZLSxGzzTLuzh/s16000/phil8.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King's Call (original single cover)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1980 Lynott released his first solo album titled "Solo in Soho" including the hit singles "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts" and "King's Call" (A tribute to Elvis Presley including Mark Knopfler on guitar). His second solo album titled "The Philip Lynott Album" was a flop in the charts but included his worldwide hit "Old Town". It also included a song for his second daughter Cathleen. Another hit single was scored with "Yellow Pearl" reaching #14 in the UK.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBPyZZaSeROGYwo6wdmHHB6pqIEdVc6y1319W7z-mb-RfX0vA5ES-_yCcBR44GkaljQVFp3Sua4s0l8ZIIEbTswdfaVMbC5iy0UNJAmvKP8c8OKQexBVvAc9gHsWYtb9PTyujI_XU1yJBDzUTduNmbw0z5zHA4qTEVy6w78DkSyuOOEvDUut4N26i/s502/phil7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBPyZZaSeROGYwo6wdmHHB6pqIEdVc6y1319W7z-mb-RfX0vA5ES-_yCcBR44GkaljQVFp3Sua4s0l8ZIIEbTswdfaVMbC5iy0UNJAmvKP8c8OKQexBVvAc9gHsWYtb9PTyujI_XU1yJBDzUTduNmbw0z5zHA4qTEVy6w78DkSyuOOEvDUut4N26i/s16000/phil7.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original single cover<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1983 Thin Lizzy was disbanded and he made a rock'n'roll single "We Are The Boys (Who Make All The Noise)" together with Roy Wood, Chas Hodges and John Coghlan. He also released two singles with Gary Moore titled "Parisienne Walkway" (#8 in the UK) and "Out In The Fields" (#5 in the UK). He formed another band called Grand Slam with Doish Nagle, Laurence Archer, Robbie Brennan and Mark Stanway but split up afther touring due to lack of money and Lynott's addiction to heroin. He also recorded a few songs with British R&B artist Junion Giscombe which were never released. Then he became upset when he was not asked to join Live Aid organised by his two friends Geldof and Ure. Lynott appeared on TV in BBC's Pop Quiz as team captain against Alvin Stardust.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurlSmyE7GbV1SZrXLI6t8PZuAgiwBoey0L3em6lgyhZdVsqSY4-rOblDgfI_WMwsaXX6w-M7Stru7XF1LOq8FiaiYrAYrH7PFq4Cw2e1IX-eG8gbtV1TO7ckzwnvI9ufhDxtoqHP3RYYWYmVyhK6opWn1wGJNJh15Wc9WAur2LhLM7WunQoVRQox7/s714/phil4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurlSmyE7GbV1SZrXLI6t8PZuAgiwBoey0L3em6lgyhZdVsqSY4-rOblDgfI_WMwsaXX6w-M7Stru7XF1LOq8FiaiYrAYrH7PFq4Cw2e1IX-eG8gbtV1TO7ckzwnvI9ufhDxtoqHP3RYYWYmVyhK6opWn1wGJNJh15Wc9WAur2LhLM7WunQoVRQox7/s16000/phil4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Statue in Dublin</td></tr></tbody></table><p>His last single was "Nineteen" co-written by Laurence Archer and Mark Stanway and produced by Paul Hardcastle. It was released a few weeks before his death. The song has nothing to do with the producers own hit single some months earlier called "19" based on the Vietnam war. Lynott heavily promoted this single in interviews and on TV. Lynott's drug usage led to his death in 1986 while he was suffering from pneumonia and septicaemia (blood poisoning).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPsHvspXLCKctXW5iHZt8mZAQSXb6ltQvAehjyEcTZZ9yhg0-5iFkv4UCfcy79bilM809m5swzmblG9rjxqo149AsQamZUNQ9xKNeGFZLF0qMv2wF-5M0KLp5XVZA_QBhBXOHbeotE1AmCNiIQ_MnmzdNiQh4-JUwt_DC2BBse0zx3xcXPueX0u_N/s500/phil9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPsHvspXLCKctXW5iHZt8mZAQSXb6ltQvAehjyEcTZZ9yhg0-5iFkv4UCfcy79bilM809m5swzmblG9rjxqo149AsQamZUNQ9xKNeGFZLF0qMv2wF-5M0KLp5XVZA_QBhBXOHbeotE1AmCNiIQ_MnmzdNiQh4-JUwt_DC2BBse0zx3xcXPueX0u_N/s16000/phil9.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Pearl - original single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"Old Town" was later covered by the Irish band The Corrs for MTV's Unplugged and became an ever bigger hit when Phil released it as a single.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rU73ynhYTZrxCzx_wAO0AfaDe_3Sr_dUVn2UXJyrJ_Ejg4jXUz-H43xC2MkgFNOyPrSe0zqAqJa6JBQ-Y5XmPnWAPDwBKD9-jV9k7n9Wo6HftHkqJ7EZCo9miumK3tLSbopefshRUR4u6tr9U6A-EpCePM8ids4DEh0IjuiTAo6CpvZfMwUYqdrD/s500/phil1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rU73ynhYTZrxCzx_wAO0AfaDe_3Sr_dUVn2UXJyrJ_Ejg4jXUz-H43xC2MkgFNOyPrSe0zqAqJa6JBQ-Y5XmPnWAPDwBKD9-jV9k7n9Wo6HftHkqJ7EZCo9miumK3tLSbopefshRUR4u6tr9U6A-EpCePM8ids4DEh0IjuiTAo6CpvZfMwUYqdrD/s16000/phil1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original album cover<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Solo In Soho</b> (1980)<br /><i>Dear Miss Lonely Hearts / King's Call / A Child's Lullaby / Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love) / Solo in Soho / Girls / Yellow Pearl / Ode to a Black Man / Jamaican Rum / Talk in 79</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7VfU0ObCJXQsnje5F8lHMX4DnXhNf7QiAa_SnhNDCoNUyIT0Z0EWBXo10yGpPSH7-lp1QU6WVcoT-QfdoB2h_3gVc8DPDMAbZwxhMwiwse7ZYlPGH8_gD4JkTn0bbxZdHtaLQ16or9XRvNYDGSouAWba3EHCMUsdg3el0DlxpbpNsT6Secc-R4vl/s500/phil2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7VfU0ObCJXQsnje5F8lHMX4DnXhNf7QiAa_SnhNDCoNUyIT0Z0EWBXo10yGpPSH7-lp1QU6WVcoT-QfdoB2h_3gVc8DPDMAbZwxhMwiwse7ZYlPGH8_gD4JkTn0bbxZdHtaLQ16or9XRvNYDGSouAWba3EHCMUsdg3el0DlxpbpNsT6Secc-R4vl/s16000/phil2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>The Philip Lynott Album</b> (1982)<br /><i>Fatalistic Attitude / The Man's a Fool / Old Town / Cathleen / Growing Up / Yellow Pearl / Together / Little Bit of Water / Ode to Liberty (The Protest Song) / Gino / Don't Talk About Me Baby</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6WDSY8Kaf6o" width="320" youtube-src-id="6WDSY8Kaf6o"></iframe><br />Whiskey In the Jar (Thin Lizzy)<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/quyB8PMTD3o" width="320" youtube-src-id="quyB8PMTD3o"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2oliMOPsXis" width="320" youtube-src-id="2oliMOPsXis"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">King's Call<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NXOrak1nhQo" width="320" youtube-src-id="NXOrak1nhQo"></iframe><br />Old Town<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xsKpazeA5L8" width="320" youtube-src-id="xsKpazeA5L8"></iframe><br />Out In The Fields (with Gary Moore)</div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-89530798583518414422023-06-17T14:41:00.001+02:002023-06-17T14:41:35.858+02:00Coney Island Baby<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqBNZI8ThfntDAlBeMhoX9G7AisPtDwtvclm7kiY0EI6UFCuc3Aq_BFgHyr5ASEjZowmI8UZyZ0GL33V37_veu6KPDKfaNjrjmQedal2U31sYrdqTFKC66IJnXIxGctL5dTluDihHGScGpPWzhb41uw1trP6Rp_M1NiLSn1DOjzh8a-7m3ARPiQ/s500/lou1.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqBNZI8ThfntDAlBeMhoX9G7AisPtDwtvclm7kiY0EI6UFCuc3Aq_BFgHyr5ASEjZowmI8UZyZ0GL33V37_veu6KPDKfaNjrjmQedal2U31sYrdqTFKC66IJnXIxGctL5dTluDihHGScGpPWzhb41uw1trP6Rp_M1NiLSn1DOjzh8a-7m3ARPiQ/s16000/lou1.png" /></a></div><p>In 1975 Lou Reed released the worst album of his career titled "Metal Machine Music". The album was his answer to the pressure by RCA to release a new album quick. The album was a protest against RCA because there wasn't any real music on it just a sound collage of noise. It was recorded on a three-speed Uher machine and released as a double LP in 1975 but taken off the market 3 weeks later. His fans and record company hated the album. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHmbqZsZQ2RE55USRNDRGYXlPh8JiWsy1_gekoJjdJKTPFz3uLM97prdzxDahXnVCYrIMsVAFv9M3gOHI0pQKP0CszvLXVP31HORsC8MwC1WCUXP7ki80NS4bxY6WMlvfujnP5r3OA3Q8LuFWj58UjMrjhSyzV6mELArafXazEEDIPS_yjaqCYw/s500/lou5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHmbqZsZQ2RE55USRNDRGYXlPh8JiWsy1_gekoJjdJKTPFz3uLM97prdzxDahXnVCYrIMsVAFv9M3gOHI0pQKP0CszvLXVP31HORsC8MwC1WCUXP7ki80NS4bxY6WMlvfujnP5r3OA3Q8LuFWj58UjMrjhSyzV6mELArafXazEEDIPS_yjaqCYw/s16000/lou5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Andy Warhol of Lou 1976</td></tr></tbody></table><p>But RCA still believed in the album he was still working on and finally released in December 1975/January 1976 titled "Coney Island Baby". Which was a love letter dedicated to his transvestite girlfriend Rachel Humphreys and Coney Island where he lived as a child. It took longer than RCA wanted to deliver the album but it ranks next to "Transformer" as one of his best albums. Lou met Rachel in the 82 Club, a trans performance club, which later changed into a glam rock venue and after that as a punk club.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoPl60yLBKdERCLBcadIL-CuAd3B-1-5XmSItZLjDVtJk7zJ79R5BLwVYPVWDIzBuNAhtDMJPdQXeu7MmwMAmkrNoclUn9jgpZiLneny9oD9SNq-RphI-fTMkIf41XyH7u-B-i5EH6SJJZn9Bo3pyWvQfPwp6MGMMIBKvlqWaWTIQzWL9eqaQdg/s500/lou2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoPl60yLBKdERCLBcadIL-CuAd3B-1-5XmSItZLjDVtJk7zJ79R5BLwVYPVWDIzBuNAhtDMJPdQXeu7MmwMAmkrNoclUn9jgpZiLneny9oD9SNq-RphI-fTMkIf41XyH7u-B-i5EH6SJJZn9Bo3pyWvQfPwp6MGMMIBKvlqWaWTIQzWL9eqaQdg/s16000/lou2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lou and Rachel in 1975</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album's title track has a line referring to Rachel: "I'd like to send this one out to Lou and Rachel, and all the kids at P.S. 192". P.S. 192 was a public school for kindergarten to 6th grade, in Brooklyn, New York. This is where Lou went to school before he moved to Long Island, New York. The song is a continuation of his poem "The Coach And Glory Of Love" published in 1971. "Charley's Girl" is a mash-up of two of Lou's hits: "Sweet Jane" and "Walk On The Wild Side". "She's My Best Friend" was a remake of a Velvet Underground song that was not released on an officical Velvet Underground studio album. "Kicks" is a tale about a thrill seeking sociopath who kills to fill the blank spaces of the weekend. The song is filled with sounds of background party small talk. "A Gift" is a humourous, self-aware song of conceit. The album is one of his best works besides "Transformer" and "Sally Can't Dance".`</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaDYHc6XaHUtZtgtkRjG42TgLPf-QsuokvB-gfSiMPD-Ej9PEcTg77Sbj6XVHHrhfgNgz61Q-vzxadl108jIMp1EWGjzJSF31TXTFYYSvolfcxrpsZoJuI05faIDlbBJ9f7mZwBEmDSAzNIqu-P-MvVC_Y3Ezh_Ky6x-OD03329jZqJ3jMEzEQg/s570/lou3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaDYHc6XaHUtZtgtkRjG42TgLPf-QsuokvB-gfSiMPD-Ej9PEcTg77Sbj6XVHHrhfgNgz61Q-vzxadl108jIMp1EWGjzJSF31TXTFYYSvolfcxrpsZoJuI05faIDlbBJ9f7mZwBEmDSAzNIqu-P-MvVC_Y3Ezh_Ky6x-OD03329jZqJ3jMEzEQg/s16000/lou3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture from the back of the album</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He lived for three years with Rachel and an image of her appeared also on the album "Sally Can't Dance" and the best of album "Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed". In 1978 their relation came to an end and the album "Street Hassle" was about that moment. Rumours were that Lou was against a gender operation for Rachel but he later said that it was Rachel who ended the relation. When the releation ended he got “clean and straight” and went on to marry his second wife Sylvia Morales in 1980.</p><p>The album reached #4 in the Netherlands, #41 in the US and #52 in the UK.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbTovubRZZ2USBxID40VrEJn3pbEtvTIl8dadGXebqC0AJsqgZ718YNY_1ye4Y24g-wh-X-cU2MMvuikgAtftGYn3noodhlxPudBP0OamWOvIAKQyGxAQx4aYdGtVaw5lCaB6leC14sXHb2TjEntRC0Z2Mye3hi3IHAs9xXDdT7dgEgZBc-DVvg/s500/lou4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbTovubRZZ2USBxID40VrEJn3pbEtvTIl8dadGXebqC0AJsqgZ718YNY_1ye4Y24g-wh-X-cU2MMvuikgAtftGYn3noodhlxPudBP0OamWOvIAKQyGxAQx4aYdGtVaw5lCaB6leC14sXHb2TjEntRC0Z2Mye3hi3IHAs9xXDdT7dgEgZBc-DVvg/s16000/lou4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Coney Island Baby</b> (1975/1976)<br /><i>Crazy Feeling / Charley's Girl / She's My Best Friend / Kicks / A Gift / Ooohhh Baby / Nobody's Business / Coney Island Baby</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S87QdrcOipU" width="320" youtube-src-id="S87QdrcOipU"></iframe><br />Crazy Feeling<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WuHrG-SjA-Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="WuHrG-SjA-Y"></iframe><br />A Gift<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XTLo8CAt7PA" width="320" youtube-src-id="XTLo8CAt7PA"></iframe><br />Coney Island Baby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bx-mH9ZjnuM" width="320" youtube-src-id="bx-mH9ZjnuM"></iframe><br />Interview from 1975</div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-71783484844484160482023-06-11T09:34:00.006+02:002023-06-11T09:42:38.570+02:00Stained glass windows by Marc Chagall<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6lxJkRY6rTcLaQvCg_2VRs_f0Njo0vM6fgVS90eclabE-hLB9IIsOEKRvTNwaozcfA-U-V77arfkCLFKsgAN8HDszozkexHrTo9ilqq8uzSJ62OfjSIFQU9wXhtVyaTzIkAVbOpZBOOh3T8F_kafBwhDkveNplvhHdjnI0wC4yB9Psp3KVVebQ/s16000/chagall.png" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Detail of the America window in Chicago</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Marc Chagall made many stained glass windows all over the world besides other large artworks like the ceiling of the Paris Opera. Below I will give you an overview of all his stained glass windows at many locations. These were all made in the last years of his life when he was already very old, past 70 years old.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Abbel Synagogue, Jerusalem Israel<span></span></b></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwyafLCIAEWmaNTRImniVKCf96SM3AzLkFHLsgc1zOCAW75jrdVEkYiqDw9HXhFPGqAKr4NEnk1MXgNK8-o0Ij7TXT3krfskLhJTh6pQ0dH0DJ0dNeqt0GcrtIDPit4TN4Ofk3pk0_lgmv3KbQ4Mm3jsTtZnSLBDqo2RcsgsTZnEb-XP0CL2R6w/s500/chagall3.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwyafLCIAEWmaNTRImniVKCf96SM3AzLkFHLsgc1zOCAW75jrdVEkYiqDw9HXhFPGqAKr4NEnk1MXgNK8-o0Ij7TXT3krfskLhJTh6pQ0dH0DJ0dNeqt0GcrtIDPit4TN4Ofk3pk0_lgmv3KbQ4Mm3jsTtZnSLBDqo2RcsgsTZnEb-XP0CL2R6w/s16000/chagall3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The synagogue</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first commission Marc received was for a yet to build synagogue on the grounds of the Hadassah hospital from Miriam Freund (the president of the hospital) and Joseph Neufeld (architect of the hospital). His mission was to create 12 stained glass windows representing the 12 tribes of Israel. He worked for 2 years on these windows. At first these windows were exhibited in museums first before being placed In the synagogue. It was exhibited at MoMA in New York and at the Louvre in Paris. These windows were his gift to the Jewish people, his people.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPa8M2bQ8vZbagYP0_sukCuG-HE6wczH36OYoGEcAnKTGZE4q5MC-EAAhnHYwQE-tDK4HMuFjUDddIQc71NGSvOYwSkMIWhlMbSKMvJIWLpvwggO3tzEa83A_vMBq2-YBt2L6Wjak01FZPRHWHiVY3oaae8u_3t6C4dhnca_QsdwdpeZudtgF4w/s500/chagall2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMPa8M2bQ8vZbagYP0_sukCuG-HE6wczH36OYoGEcAnKTGZE4q5MC-EAAhnHYwQE-tDK4HMuFjUDddIQc71NGSvOYwSkMIWhlMbSKMvJIWLpvwggO3tzEa83A_vMBq2-YBt2L6Wjak01FZPRHWHiVY3oaae8u_3t6C4dhnca_QsdwdpeZudtgF4w/s16000/chagall2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">From left to right: Naphtali, Zebulon, Benjamin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Union Church of Pocantico Hills, USA</b></p><p>The church was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1921 as part of his plans to develop the town of Pocantico Hills. When his wife died in 1948 their son Nelson commissioned Henri Matisse to design the church's Rose Window in honour of here. Shortly before Henri's death in 1954. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpN6y3rcM6eU8OJ8POwOJ624QG1fU1wuz3ZNXp3We493q5gvZQRF39QrTVehmutC_rpbGTBnJBrxvPGlB77NjF4nQRiVsu5QWGpshQq3ehwq38wbBzZ11nu3PqHF-Xei8A5EfOuxie3wAumbyfipVUCB_PExHO66H2ZKBoerCK9M6mwjuPRfvDA/s812/chagall5.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpN6y3rcM6eU8OJ8POwOJ624QG1fU1wuz3ZNXp3We493q5gvZQRF39QrTVehmutC_rpbGTBnJBrxvPGlB77NjF4nQRiVsu5QWGpshQq3ehwq38wbBzZ11nu3PqHF-Xei8A5EfOuxie3wAumbyfipVUCB_PExHO66H2ZKBoerCK9M6mwjuPRfvDA/s16000/chagall5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Good Samaritan Window</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>When John died in 1960 his children commisioned Marc Chagall to design a Good Samaritan Window in his honour at the other end of the church.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>St. Etiene Cathedral - Metz France</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRyE1sztTq-VrwZryq8p2ol7kMVhAH02TqG9xPlVGGUq8nlgvHW0D09QgdjatLxX5qtjO9u0iS0F4tWNAOs1vsrz4Hn3rZclGQg5VdHwdXpawmyg8StzziE7Q1PibTFDtMoUmoGmvkPdF3c7Y8k4reDhPaBAPKfsDC0Y-DBWcDF8x_jMxDRabXQ/s500/chagall7.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRyE1sztTq-VrwZryq8p2ol7kMVhAH02TqG9xPlVGGUq8nlgvHW0D09QgdjatLxX5qtjO9u0iS0F4tWNAOs1vsrz4Hn3rZclGQg5VdHwdXpawmyg8StzziE7Q1PibTFDtMoUmoGmvkPdF3c7Y8k4reDhPaBAPKfsDC0Y-DBWcDF8x_jMxDRabXQ/s16000/chagall7.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Metz Cathedral</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Marc was commisioned by André Malraux, french minister of culture, to decorate the central dome of the Paris Opera and also 3 windows for the St. Etienne cathedral of Metz. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihEPlSROZj4uItAtoaibzgxGwAMnRT-u8SM1_aLeiw47T4xFsvKUI8A13WhTryM1-D2GqT3QCaCxyj88sD1nLn-TiD1BgKniaQX8d_4AkKUWFmehs74b4R1MLlaEAEyIxHeszhRrbVx854gQpQW2pwrYKOlb8RP-8uhvlgFRd9eyVgIbOvoEPvQ/s655/chagall8.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihEPlSROZj4uItAtoaibzgxGwAMnRT-u8SM1_aLeiw47T4xFsvKUI8A13WhTryM1-D2GqT3QCaCxyj88sD1nLn-TiD1BgKniaQX8d_4AkKUWFmehs74b4R1MLlaEAEyIxHeszhRrbVx854gQpQW2pwrYKOlb8RP-8uhvlgFRd9eyVgIbOvoEPvQ/s16000/chagall8.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st window representing Genesis</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first one was made ready in 1960 representing Genesis: Noah and the rainbow, virgin and child, Abraham’s sacrifice, Jacob fighting the angel Jehovah, Jacob’s dream and Moses and the burning bush. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG9XIPxTHfCrGMkKtIQsc0nwf1xwjy97htuzAdntMOX5wrSKoYdy5HgXmq3osfhHVDVK2ZDH32xs8wQB2q9vzhI-tDX9Cw6U3cD94znhSPobew4iJFnvSbrc88MAPGRDAjr3sGniXVuj4ybzmjL5peWOgVM7L8YSabQA1BDd-k3dkQkqlqCEijQ/s512/chagall9.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG9XIPxTHfCrGMkKtIQsc0nwf1xwjy97htuzAdntMOX5wrSKoYdy5HgXmq3osfhHVDVK2ZDH32xs8wQB2q9vzhI-tDX9Cw6U3cD94znhSPobew4iJFnvSbrc88MAPGRDAjr3sGniXVuj4ybzmjL5peWOgVM7L8YSabQA1BDd-k3dkQkqlqCEijQ/s16000/chagall9.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Second windows - Adam and Eve/ Eden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The second one was ready in 1963 displaying the creation of Adam and Eve, The garden of Eden, the original sin and Adam and Eve expelled from Eden. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSS1mN-dsIXaJE6DjH_Fm6M7NSGg-8wvtXg9629eeBdUF3O4TQ435-0RGnfAxBc6nyMBA93KOXlPMktB0dpPMhxuvanSLR8ne_XxfH0s7QOlBSvCtnElV68E_Xvbg-ra6PholKUAVhi4TEW4ogb1A6lb4CKM2X-HTgH2CpUi5XqE9sWGyrJL4TYA/s500/chagall26.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSS1mN-dsIXaJE6DjH_Fm6M7NSGg-8wvtXg9629eeBdUF3O4TQ435-0RGnfAxBc6nyMBA93KOXlPMktB0dpPMhxuvanSLR8ne_XxfH0s7QOlBSvCtnElV68E_Xvbg-ra6PholKUAVhi4TEW4ogb1A6lb4CKM2X-HTgH2CpUi5XqE9sWGyrJL4TYA/s16000/chagall26.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Final window - flowers and birds</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The final one was made between 1968 and 1970 representing Grand Bouquet and Petit Bouquet displaying birds and flowers.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>United Nations, NYC USA</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsiAOgfCAkgtimoLDGwgJeCtnFdOn79sBobLBxnUJ7OMTo5qxvmzEtnaePHeIT3vpHN5YOH9T6ihkjAqnbXVHBSnOGzLxQBbO5soISF6CXGcLO1lIHenb1bifLTnNYCi9zHePm3-fb5AY1X5dLi3O_Qeh-MxDc_uzkBZm46fYfWbDsCcMysDUOA/s500/chagall25.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsiAOgfCAkgtimoLDGwgJeCtnFdOn79sBobLBxnUJ7OMTo5qxvmzEtnaePHeIT3vpHN5YOH9T6ihkjAqnbXVHBSnOGzLxQBbO5soISF6CXGcLO1lIHenb1bifLTnNYCi9zHePm3-fb5AY1X5dLi3O_Qeh-MxDc_uzkBZm46fYfWbDsCcMysDUOA/s16000/chagall25.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Headquarters of the United Nations</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1964 Marc was commissioned to create a window for the building of the United Nations in honour of Dag Hammarskjöld, UN’s second secretary general who was killed in a plane crash in Africa. The window was named “The Peace Window”.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKWagMih2V980jG5thY6chUkIhFw-gp3JbFyAMtIJhivJ6bDVesborP1cpxgjN808nKLYR_ZmyCh9LwtVskagkkUd34o7fabxDpNrQufZ-Asr1-eIfXrHW5xMhcV_b6rJKn9heoh2bYJ2tcJ-M5mYO4UmcEBXNXiH4vb6IJpnPe76x6Oq48SPEg/s500/chagall10.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKWagMih2V980jG5thY6chUkIhFw-gp3JbFyAMtIJhivJ6bDVesborP1cpxgjN808nKLYR_ZmyCh9LwtVskagkkUd34o7fabxDpNrQufZ-Asr1-eIfXrHW5xMhcV_b6rJKn9heoh2bYJ2tcJ-M5mYO4UmcEBXNXiH4vb6IJpnPe76x6Oq48SPEg/s16000/chagall10.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace Window</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Fraumünster church, Zurich Switzerland</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21Ez9YwvIGAM0NvycBQ45QANm_EHF3f1d5Xb2zWklQ_qOzfJuW_C8KZaSuK2apdoryJee2zYZiRFh1KrhnsKEQ4LsSuuwnHViwCS4rwKqYqXiS01VQeKVQE0PenW5yQQQ4rvHBVcyBh4L9V9VK-m0t4iorVQZnEObeEUkyLn6JdmXGk7OE0DyCQ/s500/chagall11.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21Ez9YwvIGAM0NvycBQ45QANm_EHF3f1d5Xb2zWklQ_qOzfJuW_C8KZaSuK2apdoryJee2zYZiRFh1KrhnsKEQ4LsSuuwnHViwCS4rwKqYqXiS01VQeKVQE0PenW5yQQQ4rvHBVcyBh4L9V9VK-m0t4iorVQZnEObeEUkyLn6JdmXGk7OE0DyCQ/s16000/chagall11.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fraumunster church in the middle</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The clergy of the Fraumunster church was desperately searching for someone to create beautifully coloured stained glass windows for their medieval church. But when Chagall had an exhibtion in the Kunsthaus of Zürich in 1967 he found the right person. Marc was already 80 years old by then when he created 5 stained glass windows for the church 10 meters tall.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn6Cr-yht22RJ9YreYzv9TOo-cNllH61ZKogJtq85uYnPRNf9sJWg2ISajhA39Ltcv1bYVZVekddRIF_6rRsmgbFWQ0qTOBgiUzxdpnY4GGCOouh9GLE1HcCO2wlMqfO9CusGf0sfNiE-flftnOWxLTcwycCARwdupjFYaf2MiU04fpicCi2ZXQ/s1096/chagall12.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcn6Cr-yht22RJ9YreYzv9TOo-cNllH61ZKogJtq85uYnPRNf9sJWg2ISajhA39Ltcv1bYVZVekddRIF_6rRsmgbFWQ0qTOBgiUzxdpnY4GGCOouh9GLE1HcCO2wlMqfO9CusGf0sfNiE-flftnOWxLTcwycCARwdupjFYaf2MiU04fpicCi2ZXQ/s16000/chagall12.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Part of the Christ Window</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Each window displays the following biblical stories:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Prophet’s Window, with Elijah carried away to heaven</li><li>The Law Window in which Moses holds the ten commandments and is looking down upon his suffering people</li><li>Jacob, displaying his combat, and dreams of heaven</li><li>The Zion Window, depicting King David and the descent of Jerusalem from heaven to earth</li><li>The Christ Window, illustrating the life of Jesus</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Reims cathedral, Reims France</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3blInBaTsAr1ZwDFJ3vPu4YI5KVr8_3qbeEOcAN3jrovyCkmmPCxObSsbJHCqr7owOKgV4OXpcl9i3EDNzh4OdHUJ2_jxcO8Dyi7Tbcrdv--zYLtHaqr4c1sUJi_XOS7wgl3d8E04kK0bhvXe62xnCNX6Fs_2kAaMdDxf6vkZq5_04_jVpD3DA/s500/chagall15.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3blInBaTsAr1ZwDFJ3vPu4YI5KVr8_3qbeEOcAN3jrovyCkmmPCxObSsbJHCqr7owOKgV4OXpcl9i3EDNzh4OdHUJ2_jxcO8Dyi7Tbcrdv--zYLtHaqr4c1sUJi_XOS7wgl3d8E04kK0bhvXe62xnCNX6Fs_2kAaMdDxf6vkZq5_04_jVpD3DA/s16000/chagall15.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The gothic Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral was built over 300 years between 1211 and 1516. Here french kings were crowned.From the inside and the outside it is very impressing. Marc created windows in the axial chapel of the cathedral. He started working on it in 1968 together with skilled glass maker Charles Marq. They completed the windows in 1974. 6 windows of 10 meters high and above them 3 small rose windows. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhEfBIMVBCUDhkUiFb2snVAIndLfDtzP0j3q0YjbVE10SRE4aaLXKoiIVyBG1dw7GgfUBOOn3dUgo7RGPCcqsLhwiHVJzs0wTV5M56xLYc--zvlobwxdSRV1sQ5ofDhg5Ay29ASkcaVcUVk1saivqGILA0EOQEA_V1CjaRqsHn2Kd9SRI9KiyOQ/s500/chagall14.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhEfBIMVBCUDhkUiFb2snVAIndLfDtzP0j3q0YjbVE10SRE4aaLXKoiIVyBG1dw7GgfUBOOn3dUgo7RGPCcqsLhwiHVJzs0wTV5M56xLYc--zvlobwxdSRV1sQ5ofDhg5Ay29ASkcaVcUVk1saivqGILA0EOQEA_V1CjaRqsHn2Kd9SRI9KiyOQ/s16000/chagall14.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">All the 3 windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The following scenes are visible:</p><p>The window on the left portrays the Tree of Jesse, David and Solomon and virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. </p><p>The central window depicts the history of Abraham and the last moments of Christ on earth. </p><p>The window on the right tells the history of the cathedral, such as the crowning ceremonies of the French kings. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Art Institute of Chicago, USA</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpP-zg7o48TMFNgwzcK4FeYmd8jlhXFtV8mqJQb1TY705YiljpGm-l9h9iO1jshyH7D84xzM4TXOrADHne7hhq7V7ssC0vky7YvHt6BvJR5BNidwTxo8NvKYjoHsSzZDQosY3w3u9iWuvRFadLlkNuNxbmmKg5bwB53SkJ1620CvvjtgCdy0eEw/s500/chagall16.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpP-zg7o48TMFNgwzcK4FeYmd8jlhXFtV8mqJQb1TY705YiljpGm-l9h9iO1jshyH7D84xzM4TXOrADHne7hhq7V7ssC0vky7YvHt6BvJR5BNidwTxo8NvKYjoHsSzZDQosY3w3u9iWuvRFadLlkNuNxbmmKg5bwB53SkJ1620CvvjtgCdy0eEw/s16000/chagall16.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Art Institute of Chicago</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Marc created The America Windows in honor of the American Bicentennial titled America Windows. He presented the beautiful windows to The Art Institute of Chicago in 1977. He always felt very welcome in the United States.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81r1k3L3rQ9s3LbQkIqqkRqqt2wg_ntnpBF8ImD4kK26HAoiZUa85ORpdPE4j179hqgw_Mb3pnw5adLP4Wdyx97jSv_IVx7kBg0YWcUqTh6RUJnyJQ5gWvxiCz3czfqZTP9hdkUvAD5P6_CybbHRjsKHpGjGbikbAfAT3DG8hpy7FRUOXiYZDiA/s500/chagall17.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81r1k3L3rQ9s3LbQkIqqkRqqt2wg_ntnpBF8ImD4kK26HAoiZUa85ORpdPE4j179hqgw_Mb3pnw5adLP4Wdyx97jSv_IVx7kBg0YWcUqTh6RUJnyJQ5gWvxiCz3czfqZTP9hdkUvAD5P6_CybbHRjsKHpGjGbikbAfAT3DG8hpy7FRUOXiYZDiA/s16000/chagall17.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">America Windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first panel depicts the rich Chicago history of blues and soul music</p><p>The second panel aims to portray the cooperation and unity found within many neighborhoods of Chicago. The panel also serves as a prayer and remembrance to Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley who died in 1976.</p><p>The third panel aims to highlight the importance of religious freedom in America.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>All Saints’ church, Tudeley UK</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHwx0_BwqdSn0KbB4y3X1sgTmYL8HcQTnik_1lHpkybR4xq7DL712kijPg-sM_frxE6AYjUgEvJBs4bl53TGMx6L_JaTUt1cOlodZOFc2HUSs6_RT3rMIu4N82LZgOSii0kQySVOtwzYFPLUBRenR8n-Zb7Ak1jcFsdarLJE7HYT9AKEtOA2XEg/s500/chagall18.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHwx0_BwqdSn0KbB4y3X1sgTmYL8HcQTnik_1lHpkybR4xq7DL712kijPg-sM_frxE6AYjUgEvJBs4bl53TGMx6L_JaTUt1cOlodZOFc2HUSs6_RT3rMIu4N82LZgOSii0kQySVOtwzYFPLUBRenR8n-Zb7Ak1jcFsdarLJE7HYT9AKEtOA2XEg/s16000/chagall18.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Saints' Church</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1963 the daughter of Sir Henry and Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid drowned in a sailing accident. In honour for their beloved daughter they commmissioned Marc Chagall to design and install one stained glass windows for their local church. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVrwWPIttkyor7TEswPHx_SVxot6csvZgnyX8OgCvFTQAxdnF_lnbuNYdqyfCxnevrJb3vjcd6Rookz28NAn9S_36-6pCcyxo1CQRn0MlEGJSUxveZj8o-nYUHnEFHbBXDL98cFmDDYAR0Mp2-bu4mpGT5tJ2zznDIdfda05Ha-2As1m4tkgYGg/s724/chagall19.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVrwWPIttkyor7TEswPHx_SVxot6csvZgnyX8OgCvFTQAxdnF_lnbuNYdqyfCxnevrJb3vjcd6Rookz28NAn9S_36-6pCcyxo1CQRn0MlEGJSUxveZj8o-nYUHnEFHbBXDL98cFmDDYAR0Mp2-bu4mpGT5tJ2zznDIdfda05Ha-2As1m4tkgYGg/s16000/chagall19.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Memorial Window for Sarah d'Avigdor Goldsmid</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Marc was overwhelmed by the beauty of this church an decided to do all 11 windows of this church during the remaining 10 years. The windows were installed in 1985 before his death. It's the only building where all windows were created by Marc.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1Vzfry_qqlpiczW4dsXycaexsIBPPHhXWLpwyKV0PVMMZDpd0df7mjSzAhZ9u-gNqQ10UB9TRcgj61eDUNE9uOdAAeDLng-7ndeVNqW5KMZhZH7cUJEhFk7pGwvfZouqxY_JY9GUJf-rAAL8sGt5SEI_awcf8ptE2VAF4y6XWa3zk3SK9-BIjw/s500/chagall20.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1Vzfry_qqlpiczW4dsXycaexsIBPPHhXWLpwyKV0PVMMZDpd0df7mjSzAhZ9u-gNqQ10UB9TRcgj61eDUNE9uOdAAeDLng-7ndeVNqW5KMZhZH7cUJEhFk7pGwvfZouqxY_JY9GUJf-rAAL8sGt5SEI_awcf8ptE2VAF4y6XWa3zk3SK9-BIjw/s16000/chagall20.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Green leaf, angel and moon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Chichester Cathedral, UK</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1y72K3dbDviqEXveNYyldjh-ePkt6HJqQJgG7Q0kw6FOfgpIqGrf--Q-pSxToJjTrERw2VFcrDBt9uARfX4AScyH6Ym0ImOTBVLvEkItGtjhmDFY_Kn0jPGRGEjnBrVInVOcwiAU9aKcVeZc1E8dbHtNsJ2Eqn-ArVCzZPiM7BrgY0LPUqY-XA/s500/chagall21.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1y72K3dbDviqEXveNYyldjh-ePkt6HJqQJgG7Q0kw6FOfgpIqGrf--Q-pSxToJjTrERw2VFcrDBt9uARfX4AScyH6Ym0ImOTBVLvEkItGtjhmDFY_Kn0jPGRGEjnBrVInVOcwiAU9aKcVeZc1E8dbHtNsJ2Eqn-ArVCzZPiM7BrgY0LPUqY-XA/s16000/chagall21.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chichester Cathedral</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester, saw the exhibition at the Louvre in 1960 displaying Chagall's 12 Tribe windows. He commisioned Chagall to create 1 window and he agreed. It was unveiled in 1978.</p><p>The window tells about Psalm 150: “O praise God in his holiness…Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.”</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcVgxgUvZVdgoTMd0c2jCf7IUI1trsXM3O7Ee8v9WfEMKVO-0UoFB-FSOXLjwkvaUIxj6WuCq804HD_elSijGAmu8yo1uX_X0ZvhhBz_Jdgxh9leTOTGAvfg4uexsE5WKn7LYv9BeNsoRGuwOfrbpJZLhMRdVmbXYk1obdr9DrIJnEBlk5QNUGg/s1084/chagall22.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcVgxgUvZVdgoTMd0c2jCf7IUI1trsXM3O7Ee8v9WfEMKVO-0UoFB-FSOXLjwkvaUIxj6WuCq804HD_elSijGAmu8yo1uX_X0ZvhhBz_Jdgxh9leTOTGAvfg4uexsE5WKn7LYv9BeNsoRGuwOfrbpJZLhMRdVmbXYk1obdr9DrIJnEBlk5QNUGg/s16000/chagall22.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Psalm 150 window</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This dominating red window is festive in spirit. You can see in the window musicians playing horns, drums, flutes, strings and cymbals as mentioned in the psalm.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>St. Stephan’s church, Mainz Germany</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvi-B6Jdckw3One10N1aeP8Q0zvOo0pYG1HkTgVejNFIjKQAW_tLBwfyHu_Q0WVBOaNWVwFTAzFMEU51032waoxknZadZs2zdNZJ34NcbfJWRMPKWnoaYssYXLTiS0BicLGVGcBer7q0kZ8J22dWx3Vwncpeh43y6c_Z6g19hrq3xThLPy03RhA/s500/chagall23.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvi-B6Jdckw3One10N1aeP8Q0zvOo0pYG1HkTgVejNFIjKQAW_tLBwfyHu_Q0WVBOaNWVwFTAzFMEU51032waoxknZadZs2zdNZJ34NcbfJWRMPKWnoaYssYXLTiS0BicLGVGcBer7q0kZ8J22dWx3Vwncpeh43y6c_Z6g19hrq3xThLPy03RhA/s16000/chagall23.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Stephan's Church</td></tr></tbody></table><p>At first Marc didn't want to start a project in Germany because of the crimes committed against Jewish people during the Second World War. Marc and his family were forced to flee Nazi occupied France and lived in the US during the war.</p><p>But he decided to do it in order to reunite with the people of Germany. This project was his last one and he didn't see his works installed inside the church. He died after creating the last major window at the age of 97.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-K4KfOwJtEwTdoLAd50mHR9Hte4rfT9dZVvy9oSi-arqy375Oc8bH8neSKn0Sxm5EN0SDuXSIKwTRJqYX5EeLzwj65a5a3LZPWQrPvq8Wtw31ZfV9ySeZ8xPHB-qmJRySoRyNR9O9r_fRZFKgXwRC_xN4jcmkForaq45mQ9uxq3BFsLcxAqivmA/s785/chagall24.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-K4KfOwJtEwTdoLAd50mHR9Hte4rfT9dZVvy9oSi-arqy375Oc8bH8neSKn0Sxm5EN0SDuXSIKwTRJqYX5EeLzwj65a5a3LZPWQrPvq8Wtw31ZfV9ySeZ8xPHB-qmJRySoRyNR9O9r_fRZFKgXwRC_xN4jcmkForaq45mQ9uxq3BFsLcxAqivmA/s16000/chagall24.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Chagall's windows in the church</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The glass-maker who worked with Chagall for decades, Charles Marq, completed the other windows around the sides of the church in homage to his mentor, Chagall.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Chapelle de Cordeliers, Sarrebourg France</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDx3EkqFxN9PkzTXxhQ2DOGv4xZN9dZ0TtNuBAs3t9XAUnIYAQp1jLHMhk1YE98a6DID--6uhN0wSiZN13DMeRUkN7rS0F99VGTlaTQ_nRYgTt48Mw1n8QDV8YYc4REsqpRr9Z6N3mKyVbQktJLMB9UtpH0SSD8iVamjFp04XfBV2mtrizWOcKA/s500/chagall27.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDx3EkqFxN9PkzTXxhQ2DOGv4xZN9dZ0TtNuBAs3t9XAUnIYAQp1jLHMhk1YE98a6DID--6uhN0wSiZN13DMeRUkN7rS0F99VGTlaTQ_nRYgTt48Mw1n8QDV8YYc4REsqpRr9Z6N3mKyVbQktJLMB9UtpH0SSD8iVamjFp04XfBV2mtrizWOcKA/s16000/chagall27.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chapelle de Cordeliers</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This Franciscan chapel in Sarrebourg is perhaps not known by many people but also includes a window by Chagall. Musée du pays de Sarrebourg (Museum of Sarrebourg and its surroundings) was created in 1905 first as an archaeological museum. Nowadays it holds a space dedicated to Marc Chagall and an exhibition of earthenware and porcelain from the Niderviller manufacture. The Chapel is part of the museum. The chapel holds a window by Chagall titled La Paix which is 12 meters in height. The museum also has a tapestry with the same title by Chagall.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPrqpmB4SziWt9kSmc949CeYLIPrg6j2QGdWIfjCVIHk07R3zq84U7RaJAtFogrY996VV-J4UF1tbRYjiP4JAKC1LPWFmzbAImKI38r8H6PhnOQsvzt9Kr59vPTCD3MQuLEqYeUp8MXd2VodM0LvzcZv9Y2xIEaWF5eU6fuxjk3zyA7yLKltlvg/s722/chagall28.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPrqpmB4SziWt9kSmc949CeYLIPrg6j2QGdWIfjCVIHk07R3zq84U7RaJAtFogrY996VV-J4UF1tbRYjiP4JAKC1LPWFmzbAImKI38r8H6PhnOQsvzt9Kr59vPTCD3MQuLEqYeUp8MXd2VodM0LvzcZv9Y2xIEaWF5eU6fuxjk3zyA7yLKltlvg/s16000/chagall28.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Peace - window</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-15711188361332277432023-06-03T12:21:00.003+02:002023-06-10T18:44:42.997+02:00René Margritte<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFg6yP_HIFJUux64Vf03pwlyXmV2AS3Tvqjyf4LychuQjBaM6Kifx7WqHRJSsqgMJdxPkbX2_cFTI5O4KrDpMEnM7xgjAM3EgaFFigp757DtO-nsr5q2LfGHDESA6MfSKw6soXMtSFRIK2uL3ADKj6aoqOQ6vluGiYK4gwEMyL0vnDSkj6utUTdg/s500/margritte4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFg6yP_HIFJUux64Vf03pwlyXmV2AS3Tvqjyf4LychuQjBaM6Kifx7WqHRJSsqgMJdxPkbX2_cFTI5O4KrDpMEnM7xgjAM3EgaFFigp757DtO-nsr5q2LfGHDESA6MfSKw6soXMtSFRIK2uL3ADKj6aoqOQ6vluGiYK4gwEMyL0vnDSkj6utUTdg/s16000/margritte4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self portrait as the sorcerer - 1952</td></tr></tbody></table><p>René Margritte was born in the Belgian town called Lessen on the 21st of November 1898. He grew up in a family with 3 sons. His father Léopold was a merchant unfaithful to his wife. His mother did many failed suicide attempts. In 1912 his mother was found dead in the river Samber at Châtelet with a nightgown wrapped around her head. This had great impact on his life and also in his artworks where the nightgown wrapped around heads was displayed often "Les Amants".</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr7c9zh-go6ei26knqtICne_Cj0AQZn4q5ZZS6u_KkgqGngDTIEIHyl7kwxZoh6WnoyPIFrL_QG2hPo3yR2Lot-Pcs7l4oQiiHUOo-Zbk_dacKZ-a4Rbsn9zGJEMu23n5AHNGFjd8rxu2ZE_iEjuGrvCn8IBmNC7E2-Z4yOKnT5wa0bqKQ4z7Pw/s500/margritte1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr7c9zh-go6ei26knqtICne_Cj0AQZn4q5ZZS6u_KkgqGngDTIEIHyl7kwxZoh6WnoyPIFrL_QG2hPo3yR2Lot-Pcs7l4oQiiHUOo-Zbk_dacKZ-a4Rbsn9zGJEMu23n5AHNGFjd8rxu2ZE_iEjuGrvCn8IBmNC7E2-Z4yOKnT5wa0bqKQ4z7Pw/s16000/margritte1.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les Amants - 1928</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He studied from 1916 until 1918 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He was being teached by Georgette Berger (became his muse and wife), Emile Vandamme-Sylva en Constant Montald. His work from 1918 until 1924 was influenced by futurism and cubism. Besides his paintings he was designing realistic styled posters for a wallpaper factory. But he could also make a living as a painter.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuCZxLWs9qpJOcr6gJMiSBFjjZeP1hsUxnSXq1EzIwpSy4YQ4XAlVVjgQ2sgC-5jUBxiSFh5zQXY1U3PmIg4MSbzmk9CrUqzHQuGz3WGzEM8h61cbeS7E7SAn51AUiwKFww7G_Mb8Vwoj71wbAhvkvpbmaDn5yrEW3Us8uxyOnuzvgA_2Ok9hyg/s500/margritte3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuCZxLWs9qpJOcr6gJMiSBFjjZeP1hsUxnSXq1EzIwpSy4YQ4XAlVVjgQ2sgC-5jUBxiSFh5zQXY1U3PmIg4MSbzmk9CrUqzHQuGz3WGzEM8h61cbeS7E7SAn51AUiwKFww7G_Mb8Vwoj71wbAhvkvpbmaDn5yrEW3Us8uxyOnuzvgA_2Ok9hyg/s16000/margritte3.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le Jockey perdu - 1926</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He soon found out that futurism and cubism had nothing to offer for him. And so in 1924 he got to know the work of Giorgio de Chirico and started to create his own surrealistic art. His first surrealistic painting was "The Lost Jockey (Le jockey perdu)". He also played with language in the titles of his works or texts in his works. The best example is "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" which means this is no (smoking) pipe. He wanted to express that it's not a pipe but a painting displaying a pipe. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfK_2EsDmixMn2uyrM3y60Rh1vNC9V16IKyDvncf9I7yKv_wcbCDTv5ndctN1UzqXq6sOU2BciXO61a29BffCW-Tggy_N6vrp1wDMGSosM0Ry3lcuI2ERJ3jTtfm68yI3wS1Jv4MTw2k2z411EfXuRQnIlSHPLuDqrNTWNoEXdslf7pPrmw4a81Q/s500/margitte4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfK_2EsDmixMn2uyrM3y60Rh1vNC9V16IKyDvncf9I7yKv_wcbCDTv5ndctN1UzqXq6sOU2BciXO61a29BffCW-Tggy_N6vrp1wDMGSosM0Ry3lcuI2ERJ3jTtfm68yI3wS1Jv4MTw2k2z411EfXuRQnIlSHPLuDqrNTWNoEXdslf7pPrmw4a81Q/s16000/margitte4.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ceci nést pas une pipe - 1928/1929</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Then in 1929 René and his wife Georgette moved to Paris. He met André Breton, Max Ernst en Marcel Duchamp also stayed with his wife in Spain by Salvador Dali. He didn't get along well with André Breton and had a fight during a surrealistic meeting because André demanded that Georgette took of here roman cross necklace. Based on this event they moved back to Brussels in 1930.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA_65NKzw13gF14HrwcflPc2QkXpL1i-OiwXrujFqbuWrZ1qgFAmnZNd8GjwzsfOMiMPN4CTIqNOss5GddOXfJruWZwpr4DbquVyGdMjtRieG_eZIQf4iYk8axOy443QB_o-EdOn22g9vp9EWqjayNqk_s-1Zu-8jNrzCZRWJPecUkchlkCygZQ/s604/margritte2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipA_65NKzw13gF14HrwcflPc2QkXpL1i-OiwXrujFqbuWrZ1qgFAmnZNd8GjwzsfOMiMPN4CTIqNOss5GddOXfJruWZwpr4DbquVyGdMjtRieG_eZIQf4iYk8axOy443QB_o-EdOn22g9vp9EWqjayNqk_s-1Zu-8jNrzCZRWJPecUkchlkCygZQ/s16000/margritte2.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Son of the Man - 1964</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since the mid twenties René used some specific themes in his art like the man with the bowler hat. He was famous in those days but couldn't live anymore from selling his artworks. He decided to start a design studio together with his brother named Studio Dongo. They created posters and adverts.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3k-fPbk9QxHBMqM08H4gVoEy4MHU_Mbsuzvg-l2ZFT0vhm7xi3AW47aJU9WltGSQ9cNTKgsxtRISwyMOBtt96g4MFkZBP6P6XfaDvmztI0itwRy1hG1hI8vQ5Xy8gyOn63uKVDLOdE0vNLG6STTL25euBAPh140E6NR8opG5cayPHBl0uafIgg/s500/margritte6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3k-fPbk9QxHBMqM08H4gVoEy4MHU_Mbsuzvg-l2ZFT0vhm7xi3AW47aJU9WltGSQ9cNTKgsxtRISwyMOBtt96g4MFkZBP6P6XfaDvmztI0itwRy1hG1hI8vQ5Xy8gyOn63uKVDLOdE0vNLG6STTL25euBAPh140E6NR8opG5cayPHBl0uafIgg/s16000/margritte6.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Station and L'Écuyère - 1922</td></tr></tbody></table><p>He also made forged paintings from works of Gustave Courbet, Meindert Hobbema, Titiaan, Giorgio de Chirico, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. And with his brother he also made false 100 franc banknotes. René always denied he did this.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r_FsUHhNBX-aHbFLF6nzq8i6Zan3F6JUk-vFCdyNzjUO1AaYMEWNb_oWt3L2hGm0A0_Wi4UcTCGv1ye_JfTqkKy26pZJgFJLp_R4mCa1iIhc4356fKigZvLGWwin2pk5_foCfxUnXBHAtEI47DP0sPh33PCZuW0BzzDNaHODZ1lyD5WB-D4Cww/s500/margritte7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-r_FsUHhNBX-aHbFLF6nzq8i6Zan3F6JUk-vFCdyNzjUO1AaYMEWNb_oWt3L2hGm0A0_Wi4UcTCGv1ye_JfTqkKy26pZJgFJLp_R4mCa1iIhc4356fKigZvLGWwin2pk5_foCfxUnXBHAtEI47DP0sPh33PCZuW0BzzDNaHODZ1lyD5WB-D4Cww/s16000/margritte7.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Clearing - 1944</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoKXLqC-OG049Mj9vHEF9dvvjmvRoSa2KYpXYjb6eXSENLDPGDAOhylHGWQlsUQPdLYee3uPvm0MnX84jdwH9yfsywRsQZ-BtNeOLbwDYTZ-XRTVePpNWXjztYvuvYu6k6S5CkC2NCBZ1wlVc8i-AZyCMS_AqwihrO5DRiT0O_2WBcBYONjA0Pg/s671/margritte12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoKXLqC-OG049Mj9vHEF9dvvjmvRoSa2KYpXYjb6eXSENLDPGDAOhylHGWQlsUQPdLYee3uPvm0MnX84jdwH9yfsywRsQZ-BtNeOLbwDYTZ-XRTVePpNWXjztYvuvYu6k6S5CkC2NCBZ1wlVc8i-AZyCMS_AqwihrO5DRiT0O_2WBcBYONjA0Pg/s16000/margritte12.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le retour flamme - 1943</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Between 1940 and 1946 he painted in an impressionistic style upon recommendation by his merchant but still with surrealistic themes. This period was his so-called Renoir period. But after this period he moved back to his own surrealism and had a breakthrough in the United States. Therefore nowadays MOMA, Guggenheim Museum, Dallas Museum of Modern Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Art own artworks from him.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU__-0kGQfzHb9_cnq8lm8BtGYJmKgkLrMOEZ6ECweg7ZKgFul8E_4mXOdztto7iKXlQaWXwG7WGesqOIJITYaF47H1lm7GDf_tEe0NCTr3IdrCMmBXrHknq0rjvyU07AyKEajXHkEm_uARMPBy3dR4KEvx5zwZEh0N2sZMSaMG2pszDjuA4KYEg/s500/margritte8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU__-0kGQfzHb9_cnq8lm8BtGYJmKgkLrMOEZ6ECweg7ZKgFul8E_4mXOdztto7iKXlQaWXwG7WGesqOIJITYaF47H1lm7GDf_tEe0NCTr3IdrCMmBXrHknq0rjvyU07AyKEajXHkEm_uARMPBy3dR4KEvx5zwZEh0N2sZMSaMG2pszDjuA4KYEg/s16000/margritte8.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Empire of Light - 1953-1954</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8L9oCBs-VE7XSoRi9awiezwAeoyYd1nmD-ibpa21F2S-Hplf4z6SXSK-3ruZKgWRIQRYzXv-V35oFaa3sxSrRSP0NpnJSf7FnmYskiGewaNbtR0tC0zWUGW4X-lE7R31Yh3L1QzbmYK0dKUmaLGnbEnaNc6tanupnANaQ_ySFLWV9XcsGiauwKw/s500/margritte9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8L9oCBs-VE7XSoRi9awiezwAeoyYd1nmD-ibpa21F2S-Hplf4z6SXSK-3ruZKgWRIQRYzXv-V35oFaa3sxSrRSP0NpnJSf7FnmYskiGewaNbtR0tC0zWUGW4X-lE7R31Yh3L1QzbmYK0dKUmaLGnbEnaNc6tanupnANaQ_ySFLWV9XcsGiauwKw/s16000/margritte9.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Promo for the movie "The Excorcist" - 1973 (not by Margritte)</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Around 1953/1954 René painted dark paintings with a small amount of light. These paintings influenced the movie industry in the 70's for the horror movie "The Excorcist" to use this effect also especially on the well know promo poster for the movie. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also the sympho band Styx was inspired by him for the album cover of the album "The Grand illusion" from 1977.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJo_PwsWHfOw98QfZXsv53IG1memul-QrrsitzGaFiCT9vfnbVaQgVgmEpPgSm5uE-Atd1CTCJwyvz03mK8FMhPPEBzamEv38xbS97EsaXbBjc70YLiyEOTFBELC-5p-5lEJSqmEhmPT7tlif6frWrJ5majNJmAqTS6Tru5Od1LOc4PRE36s_1JA/s621/margritte10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJo_PwsWHfOw98QfZXsv53IG1memul-QrrsitzGaFiCT9vfnbVaQgVgmEpPgSm5uE-Atd1CTCJwyvz03mK8FMhPPEBzamEv38xbS97EsaXbBjc70YLiyEOTFBELC-5p-5lEJSqmEhmPT7tlif6frWrJ5majNJmAqTS6Tru5Od1LOc4PRE36s_1JA/s16000/margritte10.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Le Blanc-Seing - 1965</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwEbMdVmyplAKg0h_Wrijzn1Azhr5WmOatV-p0UfFlVdRV5H22xtLFHUQ2dotXr8Algenh6NkNdzu2dr1z48R6nMIszZFHkwwIG8n_J9qmA0D-lCRR4ZD_rsVfvuWIEKwgYW4kN0JUwxpkf07a8CQ3Ksly_WnC_AUCdlLc44_gycxr5l8IiSQmA/s500/margritte11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwEbMdVmyplAKg0h_Wrijzn1Azhr5WmOatV-p0UfFlVdRV5H22xtLFHUQ2dotXr8Algenh6NkNdzu2dr1z48R6nMIszZFHkwwIG8n_J9qmA0D-lCRR4ZD_rsVfvuWIEKwgYW4kN0JUwxpkf07a8CQ3Ksly_WnC_AUCdlLc44_gycxr5l8IiSQmA/s16000/margritte11.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Styx album "The Grand Illusion" from 1973 (not by Margritte)</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchH5stF1cdRSuEsDkm8i7eyioHK0AIZ5WGLz85qysqy12r1EkGQ2GZytzRKlKNSFdsIc66l3H27sW2KAWQlHksVYwEXgV6wbz4SXKjkSG-U7jqmWHK9CtTnY875v1W6iXMUWmGvQi7kZ2o_JteeX6iDEIvmziSJuv-1OA0i4UhCyaz04IyKLykA/s500/margritte5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchH5stF1cdRSuEsDkm8i7eyioHK0AIZ5WGLz85qysqy12r1EkGQ2GZytzRKlKNSFdsIc66l3H27sW2KAWQlHksVYwEXgV6wbz4SXKjkSG-U7jqmWHK9CtTnY875v1W6iXMUWmGvQi7kZ2o_JteeX6iDEIvmziSJuv-1OA0i4UhCyaz04IyKLykA/s16000/margritte5.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cannon - 1937</td></tr></tbody></table><p>René died of pancreatic cancer on the 15th of August 1967 in Schaarbeek. In Brussels the Muséé Margritte museum nowadays includes more than 200 of his paintings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1YE_Zas-A5A" width="320" youtube-src-id="1YE_Zas-A5A"></iframe><br />Surrealism explained by Tate Kids</div></div>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-80731351592489989722023-05-29T15:27:00.008+02:002023-06-10T18:45:10.385+02:00The Who sell out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8Zzmf_154m9qgg8TD8ZGqJ1VZfeBoPms7EJU4dMfUJa6A82iAT8B9VlKBxV11ly6iVOU5OWW1aLKjZclIgg4n1IJLQwurvTBxDmFNNNPBWxK1U5mnXYttVkKsrXW7xEfxX8YhOcSwrKVOk3-jpbkCVE3tgt3NM6RoQr2CAOYezpim66eEVhPJA/s500/who.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw8Zzmf_154m9qgg8TD8ZGqJ1VZfeBoPms7EJU4dMfUJa6A82iAT8B9VlKBxV11ly6iVOU5OWW1aLKjZclIgg4n1IJLQwurvTBxDmFNNNPBWxK1U5mnXYttVkKsrXW7xEfxX8YhOcSwrKVOk3-jpbkCVE3tgt3NM6RoQr2CAOYezpim66eEVhPJA/s16000/who.jpg" /></a></div><p>After the US world tour supporting Herman Hermits the Who started working on a new album of which the first single "I Can See For Miles" reached #28 in the Netherlands, #10 in the UK and #9 in the US.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdbfU7UqXHudZFNRVpHXvgkrhdzk4IqYU0L0sO8AxiTckUKSmFYvHlwD0A1Ec8eNILSCR0pirOEbz62s2F_SO54xUROptvjh9QyQS1QvfZMi7xnkrHoF169X-pA2EMXV3qreM1Q9Vd7GmDAUtkdZUEK5QcI4juN6uEm8h7e2dT9GoRZylD1tw_A/s500/who3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigdbfU7UqXHudZFNRVpHXvgkrhdzk4IqYU0L0sO8AxiTckUKSmFYvHlwD0A1Ec8eNILSCR0pirOEbz62s2F_SO54xUROptvjh9QyQS1QvfZMi7xnkrHoF169X-pA2EMXV3qreM1Q9Vd7GmDAUtkdZUEK5QcI4juN6uEm8h7e2dT9GoRZylD1tw_A/s16000/who3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I Can See For Miles - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>For the third album by The Who a new approach was used inspired by Sgt. Pepper from the Beatles. At first they wanted to title the album Who's Lilly after the succes of the single "Pictures Of Lilly". Like the previous album some comical songs were introduced. They even made their version of the theme song from batman.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnO-3zWTD078-Iukow-r2RkguzcoFQ7Rg1GCMDF9QgrM-hRUrNItKWChCjH9pnJAnhbvj4HDwbMZZjKr3CBwftIcVo-EJB2vXw-ThMIrQaRKsbOD9iWIS8euyPT3LIbTs1DtekSF9OXkAjT5Ef9pZ3ZZwfykcxgbKF7OkKEXmHaYFz4X2hetI5w/s500/who4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZnO-3zWTD078-Iukow-r2RkguzcoFQ7Rg1GCMDF9QgrM-hRUrNItKWChCjH9pnJAnhbvj4HDwbMZZjKr3CBwftIcVo-EJB2vXw-ThMIrQaRKsbOD9iWIS8euyPT3LIbTs1DtekSF9OXkAjT5Ef9pZ3ZZwfykcxgbKF7OkKEXmHaYFz4X2hetI5w/s16000/who4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Who in 1967</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The songs were preceded by fake commercials and announcements pretending to be a broadcast from Radio London. Around this time they The Who was making real commercials for canned milkshakes and the American Cancer Society, in defiance of the rising anti-consumerist ethos of the hippies. The Who were declaring that their music was popart at that time. By the time the album was released they faced lawsuits by radio London and brands of the products they mentioned on the album cover or songs. Rock music was hardly broadcasted on official radio stations except for Radio Luxemburg and pirate stations at the time like: Radio Caroline, Radio Scotland and Wonderful Radio London.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaXt5xBxGQnLk9G879ixKtwWpARIQmtsCYZbc9wdmeiX_I8hfoQ_l1USNGoGz5yZF99d05aDbYmdiJUpPI-7bTb5HdCKVTmdiBmnuNktTpnAY7I7dz8Gpcwt_cAaFV4rZawTH8Vf13Nv6nB3FGFgmr2dExk5PEXb5NzSsito-Z2xmJhvFrZrjBA/s500/who5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaXt5xBxGQnLk9G879ixKtwWpARIQmtsCYZbc9wdmeiX_I8hfoQ_l1USNGoGz5yZF99d05aDbYmdiJUpPI-7bTb5HdCKVTmdiBmnuNktTpnAY7I7dz8Gpcwt_cAaFV4rZawTH8Vf13Nv6nB3FGFgmr2dExk5PEXb5NzSsito-Z2xmJhvFrZrjBA/s16000/who5.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Album cover outtake with Roger Daltrey</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album starts with the psychedelic rocker "Armenia City in the Sky" in which we are transported to a sci-fi world in which the sky is glass, the sea is brown, and everyone is upside-down. It was written by a friend of the band named Speedy Keen. Second is John Entwistle's "Heinz Baked Beans" which is a filler. The songs penned by Pete Townsend are the best and are the next ones on the album: "Marry Anne With The Shaky Hand", "Odorono" (a tale about a young female singer who met a handsome man backstage after her performance but her deodorant let her down which the man clearly showed), "Tattoo", "Our Love Was", "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Reach You" (inspired by the Beach Boys). "Medac" and "Silas Stingy" are two other songs by John Entwistle which are comical. The album ends with two other songs by Pete: "Sunrise" and his rock opera "Rael (1 & 2)"</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMqATe2KDIfXkRCLk9NAVwGZXT5dXK15ts6jpnvjHK4qfkSs3dgKieS5i-IyXdfNkwjXbujYrZXksjOvTTD0nSQvmOSfsjwN1FE9oIDcCrNwvmITgJKKZclHr18QHkadbJ0KxhtwTUGpP_3QL1RtVpmFjo9cKJHc3vfX1JTSjLW-OcVAqMuj4Nw/s708/who6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMqATe2KDIfXkRCLk9NAVwGZXT5dXK15ts6jpnvjHK4qfkSs3dgKieS5i-IyXdfNkwjXbujYrZXksjOvTTD0nSQvmOSfsjwN1FE9oIDcCrNwvmITgJKKZclHr18QHkadbJ0KxhtwTUGpP_3QL1RtVpmFjo9cKJHc3vfX1JTSjLW-OcVAqMuj4Nw/s16000/who6.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keith Moon's picture for the album</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1968 they started touring Australia and New Zealand with the Small Faces. After an incident on a plane to Sydney they were forced to leave Australia. Prime Minister John Gorton sent a telegram to the Who telling them never to return to Australia. And they did until 2004.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sl9ybby2HT4JtwreeyWi022pB1ZI_sjcl4sSZ-cvYl5Lj_BK-eBbVKN1rMBeq7fodyKcqzrzqXTFGhxwLXyVuJMBya4GAJLmCMeVKFOQHacF6oakoG4r_dsrMng_QaTHYAwopQQtzsORR6etSd49w_PUtw4WQVqPeBkEmvJGUgOLK4sFuBAPkQ/s746/who7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sl9ybby2HT4JtwreeyWi022pB1ZI_sjcl4sSZ-cvYl5Lj_BK-eBbVKN1rMBeq7fodyKcqzrzqXTFGhxwLXyVuJMBya4GAJLmCMeVKFOQHacF6oakoG4r_dsrMng_QaTHYAwopQQtzsORR6etSd49w_PUtw4WQVqPeBkEmvJGUgOLK4sFuBAPkQ/s16000/who7.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete Townsend's picture for the album</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album cover represents the album in a excelent way by showing the band members promoting products. Deodorant, pimple cream, baked beans and the Charles Atlas course.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-ISTcb3nJ9LpXdQI_ryFGHSInCZs7icnab8iFXKcr2upjuvspnkdsbTOEdidlbwggKCvjRoM865tX_J66PHdLtRwUMsgAijV5UpI5Ws54fn40vzPEkRBkb4BEeHP-QoiefyEOqXnG3S_7hpZoxupd8h-SknQtMM4c_hh9sljDDMSWCvTq9Q0Nw/s500/who2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-ISTcb3nJ9LpXdQI_ryFGHSInCZs7icnab8iFXKcr2upjuvspnkdsbTOEdidlbwggKCvjRoM865tX_J66PHdLtRwUMsgAijV5UpI5Ws54fn40vzPEkRBkb4BEeHP-QoiefyEOqXnG3S_7hpZoxupd8h-SknQtMM4c_hh9sljDDMSWCvTq9Q0Nw/s16000/who2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Album back cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>This album is their best of the 60's. I like it better than the rock opera of Tommy. The album reached #13 in the UK and #48 in the US.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmv4oC9qPiae2FjusTdvfeeFIQ9S7_6FUq3ER14YfO4_eJ4GhQMH_srwDt1TIdnrNSBDmowIsr8AJ8yoexoYVtfLruybGozIjyjYkuYlm3eLxWVFlNKoYNJr5vpRSBPCq3ptJR85BC7OURZtTapxj-dsGtzfQgJmMmblYqIMNd75CTKtPvTlB7Kg/s500/who1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmv4oC9qPiae2FjusTdvfeeFIQ9S7_6FUq3ER14YfO4_eJ4GhQMH_srwDt1TIdnrNSBDmowIsr8AJ8yoexoYVtfLruybGozIjyjYkuYlm3eLxWVFlNKoYNJr5vpRSBPCq3ptJR85BC7OURZtTapxj-dsGtzfQgJmMmblYqIMNd75CTKtPvTlB7Kg/s16000/who1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>The Who Sell Out </b>(1967)<br /><i>Armenia City in the Sky / Heinz Baked Beans / Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand / Odorono / Tattoo / Our Love Was / I Can See for Miles / Can't Reach You / Medac / Relax / Silas Stingy / Sunrise / Rael (1 and 2)</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/62ZJn0cTASo" width="320" youtube-src-id="62ZJn0cTASo"></iframe><br />I Can See For Miles<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dhPV-sDNcuA" width="320" youtube-src-id="dhPV-sDNcuA"></iframe><br />Sunrise</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rI0cfzAF4as" width="320" youtube-src-id="rI0cfzAF4as"></iframe><br />Tattoo</div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763456787497631048.post-84731808884521865882023-05-20T10:48:00.003+02:002023-06-10T18:45:32.129+02:00Deceptive bends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja24h0Ozlm4YbxXTVR9pDsXH7FrcZOZOHgdNAKbqkv_OIZbYU60WZZ3CPzUmcBdUAs-8bKq2_cYY0Eovsk_Vuvs6XjMs-mO2EhIuZRJXVB4KriOhV0a86WKxbdFrpGFa6RaVVD7_q38P5nu_icH17854g_CvGkp20ZtkOTngeMEMAHVvv-qz8dXQ/s500/10ccG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja24h0Ozlm4YbxXTVR9pDsXH7FrcZOZOHgdNAKbqkv_OIZbYU60WZZ3CPzUmcBdUAs-8bKq2_cYY0Eovsk_Vuvs6XjMs-mO2EhIuZRJXVB4KriOhV0a86WKxbdFrpGFa6RaVVD7_q38P5nu_icH17854g_CvGkp20ZtkOTngeMEMAHVvv-qz8dXQ/s16000/10ccG.jpg" /></a></div><p>After recording the first song for the fifth 10cc album "Deceptive Bends", titled "Voodoo Boogie" and renamed later to "People In Love", the tensions between the 2 duos within the band reached its peak. Therefore Godley & Creme left 10cc to record their triple album "<a href="https://www.popfluence.nl/2022/03/consequences-of-leaving-10cc.html">Consequences"</a>. Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman decided to record 2 more songs "The Things We Do For Love" and "Good Morning Judge". As a result of that they decided to continue 10cc with drummer Paul Burgess who already drummed with the band on tour. They recorded songs in their new studio: Strawberry Studios South. They didn't become 5cc but a better simple straigh forward sounding 10cc. Although the experimental songs are still there like "Honeymoon With B Troop". These songs were released as single and achieved worldwide success. Eric and Graham proved they could do it without Godley & Creme.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVabm7PDwn_Np6HgMVK32mxhduxkAag5ls_TQfiwoIisXZtFZVmGRmMLP5B0NPWAlFJkDpko6AUvqsKhm6ZmuC2bb2eUhVEvdtexH-iSmY667Qyt59h-3jaG70gIGayEBH9YTbs29qgcu7b23ElkSrj6X_rGcLkQ3-v3o3fV5VeKNkmaFUnHd0A/s500/10ccF.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVabm7PDwn_Np6HgMVK32mxhduxkAag5ls_TQfiwoIisXZtFZVmGRmMLP5B0NPWAlFJkDpko6AUvqsKhm6ZmuC2bb2eUhVEvdtexH-iSmY667Qyt59h-3jaG70gIGayEBH9YTbs29qgcu7b23ElkSrj6X_rGcLkQ3-v3o3fV5VeKNkmaFUnHd0A/s16000/10ccF.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Things We Do For Love - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"The Things We Do For Love" (UK #6, NL #13, US #5)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzw8i5XJEAlOoXKYtcCs3dRmUnW73lmT_PXSYlaUoTazH70lghjVFIe6700lkUE0cHE_pVjRIITEJoDa3dPalBGuVHDBxug9hOPGO3s_XpI2E9HZiaHH387uvOCTBsCS8fhpe8JGbluu403hF6bQlq0v_0F9fdrZ33noVD6e_-TTv_aELjcEEnQ/s500/10ccD.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzw8i5XJEAlOoXKYtcCs3dRmUnW73lmT_PXSYlaUoTazH70lghjVFIe6700lkUE0cHE_pVjRIITEJoDa3dPalBGuVHDBxug9hOPGO3s_XpI2E9HZiaHH387uvOCTBsCS8fhpe8JGbluu403hF6bQlq0v_0F9fdrZ33noVD6e_-TTv_aELjcEEnQ/s16000/10ccD.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Morning Judge - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"Good Morning Judge" (UK #5, NL #12, US #69)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYeOPFb9PpxcU7gPfZhgCsP4OCYVytvuowrv8ROY0M1d2PerGvo8rO1-iqlfIsLcu06EswDNFOR8cy-43uwfC8U-d3WZTvW4BTscrKcMhsm6FwGrRfmjTRUXXdFPz8JQyUgOg4v9ecA1IUESL93HuKUFtwN5aL37rtOnQrskfdgSTE5blUUsJUfA/s509/10ccE.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYeOPFb9PpxcU7gPfZhgCsP4OCYVytvuowrv8ROY0M1d2PerGvo8rO1-iqlfIsLcu06EswDNFOR8cy-43uwfC8U-d3WZTvW4BTscrKcMhsm6FwGrRfmjTRUXXdFPz8JQyUgOg4v9ecA1IUESL93HuKUFtwN5aL37rtOnQrskfdgSTE5blUUsJUfA/s16000/10ccE.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People In Love - single cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"People In Love"(UK #51, US #40)</p><p>The title of the album was taken from a traffic warning for dangerous curves going southbound on the A24 between Leatherhead and Dorking in Surrey. The album cover was made by Hipgnosis and refers to the problems for divers going up to quickly called the bends aka De-compression Sickness (DCS) . The song "Feel The Benefit" is a 11+ minute song like "One Night In Paris" on the album "Original Soundtrack" split into parts. The first part is inspired by the Beatles, the second part is in the style of reggae and latin which will become a trade mark of the band like on "Dreadlock Holiday". The last part refers back to part 1 as a final.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSp8qDkbkhn2PTu971zn2ofU7bN9rDaBo6d6XIWXhOeOV3RvVEzL2xd2UP683HRWZ1exUAqBoJM_SCEqhG6lx8lwry0kM1bQodPoj0lFvTC9_q4VRGcCPEeaXtegie_J0UB9lbIDcw-8lB92hAlMZjJBaI0J5u28HSZsPCR7ZDTcL7gXny74yLA/s500/10ccC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSp8qDkbkhn2PTu971zn2ofU7bN9rDaBo6d6XIWXhOeOV3RvVEzL2xd2UP683HRWZ1exUAqBoJM_SCEqhG6lx8lwry0kM1bQodPoj0lFvTC9_q4VRGcCPEeaXtegie_J0UB9lbIDcw-8lB92hAlMZjJBaI0J5u28HSZsPCR7ZDTcL7gXny74yLA/s16000/10ccC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside of the album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p>"Good Morning Judge" with a beautiful promo video about a fictional courtroom trial where Eric is alleged to steal a car, Love ballads "Marriage Bureau Rendezvous" sung by Graham and "People In Love" by Eric, "Honeymoon With B Troop" is rather short but one of their best songs.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDJ3FQYGX3NLS081so-IT2fHoPGKnxI9zidH8fb5xusX9Gmgg_2O0fGwhkBSEK4J6HrowS9VZyJYgzMlifhlwCp3V6Zer7cRV7BZJ8gh6T7swZqgkX3YIZ9ZFHMJ6XqoZEhAYw82-q6g35FutGuyCPOwoStaYlbJXw0aeuZFLzHMxVvTGP8t9Qg/s500/10ccB.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDJ3FQYGX3NLS081so-IT2fHoPGKnxI9zidH8fb5xusX9Gmgg_2O0fGwhkBSEK4J6HrowS9VZyJYgzMlifhlwCp3V6Zer7cRV7BZJ8gh6T7swZqgkX3YIZ9ZFHMJ6XqoZEhAYw82-q6g35FutGuyCPOwoStaYlbJXw0aeuZFLzHMxVvTGP8t9Qg/s16000/10ccB.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backside of the album</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The album reached #3 in the UK, #4 in the Netherlands and #31 in the US.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOF0tiDVuOev3vEWcUsoM7BRvpugtO4YHKZPhJMwu1RQ5y4-3c2nzoL2DUJN5gOLSKfedkpMYZHTbjuVzaron7fhZYNMraB8RGWysc0MHdCde-HsFP1mVWJZW5MGUkqM3mk9WLVe4xq-G7ScIlPqceDInE2ARsO9rywM9agP7ZafC4OeSNGIWjQ/s500/10ccA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOF0tiDVuOev3vEWcUsoM7BRvpugtO4YHKZPhJMwu1RQ5y4-3c2nzoL2DUJN5gOLSKfedkpMYZHTbjuVzaron7fhZYNMraB8RGWysc0MHdCde-HsFP1mVWJZW5MGUkqM3mk9WLVe4xq-G7ScIlPqceDInE2ARsO9rywM9agP7ZafC4OeSNGIWjQ/s16000/10ccA.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original album cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Deceptive Bends</b> (1977)<br /><i>Good Morning Judge / The Things We Do for Love / Marriage Bureau Rendezvous /People in Love / Modern Man Blues / Honeymoon with B Troop / I Bought a Flat Guitar Tutor / You've Got a Cold / Feel the Benefit: I: "Reminisce and Speculate", II: "A Latin Break", III: "Feel the Benefit"</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6UWLrls9mpc" width="320" youtube-src-id="6UWLrls9mpc"></iframe><br />Honeymoon With B Troop<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P0rf3_viTxk" width="320" youtube-src-id="P0rf3_viTxk"></iframe><br />The Things We Do For Love<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d5jczes_nMI" width="320" youtube-src-id="d5jczes_nMI"></iframe><br />Good Morning Judge<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/86YFxw98Pfk" width="320" youtube-src-id="86YFxw98Pfk"></iframe><br />People In Love - live 1977</div><p></p>Armand Wilhelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862013281973405780noreply@blogger.com0