Explorations (II): Europa geht durch mich - find a new strasse
It's a wet weekday night in Brussels. Blacked-out cars are criss-crossing the city as European leaders gather for what amounts to a post-election crisis summit. Nigel Farage will soon be in town, to meet the Italian comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo to discuss what news reports call "a potential alliance of Eurosceptic parties in the European parliament". The newspapers that litter the city's Eurostar terminal are full of angst about the pan-European triumph of parties of the populist right (and left), and another crisis for an already troubled EU.
At the 1,800-capacity Ancienne Belgique, meanwhile, something quite remarkable is afoot: five musicians, on a stage bedecked with two Welsh flags, performing a song so at odds with the political moment that it sounds like a work of consummate bravery.
Its title is Europa Geht Durch Mich (translation: Europe Passes Through Me), and it was originally titled European Miracle. The pre-recorded chorus is delivered by the German film star Nina Hoss, and much of its lyric seems to be an awestruck tribute to ideas that now seem to be fragmenting as never before: "European skies/ European desires/ European roads/ European hopes/ European sons/ European love." Only one couplet sounds a slightly more troubled note: "European dreams/ European screams."
Such are the latest creative adventures of the Manic Street Preachers ... [Manic Street Preachers: Eurostars find a new strasse; John Harris, The Guardian, Thursday 26 June 2014]
Empfehlenswert: Track by track: Manic Street Preachers - Futurology: Europe, Berlin, Bowie, revolution - a review + guide to the Manics' new album
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The primary role of the government is to protect property from the majority and so it remains ... A slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown ...
The Masses Against The Classes Lyrics - Manic Street Preachers
At the 1,800-capacity Ancienne Belgique, meanwhile, something quite remarkable is afoot: five musicians, on a stage bedecked with two Welsh flags, performing a song so at odds with the political moment that it sounds like a work of consummate bravery.
Its title is Europa Geht Durch Mich (translation: Europe Passes Through Me), and it was originally titled European Miracle. The pre-recorded chorus is delivered by the German film star Nina Hoss, and much of its lyric seems to be an awestruck tribute to ideas that now seem to be fragmenting as never before: "European skies/ European desires/ European roads/ European hopes/ European sons/ European love." Only one couplet sounds a slightly more troubled note: "European dreams/ European screams."
Such are the latest creative adventures of the Manic Street Preachers ... [Manic Street Preachers: Eurostars find a new strasse; John Harris, The Guardian, Thursday 26 June 2014]
Empfehlenswert: Track by track: Manic Street Preachers - Futurology: Europe, Berlin, Bowie, revolution - a review + guide to the Manics' new album
...
The primary role of the government is to protect property from the majority and so it remains ... A slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown ...
The Masses Against The Classes Lyrics - Manic Street Preachers
gebattmer - 2014/07/14 22:11
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