The rock legend, 72, was honoured by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace
Kinks, formed in 1963, inspired generations with hits such as Waterloo Sunset
He said: 'It lasted three minutes, it went well and I said goodbye and went home'
Ein tolles Video mit Ausschnitten aus den Konzerten sowie aus zeitgenössischen Fernsehreportagen und Konzert-Specials hier: Set-List:
1. Warm Dust - Keep On Trucking (00:25 - 02:35)
2. Taste - I Feel So Good (2:35 - 8:35)
3. Deep Purple - Wring That Neck (08:35 - 15:30)
4. Keef Hartley Blues Band - Sinnin ‘For You (15:30 - 21:00)
5. The Nice - Hang on To A Dream (21:00 - 28:20)
6. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Down, Down And Down (28:20 - 36:00)
7. The Nice - Country Pie (36:00 - 41:20)
8. Bericht über das Festival (41:20 - 51:10)
9. Deep Purple - Mandrake Root Part 2 (51:10 - 54:40)
10. Keef Hartley Blues Band - Rock Me Baby (54:40 - 1:02:05)
11. The Nice - Rondo (1:02:05 - 1:10:15)
12. Deep Purple - Mandrake Root (1:10:15 - 1:17:15)
+ Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
Na, das passt doch jetzt. Wenn Stephan Remmler ein bisschen stärker pigmentiert wäre, könnte er glatt als Obama-Double durchgehen.
Kralle Krawinkel und Peter Behrens sind schon tot.
I wake up in the morning find myself again alone
and then and then
I fix myself my breakfast in my kitchen on my own
and then and then
I take the coffee with me and start waiting by the phone
and then and then
And then you tweet
and I feel like I am floating
I feel my batteries reloading
Hearts are trump
And then you tweet
and I feeling like I'm a hero
I feel lifted up from zero
Hearts are trump
Der 2016-Remix von I feel free ist genial!
Unglaublich, dass das 50 Jahre her ist: BBC Fresh Cream 1966:
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Meine Lieblingslieder von der LP: Four Until Late (ab 07:05) und Wrapping Paper (ab 35:30) - dazu hier der unqualifizierte Kommentar des bösen Ginger Baker (BEWARE OF MR BAKER !)
Das kann Trump nicht zerstören und uns nicht wegnehmen!
Zur Klarstellung: Es gab Meldungen, die Beach Boys hätten erwogen playing at Trump's inauguration: “Brian is in no way part of this whatsoever,” Wilson manager Jean Sievers told Pollstar. “This is for the Mike Love touring band who licenses The Beach Boys name.” She added that Jardine, who is currently touring with Wilson quite separately from The Beach Boys, is also not involved. (Vgl. dazu auch ... weshalb man schon lange wissen konnte, dass Mike Love ein Arschloch ist ...)
... Bob Dylan hat es nicht verdient, in Gesellschaft weiterer Greise als Statist in einem monarchistischen Staatsschauspiel aufzutreten, ohne, wie es John Lennon einst tat, die Herrschaften auf den besseren Plätzen aufzufordern, statt zu klatschen, mit ihrem Geschmeide zu rasseln.
Da die Welt aber schlecht ist und der Erlösung von allem möglichen Übel dringend bedürftig, ereignete sich am späten Samstagnachmittag im Konserthuset in Stockholm eine Sternstunde, von der die Menschheit, soweit sie ein fühlend Herz besitzt, noch lange leben wird...
Wahrlich ist es schön, Bob Dylan zu hören, doch schöner ist's, dabei zu sein, wenn eine Göttin das Hohelied anstimmt und auf so erhabene Weise versagt. Bob Dylan und Patti Smith haben mit ihrem Fehlen die Kunst vor dem Nobelpreis gerettet. Und die Welt, sagt der Dichter, hebt an zu singen.
Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests in attendance tonight.
I'm sorry I can't be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of those who were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, Pearl Buck, Albert Camus, Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of in reverent tones have always made a deep impression. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words.
I don't know if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world might harbor that secret dream deep down inside. It's probably buried so deep that they don't even know it's there.
If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I'd have about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn't anyone in the world who was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize that I am in very rare company, to say the least.
I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles?" "How should this be staged?" "Do I really want to set this in Denmark?" His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing in place?" "Are there enough good seats for my patrons?" "Where am I going to get a human skull?" I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is this literature?"
When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium. If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had set out to do.
Well, I've been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I've made dozens of records and played thousands of concerts all around the world. But it's my songs that are at the vital center of almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many different cultures and I'm grateful for that.
But there's one thing I must say. As a performer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobel committee is so small is not lost on me.
But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs?" "Am I recording in the right studio?" "Is this song in the right key?" Some things never change, even in 400 years.
Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature?"
So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer.
My best wishes to you all,
"Es gibt so viele Arschloch-Typen wie es menschliche Funktionen, Tätigkeiten und Interessengebiete gibt. Und auf jedem Gebiet kann das Verhältnis von AQ zu IQ ein anderes sein. Kein noch so kopfdenkerisches Verhalten bei einem Thema bietet Gewähr dafür, dass nicht schon beim nächsten der Arschdenk mit voller Wucht einsetzt."
Charles Lewinsky, Der A-Quotient
Wise Man Says II
"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
Frank Zappa
Haftungsausschluss
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