[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl-coD6ovc0I grew up listening to My Fair Lady. I am not kidding you: When I was a small child, my parents had a lot of classical music on records, a couple of German songwriters, and My Fair Lady and Fiddler on the Roof (both in a German version). I was allowed to handle the record player from a very young age, and often chose to play the musicals for their catchy tunes. […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pMMIe4hb4Wuthering Heights is the song that originally awakened my interest in Kate Bush. I don’t even particularly like the novel, but there’s something magical and otherwordly about the song, and often it’s the first song I play when I take out my Kate Bush CDs. This video version is delightfully overacted. Enjoy!
– Rike Horstmann
What are your favorite David Bowie songs?
– Rike Horstmann
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv-0mmVnxPALet the River Run is an old favorite. I also love the movie from whose soundtrack it is, Working Girl. The song gets me into an upbeat mood, so it’s ideal for phases with lots of work (but a weekend on the horizon).
– Rike Horstmann
I understand very little Spanish, so I don’t understand the text. But I love the music, the voice and the rendering of the song.
What songs in the Spanish language do you like especially?
– Rike Horstmann
Are there songs that you hated due to ever-exposure in the past, but that you like now?
– Rike Horstmann
I don’t even particularly like this song. I understand it’s emotionally charged with memories of 09/11 for many, and for that reason I respect it. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s the kind of song that does not appeal to me much. Still, it sticks to me like a burr whenever I hear even a snatch of it.
Yesterday, someone hummed it near me – and here is my revenge on you all: I’m giving you the earworm. ;-)
– Rike Horstmann
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoWcgP7SUD4For me, Marianne Faithfull is a true “mood” musician. Sometimes, I don’t listen to her for months, next I take an album of hers and listen to it non-stop. […]
What is your favorite Springsteen song?
– Rike Horstmann
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0v7e3e7toURecently I asked a group of seventeen-year-olds whether any of them had ever heard of Tom Petty. They just stared at me. […]