Samstag, 2. Februar 2013
Music makes the bourgeoisie and the rebels
Okay there is one freakin' fuckin' astonishing band, which impressed me once again!
BAD RELIGION!
I really really really really hate Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz for being so gifted! They write interesting lyrics consisting of allusions, metaphories and critical messages. and it's not only their texts, what is makin me so crazy about this band. Greg Graffin has this really interesting voice. It is between two poles: screaming and singing. On the one hand Graffin's voice sounds so hoarse and on the other hand it is so harmonic and even kinda touching. Really hard to describe but I'm sure, that you will know what I mean, if you listen to any Bad Religion song.
Bad Religion is one of the oldest punkbands. In 1979/80 the band was founded in California by Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley and Jay Ziskrout. In an interview in 2001 Graffin said, that the band had four rebirthes. There were some struggles and apart from that Gurewitz suffered a drug addiction. So they went through hard times but they found together – repeatedly.
What I didn't know is, that Mr. Gurewitz is the founder of „Epitaph Records“. It is my favourite punk/ skate punk/ hardcore label being responsible for bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, The Distillers, Falling In Reverse, Pennywise, Rancid and and and. I love those bands so much and for me Epitaph made it to a really important record label. When I found out, that it was founded in 1981 by Gurewitz, I was like – what the fuck? He isn't only songwriter and guitarist of Bad Religion, he's also founder and owner of this label.
And now we come to Greg Graffin. What an outstanding person! When he's not singing on stages or in studio or wherever he sings, he is professor at university.
Okay, now just imagine please, that there stands the singer of one of the most important punkbands in front of you teaching you all about evolution. ....
- What the fuck? -
I'm not sure, if I could concentrate on his studies (well, they're interesting, no question!) knowing that my professor is one of my favourite musicians playing on huge festivals. You got the point?
Maybe I'm just a bit the groupie in this play. Whatever.
He even got the Rushdie Award from Harvard University. Like Mike Ness of Social Distortion Greg Graffin and his band really got me and still inspire me.
I could tell you so much more stories about Bad Religion and the six band members but instead to do that, I rather show you my favourite Bad Religion songs both of the latest and older records.
Classic is the following song called "American Jesus". For me it is THE punkrock hymn!
The music video of "Sorrow" gave me the perfect imagination of Bad Religion as band, who is telling with it's lyrics to all people on earth. It is a great and moving song to me.
"Infected" is another great song by Bad Religion
I listened to this song more than hundred times. It is perfect! Bad Religion together with Die Toten Hosen.
Last but not least from their new album the great song "popular consensus". The message is so good and true. I really enjoy the singalongs on this album. Great record! By the way it is their 16th studio album.
I'm so sad, that I won't see them live this year. But at least I got their new album. ;)
Have a good weekend, my lovebirds!
BAD RELIGION!
I really really really really hate Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz for being so gifted! They write interesting lyrics consisting of allusions, metaphories and critical messages. and it's not only their texts, what is makin me so crazy about this band. Greg Graffin has this really interesting voice. It is between two poles: screaming and singing. On the one hand Graffin's voice sounds so hoarse and on the other hand it is so harmonic and even kinda touching. Really hard to describe but I'm sure, that you will know what I mean, if you listen to any Bad Religion song.
Bad Religion is one of the oldest punkbands. In 1979/80 the band was founded in California by Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley and Jay Ziskrout. In an interview in 2001 Graffin said, that the band had four rebirthes. There were some struggles and apart from that Gurewitz suffered a drug addiction. So they went through hard times but they found together – repeatedly.
What I didn't know is, that Mr. Gurewitz is the founder of „Epitaph Records“. It is my favourite punk/ skate punk/ hardcore label being responsible for bands like Social Distortion, The Offspring, The Distillers, Falling In Reverse, Pennywise, Rancid and and and. I love those bands so much and for me Epitaph made it to a really important record label. When I found out, that it was founded in 1981 by Gurewitz, I was like – what the fuck? He isn't only songwriter and guitarist of Bad Religion, he's also founder and owner of this label.
And now we come to Greg Graffin. What an outstanding person! When he's not singing on stages or in studio or wherever he sings, he is professor at university.
Okay, now just imagine please, that there stands the singer of one of the most important punkbands in front of you teaching you all about evolution. ....
- What the fuck? -
I'm not sure, if I could concentrate on his studies (well, they're interesting, no question!) knowing that my professor is one of my favourite musicians playing on huge festivals. You got the point?
Maybe I'm just a bit the groupie in this play. Whatever.
He even got the Rushdie Award from Harvard University. Like Mike Ness of Social Distortion Greg Graffin and his band really got me and still inspire me.
I could tell you so much more stories about Bad Religion and the six band members but instead to do that, I rather show you my favourite Bad Religion songs both of the latest and older records.
Classic is the following song called "American Jesus". For me it is THE punkrock hymn!
The music video of "Sorrow" gave me the perfect imagination of Bad Religion as band, who is telling with it's lyrics to all people on earth. It is a great and moving song to me.
"Infected" is another great song by Bad Religion
I listened to this song more than hundred times. It is perfect! Bad Religion together with Die Toten Hosen.
Last but not least from their new album the great song "popular consensus". The message is so good and true. I really enjoy the singalongs on this album. Great record! By the way it is their 16th studio album.
I'm so sad, that I won't see them live this year. But at least I got their new album. ;)
Have a good weekend, my lovebirds!
Sonntag, 20. Januar 2013
Don't Dream It, Be It!
That's what I learned the past 90 minutes by watching one of my favourite movies: Party Monster. This movie is based on a true story about New York's club kids. Michael Alig (Macauly Culkin) and James St. James (Seth Green) are the main characters in this movie. Even Marylin Manson is a part of this film as „Christina“. The club kids have fun, make party, take drugs and of course some of them pay with their lives. All in all it is a really weird, crank, sad and disturbing movie. Some scenes are really crazy. The music isn't bad as well. For example Nina Hagen with „New York, New York“ is a really great song in that movie or „Money, Success, Fame, Glamour“, which has an interesting message to my mind.
If you like disturbing movies, you should watch it. I think I watched it about ten times now.
Michael and James meet at the Donut Shop
What else did I do? I had the chance to listen into the new Bad Religion album called „True North“. It contains 16 awesome but fucking short songs! Even the opener and title track „True North“ is a wonderful song and sooo melodic like „American Jesus“, next to „Sorrow“ one of my old favourites of this band from Greg Graffin. It's a great album and I enjoy to listen! "Fuck You" is a quite good song of this album, too!
Besides I look forward to some other album releases in this year: HIM, Black Sabbath, Itchy Poopzkid, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon and ehehehhh.. I forgot some other!
Bullet For My Valentine_Temper Temper
You should listen to Almost Charlie's latest album „Tomorrow's Yesterday“. It is more folk and sounds like The Beatles.
Talking of the Beatles. Actually I didn't like The Beatles but I love this song:
Aaaaannnnnd I also enjoy to listen to the version of Glee
That's all my dears!
Have a nice weekend <3
P.S.: Please forgive my fucked up English :D
If you like disturbing movies, you should watch it. I think I watched it about ten times now.
Michael and James meet at the Donut Shop
What else did I do? I had the chance to listen into the new Bad Religion album called „True North“. It contains 16 awesome but fucking short songs! Even the opener and title track „True North“ is a wonderful song and sooo melodic like „American Jesus“, next to „Sorrow“ one of my old favourites of this band from Greg Graffin. It's a great album and I enjoy to listen! "Fuck You" is a quite good song of this album, too!
Besides I look forward to some other album releases in this year: HIM, Black Sabbath, Itchy Poopzkid, Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon and ehehehhh.. I forgot some other!
Bullet For My Valentine_Temper Temper
You should listen to Almost Charlie's latest album „Tomorrow's Yesterday“. It is more folk and sounds like The Beatles.
Talking of the Beatles. Actually I didn't like The Beatles but I love this song:
Aaaaannnnnd I also enjoy to listen to the version of Glee
That's all my dears!
Have a nice weekend <3
P.S.: Please forgive my fucked up English :D
Dienstag, 1. Januar 2013
...and a happy new year...
Heeey again lovebirds!
Maybe you think "gosh, why she's writing again?"... I just summarized the last 12 months and recognized, that I could make some dreams become real.
In this very last minutes of 2012 I want to share with you some impressions of this year! It was sooo awful sometimes but crazy fucking awesome good as well. Sometimes I can't imagine, what happened to me in this year. As some of you know I'm working at a radio station. This year I had the honor to meet both popular and new music acts. That's exactly that, what I want to do in my future. That's exactly the life, that I dreamed of in my very childhood. That's exactly my dream. At first I wanted to seperate this stuff from my blog here. But a friend said to me: why? It's you!
Here my summary:
In this year I ran into a music video by coincidence haha (Montreal - "Das Falsche Pferd")! Well.. only a few seconds but hey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzVGQmuvag
Moreover I was filmed while I had an interview and so my face and that of my friend appeared in a tour diary of another band (Benzin).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-PYxohE_Q&list=PLA09053A52907CB03
Apart from that I had the chance to meet one of my favourite bands for an interview (Itchy Poopzkid).
I met some other interesting bands for an interview and I've seen some backstage at a cute festival.
Another highlight was the interview with Die Toten Hosen. Crazy shit. It was also interesting and exciting to welcome some bands in our radio station. I hope, that my future will be filled with music like this year. I love this job.
I have some aims for 2013 and hopefully I'll reach them. I will see.
<3
Have an awesome start!
Maybe you think "gosh, why she's writing again?"... I just summarized the last 12 months and recognized, that I could make some dreams become real.
In this very last minutes of 2012 I want to share with you some impressions of this year! It was sooo awful sometimes but crazy fucking awesome good as well. Sometimes I can't imagine, what happened to me in this year. As some of you know I'm working at a radio station. This year I had the honor to meet both popular and new music acts. That's exactly that, what I want to do in my future. That's exactly the life, that I dreamed of in my very childhood. That's exactly my dream. At first I wanted to seperate this stuff from my blog here. But a friend said to me: why? It's you!
Here my summary:
In this year I ran into a music video by coincidence haha (Montreal - "Das Falsche Pferd")! Well.. only a few seconds but hey!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzVGQmuvag
Moreover I was filmed while I had an interview and so my face and that of my friend appeared in a tour diary of another band (Benzin).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-PYxohE_Q&list=PLA09053A52907CB03
Apart from that I had the chance to meet one of my favourite bands for an interview (Itchy Poopzkid).
I met some other interesting bands for an interview and I've seen some backstage at a cute festival.
Another highlight was the interview with Die Toten Hosen. Crazy shit. It was also interesting and exciting to welcome some bands in our radio station. I hope, that my future will be filled with music like this year. I love this job.
I have some aims for 2013 and hopefully I'll reach them. I will see.
<3
Have an awesome start!
Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2012
About "Proudly Gone"
Hey there my beloved readers,
Thank you for still reading and following my shit here! I hope you all had a peaceful stay at home with your family and friends.
In this article I want to talk about my latest poem "proudly gone". It implies an appeal to all of you and to me as well. Therefore you should know, that I had a serious talk with some people, who doubt that I'm on the right way. Okay: I don't drink, I don't smoke, I'm the only vegetarian in my family, at school and university I reached good results and at the moment I'm living my dream as music editor and chief editor in a radio. Yeah sounds pretty awful and wrong, huh?
In the past months I met several musicians and had some fantastic interviews. This all means a lot to me and I appreciate every day, that I got this great chance. And the best thing is: my friends and parents support me. I'm so thankful, that I got them.
They all support me in everything. My parents say, that they are so proud. To know this makes me happy.
But there are still haters. Okay, you will always meet some haters in your life. But even in your closest circle? In worst case: yes!
That hurts pretty much of course but you should just give a fuck. When you get the chance to live your dream, then you should take it. I don't regret it.
"Proudly Gone" is dedicated to those certain persons, who still don't believe in me but it's also an appeal to me and to you, not to listen.
I think this article fits pretty good to this time - the end of a year.
I wish you all a good start in 2013.
<3
Annjushka
Thank you for still reading and following my shit here! I hope you all had a peaceful stay at home with your family and friends.
In this article I want to talk about my latest poem "proudly gone". It implies an appeal to all of you and to me as well. Therefore you should know, that I had a serious talk with some people, who doubt that I'm on the right way. Okay: I don't drink, I don't smoke, I'm the only vegetarian in my family, at school and university I reached good results and at the moment I'm living my dream as music editor and chief editor in a radio. Yeah sounds pretty awful and wrong, huh?
In the past months I met several musicians and had some fantastic interviews. This all means a lot to me and I appreciate every day, that I got this great chance. And the best thing is: my friends and parents support me. I'm so thankful, that I got them.
They all support me in everything. My parents say, that they are so proud. To know this makes me happy.
But there are still haters. Okay, you will always meet some haters in your life. But even in your closest circle? In worst case: yes!
That hurts pretty much of course but you should just give a fuck. When you get the chance to live your dream, then you should take it. I don't regret it.
"Proudly Gone" is dedicated to those certain persons, who still don't believe in me but it's also an appeal to me and to you, not to listen.
I think this article fits pretty good to this time - the end of a year.
I wish you all a good start in 2013.
<3
Annjushka
Proudly Gone
Shut up and stop to doubt!
There are people being proud.
Stop to decide what I have to be!
Stop to judge by what you see!
Don’t raise your finger like a mother!
Don’t raise your voice like a father!
What’s the reason for your bother?
Don’t behave like a jealous brother!
Repeatedly all over the years I’ve listened to your prayer.
Your cruel words ripped my soul like the sharp knife of my slayer.
Not worth to be a part of your life
Since the day, when I arrived.
Is that all you have to say?
So I leave and find my way.
Just take a seat, I don’t mind.
Please, go on with your daily grind!
But understand, that’s not my life:
Waiting at home, playing the wife.
No, I worked hard and I’ll go on-
Don’t hold me back, I’m already gone.
There are people being proud.
Stop to decide what I have to be!
Stop to judge by what you see!
Don’t raise your finger like a mother!
Don’t raise your voice like a father!
What’s the reason for your bother?
Don’t behave like a jealous brother!
Repeatedly all over the years I’ve listened to your prayer.
Your cruel words ripped my soul like the sharp knife of my slayer.
Not worth to be a part of your life
Since the day, when I arrived.
Is that all you have to say?
So I leave and find my way.
Just take a seat, I don’t mind.
Please, go on with your daily grind!
But understand, that’s not my life:
Waiting at home, playing the wife.
No, I worked hard and I’ll go on-
Don’t hold me back, I’m already gone.
Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2012
Re-/ Discovered Love
Hey guys!
What's the story, morning glory? - haha.. bad joke! Anyway!
I want to introduce you to some new musicians!! But not only young bands or bands, which haven't become very popular yet!
By coincidence I found also songs/ acts, that I listened a lot in the past! Crazy, huh? :D
I'll begin with the fresh sounds!
1) The Lumineers (Folk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCBSSwgtg4
2) Der Rest (deep lyrics and very melancholic but really catchy! I think fronter Phil Taraz is a pretty interesting musician)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNOc59EvaY
3) The Sensational Skydrunk Heartbeat Orchestra (What an awesome name! They create a mix out of Ska, Punk, Reggae, HipHop...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoy2mNhuUVw
And now old and new stuff!
1) OLD: Dario (Pretty cool band from a town nearby my home village. They were a cool band but sadly they don't exist anymore)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9CI6uQaFWM&list=SPDDCD582E211C0DD2&index=9
2) NEW: Haha But! the singer of them (Kenny Estrada) has a solo project. Look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6PWOWE3tk&list=PLE32B5017BA032CAC
I really enjoy the lyrics!
3) OLD: Anti-Flag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnF-fMD1tSA
Do I have to say something? Great tune! I love this song, it beats me up! By the way: peta2.com nominated them as "most animal-friendly band".
4) OLD: Disillusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPBEpVJYso
Metal, metal, metal - in your face! :D
5) OLD: Nightwish (with Tarja Turunen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUBKsNF1HM
Floor Jansen is the 3rd female singer from Holopainen's band Nightwish
Last but not least: A special christmas song made by the guys of Y-Titty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BAG5dkN48
See ya ;)
What's the story, morning glory? - haha.. bad joke! Anyway!
I want to introduce you to some new musicians!! But not only young bands or bands, which haven't become very popular yet!
By coincidence I found also songs/ acts, that I listened a lot in the past! Crazy, huh? :D
I'll begin with the fresh sounds!
1) The Lumineers (Folk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCBSSwgtg4
2) Der Rest (deep lyrics and very melancholic but really catchy! I think fronter Phil Taraz is a pretty interesting musician)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhNOc59EvaY
3) The Sensational Skydrunk Heartbeat Orchestra (What an awesome name! They create a mix out of Ska, Punk, Reggae, HipHop...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoy2mNhuUVw
And now old and new stuff!
1) OLD: Dario (Pretty cool band from a town nearby my home village. They were a cool band but sadly they don't exist anymore)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9CI6uQaFWM&list=SPDDCD582E211C0DD2&index=9
2) NEW: Haha But! the singer of them (Kenny Estrada) has a solo project. Look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6PWOWE3tk&list=PLE32B5017BA032CAC
I really enjoy the lyrics!
3) OLD: Anti-Flag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnF-fMD1tSA
Do I have to say something? Great tune! I love this song, it beats me up! By the way: peta2.com nominated them as "most animal-friendly band".
4) OLD: Disillusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPBEpVJYso
Metal, metal, metal - in your face! :D
5) OLD: Nightwish (with Tarja Turunen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsUBKsNF1HM
Floor Jansen is the 3rd female singer from Holopainen's band Nightwish
Last but not least: A special christmas song made by the guys of Y-Titty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BAG5dkN48
See ya ;)
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