"Yang hei gou fu Rock'n'Roll!"
I am completely astounded by the music clips played at Bayern 3. Only this weekend did I have a short rendez-vous with this station again, after a few weeks of abstinence, and what do I hear? The songs are new (to me), I don't know the names of the groups, but they do not *sound* new. Just today I came across a song sung by a completely unknown girlgroup which is based on a children's church song I know from many years ago. (Does anybody else know the favourite church tune of my childhood - "Stern von Bethlehem"?) How do music labels believe to be successful on the market with quick shots like that - providing a nobody with a melody known for eons and a song text which seems to be copied from some other girl star? Yesterday I briefly thought about buying new rear speakers for Smørebrød. But then, I think - what for?
Today, I've been on the Festspielhügel again to finally let my pressurized air plane fly for the first time this year. It's funny how people tend to stare at something they don't know, but quickly look away in a *Very* uninterested and bored fashion when this thing falls next to their feet and the owner comes to pick it up. Do they notice? Would I notice behaviour like that on myself?
Besides, I met some elder guy - or rather he met me - at this Festspielhügel, a short way uphill from the Festspielhaus. This guy wanted to know where the Festspielhaus is. (...) I mean, what place is this? He was standing right above it, he must have passed right next to it when coming up this hill, and still he didn't know where it is??
Today's title means "Shout together - Rock'n'Roll!" in Cantonese. I bet AC's going to kill me for this idiotic and debilitatingly incorrect transcription, but then... we all have our little monopolies, don't we? Anyway, the guy who sang that, the lead singer of an alledgly famous Cantopop band of the 80ies, fell from the stage somewhere in Japan during a rehearsal, into a gaping hole that suddenly opened up, and killed himself during (probably towards the end of) this action. I mean, why do the Japanese go for active stages? With moving floors and elevators and such? A wonder they don't lose more stars. Anyway, hearing this I was relieved we are in Western Germany... some months ago a friend of mine holding a scientific presentation in a medical robotics conference (I bet you know who's meant, don't you? For everybody else, here's a witness photo:
), when pointing a something at the projection screen, fell behind the stage. With a small scream. Everybody tried to look the other way, pretending not to have noticed... everybody except for MW and me, who had to bite our tongues very hard not to laugh out loud. But then this stage was only about fifty or something cm high.
Oh, and finally... would anybody have suspected there are critters as small as this one:
This almost-a-frog was so small (not larger than a fingernail) it might even have fit in here (between Smørebrød and a roadsign):
Today, I've been on the Festspielhügel again to finally let my pressurized air plane fly for the first time this year. It's funny how people tend to stare at something they don't know, but quickly look away in a *Very* uninterested and bored fashion when this thing falls next to their feet and the owner comes to pick it up. Do they notice? Would I notice behaviour like that on myself?
Besides, I met some elder guy - or rather he met me - at this Festspielhügel, a short way uphill from the Festspielhaus. This guy wanted to know where the Festspielhaus is. (...) I mean, what place is this? He was standing right above it, he must have passed right next to it when coming up this hill, and still he didn't know where it is??
Today's title means "Shout together - Rock'n'Roll!" in Cantonese. I bet AC's going to kill me for this idiotic and debilitatingly incorrect transcription, but then... we all have our little monopolies, don't we? Anyway, the guy who sang that, the lead singer of an alledgly famous Cantopop band of the 80ies, fell from the stage somewhere in Japan during a rehearsal, into a gaping hole that suddenly opened up, and killed himself during (probably towards the end of) this action. I mean, why do the Japanese go for active stages? With moving floors and elevators and such? A wonder they don't lose more stars. Anyway, hearing this I was relieved we are in Western Germany... some months ago a friend of mine holding a scientific presentation in a medical robotics conference (I bet you know who's meant, don't you? For everybody else, here's a witness photo:
), when pointing a something at the projection screen, fell behind the stage. With a small scream. Everybody tried to look the other way, pretending not to have noticed... everybody except for MW and me, who had to bite our tongues very hard not to laugh out loud. But then this stage was only about fifty or something cm high.
Oh, and finally... would anybody have suspected there are critters as small as this one:
This almost-a-frog was so small (not larger than a fingernail) it might even have fit in here (between Smørebrød and a roadsign):
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posted by PJS at
Sunday, August 15, 2004
4 Comments:
PJS, Just for your information: the correct transcription of that line should be: "Yat Hei Go Foo Rock n' Roll".... AC
Hello AC, I think it was close enough. I'm proud.
Stern ueber Bethlemhem - for sure :-) I still the children at the crib play in church (no I am not using the by dict.leo.org proposed nativity play/ scene word) coming to the Jesus-doll by this song :-)
Only half a year to go to see it again ;-)
hehe and by the way I am the destroyer of Philipp's comment corner ;-)
Cheers, Meffi
Hi PJS, I found the name of that group which sings the song. They're called Groove Coverage and the song is called 'She'. See info here:
Groove Coverage: Bei Kirchenlied abgekupfertHmm. Enjoy. AC
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