Monday 30 January 2017

Resist



Never before after World War II has there been a country or a leader in the Western civilisation that made people feel like they are right now. Outrage, anger, dispair, disbelief, you name it.
President Trump has, within his first week,  made it all 'possible'. He has given each and everyone of us an uneasy and unsafe feeling. The world is changing, has changed. Espacially since the Muslim ban. When people couldn't even get off the planes and there was chaos and despair.
It all started with the Women's March the day after the Inaugeration. All over the world women (and men ) were protesting against his presidency. He didn't win, Hillary had 3 million more votes, so why on Earth is he now president! He is a narcissist, a white surpremacist, a fascist, need I go on?
All his actions from the last week speak for themselves.



Angela Merkel, the German prime minister (who now is the leader of the Free West to be honest) was the one who had to remind mr Trump of the Geneva convention. She had to call him and tell him.
Trump, having once said he didn't read, doesn't know about the Geneva Convention?
He has forbidden scientist to publish their findings, or to communicate on Social Media, which provoked  protests and rogue accounts.
He still wants to build his stupid wall to keep the Mexicans out and let Mexico pay for it (which they won't) He has whiped away women's rights in one sweep. Planned parenting, abortion, everything America has built through the years is being whiped clean even the websites of the Government.
Trump doesn't believe in Climate change, it's a hoax, so whipe away all data so it doesn't exits anymore.

There once was a country in 1938 where a leader stood up. People started to like him, what he said. he blamed minorities, Jews, gypsies... He didn't talk but screamed his words to get his point across.
He was elected and then the Second World War started.
Millions of Jews, Gypsies and homosexuals were killed.
Later some Germans said; 'Ich habe es nicht gewuƟt!' (I did not know)
But did they? Or did they just turn away, didn't they just want to know?

What we're seeing now in America is that people are resisting, are protesting, they don't want this, they don't want to be ruled by a demagogue and a tirant.
They don't want history to repeat itself only this time it's not Jews, it's Muslims.
Let's all resist, in every country. Don't let the Nazis win again. It doesn't matter where you live or if they call themselves 'alt-right' they are Nazis, plain and simple and we won't stand for it. We won't stay silent!

Resist!

© KH

Sunday 29 January 2017

Music on Sunday; Songs inspired by other musicians

Just last week Elbow's new song came out with a clip some thought looked familiar. It looked like the 1985 Godley & Creme vid 'Cry' which wasn't that odd as Godley directed the video. He's in it and so is Benedict Cumberbatch.
I've always loved Elbow and this song is no exception. They were inspired by Godley and Creme's video and wanted to remake it.
So for today I'll try to find for artists who were inspired by others musicians musically.





this was a homage to the style and work of British singer-songwriter Robert Wyatt.



This is the Pearl Jam equivalent of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" - a song about a deranged female fan who stalks the singer and claims he fathered her child. The song is named after Matt Lukin, the bass player for Mudhoney and Vedder's friend. When Eddie needed to escape his stalker problem, he and his wife would sometimes hang out at Lukin's place.


This Beatles-inspired song was the first single The Bee Gees recorded in England. It became their first international success.


Iggy Pop (note the name: zIGGY), Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Gene Vincent and Jimi Hendrix ("He played it left hand, but made it too far" - Hendrix was left-handed), were all likely influences on the character Ziggy Stardust, but the only musician Bowie admits was a direct influence is Vince Taylor, an English singer who took the "rock star" persona to the extreme, calling himself Mateus and declaring himself the son of God. Taylor was popular in France in the early '60s, and Bowie met him in 1966, after his popularity had faded.


© KH

Sunday 22 January 2017

Music on Sunday; Forgotten music

Sometimes you hear a song on the radio you haven't heard for ages and you wonder what had happened to the artist. A one day fly or just someone who had a hit or two or one great album and never heard of again. Or they only are remembered for their one big hit and no one knows they have other songs as well.
Here are some of those for you today;

















© KH

Sunday 15 January 2017

Muziek op zondag; Death and all his friends

Those who are dead, are not dead
They're just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living there as well
- Coldplay

As I said in my earlier blogs this week; it's been a week of grieving for me. With this blog I hope to conclude the whole week and look forward to a more happier year. 








© KH

Saturday 14 January 2017

Quotes and Pics 265; Death and Loss

It's been a strange week, in the sense that it's been one of loss and grieving. My uncle died and we had his funeral yesterday. Thursday it was ten years ago that my cousin died age 37 and today my dad would have been 75 if he'd lived. He died almost 15 years ago age 60.
As a child January was one of the birthday months. Dad's, aunts and uncles. But now, nothing but grieving, remembering and a feeling of so many missing. 

So this week my themed blogs are all about death and loss. It's my way of dealing with it I suppose. 






© KH

Thursday 12 January 2017

I'll be seeing you

I’ll be seeing you
In all the memories of old
In all my silly childhood memories
I’ll see you in a daydream
Reminiscing of how it used to be
I’ll hear you telling a funny joke
Laughing the hardest about it

I’ll miss you
Every moment of my life
I’ll miss the time we had
Or even the time we could have had
I’ll miss you
Yes I will miss you so

We will see each other again
Someday in other life time
We all leave our mark on this world
And you sure left one in mine

© KH

Ik zal je weer zien
In alle oude herinneringen
In al die malle jeugdherinneringen
Ik zal je weer zien in een dagdroom
Mijmerend over hoe het was
Ik zal je weer horen hoe je een mop verteld
Jijzelf om het hardst lachend

Ik zal je missen
Elk moment van mijn leven
Ik zal de tijd die we hadden missen
Maar meer nog de tijd die we niet meer hadden
Ik zal je zo missen
Ja ik zal je erg missen

We zullen elkaar weer zien
Ooit in een ander leven
We laten allemaal onze stempel achter in dit leven
En jij hebt dat zeker gedaan in dat van mij


© KH

Sunday 8 January 2017

Muziek op Zondag; Human

Soms denk ik erover om de opzet van het muziek op Zondag deel te veranderen maar waarom eigenlijk? Het werkt best goed zo. Met de actualiteit meegaan wat er eventueel gebeurd zoals overleden artiesten of albums die uitkomen, maar ook gewoon af en toe alleen puur op een thema gebaseerd.
Ik ben ook maar een mens die gewoon van muziek houdt en heel diverse muziek ook nog.













© KH

Sunday 1 January 2017

Muziek op Zondag; Nieuwjaarsconcert Wenen

Allereerst de beste wensen voor 2017. Dat het een heel mooi jaar mag worden!
Bij ons is het een beetje traditie geworden om de eerste dag van het nieuwe jaar te kijken naar het Nieuwjaarsconcert in Wenen. Werd dit altijd gepresenteerd door Joop van Zijl in het verleden, sinds een paar jaar heeft Edwin Rutten de twijfelachtige eer dit te hebben mogen overnemen. Twijfelachtig omdat je als kijker de stem van Ome Willem hoort en toch elk moment verwacht 'Dag lekkere rakkers van me' te horen. Als dit vervolgens niet gebeurt en er een beetje een lauw verslag volgt met flauwe grappen dan valt het toch een beetje tegen. Joop van Zijl is een geweldige verslaggever en moeilijk om op te volgen, je moet het dan ook niet proberen.

Gelukkig draait het vooral om de klassieke muziek en de mooie beelden uit Wenen, of de wereld en het ballet. En daar zal ik dan een stukje van plaatsen, uit voorgaande jaren;

Bij ons thuis werd dit altijd gekeken of geluisterd en mijn vader floot vaak met klassieke muziek mee. Met als gevolg dat ik dat nu dus ook doe; ik fluit alles mee. šŸ˜‰

















© Kh