Writing Music Challenge: Grobschnitt
The Writing Music Challenge
Here is some wonderful Progrock from the 70's
I have been challenged by my friend @steevc to write about some music I love. And for sure, if he calls - I deliver something very special.
The rules of the challenge are:
- Tell me about an album you love and tell me about the standout album track on it.
- Don’t tell me about any singles on your album. I want to hear about that hidden gem that is tucked away and not played on the radio.
- Give me a story about the album, how you learned about it, and most importantly highlight that special album track
- Challenge THREE more people to do the same. It’s good to write, especially about music. It’s a passion.
- Make sure you add these rules to your post and feel free to use the format I use below.
- Post your Music Challenge article in the MUSIC Community #hive-193816
- If you want to write a post and have not been challenged, then do so.
- Prefix your post 'Writing Music Challenge' so it's easy to spot.
The Album
Listen to all songs from this great progrock album from 1977. Yeah this is a different style of music made by a bunch of Germans.
My very special song - Ernie's Reise
This is easy, as the story of Ernie's Reise is outstanding. And I will never forget the live show of this band from their gigs in the 80's
See the Lyrics and the story they are telling. Enjoy!
Lyrics
ERNIE'S REISE SONGTEXT
You live the story
Of the innocent life's defeat of solitude's dice
Captivated by a moonbeam, chained to dispisers of your love
Captivated by dispisers, lost in the canyons of your mind
Take just another lad
Call him Ernie and see him returning home from school
Left alone at some old window, leaving paper dreams to fly
Hear the wind whispering gently calling you to dream away
So fly away in a staggering paper plane
Don't be afraid when somebody takes your game
High above the town soars a little boy in his paper plane
Astonished he peers down, the houses look like toys from his paper plane
The wind takes his hand
Sparkling rivers below, watch the green meadows flow
Feel your face caressed by a golden rainbow
Ernie never felt so strong
As he was gliding along, forgetting all fences he sailed till dawn
Look the sun is sinking low, little boy where do you go
Time leads you to darkness of the night, shocks you with fright
Don't fear the shadow over you, it's a bird called Maraboo
He will light his light, Ernie, he will be your guide
Confidence is a strong assistance to you
Hey little Ernie, I'd like to take you home to my nest
The sun will keep you warm and cozy all nite long
And you'll have a pleasent rest skip on my chest
The tree with the nest of the bird where the sun goes to bed is so high
It touches the sky
Far away a Blackshirt cleans a chain
Hey little lads, get on dreaming
Fear the warming far away from home
Find your hope in some desert stone
Smell some dope in an ice-cream cone
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Writer(s): Volker Kahrs, Elias Grobschnitt, eroc, Stefan Danielak
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Text from songtexte.com
Grobschnitt today
Unbelievable, after so many years, this band is still alive.
Picture from Grobschnitt.rocks
Have a look to Grobschnitt.rocks to learn about the next gigs of this different style of music.
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BEER.I love some prog, but not sure if I have heard this band before. Sounds good.
Yeah - though to hit your style of music with Grobschnitt
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Grobschnitt... I didn't get into "Rock" till the mid80s via the more political bands like Ton Steine Scherben and it was never my "main" music interest. Though I don't remember this song, Grobschnitt had a lot of interesting songs - not jumping into your head when first listening to it but staying in your mind for a long time :)
Ernie's Reise is one of this...
.., I was a big fan in the 80's and with all the Grunge and HipHop and House and ... you name it ... this stuff came back to my "beery" brain to stay!
Very proggy and English lyrics although as you say, 'music made by a bunch of Germans.'.., it read as though Germans can do it!
You you guys brought us, To The Hilt!..., and an even more awesome video.
Rockpommels Land war ein typisches Concept Album - das durchgehend eine Story erzählt - wie sie zu der Zeit schwer angesagt waren.
Gerade auch Genesis, sicher eins der ganz großen Vorbilder für Grobschnitt, waren ja ganz groß in dem Concept Album Metier während der 70er, also ihrer kreativsten Zeit mit Peter Gabriel usw. Das alles hört man in Rockpommels Land deutlich raus. Aber auch bei manch anderen Stücken und Alben.
Ich persönlich finde Rockpommels Land ganz gut, habe aber auch Leute sagen hören es wäre etwas kitschig. Ist wohl Geschmackssache. Ich würde aber schon sagen, mit Alben wie The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway zB. kann es nicht mithalten. Das ist aber auch eine verdammt hohe Messlatte...
Trotzdem war Grobschnitt grade in der 70ern affengeil. Ganz besonders Live mit ihrem Solar Music, das war echt DER HAMMER!
Eins anderes meiner Lieblingsstücke aber war und ist immer noch dies:
Trotzdem, Grobschnitt waren noch sowas wie Edelhippies. Die richtigen durchgeknallten Wilden waren eine andere Band. Auch mit G am Anfang... :)
Solar Music war eines der Konzerte, welches ich nie vergessen werde. Unglaublich und dann diese "Winkelschleifer in Metallblock" Lightshow. ;-)
Stehe gerade auf dem Schlauch - wen meinst Du mit G
Geht mir genau so! War damals in Rheine oder Schüttdorf oder so, jedenfalls in der Gegend. 2 1/2 Stunden nonstop Solar Music! Keine Ahnung wie der Drummer das durchgehalten hat.
Die ganz abgedrehten - eigentlich GG - waren die hier. Die habe ich mal in einer Schul Aula in Bottrop gesehen - und nach dem Auftritt haben sie Joints ins Publikum gereicht und wir haben alle einen durchgezogen! Und das war 1975 oder so! Da gabs noch Knast für sowas.
Hier eins der bezeichnensten Stücke von denen war dieses:
Listening now! very cool @detlev... sehr toll! thanks for sharing.
I read somewhere they used to do an extended instrumental piece called Solar Music that could last an hour!
It's really amazing that we can find new music every day of our lives for the rest of our lives :)
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