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cantaudio008, may 2004, edition: 22 |
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Five section interpretation of the song 'gloomy sunday' as part of the CANT series, re-examining key pieces of Twentieth Century audio through the placing of them within, around and outwith new bedfellows. |
scene 1 (20.42) have we ever let you down? boo radleys: c’mon kids (75% normal speed), billie holiday: gloomy sunday (timeline sustained, words removed) guitar (intro from the outcasts: programme love), space landing (time almanac), iva bittova: gloomy sunday the mother & son scene from igby goes down piano (gitane demone: gloomy sunday), bass (modern eon: choreography) heather nova: gloomy sunday, diamanda galas: gloomy sunday bass (merged intros from echo & the bunnymen: ocean rain and bonnie ‘prince’ billie: i see a darkness, 65-100%) einstürzende neubauten: headcleaner mp3, norah jones: sunrise mp3 christian death: gloomy sunday, the brothers scene from igby goes down artie shaw: gloomy sunday (reversed), bjork: gloomy sunday velvet underground: sunday morning, carmen mcrae: gloomy sunday (timeline sustained), backing vocals (sinead o’connor: gloomy sunday) boo radleys: c’mon kids (beats removed, vocals only from midfield general remix, 80%), kronos quartet: gloomy sunday mp3, peter wolf: gloomy sunday mp3 lydia lunch: gloomy sunday mp3 with interuptions (bikini kill: i like fucking, bratmobile: panic, minor threar: bottled violence, hüsker dü: makes no sense at all, gymslips: robot man, germs: 4-street dreams demo, aus rotten: fuck nazi sympathy), fade guitar (danny michel: gloomy sunday) __________________________________________ scene 2 (07.30) christine yesnoness luscious jackson: christine, paul whiteman orchestra: gloomy sunday, danny michel: gloomy sunday, pink industry: stand alone thirteen one second compositions: (1) nah, yes, nah: irvine welsh (2) yeah, yeah, no no: adam & the ants + bow wow wow (3) no, yes, yes: sex pistols + residents (4) no, no, no: rod stewart + destinys child (5) no doubt, yes: george bush + bill clinton (6) no, no: catatonia + beastie boys (7) no/yeah: cramps + xtc (8) yes ... no: public enemy + iggy pop (9) above reversed + david bowie (10) above + prince (11) above + crime & the city solution (12) above + public image limited + john lee hooker (13) no: aimee mann (50%) __________________________________________ SCENE 3 (04.25) hungary intros: galas, shaw, holiday, mccrae, demone, nova, bittova, faithful, o’connor, michel, kronos quartet, mckennitt, lunch, whiteman, wolf, westcoast trio bbc/cnn reports, suicide bombers, sunday 25 april 2004 erkel ferenc: hungarian national anthem, reversed order (de-cresceding) __________________________________________ SCENE 4 (03.35) christine lala-lala butthole surfers: tv star (95% speed), britney spears: everytime (84-95%), gazza: fog on the tyne (at 33rpm), balatonia gypsy orchestra: tzigane (100%, split, reversed) __________________________________________ SCENE 5 (05.39) ein lied von liebe und tot ricky nelson: gloomy sunday (unreleased), loreena mckennitt: gloomy sunday (75%, chorus removed), nick drake: road (guitar), excerpts from the 1999 film inspired by gloomy sunday, ein lied von liebe und tot __________________________________________ The Wirral Globe vs The Global Wire, 2004 www.thisiswirral.co.uk/wirral/haunted_wirral/song.html www.phespirit.info/gloomysunday/ www.collectedsounds.com/corner/folklore.html www.haro-online.com/movies/gloomy_sunday.html
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| Gloomy Sunday, written in Budapest in 1933 by Rezso Seress (first two verses) and Laszlo Javor. Original Hungarian lyrics (below left) completely bastardised for known English (translation by Sam M. Lewis and Desmond Carter). Billie Holiday's version was of course banned by the BBC in the forties through a suspicion that the song had directly led to a number of suicides, including one in Birkenhead. Following these incidents and in an attempt to reportedly "alleviate the pessimistic tone", a final verse (beginning 'dreaming, I was only dreaming') was added in English. |
| hungarian lyrics it is autumn and the leaves are falling, all love has died on earth the wind is weeping with sorrowful tears, my heart will never hope for a new spring again my tears and my sorrows are all in vain, people are heartless, greedy and wicked
love has died!
the world has come to its end, hope has ceased to have meaning cities are being wiped out, shrapnel is making music meadows are coloured red with human blood there are dead people on the streets everywhere, I will say another quiet prayer people are sinners, lord, they make mistakes...
the world has ended!
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english lyrics
sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless little white flowers will never awaken you not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you angels have no thoughts of ever returning you would you be angry if I thought of joining you?
gloomy is sunday, with shadows I spend it all my heart and I have decided to end it all soon there'll be candles and prayers that are sad, I know but let them not weep, let them know that I'm glad to go death is no dream, for in death I'm caressing you with the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you
dreaming, i was only dreaming I awake and find you asleep in the deep of my heart darling, I hope that my dream never haunted you my heart is telling you how much I wanted you |
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