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my secret travelogue for popol vuh fans part 4: listening to Im Garten des Ruhe, a bonus track from Die Nacht der Seele, on the 148th-floor outside observation deck of the Burj Khalifa. we stayed late until everyone else left and lay along the glass looking at the city fade into unlit desert
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 9 June 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
best travelogue, never stop!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 10 June 2018 05:44 (five years ago) link
heard "aguirre 1" playing between sets at a show recentlyi looked around to see who else noticed and saw nothing :-/(this doesn't mean no one noticed, just that PV fans don't tend to emote publicly, lol)
this is the second time i've heard PV between sets at a show. last time was probably about 8 years ago.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
You mean no-one punched the air and went, "Well, awwllllriiiiight!!!"
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
aside from me, no
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
ha i think i would have given a big smile. "aguirre!!"
― marcos, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
the correct reaction is to pull a plush toy monkey out of your bag, and then loudly recite the soliloquy at the end of Aguirre about how you're going to marry your daughter and found the purest dynasty the world has ever seen, then shout WHO IS WITH ME
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
the worst possible ending to that would be that it was not actually a song from Aguirre and was actually from Nosferatu and you have to crawl away and change your props real quick
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
Lol
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
now i am second guessing which track it was but seriously, i knew within a few notes WHO it was and that is what mattered to me
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
all of a sudden I can see this as DJT's next SOTU speech
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
i put on Einsjäger & Siebenjäger at the bookstore where i work this morning, my boss came in and asked what jam band it was - "the Dead?" - i told him it was a German guy who did the soundtracks for Werner Herzog's movies and he said "keep it up" lol.
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
lol yes my wife has also mistaken PV albums for the Dead
― sleeve, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
more than just one guy!! still active in my quest to get fichelscher the respect he deserves
i do see some upsetting similarities between klaus kinski & DJT now that i think about it
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
respect for the distinctive PV sound of the albums he was on, i meandjong yun tooi wonder if she is still in north korea?!!?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
I made a painting of Djong Yun once but it turned out so badly I threw it away. I must attempt again one day.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
Speaking of Daniel Fichelscher, is there actually any difference at all between Morgengruss on E&S and Moregengruss II on Aguirre?
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
idk -- i would have to listen to them side by side and am not prepared to do that atmreport back and tell us!
that's such a good song they put it on 2 albums just in case
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Yes, the second has more, or different at least, (electric) lead guitar on it, it's not as good.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
it sounds to me like no, but all I did was sync them up and let them play, if the latter has an electric lead it might just be overpowering the former
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
the backing tracks seem identical tho
playing along with that song is one of life's small joys
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
Der Ruf from Herz aus Glas is also great Fichelscher, would be OK with like a 29-minute version of it
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 05:35 (five years ago) link
the guitar tone make it sound like a song off the Real Ramona
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 05:37 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah herz aus glas could have every song extended to lp side length and I’d be happy
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
i still haven't been able to find that interview that used to be on youtube -- the one where fichelscher is basically talking to the camera and he tells the story of how he brought his bongos to a music festival as a teen and joined amon duul II. it was the closest i have come to learning more about the popol vuh history/sound/process than i have found anywhere else and i can't find it!
one thing that stuck with me was when he picked up his guitar and just started noodling a little -- that's when i realized that what i loved about PV was at least 50% (prob more) fichelscher.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
is that the one where he's shirtless and the interview pauses so he can go get cigarettes?
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
Yes, he's absolutely not what you might expect someone in Popol Vuh to be like, he's a kind of rock 'n' roll dude.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
I was telling someone about that DF interview / monologue recently and trawled back through this thread to find out when it first appeared. I think he must have taken it down himself? Dude needs to get a memoir out there IIRC.
Is he still playing with ADII?
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
last i heard he was still playing with ADII -- i have a google alert for him so i am aware of any developments and i can't say much has come through
i would like to meet/converse with him more than any other living person of that place/time (now that Jaki is gone :( ) would also enjoy a convo with irmin but i do have the can book so that's something
the info on fichelscher is so scanty -- i want him to know that there are people out here who care! so he can spill while he is still with us!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 July 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
Where is he living? If I find myself in Berlin this Christmas I'll look for him
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 5 July 2018 03:07 (five years ago) link
he must live somewhere in europe -- i know ADII has toured around europe and played festivals and whatnot but i don't think they have made an appearance in the states/this continent that i am aware oflook him up! send him to me!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 July 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
I'm sure he's not that old btw, I think he was a teenager when he joined ADII, so hopefully he'll be with us for a while yet.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 July 2018 07:02 (five years ago) link
He started young:
http://www.popolvuh.nl/d/files/DF_15.jpg
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 July 2018 07:06 (five years ago) link
listen folks no one lives forever and i have been on this quest for some time
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 July 2018 12:29 (five years ago) link
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
How can that be Berlin? The grass is cut.
― Evan, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
why am I wasting my life in America sitting inside, wearing vests with shirts under them?
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Actually I suppose that is the Englischer Garten in Munich as afaik Amon Düül II are still located there. The next gig is the Finkenbach festival on August, 10th, so if you really want to see Danny, you should go there.Finkenbach is also called the Woodstock in the Odenwald. It is about one hour by car South of Frankfurt/Main.http://www.finki-festival.de/finki_programm.html
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
gah! I'll be over there, but not until December probably. bet he'll be wearing a shirt then!
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
Crazy name, crazy guy.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
it looks like he has about 6 arms in that photo!
i can't zip on over to munich until i get my passport renewed and i doubt that is going to happen with such short notice (it's not)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
what other of their stuff sounds like this? anything in particular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boDIzneIIfE
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
Well there's basically 18 minutes of that track on the second side of the "Spirit of Peace" album.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link
love the sound of that
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
Also "Brüder des Schattens – Söhne des Lichts" and "Die Nacht der Seele" albums.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
also there's probably a lot of roy montgomery albums you would enjoy
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
i’ve dabbled in him but didnt find anything i really loved right off the bat like this. i like the syncopated guitar parts and the trance-like feel. i’m all ears for recommendations though!
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
I think the music on side two of Spirit of Peace IS King Minos II
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 July 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
it definitely is- more layers and stuff obviously. love it
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:53 (five years ago) link