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Music Tuesday #016: The Satanic Verses

Schmerz verbreitet sich in meinem Kopf,
Ganz aufgequollen mein Augenlicht zersetzt,
Das Herz verbrennt im weißen Nichts
Und doch es wird...

Bridging from last week's Elend back towards the realm of what is nice and cosy, via the German Gothic band Das Ich. For a while this one was on repeat in my room when I was studying. It made me happy and optimistic. The repetitiveness is not musically top of the bill, but German was pretty much made for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9VLn7380Q


Second song of the week is by my all time second favorite band Tool, their only song in German and a cooking tip all-in-one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EcmOUedrMc

And finally, a beautiful piece of art to top up on the atmosphere Tool created, a warning for those yearning for the power of simplistic worldviews: de Staat with their award winning Witchdoctor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ttGgIQpAUc

How about that to kick start a cold autumn Tuesday?

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