ππππ, a collaboration of Brian and Westbam, was released on this day, April 26th, nine years ago on πΎππππ©ππβs album ππ¨Μππππ«π¬ππ«ππ¬π¬π.
πππ¬ππππ¦ ππππ. ππ«π’ππ§ ππ¨π₯π€π¨ - ππ’ππ€
β‘οΈ https://bit.ly/382d1Wq
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Photo credits unknown, cover of the album GΓΆtterstrasse / edit by Olga |
ππππ was produced and mixed by Maximilian Lenz and his friend Klaus Jahnkun.
βThe lyrics for ππππ are written by Brian. Harsh and painful lines perfectly describe all the danger of drug addiction and most importantly, Brianβs full compassion for the person suffering from it, βπ° ππππ πππ, πππ'ππ πππππππππ / π° ππππ πππ πππππ πππ'ππ ππππ / π©ππ πππ'ππ ππππ ππππ.β Brianβs own experience with addiction taught him to never rush to blame, despite of admitting that βππ πππ πππ πππππππ ππππ ππ ππππ.β
βBesides Brian on vocals for ππππ, there are other great musicians who collaborated with πΎππππ©ππ on ππ¨Μππππ«π¬ππ«ππ¬π¬π, such as famous rappers Kanye West and Lil Wayne, rock legend Iggy Pop, Richard Butler of Psychedelic Furs, to name a few.
π·π΄πΆπΉπ¬ π¨π©πΆπΌπ» πΎπ¬πΊπ»π©π¨π΄β¦π·
βͺοΈπΎππππ©ππ is in fact the abbreviated form of Westphalia BamBaataa and derives from Maximilian Lenz's home state in Germany and his role model Afrika Bambaataa.
βͺοΈ1983 marked the beginning of his DJ career in the Odeon Club in MΓΌnster. In 1984 he moved to Berlin and started as DJ at the famous ππππ«π¨π©π¨π₯ (by the way, the same one where Placebo played one of their intimate album release shows last monthπ).
βͺοΈLenzβs sophisticated mixing techniques brought him fame far beyond the borders of the city. In 1986 he founded v and in 1989, he made his first album ππ‘π ππππ’π§ππ. This was the first DJ-concept album to be launched on the German market.
βͺοΈMaximilian Lenz is well known on the German techno scene thanks to his projects π΄πππππ ππ π΄πππ ππ and π»ππ π³πππ πͺππππππππ.
Hereβs another great video for ππππ I found on YouTube.
πππ¬ππππ¦ ππππ. ππ«π’ππ§ ππ¨π₯π€π¨ - ππ’ππ€
β‘οΈ https://bit.ly/3NwF8xo
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Photo credit: Westbam |
It's a matter of time before you break
Your eyes are closed and you're awake
The constant gambles that you take
With demons in your mind
Is this the way to celebrate
The gift of life another day
And all the treasures you forsake
For something you can't buy?
We are transparent not opaque
We are the choices that we make
You're trying to charm a rattle snake
Convinced that it won't bite.
I love you, you're beautiful
I love you, you're beautiful
I know you think you're evil
But you're just sick
Now you belong to something fake
The devil's own affiliate
A feed fool well appropriate
All that remains inside
My heart can't help itself but break
A constant fucking belly-ache
Collapsed in tears when I relate
The days when you were mine
What will it take to satiate
Your need to supersaturate
Perpetuate and medicate
Before you fucking die
I love you, you're beautiful
I love you, you're beautiful
I know you think you're evil
But you're just sick
You're just sick
Post by Olga