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re: Where did "Starker als wir sind" come from?

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Pudding 08:20 pm UTC 03/03/08
In reply to: re: Where did "Starker als wir sind" come from? - EvilNickname 07:44 pm UTC 03/03/08

I'm not much better musically, but I think Jim has used the same notes but in a different order.

> I assume you'tr talking about Braver/Draussen ist
> Freiheit, 'cause I just dug up "Something of the
> Masquerade ...", and I can't quite figure out how the
> Starker/Say a Prayer-section is a reworking of that. Okay,
> I'm about as musical as a dead cactus, but still, I don't
> hear it. What should I listen for?
>
> >
> > Well, the music of Braver/etc. is a reworked version of
> > Something Of This Masquerade May Follow which was written
> > in 1986 for The Confidence Man. When Braver was written
> > by Jim I guess he took it to Kunze and had them Change
> > Draussen to Starker.
> >
> >
> > > After someone mentioning that Starker sounds similar to
> > > the chorus of Mariah Carey's "Hero" and asked why
> > > "Draussen ist Freiheid / Die roten Stiefel" changed into
> > > "Draussen ist Freiheid / Die roten Stiefel / Stärker als
> > > wir sind" in the Stuttgart production of Tanz, I started
> > > to wonder.
> > >
> > > And so far, I'm drawing a total blank as to where Starker
> > > came from. Was it especially written for Stuttgart, or was
> > > it lying around for DotV? (Was DotV even being planed at
> > > the time?) And how did the Karine Hannah demo of "Braver"
> > > tie in with all this?
> > >
> > > Anyone any thoughts?
> > >


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