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johns-prince · 2 years

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I told him: “You know you love your own company. Even Cyn says you go days without speaking to her. She feels a million miles away from you.” John replied: “Ah, but she’s not, is she. She’s in the kitchen putting the kettle on.”

—Tony Barrow, Beatles Book Monthly Magazine, No. 149 (Sept. 1988) [×]

There’s one line in the lyric I don’t really mean: “Well knowing you / You’d probably laugh and say / That we were worlds apart”. I’m playing to the more cynical side of John, but I don’t think it’s true that we were so distant.

—Paul reads from his new book, The Lyrics (2021). [×]

“I’m kind of expected to say, ‘[John] was a saint, he was always a saint, I remember him as a saint’, but it would be a lie. He was one great guy and part of his greatness was that he wasn’t a saint. He was a great guy but he was pretty sacrilegious. He was pretty up front about it. But it was half the fun.”

—Paul McCartney (c. 1984) in The Dream Is Over: Off The Record 2 by Keith Badman [×]

“John is neither a saint, nor is he a sinner. He was just human, like the rest of us.”

—Cynthia Lennon, answering the question “John Lennon: saint or sinner?” The Independent, July 1999 [×]

“Seeing Lennon focus on Ono rather than him[Paul] was as devastating as it would have been for Cynthia Lennon to witness the couple making love.”

—Peter Dogget, You Never Give Me Your Money. [×]

“Then also we were like married, so you got the bitterness. It’s not a woman scorned this time, it’s two men scorned — probably even worse. And I had to make way for Yoko. My relationship with John could not have remained as it was and Yoko feel secure.”

— Paul McCartney, Interview by Duncan Fallowell in the Chicago Tribune, October 14th, 1984 [×]

“Apart from giving me the courage to break out of my stockbroker belt... Yoko also gave me the inner strength to look more closely at my other marriage. My real marriage. To The Beatles, which was more stifling than my domestic life. Although I had thought of it often enough, I lacked the guts to make the break earlier.”

—Skywriting By Word Of Mouth by John Lennon (pg. 17) [x]

“I still think at the back of John’s mind was this fascination of wanting to get back with the first girlfriend, if you like, and that was to get back with Paul, who he had so much history with.”

—Tony Barrow, The Beatles’ press officer, on the Lennon/McCartney reunion that was never to be [×]

“I mean, I think really what it was, really all that happened was that John fell in love. With Yoko. And so, with such a powerful alliance like that, it was difficult for him to still be seeing me. It was as if I was another girlfriend, almost. Our relationship was a strong relationship. And if he was to start a new relationship, he had to put this other one away. And I understood that. I mean, I couldn’t stand in the way of someone who’d fallen in love. You can’t say, “Who’s this?” You can’t really do that. If I was a girl, maybe I could go out and…”

—April 3rd?, 1985 (Soho Square, London): Paul talks on German television show exclusive about the breakup of the Beatles and his personal breakup with John. [x]

“But Paul was his own man and not afraid of John. In fact, musically and personally, the two were beginning to go in separate directions so perhaps Paul’s visit to me was also a statement to John.”

—Cynthia Lennon, John [×]

“Paul, who believed strongly in the family and in family values, told me that he felt as if it was the Beatles themselves who were heading for divorce, not just John and Cynthia.”

—Tony Bramwell, Magical Mystery Tours [×]

I wanted to end this post with a quote from Cynthia, whether it was from a book or was an answer to a question, about how she simply misses lying in bed with John, and just the two of them talking. This quote from her book John [x] is relevant, but unfortunately I couldn't find the exact quote I wanted.

To accompany the sentiment from John's first wife though, is this quote:

“If John Lennon could come back for a day, how would you spend it with him?” “In bed.”

—Paul McCartney answers questions for Q magazine, 1998 [x]

#anthology of mclennon #mclennon #paul mccartney #cynthia lennon #john lennon #it's not much but it's what i felt i needed to do #point is cyn and paul loved and lost #the meeting of wives #husband and wife #parallels it's the dots I've connected

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cherrylng · 2 months

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Muse - Matt Bellamy Interview [ROCKIN'ON (August 2010)]

Matthew Bellamy Interview "Our music is very pure and very different from the mechanised society that awaits us at birth. So we resist any kind of pollution from invading our souls and our inner selves."

Interview: Takuya Furukawa / Interpreter: Noboru Takami

First of all, I heard that a huge UFO appeared during your current European tour and that you blocked the MTV signal at the German festival ‘Rock am Ring’. 「Hahahahahaha.」

What is the tour like at the moment? 「It's been amazing. We're playing the biggest stadium concerts of our career so far in the last two weeks…… First we have the Stade de France in Paris, then the San Siro Stadium in Milan, and tomorrow we'll be on stage at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid, so it's like we're in the middle of the excitement right now. We've put a lot of work into the stage set this time, and as we did at the Budokan, we're inspired by the image of the Ministry in George Orwell's novel 1984, which is a pyramid-like government building with a giant mirror ball eye on top, the images on the building's panel screens are synchronised with the sound…… There was also a mobile second stage that reached the audience and rotated, a UFO-like object flew over the audience, and a girl performed acrobatics above the audience's heads along with it. But at its core, it's still a rock concert, with a theatre-like atmosphere.」

Incidentally, is there any chance of seeing this UFO at Fuji Rock? 「I don't know, I can't say at the moment (laughs), but if we can catch the UFO, go to Japan and come back to Europe safely again (laughs), then maybe the UFO will make an appearance (laughs).」

(laughs). As well as UFOs, Muse's lyrics have a content that could be called epic poetry, with a cosmic motif that, coupled with the spiritual world, seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Why do you think you are attracted to such motifs? 「Why do you think you are attracted to such themes, like the universe? Maybe…… I think our generation today is the generation that is consciously aware of the universe and its origins…… I think they are conscious of how small the earth is in the vast universe, the connections between humans living there, and the connections between us and the universe, and through science they seem to have a better understanding of these things. And I think it's very exciting because some of the spiritual thoughts are connected to areas that have been scientifically proven. So I think that's why I feel so attracted to these themes and subjects because they are now at the cutting edge of our understanding of the reality we live in.」

Moreover, in the case of Muse, there is no nihilism there at all. The title of your latest album, The Resistance, was also symbolic, but I feel a certainty in Muse's music that ‘hope’ exists in this day and age, and that it can be attained by making the sound huge. Bands like this are rare even when you look around the rock scene today, so why do you guys think this is possible? 「I think it's because my love for music comes from a very pure place, and it's something that we don't have much contact with the general society and life on Earth that we normally see. For me, music is something that comes from a place closer to nature, or from the relationship between myself and nature when I feel close to it. So I think it's very pure and very different from the mechanised society that is waiting for us when we are born. When my music is born, it feels very hopeful, optimistic and very pure, but at the same time it also has contradictions and conflicts with the world that is waiting for it when it is born. In those moments, there's a feeling that the music needs to be protected, so in some cases, "The Resistance" is about that. It's about resisting any kind of contamination of your soul, of your inner self. And I think that the younger generation of today has something like that inside them. Something is not right, and it is especially strange that they are so disconnected from nature.」

And I think it's amazing that Muse have managed to achieve this with a three-piece band, but then again, when you formed this band, did you ever think about bringing in a fourth member? 「No, the choice was more of a practical one, simply because there was no one around to be the fourth member (laughs). It was more like it happened by chance. When we started out as a three-piece, I didn't want to be a singer, I wanted to concentrate on guitar, and as a guitarist I wanted to play with Chris on bass and Dominic on drums. And all we wanted was to find a singer, but it was impossible to find a singer in the town we lived in (laughs). So I ended up being the singer as well. After that we just followed that format for a long time. I think the reason why we've stayed as the three of us is because we've known each other since we were very young. Live we have a fourth member, but in the studio we always feel that three is enough for us.」

So today, I'd like to ask you a few questions in retrospect, you are now the number one band in the UK, both in name and reality, but incredibly, no UK label wanted to sign you before your debut. Why didn't they want to sign you? 「Because I think the music we were doing was always a bit out of step musically with the fashionable rock music of the time. Even now it feels slightly off, but when I first started this band, we were doing more progressive rock music, more hard rock music. At a time when the world was all about Britpop. Oasis and Blur and stuff like that. So we were particularly…… Well, record companies are very conservative in the way they make decisions, so they don't like to take risks. So when you act conservatively in the creative world, you look for things that are already popular. Or styles that are already popular. I think that's what caused a lot of difficulties when I was starting out.」

In fact, the media at the time pointed out the similarities between 'Showbiz' and Radiohead, didn't they? Looking back, what was Radiohead like for you? 「Did you mean for us when we made our debut? I think I first discovered Radiohead with their second album, 'Bends', I think…… When I first heard them, I was impressed by the intricate and elaborate sound they made. I thought it sounded very intelligent and different from any other band that was around at the time…… So it was definitely a band that I was more attracted to than Britpop, which was popular at the time. But I think I liked what became more their guitar music, because while I also listened to that in Radiohead, I liked their harder musicianship. So in that sense, they were certainly a very important band in the 90s.」

Do you think there were similarities between you and Radiohead in terms of your musical approach and your ability to stay out of fashion? 「Yes, there were similarities in the fact that they were not influenced by trends. But I think the musical approach is completely different. What we are looking for through our music is optimism, positive energy in the experience of living as a person. Whereas I think what Radiohead are looking for is more the opposite.」

You have in fact developed your own identity from there with your work, but if there was an album or song that was a turning point for you personally musically, which would you say it was? 「Rather than this song in particular being a turning point, I can think of a number of different songs that have had major imprints. For example, ‘Plug in Baby’, or ‘New Born’ from the second album. Those songs were the ones that started the shift towards a more high-energy concept. Our fans became more interested in our live shows from then on. With the next album "Absolution", for example, I'd say ‘Time is Running Out’, or rather ‘Apocalypse Please’. Anyway, some of the songs on that album were the first to introduce the lyrical, epic grandeur of the album, which was quite a surprise, but we continued to pursue that afterwards. The next album, "Black Holes and Revelations", was also a surprise with ‘Starlight’, but it was a turning point for more uplifting and optimistic musicality. And then in the latest album, "The Resistance", ‘Uprising’ is a shift, and I think it's a shift towards more political emotions. So there are quite a lot of songs that have brought different impacts and different shifts again for different reasons.」

It took a long time for you to break into America, with ‘Plug In Baby’ being rejected for inclusion on "Origin of Symmetry", but was there a moment when you felt you had a breakthrough there? 「I think it was with "Absolution". That was generally recognised in America as our debut album…… It's actually our third album. But instead, we had a lot of exciting experiences. It's true that when we toured around the time of the first two albums, there was a part of me that was frustrated that we didn't get to America much because there was no interest in the US at all, but instead we ended up touring Europe and other parts of the world, Asia and Australia, so I was very glad that we didn't have to get involved with America. I've discovered so many culturally interesting countries and places as a result of the tour. If we had toured the US, I don't think we would have had the time to do that. That's what made the third one so interesting. We were seen as a completely new band in America, and everyone thought this third one was our first album. So it was fun for us to be a new band again, we suddenly felt young again (laughs) and we felt like we were starting all over again as a band. It gave the band new energy and inspiration, and that led to our fourth album.」

From the very beginning, you've been throwing your own confetti and putting on some kind of over-the-top live shows. Now you have a huge stage set that synchronises with that, but did you always have a vision for your live performances? 「I think so. I just used the word ‘vision’, and that's exactly what it is, because I've had a vision of our futuristic performance for a long time. In fact, when I'm writing songs, I'm also thinking about how I'm going to present them live as a performance, so I'm always visualising and having visions of how they should look, how they should be, and that also helps me a lot when I'm composing. So, sometimes I've thought in advance how I should present a certain song as a performance, and that also helps me as a starting point for designing the stage set.」

(laughs). And "Black Holes and Revelations" is an album in which genre barriers are broken down even further. Classical, techno, heavy metal, electro and many other genres were cross-fertilised in this work. What do genres mean to you? What is the first image you have of a song when it comes out? 「That's an interesting question…… It's true that I don't have any concept of genre. At least when I'm writing a song, I'm never conscious of genre at all. The first thing I think of when I write a song is…… I don't really know how to explain it, but it's like some kind of vibration or tremor that's hard to describe. Or maybe I could say it's a combination of some kind of vibration and emotion. In other words, where emotion is trying to transform itself into vibration…… You know, I'm trying to respond to this in a very serious way, you know (laughs). And it's a very interesting question. I mean, you're asking me what I see and imagine at that moment, and for the moment, the concept of genre is not in my mind, and for me genre is something that comes into view only at the very end. So at the very beginning, all I have are feelings and sensations, and maybe I'm trying to find something deep inside me. Or maybe it means I'm trying to find it from my soul. And by translating that search into a kind of vibration, some kind of mood is created. And from there, you are led to play a kind of harmony or melody. You are also led to play a certain kind of rhythm. So you condense those harmonies, melodies, and rhythms around that certain vibration. And then I try to somehow make each of those elements fit together and make it into something very pure. After that is done, you then bring in the instruments. I think about stuff like, "Is this the drums, no, this is not the drums, this is the orchestra". It's like throwing all sorts of elements towards a certain vibration that's already there. The vibrations are like magnets, so I guess you could say I'm making custom magnets (laughs). Anyway, some instruments are very strongly attracted to it. But there are some instruments that don't stick. And then you end up with a certain object, and that's the first time you can be put into a genre (laughs). It was a very interesting question, so I really had to put it into words (laughs).」

Incidentally, I think your latest album, The Resistance, is your most conceptual and narrative work to date. The suite ‘Exogenesis Symphony’ that closes the album is very dramatic, but what message did you want to convey with that suite? 「About ‘Exogenesis Symphony’…… Well, a lot of the songs on the album are about politics, love and everyday life, but the ending is about flying away from the earth into space and looking back and seeing the earth as a very small being again, getting smaller and smaller in the distance. I wanted people to feel that kind of feeling. And I wanted people to think about the smallness of our own existence. I wanted to create a very cinematic kind of music, the kind of music that you might hear in a sci-fi or space film, to make you think that you are travelling through space right now. I wanted to make music that would make people think that I am travelling in space, and that once I am out in space, life is not limited to the Earth, but may exist in other places. And while singing, I wanted to connect a kind of emotion to something more universal and omnipresent, not just limited to Earth.」

I think it's the fans who have supported you all along. Muse's shows attract all kinds of fans, but are there any fans who have surprised you by making you think, "Oh my god, there are people like that here too!?!?" 「Yes, well, as our fan base has grown, we've been able to swallow more and more different types of audiences, so we have all types of people. It's unimaginable, and it's amazing to see everyone from young kids to old people at the same time. But the first thing that really surprised me was that at the beginning, at a live performance for the second album, when I met a very old man, maybe in his 70s, and after the show I met him and talked to him, and he didn't know anything about rock music at all, but he was very knowledgeable about classical music, and we had a very good time. He came to our concert because he thought we were classical musicians playing very hard music (laughs). I was really surprised that he didn't know anything about the rock genre and had come to listen to classical music first. I was extremely impressed by that. That someone of that age, and with that kind of musical understanding, would be interested in us.」

Last question. Now that you're recognised as one of the best live bands in the world, do you have any ambitions you haven't achieved yet? 「Well, so we like to play live, but we also want to grow in the studio. I hope that one day I can capture that feeling of the live show on the album. I know that's a very difficult thing to do, but I definitely want to make it happen one day. Also, as a songwriter, I feel like there's a lot more I can express through the songs that I want to keep improving, and I think there's a lot more truth that I can explore in songwriting. So I want to keep improving in that area.」

Translator's Note: Finally got around to translating this interview. Next up to post later on are Dom and Chris' interviews. Despite having translated other interviews from different eras, it feels like I'm still stuck in TR era content even months later lmao 😂

#Matt Bellamy #Muse #Muse band #The Resistance era #smol meerkat #my scan #translation #interview #ROCKIN'ON #ROCKIN'ON August 2010

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nicolascageisagoth · 1 year

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Let's play Master and Servant

Today, 39 years ago, on August 20, 1984, Depeche Mode's song "Master and Servant" was released as the second single from their fourth studio album Some Great Reward (1984).

⛓️Let's watch Master and Servant! (during different periods of DM time):

Performance on German TV Musikladen 10.09.1983

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2. A part of "The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg" the first DM concert video (one of the best footage) Some Great Reward Tour, 09 December, 1984

3. A French tv show Platine 45, 16.02.1985

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4. A part of Live 101 video, Music for the Masses Tour, Pasadena, 18.06.1988

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5. Amazing sound quality within a fan video, filmed during Tour of The Universe 2009/2010

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0. and the official music video directed by Clive Richardson, 1984

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#depeche mode #master and servant #some great reward #some great reward tour #DM TV #Youtube #dave gahan #martin gore #alan wilder #andy fletcher #dm 80s #80s music #musicians #electronic music #new wave #80s concerts

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scotianostra · 1 year

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Happy Birthday singer Maggie Reilly, born in Glasgow September 15th 1956.

Maggie’s professional career began in 1970 when she recorded her first single ‘Imagine Me’. Shortly after, she met keyboard player Stuart MacKillop and formed the band “Joe Cool” and later "Cado Belle". In the mid-seventies they swiftly transformed from an insider act into a Scottish pop phenomenon.

After a time living and working in Ireland, Maggie Reilly formed her much acclaimed partnership with Mike Oldfield in 1980, producing such great songs as ‘Moonlight Shadow’, ‘To France’ . "Foreign Affair" and the Hall & Oates hit ‘Family Man’ for which she received an ASCAP writers-award in 1984. Worldwide hit albums include "QE2", "Five Miles Out", "Crises", "Discovery" and "Earth Moving"

After parting with Oldfield and taking time out to start a family, Maggie Reilly resumed her solo career and awards came with increasing frequency. She joined forces with the major German publishing house Mambo, producing the Album ‘Echoes’ in 1991 for which she wrote the massive worldwide hit ‘Everytime we Touch’ alongside the European hits ‘Wait’ and ‘Tears in the Rain’. The album went gold in several countries.

1996 saw the first of three albums for EMI, ‘Elena’ was a move away from the breezy pop songs of the Mambo period towards a more insightful songwriting style as shown on the atmospheric title track.

There and Back Again in 1998 gave Maggie a chance to re-record a selection of her best known songs to that date, including ‘Everytime We Touch’ & ‘Foreign Affair’.

The release of ‘Starcrossed’ two years later picked up the threads from Elena and provided more evidence of her subtle songwriting skills, particularly on the stunning single ‘Adelena’ (including an electrifying guitar solo by Chris Rea) and the beautiful ‘Half-light’

In 2003 Maggie Reilly took the opportunity to record an album of songs she’d long wanted to sing. ‘Save it for a Rainy Day’ was the first album recorded by Maggie to provide a download hit with the achingly beautiful Cyndi Lauper song ‘True Colors’ as well as other great classic songs by James Taylor, Chicago, Dusty Springfield, Neil Young and Heart.

2006 saw the return to her Scottish roots with the release of ‘Rowan’. This is an album of original songs, mixed seamlessly with traditional Scottish and English folk songs with the Reilly twist. The album won her much praise.

Maggie has had the opportunity of working with some fantastic musicians including her longstanding musical collaborator, Stuart Mackillop, who has now contributed to all of her albums since that first Cado Belle album in 1976.

2013 saw Maggie Reilly releasing her 10th album “Heaven Sent” to great success. Both singles “Juliette” and “Cold The Snow Clad Mountain” hit the airplay Top 20 in Germany while the album itself is hailed to be her best so far. A tour followed where Maggie played at sold out venues and festivals.

Maggie is due to perform a gig onight in Noventa di Piave a town in the Venice area of Italy, she is alos lined up for a 7 night tour of Germany, where she remains popular, the tour is in the last week in Fbruary.

Here she is at Dino Top Festival in Poland earlier this year

#scotland #scottish #Singer #singer songwriter #happy birthday #Youtube

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c-40 · 4 months

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A-T-4 100 Euro-Rap Pt.4: Germany

Slinky Gym School featuring Rammellzee - Crazy Sneaker Rammellzee had been on the New York City Rap Tour across Europe in 1982 and battled with K-Rob on the seminal Beat Bop in 1983. He was also a graffiti artist and in early 1984 Rammellzee was included in Classical American Graffiti Writers and High Graffiti Artists show in Munich exhibiting as he had many times before alongside Dondi, Futura, Lee, Zephyr, Seen and others. Later that year Rammellzee was the youngest artist included in the show ein anderes klima - a different climate in Düsseldorf alongside Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Jenny Holzer, Bridget Riley and many other pretty big names in the art world. At some point Rammellzee meets up with Köln musicians Slinky Gym School (members of Die Hornissen, with Tom Dokoupil, and Robert Crash) and records Crazy Sneaker

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Slinky Gym School & Rammellzee - Gothic Futurism (Crazy Sneaker Dub)

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Candy - Des Werd Scho Wieda Werre German Euro-rap that has a chorus that sounds suspiciously like Chic's My Forbidden Lover

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Reflexx feat AJ - Let's Kratz (A-ja-i-jo) Kratz is the German word for Scratch and this track features Kurtis Blow's Dj, Kool Dj Aj

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Matthias Hanselmann - Rap King von Berlin the only rapper in Berlin according to TV and radio presenter Matthias Hanselmann on this b-side. Just shows us TV and radio broadcasting has always been a bit loose with the facts

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Baobab - N.O.J.O.B. great electro-pop-rap track from Baobab. N.O.J.O.B. was released as a single in 1983 and an album came out the following year. I love the quit your shit job message of this track and it reminds me of the Wham Rap for some reason

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Baobab - N.O. J.O.B. (Special Disco Re-Mix Dub Version) for the b-boys

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Squash - Pink U.F.O. pretty cheesy synth-pop rap about a pink ufo. Sounds like an American rapping in the style of Melle Mel

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#1984 #euro rap #rap #synth pop #hip hop #germany #80s music #Youtube

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musixchronicles · 5 months

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The Austrian city of Salzburg, often referred to as the ‘City of Mozart’, is known not only for its picturesque landscapes, lakes, and the nearby Salzkammergut region. Its beautiful old town and the majestic Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the largest and best-preserved castles in Europe, are among the cultural highlights. Beyond these visual features, Salzburg is also a vibrant center of music. In addition to its historical connection to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the city has also provided a stage for other musical talents.

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Check out (and listen to) the EP New Horizon completely FREE here! One example is the melodic heavy metal and hard rock band Speed Limit, which has been shaping the music scene since 1984. On the occasion of their fortieth anniversary, the band plans to celebrate their musical legacy with a series of special events and releases. A current highlight is the release of 'New Horizon', an EP that features tracks from the recent album 'Cut A Long Story Short' and is enhanced with live recordings. Along with the EP, Speed Limit also presents a playlist with several music and live videos:

Last year, Speed Limit celebrated a successful comeback with their sixth official studio album 'Cut A Long Story Short'. The album, which stylistically falls between melodic heavy metal and hard rock, remained in the top 10 of the official Amazon and iTunes Sales Charts for several weeks. The singles 'Hit The Wall' and 'Shine Brighter Than The Sun' competed head-to-head with albums like '72 Seasons' by Metallica in the official German metal and rock charts.

SPEED LIMIT ROCKED THE YEAR 2023

The Salzburg metal institution, led by vocalist and drummer Hannes Vordermayer, bassist Chris Pawlak, and guitarists Joe Eder and Chris Angerer, toured Austria in support of this album. Highlights included a sold-out show on June 16, 2023, the release date of the album, at the Rockhouse Salzburg. They also performed with U.D.O. at the Wildstyle and Tattoo fair in Salzburg.

ON TO NEW HORIZONS

It's no secret that the members of Speed Limit are no longer the youngest, as they celebrate their fortieth anniversary this year. But that doesn't stop them from continuing to race down the rock highway, always in the fast lane. A special highlight is the release of their long-lost album 'The Broken Record: The Chorus Sound Tapes 1990', which was released on April 26, 2024. This release comes a week before the new video and EP 'New Horizon'. That is to say: A week after this nostalgic return, the band will again focus on the present.

The main theme of the EP 'New Horizon' deals with the personal development of a person who is caught in routine yet should always strive for progress, even if he fears change and is a creature of habit. With this anthem, Speed Limit presents a melodic hard rock song designed to inspire people to venture into new things.

The EP 'New Horizon' is enhanced by the song 'Eye On You', which profoundly illuminates the loyalty and connection between two people. This piece impresses with its compositional sensitivity and gripping melody sequences.

The release concludes with live versions of the songs 'Dead Eyes' and 'Lady', which originate from the legendary mini-album 'Prophecy' and were recorded at a concert in Seeham, Austria. A live version of the main title 'New Horizon', recorded on June 17, 2023, at the Rockhouse Salzburg, rounds off the EP and simultaneously provides a preview of the upcoming release of a live album and a concert film for the band's anniversary.

For the music video, Speed Limit guitarist Joe Eder is responsible, with his daughter Jeanne Eder supporting him in cinematography.

SPEED LIMIT – LIVE IN CONCERT:

But concert enthusiasts also have reason to rejoice: Speed Limit is currently working on an extensive concert series, and the following dates are already set. Fans of melodic classic metal should mark these dates in their calendars:

▶︎ May 3, 2024 – Speed Limit – Live @ Explosiv Graz (AT) – Rock Thru Ages with Badhoven and Apis ▶︎ October 3, 2024 – Speed Limit – Live @ Rockhouse Salzburg (AT) – Anniversary Show

FROM THE PRESENT TO THE PAST – OR: BACK TO THE FUTURE

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But the past has also caught up with Speed Limit. On April 26, a musical time capsule was released: With 'The Broken Record: Chorus Sound Tapes', Speed Limit released a long-lost album from 1990 for the first time. This work was originally intended as a follow-up to the 'Prophecy' mini-album and is a true gem in the history of the Salzburg metal formation.

After the entry of guitarist Joe Eder, the future of the band looked promising. Songs such as the fast heavy metal track 'Head Over Heels' and the hard rocker 'Nights Alone', released on later albums, authentically show how the band sounded in the 80s. With tracks like 'Back In Black' and the speedy 'Telling A Tale', Speed Limit demonstrates their skill, frozen in time. Unfortunately, the album had never been officially released before and rested in the band's archives. 'The Broken Record', with the exception of guitarist Hel Lennart, for whom Joe Eder stepped in, was recorded by the successful lineup of the 'Prophecy' album and has now received its official release after 35 years.

SPEED LIMIT A LOOK BACK AT 40 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL

Speed Limit is firmly rooted in the Austrian metal scene and was formed in 1984 by the fusion of the bands Ampere and Speed Limit. The founding members include bassist Chris Pawlak, drummer Andreas "Andy" Rethemeier, guitarists Chris Angerer and Joachim "Jocky" Brunner, and vocalist Hans Huthmann. Their debut album "Unchained" from 1986, known for tracks like "Burning Steel" and "Fight To Survive", initially earned them recognition in the Austrian and German metal and hard rock scene.

In the frame of a crew change, Bavarian frontman Steven Hogger joined the band in 1987, bringing fresh wind to the sound of the Salzburg metal troupe. With Hogger and the new guitarist Hel Lennart, the band released the now legendary mini-album "Prophecy", which further increased the group's popularity. This was followed by performances across Europe and significant TV appearances.

Speed Limit in 1988 (from left to right) Andy Rethmeier (Drums), Chris Pawlak (Bass Guitar), Steven Hogger (Lead Vocals), Hel Lennart (Guitars), Chris Angerer (Guitars) The 1990s brought further events but also highlights for Speed Limit. The band was voted the best Austrian metal act by the magazine Rennbahn Express, supported by greats such as Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden and Gene Simmons from Kiss. Concerts with U.D.O., Chroming Rose, and also Girlschool were the opportunities to experience Speed Limit live at that time.

Despite hard work on a follow-up album to "Prophecy", there were delays, and the album was ultimately never released. The disappointment over this setback led to the departure of Steven Hogger, who was replaced by Chris T. Ebert.

The band published its second official album "Perfect Inspiration" in 1992 but could not replicate its earlier success despite a well-attended tour. A farewell concert in 1994 seemed to mark the end of Speed Limit.

However, a successful reunion took place in 2008, with many of the original members, including Steven Hogger, returning. This new formation was seen as a new beginning, not just a comeback.

The reunion led to concerts and tours with Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Nazareth, and Uriah Heep, and a new album titled "Moneyshot" in 2010, which received international recognition. In 2012, Hogger left the band again and was replaced by Manuel Brettl, who did not stay long. In 2017, the band returned with "Anywhere We Dare" and after Brettl's departure, drummer Hannes Vordermeyer took on the role of lead vocalist in 2018.

In 2022, the band signed a contract with the German label NRT-Records, which released their album "Cut A Long Story Short" in 2023. This album reached high positions in the Amazon and iTunes Store charts, as well as in the official rock and metal charts.

Shortly thereafter, the long-unreleased album from 1990, "The Broken Record: Chorus Sound Tapes", was discovered and was released for the first time on April 26, 2024.

Just a week later, Speed Limit is again focusing on the present and future: The band's latest release, the EP 'New Horizon', is released today, May 3, via NRT-Records, the day Speed Limit, along with Apis and Badhoven, rock the Explosiv in Graz.

#heavy metal #hard rock #nwobhm #musik #music #new music #music video #rock #Youtube

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hi i've realized that ur really into starlight express but im having trouble actually figuring out what that is, is it fine if like you explain? is it from a play/musical..?

Totally fine!

Starlight Express is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about Trains (the characters are all trains, hence the roller skates), first opening in 1984 at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Since then its had several productions: tours in the US, UK, Japan/Australia, some Non-Replica, etc. Presently, the show continues to run in Bochum, Germany at the Starlight Express Theatre (special made for the production's Race events.) Fun Fact: The Bochum production is Germany's longest running musical (opening in 1988 and still being performed today) and was awarded the Guinness World Record for the most visitors to a musical in a single theatre (13,044,148) on March 8th, 2010.

Over the years its had changes to the costumes, songs used, and plot points. However the story and characters have largely stayed the same!

(copy/pasted from this earlier post i made) The general story -- Which in the show's context takes place in a child's, referred to as Control, dream-- of it is an underdog steam shunter, Rusty, wanting to race in and win the championship race to prove his worth, steam-power worth, and impress this girl he likes. However, things aren’t that simple, having to not only race against the reigning champion diesel engine and five national engines, but also an unexpected superstar electric engine. Along with a few other twists.

I personally adore the music and costumes (though those have had Issues in the past.) and highly suggest giving the Original London Cast recording album a listen! Like I said the story events change a bit from each production, so I would recommend reading the wiki synopsis of it for more details.

Here are three mega mixes (show ending song) from the bochum productions (in English, 2017) (In German, 2018) (In German, 2021)

here's some gif sets i've made of various productions (link) (link) (link)

#stex #starlight express #fandom #ask #anon #greenghostlyjekyll

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THE FASHION CHOICES OF A "PSYCHEDELIC BIKER" -- A LOOK AT HARD ROCK STYLES OF YORE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a handful of former fashion style items belonging to Billy Duffy, musician/lead guitarist for English gothic rock/hard rock band THE CULT, c. mid 1980s.

"CLASH" BOOTS: "These Santa Rosa motorcycle boots were my first ever pair of "real" "Clash" boots. I think I bought them in 1984 on The Cult's first U.S. tour but I do remember that I had to take a taxi to get to the store which was on Santa Monica Boulevard in West LA. It was around that time that I was developing my psychedelic biker look with the paisley shirt, beads and motorcycle belt buckles. But they're probably most notable for being "the" boots from the opening sequence of "Love Removal Machine" video!"

BELT BUCKLE: "I picked up this Harley-Davidson belt buckle at the same time as I bought my "Clash" Motorcycle Boots from the store in Santa Monica Boulevard in West LA. Along with the 'Triumph' one it became part of my psychedelic biker look and was worn often onstage in the 1980s and likely to be seen in several videos and photo shoots." -- BILLY DUFFY, c. February 2016

IRON CROSS: Billy's original German Army WWII 'Iron Cross' that featured extensively in the photoshoot's for the "Love" album. “Around 1982 I worked on a stall in Kensington Market, London that sold vintage military clothing and memorabilia and I picked up this old German medal there. I’d always had an interest in war history, as does Ian, but I started wearing the Iron Cross in The Cult because I was influenced by the look of the Asheton Brothers on the sleeve of the classic debut album from The Stooges. It was part of my psychedelic biker look that also included hippy beads with a peace sign, the Triumph Motorcycle belt buckle, leather pants and the paisley shirts.”

All items featured in THE BILLY DUFFY COLLECTION Auction on 25th October 2019.

Source: www.billyduffy.com/memorabilia/the-cult-early-years-83-86/billys-harley-davidson-belt-buckle.

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Flake's podcast - Stars (Sterne)

podcasted 2023-01-10

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This edition of Flake's podcast is about Stars, both in the astronomical object, and the famous persons way (and coincidently the word 'Star' is also a particular kind of bird in german (which in english is called Starling), which is the most seen bird so basically the Star (bird) is the star (famous) under the stars (heavenly objects) 😊 (if i may add a note by myself which Flake maybe would appreciate, it's that the german word for 'star' is 'stern', and in dutch a 'stern' is another kind of bird, a 'tern' in english, in german that one is called 'Seeschwalbe, so that's where the wordfun ends 😄).

Anyway, no elaborate anecdotes this time, but a couple of snippets.

At 0h07 he plays 'Die Ärzte' song 'Zu spät' which is about one day becoming a star, a really early Ärzte song (Flake says 1981, wiki says 1984, so let's go with early 80's), and Flake mentioned they also sang it at the time when on tour in their broken-down van (must be Feeling B era). And like the song Flake also knows ladies who he liked back in the day, but who didn't notice him at all, and now they want to get tickets to shows, claiming they liked him all the time after all (Flake never noticed it). Unlike the song Flake doesn't think about taking revenge though, because revenge always hurts both sides. 🌺

Another variety of 'seeing stars' is in comics when a character gets a blow on the head and stars pop up, well, Flake has experienced that too (0h44): in school they used to have really slippery floors, and Flake let himself be pulled, on his socks, by a classmate gliding across the floor, which was fun, until they came near a wall, and Flake didn't quite make the turn and crashed with his head against the wall, and yes, that made him see a whole lit of gold stars falling down from above (he describes it extensively, clearly a vivid memory for him).

After that anecdote he plays Depeche Mode, and their 'DM' sign leads him to musing on commercials, eventually ending up (0h53) with and old commercial (when he had a tv after 'Die Wende') he liked with the Ukrainian boxing brothers Klitshko, who he likes anyway, but thought especially funny in this commercial (for chocolate bar Milchschnitte), and whenever Flake wants to take a break, he still says "Pause Vitaliy" 😊

Tiny mention of Rammstein (1h06) at the very start of their career being send on a couple of concerts for musicbusiness representatives with a few other bands, the biggest name at the time was the band 'Die Schande', and a very active announcer trying to get the audience excited about the bands (at 1h08 you can hear Flake mimicking the announcer 😊).

Flake talks about the movie 'A fish called Wanda' (from 1h31), and a particular scene with a german play on words. Flake always watches movies in the German version (the original voices are replaced by German speaking voice actors) because he wants to know what a movie is about. Some of his band-colleagues tell him off for that, saying that you can only understand the emotion of a movie in the original language (note: i can think of more than one bandmate who'd argue with him about it 😄), but Flake thinks understanding it is more important and if they watch french movies, they don't watch the original either, so there (Flake 'huh huh's them at 1h32 😊)! Anyway that movie was very important (apart from a entire generation of guys being in love with Jamie Lee Curtis), at the start of the movie one of the actors says 'Ich bin entäuscht' (I'm disappointed) and that phrase actually made it into a Rammstein song: Bück Dich. 😊

and on that note...see if you can spot the 'Ich bin entäuscht' (any excuse to share a Rammstein live video 😄)

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More of my takes on Flake's podcasts

#flake's podcast #des tastenfickers podcast #flake lorenz #rammstein

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On this date in music history…

July 19th

2022 - Queen

Queen made UK chart history when they become the first act ever to reach 7 million UK chart sales of an album with their 1981 Greatest Hits album. The Official best-selling album of all time in the UK, the record includes such classic tracks as 'We Will Rock You', 'Don’t Stop Me Now' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' The record also recently celebrated its 1000th week on the Official Albums Chart, with Queen becoming the first British act ever to achieve this landmark milestone.

1993 - Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine walked out on stage naked at their Lollapalooza set in Philadelphia in a protest against censorship by appearing completely nude except for black electrical tape over their mouths. They stood in protest for their full 15 allocated minutes of stage time with the letters PMRC written on their chests, a reference to the Parents Music Resource Center.

1991 - Steven Adler

Steven Adler ex drummer with Guns N' Roses filed a suit in Los Angeles county court alleging that he was fraudulently removed from the group and that the band introduced him to hard drugs.

1987 - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen played his first ever show behind the Iron Curtain when he appeared in East Berlin in front of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East German TV.

1986 - Peter Gabriel

Genesis went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Invisible Touch'. The bands former lead singer Peter Gabriel was at No.2 with 'Sledgehammer'.

1976 - David Coverdale

Deep Purple split up at the end of an UK tour. David Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, Jon Lord and Ian Paice formed a band with Tony Ashton. The classic line up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice reformed in 1984. Glenn Hughes returned to Trapeze and Tommy Bolin put together his own band, (but would die before the end of the year).

1974 - Ozark Music Festival

The Ozark Music Festival was held over three days on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. One of the largest music festivals ever held, some estimates have put the crowd count at 350,000 people. Acts who appeared included, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Blue Öyster Cult, the Eagles, America, Marshall Tucker Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Boz Scaggs, Ted Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd,Electric Flag, Joe Walsh, Aerosmith and Spirit.

1954 - Elvis Presley

Sun Records released the first Elvis Presley single, 'That's All Right', a cover of Arthur Crudup's 1946 tune 'That's All Right, Mama'. Only about 7,000 original copies were pressed, but the disc became a local hit in Memphis.

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more questions abt hells bells … what was the first album each member bought? wht kind of shoes do they wear? r any of thm “spiritual”? who leaves smelly socks in the van? worst tour memento purchase? roadtrip snack liz cant live without? any bands they hated (parasocially)? wht were their favorite bands?

What was the first album each member bought?

Liz: Visual Lies by Lizzy Borden (that's also where she took her stage name from)

Jack: Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks (he grew up on Fleetwood Mac and she was one of his first childhood crushes when he was 8)

Phil: 1984 by Van Halen (Hot for Teacher made him pick up the drums)

Antonio: Blood on Ice by Bathory (he had a Norse mythology phase back then and loved the vibes of this concept album)

What kind of shoes do they wear?

Mostly boots for every day wear. Phil wears sneakers because they're more comfortable when drumming. Antonio wears Doc Martens. Liz likes to wear block heel shoes for concerts but finds them too annoying to walk around in all day when they're exploring the places they visit so she goes for boots or sneakers then. Jack loves his pair of ratty cowboy boots with spurs (which he likes to use for kinky purposes as well)

Are any of them “spiritual”?

None of them really, but Liz regularly reads all their horoscopes out loud and the guys don't believe in it at all, but when something happens that fits the weekly horoscope, she insists that she told them so

Who leaves smelly socks in the van?

Jack because he deems them "fresh enough to wear again" which is totally not the case. Antonio has seen worse with former roommates and Phil is too phlegmatic or drunk to care, so Liz is the only one who's bothered by it because it's her van and she hates playing mom and washing the socks for him

Worst tour memento purchase?

At some shady thrift shop in Hungary, they bought a Russian doll and only later discovered that instead of multiple smaller dolls there was just a dildo inside. Still a good buy even if it's not in use and just decoration

Roadtrip snack Liz can't live without?

Nic nacs, those peanuts in pastry crust! Are they a thing outside of Germany/Austria/Italy? Liz is German so whatever lol

Any bands they hated (parasocially)?

Liz hates Slipknot. She doesn't like nu metal in general because of the hip hop elements and samples plus she hates Corey Taylor's guts and the band's appearance

Jack hates Queen simply because in England everyone was all over them and some of their songs were constantly playing on the radio or they were on TV and it annoyed the shit out of him. He jokingly says that's one of the reasons he ran away to avoid giving people the actual reason

Phil is really not into KISS. He does like I Was Made For Lovin' You and Rock And Roll All Nite (albeit the Poison cover more), but other than that they're just image and drama with an overall disappointing discography for a band with that name and makeup

Antonio hates AC/DC because he thinks all their songs sound the same and are kinda boring and they're not as good in his opinion as everyone says. The only one he likes is Whole Lotta Rosie

What were their favorite bands?

They all have so many favourite bands that there isn't "the one" but

Liz: Vain

Jack: Iron Maiden

Phil: Guns N' Roses

Antonio: Arch Enemy (he's the one who listens to the heaviest music out of them all which is why the guitar parts have a more death influence but still subtle enough to blend in with the style of music they play)

#thank youuuuu pls keep asking more when you come up with something #ask #zigmentality #barbi #devil's bells

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Michael Elphick, Me Me Lai, and Lars von Trier in The Element of Crime (Lars von Trier, 1984) Cast: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells, Ahmed El Shenawi, Astrid Henning-Jensen, János Herskó, Stig Larsson, Lars von Trier. Screenplay: Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier. Cinematography: Tom Elling. Production design: Peter Hølmark. Music: Bo Holten. Film noir becomes film jaune. The sulfurous hues of Lars von Trier's first feature-length film were apparently achieved with the use of sodium-vapor lamps not unlike the ones used in some cities as streetlamps and parking-lot illumination to cut down light pollution. The nightmarish monochrome so pervades the film that an occasional irruption of blue light comes as a welcome relief, especially since the determined grunge of the settings gives the eye no place to rest. The Element of Crime is, in short, an assault on our expectations that a film will involve us in either its characters or its story. It's a detective story, in which Fisher (Michael Elphick), a former police detective now living in Cairo, visits a therapist to help him in remembering his last case -- the one so disturbing that it caused him to go into exile from Europe. Under an induced trance, he returns to the scenes of the crimes committed by a serial killer who murdered and dismembered young girls who sold lottery tickets. But the Europe -- no specific country, but though everyone speaks English, the place names are German -- to which Fisher returns in the trance is not the one his conscious mind recalls: It's a trashed-out land where the sun never shines and it always seems to be raining. There is a conventional film noir plot at work throughout the movie, but von Trier is less interested in it than in crafting a sinister dreamworld. He succeeds at that exceptionally, but fails to create a film that lingers in the mind as more than a tour de force in giving you the creeps.

#The Element of Crime #Lars von Trier #Michael Elphick #Me Me Lai

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Persecution of the Church in Bulgaria

Introduction to Marxist Ideology

The German philosopher Karl Marx famously described religion as “the opium of the people.” This statement reflects a core belief of Marxist ideology, which views religion as a tool used to control and pacify the masses. Following this belief, the Bulgarian Communist Party took significant actions against the church and religion in general.

The 1925 Cathedral Bombing

A shocking example of the communist party’s hostility towards religion occurred on April 16, 1925, when a bomb exploded at the “Sveta Nedelya” cathedral in Sofia. This tragic event resulted in the deaths of 213 people and injured around 500 men, women, and children. The bombing exemplified the extreme measures the regime was willing to take against religious institutions Istanbul Tour Guides.

Violence Against Clergy

After the communist coup on September 9, 1944, many individuals, including priests, were persecuted for simply performing their religious duties. During the first days of the regime, a significant number of Christian Orthodox priests were executed without trial or legal proceedings. More than 100 priests were murdered, alongside other religious leaders such as Rabbi Isaac B. Levi, Muslim priest Mohamed Rashidov, Armenian-Gregorian priest Garabed S. Karadzhiyan, and Protestant pastor Stephan Todorov. This wave of violence targeted those who upheld Christian morals and practices.

The 1949 Religion Act

On February 16, 1949, the government published a “Religion Act,” which mirrored similar legislation in the Soviet Union. This Act imposed strict control over all religious institutions in Bulgaria. It prohibited religious services outside of designated church buildings and allowed the state to confiscate all church property. The consequences for practicing religion were severe; students were expelled from schools for attending church services, while clerks and state employees risked losing their jobs if they were seen in church.

Persecution of Protestant Leaders

Between February 25 and March 9, 1949, the communist authorities orchestrated a trial against 15 Protestant pastors. This trial was marked by unfair proceedings, resulting in four pastors receiving life sentences for their religious beliefs and practices.

Execution of Priests

On November 11, 1952, at Sofia Central Prison, four religious leaders were executed by firing squad. The victims included three priests from the Order of the Assumption—Father Kamen Vichev, Father Pavel Dzhidzhov, and Father Yosafat Shishkov—as well as Monseigneur Evgeni Bosilkov, the Bulgarian Passionist bishop. This execution highlighted the extreme measures the regime would take to eliminate religious influence in society.

Campaign Against Bulgarian Muslims

In 1984, the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party decided to launch a campaign to forcibly change the names of Bulgarian Muslims. This initiative was another attempt to suppress religious identity and enforce a uniform national identity under the communist regime.

The persecution of the church and religious leaders in Bulgaria illustrates the harsh realities faced by those who practiced faith during the communist era. From violent attacks to legal restrictions and forced name changes, the regime sought to eliminate religious influence and control the spiritual lives of its citizens. This dark chapter in Bulgaria’s history serves as a reminder of the struggles faced by religious communities under totalitarian rule.

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istanbulsguide · 18 hours

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Persecution of the Church in Bulgaria

Introduction to Marxist Ideology

The 1925 Cathedral Bombing

Violence Against Clergy

The 1949 Religion Act

Persecution of Protestant Leaders

Execution of Priests

Campaign Against Bulgarian Muslims

#Persecution of the Church in Bulgaria

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