Last Updated or created 2023-10-14
These are my lists, but i’m open for discussions/questions
Work in progress
Actors
- Tom Hanks
- John Lithgow
- Dennis Lee Hopper
- Jack Nicholson
- Clint Eastwood
- Dustin Hoffman
- Rutger Hauer (RIP) .. see “De kijk van Koolhoven” why
Art
- H.R. Giger
- M.C. Escher
- César Manrique
- Comics ( Details from André Franquin, Dark Humor Koen Hottentot, Don Lawrence, Don Martin ) to name a few, they are spot on
Classical Music
- Paganini
- Ludovico Einaudi
Composers
- Ennio Morricone
- Hans Zimmer
- John Williams ( with a remark )
Some of the Starwars Suite was taken from already existing music
( See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN3vl-JnUF8 ! )
Gustav Holst – The Planets Suite – Mars part for example
Folk/pipers (composers)
- Gordon Duncan (RIP)
- Fred Morrison
- RS MacDonald
- Paddy Keenan
A (bad) comic i drew about Gordon Duncan in 2012
Opera
Bands (non folk)
Rammstein – I know, seems like a obvious populair choice.
But hear me out.
I like classical till metal. But it has to be musically interesting.
Most (non-german) people don’t listen to the lyrics, i did not either.
I found the music okay. Then i started to listen to the lyrics.
The lyrics are surprisingly deep.
Layers in the text, word jokes like:
Du… (you)
Du hast… (you have, but sounds like hasst .. You hate)
Du hast mich… ( You have me, or sounds like you hate me)
Du hast mich…
Du hast mich gefragt… (You have asked me)
Although people think they are fascists or far-right. Coming from the punk scene, they are kind of the opposite.
Everything they do has a meaning, but sometimes you can “paste” different stories about the song.
Listen to Ohne Dich, and then see the Music Video.
Have a good listen to Germany, and Man gegen man.
There are others better in explaining .. see:
And a AI generated Music Video .. perfectly matching the Lyrics
Bonus:
Check out this YT channel, all kinds of musicians .. transcripted (is this a word?) by this dude.