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Autor: Gerald Ganglbauer

  • Johnny Schwarzinger feat. Uli Sajko

    Johnny Schwarzinger is the bass player and lead singer of Austrian band Catwalk. On Parkinsong Duets he performs a duet with Uli Sajko, who also reads one of her poems in German language.

  • Pete Wain

    Parkinsong Duets: Singer/Songwriter Pete Wain from the United Kingdom performs a duet with Andy Hitchman.

  • Spring and the Land feat. Gerald Ganglbauer

    Filmed on a trip to Vienna across the Semmering some weeks ago in January 2019. I was driving at constant speed, thanks to cruise control. The tunnels had some hypnotic or psychedelic affect on me and suit this song perfectly. Spring and the Land agreed and approved the clip. Gerald Ganglbauer

  • Recording Session at ATS Records

    The making of Parkinsong Duets: With Hardrock band Badhoven in the studio, ATS-Records, January 2019.

    More music videos by Badhoven, including a preview of the new album (CD release May 2019): All the World’s a Fake).

  • Red Light Blue Light

    Parkinson duet performed by Joerg Veselka and Connie Weixler
    Words and music by Joerg Veselka

    Red light blue light is shining, shining through the night
    Red light blue light, I’m crawling, I’m crawling, on the floor
    Red light blue light, I’m hoping, yeah I’m hoping to see you again
    Red light blue light, I’m crying, yeah I’m crying, I miss you so

    Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible incredible, unimpossible
    Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, yeah incredible, unimpossible – without you

    Red light blue light is shining, shining – through the night
    Red light blue light, I’m crawling, crawling – on the floor
    Red light blue light, I’m hoping, hoping – to see you again
    Red light blue light, I’m crying, crying, I miss you so

    Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, incredible, unimpossible without you
    Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, oh incredible, unimpossible – without you

    Red light blue light is shining, shining – through the night
    Red light blue light, I’m crawling, I’m crawling – on the floor
    Red light blue light, I’m hoping, yeah I’m hoping – to see you again
    Red light blue light, I’m crying, yeah I’m crying, I miss you so

    Life’s unpredictable, hmmm incomprehensible, hmmm incredible, unimpossible without you
    Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, hmmm incredible, unimpossible – without you
    Hmmm, Hmmm, life’s unimpossible – without you

     

  • Wasn’t I the One

    Parkinson duet performed by Jacques Bush and Gerald Ganglbauer, Words and music by Jacques Bush/Marino Acapulco

    Spring and the Land are Jacques Bush (voc., guit., synths); Marino Acapulco (drums, voc., synths); David Künstner (bass); Klaus Wohlgemuth (guit., voc.); Kurt Bauer: (violin) is a folk-punk band formed in Graz, Austria in 2008, and known for playing an eclectic variety of music. They support Parkinsong Duets with a live recording.

    You treat me well, but I don’t mind.
    From the well the plight is coming … coming bad.
    I sit and watch the hours,
    Wonder if I’ll ever make it home … so tired of hanging.

    You treat me well but I don’t mind.
    You think your every wish is my command.
    Once I was waiting for the fame,
    But things ain’t never what they seem to be.

    When I wake up, I feel homeless,
    Wasn’t I the one?
    Understood and punished all the way.

    You treat me well, but I don’t mind.
    From the well the plight is coming … coming bad.
    I sit and watch the hours,
    Wonder if I’ll ever make it home.

    When I wake up, I feel homeless,
    Wasn’t I the one?
    Understood and punished all the way.

    So long, hey! Do I know
    Wasn’t I the one.

    I drank the whole week away
    Give me everything to be …

    When I wake up, I feel homeless
    Wasn’t I the one …
    So misunderstood who’s found where he belongs …

  • Paul and Michael

    Michael J Fox performing a duet with Paul Simon © michaeljfox.org

    Apparently Michael J Fox performed a duet with the great Paul Simon, but unfortunately none of them responded to my enquiries. The only proof is in the picture above, found somewhere on the Fox Foundation’s website without the music. A pity, because I would have loved to listen to them singing together. Could it perhaps go on Volume 2 of Parkinsong Duets?

  • So Here I Am

    Parkinsong duet performed by Johnny Schwarzinger and Uli Sajko, Words and music by Johnny Schwarzinger, poem by Uli Sajko

    Johnny Schwarzinger and Ulrike Sajko

    Noch wirft die Sonne einen Blick
    Durch mein Fenster jeden Tag
    Das Morgenlicht für mich ist Glück
    Wünschte es nie enden mag

    Doch schwächer wird von Mal zu Male
    Das Strahlen kürzer und im Nu
    Legen sich dunkel herbstlich fahle Gedanken
    Dem Schweigen noch dazu

    Contemplate myself in the mirror
    Mirror inside my soul

    I’m on the warpath with myself
    Really out of step

    Feels like I’m on a wire
    Cutting all the lines

    To come out in the open
    Not aching anymore

    So here I stay – So here I go
    No matter if it’s sun or rain
    So here I go – So here I stay
    No matter if it’s sun or rain
    So here I go – So here I stay
    No matter if it’s sun or rain

    Put the sun in my pocket
    Wash the clouds out of my mind

    There’s no need to protect
    My eyes from the light

    To come out in the open
    Not aching anymore

    So here I am – So here I stay
    No matter if it’s sun or rain
    So here I stay – So here I go
    No matter if it’s sun or rain
    So here I go – So here I stay

    Noch wirft die Sonne einen Blick
    Durch mein Fenster … jeden Tag

  • The Base

    The Base, Norbert Wally (Vocals, Guitars), Albrecht Klinger (Vocals, Guitars, Bass), and Karlheinz Miklin jr. (Drums, Percussion, Vocals) are an Indie/Alternative band from Graz, Austria. They supports Parkinsong Duets with two new songs.

  • Badhoven

    Austrian melodic rockband Badhoven (Kurt Christian – vocals, guitars; Mario Pohn – guitars, background vocals, Gerhard Paar – keys, background vocals; Flo Verant – bass; Gerd Sojka – drums, background vocals) was founded in 2001, and support Parkinsong Duets with two songs.

    New release: All the World’s a Fake

  • Web Shop

    Web Shop

    You can buy a Compact Disk in a 6-page album  from our label in selected stores, or as a digital album, or individual tracks in mp3 or stream from 30 digital distribution partners, like Apple Music and Spotify. We have signed up with SoundCloud and Bandcamp  as well, two other popular music services for “audiophiles and nerds.”

    Parkinsong Duets is a non-profit project. You can pay for music or send any donation to our PayPal trust account. https://paypal.me/Parkinsong

    We don’t keep a Cent. So where goes the money?

    Physical Album (Compact Disc)

    Your €15.00 make €15.00 when you buy the CD direct, say at a concert, from one of us; or you have bought it online at our Webshop and paid for shipping. If you went to a record store and paid €15.00, both the store and the retailer would have kept a percentage. This means only between €4.00 and €6.00 came through.

    Digital Album (Audio Files)

    Without a physical body, music costs less, say around €9.00 per album, or €1.00 per individual track, and the music services keep between 10 – 50%.

  • The Moowa We Bin (The More We)

    Parkinsong duet performed by Billy Spakemon and Ray Andrews
    Words and music by Billy Spakemon

    Billy Spake Mon live
    © Billy Spakemon, The More We (Parkinson Version)

    The moowa we bin tergetha (x3)
    the ‚appier we wull be.

    The moowa we sing tergetha (x3)
    we’ll fun an ‚armony

    Fer yo’s fried bin mar friend
    an‘ mar friend bin yo’a friend
    the moowa we bin tergetha
    the ‚appier we wull be

    The moowa we stond tergetha (x3)
    the stronga we wull be

    Fer (as above)
    the stronga we wull be

    One by one side by side ‚elpin‘ aiche otha through owa lives
    with an ‚ope there’ll be a wairld weya all wull understond

    The moowa we bin tergetha (x3)
    the ‚appier we wull be

    The moowa we run tergetha (x3)
    We’ll build a unity

    Fer (as above)
    The moowa we bin tergetha
    the ‚appier we wull be.

    Glossary

aiche - each
wull - will
bin - been
'h's are always dropped
er' is often changed to a
a is changed to o

    Billy Spakemon (Dr Brian Dakin)
    Born Oldbury the Black Country West Midlands England 28/11/1952

    My work engages with the notions of identity through place, voice and histories. I write, perform, am a public speaker, radio show host, academic, events organiser, community project leader and freelance project co-ordinator, among other things. I recorded the above song during a year long project I organised with John Langford to raise funds for local Parkinson support groups in the Black Country and Birmingham. The song came about from a memory session I did with a dementia group and an elderly lady began to sing an old chapel song (only the first line as that was all she could remember). It developed into the song on the Parkinsong Duets CD. I asked Ray Andrews a local businessman who has Parkinson’s. He was the starting point of our fund raising efforts in 2018 and an inspiration.

  • Tom Isaacs

    Tom Isaacs

    (1968 – 2017)

    Tom Isaacs was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 27 and co-founded The Cure Parkinson’s Trust in 2005. The organisation focuses on funding research with the potential to slow, stop and reverse Parkinson’s. Tom received the ‘World Parkinson Congress Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Parkinson Community’ in September 2016. He passed away unexpectedly on 31 May 2017 at the age of 49.

  • Believe in Everything You Do

    Parkinsong duet performed by Pete Wain and Andy Hitchman
    Words and music by Pete Wain

    Pete Wain
    Andy Hitchman

    One life is all we get
    So make the most of it
    Fulfil your dreams, follow your heart
    Reach for the stars

    Open your mind, feel compassion
    But don’t let it blind you

    Don’t close your eyes angel, be aware of everything
    You got your whole life in front of you
    Who knows what tomorrow may bring

    Listen to the sermon, let your conscience grow
    Feel your heartbeat, let your lifeblood flow

    Believe in everything you do
    Remember nobody can touch you
    When your mind is free of guilt and your heart is true

    True love is never easy to find
    And it only takes a fool to be blind
    Open your mind, feel it in your heart
    Reach for the stars

    Believe in everything you do
    Remember nobody can touch you
    When your mind is free of guilt and your heart is true

    Believe in everything you do
    Remember nobody can touch you
    When your mind is free of guilt and your heart is true
    Believe in everything you do

     

  • How Will It Be

    Parkinsong duet performed by Badhoven and Gerald Ganglbauer
    Words and music by Kurt C Greilberger

    Badhoven
    Kurt C Greilberger (Badhoven)

    I’m driving here alone
    The road I’ve ever known
    When the night comes in
    Will it change
    My life so rough
    I ask my stars above
    How will I know, how

    But I’m here to be with you
    Forever be with you

    Baby, how will it be
    If I’m holding you tight
    How will it be
    If I love you tonight
    How will it be
    If I’m sharing all
    All my dreams with you

    I feel I’m not alone
    With the fight I’ve ever known
    Will you stand by me
    Take my hand, take me all
    Take the centre of my soul
    Then you will know, you will

    Why I’m here to be with you
    Forever be with you

    Baby, how will it be
    If I’m holding you tight
    How will it be
    If I love you tonight
    How will it be
    If I’m sharing all
    All my dreams with you

    Solo

    I’m here to be with you
    Forever be with you

    Baby, how will it be
    If I’m holding you tight
    How will it be
    If I love you tonight
    How will it be
    If I’m sharing all
    All my dreams with you

    Forever be with you

    Baby, how will it be
    How will it be, how will it be
    If I’m sharing all
    All my dreams with you
    Forever be with you
    How will it be

  • Not the River of Mercy

    Parkinsong duet performed by The Base and Gerald Ganglbauer
    Words and music by Norbert Wally

    The Base listen to the mixed tracks
    Black Box Sound

    The river I swim is not the river of mercy
    The river I’m in is not the river of mercy

    I took a swim the other day
    To wash away my sins and worries

    I washed my hands I washed my face
    but I can’t stay in here forever

    The river I swim is not the river of mercy
    The river I’m in is not the river of mercy

    It doesn’t wash away my pains
    It doesn’t grant me absolution

    When I get out I’ll take the chance
    To wash my hands in muddy water

    The river I swim is not the river of mercy
    The river I’m in is not the river of mercy

    I’m gonna swim it after you
    Pray you’ll wait out in the ocean

    The river I swim is not the river of mercy
    The river I’m in is not the river of mercy

  • It’s Always Me

    Parkinsong duet performed by The Base and Gerald Ganglbauer
    Words and music by Norbert Wally

    Gerald Ganglbauer
    Norbert Wally

    If you hit your head on the door it’s my fault
    Because I left it open for you to go thru it
    And if I had closed it you would have cursed me in a similar style

    You put me in charge of your moods and your minds
    Of the the things you forget, of the things you can’t find
    Of your smiles, of your fears, of your pains and another half sleepless night

    Why is it always me?
    Who knows where it’s going
    And where the wind’s blowing, it’s me

    Why is it always me?
    Who can make u feel better and make u feel worse
    Who’s in charge of the fate of your whole universe
    It is me

    Now why is it me around who your world’s turning?
    And why would I take care of all things concerning
    Your primary needs and your wishes u don’t wanna talk about?

    Now, I’ll be your hero and I’ll be your bag full of dirt
    You can kiss me and kick me and hurt me
    And lick me and call me things
    Stupid things you do not care about

    Why is it always me?
    Who knows where it’s going
    And where the wind’s blowing, it’s me

    Why is it always me?
    Who’s got  the control, who can save every soul
    It is me

    Why is it always me?
    Some say it’s a bliss but I see it as a curse
    I’m in charge of the fate of your whole universe
    It is me

  • A Message in a Bottle from Sting

    Hi Gerald

    Many thanks for your email.

    Sting 2018 (Wikipedia)

    As you will appreciate, many approaches are made to Sting, with similar requests as yours.

    However, although he and we feel a strong sentiment for such requests, it is impossible to satisfy everyone’s wishes. And so as not to have the unfortunate task of having to pick and choose which request to go with, we have decided to put them on hold for the foreseeable future.

    On Stings behalf we would like to wish you all the very best with your project.

    Kind regards

    Tina@Sting.com

    Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985.

  • Break All Chains

    Parkinsong duet performed by Badhoven and Gerald Ganglbauer
    Words and music by Kurt C Greilberger

    Recording session
    ATS Records Molln

    [verse]
    Ever in search for
    The meaning of live
    I’m giving and taking
    On the edge of fates knife
    I’m learning to taste the,
    The tears of joy and fear

    [bridge]
    I’m living hope
    A reckless smile
    A pool of wit
    Just the tools of a fool

    [chorus]
    Then I break all chains
    And don’t ask why
    I take my broken wings
    And learn how to fly
    I make a new start
    No, no mountain that’s too high

    I believe in what I do
    Working hard to make it true
    In my life, in this life

    [verse]
    Should I think it’s better
    To stay at the same four walls
    No, I am a free man
    In the mercy of my Lord

    [bridge]
    I’m living hope
    A reckless smile
    A pool of wit
    Just the tools of a fool

    [chorus]
    Then I break all chains
    And don’t ask why
    I take my broken wings
    And learn how to fly
    I make a new start
    No mountain that’s too high

    I believe in what I do
    Working hard to make it true
    In my life, in this life

    I break all chains

    solo

    I believe in what I do
    Working hard to make it true
    In my life, in this life

    [chorus]
    Then I break all chains
    Break all chains
    Break all chains
    Break all chains

    I Break all chains
    (Break all chains)
    I Break all chains
    (Break all chains)
    I Break all chains
    (Break all chains)
    Break all, break all chains
    (Break all chains)

  • When I Look into Your Eyes

    Parkinsong duet performed by John Langford and Gisi Steinert
    Words and music by John Langford

    Gisi Steinert
    John Langford

    Ich schaue in deine Augen
    Ohne Schmerz oder Kummer
    Ich schaue in deine Augen
    Es ist nur Liebe, die ich sehe
    Dann schaue ich in deine Augen
    Ich sehe ein neues Morgen

    Like ships in the night
    Things get hidden away
    The darkness it hides
    Things we should see in the day
    We must realise
    Life’s a game we all play
    Open your eyes
    Just open your eyes

    Then I look into your eyes
    And see a new tomorrow
    I look into your eyes
    Without pain or sorrow
    I look into your eyes
    It’s just love I see
    Then I look into your eyes
    And I don’t fear nothing
    You make me realise
    All the good times coming
    I look into your eyes
    And you’re all that I need

    Wenn ich in deine Augen schaue,
    Fürchte ich nichts
    Du bringst mich dazu zu erkennen,
    Dass gute Zeiten kommen
    Dann schaue ich in deine Augen
    Du bist alles was ich brauche

    Like ships in the night
    Our lives they just flicker away
    We all take our sides
    It’s a game we all play
    Our fate will decide
    What we do everyday
    Just open your eyes
    Open your eyes

    Then I look into your eyes
    And see a new tomorrow
    I look into your eyes
    Without pain or sorrow
    I look into your eyes
    It’s just love I see
    Then I look into your eyes
    And I don’t fear nothing
    You make me realise
    All the good things coming
    I look into your eyes
    And you’re all that I need