The Farewell
The Farewell
29/11/1998 15:38 Filed in: Lyrics
Question: "The Farewell" can be considered as a summary of all the songs on "A Legacy of Love" with a ray of hope at the end, right? Anyway, I cannot understand the last line (due to my ignorance of German language): Would you mind to translate "Ich liebe Dich fuer immer"?
Sid: "Ich liebe Dich fuer immer" simply means "I love you forever": The most beautiful thing someone can say to you, but eventually also the greatest lie of all! There is no ray of hope at the end of "The Farewell", but a yearning for everlasting sleep and tranquility.
Sid: "Ich liebe Dich fuer immer" simply means "I love you forever": The most beautiful thing someone can say to you, but eventually also the greatest lie of all! There is no ray of hope at the end of "The Farewell", but a yearning for everlasting sleep and tranquility.
Triviality
25/02/2000 23:21 Filed in: Albums
Question: But aren't you afraid that the direction you've chosen with "Perfume" may bear fruit of falling into excessive musical triviality?
Sid: Why should I? "Triviality" derives from latin trivialis, which means "to be found everywhere" or "commonplace" (from trivium, "crossroads", from tri + via "way")... so what's wrong with that? I'm just a songwriter trying to put his own experiences, which are not so different from those of other people who have fallen in and out of love, in words and music - pretty common, I guess. But again, this says nothing about the quality of music itself! I mean, Bruce Springsteen is a superstar with international chart success, and sure you would call him a fine example of "excessive musical triviality" - and still he comes up with brilliant songs like "If I should fall behind", "I'm on Fire" or "I wish I were blind" that would make you break down on your knees and beg for forgiveness if you were able to listen without prejudice only once.
I know also that you would like to reach wider horizons with Antichrisis' music, to go out of musical underground. You dream about charts, radio stations and (what I was mostly surprised with) people dancing to your music. I think you will admit that it is an unusual declaration in our music environment!
It seems to me that "our music environment" is simply not MY environment: As aforesaid, I'm just a musician, hence all I care about is music, and not any "environment" or "scene" - I'm simply too old for this shit! And what the hell is wrong with making people dance? Or are you by any chance a follower of the "serious-artists-should-make-their-audience-feel-miserable"-school of philosophy? Sorry, but that's not my cup of tea: Even in the most sorrowful Antichrisis-songs like for instance "The Farewell" or "Forever I Ride", there's always a spark of hope shining through! Life is hard enough, and it's not my duty as an artist to make it even harder!
Sid: Why should I? "Triviality" derives from latin trivialis, which means "to be found everywhere" or "commonplace" (from trivium, "crossroads", from tri + via "way")... so what's wrong with that? I'm just a songwriter trying to put his own experiences, which are not so different from those of other people who have fallen in and out of love, in words and music - pretty common, I guess. But again, this says nothing about the quality of music itself! I mean, Bruce Springsteen is a superstar with international chart success, and sure you would call him a fine example of "excessive musical triviality" - and still he comes up with brilliant songs like "If I should fall behind", "I'm on Fire" or "I wish I were blind" that would make you break down on your knees and beg for forgiveness if you were able to listen without prejudice only once.
I know also that you would like to reach wider horizons with Antichrisis' music, to go out of musical underground. You dream about charts, radio stations and (what I was mostly surprised with) people dancing to your music. I think you will admit that it is an unusual declaration in our music environment!
It seems to me that "our music environment" is simply not MY environment: As aforesaid, I'm just a musician, hence all I care about is music, and not any "environment" or "scene" - I'm simply too old for this shit! And what the hell is wrong with making people dance? Or are you by any chance a follower of the "serious-artists-should-make-their-audience-feel-miserable"-school of philosophy? Sorry, but that's not my cup of tea: Even in the most sorrowful Antichrisis-songs like for instance "The Farewell" or "Forever I Ride", there's always a spark of hope shining through! Life is hard enough, and it's not my duty as an artist to make it even harder!
Oppositions
29/04/2001 06:25 Filed in: Miscellaneous
Question: With your sort of pagan influenced view of the world, how do you see love and life as opposed to war and death?
Sid: Death belongs to the natural cycle of love and life, whereas war is a destructive force made up by sick human minds. According to my point of view, death is not the end, but the transition to another level of existance. Love is the ultimate source of everything, a power that brings growth, splendidness and fruitfulness. As long as love exists, there is always hope and faith and beauty... of course there's also a dark side of love, but this aspect only arises from disappointment and betrayal by humans; i. e. the lack of the pure energy of love - but I guess I've said enough about that darker side in some songs like "The Sea" or "The Farewell".
Näx: I like love more than war and death. Death is a part of the big game and I don't fear it. Just trying to be prepared.
Sid: Death belongs to the natural cycle of love and life, whereas war is a destructive force made up by sick human minds. According to my point of view, death is not the end, but the transition to another level of existance. Love is the ultimate source of everything, a power that brings growth, splendidness and fruitfulness. As long as love exists, there is always hope and faith and beauty... of course there's also a dark side of love, but this aspect only arises from disappointment and betrayal by humans; i. e. the lack of the pure energy of love - but I guess I've said enough about that darker side in some songs like "The Sea" or "The Farewell".
Näx: I like love more than war and death. Death is a part of the big game and I don't fear it. Just trying to be prepared.