I jointed the card challenge of @wylddandelyon. She drew the rainbow for me - what a card! I was so surprised as I saw the picture because a few days before I had a dream of rainbow colored birds - especially of an old Ara and a flock of parakeets! And so I wrote about my dream ....
Before FAWM started I was searching for a collab with a cello player and @andygetch left a note in my thread. So I recorded my vocals, send them to him and he added his cello play!
I love this rough tune - not smart or smooth. Just pure.
Hope you like it :-)
Regenbogen / Rainbow
Ich träumte von einem alten Ara.
Seinem Schnabel fehlte ein Stück.
Ich durfte ihn streicheln und füttern.
Seine Brust war rot.
Seine Flügel gelb und grün.
Seine Augen schwarz.
Er kannte die Freiheit nicht.
Ich träumte von Vögeln.
Blaue, rote, orangene, gelbe, grüne, weiße Vögel.
Ein Schwarm bunter Sittiche!
Hunderte von ihnen!
Laut und bunt.
Sie flogen zusammen wie ein großer Vogel.
Umflatterten mich und hinterließen mir ihre bunten Federn.
Ich sammelte sie in meinen Händen und brachte sie dem Ara.
Er schloß die Augen, legte seinen Kopf hinein und träumte von buntem Schnee,
Vom blauen Gras.
Von einer grünen Sonne.
Und gelben Bäumen.
Und im Traum flog er und flog und flog und flog
mit dem Regenbogen nach Hause.
Rainbow
I dreamed of an old Ara.
a piece of his beak was missed.
I was allowed to pet and feed him.
he had a red chest.
his wings were yellow and green.
his eyes were black.
he never knew freedom.
I dreamed of birds.
blue, red, orange, yellow, green and white ones.
a flock of colorful parakeets!
hundreds of them!
Loud and colorful.
Flying together like one big bird.
Fluttering around me they leave their colorful feathers.
I collected them in my hands and brought them to the old Ara.
He closes his eyes, puts his head in the feathers and dreamed of colorful snow.
Of blue grass.
Below a green sun.
And yellow trees.
In his dream he finally flew and flew and flew …
Home with the rainbow.
@chipwithrow Mar 2022
I'm glad my friend Andy is exploring the cello lately!
And the ambient cello sound creates an incredible dreamlike atmosphere for these poetic, colorful, remarkable words.
@elainedimasi Mar 2022
What a neat recording - and isn't it interesting how some songs walk right up to us and instruct how they are going to happen. The dream + the drawn card is an awesome story.
@danvaillancourt Mar 2022
Nice! Love the droning ambient cello tones and it is neat how it gets scratchy at the end before it ends with words. Love the images. I like the vocal treatment. Great listen.
@katestantonsings Mar 2022
This is beautiful. Intriguing words. The combo of cello and spoken word is especially poignant.
@karan Feb 2022
Was für eine Geschichte! Ein Heilungsweg für den erträumten, alten Vogel, eine ganz magische Welt. Das Cello passt fantastisch dazu.
@nancycunning Feb 2022
This is beautiful just like this. It feels so mystical. I greedily wanted another track with the beautiful German words - maybe one language on the right and the other on the right, and not necessarily in sync but moving in and out of which language is getting first.
@grenzgaengerin Feb 2022
Wow, ein geniales Stück, dass mir Visionen zaubert. Deine kraftvolle Stimme unterstützt dies noch dazu. Surreal klingendes Cello im Hintergrund hebt es noch in eine andere Dimension. Gelungene Collaboration
@kristi Feb 2022
This is richly visual and I enjoyed the spoken word. The cello in the background adds drama. Nicely delivered!
@jibbidy34 Feb 2022
Ooh poetry to a sinister background cello makes this both mysterious and epic! The reverb on the vox is perfect to give it that air of haunting mastery.
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
This poetry in the spoken word on top of the wonderfully resonance of the drone like music create a powerful and beautiful piece. Love it!
@twyllodrus Feb 2022
Spoken Words are my favourite this year. Great delivery.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Andy nearly legendary cello again woo hoo! Really Interesting words and a cool collab
@headfirstonly Feb 2022
A cello is the perfect accompaniment for a spoken work piece like this. I love the playful attribution of unexpected colours to objects. I admit that I had to google what an ara was, though!
@dukemeyer Feb 2022
Hmmmh, den Text mag ich sehr .... und das tief tönende Streichen bereitet dem Vortrag ein schönes Bett. Feine Collab!
Love these lyrics - and the deep sounds of the cello fit very well. Fine collab!