RAF
Michael Peters
yesterday I remembered my copy of Eno's RAF single. Maybe not many of you
know about it, so I've put a streaming copy here (for a short time):
http://www.veloopity.de/Musick/Eno_RAF/BrainEnoandSnatch-RAF.htm
(click image to stream the music)
The German voices were recorded in 1977 following the kidnapping of
Hanns-Martin Schleyer by the RAF.
"Right after the Schleyer thing you could dial 1166 in Cologne and get these
pre-recorded police tapes. The German woman's voice in it is a police women
in Cologne. And she's saying, "Do you recognize this men's voice?" etc. "If
you have any information..."
A review is here http://www.almac.co.uk/personal/jash/snatch/snrevs.htm
"Snatch" is a collaboration of Patti Palladin and Judy Nylon about who I
don't know very much, but there are interviews on their home page
http://www.almac.co.uk/personal/jash/snatch/index.htm
The English lyrics are here:
http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/box2lyri.html (bottom of page)
More information about what happened at that time here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleyer
-Michael www.michaelpeters.de