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Martin Lindsay

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May 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/22/98
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Heard a track from the late eighties the other day by a German group called
Freiheit. Very ELO'ish. Has anyone heard their stuff? I wondered if the
resemblance was a one - off or whether they based their sound on the ELO
style.

Ralf Gruner

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May 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/23/98
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Martin Lindsay wrote:

I think you have heard the English version of the German hit
"Solang' man Träume noch leben kann" by the group
"Münchener Freiheit". (I hope the German umlauts will receive you)
They have produced (IMHO) only one LP in English with translations of
their greatest hits, but their most productions are in German
language. Because the original name is not readable in English
and a translation sounds not too good (freedom of munich?) they
have shortened their name.
I think, that there may be a little bit of ELO
influence, but not too much.

Ralf

Ralf Gruner

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May 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/23/98
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ralf....@t-online.de (Ralf Gruner) wrote:

> "Münchener Freiheit". (I hope the German umlauts will receive you)

grrr... reach

Serena Torz

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May 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/23/98
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Martin Lindsay wrote in message
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>Heard a track from the late eighties the other day by a German group called
>Freiheit. Very ELO'ish. Has anyone heard their stuff? I wondered if the
>resemblance was a one - off or whether they based their sound on the ELO
>style.
>
>

I have the Freiheit album - "Fantasy". Yes, they were very ELO, I think they
were fans. "Keeping The Dream Alive", which I guess is the track Martin
heard, is the most ELO-like, featuring the strings, but there are other
tracks too which are very reminiscent, and they have also picked up on
Jeff's obsession with the weather (a track on the album is called 'Kissed
You In The Rain'), plus the singer sounds just like Jeff as well.

I think they were also big Paul McCartney fans.

--
Serena Torz
elo...@dircon.co.uk

Martin Lindsay

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May 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/23/98
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Yes - 'Kissed you in the rain' sounds like it could have been the track I
heard.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for the album.
Nothing beats the Real M'Coy though!
Serena Torz wrote in message <3566b...@newsread1.dircon.co.uk>...

Damien Spanjer

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May 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/24/98
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I've got Fantasy too. I love the album and my favourite song is
"Moonlight", which is the one that sounds like Paul McCartney. "Diana" is
another very Jeff Lynne sounding track, especially in the writing itself.

Has anyone heard Freiheits earlier stuff?

Darkwolf

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May 25, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/25/98
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According to an interview that I read in a magazine some time ago,
They listed ELO as one of the groups that they listened to growing up,
and that they were one of their role models. The group also had one of
their songs included in the soundtrack of the movie "Say Anything".
Something to the effect of We're keepin' the dream alive"

Patrick Dobbins
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