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Avalon Sunset
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Avalon Sunset
Studio album by Van Morrison
Released
1989
Studio
The Woolhall, Eden, Olympic, Westside and The Townhouse Studios, England
Genre
Folk rock, new-age
Length
42:22
Label
Mercury
Producer
Van Morrison
Van Morrison chronology
Irish Heartbeat
(1988) Avalon Sunset
(1989) The Best of Van Morrison
(1990)
Singles from Avalon Sunset
"Have I Told You Lately" b/w "Contacting My Angel"
Released: June 1989
"Whenever God Shines His Light" b/w "I'd Love to Write Another Song"
Released: November 1989
"Orangefield" b/w "These Are the Days"
Released: December 1989
"Coney Island" b/w "Have I Told You Lately"
Released: January 1990
Avalon Sunset is the nineteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 1989 by Mercury Records to both commercial and critical success.
On 9 January 2008, Avalon Sunset was reissued and remastered, featuring an alternative take of "Whenever God Shines His Light" and a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" with additional lyrics by Morrison.
Contents
1 Recording
2 Music and lyrics
3 Release and reception
4 Track listing
4.1 CD reissue bonus tracks
5 Personnel
6 Charts
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Recording[edit]
This album was recorded in England at Woodhall Studio, Eden Studio, Olympic Studio, Westside Studio, and Townhouse Studio.[1] It marked the first appearance with Morrison of Georgie Fame, who played the Hammond organ and also provided backup vocals and helped direct the band. Morrison and Fame would work together for most of the nineties.[citation needed]
The all new songs were rehearsed in two days and then recorded in another two days. Arty McGlynn (the guitarist) remarked about the band's feelings when the sessions ended "we still don't know if it's an album, or maybe a demo for an album." Morrison's reliance on spontaneity was evident on "Daring Night" where he can be heard calling out chord changes "one-four, one-four" (Gmaj to Cmaj) to Roy Jones near the song's ending.[2] The album was previewed at a private concert at Ronnie Scott's club on 24 May 1989.[3]
Music and lyrics[edit]
On Avalon Sunset, Rob Sheffield wrote, Morrison sang about God and love in a scat-influenced style, set against a musical backdrop of mellow folk rock.[4] According to Donald Clarke, the album combined "religiosity and Celtic feeling, a sort of superior New Age music".[5]
The album opens with "Whenever God Shines His Light", issued as a successful single that charted at #20 in the U.K. and was a duet with Cliff Richard. The album contains the religious ballad "Have I Told You Lately", which became a hit single for Morrison, reaching #12 on the Adult Contemporary Charts and was a bigger hit for Rod Stewart in 1993. This song was included on Morrison's 2007 album, Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits.[citation needed] Brian Hinton compares the idyllic female in "Orangefield" to Beatrice in the Divine Comedy.[6]
Release and reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [7]
Chicago Tribune [8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [10]
The Village Voice A−[11]
Avalon Sunset was one of Morrison's most commercially successful albums,[7] and his fastest-selling record in the United Kingdom, being certified gold soon after its release.[12] The album was also met with critical acclaim.[13] In a review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said Morrison has found new inspiration in more temporal themes, especially on the album's first side, although he cited the redemption-themed "Whenever God Shines His Light" as his most exuberant song since 1982's "Cleaning Windows".[11] Spin magazine's Karen Schoemer called it an elegantly orchestrated record void of pain: "He celebrates nature, love and poetry too; this is contemplation without conflict, remembrances without bitterness. And no matter how esoteric things get, a charged sensuality permeates."[14] In the Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot said "I'd Love to Write Another Song" is a return to his 1960s and 1970s peak on what is an otherwise good showcase for his insightful vocal delivery of simple yet evocative lyrics and a style of music that "strikes an artful middle ground between the visceral joys of Top 40 and the soothing aural wallpaper of New Age."[8]
At the end of 1989, Christgau named Avalon Sunset the 22nd best album of the year in his list for the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll.[15] The Times ranked it 63rd their 1993 list of "All Time Top 100 Albums".[16] In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2006), Colin Larkin wrote that the record featured "quite immaculate love songs" from Morrison, along with a prominent sense of spirituality and nostalgia throughout,[9] while Morrison biographer Erik Hage called it "a powerful statement [showing] the often turbulent muse had stabilized and was now a sublime force flowing through Van Morrison".[12] AllMusic's Jason Ankeny was less enthusiastic and found it somewhat inconsistent but "nevertheless the work of a master craftsman, its lush orchestration and atmospheric production casting an irresistibly elegant spell".[7]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Van Morrison, except where noted.
"Whenever God Shines His Light" (Duet with Cliff Richard) – 4:58
"Contacting My Angel" – 4:57
"I'd Love to Write Another Song" – 2:52
"Have I Told You Lately" – 4:20
"Coney Island" – 2:00
"I'm Tired Joey Boy" – 2:29
"When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God" – 5:38
"Orangefield" – 3:50
"Daring Night" – 6:10
"These Are the Days" – 5:08
CD reissue bonus tracks[edit]
"Whenever God Shines His Light" – 3:51 (Alternative take)
"When the Saints Go Marching In" – 6:01 (Traditional, arr. by Morrison)
Personnel[edit]
Van Morrison - vocal, guitar, producer
Alan Barnes - baritone saxophone
Clive Culbertson - bass
Neil Drinkwater - accordion, piano, synthesizer
Dave Early - drums, percussion
Cliff Hardie - trombone
Roy Jones - drums, percussion
Carol Kenyon - backing vocals
Katie Kissoon - backing vocals
Henry Lowther - trumpet
Arty McGlynn - guitar
Stan Sulzmann - alto saxophone
Steve Pearce - bass guitar
Cliff Richard - vocal on "Whenever God Shines His Light"
Georgie Fame - Hammond organ
Gavyn Wright - string section leader
Charts[edit]
Chart (1989)[citation needed]
Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 13
US Billboard 200 91
Norwegian Albums Chart 11
Swedish Albums Chart 10
Australian Albums Chart 30
New Zealand Albums Chart 18
References[edit]
Footnotes
Jump up ^ "Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p. 429
Jump up ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p. 256
Jump up ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Van Morrison". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 561. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
Jump up ^ Clarke, Donald (1998). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2nd ed.). Penguin Books. p. 897. ISBN 0140513701.
Jump up ^ Hinton. Celtic Crossroads. p. 275-280
^ Jump up to: a b c Ankeny, Jason. "Review: Avalon Sunset". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b Kot, Greg (1989). "Morrison's Meditations". Chicago Tribune (15 June). Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0195313739.
Jump up ^ Evans, Paul (1992). "Van Morrison". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 487-88. ISBN 0679737294.
^ Jump up to: a b Christgau, Robert (1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (5 September). New York. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Hage, The Words and Music of Van Morrison, p. 110
Jump up ^ The Listener. 122: 41. 1989. In the wake of the critically acclaimed (we'd expect that), top ten (not so usual) album Avalon Sunset... CS1 maint: Untitled periodical (link)
Jump up ^ Schoemer, Karen (1987). "Avalon Sunset". Spin. New York (September): 87. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
Jump up ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Pazz & Jop 1989: Dean's List". The Village Voice. New York (27 February). Retrieved 2 August 2015.
Jump up ^ "Rocklist.net...The Times All Time Top 100 Albums - 1993". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
Bibliography
Hage, Erik (2009). The Words and Music of Van Morrison, Praeger Publishers, ISBN 978-0-313-35862-3
Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7
Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074-169-X
Further reading[edit]
Christgau, Robert (1989). "Van Morrison, Al Green". Playboy. Beverly Hills (August).
External links[edit]
Avalon Sunset at Discogs (list of releases)
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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This article is about the 1929 novel. For other uses, see All Quiet on the Western Front (disambiguation).
All Quiet on the Western Front
1st edition cover
Author
Erich Maria Remarque
Original title
Im Westen nichts Neues
Translator
A. W. Wheen
Illustrator
Carl Laemmle
Cover artist
Erich Maria Remarque
Country
Germany
Language
German
Genre
War novel
Publisher
Propyläen Verlag
Publication date
January 29, 1929
Published in English
Little, Brown and Company, 1929
Pages
200
OCLC
295972o
All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'In the West Nothing New') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.
The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print.[1]
In 1930, the book was adapted as an Academy-Award-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.
Contents
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1 Title and translation
2 Plot summary
3 Themes
4 Main characters
4.1 Albert Kropp
4.2 Haie Westhus
4.3 Fredrich Müller
4.4 Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky
4.5 Tjaden
5 Minor characters
5.1 Kantorek
5.2 Peter Leer
5.3 Bertinck
5.4 Himmelstoss
5.5 Detering
5.6 Josef Hamacher
5.7 Franz Kemmerich
5.8 Joseph Behm
6 Publication and reception
7 Adaptations
7.1 Film
7.2 TV film
7.3 Music
7.4 Radio
7.5 Audiobooks
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Title and translation[edit]
The English translation by Arthur Wesley Wheen gives the title as All Quiet on the Western Front. The literal translation of "Im Westen nichts Neues" is "In the West Nothing New," with "West" being the Western Front; the phrase refers to the content of an official communiqué at the end of the novel.
Brian Murdoch's 1993 translation would render the phrase as "there was nothing new to report on the Western Front" within the narrative. Explaining his retention of the original book-title, he says:
Although it does not match the German exactly, Wheen's title has justly become part of the English language and is retained here with gratitude.
The phrase "all quiet on the Western Front" has become a colloquial expression meaning stagnation, or lack of visible change, in any context.[citation needed]
Plot summary[edit]
The book tells the story of Paul Bäumer, a German soldier who—urged on by his school teacher—joins the German army shortly after the start of World War I. His class was "scattered over the platoons amongst Frisian fishermen, peasants, and labourers." Bäumer arrives at the Western Front with his friends and schoolmates (Leer, Müller, Kropp and a number of other characters). There they meet Stanislaus Katczinsky, an older soldier, nicknamed Kat, who becomes Paul's mentor. While fighting at the front, Bäumer and his comrades have to engage in frequent battles and endure the treacherous and filthy conditions of trench warfare.
At the very beginning of the book, Erich Maria Remarque says "This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped (its) shells, were destroyed by the war."[2] The book does not focus on heroic stories of bravery, but rather gives a view of the conditions in which the soldiers find themselves. The monotony between battles, the constant threat of artillery fire and bombardments, the struggle to find food, the lack of training of young recruits (meaning lower chances of survival), and the overarching role of random chance in the lives and deaths of the soldiers are described in detail. They had been forced into the army.
The battles fought here have no names and seem to have little overall significance, except for the impending possibility of injury or death for Bäumer and his comrades. Only pitifully small pieces of land are gained, about the size of a football field, which are often lost again later. Remarque often refers to the living soldiers as old and dead, emotionally drained and shaken. "We are not youth any longer. We don't want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing from ourselves, from our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces."
Paul's visit on leave to his home highlight the cost of the war on his psyche. The town has not changed since he went off to war; however, he finds that he does "not belong here anymore, it is a foreign world." He feels disconnected from most of the townspeople. His father asks him "stupid and distressing" questions about his war experiences, not understanding "that a man cannot talk of such things." An old schoolmaster lectures him about strategy and advancing to Paris while insisting that Paul and his friends know only their "own little sector" of the war but nothing of the big picture.
Indeed, the only person he remains connected to is his dying mother, with whom he shares a tender, yet restrained relationship. The night before he is to return from leave, he stays up with her, exchanging small expressions of love and concern for each other. He thinks to himself, "Ah! Mother, Mother! How can it be that I must part from you? Here I sit and there you are lying; we have so much to say, and we shall never say it." In the end, he concludes that he "ought never to have come [home] on leave."
Paul feels glad to be reunited with his comrades. Soon after, he volunteers to go on a patrol and kills a man for the first time in hand-to-hand combat. He watches the man die, in pain for hours. He feels remorse and asks forgiveness from the man's corpse. He is devastated and later confesses to Kat and Albert, who try to comfort him and reassure him that it is only part of the war. They are then sent on what Paul calls a "good job." They must guard a supply depot in a village that was evacuated due to being shelled too heavily. During this time, the men are able to adequately feed themselves, unlike the near-starvation conditions in the German trenches. In addition, the men enjoy themselves while living off the spoils from the village and officers' luxuries from the supply depot (such as fine cigars). While evacuating the villagers (enemy civilians), Paul and Albert are taken by surprise by artillery fired at the civilian convoy and wounded by a shell. On the train back home, Albert takes a turn for the worse and cannot complete the journey, instead being sent off the train to recuperate in a Catholic hospital. Paul uses a combination of bartering and manipulation to stay by Albert's side. Albert eventually has his leg amputated, while Paul is deemed fit for service and returned to the front.
By now, the war is nearing its end and the German Army is retreating. In despair, Paul watches as his friends fall one by one. It is the death of Kat that eventually makes Paul careless about living. In the final chapter, he comments that peace is coming soon, but he does not see the future as bright and shining with hope. Paul feels that he has no aims or goals left in life and that their generation will be different and misunderstood. When he dies at the end of the novel, the situation report from the frontline states, "All is Quiet on the Western Front."
Themes[edit]
One of the major themes of the novel is the difficulty of soldiers to revert to civilian life after having experienced extreme combat situations. Remarque comments in the preface that "[This book] will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war."[2] This internal destruction can be found as early as the first chapter as Paul comments that, although all the boys are young, their youth has left them. In addition, the massive loss of life and negligible gains from the fighting are constantly emphasized. Soldiers' lives are thrown away by their commanding officers who are stationed comfortably away from the front, ignorant of the daily terrors of the front line.
Main characters[edit]
Cover of first English language edition. The design is based upon a German war bonds poster by Fritz Erler.
Albert Kropp[edit]
Kropp was in Paul's class at school and is described as the clearest thinker of the group as well as the smallest. Kropp is wounded towards the end of the novel and undergoes a leg amputation. Both he and Bäumer end up spending time in a Catholic hospital together, Bäumer suffering from shrapnel wounds to the leg and arm. Though Kropp initially plans to commit suicide if he requires an amputation, the book suggests he postponed suicide because of the strength of military camaraderie. Kropp and Bäumer part ways when Bäumer is recalled to his regiment after recovering. Paul comments that saying farewell was "very hard, but it is something a soldier learns to deal with."[3]
Haie Westhus[edit]
Haie is described as being tall and strong, and a peat-digger by profession. Overall, his size and behavior make him seem older than Paul, yet he is the same age as Paul and his school-friends (roughly 19 at the start of the book). Haie, in addition, has a good sense of humor. During combat, he is injured in his back, fatally (Chapter 6)—the resulting wound is large enough for Paul to see Haie's breathing lung when Himmelstoß (Himmelstoss) carries him to safety.
Fredrich Müller[edit]
Müller is about 18 and a half years of age, one of Bäumer's classmates, when he also joins the German army as a volunteer to go to the war. Carrying his old school books with him to the battlefield, he constantly reminds himself of the importance of learning and education. Even while under enemy fire, he "mutters propositions in physics". He became interested in Kemmerich's boots and inherits them when Kemmerich dies early in the novel. He is killed later in the book after being shot point-blank in the stomach with a "light pistol" (flare gun). As he was dying "quite conscious and in terrible pain", he gave his boots which he inherited from Kemmerich to Paul.
Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky[edit]
Kat has the most positive influence on Paul and his comrades on the battlefield. Katczinsky was a cobbler (shoemaker) in civilian life; he is older than Paul Bäumer and his comrades, about 40 years old, and serves as their leadership figure. He also represents a literary model highlighting the differences between the younger and older soldiers. While the older men have already had a life of professional and personal experience before the war, Bäumer and the men of his age have had little life experience or time for personal growth.
Kat is also well known for his ability to scavenge nearly any item needed, especially food. At one point he secures four boxes of lobster. Bäumer describes Kat as possessing a sixth sense. One night, Bäumer along with a group of other soldiers are holed up in a factory with neither rations nor comfortable bedding. Katczinsky leaves for a short while, returning with straw to put over the bare wires of the beds. Later, to feed the hungry men, Kat brings bread, a bag of horse flesh, a lump of fat, a pinch of salt and a pan in which to cook the food.
Kat is hit by shrapnel at the end of the story, leaving him with a smashed shin. Paul carries him back to camp on his back, only to discover upon their arrival that a stray splinter had hit Kat in the back of the head and killed him on the way. He is thus the last of Paul's close friends to die in battle. It is Kat's death that eventually makes Bäumer careless whether he survives the war or not, but that he can face the rest of his life without fear. "Let the months and the years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear."
Tjaden[edit]
One of Bäumer's non-schoolmate friends. Before the war, Tjaden was a locksmith. A big eater with a grudge against the former postman-turned corporal Himmelstoß (thanks to his strict "disciplinary actions"), he manages to forgive Himmelstoß later in the book. Throughout the book, Paul frequently remarks on how much of an eater he is, yet somehow manages to stay as "thin as a rake". He appears in the sequel, The Road Back. This shows that Paul has other friends not just his school friends.
Minor characters[edit]
Kantorek[edit]
Kantorek was the schoolmaster of Paul and his friends, including Kropp, Leer, Müller, and Behm. Behaving "in a way that cost [him] nothing," Kantorek is a strong supporter of the war and encourages Bäumer and other students in his class to join the war effort. Among twenty enlistees was Joseph Behm, the first of the class to die in battle. In an example of tragic irony, Behm was the only one who did not want to enter the war.
Kantorek is a hypocrite, urging the young men he teaches to fight in the name of patriotism, while not voluntarily enlisting himself. In a twist of fate, Kantorek is later called up as a soldier as well. He very reluctantly joins the ranks of his former students, only to be drilled and taunted by Mittelstädt, one of the students he had earlier persuaded to enlist.
Peter Leer[edit]
Leer is an intelligent soldier in Bäumer's company, and one of his classmates. He is very popular with women; when he and his comrades meet three French women, he is the first to seduce one of them. Bäumer describes Leer's ability to attract women by saying "Leer is an old hand at the game". In chapter 11, Leer is hit by a shell fragment, which also hits Bertinck. The shrapnel tears open Leer's hip, causing him to bleed to death quickly. His death causes Paul to ask himself, "What use is it to him now that he was such a good mathematician in school?"[4]
Bertinck[edit]
Lieutenant Bertinck is the leader of Bäumer's company. His men have a great respect for him, and Bertinck has great respect for his men. He permits them to eat the rations of the men that had been killed in action, standing up to the chef Ginger who would only allow them their allotted share. Bertinck is genuinely despondent when he learns that few of his men had survived an engagement.
When he and the other characters are trapped in a trench under heavy attack, Bertinck, who has been injured in the firefight, spots a flamethrower team advancing on them. He gets out of cover and takes aim on the flamethrower but misses, and gets hit by enemy fire. With his next shot he kills the flamethrower, and immediately afterwards an enemy shell explodes on his position blowing off his chin. The same explosion also fatally wounds Leer.
Himmelstoss[edit]
Corporal Himmelstoss (spelled Himmelstoß in some editions) was a postman before enlisting in the war. He is a power-hungry corporal with special contempt for Paul and his friends, taking sadistic pleasure in punishing the minor infractions of his trainees during their basic training in preparation for their deployment. Paul later figures that the training taught by Himmelstoss made them "hard, suspicious, pitiless, and tough" but most importantly it taught them comradeship. However, Bäumer and his comrades have a chance to get back at Himmelstoss because of his punishments, mercilessly whipping him on the night before they board trains to go to the front.
Himmelstoss later joins them at the front, revealing himself as a coward who shirks his duties for fear of getting hurt or killed, and pretends to be wounded because of a scratch on his face. Paul Bäumer beats him because of it and when a lieutenant comes along looking for men for a trench charge, Himmelstoss joins and leads the charge. He carries Haie Westhus's body to Bäumer after he is fatally wounded. Matured and repentant through his experiences Himmelstoß later asks for forgiveness from his previous charges. As he becomes the new staff cook, to prove his friendship he secures two pounds of sugar for Bäumer and half a pound of butter for Tjaden.
Detering[edit]
Detering is a farmer who constantly longs to return to his wife and farm. He is also fond of horses and is angered when he sees them used in combat. He says, "It is of the vilest baseness to use horses in the war," when the group hears several wounded horses writhe and scream for a long time before dying during a bombardment. He tries to shoot them to put them out of misery, but is stopped by Kat to keep their current position hidden. He is driven to desert when he sees a cherry tree in blossom, which reminds him of home too much and inspires him to leave. He is found by military police and court-martialed, and is never heard from again.
Josef Hamacher[edit]
Hamacher is a patient at the Catholic hospital where Paul and Albert Kropp are temporarily stationed. He has an intimate knowledge of the workings of the hospital. He also has a "Special Permit," certifying him as sporadically not responsible for his actions due to a head wound, though he is clearly quite sane and exploiting his permit so he can stay in the hospital and away from the war as long as possible.
Franz Kemmerich[edit]
A young boy of only 19 years. Franz Kemmerich had enlisted in the army for World War I along with his best friend and classmate, Bäumer. Kemmerich is shot in the leg early in the story; his injured leg has to be amputated, and he dies shortly after. In anticipation of Kemmerich's imminent death, Müller was eager to get his boots. While in the hospital, someone steals Kemmerich's watch that he intended to give to his mother, causing him great distress and prompting him to ask about his watch every time his friends visit him in the hospital. Paul later finds the watch and hands it over to Kemmerich's mother, only to lie and say Franz died instantly and painlessly when questioned.
Joseph Behm[edit]
A student in Paul's class who is described as youthful and overweight. Behm was the only student that was not quickly influenced by Kantorek's patriotism to join the war, but eventually, due to pressure from friends and Kantorek, he joins the war. He is the first of Paul's friends to die. He is blinded in no man's land and believed to be dead by his friends. The next day, when he is seen walking blindly around no-man's-land, it is discovered that he was only unconscious. However, he is killed before he can be rescued.
Publication and reception[edit]
From November 10 to December 9, 1928, All Quiet on the Western Front was published in serial form in Vossische Zeitung magazine. It was released in book form the following year to smashing success, selling one and a half million copies that same year. Although publishers had worried that interest in World War I had waned more than 10 years after the armistice, Remarque's realistic depiction of trench warfare from the perspective of young soldiers struck a chord with the war's survivors—soldiers and civilians alike—and provoked strong reactions, both positive and negative, around the world.
With All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque emerged as an eloquent spokesman for a generation that had been, in his own words, "destroyed by war, even though it might have escaped its shells." Remarque's harshest critics, in turn, were his countrymen, many of whom felt the book denigrated the German war effort, and that Remarque had exaggerated the horrors of war to further his pacifist agenda. The strongest voices against Remarque came from the emerging National Socialist Party and its ideological allies. In 1933, when the Nazis rose to power, All Quiet on the Western Front became one of the first degenerate books to be publicly burnt;[5] in 1930 screenings of the Academy Award-winning film based on the book were met with Nazi-organized protests and mob attacks on both movie theatres and audience members.[6]
However, objections to Remarque’s portrayal of the German army personnel during World War I were not limited to the Nazis. Dr. Karl Kroner (de) objected to Remarque’s depiction of the medical personnel as being inattentive, uncaring, or absent from frontline action. Dr. Kroner was specifically worried that the book would perpetuate German stereotypes abroad that had subsided since the First World War. He offered the following clarification: “People abroad will draw the following conclusions: if German doctors deal with their own fellow countrymen in this manner, what acts of inhumanity will they not perpetuate against helpless prisoners delivered up into their hands or against the populations of occupied territory?”[7][8]
A fellow patient of Remarque’s in the military hospital in Duisburg objected to the negative depictions of the nuns and patients, and of the general portrayal of soldiers: “There were soldiers to whom the protection of homeland, protection of house and homestead, protection of family were the highest objective, and to whom this will to protect their homeland gave the strength to endure any extremities.”[8]
These criticisms suggest that perhaps experiences of the war and the personal reactions of individual soldiers to their experiences may be more diverse than Remarque portrays them; however, it is beyond question that Remarque gives voice to a side of the war and its experience that was overlooked or suppressed at the time. This perspective is crucial to understanding the true effects of World War I. The evidence can be seen in the lingering depression that Remarque and many of his friends and acquaintances were suffering a decade later.[7]
In contrast, All Quiet on the Western Front was trumpeted by pacifists as an anti-war book.[8] Remarque makes a point in the opening statement that the novel does not advocate any political position, but is merely an attempt to describe the experiences of the soldier.[9]
The main artistic criticism was that it was a mediocre attempt to cash in on public sentiment.[citation needed] The enormous popularity the work received was a point of contention for some literary critics, who scoffed at the fact that such a simple work could be so earth-shattering.[citation needed] Much of this literary criticism came from Salomo Friedlaender, who wrote a book Hat Erich Maria Remarque wirklich gelebt? "Did Erich Maria Remarque really live?" (under pen name Mynona), which was, in its turn, criticized in: Hat Mynona wirklich gelebt? "Did Mynona really live?" by Kurt Tucholsky.[10] Friedlaender’s criticism was mainly personal in nature—he attacked Remarque as being ego-centric and greedy. Remarque publicly stated that he wrote All Quiet on the Western Front for personal reasons, not for profit, as Friedlaender had charged.[7][8] Max Joseph Wolff (de) wrote a parody titled Vor Troja nichts Neues (Compared to Troy, Nothing New) under the pseudonym Emil Marius Requark.[11]
Adaptations[edit]
Film[edit]
Poster for the movie All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), featuring star Lew Ayres
Main article: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)
In 1930, an American film of the novel was made, directed by Lewis Milestone; with a screenplay by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan; and with uncredited work by Walter Anthony and Milestone. It stars Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, and Ben Alexander.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., the Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone, and the Academy Award for Outstanding Production. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, and Best Writing Achievement for Abbott, Anderson, and Andrews.[12]
In 2016, it was confirmed that Roger Donaldson will direct a remake of All Quiet on the Western Front starring Travis Fimmel as Katczinsky.[13] As of April 20th 2017, the film has been released to the public in betamax tapes instead of CD's as originally planned by Donaldson due to financial troubles within the publishing company.
TV film[edit]
Main article: All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film)
In 1979, the film was remade for CBS television by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas of The Waltons as Paul Bäumer and Ernest Borgnine as Kat. The movie was filmed in Czechoslovakia.[14]
Music[edit]
Elton John's album Jump Up! (1982) features the song, "All Quiet on the Western Front" (written by Elton and Bernie Taupin). The song is a sorrowful rendition of the novel's story ("It's gone all quiet on the Western Front / Male Angels sigh / ghosts in a flooded trench / As Germany dies").
Bob Dylan, during his Nobel Laureate lecture, cited this book as one that had a profound effect on this songwriting.[15]
Radio[edit]
On November 9, 2008, a radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, starring Robert Lonsdale as Paul Bäumer and Shannon Graney as Katczinsky. Its screenplay was written by Dave Sheasby, and the show was directed by David Hunter.[16]
Audiobooks[edit]
In 2000, Recorded Books released an audiobook of the text, read by Frank Muller.[17]
In 2010, Hachette Audio UK published an audiobook adaptation of the novel, narrated by Tom Lawrence. It was well received by critics[18] and listeners.
See also[edit]
Novels portal
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List of books with anti-war themes
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Eksteins, Modris (April 1980). "All Quiet on the Western Front and the Fate of a War". Journal of Contemporary History. SAGE Publications. 15 (2): 353. doi:10.1177/002200948001500207.
^ Jump up to: a b Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. 2009. p. 48.
Jump up ^ Chapter Ten of All Quiet on the Western Front
Jump up ^ All Quiet on the Western Front (London: Putnam & Company Ltd, 1970 reprint), p. 240.
Jump up ^ "Nov 10, 1928: Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front". History.com. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
Jump up ^ Sauer, Patrick (June 16, 2015). "The Most Loved and Hated Novel About World War I". Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c Patrick Clardy. "All Quiet on the Western Front: Reception". Yale Modernism Lab. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Barker, Christine R.; Last, Rex William (1979). Erich Maria Remarque. New York: Barnes & Noble Books.
Jump up ^ Wagner, Hans (1991). Understanding Erich Maria Remarque. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
Jump up ^ Kurt Tucholsky (under pen name Ignaz Wrobel), Hat Mynona wirklich gelebt?, Die Weltbühne, December 31, 1929, No. 1, p. 15
Jump up ^ Catalogue entry for Vor Troja nichts Neues in the German National Library, retrieved January 29, 2014
Jump up ^ "The 3rd Academy Awards – 1931". Oscars. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
Jump up ^ Kay, Jeremy. "'Warcraft' star Travis Fimmel to lead 'All Quiet On The Western Front'". ScreenDaily. MBI Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
Jump up ^ "All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)". IMDb. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
Jump up ^ Dylan, Bob (5 June 2017). "Bob Dylan - Nobel Lecture". www.nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB. Retrieved 14 November 2017. ...would work its way into more than a few of my songs. All Quiet on the Western Front was another book that did.
Jump up ^ "BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3, All Quiet on the Western Front". Bbc.co.uk. November 9, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "All Quiet on the Western Front". recordedbooks.com. Recorded Books. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
Jump up ^ "All Quiet on the Western Front – Audiobook Reviews In All Genres". audiobookjungle.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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Blue (Da Ba Dee)
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"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Single by Eiffel 65
from the album Europop
B-side
"Remix"
Released
October 1998
Format
CD
maxi CD
Recorded
September 1998
Genre
Eurodance[1]
Length
4:45 (album version)
3:39 (video edit)
3:23 (radio version)
Label
BlissCo
Songwriter(s)
Jeffrey Jey
Maurizio Lobina
Massimo Gabutti
Producer(s)
Maurizio Lobina
Massimo Gabutti
Luciano Zucchet
Eiffel 65 singles chronology
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
(1998) "Too Much of Heaven"
(1999)
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
(1998) "Too Much of Heaven"
(1999)
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was first released in October 1998 in Italy and became internationally successful the following year.[2] It is the lead single of their debut album Europop. The song is the group's most popular single, reaching number one in many countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom,[3] the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Australia, Germany and Hungary, as well as reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.[4]
In the United Kingdom, the song originally entered the top 40 purely on import sales; it was only the third single to do this.[5] The song also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 2001 Grammy Awards, 2 years after it was released.[6]
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1 Writing and production
2 Lyrics and composition
3 Critical reception
4 Chart performance
5 Music video
6 Cover versions and samplings
7 Use in media
8 Formats and track listings
9 Charts
9.1 Weekly charts
9.2 Year-end charts
10 Certifications
11 References
Writing and production[edit]
"Blue", written by Eiffel 65 lead singer Jeffrey Jey, keyboardist Maurizio Lobina, and producer Massimo Gabutti, it was know for Underground Warriors, was inspired by group member Maurizio Lobina's composed opening piano hook. The producers of the song then came up with the idea for a dance song. Jey stated that his inspiration for the lyrics was how a person picked his lifestyle. The colour blue as the main topic of the song was picked at random, with Lobina telling him to write nonsensical lyrics. "Blue" is one of the first hit songs to use the Auto-Tune vocal warble effect, after Cher's "Believe" and Kid Rock's "Only God Knows Why".[7] Lobina came up with the "da ba dee" hook at the end of this line.[8]
Lyrics and composition[edit]
Eiffel 65 – "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", 1999
A 29-second sample of Jeffrey Jey's vocals on "Blue (Da Ba Dee)." The song was one of the first ever popular tracks to use pitch correction.
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"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is written in the key of G minor, with the vocal range spanning from C3 to E♭4,[9] and is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 128 beats per minute.[10]
The song's lyrics tell a story about a man who lives in a "blue world." It is also stated he is "blue inside and outside," which, along with the lyric "himself and everybody around 'cause he ain't got nobody to listen," and "blue are the feelings that live inside me" may indicate that the term blue represents his emotional state; however, the song also states that a vast variety of what he owns is also blue, including his house and his car ("a blue Corvette"): various blue-coloured objects are also depicted on the single's cover.[11] The song's hook is the sentence "I'm blue," followed by a repetition of the words "da ba dee da ba daa," which the hook is based around.
Critical reception[edit]
The song received mixed reviews from critics. Entertainment Weekly positively reviewed the song, calling the song "a fleeting, feel-good foot-tapper" and gave the song a rating of B-.[12] PopMatters reviewer Chris Massey, in his review of Europop, described his initial reaction to the song as being "really, really bad." However, he later stated in the review that after many repeated listenings of the song he "loved it."[13]
Rolling Stone, however, in their review of Europop, gave the song a negative review, stating that the song "blends Cher-esque vocoder vocals, trance-like synth riffs, unabashed Eurodisco beats and a baby-babble chorus so infantile it makes the Teletubbies sound like Shakespeare." The magazine also placed the song on their list of the "20 Most Annoying Songs," at No. 14.[14]
Chart performance[edit]
The single, released in October 1998, was a chart-topper in many European countries. The song initially found success in France, where it debuted in August 1999 and reached number one for three weeks. It then found success in other European countries, reaching the top spot on many charts in September the same year, including Germany, the Netherlands,[15] Switzerland,[16] Sweden,[17] Norway and many other countries. It replaced "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega on many of these charts at the top spot.
The song also found success in other regions, including Oceania and North America: it reached number one in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It became a top ten hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching number six. It became the highest charting Italian song in the United States since Al di là by Emilio Pericoli that also peaked at six in 1962.
The song re-charted on 6 May 2013 at No. 40 in the U.K.,[18] the same week the song appeared in the film Iron Man 3.
Music video[edit]
Main article: Blue (Da Ba Dee) (music video)
Eiffel 65 on television screens during the opening segment of the video.
The music video for the song was released in 1999 by the BlissCoMedia, a computer graphics company of the Bliss Corporation, known at the time the video was produced and released as "BlissMultiMedia".[19] The video featured computer graphics created with 3ds Max,[20] and has Eiffel 65 members Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte trying to save Jeffrey Jey from the aliens Zorotl and Sayok6.[21]
Cover versions and samplings[edit]
German singer Max Raabe and Palast Orchester covered the song for his 2001 studio album Super Hits.[22] A cover version was released on the 2006 Crazy Frog studio album More Crazy Hits. Flo Rida sampled the chorus of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" in his 2009 single "Sugar".[23] Michael Mind Project used a sample of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" in their 2012 single "Feeling So Blue". Sandra Lyng used a sample of the song in her single "Blue".[24] American country artist Coffey Anderson used a sampling in his 2017 single "Bud Light Blue". Just Dance 2018 covers this song as well, said artist for this song is by Hit The Electro Beat.
Use in media[edit]
The song has appeared in multiple films and television series. It was included in films such as Loser (2000), Big Fat Liar (2002), Iron Man 3 (2013), Mommy (2014), and Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), the third instance during a flashback scene set in 1999, the year the song became popular.[25] In television, it was used in Daria episode The F Word and in 90210 finale of season 1. On 15 March 2011 Ozone Entertainment released the song through the Rock Band Network. It is the first song on the service to incorporate the keyboard introduced in Rock Band 3.[26][27] The song was also featured in an EDF Energy advertisement in 2015.
A cover version of the song that matches the video version's length is featured in the 2017 dance rhythm game Just Dance 2018.
Formats and track listings[edit]
Italy CD single 1999
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (DJ Ponte Ice Pop Mix) – 6:25
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (DJ Ponte Radio Edit) – 4:43
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Glamour Jump Mix) – 5:19
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Dub Mix) – 4:47
German CD maxi-single
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Blue Ice Pop Radio Edit) – 3:39
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (DJ Ponte Ice Pop Mix) – 6:26
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Hannover Remix) – 6:24
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Dub Mix) – 4:48
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Ice Pop Instrumental Mix) – 6:27
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Blue Paris Remix) – 7:42
Kiss FM 92.7 & Radio Disney Sing
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (Underground Warriors Radio Version) – 3:20
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1999–2000)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[28]
1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[28]
1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28]
1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[28]
2
Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[29]
53
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[30]
1
Canada Dance (RPM)[31]
1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[32]
1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[28]
1
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)
1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)
1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[28]
1
France (SNEP)[28]
1
Germany (Media Control Charts)[33]
1
Hungary (IPSOS/Mahasz-IFPI)[34]
1
Ireland (IRMA)[35]
1
Italy (FIMI)[36]
3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[37]
1
MTV Europe [2]
1
New Zealand (RIANZ)[28]
1
Norway (VG-lista)[28]
1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[38]
1
Spain (AFYVE)[39]
2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[28]
1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28]
1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[40]
1
US Billboard Hot 100[41]
6
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[42]
25
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[43]
6
US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[44]
16
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[45]
2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[46]
4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1999)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[47]
3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[48]
4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[49]
4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[50]
6
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[51]
57
France (SNEP)[52]
4
Germany (Official German Charts)[53]
2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[54]
7
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[55]
5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[56]
6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[57]
2
UK Singles Chart
2
Chart (2000)
Position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[58]
80
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[59]
49
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[60]
3x Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[61]
Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[62]
Gold 50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[63]
Gold 7,957[63]
France (SNEP)[64]
Diamond 750,000*
Germany (BVMI)[65]
5x Gold 1,250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[66]
Gold 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[67]
3x Platinum 60,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[68]
2x Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[69]
2x Platinum 1,200,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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Preceded by
"Tomber la chemise" by Zebda French SNEP number one single
7 August 1999 – 7 August 1999 – 21 August 1999 Succeeded by
"Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega
Preceded by
"Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega Swiss number one single
22 August 1999 – 22 August 1999 – 24 October 1999 Succeeded by
"So bist du (und wenn Du gehst...)" by Oli P.
Dutch Top 40 number one single
21 August 1999 – 4 September 1999 – 18 September 1999 Succeeded by
"The Road Ahead (Miles of the Unknown)" by City to City
Belgian (Flanders) number one single
11 September 1999 – 21 October 1999 Succeeded by
"Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera
Irish IRMA number one single
18 September 1999 – 16 October 1999 Succeeded by
"Flying Without Wings" by Westlife
Swedish number one single
2 September 1999 – 22 September 1999 – 21 October 1999 Succeeded by
"The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang
German number one single
13 August 1999 – 8 October 1999 Succeeded by
"The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang
Norwegian VG-lista number one single
18 September 1999 – 2 October 1999 Succeeded by
"If I Let You Go" by Westlife
Finnish number-one single
18 September 1999 – 30 October 1999 Succeeded by
"Torremolinos 2000" by Apulanta & Don Huonot
New Zealand RIANZ number one single
14 November 1999 Succeeded by
"One & Only" by Deep Obsession
Australian number-one single
14 November 1999 – 16 January 2000 Succeeded by
"I Try" by Macy Gray
Preceded by
"We're Going to Ibiza" by Vengaboys UK Singles Chart number one single
19 September 1999 – 9 October 1999 Succeeded by
"Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera
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