Mey, Wader, Wecker - the concert

Mey, Wader, Wecker - the concert
Live album by Hannes Wader , Reinhard Mey , Konstantin Wecker
Publication (s)	2003
Label (s)	Plans - ARIS
Genre (s)	Chanson / singer-songwriter
Title (number)	31 (2 CDs)
running time	CD1: 60 min 40 s CD2: 66 min 50 s
occupation	Vocals , guitar : Hannes Wader Guitar, vocals: Reinhard Mey Piano , vocals: Konstantin Wecker Keyboard : Jo Barnikel
production	Peter Ledebuhr
Studio (s)	Mixing and mastering Blue Noise Tonstudio, Hamburg
chronology Wishes (2001) Mey, Wader, Wecker - the concert ... and times change (2004)

Mey, Wader, Wecker - the concert is a live album by the singer and songwriter Hannes Wader together with Reinhard Mey and Konstantin Wecker from 2003.

Emergence

On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Hannes Wader gave an anniversary concert to which he also invited Reinhard Mey, Konstantin Wecker and the pianist and keyboardist Jo Barnikel , who had worked with Konstantin Wecker for years. The concert took place on June 21, 2002 in Wader's hometown Bielefeld .

In the foreword to the booklet for this double CD, Wader writes that a concert with him, Wecker and Mey would never take place again and that this should remain an exclusive concert experience with a unique character, so to speak. The songwriter was wrong. The next event should be on February 15, 2003 in Berlin . It was the big demonstration against the Iraq war , in which over 500,000 people took part. Because of the renewed meeting of Mey, Wader and Wecker, an extended and limited edition of this album was released in November 2003. Three songs from the joint concert against the Iraq war were added. Reinhard Mey sang his title Peace , Konstantin Wecker an updated version of his hit Willy , under the name Willy 5 , and all three sang Wader's peace hymn It's time from the album of the same name (released in 1980).

Track list

Album "Bielefeld"

CD 1:

1. Good to be back - 3:27
2. Back then - 4:23
3. The youth are beautiful - 4:20
4. Small town - 4:03
5. Come on, pour my glass again - 3:55
6. A piece of music made by hand - 4:01
7. Friendly faces - 3:57
8. Rencontre / encounter - 4:55
9. In the name of madness - 2:29
10. When the traders dance - 2:45
11. Willy 4 - 8:53
12. Roses in December - 2:25
13. Father's Country - 3:56

CD 2 :

1. Wishes - 3:09
2. First love - 4:02
3. What happened in the years - 3:54
4. Stormy times my darling - 6:48
5. America - 4:05
6. I wanted to sing like Orpheus - 2:25
7. 51 captain - 4:42
8. Let love rain on us - 4:29
9. Diplomatic Hunt - 4:16
10. Stressed - 3:04
11. Say no! - 2:46
12. Bella Ciao - 3:42
13. So we troll piously and gently - 2:49
14. Good night, friends - 3:03
15. Who knows - 2:46
16. Hidden track : Happy Birthday, Hannes - 0:46

Limited edition

The limited version, which emerged from the Berlin gig, has a different tracklist: The first two songs from CD 2 were moved to the end of CD 1, so that there was more space on CD 2 for the following bonus tracks , which were appended at the end:

• peace
• Willy 5
• It is time

Polyphony

Many of the songs are performed solo by their respective authors / composers, but some are also performed with partners. In detail these are:

• Good to be back here (Taylor / German text: Wader): Mey and Wecker begin, Wader joins them
• Small town (Coulter / dt. Text: Wader): Wader and Mey
• Rencontre / encounter (Wader / French text: Mey): Wader and Mey, like in their beginnings as songwriters
• Stressed out (Mel .: trad / Text: Wader): Wader, Wecker, Mey
• Bella Ciao (traditional / German text: Berner): Wader, Mey, Wecker
• So we troll piously and gently (Bellmann / German text: Zuckmayer): Mey, Wader
• Good night, friends (Mey): Wader, Mey
• Who knows (Mel .: trad / Text: Wader): Wader, Wecker, Mey

Trivia

• The second CD ends with track # 16 (hidden track), which is not listed in the list of titles, in which the a cappella audience congratulates Hannes Wader on his birthday.
• Alarm clock uses for the song Stormy times, my darling , that "If you continue're" appeared for the first time in 1994 on his album, for the chorus the quote "Life is building bridges over streams that pass away" from the poem 's breath of Gottfried Benn .