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Live Earth Concert, Hamburg
The Live Earth concert in Germany was held at HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg on 7 July 2007. Running order In order of appearance: *Shakira - " Don't Bother", " Inevitable", " Dia Especial" with Gustavo Cerati, "Hips Don't Lie" (HSH 13:05) *Snoop Dogg- "The Next Episode", " Ups & Downs", "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" " I Wanna Love You" (solo), "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" (HSH 13:40) *Roger Cicero - " Kompromisse","Frauen regier'n die Welt", " Zieh die Schuh aus" (HSH 14:05) *MIA. - "Tanz der Moleküle", " Engel" (HSH 14:30) * Sasha - "Coming Home", "Chemical Reaction", "Lucky Day" (HSH 14:55) * Stefan Gwildis - " Tanzen Übern Kiez", " Wie ein richtiger Mensch" (HSH 15:20) *Marquess - " El Temperamento", " Vayamos Companeros" (HSH 15:45) *Maria Mena - " Sorry", " Just Hold Me", "What a Wonderful World" (HSH 16:10) *Silbermond - " Lebenszeichen", " Zeit für Optimisten" (HSH 16:35) *Michael Mittermeier - "Stand Up Comedy" (HSH 16:55) *Reamonn with Ritmo Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Earth
Live Earth was an event developed to increase environmental awareness through entertainment. Background Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, ''Live Earth'' was built upon the belief that entertainment has the power to transcend social and cultural barriers to move the world community to action. Live Earth seeks to leverage the power of entertainment through integrated events, media, and the live experience to ignite a global movement aimed at solving the most critical environmental issues of our time. Live Earth 2007 The 1st series of benefit concerts were held on 7 July 2007. The concerts brought together more than 150 musical acts in eleven locations around the world and were broadcast to a mass global audience through television, radio, and live internet streams. Live Earth India 2008 The 2nd ''Live Earth'' concert was scheduled for 7 December 2008 at the ''Andheri Sports Complex'' on Veera Desai Road in Andh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album, ''The Chronic''. Broadus has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. His accolades include an American Music Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and 17 nominations at the Grammy Awards. Broadus' debut solo album, ''Doggystyle,'' produced by Dr. Dre, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993, and debuted at number one on the popular albums chart, the ''Billboard'' 200, and on '' Billboard''s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Selling 800,000 copies in its first week, ''Doggystyle'' was certified quadruple-platinum in 1994 and featured the singles " What's My Name?" and "Gin and Juice". In 1994, Death Row Records released a soundtrack, by Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sascha Schmitz
Sascha Röntgen (' Schmitz; born 5 January 1972), better known by his stage name Sasha, is a German singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is also known by his alter ego Dick Brave, and part of the group Dick Brave & the Backbeats. Due to a legal dispute with the Welsh DJ also named Sasha, he is known as Sasha Alexander in the United States. Early life Sasha is the elder of two children born to Fritz Schmitz, a former Bundeswehr soldier, and his wife Ramona, a nursery nurse. Raised in a Christian home alongside his younger brother Norman (born 1976), Sasha spent his childhood in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, following his parents' divorce. His early musical interest grew when he started his first school band, called Bad to the Bone, which "was exactly as bad as the name suggests", he later stated. Sasha's first professional band was called Junk Food and modelled on bands such as Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Although the band was never offered a recording cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engel (song)
"Engel" (German for "Angel" or "Angels") is a song by German industrial metal band Rammstein. It was released in April 1997 as the first single from their second album, ''Sehnsucht''. The female part of song's chorus is sung by Christiane "Bobo" Hebold of the German pop band Bobo in White Wooden Houses. An English version of "Engel" can be found on US special editions of ''Sehnsucht''. According to an interview, keyboardist Christian Lorenz came up with the main riff for this song on a synthesizer along with a whistle melody. Music video While Lindemann, Schneider and Flake are in the audience, Paul Landers can be seen taking Schneider's place by playing the drums and Kruspe and Riedel are seen singing. The video references to the 1996 film, ''From Dusk till Dawn''. Live performances A regular during the ''Sehnsucht'' tour, it was used as the last song of the main set in non-festival concerts. In the first months of the '' Mutter'' (2001) tour, "Engel" appeared in the setli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanz Der Moleküle
''Tanz'' is the second recording by American guitarist Tim Sparks on the Tzadik Records label, released in 2000. The word () is Yiddish for dance, cognate to the German word with the same meaning. History After the recording of traditional Jewish music arranged for solo guitar on ''Neshamah'', producer John Zorn combined Sparks with Masada alumni Greg Cohen and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista. Music critic Ben Kettlewell called the combination of Sparks, Cohen and Baptisto "a wonderful adventure into the myriad of styles of music of the Jewish Diaspora." Cohen and Baptista would reunite with Sparks for two more releases on the Tzadik label. ''Tanz'' includes four arrangements of songs by Klezmer clarinetist Naftule Brandwein. Sparks would later record '' Little Princess'', an entire album of Brandwein arrangements. Reception Writing for Allmusic, critic Sean Westergaard wrote, "Sparks comes from a classical guitar background more than a fingerpicking folky background, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauen Regier'n Die Welt
Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Frauen regier'n die Welt" written by Matthias Haß and Frank Ramond. The song was performed by Roger Cicero. The German entry for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland, was selected through the national final ''Der deutsche Vorentscheid 2007 – Wer singt für Deutschland?'', organised by the German broadcaster ARD in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). The national final took place on 8 March 2007 and featured three competing acts with the winner being selected through public televoting. "Frauen regier'n die Welt" performed by Roger Cicero was selected as the German entry for Helsinki after gaining 70% of the votes. As a member of the " Big Four", Germany automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 16, Germany placed nineteenth out of the 24 participating countries with 49 points. Background Prior to the 2007 Contest, Germany had par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Cicero
Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician. Biography Roger Cicero was born in 1970 in Berlin to Romanian jazz pianist Eugen Cicero and dancer Lili Cziczeo. Cicero represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki his song "Frauen regier'n die Welt" ("Women Rule the World"). He finished 19th. In 2014, he was one of the stars of the Vox television show "Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert" (Sing my song – the exchange concert) along with Xavier Naidoo, Sasha, Andreas Gabalier, Sandra Nasić and Gregor Meyle. In late 2014, Cicero fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome (also called CFS or Myalgic encephalomyelitis), which led to an acute case of Myocarditis Myocarditis, also known as inflammatory cardiomyopathy, is an acquired cardiomyopathy due to inflammation of the heart muscle. Symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest pain, decreased ability to exercise, and an irregular heartbeat. The .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who Am I (What's My Name)?
"Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" (commonly titled "What's My Name?") is the debut single by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released on November 11, 1993, as the first single from his debut album, ''Doggystyle'', with the record labels Death Row and Interscope Records. It was ranked number 456 on ''NME''s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song, produced by Dr. Dre, features samples and interpolations from George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" in its chorus and throughout, the bass line from Funkadelic's (Not Just) Knee Deep and an interpolation from Parliament's "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" in its bridge. The song's intro contains a sample from The Counts' "Pack of Lies." A vocal sample ("the bomb") from Parliament's "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" can be heard throughout. The song and music video were parodied in director Rusty Cundieff's film, ''Fear of a Black Hat'' (1993). In the UK in 2014, the song was used on an advert for MoneySupermarket, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop It Like It's Hot
"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg featuring fellow American musician Pharrell Williams. It was released on September 27, 2004, as the lead single from Snoop Dogg's seventh studio album, '' R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece'' (2004). The song was produced by the Neptunes. It is regarded as an iconic song, with Snoop performing the chorus and the second and third verses while Pharrell performs the first verse. The song topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for three weeks, making it both artists' first number one on the chart. It was also Snoop's fourth top-ten as a solo artist, first since 2003's "Beautiful" (the others being 1993's " What's My Name?" and 1994's "Gin and Juice"). The song also gave him his first number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It also peaked at number one for four consecutive weeks in New Zealand, and number ten in the UK Singles Chart. It gained some critical attention for its minimal, extremely sparse productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Wanna Love You (Akon Song)
"I Wanna Love You" (originally titled "I Wanna Fuck You") is a song written and recorded by singer Akon featuring Snoop Dogg. It was released in October 2006 as the second single from his second studio album, ''Konvicted''. It is also featured on Snoop Dogg's eighth album, ''Tha Blue Carpet Treatment''. This song was Akon's first #1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was also Snoop's second #1 on the same chart. It also reached a peak of #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The track originally had Akon as a featured artist and was performed by rapper Plies from Fort Myers, Florida, but his verse was replaced by Snoop's and his name has been left out from the writers' credits. This song was #88 on ''MTV Asia''s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008. In the edited version of the song, the word "fuck" is replaced with "love", and a line in the chorus ("I see you winding and grinding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
