Love Tamara, I am writing this letter because I want to tell you of Silly - Silly in 2013. How many new beginnings needs it; how to produce a second album that the standards that set the first, suffice it surpasses; as you move after 35 years of band history between tradition and innovation without sounding dusty? With the second plate it is always a special thing and of you there were already several times second albums: After "Dances none Boogie" 1981 the second disc "Mont Klamott" was a stylistic, textual and musical upheaval. You have "Dance none Boogie" not particularly liked, and for this reason was "Mont Klamott" so to actually first plate of Silly. Again, I needed a successor and "Love Waltz" surpassed in every respect again the quality of its predecessor. This quality has been maintained and increased, culminating in 1989 in the album "February". Thomas M.Stein called you once the westernmost sounding Eastern Band. Then came the turn. The first album after 1993 was "sons of bitches" - authentic, rocking, quiet sounds not Fading - Silly precisely. I remember when you and your guys easily excited and full of expectation in my business for autograph session whether because someone "Ostrock" wants to hear, have been sitting - you wanted ... The new beginning had succeeded. Again, there was the second album - it put the history of the band continued and also marked a renewed incision. Paradise that had hitherto been most successful album, it boarded the all-German Charts - could you experience only conditionally. You had always said, "depends not around, go on stage ..." - because without such frontwoman ??? The boys have really tried, have even organized concerts to find a new singer. And then came "All Red" - Anna Loos had taken your place without replacing or just copy all. Silly Silly was and yet it was a new discovery in the German music scene. Werner Karma was back on board, a new record company dared the risk and let Silly as Silly was. Straight, lyrically (linguistically) sure musically anyway ... Now we can hear a second album Silly and in advance the postils tear the mouth manner in which a so-called Eastern Band is still Eastern Band, only because they do not meet the current styles of music and listening habits with concrete heads again. Since music and play no more role statement, since the much-quoted walls are maintained and kept in the mind. You know that even from the "sons of bitches" times, ZDF wanted to make you flagship Easterners as for example - I'll tell you, it has not changed and the Blätterwald digs again deep into the thinking phrases (and unfortunately, they are also here uncritically widergekäut: Anna would not be trained singer, her lyrics were adolescent scribblings, it was little left of Silly, rarely even flashing the strengths of the band out - bla bla bla One can certainly express critical - but criticism should help, first and second. , the German Journaille unfortunately forgotten that - in addition to respect for the creative artists and his work -. to criticism always bothsides of the story belong, namely positive and negative criticism to mentioned problem of the German drawer thinking then so is still ignorance in dealing with the artist and mostly still lousy research. As much energy is it, to ward off the. Dear Tamara, you have to have no concern that Silly 2013 is reaching the end. The board does what it is supposed to do: entertain, arouse emotions, thought-provoking, transport music, resist giving the attitude and mindset of the artist, reflect showcase and development of the maker. Silly does deliberately with the lyrical and musical means, today's listening habits including without denying one's own roots. As are provided soulful, emotional ballads (Blutsgeschwister) next politically highly topical issues (Fatherland), because change rock songs with understated themes - pop music (which is nothing else thinks as popular music). Silly curry favor not to, but they have also heard music intensively and thus not go past the current trends. (And is it wrong to have a radio hit?) "Your picture I hold, it will never fade." Anna has just sung. I think. love Tamara, you would like the album, just because it is different again, yet typical Silly remains. And maybe you would say: The next album is now but really a third or next and no other more - and anyway, what's all the crap - go on stage and tell the people: Silly is just silly and we did everything right done - this is our way of seeing things, we talk about: head to head!
PS: Thank you Anna, Ritchie, Uwe and Jacki for this Silly-plate (and that you have reminded me of my wife to say once again how well we are doing to us!)
