Wäre es nicht toll? Wenn wir uns alle besser verstehen würden? Nicht nur die verschiedenen Nationalitäten unter ein ander, so weit denke ich nicht einmal. Es würde doch eigentlich schon reichen, wenn sich die Menschen unterschiedlicher Jahrgänge besser im Griff hätten; Stichwort: "Generationskonflikt".

Eine kleine Annäherung ist in England am laufen. Unter dem Synonym The Zimmers (engl., frei übersetzt: Die Gehhilfen). Eine bunt zusammengewürfelte Gruppe von einsamen Altersheiminsassen -bewohnern covern den The Who Klassiker My Generation.



Zur Komplettierung, der original YouTube Begleittext, aus dem Booklet, wenn man so will:

The oldest and greatest rock band in the world - meet The Zimmers and their amazing cover of The Who's "My Generation". Lead singer Alf is 90 - it's quite something when he sings "I hope I die before I get old". And he's not the oldest - there are 99 and 100-year-olds in the band!
The Zimmers will feature in a BBC TV documentary being aired in May 2007. Documentary-maker Tim Samuels has been all over Britain recruiting isolated and lonely old people - those who can't leave their flats or who are stuck in rubbish care homes. The finale of the show is this group of lonely old people coming together to stick it back to the society that's cast them aside - by forming a rock troupe and trying to storm into the pop charts. Some massive names from the pop world have thrown their weight behind The Zimmers... The song is produced by Mike Hedges (U2, Dido, Cure), the video shot by Geoff Wonfor (Band Aid, Beatles Anthology), and it was recorded in the legendary Beatles studio 2 at Abbey Road. Look out for the single being released from May 21 - with proceeds going to a good cause.


And check out more photos and info at: www.myspace.com/thezimmersband

Eine schöne Idee wie ich finde. Allerdings hätte man evtl. die Textzeile "[...] I hope I'll die before I get old [...]" etwas abwandeln sollen. *sfg*

~ Wizo - Gute Freunde ~