In my search for the Yello on Havana Tape,
I even contacted Anton Corbijn. Well his site.
And guess what? Today I got a reply.
>From Anton Carobijn Limited:
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Dear Ruhney
It is possible that Anton Corbijn is in the film you are looking for. Sorry
that you have lost your copy. Anton has never seen the film and don't
have a copy either.
Best regards
Monica Axelsson
Anton Corbijn Limited
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>From this I tend to believe that my fellow country man
remembers that there was a filmcrew seperate from the
Desire Video Crew. But it surprises me that he never
saw it...I mean.. we are talking 'bout Yello here!!!! :-)
Anton Corbijn made several interesting pictures of Yello.
There's one of Dieter Meier where only his head is visible,
and his limbs and body are formed by painted trumpets.
Very cool. And totaly in sync with the typical sax-thing
from Boris.
Today I went to a local recordstore and asked about the cd
from Lightmaker. The girl started searching in her database, but couldn't
find it. Damn. I know her connection to what is available is
very accurate, as she always traces my special taste for certain
artists. Even old stuf.
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Mayday.
I have a little story where mayday is involved.
A colleage of mine has spend a lot of his life in the house-scene.
He even wears the 'love parade ring' on his bony fingers.
And he... yes he... of all people I know, it was he who saw
Boris in person. The God of Sound and Harmonic Arrangement
walked passed him when he was leaning against a wall, chilling out,
high on ice-smoke and marlboro cigarettes. The basterd. Why him,
why not me? Oh Why?
And another thing I'd like to add about mayday after reading this on their
site:
wie diesmal der Auftritt von SS Sputnik, dem Comeback Yellos,
dem endgültigen Durchbruch Prodigys...
What? Comeback of Yello Were they ever gone? Who's Gone?
I believe that real artists like Yello and Depeche Mode, who seem
to seldomly score a major hit, are never gone. The biggest problem
is the candy cotton for the mind and ear that is cluttering up the
charts. The radio stations, where dj's are told by contract what to play.
But okay... that's a whole different story.
And Chris... My guess is you can talk to them in English. With their
connections... But it's all depending on who's recieving the mail.
Sometimes you get lucky and get in touch with a cool dude or dudette,
and they try to find what ya want, but when reach out and touch
a lazy basterd with little interesst you're getting no where.
he he... I wrote my mail to Anton Corbijn in Dutch. Just to give
it a little push forward in the direction of mr. Corbijn himself.
There's probably not too much English people out there who can read
Dutch...
Olli: I just got down on my knees, folded my hands and prayed
to what ever god wanted to hear my words and plea. I sure
hope you have what I'm looking for...
Graeme: If the tapes you have from the british tv also have Dieter
Boris talkling in person, I'm very interested...
Have a nice weekend you lot!!!
Rene
