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Free​.​.​?

by Torsten Kudjer

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1.
Memories Of A Pillow 02:48
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Yes I am a pillow And Sleepy is my name Oh I could tell you stories That’d make you go insane Try to hide your tears of joy and pain ´Cause when the pillow’s talking it’ll make you go insane Susan can addict, she likes it strictly and correct Pam couldn’t be mine, she smells like perfume all the time Jenny has no sex but her brain between her legs The last one was a boy, a well-built leather guy Try to hide your tears of joy and pain ´Cause when the pillow’s talking it might tell that you’re a gay Try to hide your tears of joy and pain ´Cause when the pillow’s talking it might rain on your parade So many beds I’m in to taste the bitter sweat of sin Do my words hurt you like a knife? Oh, how I love to live a pillow’s life There’s so many people Sitting on my face But for me as a pillow There could be no better place And I won’t hide any of my memories
2.
Friday On My Mind 05:01
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I walk through the empty street To the rhythm of my feet I walk straight into the bar Having drinks will take me far Sunday morning two o’clock I just came out of a club Where all the creeps were dancing I pour a drink, my favourite one Tequilla sunrise on the run Ain’t got time for romancing My nightlife will be killing me But as long as I feel so free That doesn’t matter to me Girls and boys, my favourite ones Bars, discotheques and all that fun I think that I’m in too deep But what would I do without you? Monday morning I feel bad I think last weekend broke my neck Oh, how I hate this creeping time ´Cause I’ve got Friday on my mind
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Free 05:52
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When I woke up there was something strange Something’s happened to my world The beginning of a brand new age And I knew it’s gonna hurt If we stand it maybe we could all be free Such a couple like us two is mad We live on the edge of time I’m a believer just like my old dad You’re a whore to save your life But heaven loves us, maybe we could all be free When I told you that my life has passed You looked up into the sky And though we both knew it would never last I think that I could hear you say If you stand it maybe we could all be free When I woke up there was something strange Something’s happened to my world The beginning of a brand new age And I knew it’s gonna hurt Heaven’s down now, I sway far above See the whole world in His hands Can’t you see there ain’t no bigger love Without law or someone’s commands Heaven loves us, maybe we could all be free Flying horses Watch Big Brother Someone walks just Across the water Heaven loves us, maybe we could all be free
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Feeling Better 03:57
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When you told me, Babe That our friendship had to end I felt that kind of hate On which left ones can depend But now I’ve found the key To bring this to an end At first I’ll stab my ears And then my eyes and then I can’t see you anymore I can’t hear you anymore I can’t feel you anymore I guess you won’t believe But I’m feeling much, much better I doom the day we met (Oh, how I miss you) Your disippated life (Your sweet caress) The years that we have spent (I’m so damn alone now) Oh, what a waste of time (I’m begging you, please come back)
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Blackout 05:02
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„I can’t remember the last time that I have seen you laughing“ Said the mirror to the man Just one punch and the lights of the mirror started flashing Then the man just stood and sang Shalalalalalalalala There’s a knocking on his door but he can hardly hear it For he’s busy with his brain Isolation gives him strength and also makes him so sick To dumb to know he’s gone insane Must have been a blackout The best one in my life Nothing really matters Don’t care if I survive
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David Bowie 01:50
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Can't be Aladin Sane and Ziggy Stardust And the Think White Duke at the same time But David Bowie can Hallo Spaceboy here's my Moonage Daydream Golden Years on TVC15 Watch That Man Breaking Glass Oh Blue Jean Queen Bitch won't you Be My Wife He and his China Girl Were Puttin' Out The Fire Come on, Let's Dance And it's a Real Cool World He was a Hero and a Lodger and Low And The Man Who Fell To Earth
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Refugee Suite Part 1: Escape Plan 02:24
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Refugee Suite Part 2: Europe 02:38
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Refugee Suite Part 3: Winter Forest 04:52
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And as the old man died in the white forest He thought about his life so hard and modest He had to leave his home to escape war’s sad wing And it was almost done when fate has caught him Freedom is what he found beneath a pine And then he heard the angels sigh „We’re gonna help you with your freight On the other side“
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Creep/End Of Innocence 08:53
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Would you like to be important? Would you like to be a creep? With a face just like an angel Living with an unknown need Take these stupid little pills, my friend Just extend your fantasy You will never be alone again Just look at me I was always with the low ones Only trying to make some sense Then I got high, life has begun Changing has become my fence You can be the same, just come with me Ride this train, you’ll be surprised Let it all float and then you will see That you can be what you like Let’s just say good-bye And let’s start to fly Take a trip up to the stars If some people try to stop you Close your eyes and they’ll be gone And if thankful hands will pay you Just remember I’m the one Who has showed you how to be an angel Who has showed you how to live I’m the one who made you feel important Just like a creep

about

No, this album is no „Pop“, it also isn’t „Rock“ and moreover no album to alongside be listened to. Catchy melodies and nice little songs are rarely to be found on „Free..?“ or not even to be found at all, which surely makes this album hardly accessible to most listeners.

However, Torsten Kudjer’s intention this time was not to create something beautiful and „radio friendly“ but a piece of art with which the listener has to deal with to understand it. There are several kinds of freedom mentioned on „Free..?“: A left one stabbing his ears and eyes due to heartsickness, a drinking party animal or the preparation of a suicide attack from the perspective of the blind: The topic freedom is versatile and can be heard anywhere. Even or more than ever in the instrumental pieces of the „Refugee Suite“ the urge of freedom can be felt and finds it’s finale in an old man’s death. After „Creep“, the self-promotion of a drug lord, has faded the listener is being asked the pivotal question and has some time to think the answer over before he learns that the „End Of Innocence“ seems to have come.

The now released version of the monster „Free..?“ took a nap of about two decades in Torsten Kudjer’s head, similar to the parent album „Berlin ´89“. Two already recorded versions of this album have been discarded, but now Torsten Kudjer decided that this product is not really beautiful (just like several other works of art) but that it’s time to finally uncage this monster. May it find its freedom and make room for new stuff.

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released May 13, 2016

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Torsten Kudjer Ludwigshafen, Germany

Singer/Songwriter from Germany with loads of ideas in his head. Been singing and acting in several musicals (e.g. Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop Of Horrors, Hair) and in rock cover bands since 1996.

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