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Roger Cicero: Swing is his thing!"
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Roger Cicero: Swing is his thing!" |
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Roger Cicero, born on 6th July 1970, is genetically predestined. Eugen Cicero, Roger's father, was a famous jazz pianist in the 1970s in Europe. His mother was a dancer at the opera, but was unable to continue her career because of a broken toe. Artists were constant guests at home, the legendary Josephine Baker cuddled him on her lap. At the age of 4 he was lifted onto a piano stool - but his protests were successful. Roger Cicero did not want to be a wunderkind. At 10 he discovered the guitar, which was much more to his liking. On long car trips father and son sang songs together by Gilbert O'Sullivan, Errol Garner, Stevie Wonder and Manhattan Transfer, and Roger's early musical taste developed in this way. At just 12 he made his first stage appearance (with Helen Vita), at 16 he had his first TV shows with Horst Jankowski and the RIAS dance orchestra. After leaving school he underwent solid musical training: first of all song, piano and guitar at the Hohner conservatoire in Trossingen. In 1991 he studied music at the School of the Arts in Hilversum, majoring in jazz singing. With his club appearances he not only financed his life in Holland but also developed into a charismatic entertainer. Back in Germany he worked first with the Soullounge formation, later on issuing his first CD under his own name and that of the After Hours formation. Other jazz CDs followed (among others with Julia Hülsmann) and Cicero was praised by all the critics, both for the CDs and for his live performances. Finally, the meeting with songwriters and producers Frank Ramond and Mathias Haß led to his jazz-oriented path curving sharply upwards. With this team he was able to realise a long-held dream: to record a CD with swing music and contemporary German lyrics. The album was called "Männersachen" and entered the charts in the lee of the fantastic single "Zieh die Schuh aus" just 2 weeks after it was issued at the end of May. And it's still there. The current status is platinum. Roger Cicero was ready for the big stage. With his brilliant 11-piece band, under the direction of the pianist Lutz Krajenski, his music partner, he is now taking part in a major tour of Germany. Many of the 33 concerts planned up to now have already been sold out. Cicero is being celebrated by enthusiastic audiences and is enjoying the success to the full. The song he has written especially for this occasion is called "Frauen regier'n die Welt" ("Women rule the world"). This does not refer so much to the power initiative by Angie, Hillary, Ségolène & Co - it is more a deep-seated recognition, internalised over generations but still accepted with a twinkle in the eyes, that only an out-and-out macho does not want to accept. And Roger Cicero is definitively not a macho. |
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The Song Germany have done it agin. Never a nation to stand back and watch Eurosong pass them by, the Germans have come up with a bastard of a song that works wonderfully. It won't win of course, but you've got to admire it. Anyone who has the brio of performing a song that mentions parkas and ballet in the style of Sinatra has to be applauded. Beats Irael by a short brim to the most amusing lyrics of the year, and of course a true reflection on the emasculation of the male that is now firmly entrenched in the West...the Georgians won't have a clue what Roger's on about, especially since it's sung in German. |
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| Overall I always wondered where I was going wrong, and now I know. It appears that not only do you need a ring to express your love for the woman in your life, but alas a mink is also a required purchase. Where do you get minks from these days? Please email. We like Roger here at Douzepoints Towers, but can't bring oursleves to support "Women Rule The World", because we-re red blooded males and we need to rail against songs likle this, however true the sentiment may be. In a Nutshell |
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the philosopher says meme A self-replicating unit of cultural meaning, as understood by biologist Richard Dawkins. Transmitted socially among individuals of different generations, memes evolve through processes of mutation and natural selection. Thus, for example, the jingles sung by children while skipping rope, the conventional standards for fashionable dress, and the notions comprising the "common-sense" view of the world are all passed on through time, gradually modifying without any deliberate guidance. Recommended Reading: Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford, 1990)
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| Frauen regier'n die Welt Schon in der Schule die Jungs ha'm gelacht |
Women rule the world Already in school the boys have laughed |
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