peter heppner - the sparrows and the nightingales

More Info....
Founder: Markus Reinhardt, Pompejo Ricciardi
Band: Wolfsheim
Origin: 1987
Country of Origin: Hamburg, Germany
album: The Sparrows and The Nightingales -1991
Singer: Peter Hepner
Official website http://www.strangeways.de
Label: Strange Ways Record

About Wolfsheim:
It all started the year 1987 when Markus Reinhardt and Pompejo Ricciardi formed a band they called Wolfsheim. The name was not based on the Rhenish town of the same name but reflects to a novel character created by Scott Fitzgerald in "The Great Gatsby". The duo turned into a triplet when Markus' brother Oliver Reinhardt joined the band. After producing a demo tape, co-founder Pompeji left the band, suggesting Peter Heppner to be his successor. Peter was a fan from the very first moment on and knew the band as they grew up in the same quarter of the town, Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg and had the same friends. Markus and Peter attended the same school and got to know each other better in arts class. After some time, Oliver Reinhardt left the band again, leaving the Wolfsheim line-up as it is known today: Peter Heppner (vocals) and Markus Reinhardt (electronics). In the beginning, lyrics by the initial singer were used, but this changed in favour of Heppner/Reinhardt composistions. Peter who had always wanted to be a painter or author now wrote the lyrics to the music Markus composed. The first public Wolfsheim live-gig took place in "Werkstatt 3", a small club in Hamburg....

Altest Album: 2004
The year starts with the release of the new Schiller featuring Peter Heppner single Leben ... I feel you. The video was shot early December 2003 on Rügen. Strange Ways Records release the soundtrack to the new Lars Büchel movie Erbsen auf halb Sechs early March.

Complete Lyrics:

The Sparrows And The Nightingales lyrics
How long have you been free
in this world of hate and greed
is it black or is it white
let´s find another compromise
and our future standing still
we´re dancing in the Spotlight
where is the leader who leads me
i´am still waiting
leaving home
and good is on your side
dividing sparrows from the nightingales
watching all the time
dividing water from the burning fire
leave a light on in the night for me
that i can find you remember when we both where young an reckless and so curious
now you´re hiding from you child
a one day´s drawing
remember that you felt alive somtimes
and good is on your side
dividing cruelty from tenderness
watching all the time
dividing fiction from reality
move in circles walk the line
no human being in sight
calm the wind an calm the seas
lets´s try another kind of peace
who fight´s this holy civil war
a million men in uniform
wo ist der führer der mich führt
ich warte immer noch
leaving home
and good is on your side
dividing presence from the history
watching all the time
dividing deaf men from the listening one
leave a light on......
and good is on your side
dividing soldiers from the fisherman
watching all the time
dividing warships from the ferryboat..

Latest News: Wolfsheim split up and continue battle in court [ updated: April 10, 2009]

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[basuchianu]

Hab mir damals die Maxi gekauft, fands Cover interessant, nicht mehr, nicht weniger. Dann zuhause gehört und Wolfsheim hat mich nie mehr losgelassen!

Schade, das sie damals nicht gross rauskamen, weil sie wegen einer Textstelle in diesem Lied ins rechte Lager zerredet wurden, schwachsinnigerweise

[Gruftschnecke0809]

Durch genau diesen Song bin ich überhaupt das erste mal auf Wolfsheim gestossen - bzw. durch "Die Flut" hat mich Peters stimme so fasziniert, das ich mich genauer informiert habe - und eben dann habe ich "The sparrows..." zum ersten mal gehört/WOLFSHEIM das erste mal gehört und war absolut begeistert !!!

[dreas0105]

bei min. 2:42 diese stelle ist gemeint

[mAAAd1988]

textstelle? wegen "who is the leader..." wegen leader=führer? weil..das lied is einfach so geil. und ne textstelle die rechts wäre (oder anspielungen) hab ich nicht bemerkt :D