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Posted by Lira on Sep-26-2002 04:33:

Was "for an angel" a gift?

Just wondering... who's the angel from "for an angel"? Did Paul van Dyk write it thinking of someone or he just felt like giving a cute name for that track?

Stupid question, but you come up with lots of them when you're bored

Posted by Trance-Canada on Sep-26-2002 04:37:

f0xy should know this one

Posted by infinity HiGH on Sep-26-2002 04:50:

It's for the Angel in Berlin...the statue around where the Loveparade is held...thats what it's for JP did a nice post about this a while ago...try searching for it

Posted by Excite on Sep-26-2002 05:23:

it was for his wife, then-girlfriend. natalie is her name i think.

Posted by Excite on Sep-26-2002 06:11:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
It's for the Angel in Berlin...the statue around where the Loveparade is held...thats what it's for JP did a nice post about this a while ago...try searching for it

is JP's post just like this explanation of the meaning of TALLA 2XLC?

Posted by dJohn on Sep-26-2002 07:29:

Yes, it was for his girlfriend at the time. Natascha.

Posted by JM on Sep-26-2002 09:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Trance-Canada
f0xy should know this one

yeah fox is a pvd fanatic!!! (cool guy too!)...well..FOR AN ANGEL is a top choon

>JM<

Posted by jp on Sep-26-2002 21:35:

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Originally posted by Excite

is JP's post just like this explanation of the meaning of TALLA 2XLC?

It is just as impressive

Posted by jp on Sep-26-2002 21:36:

The story about the Gold Else, Loveparade, For an Angel?

For an Angel is the unofficial anthem for all Loveparades. It's a tribute to the Loveparade ravers.

Gold Else, on top of the Victory Column, is the centre of the event. She is the guardian of the event. So that is why Paul van Dyk dedicated this song to that angel.

She is also a symbol of freedom. PVD, being East-German, understands off course the importance of liberty...

That is why For an Angel is such a damn good song. Not only very well made, it has a deeper meaning. Trance has a lot to do with emotions, feelings etc. Off course many other songs carry a message (Such is life...), but this song reflects a whole movement, the Loveparade, Freedom etc etc

Amen!

JP

Btw: Natasha has nothing to do about it

Posted by Technaut on Sep-26-2002 21:44:

Posted by fastmp3 on Sep-26-2002 21:48:

and it's natasha not natalie

Posted by jp on Sep-26-2002 21:50:

Posted by Lira on Sep-26-2002 23:27:

Cheers, jp hehe, I always thought that "Meet her at love parade" by Da Hool was the love parade anthem

Posted by Xenius on Sep-26-2002 23:40:

You learn something new everyday. Thanks for this bit of info. Makes PVD's song all the better.

Posted by jp on Sep-26-2002 23:43:

As far as I know, meet her at the Loveparade was considered 'cheese' and never ever played by any DJ at the Loveparade since 1997.

Off course it was played many times at different trucks the past years.

Btw: The videoclip of meet her at the loveparade doesn't have pics of the loveparade. Just a girl on a truck driving over 'Unter den Linden' to Brandenburg Gate.

In all these years in Berlin I never ever went to the Siegessaule itself (you can normally climb to the top for a few euros and see Gold Else from close distance). I feel so ashamed!

I'll travel to Berlin in november and do it this time

Posted by Civic on Sep-27-2002 14:45:

omg... did jp tell u the Talla Story with the Bell?

Posted by jp on Sep-27-2002 14:55:

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Originally posted by Civic
omg... did jp tell u the Talla Story with the Bell?

Indeed

Posted by Lira on Sep-27-2002 15:44:

quote:
Originally posted by jploveparade

Indeed

I've used the search engine and didn't find it

Jp, you need to write a book

Posted by Ste on Sep-27-2002 16:07:

The real story is, that a long time ago baby paul always dreamed of being a manufacturer of methematical stationary, ever since he was a young boy, sadly as he grow older he couldnt realise thsi dream, and had to settle for being a superstar DJ with millions of pounds. anyway one day he was in his studio, and he made some track, and he was stuck on a track name, completely, so he drifted off into a datdream about his dream job, "a ruler, for a straight line, a compass, for a straight linee, a protractor, for an angle" as if by meer coincidence he look at the paper and had wrote this down, he though "i know, ill call it for an angle!" but poor old paul wasnt very good at spelling, and when he sent off the demo to be pressed he spelt it wrong, like "angel". and now kids thats the story of for an angel.

Posted by jp on Sep-27-2002 16:20:

The unbelievable story on how Talla 2XLC got his name

Andreas Tomalla (Talla 2XLC) lived in a house with other people. They arranged that by how many times someone ringed the doorbell, you could know who got a visitor.

After each name stood how many times they should ring:

Talla's name at the doorbell was followed by a sticker that said "2 X K" (2 X Klingeln = Ring)

It looked liked Talla 2XLC, because of the l and c.

People started calling him Talla 2XLC etc etc