“Sometimes strong and sometimes soft. Sometimes fire, sometimes ice.” – But always BERNHARD BRINK.
Three years after his successful Top-10 album “lieben und leben,” just under two years after his anniversary album “50” (also in the Top-10), and only a few months after his celebrated Christmas album, Bernhard Brink continues his musical journey in 2024 – presenting himself true to the album title “Stärker als die Ewigkeit.” Seven brand new songs as well as seven powerful reinterpretations are prepared by the “Schlagertitan” for his fans.
Bernhard Brink embarks on an adventure with his now 25th studio album exploring unknown galaxies and is not even stopped by the sky – as expressed in the songs “So wie Major Tom” and “Nicht einmal der Himmel,” which are included in his new longplayer.
The album opens with a typically captivating Brink track, which is, in the truest sense of the word, a gift from heaven for all earworm lovers. Because the interpreter shows “sometimes strong and sometimes soft,” is “sometimes fire, sometimes ice,” and ultimately “takes everything into account” in the face of pulsating love.
The popular schlager singer stays true to himself and yet proves that he is anything but standing still. Because he neither lets himself be held back by the sky nor prevented from floating weightlessly like once “Major Tor” – let alone feel “Stärker als die Ewigkeit.” And exactly this feeling is conveyed to the listeners by the first single released from the titular album. This song vividly describes that there is nothing on earth stronger than love. Garnished with powerful lyrics that clearly show how quickly a “glance just passing by,” indeed, from a single “breath of fate,” can become that unconditional love we all wish for and that endures everything.
Great emotions, encouraging lyrics, and a unique vocal color that has enriched the schlager world for over 50 years – from the golden “ZDF-Hitparaden” era to today’s TV shows by Florian Silbereisen, Giovanni Zarrella, and co.: That’s what the name Bernhard Brink stands for. He belongs to those singers who have shaped our music scene in this country over the past decades. On his new album, he now pays musical tribute to a few artist colleagues from earlier, sometimes shared times – in the form of personal reinterpretations of those hits that are themselves stronger than eternity.
To Bernhard's reinterpretation of “How do you do” (“… aha, don’t stay alone, nana nana!”), presented in a duet with the rising schlager singer Madlen Rausch, everyone can sing along just like to the Milva evergreen “Hurra wir leben noch” or to “Immer wieder geht die Sonne auf” by Udo Jürgens, whose death will mark the tenth anniversary at the end of 2024. Both hits are made for Brink, as they critically and timelessly address the questions of our lives, ultimately sending a positive conclusion out into the world – from “Hurra wir leben noch!” to “Yes, always, always again the sun rises, because there is no darkness forever.”
However, “Stärker als die Ewigkeit” does not contain an arbitrary collection of cover versions of well-known hits. The proof: Bernhard Brink has taken on some songs that are less known to the mainstream. With a little wink, he sings – just like the Swedish Lars Berghagen, who passed away last October – in “Es war einmal eine Gitarre” about a “strange man” who “kissed instead of collecting money.”
Also, “Dann ruf ich wieder deinen Namen,” a hit single by Benny Neyman in the Netherlands in the mid-80s, or “Mike und sein Freund” could never reach the top positions of the charts in Germany – partly because at least the latter track was not given a chance to do so.
Bernd Clüver had the courage in 1976 to be the first schlager singer to sing about homosexuality. Today, nearly five decades later, it was important for Bernhard Brink to convey this significant message and set a sign for tolerance. So that lyrics like “For he was sent away and called names” will hopefully no longer be necessary one day to awaken people. Love in all its facets is “stärker als die Ewigkeit.”
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