New Firefly / Serenity songs by Kaywin

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New Firefly / Serenity songs

POSTED BY: KAYWIN
UPDATED: Monday, June 19, 2006 11:10
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Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:18 AM

Hi everybody!

I am new here and like to tell you about the musical project I'm doing with some browncoats and dedicated followers from a german forum.

I am austrian, musican and fan.
In the 90s, I was part of the star based fandom in austria and germany and did a lot of music about star trek.
This music was released on a couple of Cds and got around the world.
Anyway, I'm now working on some new songs about firefly and serenity. I dont know if there is any interest in that, but it would be fun to play the songs on future podcasts.
What do you think?

Right now, I have 2 songs to finish, one is called "serenity" (about the ship) and the other is called "River" (about her;)

ok, you guys let me know what you think about it and if there is any interest at all in the music of this musical project????

Questions about the project or songs are welcome;)

Well today I will post the first lyrics of the first four songs:

The first one is in german (spoken words) but I will give you the english translation, written and translated by Kessie:

The song is called in german: Unsere Crew-Serenity

means in english OUR CREW-SERENITY

Kaylee is not afraid of oil and dirt
through her hands every part of the ship works
With her way she makes Serenity and the Crew happy
and you can´t buy such qualities with money.

River is a bit crazy
But reavers dont like her at all
cause if one ever comes near the crew ( oh no)
she beats them into a pulp

Mal clearly is the captain
but it seems he doesn´t know much about love
the war made him bitter
but he´d never leave Serenity

Jayne poses as the hard man
and owns nearly all kinds of weapons
But you have to be carful with him
since a lot of money will make him betray and sell you

Simon is from the upper class
but doesnt notice Kaylee´s love ( for him)
He is busy watching his sister
and known for being a good doc

Sheperd Book is a real preacher
but he also kills knee caps
everything around him seems to be a mystery
will Joss ever solve all that?

Wash flies the Serenity
He never could stop loving Zoe
But plastic dinosaurs are also his life
and he likes to fly through the space in hawaiian shirts

Zoe is a strong woman
who always knows what she wants
She survived the war at Mal´s side
and also found Wash there ( while being at Mal`s side)

Inaras job has its own style
and Mal doesn´t like it at all
its impossible for her to tell him her feelings
because soem secrets that she has should stay in the dark.

Ok the second song is written by Kessie in english and its called:

Reaver

In the darkest nights,
my father told me stories
intending to fright,
played with my childish worries.
He told me of monsters so cruel,
no human mind could comprehend.
I thought he was trying to fool me
but now i really understand.

Happened not too long ago
when we were in outer space
we found our greatest foe
we entered a ship in a haze.
Expected cargo and money
Expected even some gold
we soon discovered the danger
Now I believe what I was told

Chorus:
Fear the Reaver
if you ever see one, you better run
Fear the Reaver
the only thing that`ll help is a gun.

Pieces of human flesh,
was all they left behind,
making me want to dash
but it was too late for that .
Next I saw was even more scary,
then I only remember,
run fast as my legs could carry
cause Reaver never surrender.

These things have no faces,
all what is left is raw flesh,
they like to eat all kinds of races,
and probably even real trash.
Like to torture and rape,
and more you can´t imagin`
you better try to escape
before they get your skin.

Chorus:
Fear the Reaver
if you ever see one, you better run
Fear the Reaver
the only thing that`ll help is a gun.

Bridge
(spoken)
I´ve never seen so much killin`
The blood is on the wall
Their life is rude and restless
It is no time for mercy, we have to kill them all!

I made all the music and stuff, including sound remix of firefly and serenity soundtrack.

http://www.felsberger.org/fotos/Unsere%20Crew-Serenity.mp3

http://www.felsberger.org/mp3s/Reaver.mp3

Well, for the first song in german. The german words are dubbed versions of lines the actors said in "serenity".
The Chorus " Unsere Crew -Serenity" means in english "Our crew-serenity" I sing "Unsere crew-Serenity - Firefly away!!" Thats all.

Unsere Crew –Serenity (german version)

Chorus:
Unsere Crew – Serenity – Firefly away

Kaylee hat keine Angst vor Öl und Dreck,
durch ihr Händchen, erfüllt jedes Teil vom Schiff seinen Zweck.
Mit ihrer Art bringt sie die Crew und Serenity zum strahlen
solchen Qualitäten lassen sich nicht mit Geld bezahlen.

River ist zwar ein wenig verrückt,
doch Reaver sind von ihr nicht grad entzückt,
denn kaum kommt einer in die Nähe der Crew ( oh wei)
so haut sie ihn auch gleich zu Brei

Mal ist, ganz klar, der Kapitän,
doch von Liebe scheint er nicht viel zu verstehen.
Der Krieg hat ihn verbittert werden lassen
aber seine Serenity, die würde er nie verlassen.

Jayne gibt gern den harten Mann,
jegliche Waffe er sein eigen nennen kann.
Vorsichtig muss man bei ihm auch noch sein
denn gegen Geld tauscht er fast jeden ein.

Simon ist aus der Oberschicht
und bemerkt leider Kaylee´s Liebe nicht
Er passt lieber auf, auf sein Schwesterlein
und soll noch dazu ein passabler Doktor sein

Sheperd Book ist ein echter Prediger
doch auch Kniescheiben erledigt er
um ihn herum ist alles ein bischen mysteriös
ob Joss das alles jemals löst?

Wash fliegt die Serenity
aufhören Zoe zu lieben, könnte er nie
Aber auch Plastik - Dinosaurier sind sein Leben
er liebt es in Haiwaiihemden durch den Raum zu schweben

Zoe ist eine starke Frau
weiss immer was sie will genau
An der Seite von Mal hat sie den Krieg überlebt
und auch ihren Mann Wash erspäht

Inara's Beru hat einen eigenen Stil
und Mal hält davon gar nicht viel
sie ist unfähig ihm ihre Gefühle zu beschreiben
will sie doch, das manche Dinge von ihr Geheimnisse bleiben.

Here are two more new song lyrics.
Maybe you like them and if there is any interest I will post the links to the new songs soon in this forum.

River´s Song

I can still hear them talking
somewhere inside my head
guess they`ll keep on stalking
and bring me their dread

I used to get scared,
thought I was going insane
cause the Blue Hands had dared
to play with my brain

Chorus:
No more bad dreams during the night
cause finally I know, I am all right
No more medications, hiding the fright
cause finally I know, I´m all right

But then came Miranda
where we all saw the truth
and made all propaganda
stop running smooth

Now they won´t scare me
since I know I`m not mad
Though I´ll never be ( fully) free
cause I can´t change my head

Chorus:
No more bad dreams during the night
cause finally I know, I am all right
No more medications, hiding the fright
cause finally I know, I´m all right

Bridge (spoken words)
two by two
Hands of Blue
the bible is broken
the secret is spoken
two by two
will scare you

Serenity

She may not be big
but i think she´s still pretty
she´s not the newest one either
but hell can she fly.
And if you don´t believe me
you should just see her rise
cause there ain´t a more graceful
vessel in the skies.

Chorus
You can say what you want to me
I love my Serenity
This ship is what makes me free
cause she means my home to me.

She's a transport for smugglers
has got a huge cargo bay
with lots of secret places
to hide the Tams and loot away.
But the heart is the engine
her little one, Kaylee might say
where the genious mechanic
spends her happy days

CHORUS

With her come two shuttles
and a big shiny mess,
Not forgetting the med bay
her cozy bunks and a pretty cool bridge
and if you love her
she will always care for you
and lift you up to the skies
takes you out to the stars

Bridge:
And if you can´t like her,
you deserve,
as far as I can tell
a trip to the, very special hell.

CHORUS

http://www.cdbaby.com/felsberger/

http://www.cdeal.de/?Album=Bernd_Felsberger

http://www.earbuzz.com/berndfelsberger/

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:24 AM

EMBERS

I'm listening to some of the music on this link:
http://www.earbuzz.com/berndfelsberger/bonessng.mp3
and I love your music
I would love to hear your Serenity/Firefly songs

good luck!

**********************************************
watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse
have you checked out this thread?:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816

and listen to 'I'm Going To See Serenity':
http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=a0
c814e1229742ce77ed4497cbf4631c

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:40 AM

EMBERS

OMG!
I just listened to this one:
http://www.felsberger.org/mp3s/Reaver.mp3
and I was blown away! great work

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:53 AM

SAMEERTIA

Quote:
Originally posted by embers:
OMG!
I just listened to this one:
http://www.felsberger.org/mp3s/Reaver.mp3
and I was blown away! great work

Are we interested, Kaywin asks? ARE WE INTERESTED?
YES! Absolutely!

(I don't suppose you'd want to write something that we could use to promote June 23-Serenity Day, would you?)

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:01 AM

KAYWIN

Well, first of all, thanx for the very nice replies!

I hope you listen to the other song as well even when its in german;)
Anyway. I could think about the idea writing a special song for this day.

Maybe we cann make a poll here to ask all people here what they would love to hear:)

Do you have any ideas?

I'm just finish the two other songs and I will post them at the end of the upcoming week. I think you will like them too;)

@Embers: Well, I wrote a lot of star trek songs as well and you can listen to them on my website or on CDbaby.com or earbuzz.com.

www.felsberger.org

http://freeforen.com/cgi-bin/forenserver/foren/F_857/cutecast.pl

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:29 PM

KAYWIN

Hi!:)

Have you listened to both songs yet?

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Sunday, April 23, 2006 10:38 PM

KAYWIN

I was told not to forget the credits for the songs I am posting and before they beat me to hell:) I do:

Unsere Crew-Serenity"

lyrics: Kessie
Original german dub voices collected by: Captain Serenity
spoken Voice: Djini und Princess of darkness
Choir: Sternchen and Laura (both girls from my forum)
All other instruments, male Chorus voicerecording and production:
Kaywin

Reaver

lyrics: Kessie
Audioclips: Monika and Bernd /Kaywin
Keyboard and Sounds: Jacen
Male voice: Jacen
Female Voice: Djini
Soundclips: Firefly soundtrack of Greg Edmonson
Music, recording and production: Kaywin
All lead vocals, Guitars and Instruments: Kaywin

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Monday, April 24, 2006 3:05 AM

DJINI

Thank you Kaywin :)
And thanks for the nice comments.
I hope you enjoy the next songs too !!!

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Monday, April 24, 2006 6:50 AM

KAYWIN

Hi Djini!

I definately will! Its lots of fun to do a project with people you dont know and to work together in a creative process over the internet.

Sending mp3s to each other and get the right combination of sounds and ideas is a very big challange for me and I think for all of us.

I dont know if the browncoats needed these songs to be more happy, but for me I am happy enough to give Joss and his Crew something in return for his great work he did on both stuff, the series and the BDM serenity:)

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:29 AM

KAYWIN

I like to post a new song here and its about the ship, the serenity.I have posted the lyrics on a previous message

Credits:

lyrics: Kessie, Monika und Bernd/Kaywin
mechanic voice: Monika
strings: Jacen
All other instruments, vocals, recording, arrangement: Bernd/Kaywin

http://www.felsberger.org/mp3s/Serenity.mp3

Well, I hope you all like this song too. It starts very melancholic and changes the sound on the chorus;)
If someone recognizes the piano theme, i adapted one sequence from greg edmonsons soundtrack, from the track "the funeral".

Please enjoy and let me know what you think,ok?:)

You all stay shiny guys!

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:15 AM

KAYWIN

Any comments?

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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 11:13 AM

KAYWIN

Listen to the "Reaver" song on the next "The signal" podcast number 8 and enjoy!!!!!!

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Thursday, May 11, 2006 9:24 AM

KAYWIN

Did anyone listen to the signal #8???

How did ya like the "Reaver" song?

enjoy our site:

www.myspace.com/fireflyfilk

www.myspace.com/felsberger

www.myspace.com/spiritgarden

New songs will be released soon about "River" and "Kaylee":)

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Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:04 AM

KAYWIN

Hi everybody!

The "firefly music project" presents a new song. A couple of austrian and german browncoats bring new light to the verse:)

Here is the next upcoming song I will post: "River"

lyrics: Kessie
glasswaves and flute: Monika
female voice: Djini
female leadvocal: princess of darkness
backgroundvocals: sternchen
all other instruments, recording, arranging and producing by Kaywin /bernd felsberger
some voice samples from "serenity": summer glau

http://www.felsberger.org/mp3s/River.mp3

River´s Song

I can still hear them talking
somewhere inside my head
guess they`ll keep on stalking
and bring me their dread

I used to get scared,
thought I was going insane
cause the Blue Hands had dared
to play with my brain

Chorus:
No more bad dreams during the night
cause finally I know, I am all right
No more medications, hiding the fright
cause finally I know, I´m all right

But then came Miranda
where we all saw the truth
and made all propaganda
stop running smooth

Now they won´t scare me
since I know I`m not mad
Though I´ll never be ( fully) free
cause I can´t change my head

Chorus:
No more bad dreams during the night
cause finally I know, I am all right
No more medications, hiding the fright
cause finally I know, I´m all right

Bridge (spoken words)
two by two
Hands of Blue
the bible is broken
the secret is spoken
two by two
will scare you

Enjoy the song and tell us what you think!

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Sunday, May 28, 2006 9:29 PM

LAURALAI

Hey Kaywin! I love your songs! I really do!

but... i can't seem to get kaylee's Lament. I saw the post on LJ a while back, and i've been trying to get that song, but all i endup getting is 24 secs.

could you post a link where i could get it? Thanks!

lai

Now that's all colors of uncomfortable....

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Sunday, May 28, 2006 11:09 PM

XEYRA

I just came across this thread and have now heard the four musics whose links you offered, so here's my opinion.

The first I heard was the Reaver one. And it was very nice. Well, as nice as any song about Reavers can be (lol). Good song, good music, very fitting.

I don't understand German at all most times but I liked the musicality of this song, especially the beginning, which reminded me a bit of Edmonson's music for the series. A bit too mainstream in parts, considering the kind of music you could find in the series (or even the movie) but I liked it.

I really liked River's song, especially when you intercuted certain lines from River in there. Very eerie.

And though, overall, I enjoyed Serenity, I have a problem with the chorus. I love the beginning, I do, and the flute, but when we come to the chorus, not so much. It kind of reminds me of a boyband, and that's not an image I really want to associate with Firefly.

Just my two cents. All in all, thank you all for your hardwork in these songs. It's great to see good musicians dedicating some time to this great 'Verse.

*******************************
Wash: This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: [deadpan] Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die?

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Monday, May 29, 2006 9:22 PM

PRINCESSOFDARKNESS

Hey there,
thanks for all the replies. Im really happy that you guys enjoy the songs. Im very proud of being a part of this project.

Xeyra: glad you liked River. I had fun recording it.

*Dance like no one's watching, sing like no one's listening, love like your heart's never been broken and live like heaven would be on earth!*

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 4:16 AM

LINDLEY

I'm looking for brief musical clips (20-30 seconds) for use in EVN Firefly, my mod for EV Nova.

Would you mind if I use brief clips from your stuff here and there? It would have to be music-only, no vocals, for the portions I use. And it would need to be reencoded at lower quality, unfortunately.

If you said yes, I would of course give you credit, and add any link you ask for to the readme file.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:35 AM

KAYWIN

Sure, you are welcome!

If you give us the credits:) its no problem!

Maybe we have to think about doing a CD for the hardcore fans to get our songs in the best sound possible.

A lot of people ask about it and I am not sure, if there is a place to do a Cd for other fans.
Because we dont wanna make business with that.

But there would be an idea, to produce a CD with our songs and then get them sold by the podcast crew or someone and give all the money for a new charity. Maybe there is an interest.
we are just talking with a nice girl who offered to do a website for us, so maybe we can get enough response to support our goal to bring firefly and serenity back.

stay shiny:)

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Sunday, June 11, 2006 10:08 AM

KAYWIN

We are just working on a themesong for the 23rd of june which is Joss Whedons birthday!

So, if possible you can hear the song on "the signal" podcast and maybe on a few more websites.

But the new song will be played on our myspace website: http://www.myspace.com/fireflyfilk

The titel" Can't stop the signal"

Look out for the new song, 23rd of june!!!!!!!!

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Monday, June 19, 2006 11:10 AM

KAYWIN

Can't stop the signal

Stop! No! You can't stop the signal –
many browncoats gotta go strong
Stop! You can't stop the signal –
come on join us in this song
Stop! No! You can't stop the signal –
we´ll continue to fly on
Stop! You can't stop the signal –

and we`re wishing we´re wishing, we’re wishing,
we´re wishing Joss a happy one

1)
There once was a time, when TV was a wasteland,
but then again it did shine, and our boredom came to an end.
Our heroes entered the screen were more addictive than caffeine
This all was done by one special man
He brought us the fun and hope in TV again.

2)
He passed on the scythe and he stopped the old myth
that vamps have no souls, he changed women´s roles.
lets people juggle geese, he created a man of cheese
Buffy, Angel or Firefly, our love for the show is always high

Chorus

Brigde
oh yeah, He cant be stopped
Not even when his show gets dropped
and against all the odds
he tamed the movie gods
And we got, how groovy,
Oh yeah, our Big damn movie
his verses entered our heart,
we truly love his art

middlesection/solo

chorus
Outro

----------------------
lyrics: Kessie & Bernd
female backvocal: Sternchen
female spoken words: Djini
Joss soundclips by Monika
Keyboards: Jacen & Bernd
Choir: Sternchen,Jacen,Djini,Monika
All other instruments, sounds and leadvocals: Bernd/Kaywin

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