1) German rave band Dune.… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists by the name "Dune".
1) German rave band Dune.
2) Finnish demoscene musician, now known as Brothomstates.
3) Alias for drum & bass DJ and artist Ray Keith.
4) An Indiana, U.S. based musician recording a single album.
5) An Australian power/progressive metal band.
6) Danish indie rock band Dúné
7) French band active in the 70s
8) Laurent Garnier, Pascal F.E.O.S.
9) Stoner Rock band from Ohio, USA
10) Scottish Progressive Sludge/Stoner metal group from Edinburgh.
1) The German rave band Dune. The band was founded in 1995 by Oliver Froning and Jens Oettrich, who are both big fans of the novels by Frank Herbert - hence the name Dune. Their first single "Hardcore Vibes" featured the voice of Oliver's then 11-year-old cousin Janine. Their second single "Are you ready to fly?" sounded quite different and already featured the typical Dune-style with high-pitched vocals and a catchy melody.
At the end of 1996 the band released the album "Forever" with a lot of tracks in a classical style - all tracks where performed together with the London Session Orchestra (see Dune & the London Session Orchestra). Lead singer Verena von Strenge left Dune after the release of "Forever" to start a solo career. Dune came back in April 1998 with a new lead singer (Vanessa Hörster). The single "Keep the Secret" was only a medium success and its successor "Electric Heaven" flopped completely.
In late 1999 Verena von Strenge came back as lead singer after her solo career was not as successful as she wanted it to be. The single "Dark Side of the Moon" was released and the album "Reunion" was produced and ready for release in May 2000. However the album was never released due to a court order that stopped the single "Heaven".
The latest single released was "Rainbow To The Stars 2003", a rework of their 1996 classic. It was released on 23 June 2003.
2) A Finnish demoscene tracker musician who adopted the more unique name Brothomstates in the latter half of the 1990s and was later signed to Warp Records.
3) Dune was also an Alias used by Drum & Bass Dj/Artist Ray Keith in the early 1990s.
4) An Indiana-based musician who recorded an album called "Road of Life" in 2000.
5) An Australian power/progressive metal band that is now disbanded. The band only recorded a demo called The Eleventh Hour.
8)Duo made of Laurent Garnier and Pascal F.E.O.S. (Pascal Dardoufas). Released one EP: The Alliance EP: Trance, Ambient style electronic.
9) Four friends from Athens, Ohio, finally came together to form DUNE in 2011. Influenced by their favorite acts (Sabbath, Kyuss, QOTSA, Sword, Truckfighters), DUNE's brand of stoner metal has various undertones--everything from soul to thrash. You can find them on Bandcamp.
10) The progressive sludge/stoner metal Dune formed in recent years in Edinburgh, Scotland. They recently released their first EP entitled 'Progenitor'. You can find them on bandcamp here:
http://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com/
Who Wants To Live Forever
Dune Lyrics
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There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever . . .?
Oh ooo oh
There's no chance for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Ooh
Who dares to love forever
Oh oo woh, when love must die
But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Forever is our today
Who wants to live forever
Who wants to live forever
Forever is our today
Who waits forever anyway?
Dune's "Who Wants to Live Forever" is a reflective song that delves deep into the fleeting nature of life and the importance of love. It begins with the stark realization that there is no time or place for us in the grand scheme of things. We build our dreams, but they slip away from us in the end. The chorus questions the desire to live forever, as life is finite and comes to a close for every living thing.
The second verse acknowledges that there is no chance for us as everything has already been predetermined. However, there is one moment of sweetness that defines our existence, which is fleeting in the greater scheme of things. The chorus is repeated, examining the question of who would want to live forever, knowing that love must eventually die.
While acknowledging the temporary nature of human existence and the inevitability of mortality, the song offers a glimmer of hope. The bridge suggests that while forever may not be possible in a physical sense, love has the ability to make moments everlasting. By touching tears with lips and worlds with fingertips, it's possible to have forever within the confines of a singular day. In the end, the question of who wants to live forever is turned on its head with the closing line, "Who waits forever anyway?" suggesting that the pursuit of eternal life isn't the point of life at all.
Line by Line Meaning
There's no time for us
We are running out of time and can't afford to waste it.
There's no place for us
We don't belong here or anywhere in particular.
What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us
We have a desire to dream and build up our lives, but it feels like it's all slipping away.
Who wants to live forever
Is it even worth living forever, given that everything will eventually end?
Who wants to live forever . . .?
Do we really want to face the prospect of never dying, and all that entails?
There's no chance for us
Our destiny is already set and we cannot change it.
It's all decided for us
We have no control over the course of our lives and what happens to us.
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
There is only one moment in our lives that we can really savor and enjoy.
Who dares to love forever
Who has the courage to love someone forever, despite the inevitability of death?
Oh oo woh, when love must die
It's painful and difficult to love someone knowing that one day they will die.
But touch my tears with your lips
Hold me close and show me that you care, even in my most vulnerable moments.
Touch my world with your fingertips
Make me feel alive and appreciated, even in the midst of a world that seems indifferent and cold.
And we can have forever
Even though forever may not be possible, we can still have the moment we are in right now.
And we can love forever
We can choose to love someone with all of our heart, for as long as we are able to do so.
Forever is our today
Instead of worrying about tomorrow or the next day, let's enjoy the present moment.
Who waits forever anyway?
No one can wait for something that may never come, and that's why we need to cherish what we have now.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Brian May
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owocek41
The best cover in my opinion. Symphonic orchestra and her soft voice matching perfect
ChanCeNecK
Better than the original! In fact, I don't even like Queen. Like at all, yet THIS version made me cry. 😭😭😭
opus dei
yep
Harald Tillmann
in my opinion, the best cover ever is that on the album "The geese fly west", of Anthony Phillips ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex Maidana
OMG, I FINALLY FOUND THIS SONG, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AND GIVING UP, AND FINALLY IN 2020 I COULD FIND IT !!! GOD!!!
(it is not a joke)
richard waldrip
try THE TENORS best version
MI KOWA
Great cover, amazing voice!
ChanCeNecK
Agreed. Dune wasn't just Trance/Techno
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Shane Carruth
Rediscover this song. I love it still! 💜
Manuel Engel
"Who waits forever anyway" I find that final line the most powerful when you hear it for the first time....what a great song.