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During the late 1970ies and the early 1980ies there was a strong conviction that we must no longer be careless with our natural resources. Politically, this time was the emergence of the green parties in Europe, particularly in

Germany

. Ralf Johannes expressed his own concern in many of the songs on his second album DAYS TO COME. “The Sad Dog” is a true encounter, which he still remembers today. Also, the meaning of, “Only 2”, “2 Different Eyes”, and “Come Back” is still acute twenty-five years later. Raised in religious surroundings, Ralf Johannes tries to grasp hold ("Oh Lord"), which is shaken by his experiences he made while being drafted to the Army for only a short time. He experienced, that “Peace, This Word” they do not know. Today, he is acknowledged as a conscientious objector in his country. Some of the songs are very personal and yet enigmatic, particularly “Days To Come” and “College Girl Games”; they express his own youth and that of his later wife in “Twenty-One”. People come and go in his life “What The People Do”, and there is the beginning of a presentiment that youth will haste away in “Time Rushes By”. But we all should be confident and we should be aware that “Life Is A Great Movie”, and we should be curious to watch it up to its very end.