Yes, I wrote it correctly, because the band is named “Helloween”, not “Halloween“. And they chose this very name not because they are Germans and can’t speak English – they simply wanted the name to sound as sinister as possible. The song’s called “Windmill”, it was released in 1993. I remember listening to Helloween’s albums as a kid, I liked their “power metal” music, but now the only motive I remember well is “Wingmill”. And this is probably their best song. Helloween still exists, last year they released another album. But I don’t follow their creative work, I just sometimes enjoy the song “Windmill”.

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I’d like to share with you a wonderful song that I like very much – “You” by Ten Sharp. It’s a hit of early 90s, which was very popular in some European countries including the UK, France and Sweden. The song is so beautiful, I think, text author Ton Groen was really in love when writing it. And the music composed by Niels Hermes is perfect. Ten Sharp is a Dutch band, their latest album “Stay” was released in 2003. Unfortunately, after that time there were no new songs of the band (at least I haven’t heard of them). I can only hope, that the 2003 album wasn’t the last one. I find Marcel Kapteijn (vocals) and Niels Hermes (keyboards), the two members of the band, very talented and I really enjoy other songs of Ten Sharp as well. But “You” is one of the most beautiful Ten Sharp songs. Here’s the music video of it. Hope, you will enjoy it too.

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