Peter Schilling

Michael Pierre "Peter" Schilling (born 28 January 1956 in Stuttgart ) is a German singer and pop musician, especially in the 1980s were successful. His songs are often about science-fiction subjects such as the future of the planet Earth or space.

Life

Peter Schilling attended in his youth apprenticeship as a travel agent and one of the most commercially successful artists of the Neue Deutsche Welle.

Already the age of fifteen, he got an offer from VfB Stuttgart in the form of a Letter of Intent. Next to it was also an offer for a first contract, for which he ultimately chose. But the football he has remained true.

He had his first big hit in 1982 with the song " Major Tom ( fully detached ) ", which he "lives The Desert" 1983 could follow up with another success. With the English version of " Major Tom (Coming Home) " reached number 14 he on the Billboard charts. Also the next title Terra Titanic became a hit in 1984 and landed at No. 24 on the charts .. In 1989 he suffered the burnout and took one year off hiatus. In 1990, the album The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime ) was published in the United States. The album presented some songs from " Error In The System" and " Things To Come ". Newly came the title The Different Story, which was created in collaboration with Hubert Kah and Michael Cretu. " The Different Story" was another big chart success for Peter Schilling. In 1996 he started a side project "Space Pilots" with a hit, Trip to Orion, which is based on the content of the first German science fiction television series Space Patrol.

To Peter Schilling's 45th birthday, the best-of album was released From the beginning until now .... All instruments he plays himself arrangement and production coming from their own recording studio.

In 2007 Peter Schilling has written male parallel to the same album Emotions are a book. It already is the second book, because a process called Men's Guide book appeared already in 2005, entitled Lust Factor Wellness - The Wellness Management for the man.

In 2008 Peter Schilling celebrates 25 years Fully detached on anniversary concerts. For this purpose, he sets out, for example, at 800 meters depth to offer a concert of a different kind. Since 2010 Peter Schilling goes live again on tour and released the album Neu and Live 2010.

Since May 2011 he has been Ambassador of the German Child Protection Agency. This is also a performance with students of the Erfurt school came into being: the commitment to the German Child Protection Association is among other things the fact that he was abused by his mother in childhood, in the form of massive violence. His father he has never met in his own words. He spent his first years in the home before he moved with his mother in a small apartment in Stuttgart. His mother, from which he suffered greatly in the next few years, made ​​a suicide attempt. From 1970, Schilling was fourteen years old, his grandmother got custody of him. For this reason, the campaign of the German Child Protection Agency Little Soul calls. Big pain .. Peter Schilling now lives in Munich and continued to work as a musician, but also as an author.

Schilling was in 2012 some live concerts. 2013 he published his third book, an autobiographical guide, detached completely with the title. My long road to self-worth - From Burnout back to life ".

Discography

Albums & remix albums

Best of & Compilations

  • Major Tom - Completely free, 1985
  • Major Tom, 1996
  • The Different Story ( World Of Lust And Crime ), 1988
  • The Best of Peter Schilling, 1998
  • From the beginning ... until now - the ultimate best of Peter Schilling, 1999
  • Portrait, 2001
  • Dive with me ... a new age, 2006
  • Aggression and Love, 2007
  • Supreme Collector's Edition, 2013

Singles

  • When the tea kettle sings, 1976 ( with Oliver Peters)
  • Dreams are more than just illusions / Never say good-bye, 1976 ( as Pierre Schilling )
  • Give be the thing / -free her is beautiful, 1979 ( as Pierre Schilling )
  • Today is something going on the highway / Sweet Sixteen, 1980 ( as Pierre Schilling )
  • Song to you / stage fright, 1981 ( as Pierre Schilling )
  • Major Tom ( Completely free ), 1982
  • The Living Desert ( Alarmsignal. .. ), 1983
  • Error in the system, 1983
  • Major Tom ( Coming Home ), 1984
  • Major Tom (Coming Home) Extended Dance Remix Instrumental version 1984
  • Terra Titanic, 1984
  • Heat of the Night, 1984
  • Region 804, 1985
  • Chill of the Night, 1985
  • I miss you / Forever young, 1986
  • All The Love I Need / In My Youth, 1986
  • It all ends with you / Wonderful World, 1986
  • The Different Story ( World Of Lust And Crime ), 1988
  • Train to train, 1992
  • Image of darkness, 1992
  • Far too hot, 1993
  • Major Tom '94 ( Techno Trance Mix - German version ), 1994
  • Major Tom '94 ( Techno Trance Mix - English Version ), 1994
  • Major Tom '94 Remixes ( German version ), 1994
  • Sun, Moon and Stars, 1994
  • Terra Titanic, 1995 (1995 remixes)
  • Trip to Orion, 1996 ( the "Space Pilots" )
  • Kingdom of Rain, 2000 ( as M * Period)
  • Major Tom 2000, 2000
  • Terra Titanic 2003, 2003
  • Lack of space, 2003
  • Sun, Moon and Stars 2003, 2003
  • Major Tom 2003, 2003
  • Nothing is as it seems, 2003
  • Experiment Earth, 2004
  • Retro, 2004
  • Far away, in 2005
  • The Human Factor (Remixes ), 2005
  • Time Slip, 2005
  • There is no longing, 2006
  • Kevin, 2010

CD-ROM

  • Major Tom '94 - Interactive CD- ROM, 1994

Videos

  • Major Tom ( Coming Home ), 1984
  • The Different Story ( World Of Lust And Crime ), 1988
  • Major Tom '94 ( Techno Trance Mix - German version ), 1994
  • Major Tom '94 ( Techno Trance Mix - English Version ), 1994
  • Sun, Moon and Stars, 1994

DVD

  • The best German 80s hits of the millennium, 2011

DVD 1 with " Major Tom ", " The Living Desert ", " Terra Titanic " and " Heat of the Night " ( performances from the ZDF hit parade )

Other songs

  • Wooden Heart ( on album " Hello Elvis" ), 1984
  • Trip to Orion - Remix (Space Pilots, only live, 1996)
  • Automatic Lover ( Space Pilots, only live, 1996)
  • Into Forever ( Mysterio meets Peter Schilling, on album " Ride on Time" by Mysterio, 2005)
  • Speeches (for now only online, 2013)
  • Lot of morality (for now only live, 2013)
  • Echoes (initially only live, 2013)

Writings

  • Lust factor wellness. The feel-good management for the man. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-280-05140-1.
  • Emotions are male. About vulnerability, courage and change. Luechow, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-363-03131-7. Accompanying the CD of the same.
  • Completely detached. My long road to self-worth - from burnout back to life. Beltz, Weinheim, 2013, ISBN 978-3-407-85962-4.

Influences on film and television

  • Beginning of the 1990s there were considerations in Hollywood to turn the title Major Tom a movie. However, the end seemed too dark, similar to Gerry Anderson's accident in outer space (1969). Director Ron Howard kept the history but in my head, and in 1995 he finally turned instead a fictional story the film Apollo 13 (film ) by a true story with a happy ending, because it was then believed that the audience would prefer to a positive end.
  • In the science fiction television series Defying Gravity - love in the universe, there are some tributes to Peter Schilling: The astronauts meet in a bar called "Major Tom". The pilot called Schilling 's last name and comes from Germany.
  • In Season 8 of the British science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf Cat is identified as "Major Tom".
  • The animated series Animaniacs quoted in a sequence the lyrics of " Major Tom (Coming Home) ".
  • In an episode of the fourth season of Breaking Bad, the character Gale singing " Major Tom (Coming Home) " as a karaoke version.
  • When Bullyparade "Our (T) spacecraft ," the Song in an episode of " Major Tom ( Completely free ) " quotes.
  • Peter Schilling was in an episode of South Park guest speaker in the German version and also sang a short song.
  • The Scream Awards is the price for the fantastic genre ( Science-Fiction/Horror/Fantasy ) from the U.S. channel "Spike TV". At the award ceremony in 2010, the song " Major Tom (Coming Home) " was played over and over again, this time as a cover version of the Shiny Toy Guns.
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