New fans and loyal fans of Vigg Strubble want to hear the earlier tracks as well (Newsflash #50 and Fanmail). For example: the re-release of the rock classic Parrot Knocker (Newsflash #44 and Newsflash #04 Ins&Outs) was much appreciated, despite the completely different arrangement. Vigg Strubble is hoping to achieve the same with the new re-arranged version 2017 of It Looks Like Everywhere (featuring Roy de Rijke on acoustic guitar). … …read more
Many times people have asked Vigg Strubble’s management: “Is there a politician he admires, about whom he won’t be writing a satirical song, but instead, a special tribute?” There are several politicians who Vigg likes. Such as Angela Merkel, Nicola Sturgeon, Anna Soubry, of course Michelle Obama (sadly, she isn’t a politician), and so on. … …read more
In an online Skype interview with two Danish students of the school newspaper Alohej, Vigg Strubble was asked to clarify his writing of one of the new songs Not a Plastic Toy… (featuring Buck Fouraux on guitar) … …read more
We would never have thought that the quiz question “Which of Vigg’s dogs were used in the Lyric Video on YouTube?” would be difficult to answer (Newsflash #44). Apparently it was. None of the respondents answered the question correctly. We did invite about thirty hardcore fans of Vigg Strubble to participate in an exclusive event nearby a high school in the lovely town of Odense in Denmark. … …read more
In one country they have got a real good name for it. The Germans call it “Schadenfreude”. Schadenfreude: the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Schadenfreude as “a feeling of enjoyment that comes from seeing or hearing about the troubles of other people”. … …read more
At last a true successor in the year 2017 to Vigg Strubble’s good old rock song Parrot Knocker? No more heavy duty lyrics? Just a cheerful song which makes you wanna dance? “That’s right, folks. Don’t touch that dial.”, to quote a famous Frank Zappa phrase from one of his best songs. … …read more
These are disturbing times, if we believe the populists. Nowadays ‘fear’, ‘safety of our nation’ and back to the ‘splendid isolation’ are the most important topics of these politicians. Luckily the upcoming populism seems to have come to a temporary end. … …read more
Why a song like this, we asked Vigg Strubble. Vigg waits a little while, carefully looking down at the carpet of the thoroughly cleaned hotel room. Suddenly he replies: “It’s a very difficult issue. On the one hand veterans are in a special kind of way ‘untouchable’. Especially when they respond to their homecoming in a well accepted manner. As cool headed heroes. As super human beings who did remarkable things in extreme, violent situations. And still be able to deal with their horrifying experiences. I think that stress related responses of veterans (who have just been on the toughest battlefields) are quite normal.” … …read more
Most of the responses we received to Vigg Strubble’s heartbreaking & beautiful song of Faye’s struggles in life were encouraging. Not only fans have reacted to this tender song about yet another difficult subject of this singer/songwriter. … …read more
It makes no sense denying any longer that some of Vigg’s dogs really played a part in the well-known lyric video Peeing with the Big Dogs. Other than the title of this striking song may suggest, this cheerful tune is actually about the U.S. President, inaugurated on January 20, 2017. … …read more