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[[File:Eichenring.jpg|thumb|right|Eichenring]]
| Name = Do We Need This
'''Eichenring''' (translated to English as "Oak Ring") is a dirt track, located in the eastern part of Scheessel (around 3 km away from the city centre), in the Lower Saxony region of Germany. The Eichenring was originally completed after WWII, in 1951, on the site of a former race course in the town of Appel, near the Helvesiek community, around 10 kilometres north from Scheessel. The track was operated by Motor-Sport-Club Scheeßel, renamed to Motor-Sport-Club Eichenring (or MSC Eichenring in its shortened form) in the year of completion. The track in Appel was operational for a good decade, until 1963, when it no longer met the requirements of the international association. Because of that, the track was relocated to the current location, opened in 1964 with the European Championships final as its inaugural event. Eichenring was the venue for the long track world championship finals in 1974, 1980, 1988 and 1995.
| Album = [[Uno (single) |Uno<small> CD2</small>]] <small>(3),</small> [[Muscle Museum (single) |Muscle Museum<small> CD1</small>]] <small>(2),</small> [[Random 1-8 (EP)| Random 1-8]] <small>(8)</small>, [[1997 demo (demo) |1997 demo]] <small>(1)</small>
| Length = 4:18
| AltTitles = -
| First = ≤[[Plymouth Hoe 1997 (gig) |1997]]
| Latest = [[Rouen Exo 7 2000 (gig) |8th January 2000]]
| Recorded = 1997 <small>([[1997 demo (demo) |1997 demo]])</small>, 1999 <small>([[Showbiz (album) |Showbiz]])</small>
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Paul Reeve]]
| Chart position = -
}}


== Description ==
Eichenring is also famous for concerts that take place on the site, the first of which being in 1973, called "Es rockt in der Heide", which featured artists such as Chicago and Chuck Berry. In 1977, the festival was scheduled to return under the name "First Rider Open Air", however, the organiser could not pay the bands, resulting in most of the artists and bands not even showing up at the event. This eventually led to riots by the annoyed fans, with the PA system and the stage itself being set on fire, burning down completely. In 1992, another concert, called the "International Biker and Rock Festival", was planned to take place at the Eichenring, but had to be canceled after it turned out that the organizers acted with fraudulent intent. In 2004, Lovefield Festival has taken place at the track, allthough for only one year.
Very creepy, with an emphasis on eerily simple piano and percussion at the beginning, which then morphs into the usual epic rock number, with a simple 3 chord power riff.


== Additional information ==
Since 1997, the Eichenring has been the host venue to "Hurricane Festival", one of the largest music festivals in Germany and Europe in general, and sister festival to the "Southside Festival", held at [[Neuhausen ob Eck Flugplatz Neuhausen|Flugplatz Neuhausen]], in the south of Germany. Over the years both festivals featured artists like [[Nine Inch Nails]], Placebo, Foo Fighters, [[Rammstein]], [[David Bowie]], [[The Cure]], The Prodigy, Billy Talent and more. Muse are set to perform at the 2023 edition of the festivals.
It appears to be about perfectionism and the whole "Showbiz" theme: putting on a persona that doesn't reflect the persons true inner self.<br/>


[[Thomas Kirk]] played some percussion.
== Muse appearances ==


== Music trivia ==
* [[Scheessel Eichenring 2023 (gig)|2023-06-17]] <small>(Hurricane Festival)</small>
At 2:23, 2:31, 2:35, 2:38 and 2:43, there is a scratching sound, like a zip.


== Live ==
== Venue address ==
Most likely due to a lack of tracks to play at larger gigs, the song was played very often between April and August 1999. Do We Need This typically acted as the outro song or the second last to be played during these gigs. After August and with the exception of [[Paris MCM Café 1999 (gig) |the November 10th gig]] the song was mostly left out of setlists. It made a few appearances in January 2000 as well as unconfirmed performances in February before being dropped.


== Lyrics ==
Eichenring<br/>
{{lyrics
Westerveseder Landstraße<br/>
|Too many young and too many old
27383 Scheeßel<br/>
Too many people left you in the cold
Lower Saxony<br/>
You want everything to change
Germany
'cause you are afraid of losing
 
She only exists when she's on a screen
He's only alive inside a machine
We want everything to change
'cause you are afraid of losing
 
Tell me do you really need this
Tell me do you really care
Tell me do you really need this
Tell me do you really care
 
'cause I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
I don't think you really need this
I don't think you really care
 
Too many young and too many old
Too many people left in the cold
We want everything to change
Now I'm so afraid of losing
Yeah yeah yeah
}}
 
=== Random 1-8 ===
{{lyrics
|Too many people trapped in your mould
}}
 
Is sung instead of the second line of the chorus.


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Do We Need This (tablature) |Do We Need This tablature]]


{{Backto | Uno (single) | Uno CD2}}
* [https://www.msc-eichenring.de/ MSC Eichenring website]
* [https://hurricane.de/en/ Hurricane Festival website]


[[Category:B Sides]]
[[Category:Venues]]

Latest revision as of 23:17, 8 February 2023

Eichenring

Eichenring (translated to English as "Oak Ring") is a dirt track, located in the eastern part of Scheessel (around 3 km away from the city centre), in the Lower Saxony region of Germany. The Eichenring was originally completed after WWII, in 1951, on the site of a former race course in the town of Appel, near the Helvesiek community, around 10 kilometres north from Scheessel. The track was operated by Motor-Sport-Club Scheeßel, renamed to Motor-Sport-Club Eichenring (or MSC Eichenring in its shortened form) in the year of completion. The track in Appel was operational for a good decade, until 1963, when it no longer met the requirements of the international association. Because of that, the track was relocated to the current location, opened in 1964 with the European Championships final as its inaugural event. Eichenring was the venue for the long track world championship finals in 1974, 1980, 1988 and 1995.

Eichenring is also famous for concerts that take place on the site, the first of which being in 1973, called "Es rockt in der Heide", which featured artists such as Chicago and Chuck Berry. In 1977, the festival was scheduled to return under the name "First Rider Open Air", however, the organiser could not pay the bands, resulting in most of the artists and bands not even showing up at the event. This eventually led to riots by the annoyed fans, with the PA system and the stage itself being set on fire, burning down completely. In 1992, another concert, called the "International Biker and Rock Festival", was planned to take place at the Eichenring, but had to be canceled after it turned out that the organizers acted with fraudulent intent. In 2004, Lovefield Festival has taken place at the track, allthough for only one year.

Since 1997, the Eichenring has been the host venue to "Hurricane Festival", one of the largest music festivals in Germany and Europe in general, and sister festival to the "Southside Festival", held at Flugplatz Neuhausen, in the south of Germany. Over the years both festivals featured artists like Nine Inch Nails, Placebo, Foo Fighters, Rammstein, David Bowie, The Cure, The Prodigy, Billy Talent and more. Muse are set to perform at the 2023 edition of the festivals.

Muse appearances

Venue address

Eichenring
Westerveseder Landstraße
27383 Scheeßel
Lower Saxony
Germany

See also