3 chords for a hallelujah

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie
Original title 3 chords for a hallelujah
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1989
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Trini Trimpop
script Trini Trimpop
production Christian Wagner for Startfilm / Totenkopf Records
music The dead pants
occupation

3 chords for a hallelujah is a documentary by Trini Trimpop about the history of the musical group Die Toten Hosen from 1982 to 1988.

The film first appeared as a VHS video in November 1989 , shortly after the release of the album A Little Bit of Horror Show , which first made the band known to a wider audience. 3 chords for a hallelujah was only premiered in theaters on July 18, 1991. The music film was awarded a gold record until 2004 for more than 25,000 copies sold nationwide .

In 2006, director Stefan Kloos supplemented the 89-minute review with current comments from Uwe Faust and Campino . Then 3 chords for a hallelujah was reissued on DVD and reached number 46 in the German charts.

action

In 3 chords for a hallelujah , the musical development of the band Die Toten Hosen is documented in an entertaining way and by means of numerous amateur recordings from the band's private collection. The material includes e.g. B. Film clips from a living room concert on Timmendorfer Strand , a gig in Lithuania or the band's crossing to Helgoland , accompanied by 350 fans and escorted by a police boat. Also shown are scenes from the subsequent football game on the island, spontaneously organized by the band, which was held to replace the concert that was canceled due to the ban on appearing. This happened under the care of a hundred police forces with dogs.

Furthermore, 3 chords for a hallelujah contains scenes from the benefit concert for the steel workers of the iron and steel works in Rheinhausen in February 1988 on the occasion of the threatened closure of the company. It contains a recording of the joint appearance of Herbert Grönemeyer , the Rodgau Monotones and the Toten Hosen at the demonstration against the planned nuclear reprocessing plant in Wackersdorf on July 27, 1986. They play a cover version of the song On May 30th, the end of the world is set in 1954 , sung by the Golgowsky Quartet , was number one on the German charts. In addition, the Toten Hosen presented the title Hofgarten from their first album Opel-Gang with the modified line of text: "Fuck, fuck, blow on the nuclear-contaminated lawn".

3 chords for a hallelujah is also a collection of the band's various television appearances in the first seven years of their career, including a. the Michael Braun Talkshow and Rock Aktion Television , the music show Formula One and Alfred Biolek's show Bei Bio , where they presented their cover version of the song Kriminaltango in 1984 together with Kurt Raab . It shows the first appearance on Swiss television, when the announcing speaker doubts that her contribution, a recording of her version of the Düsseldorf carnival hit Altbierlied , had anything to do with culture, and her participation in Mike Krüger's entertainment program Vier gegen Willi as a playing partner for the Guests. In addition, the group’s first music videos can be seen, including Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder with Kurt Raab and Marianne Sägebrecht and Here comes Alex . There are also some recordings of Bernd Schadewald's production of A Clockwork Orange in Bonn Bad Godesberg, in which the musicians played a key role, and a scene from The Formula One film in their role as The Evil Kids with the title Head over Heels .

"Doctor" Uwe Faust , driver of the tour bus and roadie of the band, and Elke Heidenreich in the role of "Aunt Else" with a headscarf and dressing gown, with numerous anecdotes and puns, create a transition to the various amateur videos, reports, excerpts from TV programs and music videos . In addition, the journalist Alan Bangs has a conversation with the band on the stairs of the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, which, divided into several sections, runs like a 'red thread' through the entire film.

Music track

  1. Rock 'n' Roll Cover by Gary Glitter (Music: Mike Leander / Text: Gary Glitter)
  2. Opel-Gang ( Andreas von Holst , Campino / Michael Breitkopf , Campino, von Holst, Andreas Meurer , Trini Trimpop )
  3. Waste your time (Campino)
  4. Love player (Breitkopf, Campino, von Holst / Campino)
  5. The word for Sunday (from Holst / Campino)
  6. Travel bug (Breitkopf, Campino, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop / Campino)
  7. Disco in Moscow - 3:05 cover of The Vibrators , (Phil Ram, translation: Campino)
  8. Ülüsi (Meurer, von Holst, Campino)
  9. Hofgarten (from Holst, Meurer, Breitkopf / von Holst)
  10. Love song (Breitkopf / Campino)
  11. 1000 good reasons (Breitkopf / Campino)
  12. Altbierlied ( Hans Ludwig Lonsdorfer )
  13. We cover by Freddy Quinn , ( Lotar Olias / Fritz Rotter )
  14. Halbstark cover of The Yankees (Bachtelt / Adanowski)
  15. Here comes Alex
  16. Head over Heels (Trimpop / Campino)
  17. Hip Hop Bommi Bop (Breitkopf, Campino, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop / Meurer, Trimpop)
  18. Teenage Rebell ( Wolfgang Rohde )
  19. Ice-cold Bommerlunder
  20. Happy Metal (Breitkopf / von Holst)
  21. Until the bitter end (Campino)

Reviews

Stuttgarter Zeitung on July 20, 1991 under the heading "Balance of Fools":

“ The lyrics are a bit socially critical, blasphemous and obscene, and mostly an unbearable racket. "

Industry magazine film-dienst July 1991:

“ This is worlds away from the social banter of Wolfgang Niedecken, has about the entertainment value of an alternative carnival and largely compensates for the modest image quality of this rapid run through a chapter of German rock history. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 3 chords for a hallelujah. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 22, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Music Industry Database - Search Requirement Required, accessed August 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ Hollow Skai : The Dead Pants . Hannibal, A-Höfen 2007, ISBN 978-3-85445-281-2 . P. 114.
  4. ↑ Jürgen Seibold , VIP music: Die Toten Hosen . Paul Zsolnay Verlag , Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-552-05005-1 . P. 49.
  5. ↑ Hollow Skai : The Dead Pants . Hannibal, A-Höfen 2007, ISBN 978-3-85445-281-2 . P. 30.
  6. ↑ Hollow Skai : The Dead Pants . Hannibal, A-Höfen 2007, ISBN 978-3-85445-281-2 . P. 22.
  7. ↑ a b Jürgen Seibold, VIP music: Die Toten Hosen . Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-552-05005-1 . P. 76.

Web links