Ass huh, pinchers

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Ass huh, Zäng ussenander ( Kölsch for ass up, teeth apart ) is the motto of a Cologne campaign against right-wing violence .

history

November 9, 1992

On November 9, 1992, 100,000 people gathered on Chlodwigplatz in Cologne. Artists from the Cologne music scene had called for a concert "against racism and neo-Nazis". This was preceded by a wave of attacks with a xenophobic background, for example in the Rostock district of Lichtenhagen . "We [...] want [...] to contribute to ending the widespread speechlessness about developments in our country," wrote the participating artists in the previously published statement on the major event. Despite far too few security measures (nobody had expected this large number of participants), the rally went without incident.

The title song was composed by Nick Nikitakis and written by Wolfgang Niedecken . He was also at the concert Today die - tomorrow you! sung by the participating artists on December 13th in Frankfurt.

At the same time, the group ass huh was founded, which has since then repeatedly supported projects and initiatives against the right, for example the exhibition Zwangweise Kölsch in 2000, which dealt with forced labor in Cologne during the Third Reich .

Participating artists and speakers

September 20, 2008

“We stand across. No racism here in Cologne ”, poster September 20, 2008

On September 20, 2008 there was a new edition of the campaign on the Domplatte in Cologne under the motto "Cologne is standing across" . The occasion was the attempt by the Pro Köln electorate , which is classified as right-wing extremist by the NRW - Verfassungsschutz , to stage a Europe-wide meeting of right- wing extremists called the “Anti- Islamization Congress” in Cologne . 16 years after the first, now legendary “ass-huh” concert, tens of thousands of people gathered again in downtown Cologne to take a stand against right-wing extremism. This prevented the right-wing meeting.

November 9, 2012

To mark the 20th anniversary, there was another rally with a concert on November 9, 2012, dedicated to the topic of social justice . The venue was the “Deutzer Werft”, an open space between Deutzer Brücke and Severinsbrücke along the Rhine. The number of visitors was around 75,000.

Participating artists and speakers

Press conference for the rally 20 years of "Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander" in the Hotel Maritim in Cologne with a view of the venue "Deutzer Werft": Karl Heinz Pütz (organizer), Wolfgang Niedecken (musician), Monika Piel (director of the WDR and chairwoman of the ARD) , Peter Brings (musician), Jürgen Roters (Lord Mayor of Cologne), Tommy Engel (musician)

May 2019

In May 2019, the Ass Huh group published the song "Su l Lauf dat he", which has also been available on YouTube since January 2020, including an accompanying music video. The song is directed against the improper use of Cologne songs at demonstrations by neo-Nazis and right-wing groups. In particular, artists who have been involved in the AG Arsch Huh movement and in other ways against right-wing extremism for years want to set another example.

In the introduction to the video, Perter Brings sums up the song's intention in a nutshell:

"He can rut you, chat, jäl udder jrön, but if et brung weed, then weede mer loud!"

"Here you can be red, black, yellow or green, but when it turns brown, we get loud!"

- Peter Brings : YouTube

The song written by Hannes Schöner and Arno Steffen takes up numerous passages from other Cologne songs and integrates them into an unmistakable, cosmopolitan context that is incompatible with right-wing ideologies. In addition, the unity and equality of all is emphasized, for which one stands together. The video underlines this, in which people of different ages, from different social classes and different parts of Cologne are shown. They are each standing in front of a motionless, but assignable background (e.g. a soccer player in front of a soccer field), look into the camera and sing along with the song with a calm expression on their faces. This is to show that they stand for a cosmopolitan Cologne.

Publications

  • CD Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander (1992; no longer available)
  • CD Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander (live, 1992; no longer available)
  • Book Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander (documentation of the action), Cologne: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1992, ISBN 3-462-02272-5
  • CD Heimatklänge - Ten Years of »Ass huh« (2002, no longer available)
  • CD ass huh, Zäng ussenander - Cologne is transverse! (2008)
  • CD Ass huh 2012 (2012)
  • Single Su run dat he (2019)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More appearance than reality. Retrieved August 11, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Cologne is transverse (picture gallery). Retrieved August 11, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Ass huh, squeeze each other! (Website of the project)
  4. ↑ "Su llauf dat he": Kölsche songs on Nazi demo - "Arsch huh" defends itself with a song. May 18, 2019, accessed on February 23, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ YouTube video " AG Arsch Huh - 'Su läuf dat he' (music video) " from January 29, 2020 on the "Arsch Huh" channel, accessed on February 23, 2020
  6. ↑ a b AG Arsch huh publishes title “Su l Lauf dat he” - Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander! Retrieved on February 23, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ http://www.arschhuh.de/arsch-huh-2012-das-album-erscheint-am-2-11-2012/

Web links

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