Bad people - bad songs
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37:24 |
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Laslo Viragh |
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MTV Studio Frankfurt |
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Böse Menschen - Böse Lieder is the second studio album by the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . It was released in February 1985 on the Rock-O-Rama Records label .
The album is only available with the songs Ugly, Brutal and Violent , 7 Days without Sin and Hate in the Oi! -Tradition. The Onkelz slowly began to differentiate themselves visually from the Oi! Scene.
The album sold about 4,000 times at the time of publication.
History of origin
The album was recorded in February 1985 at MTV Studios Frankfurt .
A VHS video was produced for the album , in which the band recorded the album live in front of a camera.
Cover design
The album cover shows a black and white drawing of Quasimodo , who holds Esmeralda in his right arm and her goat in his left arm and runs away. The drawing is from a "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" continuation series from the " Pilot " comic series. Above the picture is the band name Böhse Onkels in white letters on a red background. Here it deviates from the actual spelling ( Böhse Onkelz ). At the bottom of the picture is the title Böse Menschen - bad songs in old German script , the background is white.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1 | Today we drink properly | 4:52 |
| 2 | The sign of betrayal | 4:47 |
| 3 | Hour of the winner | 4:59 |
| 4th | What can I do about it ... | 2:39 |
| 5 | A person like you and me | 1:49 |
| 6th | Nobody knew how it happened | 4:55 |
| 7th | Ugly, brutal and violent | 3:08 |
| 8th | Call me god | 4:13 |
| 9 | 7 days without sin | 2:57 |
| 10 | hate | 3:17 |
Versions
In addition to the original version, there are various bootleg versions of the album, which have been supplemented by so-called "rarities". Among other things, they contain the pieces from the soundtracks to Untergang 2 sampler, the tracks from the Rock-O-Rama sampler No Surrender Vol. 2 , the Lügenmarsch - Picture-Disc , the Find the Truth - single , as well as two unreleased songs . In addition, a picture disc version and a summary with the successor Mexico appeared .
Background information on individual songs
- Today we drink properly
One of the uncle typical drinking songs for the early years . The quote abbreviated in the song "Such a day (so wonderful) as today, (such a day) should never pass" comes from a Mainz carnival song from 1954 .
- The sign of betrayal
The text describes a person who, due to their behavior, bears a "signum of betrayal" (signum = sign), which, although not visible to the human eye, "shapes" them through social characteristics. According to the text, this character finds expression in the betrayal of friendly relationships in exchange for financial advantages, the spinning of intrigues and a so-called "slimy being" that is not described in detail.
In an interview published in 1987 in the book Skinheads in Germany by Markus Eberwein and Josef Drexler, the band commented on the meaning of the song as follows:
"The social workers of soccer fan projects get out people who are more unstable and not stable, and who are afraid of getting into contact with the police, and use their helplessness to squeeze something out of them."
“It's chatting, all that's missing is the bright lamp and chained, and: 'Say, where are the murderers', just super camouflaged. 'Come on, have a smoke with me, hey, you're a really good boy'. "
“'You call me', and then the cops start: 'Can you name a few first names?' And also z. B. the song 'Signum des Verrats'. When we used to be with a hundred skins, at weddings, we knew very well that we could rely on the hundred to twenty when it mattered, and the rest of it doesn't give a shit, it's sad, but it's also true! "
The piece was recorded again in 2000 for the Maxi-CD release by Dunkler Ort .
Parts of this song, especially the title, were used against the band by neo-Nazi bands like Landser in the 1990s . In their song “KPS”, for example, this song is alluded to: “Do you still know your old songs? You don't want to hear them, because the sign of betrayal is right in your face ” .
- Hour of the winner
This song describes that even as an outsider you can one day be the big winner who triumphs over everyone else. The title of the song is based on the film of the same name " The Hour of the Winner ".
- What can I do about it ...
The text contains references to the hit song What can Sigismund do for being so beautiful by Robert Gilbert .
- A person like you and me
This song tells the story of a murderer who ambushes his victims in "dark corners".
- Nobody knew how it happened
The text contains allusions to the poem Die Gesänge by Johann Gottfried Seume .
- Ugly, brutal and violent
Neo-Nazism allegations by the media regarding the skinhead scene are the subject of this song. "Everyone wears swastikas, skinheads only have violence in mind, is that what you wanted to hear that we are mindless thugs?" "The media keep saying that we are thugs for Nazis, but we have nothing to blame because it's their talk that stinks! " Ironically, the critical text was used several times by the magazine Der Spiegel as evidence of the band's allegedly neo-Nazi sentiments and twice as a heading for reports on right-wing extremist / neo-Nazi parts of the Oi! Scene.
- Call me god
Call me God is critical of religions.
- 7 days without sin
This song is about an unnamed STD . The song has a ska beat.
- hate
In this piece, the copywriter expresses his "hatred" for social grievances that he feels are caused by politicians. He complains that they do nothing for the well-being of the people and sees an imbalance in the fact that on the one hand, more and more young people are unable to find work (and this situation is already regarded as "normal"), while on the on the other hand, “the rich get richer”.
Single releases
The Rock-o-Rama daughter Street Rock'n'Roll combined the pieces Hass and What can I do for it ... as a single in 1989 . The publication was not authorized by the band.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Onkelzvinyl - album "Böse Menschen - Böse Lieder". Website accessed on August 16, 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Farin, Klaus / Eberhard Seidel : Skinheads . 5th, revised and expanded edition. Munich: 2002, ISBN 3-406-47583-3 , p. 93.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 114.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 87.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 90.
- ↑ Album cover ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Eberwein, Markus; Drexler, Josef: Skinheads in Germany , self-published 1987, ISBN 3-926794-26-7, quoted from Dunklerort.net ( memento from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dunklerort.net ( Memento from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dunklerort.net ( Memento from June 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Farin, Klaus / Eberhard Seidel: Skinheads. 5th, revised and expanded edition. Munich: 2002, ISBN 3-406-47583-3 , p. 94.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 88.
