The killer is always the gardener
| The killer is always the gardener | |
|---|---|
| Reinhard Mey | |
| publication | 1971 |
| length | 4:53 |
| Genre (s) | song writer |
| Author (s) | Reinhard Mey |
| album | I am made of that wood |
The killer is always the gardener is a song by Reinhard Mey . It was released in 1971 on the album Ich bin aus That Holze .
“The killer is always the gardener” is a parody of popular stereotypes in crime novels and films, particularly the Edgar Wallace and Agatha Christie films that were popular in the 1960s .
The title can be found in the chorus of the song:
- The killer was the gardener again,
- and he's already planning the next coup.
- The killer is always the gardener
- and he strikes mercilessly!
After the song was released in 1971 on the studio album Ich bin aus den den Holze , it was released as a single in 1972. Mey later composed other stanzas and then varied the text for various appearances for current occasions. For example, in the live version on the album 8:00 pm from 1974, where he alludes to the 1973 oil crisis with the line "... gasoline is now becoming scarce in the underworld too" . In addition, with this version, as with the one on the 1995 live album Zwischen Zürich und zu Haus , the plumber is the culprit in the final punch and not the butler. This is a reference to Mey's song I'm a Plumber by Job from the 1974 album Like Years and Days .
Reinhard Mey also wrote a French version of the song under the title L'assassin est toujours le Jardinier . It appeared in 1972 on the album Edition Française Vol. 2 ; a live version can be found on the album Recital. Frédérik Mey à l'Olympia from 1976. Here, too, the title can be found in the chorus of the song:
- L'assassin était le jardinier
- Qui se réjouit d'un nouveau crime.
- L'assassin est toujours le jardinier
- Qui néglige lilas, bleuets et myosotis
- Pour se trouver une victime.
Due to its popularity, the German title of the song went down as a winged word in the German language in the 1970s .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mey ironically introduces the additional stanzas at 8:00 p.m. with the comment "... despite the most violent protests of the gardeners' guild ...".
- ^ Elisabeth Binder: Reinhard Mey celebrates 50th stage anniversary . Tagesspiegel, September 1, 2014
- ↑ "The killer is always the gardener" - used on Spiegel Online on January 17, 2000
- ↑ Blog discussion on the origin of the supposed proverb (accessed October 25, 2010)