Thickness (song)
| thickness | |
|---|---|
| Marius Müller-Westernhagen | |
| publication | October 30, 1978 |
| length | 4:05 (album version) 6:15 (reggae version) |
| Genre (s) | German rock |
| Author (s) | Marius Müller-Westernhagen |
| Producer (s) | Lothar Meid |
| Label | Warner bros. |
| album | With peppermint, I'm your prince |
Dicke is a song by the German singer Marius Müller-Westernhagen . It appeared on his LP Mit Pfefferminz I'm your Prince from 1978 and is there 4:05 minutes. In addition, a reggae version of the song was released in April 1981 as the B-side of the single Von drüben .
text
The song is about numerous disadvantages of being fat. These are sometimes phrased in pity, sometimes mocking and insulting. These include shortness of breath, gas and other digestive problems, profuse sweating, problems buying clothes as well as various unfavorable looking body parts and poor chances for women.
... fat people have flatulence fat people have a
big bottom
and all the laxatives
fat people often go to the toilet
and that's why, yes that's why I'm glad that I'm not fat
because being fat is a torture
yes, I'm glad that I'm so ' n a dry herring
because thin means to be free
- fat
The song ends with a sung 32-fold repetition of the word "Dicke" and the following saying "Well, you fat pig".
reception
The text of the song was very controversial and was often perceived as discriminatory. Many radio stations boycotted the song. Westernhagen himself wanted the song to be meant as satire and social criticism; he always tried to say things that otherwise people would only have said behind the scenes. He only held up the mirror to the people, including those with prejudices against fat people. Therefore, very many fat people would have felt the song as a liberation. In 2015, Müller-Westernhagen declared that he would no longer play the song at his concerts.
The heavyweight musician "Herman D German" covered the number 2004. A music video was also released for it.
The punk band Die Toten Hosen , also from Düsseldorf, often used their own interpretation of the song at their live concerts. Instead of being overweight, residents of the city of Cologne are the target of satire. Singer Campino sang that he was happy to be from Düsseldorf (as a substitute for skinny herring) and Cologne people were too stupid (instead of too fat) to flee. Otherwise, only thickness was exchanged for Kölner in the text. The melody stayed the same.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marius Müller-Westernhagen - Thick , hitparade.ch
- ↑ Marius Müller-Westernhagen - Dicke , Songtexte.com
- ↑ Westernhagen: The song "Dicke" was of course irony , web.de.
- ↑ Marius Müller-Westernhagen no longer plays fat , NOZ.de
- ↑ Herman - Dicke , hitparade.ch
- ^ Marius Müller-Westernhagen (MMW) Biography: Life, music, successes, hits. springbock.de, accessed on September 14, 2016 .
- ↑ | general-anzeiger-bonn.de: "I'm glad I'm not from Cologne" | retrieval = 2020-04-26