Go to her

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Go to her is a song by the rock band Puhdys from 1973. It was made famous by the DEFA film Die Legende von Paul und Paula .

history

The then little-known East Berlin band Puhdys was invited by the film composer Peter Gotthardt to play the music for the film Die Legende von Paul und Paula, based on a script by Ulrich Plenzdorf . The lyrics were also written by Plenzdorf. Peter Gotthardt was responsible for the composition, but it is strikingly similar to the 1972 title Look Wot You Dun by the British rock band Slade . In addition to Go to her , times and expanses and when a person lives belong to the Puhdys pieces in the film.

The title was recorded with the following line-up: Dieter Birr (vocals, guitar), Dieter Hertrampf (guitar, background vocals), Harry Jeske (electric bass), Gunther Wosylus (drums) and Peter Meyer (keyboard).

The film was a great success with around three million viewers. He also made known the Puhdys, who subsequently became the most commercially successful rock band in the GDR. 1973 went to her appeared on a single . Go to Her is the eighth track on her first LP, The Puhdys. A Puhdys LP with the first track, Geh zu ihr (and let your kite fly) , was released in 1976 as Puhdys 1 by Hansa in the Federal Republic of Germany .

In 1999 the Puhdys re-recorded the song in two versions: as a radio edit with a duration of 2:29 minutes and as a 4:45 minute extended edit.

description

The original version of the piece is 2:42 minutes. It is written in minor and begins with piano riffs . The singer sings powerfully. The stanzas are short, the refrain is repeated frequently.

In the song a man is encouraged to approach a woman and “fly his kite”. The singer points out that humans do not live on "moss" - money - alone. At the same time reference is made to the biblical phrase “Man does not live on bread alone” ( 5 Mos 8,3  EU , Mt 4,4  EU ).

Outputs (without compilations)

Singles

  • 1973: Go to her / times and expanses ( Amiga )
  • 1999: When a person lives / Go to her (Maxi-CD, BMG)

Albums

  • 1974: The Puhdys (Amiga)
  • 1976: Puhdys 1 ( Hansa )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Puhdys at discogs.com , accessed December 4, 2012
  2. ↑ Description of the single at discogs.com , accessed December 4, 2012
  3. ↑ Lyrics at ostmusik.de ( Memento from May 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 12, 2014