Hans im Glück (Album)

Hans in hapiness
Studio album by Pankow
Publication (s)	1985
admission	1984
Label (s)	Amiga
Format (s)	LP, MC, CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	14th
running time	40:21
occupation	Singing: André Herzberg Guitar: Jürgen Ehle Bass: Jäcki Reznicek Drums: Frank Hille Keyboards: Rainer Kirchmann Narrator: Frauke Klauke
production	Volkmar Andrä
Studio (s)	Amiga-Studio, Berlin, 1. – 30. Oct. 1984 , Live in the House of Young Talents , Berlin, 8./9. December 1984 (*)
chronology Kille Kille (1983) Hans in hapiness No Stars (1986)

Hans im Glück is the second album by the band Pankow , produced in 1984 and released on Amiga in 1985 .

History of origin

After the publication of the first rock spectacle Paule Panke failed because of the texts that were perceived as not conforming to the system and after the first compilation of titles with Kille Kille was published in 1983 under the pressure of the popularity of the band, Hans im Glück was published by Amiga in 1985.

Hans im Glück experienced a comeback with the revival that started in March 2009 with Pankow, actors from the Berliner Volksbühne and supervision by Frank Castorf .

Music style and reception

While Paule Panke was still dominated by the fiction of introducing a society capable of development ( Komm aus'm Arsch ), the tones that were perceived as critical of the system increased in Frauke Klauke's texts on Hans im Glück . As with Paule Panke before , the content of the play led to controversial discussions and, in many cases, to rejection from the officials and organizations responsible for youth culture in the GDR .

If the project of Hans in search of happiness, performed in the style of a satire and based on the Grimm parable , gets a positive touch at the end in silence ,

"I think there is happiness"

- Excerpt from text silence

lines like the following from Hans Negativ were also related by the audience to the socialist system of the GDR :

"The air is poisoned / The waters mucked / The land sucked out / Stolen
from vultures Plagued by hunger / Gnawed by illness / Without rest, without rest / Goes to ruin to
cities / Stupid people / Chopped up by work /
Sunk in families Drowned in consumption / Lost in TV / Without rest, without rest / Going to ruin
All shit / Whether in North, East, South or West / Always just horror / And spiritual plague "

- Excerpt from Hans Negativ

André Herzberg described the effect of the texts on the young audience in an interview:

“With Hans im Glück these were all more or less anti-figures. The audience got on the rhythm of the music and applauded the negative hero. It was sometimes a completely stupid situation when the philistine was suddenly cheered with gratefulness, many shouted "all shit" or "always with my ass along the wall" and as if people identified with these roles, which we even did had not intended. "

- André Herzberg

Musically, Pankow spans a wide range with Hans im Glück with a demanding synthesis of elements from rock music , funk , waltz etc. a. to the intermediate passages performed in rap style to the song-like conclusion in silence . The style and presentation of the music are largely adapted to the content of the pieces and were realized as a mixture of studio and live recordings.

Track list

A side

1. Ceremonial speech (part 1) - 1:53
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
2. School is out - 3:50 *
   (K: Ehle / T: Frauke Klauke)
3. Hoppe hoppe Reiter - 1:12
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
4. The advancement specialist - 3:42 *
   (K: Ehle / T: Frauke Klauke)
5. Klappsmühle - 1:57
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
6. Businessman - 5:19 *
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
7. Prison - 1:27
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)

B side

1. Family dad - 4:50 *
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
2. Mitropa - 1:36
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
3. Hänschen average - 5:00 *
   (K: Ehle / T: Frauke Klauke)
4. Drinking sanctuary - 1:42
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
5. Hans Negativ - 3:55 *
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
6. Ceremonial speech (part 2) - 0:29
   (K: Pankow / T: Frauke Klauke)
7. Silence - 3:34
   (K: Ehle / T: Frauke Klauke)

(*) Live recording in the House of Young Talents , Berlin, December 8th and 9th, 1984

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pankow biography. Sony Music. ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Rauhut: Shawm and leather jacket . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89602-065-X , pp. 257ff.
3. ↑ Christine Wagner: Pankow's reunification . In: Freie Presse from January 11, 1997 online ( Memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Christian Rakow: The fear of the substitute in the tempo number. Hans im Glück - the Volksbühne spreads Kursaal feeling with the band Pankow . In: Nachtkritik.de online ( Memento from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Text von Stille ( Memento from May 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ Text by Hans Negativ ( Memento from May 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Wolfgang Herzberg: Paule Panke, Hans Im Glück: Texts for and about the Pankow group . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1990, dialog, ISBN 3-362-00292-7 , pp. 178–179
8. ↑ Jürgen Balitzki: between Paule and Hans. Jürgen Balitzki in conversation with André Herzberg and Frank Hille. In: melody and rhythm. ISSN  0025-9004 (1984), 11, online ( Memento from November 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )