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| occupation | Singing: Kevin Russell Drums: Peter Schorowsky |
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Heilige Lieder is the seventh studio album by the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . It was released on August 31, 1992 on the Bellaphon Records label . "Böhse Onkelz" is specified as the producer for the first and only time. The album reached number five in the German album charts and was awarded a gold record in 1995 as the band's first album for more than 250,000 copies sold in Germany.
History of origin
The lyrics for the album were written in June 1992 during a three-week vacation between Stephan Weidner and his girlfriend in the Mexican fishing village of Tuxtla north of Villahermosa . During this time they lived in a rented, secluded beach hut.
An important inspiration for the texts was the book The Teachings of Don Juan. A Yaqui path of knowledge by the American anthropologist Carlos Castaneda . Furthermore, the intoxicating effect of mushrooms containing psilocybin also played a role in the brainstorming process.
After his return, Stephan Weidner wrote the compositions for the songs together with Matthias Röhr, who together with Peter Schorowsky played an important role in the cohesion of the band at that time.
Kevin Russell's continued abuse of alcohol and heroin since the death of Andreas "Trimmi" Trimborn, the band's best friend, continued during the production of this album. Achim Schnall, the sound engineer , took over the keyboard instruments as with the previous albums.
After the Mölln assassination attempt and a few other xenophobic attacks, the Böhsen Onkelz came under criticism in the media again. Although the band had distanced itself from the right-wing extremist scene for several years , some concerts on the planned autumn tour had to be canceled.
Cover design
The cover picture shows the four band members of the Böhse Onkelz in priestly robes standing in front of a wall with blue and white stripes. Above this picture is the typical lettering Böhse Onkelz and the album title Heilige Lieder . Angels fly to the right and left of the title. The idea for the black, red and gold cover design came from the Bellaphon graphics department and has been the subject of media criticism several times because of the band's allegedly hidden right-wing beliefs. The author of the authorized band biography Böhse Onkelz, Thank you for nothing Edmund Hartsch commented on the criticism and wrote that black-red-gold are the colors of democracy and not of the Third Reich. The idea for the cover picture of the album came from Stephan Weidner and should be a criticism of those who believed they had the right to be the only ones to decide who could speak to God. The priestly robes that Weidner, Russell and Röhr wear on the cover were raffled off signed by all four band members to members of the official band fan club BOSC. The cross, which Weidner is holding in his hands on the cover picture, was auctioned for 480 DM at a celebration of the band's fan club in Königstein im Taunus in August 1997 and the proceeds were donated to the Frank children's home in Königstein.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1 | Intro oratorio | 1:31 |
| 2 | Holy songs | 4:44 |
| 3 | Book of memory | 4:37 |
| 4th | Call me however you want | 4:22 |
| 5 | I am in you | 3:51 |
| 6th | I do not give a shit | 2:36 |
| 7th | These songs… | 5:12 |
| 8th | Yesterday was today still tomorrow | 3:50 |
| 9 | Close your eyes (and tell me what you see) | 5:28 |
| 10 | Hated, damned, adored | 3:06 |
| 11 | A long way | 4:20 |
| 12 | Noreia | 3:24 |
| 13 | The cry for freedom | 3:45 |
| 14th | Fear is just a feeling | 4:38 |
| 15th | We make history (CD bonus) | 4:02 |
Background information on individual songs
- Intro oratorio
The choir was sung by Angi Dietze and Christine Veit (now Neumann), both of whom were active in the Christian rock band Habakuk around the Frankfurt pastor Eugen Eckert until 2005 .
- Holy songs
In this song, the band self-ironically glorifies themselves. Stephan Weidner said in an interview in 1992 during the show So what? - Too much hatred in the wild south? Punks, skins and their music to the text: “This is a song about religion, about the church and worshiping God and idols. And that we then say 'hypocritical', so please, that's just irony. "
It became a classic that was played at almost all concerts. The line "The earth has again" is a modified quotation from Faust by Goethe : "O! sound away, you sweet heavenly songs! / The tear wells up, the earth has me again! "
- Book of memory
A Sex Pistols quote from Anarchy in the UK was incorporated into the song . The line of text "Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it" became "I didn't always know what I want, but I knew how to get it."
- Call me however you want
Call me what you want deals with fellow travelers in society. At the same time it shows the double standard that some people have: "I go to church on Sundays, on Mondays I beat my wife!" On the best of Hated, damned, adored ... the last few years can be found among the bonus tracks an experimental remix of this song.
The Austrian band Nachtmahr released a cover of the song on the EP Can You Feel the Beat in 2011 .
- I am in you
In the song “ Last Words” , Moses Pelham quotes a line from the title and adds greetings to Stephan Weidner and Edmund Hartsch: “Damn motherfucking right, thoughts paint pictures, and I can't find a frame. Cheers to Eddy Hartsch, Stephan Weidner [...], who probably don't even know what they gave me. "
On the best-of album Yesterday was this morning , the song was re-released as a rock version.
- These songs …
In this song the band grapples with the myth that surrounds them for many of their fans. So the song begins directly with the line: “We are not a religion, we are not your God's Son.” At the same time it is emphasized that the lyrics of the band would help the listener in personal emergency situations. The beginning of the song is reminiscent of the beginning of Call me what you want . In addition, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and Phil Bosmans ' poem Ein Freund are quoted in this song .
- Yesterday was today still tomorrow
A best-of album by the band was named after this song . Achim Schnall played the piano.
- Close your eyes (and tell me what you see)
On this song, both Achim Schnall and the two singers from the intro can be heard again. Moses Pelham later sampled the line: “Not a good day to die” for the debut album Direkt aus Rödelheim by the Rödelheim Hartreim project .
- A long way
The title A Long Way refers to the Onkelz's previous career. There they sing about the fact that they did not get their past out of the way, but that “the stench of the past” is on their way. A line can be heard in the chorus, which can be understood as a thank you to the fans: "It was a long, long way and nobody said it would be easy, we had nothing to lose and we weren't alone."
Stephan Weidner said the following about the meaning of the song at a concert by the band at the Loreley in 2003: “I think you know it, and we also know it: If it hadn't been for this fabulous support from you, we would have been this long Not gone away. "
- Noreia
In the comment What is a youthful sin? In the Darmstädter Echo daily newspaper on November 28, 1992, the journalist Bert Hensel believed he had deciphered a song name which, when read backwards, resulted in "Arier on":
“... New texts are so cryptic that they undercut the index. The Onkelz already give instructions for use for their most recent discharge. In the booklet to the record: 'If you try to read between the lines, you will learn more about us.' As you know, there is nothing between the lines. In a song title that sounds harmless like a girl's name, it is known. It's called: 'Noreira'. Deciphered from behind, it reads like this: 'Aryan On'. Also in the direction of Darmstadt? "
In fact, the song is not called Noreira , but Noreia , named after the Celtic deity of the same name . However, there was a misprint on early editions and due to the use of the original printing foil on the re-release of the LP cover, on which Noreira is written.
Chart successes and singles
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The album entered the German album charts at number 86 in the 39th calendar week of 1992 and was able to improve to number 41 and 5 in the following two weeks before dropping to number 8. In total, Holy Songs stayed in the top 100 for 13 weeks.
For the first time, a single was released from an album . The song I am in you was chosen for it . In addition to the title song, the single also contained the two album tracks Heilige Lieder and Yesterday was this morning . It was released as an MCD and also as a vinyl EP , but could not place in the single charts. A total of about 45,000 copies were sold.
Sales figures and awards
Despite the lack of advertising on radio and television and a boycott by large retail chains such as World of Music, Saturn Hansa or Karstadt, the album sold around 200,000 times in the first four weeks after its release. In 1995 it received a gold record for more than 250,000 copies sold in Germany . This prompted the record company Bellaphon Records to re-release the album as a limited edition in an unknown edition. No changes were made to the track list, only a sticker and a gold-colored coating on the CD differentiate it from the first publication.
reception
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The music magazine Rock Hard rated the album in its 67th edition in 1992 with 8.5 out of 10 points. The texts highlighted positively: "The lyrical outpourings of the Hessians are therefore a lot easier to understand than those of the competition." It was criticized that the lyrics of the songs Holy Songs , Hated, Damned, Adored and We Write History are "sometimes too high-handed and trivial". Musically, the album is "a bit rockier than on Wir ham 'still far from enough ". The singer's voice sounds "much more melodious and warmer than in the past". Finally, the continuity of the music was emphasized: "The BÖHSEN ONKELZ and their new album are a bit of continuity in fast-moving times, when things will no longer apply tomorrow that are still" in "today."
The album Heilige Lieder was ranked 360 in the Rock Hard list - The 500 strongest records of all time by Rock Hard.
The song Heilige Lieder was ranked 98th in the list of Rock Hard's 250 Best Songs of All Time , with a maximum of one track per band being included in the list.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holy Songs - Record ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2012 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. Article on onkelzvinyl.de. Retrieved July 17, 2012
- ↑ Booklet - Holy Songs
- ↑ a b gold / platinum database on musikindustrie.de. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
- ↑ a b Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 179.
- ↑ a b Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 182.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, pp. 177-178.
- ↑ a b Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, pp. 184-185.
- ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 183.
- ↑ Weidner, Röhr, Russell, Schorowski: BOSC Fanzine No. 2 . 1994, p. 38.
- ↑ Weidner, Röhr, Russell, Schorowski, Werner: BOSC Fanzine No. 10 . 2000, pp. 24-25.
- ↑ CD booklet for the album Heilige Lieder . 1992, p. 1.
- ^ Farewell to Angi Dietze and Christine Neumann on September 24th, 2005 at habakuk-musik.de. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
- ↑ Interview in SWR, So what? - Too much hatred in the wild south? Punks, skins and their music , 1992.
- ↑ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust - The tragedy first part on wikisource.org, paragraph 783 f. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
- ↑ Book of Memory ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on dunklerort.net
- ↑ Call me what you want ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on dunklerort.net
- ↑ a b I am in you ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on dunklerort.net
- ↑ These songs ... ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on dunklerort.net
- ↑ CD booklet for the album Heilige Lieder . 1992, p. 3.
- ↑ CD booklet for the album Heilige Lieder . 1992, p. 4.
- ↑ Close your eyes (and tell me what you see) ( Memento from June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on dunklerort.net
- ↑ A long way ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on dunklerort.net
- ↑ DVD release, Lieder Wir Hurricanes , 2011.
- ↑ Bert Hensel: What is a youthful sin? . In: Darmstädter Echo . November 28, 1992.
- ↑ Holy Songs Version: Misprint Noreira ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2012 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. On onkelzvinyl.de. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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- ↑ Longplay chart tracking holy songs ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On musicline.de. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ↑ Holy Songs ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From onkelz.de, accessed on May 7, 2012.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 189.
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 246.
- ↑ a b Album review: Heilige Lieder in Rock Hard # 67 on rockhard.de. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
- ↑ Rock Hard - The 500 strongest discs of all time in Rock Hard (ed.): Best of Rock and Metal, Heel-Verlag, Königswinter 2007
- ↑ The 250 best songs of all time in Rock Hard # 290
