No amnesty for MTV
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| publication | February 18, 2002 |
| length | 3:04 |
| Genre (s) | Rock , hard rock |
| text | Stephan Weidner |
| music | Stephan Weidner, Matthias Röhr |
| album | Dopamine |
No amnesty for MTV is a song by the German hard rock band Böhse Onkelz . The song is the only single from their 14th studio album Dopamin and was released on February 18, 2002.
Content and background
No amnesty for MTV ( amnesty = "forgiveness") is a direct criticism of the music channel MTV and the media in general. The viewers would be fooled by the television stations and would consume everything without questioning it. Financial gain is the only goal of the industry and they want to generate as much income as possible. The Onkelz are not dependent on the support of the media and specifically opposed their lies.
This was preceded by a special MTV Masters broadcast about the Böhsen Onkelz in July 2001, which, in the opinion of the band, had been falsified and consistently dealt with it critically. The group then wrote an open letter to MTV in which they sharply criticized the station and those responsible and excluded any future collaboration.
Stephan Weidner said in an interview with the music magazine Rock Hard about the MTV Masters show as follows:
“At first we were enthusiastic about the idea. [...] Because we believed that perhaps with the help of Onkelz you could reach people who are violent or have one foot in the right-wing camp and thus on the edge of society. If our story had been presented correctly, with all the mistakes we made, and shown how misguided we were, how we developed and where our path has led, it would have been a huge opportunity to possibly induce these people to rethink . It really hurt that this opportunity was not taken. [...] We didn't want to gloss over anything, we gave them an insight into everything. [...] The editor in charge, an Iranian woman, kept telling these people that if she smelled anything right here, she would be the first to report about it. [...] You didn't want to see the band portrayed as positively as in the original article. As a result, this editor was dismissed a few days before the broadcast date and the article was quickly re-edited. "
production
The lyrics of the song were written by Stephan Weidner , the head and bassist of the band. Weidner also took over the production together with the Onkelz guitarist Matthias Röhr .
single
Cover design
The single cover shows a black and white photo of a smashed television set lying on the floor. On a wall behind it is the title No Amnesty for MTV in large red letters and the Böhse-Onkelz lettering in black on the lower right.
Track list
In addition to the title track, the single also includes the song Scars , which is also on dopamine , and the cover versions Coz I Luv You and Je t'aime… moi non plus . The former is originally from the British rock group Slade and the latter from the French singer Serge Gainsbourg .
- No amnesty for MTV - 3:04
- Scars - 4:20
- Coz I Luv You - 3:54
- Je t'aime ... moi non plus - 3:45
Chart successes
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No amnesty for MTV rose to number 2 in the German single charts on March 4, 2002 and was ranked 8 in the following weeks; 4 and 7. Overall, the song stayed in the top 100 for eleven weeks. In the German annual charts in 2002, the song was ranked 46th. The single also reached the charts in Austria and Switzerland, occupying positions 8 and 25, respectively.
Web links
- Lyrics with interpretations on genius.com
- No amnesty for MTV on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lyrics
- ^ Open letter from the Böhse-Onkelz management to MTV Copy of the letter from onkelz.de, 2002. Retrieved on July 3, 2017.
- ↑ Thomas Kupfer, Götz Kühnemund: Retreaded . In: Rock Hard , No. 179, 2002.
- ↑ Single cover
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
- ↑ Chart tracking No amnesty for MTV on officialcharts.de
- ↑ Annual charts 2002: DE
