Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle

Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle (We leave the Cathedral in Cologne) is the title of one of Hans Knipp , Hartmut Priess and Erry Stoklosa 1973 in Kölscher written dialect Carnival song , the first time as an A-side of the third single from the group Bläck Fööss published has been.

History of origin

It is not an homage to the hometown, but rather a criticism of the urban redevelopment policy (“what is the need for urban redevelopment?” - what good is the whole urban redevelopment). The starting point of the text was the renovation planned by the Cologne City Council for the Severinsviertel . On May 10, 1973, the city council declared a large part of the site between Severinsbrücke -Ulrichgasse-Bahnring-Rhein to be a redevelopment area, which was made public one day later. Due to the state's funding guidelines for modernization, many houses were classified as no longer worthy of preservation. As a result of this and the planned extensive gutting of building blocks, more than half of the households in the redevelopment area appeared to be affected by relocations. The students and other opponents of the renovation formed to prevent the planned renovation. The fear of the loss of affordable living space, building speculation and the loss of identification of the Veedel led to the alarm of the population of Cologne's southern part of the city. During a conversation on the subject between Knipp and Hartmut Pries, the then bassist of the Bläck Fööss, the question arose how the phrase " let the church in the village" could best be transferred to Cologne. The result was Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle .

Copywriter Hans Knipp took up this topicality and mentions the possible changes in the cityscape in an exaggerated satirical way. The listener is encouraged to imagine famous buildings in Cologne. The first stanza begins with "Stell d'r vür, d'r Kremlin stünd o'm Ebertplatz , stell d'r vür, d'r Louvre stünd am Rhing " (Imagine that the Kremlin was standing on Ebertplatz, the Louvre on the Rhine). “D'r Mont Klamott dä heiss op eimol Zuckerhot , do the panorama difficult en Brass” (Mont Klamott is suddenly called Sugar Loaf, then the city panorama would get into trouble). In contrast to what is usual with the Bläck Fööss, the song does not begin with the first verse, but with the chorus designed to sing along . The melody of the song begins with a triad break - fanfare tones, as if the well-fortified Cologne residents were ready if the cathedral were to be taken away from them. The vocal intro also consists of an alarming triad break on the dominant . With these satirical means, the presumptuousness of Cologne's urban planning was also criticized for wanting to convert an entire grown district.

Publication and Success

The third single by Bläck Fööss, produced by Werner Dies , was released in November 1973 as Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle / En uns'rem Veedel (Cornet 11887). The song became the first hit for the group, as it reached number 95 in the German charts. It was one of the first songs that Knipp wrote for the Bläck Fööss, a total of around 100 titles.

The song developed into one of the "greatest carnival anthems ever". The 1973/1974 carnival session was dominated by two songs, namely the A and B sides of this single. The Bläck Fööss used it for years as a recognition song when entering a carnival session . It was released on several of the band's LPs and CDs, such as Op Bläcke Fööss noh Kölle (1974) or Et es 20 Johr jenau jetz her (1990).

Cover versions

The song appeared in 1995 in a cover version of the Cologne pop singer Wolfgang Petry .

Web links

Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle at Discogs

Individual evidence

↑ Tommy Engel: Engel, Bengel, Botzestengel . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1991, ISBN 3-462-02128-1 , pp. 122 : “... one day Hans Knipp and Hartmut came into the test cellar with the line“ Mir losse de Kirch em Dorf ”. [...] Erry later finished [...] the text. He hummed the melody on tape at home. ” See also how the band dealt with GEMA at the time
↑ Kölnische Rundschau of May 11, 1973, City makes a start with redevelopment in Severinsviertel to prevent slums and speculation , p. 18
^ City of Cologne, The redevelopment of the Severinsviertel , 1998, p. 12
^ ^A ^b Astrid Reimers: Two well-known Cologne carnival songs
↑ Helga Resch, Der Karnevalsknigge: Celebrate like the real Kölschen , 2010, o. P.
↑ the resolution of a triad in which the notes are now played one after the other
↑ Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle from the Bläck Fööss at hitparade.ch
^ ^A ^b Hans-Peter Ecker: Of all people, the Jecks want to leave the church in the village: “Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle” by the Bläck Fööss
↑ Thomas Weibel, The Cologne Carnival Song in Past and Present , 1996, p. 66
↑ Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle by Wolfgang Petry at hitparade.ch

[1] Tommy Engel: Engel, Bengel, Botzestengel . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1991, ISBN 3-462-02128-1 , pp. 122 : “... one day Hans Knipp and Hartmut came into the test cellar with the line“ Mir losse de Kirch em Dorf ”. [...] Erry later finished [...] the text. He hummed the melody on tape at home. ” See also how the band dealt with GEMA at the time

[2] Kölnische Rundschau of May 11, 1973, City makes a start with redevelopment in Severinsviertel to prevent slums and speculation , p. 18

[3] City of Cologne, The redevelopment of the Severinsviertel , 1998, p. 12

[AR-4] A ^b Astrid Reimers: Two well-known Cologne carnival songs

[5] Helga Resch, Der Karnevalsknigge: Celebrate like the real Kölschen , 2010, o. P.

[6] the resolution of a triad in which the notes are now played one after the other

[7] Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle from the Bläck Fööss at hitparade.ch

[HPE-8] A ^b Hans-Peter Ecker: Of all people, the Jecks want to leave the church in the village: “Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle” by the Bläck Fööss

[9] Thomas Weibel, The Cologne Carnival Song in Past and Present , 1996, p. 66

[10] Mer losse d'r Dom en Kölle by Wolfgang Petry at hitparade.ch