Mexico (album)
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| Label (s) | Rock-O-Rama Records | |||
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EP, MCD |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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22:40 |
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| occupation | Singing: Kevin Russell Drums: Peter Schorowsky |
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Laslo Viragh |
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MTV Studio Frankfurt |
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Mexico is an EP by the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . It was released in November 1985 on the Rock-O-Rama Records label and sold about 8,000 copies at the time of publication.
History of origin
The EP was also the last release of the band on the Rock-O-Rama label of Herbert Egoldt, who died in 2005, because the contract signed in 1984 was fulfilled with the third album. Egoldt paid neither for the recordings nor for the separate units of the predecessor. The Onkelz were not interested in a further collaboration with Egoldt, as he had meanwhile marketed several neo-Nazi bands with his label. For this reason the band kept the album as tight as possible, there are only six songs on the EP.
Cover design
The cover of the EP Mexico is in black and white and shows a picture of the four band members, dancing and in Mexican clothes. The lettering Böhse Onkelz is emblazoned across the cover . At the bottom the word Mexico is written in black letters .
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1 | Mexico | 4:14 |
| 2 | The animal in me | 4:10 |
| 3 | Pride (quick version) | 2:42 |
| 4th | Heels & Suspenders | 3:08 |
| 5 | In every arm ... | 4:26 |
| 6th | Laws of the road | 4:02 |
Versions
The EP was also released as a bootleg and by Rock-O-Rama in various versions, including the predecessor Böse Menschen - Böse Lieder and the unofficial album Friday Night .
Background information on individual songs
- Mexico
This song is about the soccer World Cup '86 in Mexico . In contrast to “France '84” and “Football + Violence”, from the first studio album The Nice Man , it is no longer about equating football and violence, but about convincing the German team to win and the fun that goes with it. Alcohol also plays a big role in this song. It is also the band's last soccer song and - probably for that very reason - enjoys cross-scene popularity.
- Pride (quick version)
While the Ska version was available as a demo recording for a long time before it was released on The Nice Man , the rock version was premiered relatively shortly before its release in Mexico on the talk show "Live from Alabama". It was decided to record the " Pogo version" in order to give Rock-O-Rama as few rights as possible to song material, as the record contract expired shortly afterwards (1985/1986).
In terms of the text, the following line has changed: "You hear Oi when you are at home." Became "You hear Onkelz when you are at home."
- In every arm ...
The song is listed at GEMA and on later publications as In Every Arm 'ne Frau .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edmund Hartsch: In: Böhse Onkelz, Thanks for nothing. Original edition, 1997, p. 114.
- ↑ Album cover ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 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.
