Summer '89 (He cut holes in the fence)
| Summer '89 (He cut holes in the fence) | |
|---|---|
| Kettcar | |
| publication | 11th August 2017 |
| length | 4:58 |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| Author (s) | Kettcar |
| Label | Grand Hotel van Cleef |
| album | I vs. We (2017) |
Sommer '89 (He cut holes in the fence) is a song by the German indie rock band Kettcar . It was released as a single on August 11, 2017 . The associated video was published on YouTube on the same day . The song was the first harbinger of their fifth album Ich vs wir , released on October 13, 2017 . The song is to be understood as a commentary on the refugee crisis and describes a flight of citizens of the GDR in the summer of 1989 via Hungary to the Federal Republic of Germany from the point of view of a refugee .
publication
Sommer '89 (He cut holes in the fence) is the first song released by Kettcar since their last album Zwischen den Runden in 2012. In 2014, singer Marcus Wiebusch recorded a solo album called Konfetti . The song was first presented on August 11, 2017 by Spiegel Online and via the YouTube channel of Kettcar's record label Grand Hotel van Cleef . At the same time, the track was available in numerous download portals, and the tracklist and the album's artwork were also published.
Music style and text
In the summer of '89 (He cut holes in the fence) is it is a text-based song from a flight assistance in the summer of 1989, shortly before the fall of the wall says. The narrative is richly decorated and is reminiscent of a short story set to music. The protagonist, from whose point of view the story is told, travels from Hamburg to Mörbisch am See in the Austrian Burgenland near the Austro-Hungarian border . There, with the help of a bolt cutter, he enabled three families from the GDR, a total of 14 people, to escape and put them on a bus to the German embassy in Vienna . Back in his shared apartment in Hamburg , he has to justify himself to his roommates, who describe the action as "humanly understandable, but still wrong". After a dispute and a subsequent emotional outburst, he leaves the apartment and “was never seen again”.
The stanzas are performed using the spoken word stylistic device . The narrative speed is adapted to the story. The piece is mainly driven by the drum accompaniment. Only in the refrain does the presentation style change to the singing.
Music video
The video was made by Grand Hotel van Cleef in coproduction with the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department of Media Production . Directed by Mario Möller and Marcus Wiebusch. The project was supervised by producer Kathrin Lemme . The video tells the full story of the song with actors. The text is displayed for this purpose.
reception
Dirk von Lowtzow ( Tocotronic ) as well as the writers Juli Zeh and Benedict Wells had already made positive comments about the song in advance . Their comments were included in the press release. The music magazine Visions praised the song on its website:
“The recently made album announcement was followed a few days later by the clip for the first single“ Sommer '89 (He cut holes in the fence) ”- the song picks up on a chapter in German history before the turnaround and comes close. (...) The song wins thanks to Wiebusch's eye for detail, the lines of text 'In Mörbisch am See he checked into Pension Peterhof, bought a kebab and waited for the night' are just one example among many. "
Also ORF.at praised the song as a bold statement on the refugee crisis:
“In the song, however, Kettcar also address the larger political and social implications of flight - this is not the only reason why 'Sommer' 89 'should also be seen as a statement on the current refugee situation. "
Thomas Andre from Hamburger Abendblatt praised the song as a refined work that makes a statement on today's refugee debate with a story from the German past.
"'Sommer '89 (He cut holes in the fence)' is a position-taking, appellative song that sums up the Germany of the present in just under five minutes, although it tells a story long past."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Video premiere: Kettcar on the run. In: Spiegel Online . August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Kettcar's new song "Summer '89 (He cut holes in the fence)" is a commentary on refugee aid. Musikexpress , August 11, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Kettcar '89 (He cut holes in the fence). Genius.com , accessed August 11, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Kettcar show video for the single "Sommer '89 (He cut holes in the fence)". Visions.de , August 11, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Kettcar - Summer '89 (He cut holes in the fence). In: Grand Hotel van Cleef . YouTube , August 11, 2017, accessed August 11, 2017 .
- ^ "Summer '89": Kettcar song with the scene of Burgenland. ORF.at, August 11, 2017, accessed on August 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Thomas Andre: "Summer '89": How Kettcar tells German history in five minutes. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .