We stay
| We stay | |
|---|---|
| Böhse Onkelz | |
| publication | 4th September 2015 |
| length | 3:44 |
| Genre (s) | Rock , hard rock |
| Author (s) | Böhse Onkelz |
| Label | FOUR Ton & Merch |
We remain is a song by the German hard rock band Böhse Onkelz . The song was released as a single on September 4, 2015 . It is the first piece by the Böhsen Onkelz after their comeback in 2014.
History of origin
We remain was created after the impressions of the much-acclaimed comeback concerts of the Böhsen Onkelz on June 20 and 21, 2014 at the Hockenheimring , which each took place in front of around 100,000 spectators. The band repeated this the following year on two weekends in late June 2015 and a total of four shows in front of 350,000 people. During the rehearsals for these shows, the piece We stay was created . The song was first played live on June 19, 2015 and remained on the setlist of all four of the band's appearances.
A live compilation of all four performances was published on YouTube on August 20, 2015 .
On September 4, 2015, the single was finally released on CD and as a download, enriched with three songs from her performances at the Hockenheimring 2014, as well as the video, which is only available on the single CD. The single was considered the harbinger of the band's 18th studio album Memento , which was released in October 2016, but does not contain the song We Stay . The live album Böhse für's Leben , published in 2016, features a live version of the song. A bent quote from the literary figure Mephisto from Faust is incorporated into the lyrics . A tragedy. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from 1808 (" I am the spirit that always denies! ").
Track list
- We stay (studio version) - 3:44
- Power for those who don't want it (Live Hockenheimring 2014) - 4:45
- Heaven can wait (Live Hockenheimring 2014) - 4:35
- Mexico (Live Hockenheimring 2014) - 3:17
- Video: We stay (Live Hockenheimring 2015)
success
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The single reached number 4 in the German single charts on September 11, 2015 and stayed in the charts for a total of four weeks. In Austria the song reached number 32.
criticism
Max Fellmann from the Süddeutsche Zeitung put in his column hit, hit, Hurray: Charts column parallels to the refugee crisis , claiming the band had a response to the anti-Nazi song cry for love of the doctors delivered that by the action asshole again hit the charts. The piece is ambiguous in his view:
“We stay, that can mean“ we ”stop here in front of the refugee homes and mob around; Of course, it can also simply say "we", the Böhsen Onkelz, remain in the charts. It can mean anything. Targeted blurring has been the most important shoot of the Böhsen Onkelz for years, who were once very, very right-wing and now claim to no longer be. They keep the text of "We remain" so vague that pretty much everything can be interpreted between the past-everything-was-better and something-must-finally-change. "
However, the author does not provide any proof of this interpretation. Sebastian Kessler from Metal Hammer pointed out that the song was written at the beginning of 2015 under the impression of the comeback concerts, when there was still no talk of the refugee crisis. In addition, most recently Stephan Weidner has clearly “opposed right-wing and so-called asylum critics” recently. Weidner was quoted from a Facebook post with the following sentences :
“I don't care what arguments you put forward against refugees or“ do-gooders ”because there aren't any. Burn my records, stay in your sad circles, in which only hatred and ignorance roll everything beautiful and good flat. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian Kessler: Setlists: These songs were played by the Böhsen Onkelz at the Hockenheimring 2015. Metal Hammer , June 22, 2015, accessed on July 23, 2016 .
- ↑ On the eyes! The video for "We stay - live". Onkelz.de, August 20, 2015, accessed on July 23, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Chart tracking: AT , DE
- ↑ Max Fellmann: Hit, Hit, Hurray: Chart column: Dark growled. Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 15, 2015, accessed on July 23, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Sebastian Kessler: SZ-Magazin embarrasses itself with criticism of Böhsen Onkelz. Metal Hammer , September 16, 2015, accessed July 23, 2016 .
