musikwiese. (Posts about punk.)https://musikwiese.fontein.de/tag/punk.atom2019-11-17T10:40:27ZfelixNikoladie ärzte.https://musikwiese.fontein.de/2011/03/29/die-arzte/2011-03-29T02:08:03+02:002011-03-29T02:08:03+02:00felix<div><p>after a longer silence, i’m back with writing something about bands. today i want to write about a band i used to listen a lot to a long time ago: the german fun punk band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_%C3%84rzte">die ärzte</a>. let me start with a somewhat sarcastic song called <i>hurra</i> (<i>hooray</i>) from the 1995 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Punk">planet punk</a>, aimed at the reunion of germany with all its exaggerated promises.</p>
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<p>the second song is <i>ist das alles?</i> (<i>is that everything?</i>) from the 1986 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_%C3%84rzte_%28album%29">die ärzte</a>.</p>
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<p>the third song is a famous one called <i>westerland</i>, from the 1988 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_ist_nicht_die_ganze_Wahrheit...">das ist nicht die ganze wahrheit…</a> this version is a longer maxi version, containing several versions of the song. beginning with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella">a cappella</a> version, a strange pop version, followed by</p>
<blockquote><p class="quote">ich bin die kleine robbe<br>und algen find ich gut<br>am morgen hab ich ausschlag<br>am abend spuck ich blut</p>
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<p>after that comes a pseudo-satanic metal version, which is followed by the real version of the song. finally, a blues version comes up.</p>
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<p>the next song is <i>grotesksong</i> (<i>grotesque song</i>) from the 1998 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_%28Die_%C3%84rzte_album%29">13</a>. a mean, sarcastic song. i like it :)</p>
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<p>the fifth song is <i>radio brennt</i> (<i>radio burns</i>) from the 1987 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ist_das_alles%3F_%2813_H%C3%B6hepunkte_mit_den_%C3%84rzten%29">ist das alles?</a>. this again is a special version, with a funny intro. a song about hate on radios (or more precisely, radio stations), which play a lot of crap.</p>
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<p>i also like <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prollhead">prollhead</a>‘s version of <i>radio brennt</i>, which can be heard <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOC6KLyI4tk">here</a>. it’s one of the fantastic pieces from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6tterD%C3%84mmerung_%28album%29">götterdämmerung</a> tribut album to <i>die ärzte.</i></p>
<p>the next song is also from the <i>planet punk</i> album and is called <i>opfer</i> (<i>victim</i>). on the evil sides of capitalism.</p>
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<p>the last two songs are love related. or, more precisely, unhappy love. the first song, <i>mach die augen zu</i> (<i>close the eyes</i>), from the 1993 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Bestie_in_Menschengestalt">die bestie in menschengestalt</a>, is about a broken relationship, where love has left one side but not the other.</p>
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<p>the last song, <i>nichts in der welt</i> (<i>nothing in the world</i>), from the 2003 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ger%C3%A4usch">geräusch</a>, is about someone losing faith, losing his belief in love.</p>
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<p>there are <i>many</i> more good songs from <i>die ärzte</i>. it’s really hard to choose such a small number of them… i already presented one more on <a href="https://spielwiese.fontein.de/2010/12/03/schrei-nach-liebe-by-die-arzte/">spielwiese</a> last december.</p></div>