^_^ Wow! Vielen Dank für das, Barolojoe, ich bin praktisch sprachlos. Was für eine breite – und gelehrt – Spektrum der Musik! (Haben Sie traf Meister ShihTzu Tylenol, durch Zufall?) Vielleicht ist jetzt, werden einige der älteren Mitglieder der JUB haben Grund mehr, in diesem Thread posten.
But I, too, enjoy older forms of music – by which I mean, 'jazz standards' and popular music from the first half of the twentieth century, and not just 'classic rock from the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties,' as they say on the radio. In fact, I just might surprise you in the next few days with a couple I've had in mind to post for a while...
In the meantime, here are three German songs from the more recent past that definitely fit the bill. The first one was wildly popular in Germany when I visited six years ago – everywhere we went, people knew all the words and would lustily sing along – and I had intended to post it here last summer – found a good video on YouTube, translated the lyrics and everything – but just when I went to double check the vid, this is what I got...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm50AjtVvmE"]Masturbation in der Sonne Mutabor[/ame]
So, I scrapped my plans in the hope the band soon would resolve the issue, but as they apparently haven't yet, here's the only other video on YouTube that more or less contains the whole song, as you can see... Which is to say, you can't really see much of anything, including the fact the lead singer looks a little like a more scrawny Zach de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine; One Day As a Lion) – complete with dreadlocks...
Live, Objekt 5, Halle, Deutschland, 11 Oktober 2009
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1Ewm_sWZk"]Masturbation in der Sonne Mutabor[/ame]
'Masturbation in der Sonne/Was für eine Wonne/Wie geil is' das denn?.../Ich lege selber Hand an mich/Und spüre dabei keine Pflicht/Lass den Hormonen freien Lauf/Ich nehm auch euren Spott in Kauf/Ich muss nicht mal alleine sein/Nein, ich tue es am liebsten im Frei'n/Gefalle mir als Bürgerschreck/Wenn ich mir danach die Finger leck/Ich machs mir selbst/Das tut nicht weh/Ich machs mir selbst/Und tu dabei keinem weh...'
'Masturbation in the sun/What a delight/How cool is that, then?.../I take myself in hand/And thereafter feel no inhibition/Let the hormones run free/I also accept your mockery/But I don't have to be all by myself/No, I'd rather do it with somebody else/Who liked me for my free spirit/And if I then lick your fingers/I'd do the same to myself/It's harmless/I do it to myself/And it won't hurt you...'
The next one doesn't require much explanation, as the band sings auf englisch and, like Mutabor, also is a German Ska band...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51wBIH3qZpU"]Masturbation BeNuts[/ame]
'Masturbation/All you really need is your hands/Masturbation/You don't have to pay for/Masturbation/And that's what I call independence/Masturbation/Let's have an Independence Day...'
Today's final selection is... Well, here it is! Tell me what you think, Barolojoe, anyone else, about the song(s), my translations of the lyrics, anything else – I don't shy from human contact, you know, just because I indulge in my solitary pursuits...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li2t_XbXaRY"]Alles aus Liebe Die Toten Hosen[/ame]
'Sobald deine Laune etwas schlechter ist/Bild ich mir gleich ein, dass du mich nicht mehr willst/Ich sterbe beim Gedanken daran/Dass ich dich nicht für immer halten kann/Auf einmal brennt ein Feuer in mir/Und der Rest der Welt wird schwarz/Ich spür wie unsere Zeit verrinnt/Wir nähern uns dem letzten Akt/Und alles nur, weil ich dich liebe/Und ich nicht weiß, wie ich's beweisen soll/Komm, ich zeig dir, wie groß meine Liebe ist/Und bringe mich für dich um...'
'When your mood turns slightly worse/I picture a time when you no longer want me/I die at the thought that/I cannot keep it up forever/Suddenly, a fire is stoked in me/And the rest of the world goes black/I feel like our time is running out/We are approaching the last act/And it's all because I love you/And I do not know how to prove it/Come, I'll show you how great my love is/And I'll kill for you...'
That's it for now. Genießen Sie alle! Viel Spaß! Tschüss!
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