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Opium Fürs Volk
''Opium fürs Volk'' (''Opium for the people'') is the seventh studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. Although it's not considered a concept album, it has a central theme of religion (exemplified by the intro "Vaterunser", "Die zehn Gebote" and " Paradies"). It is regarded as one of the best Die Toten Hosen albums. The title is derived from a common misquotation of Karl Marx, who called religion the Opium of the People - ''Opium des Volkes''. Track listing # "Vaterunser" (''Our Father'') (Traditional) − 1:10 # "Mensch" (''Man'') (von Holst/Frege) − 4:08 # "Die Fliege" (''The fly'') (Frege/Frege) − 1:54 # "Die zehn Gebote" (''The ten commandments'') (Rohde/Frege) − 4:04 # "Böser Wolf" (roughly ''Big Bad Wolf'') (von Holst/Frege) − 4:02 # " Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit" (''Nothing lasts forever'') (von Holst, Frege/Müller, von Holst, Frege) − 4:10 # "Ewig währt am längsten (Dub)" (lit. ''Forever lasts the longest''; a pun on ''Ehrlich währt am läng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen are a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf. The name is taken from the German slang idiom ''tote Hose'' (literally "dead trousers"), which means "nothing happening"; "boring". The band has had an important success through the years, and it has built a loyal following both in Europe and South America, being particularly popular in their home country and in Argentina. History The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephen Ritchie), Andi (Andreas Meurer) and Breiti (Michael Breitkopf). All members except one, Vom, who is English, are German, though Campino's mother, Jenny, was also English. Vom joined in 1999, after previous drummer Wölli sustained injuries in a car crash. Wölli had played from 1985 to 1999 and was an honorary member of the band until his death in 2016. The drummer until 1985 was Trini Trimpop, who became the band's manager when Wölli joined. The band is reputed to have playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing#Evolution of hairlessness, hairlessness, bipedality, bipedalism, and high Human intelligence, intelligence. Humans have large Human brain, brains, enabling more advanced cognitive skills that facilitate successful adaptation to varied environments, development of sophisticated tools, and formation of complex social structures and civilizations. Humans are Sociality, highly social, with individual humans tending to belong to a Level of analysis, multi-layered network of distinct social groups — from families and peer groups to corporations and State (polity), political states. As such, social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of Value theory, values, norm (sociology), social norms, languages, and traditions (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitsch
''Kitsch'' ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as Naivety, naïve imitation, overly eccentric, gratuitous or of banal Taste (sociology), taste. The modern avant-garde traditionally opposed kitsch for its melodrama, melodramatic tendencies, its superficial relationship with the human condition and its naturalistic standards of beauty. In the first half of the 20th century, kitsch was used in reference to mass-produced, popular culture, pop-cultural products that lacked the conceptual depth of fine art. However, since the emergence of Pop art, Pop Art in the 1950s, kitsch has taken on newfound highbrow appeal, often wielded in knowingly Irony, ironic, humorous or Sincerity, earnest manners. To brand visual art as "kitsch" is often still pejorative, though not exclusively. Art deemed kitsch may be enjoyed in an entirely positive and sincerity, sincere manner. For example, it carries the ability to be quaint or "quirky" without being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auf Dem Kreuzzug Ins Glück
Die Toten Hosen are a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf. The name is taken from the German slang idiom ''tote Hose'' (literally "dead trousers"), which means "nothing happening"; "boring". The band has had an important success through the years, and it has built a loyal following both in Europe and South America, being particularly popular in their home country and in Argentina. History The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephen Ritchie), Andi (Andreas Meurer) and Breiti (Michael Breitkopf). All members except one, Vom, who is English, are German, though Campino's mother, Jenny, was also English. Vom joined in 1999, after previous drummer Wölli sustained injuries in a car crash. Wölli had played from 1985 to 1999 and was an honorary member of the band until his death in 2016. The drummer until 1985 was Trini Trimpop, who became the band's manager when Wölli joined. The band is reputed to have played f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushed Again
"Pushed Again" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It is the only single and the fifth track from the album ''Crash-Landing''. The song is about being tormented by somebody and trying to get this somebody off the narrator's back. Music video The music video was directed by Ralf Schmerberg. It shows the band performing, interspersed with clips of many different cases of riots, police brutality and violation of human rights in many countries, i.e. notably in China. Track listing # "Pushed Again" (Breitkopf/Andreas Frege Andreas Frege (born 22 June 1962), known professionally as Campino, is a German-British singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Die Toten Hosen, a German punk rock band. Biography Campino was born at 22 June in Düsseldorf and is a desc ...) − 3:49 # "Alles ist eins" (''All is one'') (von Holst/Frege) − 3:21 # "Fliegen" (''Flying'') (Frege/Frege) – 4:28 # "Revenge" (Meurer/Frege, T.V. Smith) − 3:59 Charts Year-end charts References {{Authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Little Indians
"Ten Little Indians" is an American children's Counting-out game, counting out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12976. In 1868, songwriter Septimus Winner adapted it as a song, then calledTen Little Injuns, for a minstrel show. Lyrics The modern lyrics for the children's rhyme are: \relative c' \addlyrics Minstrel song Songwriter Septimus Winner created an elaborated version of the children's song, called "Ten Little Injuns", in 1868 for a minstrel show. Derivative songs and books It is generally thought that this song was adapted, possibly by Frank J. Green in 1869, as "Ten Little Niggers", though it is possible that the influence was the other way around, with "Ten Little Niggers" being a close reflection of the text that became "Ten Little Indians". Either way, "Ten Little Niggers" became a standard of the blackface minstrel shows. It was sung by Christy's Minstrels and became widely known in Europe, where it was used by Agatha Christie in her 1939 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jägermeister
( , ) is a German digestif made with 56 herbs and spices. Developed in 1934 by Wilhelm and Curt Mast, it has an alcohol by volume of 35% ( 61 degrees proof, or US 70 proof). The recipe has not changed since its creation, and the drink continues to be sold in a green glass bottle. It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister SE headquartered in , Germany. History Wilhelm Mast was a vinegar manufacturer and wine trader in the city of Wolfenbüttel, Germany. His son, Curt Mast (1897–1970), was passionate about the production of spirits and liqueurs, and always keen to help his father in the business even at an early age. In 1934, at age 37, after he took over his father's business, Curt devised the recipe for "Jägermeister". Curt was an enthusiastic hunter. The name ''Jägermeister'' in German literally means "Master Hunter", "Hunt Master", or "master of the hunt". It is a title for a high-ranking official in charge of matters related to hunting and gamekeeping. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zehn Kleine Jägermeister
"Zehn kleine Jägermeister" (German: ''Ten Little Huntsmen/Jägermeisters'') is a song by Germany, German punk rock group Die Toten Hosen. It was released in June 1996 as the fourth single from the album ''Opium fürs Volk''. It is the band's biggest hit, reaching number one on German, Austrian and Swiss charts. Content It's a drinking song, and the fact that drinking songs are a tradition for Die Toten Hosen is ironized on the album version as an interview in the beginning and end of the song. The song's title and theme are a parody of "Ten Little Indians, Zehn kleine Negerlein" (''Ten little negroes''), which is a song about how out of ten characters only one was left in the end; the parody lies in the improbable manner of their removals: killed by smoking cannabis, died for an inheritance, killed in a road accident, killed by the husband of a date, imprisoned for avoiding taxes, killed by a policeman, killed in a military drinking game, killed by mad cow disease, and finally re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise
In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human civilization: in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, a land of luxury and fulfillment containing ever-lasting bliss and delight. Paradise is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, in contrast to World (theology), this world, or underworlds such as hell. In eschatological contexts, paradise is imagined as an Entering heaven alive, abode of the virtuous dead. In Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, heaven is a paradisiacal belief. In Hinduism and Buddhism, paradise and svarga, heaven are synonymous, with higher levels available to beings who have achieved special attainments of virtue and meditation. In old Egyptian beliefs, the underworld is Aaru, the reed-fields of ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XTC (song)
XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters Andy Partridge (vocals, guitars) and Colin Moulding (vocals, bass), the band gained popularity during the rise of punk and new wave in the 1970s, later playing in a variety of styles that ranged from angular guitar riffs to elaborately arranged pop. Partly because the group did not fit into contemporary trends, they achieved only sporadic commercial success in the UK and US, but attracted a considerable cult following. They have since been recognised for their influence on post-punk, Britpop and later power pop acts. Partridge and Moulding first met in the early 1970s and subsequently formed a glam outfit with drummer Terry Chambers. The band's name and line-up changed frequently, and it was not until 1975 that the band was known as XTC. In 1977, the group debuted on Virgin Records and were subsequently noted for their energetic live performances and their refusal to play conventional punk rock, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Frog Prince
"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimms' Fairy Tales, ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 1). Traditionally, it is the first story in their folktale collection. The tale is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 440. "The Frog Prince" can be compared to the similar European fairy tale "The Frog Princess". Origin Editions The story is best known through the rendition of the Brothers Grimm, who published it in their 1812 edition of ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' (''Grimm's Fairy Tales''), as tale no. 1. An older, moralistic version was included in the Grimms' handwritten Ölenberg Manuscript from 1810. Jack Zipes noted in 2016 that the Grimms greatly treasured this tale, considering it to be one of the "oldest and most beautiful in German-speaking regions." Sources The Grimms' source is unclear, but it apparently comes from an oral tradition of Dortchen Wild's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie & Clyde (Die Toten Hosen Song)
"Bonnie & Clyde" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the ninth track from the album ''Opium fürs Volk''. "Bonnie & Clyde" is a romantic song about a man and a woman, who want to play Bonnie and Clyde - criminals that are in love with each other. At the start of the song, the two have never met before, but the man knows she's the one he's been missing. An English version was recorded for ''Crash-Landing''. Die Ärzte covered the song as a part of a medley in a concert of 1998, which is available on the single of " Die Schönen und das Biest: Elke (live)". Music video The music video was directed by Ralf Schmerberg. The video starts of arrest and lockup sequence when police apprehends a young couple of a wannabe "Bonnie" (played by Lea Mornar) and a wannabe "Clyde" (played by Andreas "Campino" Frege). In detention both of them recall moments of their common love and crime history. As their story unfolds, it loosely follows the lyrics. They met at a bar an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
