Pete Doherty was forced to exit a concert in Germany after angering the crowd by singing Nazi favorite "Deutschland, Deutschland Ãœber Alles." Met with boos and badfingers, Doherty "moved on to the next song but his manager pulled him off after his fourth song. 'After that, we could no longer guarantee his safety,'" said the program manager for the station broadcasting the show. I guess it's not exactly irony that singing a song associated with genocide might provoke violent rage in those who condemn it, but it's something... something there ought to be a German word for.
Monday, November 30, 2009
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Vekandishitbaatvekaantakeit.
Dumkopf?
schadenjunkieweiner
Dasistnichtgut.
Nazifreude.
Farfegstupid
Goosesteppininit?
Blydelshamble
Vaht a Vaster.
Is this a violation of those German laws that forbid Nazi stuff?
Not technically illegal, but still a no-no. It's part of "Das Lied der Deutschen," of which the third stanza is now the national anthem of Germany. "Deutschland über alles" is part of the now disused first stanza, and though it originally expressed a form of 19th century liberal nationalism, it's been associated with the Nazis since they wholeheartedly embraced that line.
Well put!
Lovely melody, though, written by Haydn.
"Es tut mir Liedleid."
I think this is not Balk. I think it is really NVC trying to get revenge on me for astutely pointing out that Robert Pattison is a dull copy of Pete Doherty.
Kopfgeschlagen.
(At the current rate of inflation, his brain will laterally explore within the next three houses.)
From Der Spiegel: "Pete Doherty, a scandal-ridden British rockstar best known for having dated supermodel Kate Moss, has made headlines again -- and for once, it's actually about his singing."
Ha!
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/john_demjanjuk/index.html
I'm just loving the Cabaret reference!
(Also, a friend & I once sang Tomorrow Belongs to Me at the talent show at the Jewish day camp where she was a counselor. We found it HIGHlarious.)
The idea of volunteering to go to Jew Camp is, in itself, controversially funny.
"Jew Camp." I get it!
Duschebagg
Is it me or do the British sometimes display a remarkable lack of sensitivity concerning WWII ? I remember Prince Harry (the "evil" one) going to a party (or is it a Partei ?) dressed as a Nazi officer. I know they enjoy making fun of people, but a little bit of tact never hurts.
Well, the winners write the rules and someone forgot to tell the British that the Russians actually won that one.
I zee you have problem with Col. Klink?
It never fails to amaze me how Brits of all ages and classes still revile Germany-- and Germans both dead and our contemporaries. The anger dating from the bombings seems as though it will never abate.
I didn't take the Nazi costume to be anything beyond Harry's dressing as the most reviled character in the national zeitgeist. Or a bit of humor directed at Edward, etc. If you can't go slutty, go naughty.
Of course, it's easy to feel the way that I do-- that the war, and its atrocities, are not the responsibility of living Germans, that it's time to break out the costumes and make art, fun, what- have-you. My country wasn't bombed , that same generation of citizens is here known as "the greatest", and not "the lost." Just the same...
Das Brit.