Day 16! We're now officially in the second half of the 30-day summer #song-challenge!
(Or are we? I think I'll be extending it by a week, because I noticed that some important song topics simply have not been covered by the other 30 days yet ;))
So today we're asked to post a "classic favorite" - what does that even mean?
A song that everybody likes?
Is there such a thing?
Being German, of course Nena’s 99 Luftballons came to mind first. But I believe it has been mentioned by a couple of other song-challengers already.
So, being from East Germany originally, I will go with our most famous East German "Ostrock" song, which - I believe - even made it into the charts in West Germany back in the 80’s: City’s Am Fenster.
Don’t ask me what this song is about.
Nobody knows.
It’s German, yes, but also ...not. Maybe they tried to hide a political message in this song to pass censorship - if so, they did a good job because literally nobody can find it.
Or maybe it's code?
Honestly, the lyrics sound like they've been mangled through an online translator several times and the original got lost.
Seriously, just put this in Google Translate and see what comes out in your language.
Trust me, you'll get a pretty decent idea of what it says in German:
Einmal wissen dies bleibt für immer
Ist nicht Rausch der schon die Nacht verklagt
Ist nicht Farbenschmelz noch Kerzenschimmer
Von dem Grau des Morgens längst verjagt
Einmal fassen tief im Blute fühlen
Dies ist mein und es ist nur durch dich
Klagt ein Vogel, ach auch mein Gefieder
Nässt der Regen flieg ich durch die Welt
Flieg ich durch die Welt
Flieg ich durch die Welt
Flieg ich durch die Welt
But forget about hidden meanings - it’s all about the lalala chorus and of course the epic 3-minute violin solo in the middle.
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