Toten Hosen - Tage Wie Diese

[highplainsdem]

Some help from Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Toten_Hosen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballast_der_Republik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tage_wie_diese

I want to thank DUer DFW for mentioning them. I'd never heard of them before, but I'm really impressed by what I've heard so far.

And yes, they're singing in German, their own language, unlike the Dutch group Golden Earring. Which I know has to have kept them from being as successful in the US. But I've listened to a lot of English lyrics over the years that weren't exactly clear, lol.

And this band sounds great. I love this video...

EDITING to link to a page with the German lyrics and English translation:

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tage-wie-diese-days-these.html

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Good stuff sister ... very 80's of course ... U2 and Flock of Seagulls come to mind on this track

Dig it.

[highplainsdem]

2. Thanks! Like you, I was reminded of U2, of their great rock anthems.

I absolutely love this song (so do lots of other people, since it has nearly 70 million views). I've probably listened to it a couple dozen times since first hearing it. Not at all tired of it yet.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I Heard U2, As Well

Guitar was a little bigger, but the singer has a big voice!

[highplainsdem]

7. Agree about the singer. What you said reminds me of something I read,

I think in Rolling Stone when they published a list of the best vocalists ever, about Paul Rodgers -- that he'd been "born to sing over big guitars." The same is true, IMO, of Andreas Frege aka Campino.

And I love the guitar work on this song. Especially at 2:58, 3:53 and 4:03.

[highplainsdem]

3. Link to a longer thread about this band in the Lounge, with more info, music videos, and

interviews, including one with the band's frontman, Campino, interviewing Joey Ramone:

https://democraticunderground.com/10181664814

And a reply there about why Angela Merkel had to apologize to the band...

[highplainsdem]

5. Link to a reply in that Lounge thread with another great song from that album:

https://democraticunderground.com/10181664814#post17

[highplainsdem]

8. I think I have become addicted to this song.

[highplainsdem]

9. And I found a Reddit thread on song addiction:

https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/dj7j71/if_i_get_addicted_to_a_song_i_will_literally_sit/


I suspect this song, with nearly 70 million views, has a lot of addicts.

[highplainsdem]

10. Live in Dusseldorf, their home town, Oct. 12, 2013, a year

and a half after the song's release, with the overjoyed crowd singing along: