The Residents - Its A Mans World

1984 the residents covered the song "its a mans world" from james brown to promote their album "george & james".
for me..its a much better version ;)



the residents - its a mans world





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Adriano Celentano - Er Kommt Nie Wieder

the big film and musicstar from italy sings in german language about "that her ex will never come back and shes now his own"
adriano at his best!




adriano celentano-er kommt nie wieder






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Eric Hine - Not Fade Away

a obscure/wave/disco cover version of "not fade away".
eric hine/1981




Eric Hine - Not fade away







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code III - countdown

klaus schulz plays the drums on the amazing track "countdown", from 1974.
"planet of man" is the only album from the band calles "code III".



get hypnotized!

and dont forget .."make war not love"







code III - countdown






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Helge Schneider - Schneemann Bau`n

the one and only helge schneider!
for me one of the best comedian´s in germany and a huge musictalent.

"Zwei einsame Herzen im Schnee, wollen nicht nur Schneemann baun. Sie wollen ficken!"



Helge Schneider-Schneemann bau´n







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Krisma - I Must Know Your Name

"krisma" or original "chrisma" where formed by maurizio arcier and his wife christa moser.
"nothing to do with the dog"(1983) is there third album of "krisma" and its a good mix of synthpop and and obscure wave.
the song "i must know your name" reminds me to the early stuff of "peaches".
no pop-just a simple,cold beat and a cool,smooth voice.



Krisma-I must know your name







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Faust - Baby

the album "munich & elsewhere" was released in 1986 ,all tracks are recorded back in 1973-1975.

i have a preference for progressive rock from the 70s with german lyrics. the problem is..most of them are about political stuff. the song "baby" is different.
the refrain goes like this:

aaa baby
are you coming to the cinema with me?
aaa baby
And after that we'll go for a meal
And after that we'll go dancing
And after that we'll go screwing

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this is real life!




Faust-Baby







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whenever i feel low

Frederic Mercier - Storm

the pacifictrain/desertstorm 113 is coming...

this song is dedicated 2 the boys in the hood!





storm is an dark/powerfull-synth track.
1978/france





Frederic mercier-storm







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Peter Jacobi - Niederwammerl Superdrummerl

"i could cry vor lauta bluus" is an blues/rock/folk album from 1974, all songs are with bavarian-accent.
most of the songs are about political stuff, but in a funny way.
for me the only realy great song is the last one - the "niederwammerl", its about a drummer and his work.

and who plays the drums for this song?

.....the one and only " klaus weiss" !!!!
DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS+DRUMS

Peter Jacobi-Niederwammerl

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長谷川きよし - いにしえ坂

back in 1972 kiyoshi hasegawa was the first japanese artist on vertigo-japan. "inishizaka" was his first album and its a great mix of traditional japanese music,folk,rock and psychedelic.
all songs are writen in japanese letters on the back-cover, so i dont know the name of the song i chose.

anyway,on "ハイウェイ" ,kiyoshi plays eastern psych with megaphone vocals, virtuoso violin and gongs. a strange winding melody is a bonus, too!




kiyoshi hasegawa-ハイウェイ








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Jacques Dutronc & Bob Telden

as you see on the photos, jaques knows how to make fun about himself and also about his generation and society.
this is jaques´ third album, also the third one without an album-titel - pleasantly!
Back in the 60s&70s he was one of the BIG in french music business and is still married with the chanson star francoise hardy.

on the album you will find one of his biggest hits "il est cinq heures, paris séveille".
1969, one year later, bob telden has done a german cover version of this catchy song and named it "berlin erwacht".

ok..i dont like "il est cinq heures, paris séveille" that much, so i chose another one.
"les rois de la reforme" starts with hard drums and a soft singing jaques dutronc ..what a beginning !! you will love it!


jaques dutronc-les rois de la reforme




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but i have to show you guys the "il est cinq heures, paris séveille" version of bob.
especially for those of you, who understand german.
i have to say i got a preference for german cover-songs!
so here it is...









bob telden-berlin erwacht




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Ami Marie - Reisen

darkminimalpsychsynth/ami marie/reisen/1981

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"funny" / Kuno - Marihuana Mantra

kuno aka achim reichel and his marihuana brass´s "funny" but funky hash&pott song.

on the backside-cover you will find also a" funny"&usefull "törn-diktionär"("get stoned-dictionär").

"funny" or?!



Kuno-Marihuana mantra

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Antoine - Autostraße Nach Paris

like a lot of french artists,back in the 60s ,antoine"the french bob dylan" played some songs in german.
autostraße nach paris is a number one catchy song!




Antoine-Autostraße nach paris





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Bodenpersonal - Starr

at the 27th of june 1981 john peel played this great techno track on his radioshow.
the band is called bodenpersonal and had their releases on the small, minimal lable kompakt-produkte from berlin.



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Bodenperonal-Starr