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Drexler
Jun 30, 2013
^^ I see your Aus-Rotten posting and raise you Rudimentary Peni posting

"Dutchmen" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqNIE58so9o

Nobody does industrial like zee Germans; Einstürtzende Neubauten:

"Autobahn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZsCvABTX90

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Drexler
Jun 30, 2013
Have we done Ton Steine Scherben? As a bonus, this version includes a reprise of Brecht's "Einheitsfront Lied." My German ain't so great but I'll do my best with a translation.

Macht Kaputt Was Euch Kaputt Macht (Destroy What Destroys You):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3YXXVnGu_c

quote:

Radios laufen, Platten laufen
Filme laufen, TVs laufen
Reisen kaufen, Autos kaufen
Häuser kaufen, Möbel kaufen
Wofür?

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!
Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!

Züge rollen, Dollars rollen
Maschinen laufen, Menschen schuften
Fabriken bauen, Maschinen bauen
Motoren bauen, Kanonen bauen
Für wen?

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!
Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!

Bomber fliegen, Panzer rollen
Polizisten schlagen, Soldaten fallen
Die Chefs schützen, Die Aktien schützen
Das Recht schützen, Den Staat schützen
Vor uns!

Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!
Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht!

Und weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist,
drum braucht er was zu essen, bitte sehr!
Es macht ihn ein Geschwätz nicht satt,
das schafft kein Essen her.

Drum links, zwei, drei!
Drum links, zwei, drei!
Wo dein Platz, Genosse, ist!
Reih dich ein in die Arbeitereinheitsfront
Weil du auch ein Arbeiter bist.

Und weil der Mensch ein Mensch ist,
drum hat er Stiefel ins Gesicht nicht gern.
Er will unter sich keinen Sklaven sehn
und über sich keinen Herrn.

Drum links, zwei, drei!
Drum links, zwei, drei!
Wo dein Platz, Genosse, ist!
Reih dich ein in die Arbeitereinheitsfront
Weil du auch ein Arbeiter bist.

Und weil der Prolet ein Prolet ist,
drum wird ihn kein anderer befreien,
es kann die Befreiung der Arbeiter
nur das Werk der Arbeiter sein.

Admittedly-a-bit-poo poo translation:

Radios running, records running,
Films running, TVs running,
Buying trips, buying cars,
Buying houses, buying furniture
What for?

Destroy what destroys you!
Destroy what destroys you!

Trains rolling, dollars rolling
Machines working, people toiling
Building factories, building machines,
Building motors, building guns
Who for?

Destroy what destroys you!
Destroy what destroys you!

Bombers flying, tanks rolling
Police beating, soldiers falling
Protecting the bosses, protecting the stocks,
Protecting the Right, protecting the state
From us!

Destroy what destroys you!
Destroy what destroys you!

Because a man is a man,
He needs something to eat, if you please!
Idle talk doesn't fill him up:
That doesn't bring food here.

So, left! Two, three,
So, left! Two, three,
Wherever your place is, comrade!
Line up for the Worker's Unity Front
Because you're a worker, too.

Because a man is a man,
He doesn't want a boot on his face.
He doesn't want to see slaves under him,
Or lords over him.

So, left! Two, three,
So, left! Two, three,
Wherever your place is, comrade!
Line up for the Worker's Unity Front
Because you're a worker, too.

Because the worker is a worker,
No one else will free him.
The freeing of the worker can
Only be the act of the worker.

So, left! Two, three,
So, left! Two, three,
Wherever your place is, comrade!
Line up for the Worker's Unity Front
Because you're a worker, too.

(Apologies again for the stilted translation, any better German speakers can feel free to browbeat and then correct me)

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