Here's the deal, my friends, by the time you read this I’m a day or two away from hip replacement surgery, not something I ever expected to happen. It’s made of walnut (I think) and the handle looks almost identical to a Chief Pontiac hood ornament from the late 1940s. He and I were never friends, so I was surprised when he left it by my side door one summer day.
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A 16-year-old hobby musician would probably be able to produce something similar with free software.For years it has stood at attention in a corner of my sunroom, stately, gathering dust, but soon I shall need it a cane, a gorgeous cane carved for me by a high school classmate. Fast forward to 2022, and both singers are topping the single music charts in Germany.Ībove all, it is surprising how successful "Layla" is despite its objectionable quality, music-wise and lyric-wise. The former lives in "Bierkönig" (German for "beer king"), a disco-pub in Playa de Palma, where Schürze won a Schlager competition for upcoming stars some years back. The protagonists, DJ Robin and Schürze, have learned the principle through experience. The text about lustful brothel madam Layla is by no means mature, but a Ballermann hit can only become one if it's also easy to sing along while you're completely drunk, perhaps even as you throw up in the toilet. Meanwhile, Düsseldorf has also declared it wanted to steer clear of the song during its Rhein fair. People who are used to the songs played at the Rhineland Carnival, the Oktoberfest or any skiing lodge are used to a lot meatier content - though that doesn't mean "Layla" needs to be played at a folk festival. She is more beautiful and younger and more lustful). Sie ist schöner, jünger, geiler" (I have a brothel and my madam's called Layla.
The lines of the song go, "Ich hab' 'nen Puff und meine Puffmama heisst Layla. "Ballermann" has become a term used to refer to an entire subculture - the all-day partying German tourists, but also the music and its stars, which include Mickie Krause, Jürgen Drews and lately, DJ Robin.īallermann songs often play on sexual offensiveness the size of the male sexual organ or female breasts are core themes. The name of a beach pub in the El Arenal resort area, known as Ballermann 6, serves as the rallying point for the masses of German tourists who hit the bottle starting midday, drinking pitchers of alcohol with straws, entertained by party hits. The " Partyschlager" genre - folksy songs with a catchy tune and loud disco beats - gained popularity in Germany thanks to a particular form of mass tourism on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
'Ballermann' Schlager: An infamous music genre The controversy all started when a spokesperson for the city of Würzburg, in southern Germany, announced that they "would make sure the song would not be played in the future" during its festival, the Kiliani-Volksfest, declaring the Schlager hit was sexist. The song by Robin Leutner, aka DJ Robin and his partner Schürze (German for "apron") tells the story of a brothel madam. No, we're not talking about Eric Clapton's "Layla," hailed as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. This is about another song, a newer one with the same name that's been stirring controversy in Germany.
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