May 11th, 2009
I Never Really Got Into Le Tigre
I’m still in Poland! But I’m gonna throw some serious German culture at you.
The extent of my knowledge of German history = bad stuff happened.
(I am being a little sarcastic.)
The extent of my knowledge of contemporary German music = Wir Sind Helden, Nena, and Rammstein.
(I am utterly serious.)
May 11th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
i’m not sure, but I think Bob Dylan did it better…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xIulyVsG8
May 11th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Hey, “99 Luftbalons” is one of my favorite 80′s tunes!
May 12th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Wir Sind Helden!
May 12th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
You will have to tell me what Wir Sind Helden is singing in that second Bob Dylan like music video. It is beautiful!
May 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Woah, Mom, Dylan totally did it better, props and apologies. Clearly so much time away from the enormous, lurking Dylan head in our entryway has rotted my brain.
William: Lord, I miss you. Now that you’re not on facebook, you feel, like, an extra five inches further away. Just so you know, you were absent from Sam’s most recent “What Are My Old Friends Doing This Summer” facebook message chain. Think about that.
As for the song… The refrain, “bitte gib mir nur ein wort,” means “please give me just one word.” She’s basically asking some guy to be up front with her and tell her what he’s thinking.