Even though Die Ärzte are petty mainstream in Germany, I'd say - which by no means is a reflection on the quality of their music! Both their old and new stuff has finesse to it, I'd say. :)
Claudia hat nen Schäferhund is definitely not about Claudia Schiffer. The song is from 1983, when Schiffer was 13. She did not start modeling until 1987.
I would like to add that they also do not shy away from complex words and mostly stress proper grammar. They, especially Farin, have improved my German language skills immensely. They pull it off without seeming dorky, maybe better said, this dorky aspect is part of their persona.
Yes, they always use proper grammar except when they intentionally don't. And then it's just for the laughs. Like in "Schrei nach Liebe" there is the line "Du hast nie gelernt dich zu artikulieren" (You have never learned to articulate [your thoughts/feelings]" and in one chorus they change it to "Du hast nie gelernt dich arti-zu-kulieren" (You have never learned arti-to-culate). I think it works fine because the syllables "zu" and "ku" rhyme and because prefixes of verbs in German are sometimes split from the verb and placed somewhere else in the sentence. But they are not moved to the middle of the verb so that is the unexpected funny part. I love that line :)
It might have been mentioned but: Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhunder does NOT refer to Claudia Schiffer. The song is from 1982 when Schiffer was only 12 years old. She only was auditioned in 1987 and became famous in the 1990s, way later than the song!
Would love to see more analysis/translation videos about songs from Die Ärzte! Especially ones with cultural references/idioms/jokes/etc. that non-germans would not be able to easily translate/understand. Thanks for all of the great videos Dave!
I have a few on my chanel. Hope it is ok to mention that. The first two have poor timing for which I apologise, but the 3rd I think I finally got it right. I have found many more online. Just search them with Englisch subtitles. Many others gave done Videos as well.
Great work DÄ is my favourite band of all time and I like to stress that it’s an important statement as I am not German and I do not live in Germany but yet the music reached me to a point where they rule my personal charts with no competition. Great vid but I think is important to mention that Männer Sind Schweine was so popular that they are refusing to play it live. Bloody fantastic :D
I'm so happy you did a Die Ärzte video. One of my German friends showed me them last year and music has been helping me a lot with learning the language
*Ich lieg am Strand, mit einem eiskalten Getränk in meiner Hand, ich hab ne Sonnenbrille auf weil ich sie brauch, die Sonne scheint mir auf den Bauch, so geht's doch auch*
Die Ärzte is one of my favourite bands of all time. I’ve been listening to them since the early to mid 90s. Thank you for introducing them to a lot of other English speakers. They really deserve to be internationally recognised.
Thanks for watching! And also thanks to everyone who pointed out that the mentioned Claudia is - of course - NOT Claudia Schiffer (since she would have been way too young back then). My bad! Anyway: If you enjoyed the video, feel free to share it! :) Here's my Spotify playlist featuring my personal favorites by Die Ärzte (Spoiler: it's A LOOOT): ► spoti.fi/2CWi3oa
Nice Video, also im laughing really hard to hear "die ärzte / die gurkentruppe" mentiond with "Rush" in one sentence! :-)) Ps. "Claudia hat nen Schäferhund" has nothing to Do with Claudia schiffer, because nobody in 1984 knew who she was and she was only 14 when debil was released, and the song is even a bit older... Anyway,im a big fan for 30 years so thank you for this Video! :-)
When I first saw them in '96 they stopped the show in the middle and vowed to only continue once a certain number of bras had been thrown onto stage...
Cool video! I really love it how you "introduce" some people with this to one of my favorite bands out there. My personaly favorite albums by them are "Planet Punk" and "Die Ärzte" cause I like the variety and the melodic guitarwork on "Planet Punk" while on "Die Ärzte" I enjoy the moodier sound and the goth rock attitude it has. Other albums I like by them are "Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit...", "13", "Le Frisur" and "Die Bestie in Menschengestalt." I know for fact that many 80s Die Ärzte fans kinda stopped listening to them after the 80s cause they really hate the 90s era while I see positive sides in both oldschool Ärzte and post-80s Ärzte. Keep up the great work and who knows maybe we will get a Terrorgruppe video one day? 😁
@@DefinitelyGerman das wirkt glaube ich nur so, da ein großteil der bekanntesten lieder tatsächlich von farin ist aber auf den Alben ist es immer sehr ausgeglichen um nicht zu sagen, da schreibt wirklich jeder genau ein drittel der songs. Zumindest seit den 90ern
Mind if I use or cite some clips of your DÄ videos for a video essay? I think they would be good for explaining how Germans generally feel about the band. (And of course, explaining from a language perspective why their lyrics work so well. German's not my first language so I can't call myself an expert.)
I found this video through reactions. Very well done, I just wish their diverse song styles would have been featured more heavily with samples. I like to compare them to Weird Al Yankovic. 😉
Great video Dave. I got into listening to Die Ärtze not long after I started to learn German, been enjoying their music since. If you listen to them, would you be up for doing something like this for the band Madsen? They`ve been my favorite as of late
Very interesting! At SXSW a few years back I half-jokingly asked the German music rep if Die Ärzte would ever come to SXSW. His response was a sneer, indicating they were way too huge for that. My thought in return was "Yeah, I'll give you one hour to find another American here who even knows who they are!"
Wow, that's a bit... unkind from the rep. In my opinion, that is. Yeah, they are big, but even they admit they're only such in the German-speaking areas. Besides, from what I gather, they always retained (as per their wishes) this sort of "club band" quality to them. And they wanted to transfer that atmosphere to big stages, too. They played in Japan, from what I know, but recently also did a small club-tour everywhere but in German-speaking countries. Not that their fans didn't follow them, of course, but still. :)
I discovered them in '97 as an exchange student, I have been a huge Fan ever since. It is very lonely being probably one of very few hardcore American fans. Thanks for Promotiing them, I have tried to myself as much as possible. I have translated and subtitled a few of their Songs. Working on more soon. They are just a great feel good Band and they deserve so much more attention Internationally.
@@afa1515 I have heard a few things off that Album. I love hearing Farin's English, his pronuncuation is really beautiful. In general I prefer the German original lyrics though. Bela at the very end of Alle Auf Brillen sounds really adorable too, when he is quietly chanting in his actual voice. Too cute!
@@admerin6961 Yeah the original lyrics are pretty funny too most of the time. When the were seperated during the 80s they also played in english with their two other bands ("King Kong" and "Deep Jones"). Pretty amazing music actually, sadly it wasn't working on the german market. Or luckily, as they probably wouldn't have rejoined otherwise.
@@afa1515 I Have heardt a little King Kong, not Bad at all. Will have to Look the other up. I agree the German lyrics are much better, and they Keep me up with the language, damit ich nie vergesse
04:45 the connection to claudia schiffer who was unknown and ca. 14 years old, when Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund was released is total BS. Even when the album was indexed she was still unknown and became famous a year later in 1988.
Holy crap!! Great vid Dave!! I LOVE Die Arzte (sorry no umlaut on this keyboard I guess ;) They played non-stop on one of my trips to Germany in 2012, and their album Auch will always remind me of that vacation. You should look into a video on Wizo too; not sure how well-known they actually are in Germany but in North America they had pretty significant success on the 90s punk rock scene after Fat Wreck Chords got them signed. I actually started learning German because of their song Raum der Zeit! Great band!
I love them so much!!! They are so brilliant!!! I had a chance to go to FURT concert in Hamburg. The lyrics are just crazy good and how that goes with the music!!! Also... Bela B was born in year of tiger and December 14th... sagittarius... that's my birthday but mine is 12 years later (dec 14) year of tiger... so happy to see there are people who appreciate and see what i see in them. They are definitely underrated in terms of the worldwide popularity.
On a more serious note lol it's amazing to see the amount of bands and songs that seem to be banned or indexed in Germany. I thought the US was uptight about its censorship, but it seems Germany is very strict about what they consider appropriate, especially when it comes to the youth. Is there any reason to that?
They are not very uptight. But certain topics are not suitable for children and some german Bands like to Explore these. So for me, it is expressing freedom in music and speech. But it also means, that those discussions cannot be held openly on radio for everyone to hear. And this is what the index means. No free transmission for everyone, but you can buy the songs in a store.
@@butschbenny 🤣🤣🤣 Und was ist mit den Menschen die kein Englisch verstehen! Bei einer deutschen Band 🤣🤪Du klebst dich bestimmt auch gerne mal auf ne Straße oder 🥴
@@butschbenny Du warst ganz offensichtlich im Fach Deutsch immer beim Direktor. Weil deine Mutter wieder mal besoffen andere Kinder belästigen musste! Nur ein kleiner Tipp am Rande! Satzanfang immer groß schreiben! 🤣
@@sebastiankluge9778 Hören Menschen, die kein Englisch können, nur deutsche Musik oder auch mal Englische? Also, genauso geht es andersrum. Wie viele Rammstein Fans es zb international gibt. Die Ärzte haben auch schon paar Mal in nicht deutsch sprechenden Ländern Konzerte gegeben wie Italien, Chile, Russland, Japan etc. Man muss nicht Songgtexte immer verstehen, um die Songs&Melodien ggenießen zu können. Und ja, das Video schauen auch Nicht Deutsche, die an der Deutschen Kulturr interesiert sind. Vieleicht weniger Dieselabgase vom Traktor schlucken bevor man dumme Sprüche ablässt. Deutsche Vidoes, die über die Ärzte sprechen, gibt es auch wie Sand am Meer.
Es gibt nur einen Gott. BELAFARINROD!
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Thx for the info. I like finding "less than mainstream" bands and movies. I am still trying to learn more about Germany and the German language.
Even though Die Ärzte are petty mainstream in Germany, I'd say - which by no means is a reflection on the quality of their music! Both their old and new stuff has finesse to it, I'd say. :)
Dont put Die Ärzte in the title and not expect me to break my phone cuz I tapped too fast. Just saying
I'm an American living in Germany long enough to say Farin is one of my musical Idols. His album Am Ende der Sonne is a friggin masterpiece.
Its my favorite too! If I had to hear three music albums on a deserted Island, this one made it easily to my list
Agreed. Can I also add that the unplugged Realschule concert by the die Aerzte is one of the best live concerts by any band
Oh my - "Claudia" has nothing to do with Claudia Schiffer. The Song was first released in 1984, Schiffer started her career in 1988.
Claudia hat nen Schäferhund is definitely not about Claudia Schiffer. The song is from 1983, when Schiffer was 13. She did not start modeling until 1987.
I would like to add that they also do not shy away from complex words and mostly stress proper grammar. They, especially Farin, have improved my German language skills immensely. They pull it off without seeming dorky, maybe better said, this dorky aspect is part of their persona.
Yes, they always use proper grammar except when they intentionally don't. And then it's just for the laughs. Like in "Schrei nach Liebe" there is the line "Du hast nie gelernt dich zu artikulieren" (You have never learned to articulate [your thoughts/feelings]" and in one chorus they change it to "Du hast nie gelernt dich arti-zu-kulieren" (You have never learned arti-to-culate). I think it works fine because the syllables "zu" and "ku" rhyme and because prefixes of verbs in German are sometimes split from the verb and placed somewhere else in the sentence. But they are not moved to the middle of the verb so that is the unexpected funny part. I love that line :)
It might have been mentioned but: Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhunder does NOT refer to Claudia Schiffer. The song is from 1982 when Schiffer was only 12 years old. She only was auditioned in 1987 and became famous in the 1990s, way later than the song!
Would love to see more analysis/translation videos about songs from Die Ärzte! Especially ones with cultural references/idioms/jokes/etc. that non-germans would not be able to easily translate/understand. Thanks for all of the great videos Dave!
Might very well do something in that vein! :)
I have a few on my chanel. Hope it is ok to mention that. The first two have poor timing for which I apologise, but the 3rd I think I finally got it right. I have found many more online. Just search them with Englisch subtitles. Many others gave done Videos as well.
Great work
DÄ is my favourite band of all time and I like to stress that it’s an important statement as I am not German and I do not live in Germany but yet the music reached me to a point where they rule my personal charts with no competition.
Great vid but I think is important to mention that Männer Sind Schweine was so popular that they are refusing to play it live.
Bloody fantastic :D
I'm so happy you did a Die Ärzte video. One of my German friends showed me them last year and music has been helping me a lot with learning the language
Hi, I am from germany and here die Ärzte are the best band in the world (die beste Band der Welt)
*Ich lieg am Strand, mit einem eiskalten Getränk in meiner Hand, ich hab ne Sonnenbrille auf weil ich sie brauch, die Sonne scheint mir auf den Bauch, so geht's doch auch*
There is only one God:
BelaFarinRod
Die Ärzte is one of my favourite bands of all time. I’ve been listening to them since the early to mid 90s. Thank you for introducing them to a lot of other English speakers. They really deserve to be internationally recognised.
In the context of the song, "Schrei nach Liebe" should actually be translated as "Cry for Love" instead.
Thanks for watching!
And also thanks to everyone who pointed out that the mentioned Claudia is - of course - NOT Claudia Schiffer (since she would have been way too young back then). My bad!
Anyway: If you enjoyed the video, feel free to share it! :)
Here's my Spotify playlist featuring my personal favorites by Die Ärzte (Spoiler: it's A LOOOT):
► spoti.fi/2CWi3oa
Nice Video, also im laughing really hard to hear "die ärzte / die gurkentruppe" mentiond with "Rush" in one sentence! :-))
Ps. "Claudia hat nen Schäferhund" has nothing to Do with Claudia schiffer, because nobody in 1984 knew who she was and she was only 14 when debil was released, and the song is even a bit older...
Anyway,im a big fan for 30 years so thank you for this Video! :-)
When I first saw them in '96 they stopped the show in the middle and vowed to only continue once a certain number of bras had been thrown onto stage...
Cool video! I really love it how you "introduce" some people with this to one of my favorite bands out there. My personaly favorite albums by them are "Planet Punk" and "Die Ärzte" cause I like the variety and the melodic guitarwork on "Planet Punk" while on "Die Ärzte" I enjoy the moodier sound and the goth rock attitude it has. Other albums I like by them are "Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit...", "13", "Le Frisur" and "Die Bestie in Menschengestalt." I know for fact that many 80s Die Ärzte fans kinda stopped listening to them after the 80s cause they really hate the 90s era while I see positive sides in both oldschool Ärzte and post-80s Ärzte. Keep up the great work and who knows maybe we will get a Terrorgruppe video one day? 😁
Make a lyric explanation video of Die Arzte song Lasse Redn.
Muchas gracias, LG aus Kolumbien. Aguante Die Ärzte
Love these videos! And of course, die beste Band der Welt!
An sich echt gut. Allerdings ist Farin Urlaub nicht der Hauptsongwriter der Die Ärzte. Alle drei sind Hauptsongwriter.
Stimmt, hab ich ja auch angesprochen. Anteilsmäßig meine ich aber schon, dass er die meisten Songs im Vergleich geschrieben hat. Danke fürs Zuschauen!
@@DefinitelyGerman das wirkt glaube ich nur so, da ein großteil der bekanntesten lieder tatsächlich von farin ist aber auf den Alben ist es immer sehr ausgeglichen um nicht zu sagen, da schreibt wirklich jeder genau ein drittel der songs. Zumindest seit den 90ern
@@abcdefg7679 nope. Rod hat wesentlich weniger Anteil als ein Drittel.
@@LemmingDerElfte Das Album wo sie versuchten es ausgeglichen zu machen ist ja Auch in die Hose gegangen^^
Mind if I use or cite some clips of your DÄ videos for a video essay? I think they would be good for explaining how Germans generally feel about the band. (And of course, explaining from a language perspective why their lyrics work so well. German's not my first language so I can't call myself an expert.)
Hey! :) Thanks for asking! Go ahead as long as you credit me / spread the word :D
I found this video through reactions. Very well done, I just wish their diverse song styles would have been featured more heavily with samples. I like to compare them to Weird Al Yankovic. 😉
At one time I have realized, I'm livinging longer together with BelaFarinRod than with my wife, listen to them since 1983.
Hagen played 2 years in the Band 86-88 and died 2016. Since 1993 Rodrigo Ganzales is the Bass player
Bela am Schlagzeug war schon immer sexy und wird auch immer sexy bleiben...krieg ich Gänsehaut
I love Die Ärzte! ❤️️ Greetings from Serbia!
Thank you 🖤
It would be nice if there were more videos of Die Ärzte as I don’t speak German and I’m feeling like I’m always missing out 😔
Loved this videoooo i love how you included their interactions on stage with the audience such a nice insight
Great video Dave. I got into listening to Die Ärtze not long after I started to learn German, been enjoying their music since. If you listen to them, would you be up for doing something like this for the band Madsen? They`ve been my favorite as of late
WOW! I don't know how I didn't find this video before! Die Ärzte was the first german band I listened to, back in 2009, right before Die Toten Hosen!
Painfully underrated channel
Very interesting! At SXSW a few years back I half-jokingly asked the German music rep if Die Ärzte would ever come to SXSW. His response was a sneer, indicating they were way too huge for that. My thought in return was "Yeah, I'll give you one hour to find another American here who even knows who they are!"
Wow, that's a bit... unkind from the rep. In my opinion, that is. Yeah, they are big, but even they admit they're only such in the German-speaking areas. Besides, from what I gather, they always retained (as per their wishes) this sort of "club band" quality to them. And they wanted to transfer that atmosphere to big stages, too. They played in Japan, from what I know, but recently also did a small club-tour everywhere but in German-speaking countries. Not that their fans didn't follow them, of course, but still. :)
I love die ärzte 😍 I am listening their music since I was like 13 years old ❤️ thank you for this video ❤
Have any videos on Faun? I know they aren’t metal, but still badass.
I'm not too familiar with them yet :O Do you have specific suggestions where to start?
I would suggest walpurgisnacht
First!!! Thanks for the great videos Dave!!!
Sehr gutes Video. Danke schön, Dave. Es ist so eine tolle Band!
Insightful! Thank you.
isn't FURT long dead already?
I discovered them in '97 as an exchange student, I have been a huge Fan ever since. It is very lonely being probably one of very few hardcore American fans. Thanks for Promotiing them, I have tried to myself as much as possible. I have translated and subtitled a few of their Songs. Working on more soon. They are just a great feel good Band and they deserve so much more attention Internationally.
Search for "They've given me Schrott" here on UA-cam. There are a buch of their unreleased songs, some of them even in english.
@@afa1515 I have heard a few things off that Album. I love hearing Farin's English, his pronuncuation is really beautiful. In general I prefer the German original lyrics though. Bela at the very end of Alle Auf Brillen sounds really adorable too, when he is quietly chanting in his actual voice. Too cute!
@@admerin6961 Yeah the original lyrics are pretty funny too most of the time. When the were seperated during the 80s they also played in english with their two other bands ("King Kong" and "Deep Jones"). Pretty amazing music actually, sadly it wasn't working on the german market. Or luckily, as they probably wouldn't have rejoined otherwise.
@@afa1515 I Have heardt a little King Kong, not Bad at all. Will have to Look the other up. I agree the German lyrics are much better, and they Keep me up with the language, damit ich nie vergesse
04:45 the connection to claudia schiffer who was unknown and ca. 14 years old, when Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund was released is total BS. Even when the album was indexed she was still unknown and became famous a year later in 1988.
True, but you're not the first to point that out (I even pinned that in a comment). But thanks regardless. ;)
Holy crap!! Great vid Dave!!
I LOVE Die Arzte (sorry no umlaut on this keyboard I guess ;) They played non-stop on one of my trips to Germany in 2012, and their album Auch will always remind me of that vacation.
You should look into a video on Wizo too; not sure how well-known they actually are in Germany but in North America they had pretty significant success on the 90s punk rock scene after Fat Wreck Chords got them signed. I actually started learning German because of their song Raum der Zeit! Great band!
German here and I love wizo. Raum der zeit is one of my favorites too. Didnt know they made it to the US tho.
@@ajsmitten2819 totally! One of the bands I'll always regret not seeing live...
@@pixlplague they're back I think. At least they recorded some new stuff in the last years.
I love them so much!!! They are so brilliant!!! I had a chance to go to FURT concert in Hamburg.
The lyrics are just crazy good and how that goes with the music!!! Also... Bela B was born in year of tiger and December 14th... sagittarius... that's my birthday but mine is 12 years later (dec 14) year of tiger... so happy to see there are people who appreciate and see what i see in them. They are definitely underrated in terms of the worldwide popularity.
Not sure if this is an "official member thing" but i am nearly 100% sure that Hagen was replaced way earlier then 2016 by Rod...
He died in 2016, hence the years mentioned.
@@DefinitelyGerman yes you are totaly right. Wasnt reading it corect 😉
@@sirquarter5729 No worries :)
I would translate them as "The Physicians".
why are you showing a pic of the toten hosen first?
The sitzlaola is many years old, afaik they already did them in the 80s
Zweitbeste?
On a more serious note lol it's amazing to see the amount of bands and songs that seem to be banned or indexed in Germany. I thought the US was uptight about its censorship, but it seems Germany is very strict about what they consider appropriate, especially when it comes to the youth. Is there any reason to that?
Germany was very strict, but don't anymore.
@@officerloop7207 so it doesn't happen as frequently anymore? Any insight into why it used to be that way?
They are not very uptight. But certain topics are not suitable for children and some german Bands like to Explore these. So for me, it is expressing freedom in music and speech. But it also means, that those discussions cannot be held openly on radio for everyone to hear. And this is what the index means. No free transmission for everyone, but you can buy the songs in a store.
@@meplays5269 I wish it was that way here in the states.
Warum redest du englisch?
damit es Menschen, die kein deutsch sprechen, verstehen?
@@butschbenny 🤣🤣🤣 Und was ist mit den Menschen die kein Englisch verstehen! Bei einer deutschen Band 🤣🤪Du klebst dich bestimmt auch gerne mal auf ne Straße oder 🥴
@@sebastiankluge9778 wenn du in der Schule nicht nur Kreide holen warst, solltest du englisch eigentlich verstehen müssen 😉
@@butschbenny Du warst ganz offensichtlich im Fach Deutsch immer beim Direktor. Weil deine Mutter wieder mal besoffen andere Kinder belästigen musste! Nur ein kleiner Tipp am Rande! Satzanfang immer groß schreiben! 🤣
@@sebastiankluge9778 Hören Menschen, die kein Englisch können, nur deutsche Musik oder auch mal Englische? Also, genauso geht es andersrum. Wie viele Rammstein Fans es zb international gibt. Die Ärzte haben auch schon paar Mal in nicht deutsch sprechenden Ländern Konzerte gegeben wie Italien, Chile, Russland, Japan etc.
Man muss nicht Songgtexte immer verstehen, um die Songs&Melodien ggenießen zu können.
Und ja, das Video schauen auch Nicht Deutsche, die an der Deutschen Kulturr interesiert sind.
Vieleicht weniger Dieselabgase vom Traktor schlucken bevor man dumme Sprüche ablässt. Deutsche Vidoes, die über die Ärzte sprechen, gibt es auch wie Sand am Meer.