2)Berlin (ＢＥＲＬＩＮ) is also a Japane… Read Full Bio ↴1)Berlin is an American new wave Band
2)Berlin (ＢＥＲＬＩＮ) is also a Japanese Visual Kei Band
3)Berlin was also a Swedish punk band
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1)Berlin is an American new wave band featuring lead singer Terri Nunn. Berlin was formed in Orange County, Southern California in 1979.
Their first single, "A Matter of Time," was released in 1980 on I.R.S. Records and featured replacement vocalist Virginia Macolino on lead vocals after Nunn had temporarily left the band to pursue an acting career. Toni Childs also sang for Berlin briefly before Nunn rejoined the act and their indie released singles and EP Pleasure Victim became a regional hit in LA selling 30,000 copies before they signed with Geffen.
Their first significant hit was the controversial synth-driven "Sex (I'm A...)" (1982), which was banned by some radio & tv stations due to its graphic lyrics and risque video. They had two other early hits: "The Metro", which was later covered by System of a Down, Alkaline Trio, and Sleepthief; and "No More Words", who's subsequent video saw Terri Nunn and bandmates re-enact a Bonnie and Clyde style car chase and shoot-out. Despite their new wave dance club roots, it was the MOR ballad "Take My Breath Away" (from the movie Top Gun) that became their best-selling platinum selling single in 1986.
Aside from Nunn, the core members of the band were founding member John Crawford (primary songwriter, bass guitar & keyboards), and David Diamond (keyboards & guitar). Other members of the band included Ric Olsen (lead guitar), Matt Reid (keyboards), Rob Brill (drums) and Rod Learned (drums). Berlin officially disbanded in 1987 and Nunn retained the legal rights to usage of the band's name after legal wranglings with the founding member of the group, John Crawford. Terri Nunn recreated Berlin (with a new lineup of musicians) in 1999.
They were featured recently on the VH1 show, Bands Reunited where they all agreed to get back together to not only reunite as friends but as a band. They played one show at The Roxy in California to a sold-out crowd.
Terri Nunn has said she was somewhat taken aback by the success of "Take My Breath Away" on Adult Contemporary radio stations, since none of Berlin's singles up to that point had been suitable for AC radio. She is quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson as saying that the first radio station she heard playing it was "something my mom listens to."
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2)Berlin (ＢＥＲＬＩＮ) is also the name of a relatively new visual kei band. Berlin is composed of four members: KAGUYA (Vocals), Mei (Guitar), Rin (Bassist), and Tomoki (Drummer).
Their most current discography includes:
SUICIDE LILITH
(2005/10/07) Limited 100, 1 song not for sale
01.SUICIDE LILITH
Describe reality
(2006/03/25) 1st Maxi Single. 3 songs
01.menstrual muddy
02.Greed
03.the fall days
this withers of all
(2006/09/24)1st Mini Album. 5 songs
01.Depths
02.IN GEMINI
03.AMBROSIER
04.this silent withers
05.undead's call
Proved an anima
(2006/09/24)1 song not for sale
01.Proved an anima
NEITHER
(2007/04/14) 2nd Maxi Single, 3 songs
01.Revantain
02.AVERAGE THE NEW KILLER
03.NEITHER
GREED
(2007/05/11)One day distribution
01.GREED
SORROW THE FAITH
(2007/11/01) 1111 limitation
01. SORROW THE FAITH
02. ORDINAL DEED
03. New Style Gimmick
04. An artery vein
05. absolude(リマスタリング)
For more info please visit their Japanese Official Home Page:
http://free.from.jp/berlin/
or official fansite
http://berlin.mind-speaks.com/
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3)Berlin was also a swedish punk band that existed between 1978 and 1979. Three of the four band members went on to form Chatterbox.
information
Berlin Lyrics
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Every number has a name
Doesn't mean a lot to me
I just know my number's 3
Hear a voice on the other line
Communication seems real fine
Do I hear a dull detection
We can't seem to make a connection
Sorry sir, your number's changed
Your life is re-arranged
New american terrorism
---------vandalism
Doesn't matter how it's worded
You give your life to the main circuit
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& I'll tell you what you've been told
Information-someone's calling on the telephone
Information
Information-someone's coming & they wont leave me alone
Information-I gotta get me some information
Operated by the operator
Evaluated by a calculator
If you call after 10
you will have to call again
So it's a numbers game
Every number has my name
Doesn't mean a lot to me
I just know my number's 3
Information-someone's calling on the telephone
Information
Information-someone's coming & they wont leave me alone
Information-I gotta get me some information
The song ‘Information’ by Berlin talks about the frustration of not being able to connect with someone or something due to a number of barriers like communication problems, changes in numbers, or technological issues. The lyrics show how in today’s world, everything seems to be dominated by numbers like phone numbers, social security numbers, and even the number of likes on social media. The singer tries to connect with someone on the phone, but there seems to be a problem with the communication, and the number is changed, leaving him frustrated. He feels trapped in a world where numbers control everything, and he just knows his number is 3.
The second part of the song talks about how technology has made our lives easier and simpler, but at the same time, it has also made us slaves to it. The singer says that our lives revolve around the main circuit, and we give our lives to it. He talks about being evaluated by a calculator, and how we have to call again and again after ten because that's the time when the circuits are overloaded. The song talks about the frustration of being a victim to the technology we created and how we still crave more information in the end.
Line by Line Meaning
So it's a numbers game
Life is just a game of numbers
Every number has a name
Every person has their own identity and label
Doesn't mean a lot to me
It's not important to me
I just know my number's 3
I only care about my own identity and number
Hear a voice on the other line
Hear a voice on the phone
Communication seems real fine
The conversation is going well
Do I hear a dull detection
Is there something wrong with the line?
We can't seem to make a connection
We can't seem to communicate effectively
Sorry sir, your number's changed
Your identity has been altered or manipulated
Your life is re-arranged
Your life is changed or manipulated
New american terrorism
New form of terrorism in America
vandalism
Act of destroying or damaging something purposefully
Doesn't matter how it's worded
Doesn't matter how it's explained
You give your life to the main circuit
You sacrifice your life to the system
And I'll tell you what you've been told
I'll repeat what you already know
Operated by the operator
The phone line is controlled by the operator
Evaluated by a calculator
Your worth or importance is measured by a calculator
If you call after 10
If you call after 10 PM
you will have to call again
You won't be able to reach the person
Information-someone's calling on the telephone
Someone is calling
Information
The exchange or transfer of information
Information-someone's coming & they wont leave me alone
Someone is trying to get information from me and won't stop bothering me
Information-I gotta get me some information
I need to get some information
Contributed by David F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Vanessa S
Berlin is different in many ways, and the reasons lie in history.
1) Germany is in the very heart of Europe and has been the continent´s "crossroad" for centuries. People have come from all directions, transitted through, left their marks. There has always been an above-average turnover in residents.
2) Berlin has never had lots of industry, instead it has always been a centre of culture, academia and politics. It has always attracted free thinkers and artists.
3) Germany´s history has been turbulent during the past 150 years to say the least, with Berlin often at the epicenter. This meant a rollercoaster ride for the city´s developement . The population is a melting pot of people who have come and left, either seeking their fortune or running away from turmoil.
4) The wall has meant that West Berlin practically became an island. Large companies wouldn´t choose (or keep) Berlin as their base because of difficult logistics (having to ship their raw materials in and finished products out somehow). So, for decades, Berlin didn´t see as much growth as other west german cities. The lack of an industrial base and manufacturing sector is still evident in Berlin. This is why Berlin is not really part of the German economic powerhouse.
5) The end of the city´s division required huge investments to reconnect the two parts. The building activities during the 90s were absolutely insane, the infrastructure only merely working, the whole city getting a complete make-over. Those are not the conditions that attract businesses, so again no real economic growth. Unemployment skyrocketed. You had to be creative to get by, find alternative ways of living. This brought about the shabby culture. Berliners don´t pretend, and they don´t care. They are straightforward by nature, with a cheeky tongue and a no-nonsense attitude anyway.
6) The mix of east and west German ways makes Berlin unique.
7) Now that the post-unification make-over is completed (by and large), the little-developed business sector has attracted countless start-up businesses. The city´s one strong asset - universities and higher education - make for a good supply in young, well-educated people ready to try new, innovative ideas (making use of the alternative creativity of Berliners). This in turn attracts more young people, and now the city has one of the highest rates of single households in Europe.
8) Berlin is Germany´s capital and biggest city, but is located fairly far away from other major metropolitan areas in the country, so there is still some disadvantage. Also, population density and infrastructure around Berlin is a vast contrast to the areas surrounding other major cites, which of course is explained by the wall largely sealing the city off for so many years.
Vishu Sharma
Hallo Rachel!
I study in Universität Siegen. If you guys can please make a short video series on life in German universities that would be an instant hit.
Something on German professors-student dynamics.
Something on life in rural Germany.
Something state specific like for NRW or Bavaria. What is special about these places
Also what can you do while you visit German cities apart from getting a selfie with famous monuments.
Warm Regards
Vishu Sharma
DW Euromaxx
Do you have any more examples how Berlin is different from the rest of Germany? Tell us in the comments!
DW Euromaxx
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Armando B.
I can't since I don't know all of Germany, but what I realized when I was there 5 years ago, that in the inner city I heard more English than German, so it wouldn't surprise me if there are actually some bars there where they don't speak German.
S Dj
great video
Kalemao Z
Being born and raised in Cologne (23 years), also having lived in Freiburg (2 years) I can confirm that Berlin is BY FAR the most international city in Germany. Many Berliners say what they think, good or bad. What you see is what you get. That is certainly different to the rest of Germany...
Lothar Schepers
As the headquarters of DW is located in Bonn I guess you know the term "Kölsche Klüngel" and what that means. In Berlin and especially in the former West Berlin, you have to multiply the "Kölsche Klüngel" to imagine how Politics did work over there. As long as West Berlin was an exclave of the BRD, it was highly subsidized. In the early 1980th, I signed a work contract with a company in West Berlin and even I got a bunch of subsidizes (e.g. a fully furnished apartment, tax reductions, cheaper flight tickets and so on and so on). If you think the Köln Messe or the Köln Sparkasse was a big fault, look the Berliner Bank case up. The whole political class in West Berlin was used to be subsidized since the end of WW2. With that in mind, imagine what it does to them and how revolutionary it is for them to change that mindset.
Instead of making Berlin attractive to big companies, they ask for more support and behaved as everyone must come to Berlin and they are the ones who decided if a company is worth to come. After they did realize that this way to build up a successful city must fail, they change their targets but not their behavior. So they ended up, with an economy that produces mostly small paid jobs and labeled that one poor but sexy. In reality, it is not more than a big lie. With such a concept you will (and that is what did happen to Berlin) relay more and more on subsidies instead of being able to live on your own economy. To camouflage your own faults it is and always was a good idea to blame others and that is what Berlins politicians have cultivated to the max.
Only one small example. In Frankfurt, they had found a WW2 bomb some month ago, after the experts did check the situation and said that there is no need to act at once, the city decided to disarm the bomb at a Sunday because that did harm the economy the least. Not so far later the same thing hapend in Berlin, but they decided to disarm the bomb on Friday. (Because that gives folks the opportunity of a longer weekend?)
Yes, Berlin did have its disadvantages after WWII, but tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
After WWII Bavaria was a state that had an economy mostly driven by agriculture and so Bavaria was a collector in the Länderfinanzausgleich. But 30 years later, Bavaria was at the edge of becoming a contributor to the Länderfinanzausgleich and than the Bavarian MP did invent the "Zonenrandgebiet" and that one keeps Bavaria on the receiving side. It was so important to him, that he even helps the GDR to get a credit worth a billion DM so that the GDR could exist a bit longer.
To make that clear, both ways are the same kind. They cheat the whole system to claim an advantage for their own group. But the Berlin way is endless, while the Bavarian way did only by them a small amount of time.
To answer your question. Berlin is different from the rest of Germany because they even did not have the feeling that they must live on their own economy. The mindset of Berlin seems to be that we other Germans did owe them the billions we transfer every year.
Miss Steward try to imagine what will happen in Canterbury or Colchester if Greater London would act as Berlin did.
BreadMPH
As someone who moved to Berlin from a different part of Germany, I must say that this is pretty accurate.
Almhahn
I give you one year
BreadMPH
@Almhahn And then?
Almhahn
@Jannis Kiesewalter No strong feelings but Berlin is mainly a block of concrete with people completly disconnected from themselves and the nature which materializes in a destructive party culture. They basicly sold their heritage and culture to McDonalds & Co. to become the USA 2.0.