DAF's most famous song is the grimly sarcastic "Der Mussolini" from the album "Alles Ist Gut", a pulsing dance song featuring the lyrics "Dance the Mussolini, move your behind, clap your hands, and now the Adolf Hitler, and now the Jesus Christ, and now the communism ...". The song caused a scandal amongst the more humourless elements of German liberal society.
In interviews they claimed to not target anything or anyone specific while creating lyrics to be taken as a parody of words and phrases floating around in the public media. "Sato-Sato" and "Der Mussolini" are both examples of songs written around Delgado-Lopez's fascination with the sound of a particular word.
The album "Alles Ist Gut" (All Is Well) received the German "Schallplattenpreis" award by the "Deutsche Phono-Akademie", an association of the German recording industry.
Following that they released two more similar albums called "Gold und Liebe" and "Für Immer", all produced by legendary Conny Plank.
After experimenting with more mainstream attempts of their particular style of contemporary dance music on the 1986 album "1st Step to Heaven" but with limited success DAF split up (1986).
A few months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq DAF released "Der Sheriff (anti-amerikanisches lied)" (An Anti-American Song) criticizing perceived American imperialism.
In the hiatus of DAF 1985-2002 both Robert and Gabi had their own careers. DAF was more or less resurrected by Gabi alone when he toured in 1994-5 as DAF OPD (On Public Demand) touring with classic and remixed DAF material. Following the success of that partial comeback he started Daf.Dos with Wotan Wilke. They released two more techno oriented albums and toured much until Gabi and Robert reunited for the album "Fünfzehn Neue DAF lieder" in 2003.
Notable is also Robert Görls contribution to Eurythmics first album In the Garden where he unmistakably plays the drums on the tracks Belinda and Caveman Head.
Gabi Delgado continued releasing music under his own name, creating the following albums: 1 (2013), X (2014), and 2 (2015).
Gabi Delgado died in March 2020, thus ending his career, but forever immortal in the music and style he created, which would inspire and spawn whole music genres in decades to come.
Anzufassen Und Anzufassen
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft Lyrics
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Anzufassen hinzufassen rosa schwarzes fleisch zu fassen.
Komm doch mal her lola o lolololola.
Und sie können es nicht lassen.
Anzufassen hinzufassen rosa schwarzes fleisch zu fassen.
Jetzt komm doch mal her lola.
The lyrics of Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft's song Anzufassen Und Anzufassen appear to be a reflection on the objectification and sexualization of women. The repeated line "Und sie können es nicht lassen" translates to "And they can't stop," suggesting a sense of compulsion or lack of control. The following lyrics describe the act of touching and groping "rosa schwarzes fleisch" (pink and black flesh), which creates a disturbingly objectifying and dehumanizing image.
The use of the name "Lola" in the chorus may be a reference to the character of Lola from the film "The Blue Angel," a classic example of the femme fatale archetype. This further reinforces the theme of objectification and sexualization of women.
Overall, the song seems to be a commentary on the pervasive culture of objectification and exploitation of women, particularly within the music industry.
Line by Line Meaning
Und sie können es nicht lassen.
And they cannot resist.
Anzufassen hinzufassen rosa schwarzes fleisch zu fassen.
To touch, to grab, pink, black, flesh to grasp.
Komm doch mal her lola o lolololola.
Come here Lola, oh Lolololola.
Und sie können es nicht lassen.
And they cannot resist.
Anzufassen hinzufassen rosa schwarzes fleisch zu fassen.
To touch, to grab, pink, black, flesh to grasp.
Jetzt komm doch mal her lola.
Now come here Lola.
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