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.
Kinderfunk
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft Lyrics
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Funk für kleine jungs.
Funk für kleine mädchen und ihre mütter.
Abenteuerfunk für kleine mädchen.
Heute bin ich prinz und morgen bin ich pirat.
Funk für kleine girls. Funk für kleine girls.
Funk für kleine jungs und ihre mütter.
Abenteuerfunk. Kinderspielzeugfunk.
The lyrics to Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft's song Kinderfunk translate to "Funk for little boys. Funk for little boys. Funk for little girls and their mothers. Adventure funk for little girls. Today I am a prince and tomorrow I am a pirate. Funk for little girls. Funk for little boys and their mothers. Adventure funk. Toy funk for children." This song seems to be a playful and upbeat tune aimed at children. The lyrics encourage imagination and role-playing, with references to princes and pirates. The "funk" in the lyrics likely refers to the music genre, which is known for its catchy beats and danceable rhythms.
Interestingly, the band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) is known for their experimental and avant-garde style of music, which often features provocative lyrics and industrial sounds. It is therefore somewhat surprising that they would release a song aimed at children. However, the band has always been known for their willingness to experiment and push boundaries, so this may simply be another example of that.
Line by Line Meaning
Funk für kleine jungs.
Playful music for young boys.
Funk für kleine jungs.
Fun music for little boys.
Funk für kleine mädchen und ihre mütter.
Music for young girls and their mothers.
Abenteuerfunk für kleine mädchen.
Adventure music for little girls.
Heute bin ich prinz und morgen bin ich pirat.
Today I am a prince and tomorrow I am a pirate.
Funk für kleine girls. Funk für kleine girls.
Fun music for little girls. Fun music for little girls.
Funk für kleine jungs und ihre mütter.
Playful music for young boys and their mothers.
Abenteuerfunk. Kinderspielzeugfunk.
Adventure music. Toy music for children.
Contributed by Christopher T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Alexander Munro
Alexis, not only influential to European music. We used to listen to this in Australia at the same time - just much, much harder to get. The number of times I've heard DAF, Der Plan, Neu, TG (Brits), et al sampled over various years of contemporary music is heart warming. I've always thought at least a few of people even in Australia had good taste given the longevity of this music, when back then West Coast American music was really all that was available locally, and indeed throughout much of the western world.
Tom Fabris
At the same time in Germany it was so hard to get anything by Birthday Party. Greetz from Hamburg ;)
Alexis Kazazis
There is NOTHING "offensive" about this song. The only thing that is offensive is the lack of artistic taste and cultural insight of the person that offends the rest of us by blocking it.
D.A.F. are today considered very important and influential musicians in the history of European (not only German) experimental rock.
kemil69
uwielbiam tych gnojków:)