Die Ärzte were formed in 1982 by Jan Vetter (alias Farin Urlaub), Dirk Felsenheimer (alias Bela B.) and bassist Hans Runge (alias Sahnie). Bela and Farin had previously played together in the punk band Soilent Grün; after that band broke up they decided to form a band playing fun songs, in contrast to the mostly political bands of the punk scene at that time. While deriving from that punk scene, their early music was heavily influenced by pop and rock and roll, especially The Beatles, whom Farin heard a lot as a child due to his mother playing their records.
In the first two years they mostly played in clubs of their hometown of Berlin. Their first release was a contribution to the sampler "20 schäumende Stimmungshits" (roughly, "20 exuberant mood hits"), which contained a strong alcohol theme. In 1983 they won a rock contest in Berlin; with the prize money they recorded their debut EP "Uns gehts Prima" ("We're doing great"). Finally Columbia Records signed them, and they released their first LP "Debil" in 1984 and the second one ("Im Schatten der Ärzte") a year later.
After the second record they parted ways with Sahnie due to internal problems. On the third record he was replaced by producer Miccey Meuser; later Hagen Liebig, better known as The Incredible Hagen, played bass for them during live performances until their breakup.
In 1987 the German Federal Centre for Media Harmful to Young Persons put the songs Geschwisterliebe ("Sibling Love", a song about incest, from Die Ärzte), Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund ("Claudia has a German Shepherd", about zoophilia, from "Debil") and Schlaflied ("Lullaby", about a monster coming and eating you after falling asleep, also from "Debil") on the German List of Media Harmful to Young People. This prohibited the band from performing the songs live and, more importantly, promoting the two albums, and shops from openly displaying the records in their shelves. After several trials against shops that still openly sold the records a lot of shops removed Die Ärzte completely from their stock. The result was a drop in record sales and big financial problems for the band. In response they released the compilation "Ab 18" ("Adults Only") with all their songs on the index and some other old and new tasteless songs, and the greatest hits album "Ist das alles?"("Is this everything?" but also can be translated as "Is this the end?"). The album and the new singles were fairly successful, partly because of growing media interest due to the previous censorship.
The following album "Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit" ("That is not the whole truth") was even more successful, climbing into the top 10 in the German album charts. They decided to go out on a high note in 1988, breaking up after doing one last tour and recording a live double album that became their first number one in the album charts.
Neither Farin's new band King Køng nor Bela's Depp Jones were really successful, so in 1993 they decided to do a reunion. As bass player they invited Rodrigo Gonzales, who was guitarist in Depp Jones and a friend of Bela. Their comeback single was Schrei nach Liebe ("Cry for Love"), their first ever political song, that they published as a statement against what was perceived as growing racism and right wing extremist violence in Germany at that time.
The album was more diverse than ever, with ballads, punk, rock and traditional German sounds. Both album and single became big hits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The follow-up "Planet Punk" was also very successful.
In 1996 they wanted to make an EP just about hair, but they wrote too many songs for an EP and made the Album "Le Frisur" ("The Hairdo") instead. It was slightly less successful than its predecessors. Apart from their own tours they also supported Kiss in that year, a dream come true for Bela and Rod.
1998 was perhaps the most successful year of their career, the single "Männer sind Schweine" ("Men are Pigs") being their first Number 1 single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and the album 13 also being Number 1 in Germany and Switzerland. After a lot of promotion and touring in that year they decided to take a break, deciding also to never play again "Männer sind Schweine" at a concert due to the too great success this song had. They did not like the upcoming unwanted and rather unoriginal remakes by other bands as e.g. "Frauen sind Schweine" ("Women are pigs") and also did not like to see their song played at mass tourist beach parties at places like Mallorca/Spain.
In 2000 they came back with another very successful album, "Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!", and two top 10 singles. As the third single from the album they released the 30-second-song "Yoko Ono", which, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the shortest single ever released - another example of their sense of humour. On their tour in 2001 they sold the limited Album "5, 6, 7, 8 Bullenstaat" consisting of short punk songs that were written and recorded while recording the full length album published a year before, and some cover songs published in 1994 on a tour only EP.
After that they again took a break: Bela did some acting, Farin recorded his first solo album (Endlich Urlaub!). In late 2002 they did an MTV Unplugged in a school auditorium together with the school band. After that they made a new double album Geräusch that was released in 2003. On the next tour a Live DVD was recorded and published one year later.
On 2 November 2007, Die Ärzte released their latest album, Jazz ist anders ("Jazz is nothing like this", literally "Jazz is different").
In August 2011 the band announced that they are working on a new album which is set to be released in 2012 with a tour called "Das Ende ist noch nicht vorbei" ("The end is not over yet") following in the summer 2012.
The official homepage for Die Ärzte is www.bademeister.com
Deine Freundin
Die Ärzte Lyrics
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Ich hör' dich schreien
Du möchtest ausgehen
Doch sie muss immer dabei sein
Das ist nicht normal
Und deine Freundin ist in der Tat
Pflegeleicht (Sie sagt nie was sie meint)
Pflegeleicht (Wieso seid ihr vereint)
Hahaha aus dem Weg, denn jetzt muss ich tanzen
Get down
Kochst du ihr Nudeln, möchte sie Fisch
Schenkst du ihr Blumen, ist sie dagegen allergisch
Ey Alter säg' sie ab
Und deine Freundin ist in der Tat
Alles andere als pflegeleicht (Sie ist saurer als Essig)
Pflegeleicht (Immer streng, niemals lässig)
Pflegeleicht (Sie wär' mir viel zu stressig)
Hahaha
The song "Deine Freundin" by Die Ärzte talks about a common situation for many people: dealing with a difficult partner's behavior. The lyrics describe the scenario where the singer hears their friend complain about their girlfriend, who always wants to come along whenever they go out. This restrictive behavior is described as not normal, and the singer mocks the girlfriend's personality, calling her "not easy to handle."
The song continues to highlight different events where the girlfriend's demands seem unreasonable, such as wanting fish instead of the noodles her partner cooked, being allergic to flowers, and always being strict and never relaxed. Ultimately, the singer suggests that the friend should "cancel" his girlfriend as her actions are too stressful.
Overall, "Deine Freundin" by Die Ärzte is a sarcastic critique of an overly controlling and difficult partner's behavior. The singer portrays the girlfriend as a person who is hard to please and constantly causing problems. The song is relatable to anyone who has ever dealt with a difficult partner and is meant to make the listener laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation.
Line by Line Meaning
Ich hör' dich jammern
I hear you complaining
Ich hör' dich schreien
I hear you screaming
Du möchtest ausgehen
You want to go out
Doch sie muss immer dabei sein
But she always has to be there
Das ist nicht normal
That's not normal
Und deine Freundin ist in der Tat
And your girlfriend is indeed
So überhaupt nicht pflegeleicht
Not easy to please
Pflegeleicht
Easy to handle
(Sie ist nicht wie sie scheint)
(She's not what she seems)
Pflegeleicht
Easy to handle
(Sie sagt nie was sie meint)
(She never says what she means)
Pflegeleicht
Easy to handle
(Wieso seid ihr vereint)
(Why are you together)
Hahaha aus dem Weg, denn jetzt muss ich tanzen
Hahaha move aside, because I have to dance now
Kochst du ihr Nudeln, möchte sie Fisch
If you cook noodles for her, she wants fish
Schenkst du ihr Blumen, ist sie dagegen allergisch
If you give her flowers, she's allergic to them
Ey Alter säg' sie ab
Hey man, dump her
Und deine Freundin ist in der Tat
And your girlfriend is indeed
Alles andere als pflegeleicht
Anything but easy to handle
(Sie ist saurer als Essig)
(She's sour as vinegar)
Pflegeleicht
Easy to handle
(Immer streng, niemals lässig)
(Always strict, never casual)
Pflegeleicht
Easy to handle
(Sie wär' mir viel zu stressig)
(She would be way too stressful for me)
Hahaha
Hahaha
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Farin Urlaub
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Beni Burrito
Wie ich heute spontan diesen Ohrwurm bekommen habe ^^ Es ist immer noch ein geiler Song ^^
GOpilzkopf
Farins Lachen am Anfang... Das ist einfach zu genial :'D
SweetNightmare
Ich war am Sonntag in der Wuhlheide in Berlin. (: Es war sooooo geil! :DDD
sweiny
hab immer verstanden "aus dem weg denn jetzt muss sie kotzen! oh ya! get down!" haha :)
Vavi
Ey hab auf der arbeit das tshirt von bremerhaven angehabt, und andauernd sagte irgendeiner der kunden "pflegeleicht" und ähm ich hab in einer post gearbeitet... xD sogar der der die pakete abgeholt hat sagte das xD Einfach geil
Vavi
JA und Nein, Wir haben kein Frage und Antwort-Spiel gemacht ;D Wir haben eine Laola von Links nach Rechts gemacht wenn Pflegeleicht kam. Also, immer schön die Arme hoch xD
enrico palazzo 86 GER
ferropolis 08: "pflegeleicht - ach prince is besser - gar nichh" highfield 08: "pflegeleicht - und kuschelweich - und niiiedlich - whuuuuuuuuu" herrlich
MrDrumnbass83
da fällt mir eine ex von einem freund ein... passt perfekt ! :-D
saewa
Pflegeleicht und kuschelweich und niedlich.. mhhh! Oh das Highfield war so toll!
F. C.
xD GEIL!