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
Friedenspanzer
Die Ärzte Lyrics
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Eine Welt in der Würmer und Insekten endlich wieder schmecken
Ich möchte eine Welt, in der ich aus einer Toilette trinken kann ohne Ausschlag zu kriegen“
Tagesschau ist nicht mein Fall
Nichts als Mord und Massensterben überall
Die Hunde des Krieges wieder losgelassen
Wenn Schwestern und Brüder sich wieder hassen
Und der Mensch im Allgemeinem zum Hass tendiert
Das was mir dazu einfällt für die Rettung dieser Welt
Friedenspanzer
Er schießt Liebe in dein Herz
Bringt den Frieden ohne Schmerz
Friedenspanzer
Friedenspanzer
Er schießt Blumen statt Granaten
Er trifft jeden, auch die Harten
Anstelle Giftgas gibt es Rosenduft
Schwängert mit Weihrauch die verschmutzte Luft
Er lässt uns niemals mehr allein
Und auch du und ich und alle
Werden seine Munition sein
Das was mir dazu einfällt für die Rettung dieser Welt
Friedenspanzer
Er schießt Liebe in dein Herz
Bringt den Frieden ohne Schmerz
Friedenspanzer
Friedenspanzer
Er näht das Ozonloch zu
Er pflanzt 'nen neuen Regenwald im nu
Die Hungersnöte stopft er mit der Tofu-Kanone
Erklärt die ganze Welt zur Antiwahlfangzone
(Selbst die Neutronenbombe hat versagt)
(Hier ist als Lösung nur noch eins gefragt)
Das was mir dazu einfällt für die Rettung dieser Welt
Friedenspanzer
Er schießt Liebe in dein Herz
Bringt den Frieden ohne Schmerz
Friedenspanzer
Macht Schluss mit jeder Diktatur
Ich frag mich wie macht er das nur
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Er hilft uns bei jedem Reim
Trägt Omas Einkaufstüten heim
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
The song "Friedenspanzer" by Die Ärzte is a satirical take on the idea of peace and the world's obsession with violence and war. In the first verse, the artist expresses his desire for a world where even worms and insects can taste good and a world where he can drink out of a toilet without getting a rash. The second verse references the Tagesschau as not being his cup of tea because it is overshadowed by news of murders and mass deaths. Instead, the artist advocates for a peace tank. The peace tank is presented as the ultimate weapon that shoots flowers instead of bullets, heals instead of hurting, and promotes love instead of hate.
The chorus repeats the phrase "Friedenspanzer" several times and emphasizes its peaceful qualities such as stopping famine with a tofu cannon, sewing up the ozone layer, and planting a new rainforest in no time. The song further emphasizes that the peace tank will bring an end to every dictatorship and help with carrying old ladies' shopping bags.
In essence, "Friedenspanzer" is a mockery of the war-mongering culture in society and how the world's obsession with weapons and violent conflicts is clearly driving it to its demise. The song suggests that, instead of employing weapons of mass destruction, we need to create tools of peace and love to help the world thrive.
Line by Line Meaning
Ich möchte eine Welt,
Eine Welt in der Würmer und Insekten endlich wieder schmecken
Ich möchte eine Welt, in der ich aus einer Toilette trinken kann ohne Ausschlag zu kriegen
The singer desires a world where even worms and insects could experience the taste of freedom. A world where drinking from a toilet wouldn't result in skin rash or bacterial infections.
Tagesschau ist nicht mein Fall
Nichts als Mord und Massensterben überall
Die Hunde des Krieges wieder losgelassen
Wenn Schwestern und Brüder sich wieder hassen
Wenn Bomben fallen, Terror regiert
Und der Mensch im Allgemeinem zum Hass tendiert
The singer is disturbed by the sight of constant death and destruction on the news, with war breaking out in many parts of the world. Siblings turning against each other, bombs exploding, and humans becoming hateful.
Das was mir dazu einfällt für die Rettung dieser Welt
Friedenspanzer
Er schießt Liebe in dein Herz
Bringt den Frieden ohne Schmerz
Friedenspanzer
Friedenspanzer
The singer thinks of a solution for the world's problems, a peace tank that can shoot love into people's hearts, bringing peace without pain.
Er schießt Blumen statt Granaten
Er trifft jeden, auch die Harten
Anstelle Giftgas gibt es Rosenduft
Schwängert mit Weihrauch die verschmutzte Luft
The peace tank shoots flowers instead of grenades, reaching even the toughest of fighters. Instead of poisonous gas, there is a fragrance of roses, and the air is purified with incense.
Er lässt uns niemals mehr allein
Und auch du und ich und alle
Werden seine Munition sein
The peace tank promises to never leave humanity alone, and everyone can contribute to its mission of peace.
Er näht das Ozonloch zu
Er pflanzt 'nen neuen Regenwald im nu
Die Hungersnöte stopft er mit der Tofu-Kanone
Erklärt die ganze Welt zur Antiwahlfangzone
(Selbst die Neutronenbombe hat versagt)
(Hier ist als Lösung nur noch eins gefragt)
The tank repairs the ozone layer, can rapidly regrow rainforests, stops world hunger with tofu, and declares the whole world as a no-hunt zone. Even the destructive neutron bomb has failed, and the peace tank is the last solution.
Macht Schluss mit jeder Diktatur
Ich frag mich wie macht er das nur
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Er hilft uns bei jedem Reim
Trägt Omas Einkaufstüten heim
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
Friedenspanzer (Friedenspanzer)
The peace tank brings an end to dictatorship, and the singer wonders how it's possible. It helps with anything, even rhyming, and carries Grandma's shopping bags. The peace tank is the ultimate symbol of peace.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Dirk Felsenheimer, Rodrigo Gonzales
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Pianosphere
Friedenspanzer wir brauchen Dich JETZT!!
@Moviecheck_YT
So wahr!
@TVirusVegeta
Stimme ich dir zu.
@callyatheoriginal
Genau das !
@erikhelm9672
jetzt mehr als jemals zuvor....
@Sylvi-xz3oe
Aber so was von!!!!!☮
@erikhelm9672
es ist doch erstaunlich....für jede Lebenssituation haben DÄ das passende Stück parat👍🏼👍🏼
@achdetoni5008
Geschichte wiederholt sich andauernd.
@achdetoni5008
@@sylvira3212 Meins war kein Zitat, also heißt es wie ich will.
@juliaalexandrabehr8350
@@achdetoni5008
😮😮😮