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
No Future
Die Ärzte Lyrics
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Du sitzt allein zu Haus, niemand ruft bei dir an
Und du fragst dich immer wieder, wie es dazu kommen kann
Früher warst du beliebt, du konntest jede kriegen
Jetzt bist du abgestiegen, oh, woran mag das wohl liegen?
Keine Freunde (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Arbeit (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Zukunft (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Du fühlst dich ausgeschlossen, du willst dazugehören
Du wärst gern angesagter und du willst die Frauen betören
Ich geb' dir einen Tipp, du solltest es probieren
Willst du die Welt verführen
Dann musst du erst mal investieren
Keine Freunde (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Arbeit (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Frauen (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Zukunft (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Schau öfter in den Spiegel, lass dir deine Haare schneiden
Die Welt legt leider viel zu viel Wert auf Äußerlichkeiten
Nutze den Augenblick, mach dich mal wieder schick
Mangelnde Körperpflege bricht dir sonst noch das Genick
Keine Freunde (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Arbeit (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Frauen (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
Keine Zukunft (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
The song “No Future” by Die Ärzte is a satirical and critical social commentary on the relentless pursuit of superficiality and style over substance. The lyrics begin by painting a picture of a person who has become isolated, alone, and forgotten by their old friends and lovers. The song suggests that the individual's perceived lack of success is due to their outdated appearance.
The song suggests that the solution to this problem is to invest in a new hairstyle because the world values appearance above all else. The lyrics suggest that by spending money on a new haircut and dressing up, the world will suddenly pay attention to you again. However, the song also takes a sarcastic tone towards this concept, questioning why investing in a new hairstyle is even necessary in the first place.
Die Ärzte's "No Future" is a criticism of societal pressure to conform to unrealistic beauty standards that often lead to exclusion and isolation. The song is a reminder that value and worth should be measured beyond physical appearance.
Line by Line Meaning
Du sitzt allein zu Haus, niemand ruft bei dir an
You're sitting alone at home, no one's calling you and you keep wondering how you got here
Und du fragst dich immer wieder, wie es dazu kommen kann
You keep asking yourself how this happened
Früher warst du beliebt, du konntest jede kriegen
You used to be popular, you could get any girl you wanted
Jetzt bist du abgestiegen, oh, woran mag das wohl liegen?
Now you've fallen, oh, I wonder why that is?
Keine Freunde (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
No friends (without a new hairstyle)
Keine Arbeit (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
No job (without a new hairstyle)
Keine Frauen (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
No women (without a new hairstyle)
Keine Zukunft (ohne neue Haarfrisur)
No future (without a new hairstyle)
Du fühlst dich ausgeschlossen, du willst dazugehören
You feel excluded, you want to belong
Du wärst gern angesagter und du willst die Frauen betören
You'd like to be cooler and you want to seduce women
Ich geb' dir einen Tipp, du solltest es probieren
I'll give you a tip, you should try it
Willst du die Welt verführen
If you want to seduce the world
Dann musst du erst mal investieren
Then you have to invest first
Schau öfter in den Spiegel, lass dir deine Haare schneiden
Look in the mirror more often, get a haircut
Die Welt legt leider viel zu viel Wert auf Äußerlichkeiten
Unfortunately, the world places too much value on appearances
Nutze den Augenblick, mach dich mal wieder schick
Seize the moment, dress up again
Mangelnde Körperpflege bricht dir sonst noch das Genick
Lack of personal hygiene will be the death of you
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Farin Urlaub
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