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
Zum letzten Mal
Die Ärzte Lyrics
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Endlich sagtes sie ihm,(ja) als sie alleine waren
Sein Herz schlug wie wild, er gab ihr einen Kuss
Sie lachte ihn aus und sagte, jetzt ist Schluss
Mit Tränen in den Augen lief er durch die Nacht, und er schwor sich,
Sie hat heute zum letzten Mal über ihn gelacht
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
An einem Geschäft blieb er plötzlich stehen,
Denn im Schaufenster hatte er etwas gesehen
Er nahm einen Stein, er hatte nichts zu verlieren
Er schlug die Scheibe ein
Sie lag alleine im Bett, und der Vollmond schien
Sie hörte ein Geräusch, und dann sah sie ihn
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
Sie lag im Bett und der Mond schien ihr ins Gesicht
Er küsste sie noch einmal, diesmal lachte sie nicht
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
Zum letzten Mal
The lyrics to Die Ärzte's song "Zum letzten Mal" tell the story of a man who has been in love with a woman for many years, and finally confesses his feelings to her when they are alone. His heart races as he gives her a kiss, but she laughs at him and tells him it's over. He runs away with tears in his eyes, swearing to himself that she has laughed at him for the last time. The man then sees something in a store window that inspires him to commit an act of vandalism, smashing the window with a stone. Later that night, he goes to the woman's house and kisses her one last time, this time without any laughter.
The song addresses the timeless theme of unrequited love and the pain it can cause. The lyrics also explore the darker side of obsessive love, as the singer resorts to violence in order to express his feelings. The repeated refrain of "Zum letzten Mal" (for the last time) emphasizes the finality of the man's actions - he is determined to put an end to his infatuation.
Line by Line Meaning
Er hat sie geliebt, schon seit vielen Jahren
He had loved her for many years
Endlich sagtes sie ihm,(ja) als sie alleine waren
Finally she told him (yes) when they were alone
Sein Herz schlug wie wild, er gab ihr einen Kuss
His heart beat wildly, he gave her a kiss
Sie lachte ihn aus und sagte, jetzt ist Schluss
She laughed at him and said, now it's over
Mit Tränen in den Augen lief er durch die Nacht, und er schwor sich,
With tears in his eyes he walked through the night, and he swore to himself,
Sie hat heute zum letzten Mal über ihn gelacht
She laughed at him for the last time today
An einem Geschäft blieb er plötzlich stehen,
Suddenly he stopped at a store,
Denn im Schaufenster hatte er etwas gesehen
Because he had seen something in the window
Er nahm einen Stein, er hatte nichts zu verlieren
He took a stone, he had nothing to lose
Er schlug die Scheibe ein
He smashed the window
Sie lag alleine im Bett, und der Vollmond schien
She lay alone in bed, and the full moon shone
Sie hörte ein Geräusch, und dann sah sie ihn
She heard a noise, and then she saw him
Sie lag im Bett und der Mond schien ihr ins Gesicht
She lay in bed with the moon shining on her face
Er küsste sie noch einmal, diesmal lachte sie nicht
He kissed her one last time, this time she didn't laugh
Zum letzten Mal
For the last time
Zum letzten Mal
For the last time
Zum letzten Mal
For the last time
Zum letzten Mal
For the last time
Zum letzten Mal
For the last time
Zum letzten Mal
For the last time
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JAN VETTER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
mich s
Bestes Album!!!
DAS k1ishEé
Sample eingereicht: "Puh, gerade nochmal am Index vorbei. Kettensägen mögen die Sittenwächter ja nicht."
Ist immer noch tragisch, dass das Album wegen Geschwisterliebe (schwächster Song auf dem Album) indiziert wurde |D
Mog Moogle
This was great!!
Katzenkaiser
am besten gefällt mir immer noch das Gerrrräusch... 😼
Martin Scharmer
Meine Jugend und mein erstes Ärzte Konzert mir 13 in Innsbruck🤪🙃
Henri Stahr
Da waren sie noch unbefangen.
Christian Frank
Unbefangen? Von was bitte?
Henri Stahr
das ist immer noch ein grandioser song ... wenn auch auf der gummikuh...:-)
Enrico Linke
Gummikühe sind geil😂
TRUTH ETs EH3 Earth Habitat 3
Wer hat die Songs gehoert waehrend er Liebeskummer hatte? Ich denke viele.