Der Kommissar
Falco Lyrics
Check it out, yo
Two, three, four
Eins, zwei drei
Na, es is nix dabei
Na, wenn ich eich erzähl' die G'schicht'
Nichts desto trotz
Ich bin es schon gewohnt
Im TV-Funk da läuft es nicht
Ja, sie war jung
Und jede Nacht hat ihren Preis
Sie sagt: „Sugar Sweet
You got me rappin' to the heat!“
Ich verstehe, sie ist heiß
Sie sagt: „Babe, you know
I miss my funky friends“
Sie meint Jack und Joe und Jill
Mein Funkverständnis
Ja, das reicht zur Not
Ich überreiss', was sie jetzt will
Ich überleg' bei mir
Ihr Nahsein spricht dafür
Währenddessen ich noch rauch'
Die Special Places sind ihr wohlbekannt
Ich mein', sie fährt ja U-Bahn auch
Dort singen's
„Drah' di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh
Er wird di anschauen
Und du weißt warum
Die Lebenslust bringt dich um“
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
Hey wanna buy some stuff, man?
How did you ever rap that thing, Jack?
So rap it to the beat
Wir treffen Jill and Joe
Und dessen Bruder Hip
Und auch den Rest der coolen Gang
Sie rappen hin, sie rappen her
Dazwischen kratzen's ab die Wänd'
Dieser Fall ist klar
Lieber Herr Kommissar
Auch wenn sie anderer Meinung sind
Den Schnee auf dem wir alle talwärts fahren
Kennt heute jedes Kind
Jetzt das Kinderlied
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh
Er hat die Kraft und wir san klein und dumm
Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm“
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh“
Wenn er di anspricht
Und du weißt warum
Sag eahm
Dein Leben bringt di um
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh
Er hat die Kraft und wir san klein und dumm
Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm“
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh“
Wenn er di anspricht
Und du weißt warum
Sag eahm
Dein Leben bringt dich um
La la la la la la
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh“
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh“
„Drah di net um, oh oh oh
Schau, schau, der Kommissar geht um, oh oh oh“
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Robert Ponger, Johann Hoelzel
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Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Jeanny" and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)".
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying Read Full BioJohann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Jeanny" and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)".
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying at the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977 which he left after one semester to pursue a career in music, he lived for a short time in West Berlin while singing in a jazz-rock band. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco," reportedly in tribute to the East German ski jumper Falko Weißpflog, and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company. En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock-punk rock band Drahdiwaberl (from 1978 until 1983). With Drahdiwaberl he wrote and performed the song "Ganz Wien" which he would also include on his debut solo album Einzelhaft.
Individual success
Falco's first hit was "Der Kommissar" from the 1982 album Einzelhaft. A German language song about drug consumption that combines rap verses with a sung chorus, Falco's record was a number-one success in many countries but failed to break big in the U.S. The song, however, would prove to have a life of its own in two English-language versions. British Rock band After the Fire recorded an English cover version, loosely based on Falco's lyrics and also called "Der Kommissar" (with "uh-oh" and "alles klar Herr Kommissar" the only other lyrics held over from the original). This time, the song shot to number three in the United States (their only major hit there) in 1983, though it failed to crack the UK Top 40. The band - who had been together more than a decade - broke up almost immediately thereafter. That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics, under the title "Deep in the Dark" on her album Branigan 2.
After a second album, Junge Roemer, failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success (outside of Austria and Germany, where the album topped the charts), Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal, and chose a new production team. The result would be the most popular album and single of his career.
Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus" inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, and the song became a worldwide hit in 1986. This time, his record reached #1 in the U.S. and UK, bringing him the success that had eluded him in that major market a few years earlier. The song remained in the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and his album, Falco 3, fittingly peaked at the number three position on the Billboard album charts. Unheard of at the time for a white performer, much less a European one, the Austrian rapper's single climbed to the upper reaches of the Billboard Top R&B Singles Chart (only a few years earlier called the "Black Singles" chart), peaking at number 6. Falco 3 peaked at number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Ultimately, "Rock Me Amadeus" went to the #1 spot in over a dozen countries including the Soviet Union and Japan. Follow-up single "Vienna Calling" was another international pop hit, peaking at #18 of the Billboard Charts and #17 on the U.S. Cash Box Charts in 1986. A double A-side 12" single featuring remixes of those two hits peaked at #4 on the U.S. Dance/Disco charts.
"Jeanny" the third release from the album Falco 3, brought the performer back to the top of the charts across Europe. Highly controversial when it was released in Germany and the Netherlands, the story of "Jeanny" was told from the point of view of a rapist and possible murderer. Several DJs and radio stations refused to play the ballad, which was ignored in the U.S., although it became a huge hit in many European countries, and inspired two sequels on later albums.
In 1986, the album Emotional was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland). On the Album were "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)" and the song "Kamikaze Cappa" which was written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa. "The Sound of Musik" was another international success, and a Top 20 U.S. Dance hit, though he failed to make the U.S. pop charts. He also went on "Emotional-Tour" which was a world tour where he ended up in Japan at 1987. In 1987, he sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen "Body Next to Body" and the single was a Top 10 hit in the Germanic countries. The Album Wiener Blut was released in 1988 but it did not get much publicity outside Germany and Austria.
After "Jeanny," there were a number of European hits, but Falco was rarely heard in the U.S. and the UK. His 1992 U.S. comeback attempt, the album Nachtflug with the song "Titanic" won a number of awards, but failed to chart in America.
Death
Falco died of severe injuries received from a collision with a bus in his Mitsubishi Pajero near the city of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic on 6 February 1998, just two weeks before his 41st birthday. While it was initially reported that the autopsy showed high blood levels of alcohol and cocaine, this was disputed. At the time of his death, he was working on a comeback into the music world.
He was buried in the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria.
Years active: 1974 -1998
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying Read Full BioJohann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian rap, pop and rock musician and had four #1 Hits - "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Jeanny" and "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)".
He is the only artist to score a #1 Hit in the U.S. with a German language song, and his albums and singles have sold about 60 million copies worldwide.
Early Years
Born in Vienna, studying at the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977 which he left after one semester to pursue a career in music, he lived for a short time in West Berlin while singing in a jazz-rock band. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco," reportedly in tribute to the East German ski jumper Falko Weißpflog, and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company. En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock-punk rock band Drahdiwaberl (from 1978 until 1983). With Drahdiwaberl he wrote and performed the song "Ganz Wien" which he would also include on his debut solo album Einzelhaft.
Individual success
Falco's first hit was "Der Kommissar" from the 1982 album Einzelhaft. A German language song about drug consumption that combines rap verses with a sung chorus, Falco's record was a number-one success in many countries but failed to break big in the U.S. The song, however, would prove to have a life of its own in two English-language versions. British Rock band After the Fire recorded an English cover version, loosely based on Falco's lyrics and also called "Der Kommissar" (with "uh-oh" and "alles klar Herr Kommissar" the only other lyrics held over from the original). This time, the song shot to number three in the United States (their only major hit there) in 1983, though it failed to crack the UK Top 40. The band - who had been together more than a decade - broke up almost immediately thereafter. That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics, under the title "Deep in the Dark" on her album Branigan 2.
After a second album, Junge Roemer, failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success (outside of Austria and Germany, where the album topped the charts), Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal, and chose a new production team. The result would be the most popular album and single of his career.
Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus" inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, and the song became a worldwide hit in 1986. This time, his record reached #1 in the U.S. and UK, bringing him the success that had eluded him in that major market a few years earlier. The song remained in the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and his album, Falco 3, fittingly peaked at the number three position on the Billboard album charts. Unheard of at the time for a white performer, much less a European one, the Austrian rapper's single climbed to the upper reaches of the Billboard Top R&B Singles Chart (only a few years earlier called the "Black Singles" chart), peaking at number 6. Falco 3 peaked at number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Ultimately, "Rock Me Amadeus" went to the #1 spot in over a dozen countries including the Soviet Union and Japan. Follow-up single "Vienna Calling" was another international pop hit, peaking at #18 of the Billboard Charts and #17 on the U.S. Cash Box Charts in 1986. A double A-side 12" single featuring remixes of those two hits peaked at #4 on the U.S. Dance/Disco charts.
"Jeanny" the third release from the album Falco 3, brought the performer back to the top of the charts across Europe. Highly controversial when it was released in Germany and the Netherlands, the story of "Jeanny" was told from the point of view of a rapist and possible murderer. Several DJs and radio stations refused to play the ballad, which was ignored in the U.S., although it became a huge hit in many European countries, and inspired two sequels on later albums.
In 1986, the album Emotional was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland). On the Album were "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr danach)" and the song "Kamikaze Cappa" which was written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa. "The Sound of Musik" was another international success, and a Top 20 U.S. Dance hit, though he failed to make the U.S. pop charts. He also went on "Emotional-Tour" which was a world tour where he ended up in Japan at 1987. In 1987, he sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen "Body Next to Body" and the single was a Top 10 hit in the Germanic countries. The Album Wiener Blut was released in 1988 but it did not get much publicity outside Germany and Austria.
After "Jeanny," there were a number of European hits, but Falco was rarely heard in the U.S. and the UK. His 1992 U.S. comeback attempt, the album Nachtflug with the song "Titanic" won a number of awards, but failed to chart in America.
Death
Falco died of severe injuries received from a collision with a bus in his Mitsubishi Pajero near the city of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic on 6 February 1998, just two weeks before his 41st birthday. While it was initially reported that the autopsy showed high blood levels of alcohol and cocaine, this was disputed. At the time of his death, he was working on a comeback into the music world.
He was buried in the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria.
Years active: 1974 -1998
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Garry Iglesias
@Mr. Eighty - There are no "absolute" father, all styles are just like biological evolution species: they evolve, split when starts to get too different, mix themselves again later, etc...
As for Elvis, for sure he didn't invented the "rock'n'roll" himself. BUT you can't deny that the guy was over the crowd... The guy made this ghetto music becomes "cool", look at the early live recording (available on YT), the guy had it all, attitude, "cute", nice, friendly, great voice, he felts it...
And as a guy, I'm astonished by his charisma, I mean maybe it's sexual for ladies, but even for men, when you see his simplicity, how he's cool, you just want to be one of his friend, part of his "gang"... You feel that it must have been cool to be one of his friend, funny, talented...
And even if he wasn't strictly the father of rock, he is for sure the "King" and made it happens...
Of course society evolution also helped, political changes, after-war, music recording, etc. He was at the right time at the right place, but so many people were at that time and that place, he just owned it...
Yes I listen to Beethoven, Falco, Kraftwerk, Elvis, Korn, Pink Floyd, and all kind of music, even the french ones with fantastic lyrics (Brassens, Ferre, Trenet, etc.). Music is my life somehow (that's one of the reason that I get into flame wars easily :) ).
LITTLE_NUT_SCREECHES
Two, three, four, one, two, three
Two, three, four, eins, zwei, drei
There is nothing to it
Es is nichts dabei
When I tell you the story
Wenn ich euch erzaehle die Geschichte
Nevertheless, I'm already used to it
Nichts desto trotz, ich bin es schon gewohnt
It doesn't work on tv, yeah
Im tv-funk da laeuft es nicht, jah
She was so young, her heart so pure and white
Sie war so jung, das Herz so rein und weiss
And every night has its price
Und jede Nacht hat ihren Preis
She says: "Sugar sweet, jah'got me rapp'in to the heat!"
Sie sagt: "Sugar sweet, jah'got me rapp'in to the heat!"
I understand you very well
Ich verstehe sie heiss
She says: Babe you know, I miss my Funky friends "
Sie sagt: Babe you know, I miss my Funky friends"
She means Jack and Jill
Sie meint, Jack und Jill
My radio understanding is enough in a pinch
Mein funk Verstaendnis reicht zur Not
I'm going over what she wants now
Ich ueberreiss' was sie jetzt will
I think about it, your nose speaks for it
Ich ueberlege bei mir, ihre Nase spricht dafuer
During which I still smoke
Waehrend dessen ich noch rauche
The "special places" are well known to her
Die "special places" sind ihr wohlbekannt
I mean, she drives the subway there, too, singing:
Ich meine, sie faehrt ja U-bahn auch dort singen's:
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
He will look at you and you will know why
Er wird dich anschauen, und du weisst warum
The lust for life is killing you
Die Lebenslust bringt dich um
Is everything fine, Officer?
Alles klar Herr Kommissar?
(Hey man, wanna buy some stuff man?
(Hey man, wanna buy some stuff man?
Did you ever rap that thing Jack, so rap it to the beat)
Did you ever rap that thing Jack, so rap it to the beat)
We meet Jill and Joe and his hip brother
Wir treffen Jill und Joe und dessen Bruder hip,
And the rest of the cool gang too
Und auch den Rest der koolen gang
They rap, they rap
Sie rappen hin, sie rappen her
In between it's scratching the wall
Dazwischen kratzen's ab die Waend'
This is clearly a case dear Commissioner
Dieser Fall ist klar lieber Herr Kommissar
Even if they disagree
Auch wenn sie anderer Meinung sind
The snow on which we all drive down the valley
Den Schnee auf dem wir alle talwaerts fahren
Every child knows today
Kennt heute jedes Kind
Now the nursery rhyme
Jetzt das Kinderlied
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
He has the strength and we are small and stupid
Er hat die Kraft und wir sind klein und dumm
And this frustration makes us mute
Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
When he speaks to you and you know why
Wenn er dich anspricht und du weisst warum
Tell him your life is killing you
Sag' ihm dein Leben bringt dich um
Is everything fine, Officer?
Alles klar Herr Kommissar?
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
He has the strength and we are small and stupid
Er hat die Kraft und wir sind klein und dumm
And this frustration makes us mute
Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
When he speaks to you and you know why
Wenn er dich anspricht und du weisst warum
Tell him your life is killing you
Sag' ihm dein Leben bringt dich um
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh
Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh
The inspector goes around - oh, oh, oh
Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh
Mario Perkovic
He was rapping in German back when not a single German rapper was yet born. And he hit #1 in the US charts doing so. Fucking legend.
Agnes Kormos
Agree
tbr2109
@lea I'm pretty sure he meant that you guys are ethnically German, not that you're part of the same country as Germany. Blame the English language for having one word that coves both a nationality and a much broader ethnicity.
Natural Glitch
German Rap nowadays is just a big cringefest, Farid Bang sometime told that German Hip Hop left American Hip Hop behind, what just tells how stupid it has become ...
maria tarapuez
Esta música me encanta, en mi adolescencia era la escuchaba, nunca pasará de moda. Hermosos y gratos recuerdos
Edson SP
Like n.o 100 🇧🇷
Pamela Gonzalvez
Todos los días de mi vida agradezco a mi papá que casi con 83 años siempre escucha esta música, religiosamente en una emisora que se dedica a reproducir estos géneros, los sábados y domingos son mis preferidos hacen hit parade y recopilaciones con info 🎶🎙
P a b l o D a r k
No se como no se crea musica como esta hoy en dia! Tengo 29 años y esta musica es mucho mejor a la basura actual
Angeles Herrera
Me alegra que puedas valorar la calidad musical de los 80 .Ademas las voces de los cantantes las podias diferenciar eran particulares.Eran creativos .Ahora las voces son de un estilo lineal.
Carlos Olivares
Podríamos decir que Falco es multi talento y a la vez un visionario de los que serían las canciones de hoy.. pero a pesar que era polémico tenía un talento descomunal..