The name, originally "James Blast Orchester", was meant as a parody of a German easy listening act named "James Last Orchestra".
They had their first concert in October '89 on a newcomer festival in their hometown Erlangen, Franconia. From the start meant as a comedy rock act, the setlist consisted mostly of cover versions of evergreens with new funny lyrics.
The line-up:
Hannes 'G.Laber' Holzmann, guitar/vocals
Vito C., guitar/vocals
Schmitti, bass
Holmer 'a Bier' Graap, drums
The first five years the band was only a side project. All members tried to be successful with other bands. At least they were able to earn their money with playing music.
1994 one Song of J.B.O. Ein guter Tag zum Sterben (a perfect day to die) was on rotation on the local radio station. As it was only a demo-tape but more and more people asked for a CD, J.B.O. decided to get this done. They recorded their first CD in one day and two nights. It was the EP Eine gute CD zum Kaufen (a perfect CD to buy) which sold pretty good for a local act. The next EP Blastphemie was just an Xmas present for the fans.
The real strike came in 1995 with their first longplayer Explizite Lyrik. The title is a word by word translation of the "parental advisory" sticker which can be translated as "bold poetry". There were 20 Tracks with all the hits of the first five years of J.B.O. As they were still on the independent label "Musical Tragedies", there was no great marketing for this CD. But within three months there were 10.000 copies sold and it became more and more (over 300.000 until present). In summer 1996, J.B.O. entered the German LP charts and stayed there for months.
Their first major release Laut! (loud) was published in 1997. It climbed up to number 13 in the German LP charts.
Besides their CDs J.B.O. were always known as a great live act. So they started touring all over Germany in 1996. In 1997 they played 100 concerts in front of all together 100.000 people.
In 1998 they published Meister der Musik (masters of music) which remained two weeks in the top ten of German LP charts. The album stated that J.B.O.'s original songs did not stand back behind their cover versions.
One year later, J.B.O. celebrated their 10th anniversary with a big festival with many bands they call their friends.
The year 2000 brought many changes for the band: Schmitti and Holmer "a Bier" Graap – the complete rhythm section – decided to quit the band, due to further plans in their lives. Hannes and Vito decided to continue J.B.O. as all lyrics and music was written by both of them. The album SexSexSex was recorded by the "old" members, but published by the "new" members:
The new drummer - an old school friend of Vito - is Wolfram Kellner (Ex-Fiddler's Green). The new bassplayer is Ralph Bach. In 2001 they played 94 concerts with the new line-up which can be heard on J.B.O.'s first live album Live-Sex.
In 2002 the first studio record in the new line-up was produced in a house on an island in Croatia. Released in September, Rosa Armee Fraktion (pink army fraction) went into the charts up to number 13, like the one before. The music was now written by all four members of J.B.O. together with producer Christoph Beyerlein. The release tour presented J.B.O. grown together as a rock force dressed in pink camouflage army clothes. The co-headliner status on the big metal-festivals in Germany (Wacken Open Air, With Full Force Festival) in 2002 and 2003 showed that J.B.O. had manifested their position in the German rock scene.
2004 was J.B.O.'s 15th anniversary. They arranged a festival in their hometown with their buddy bands from all over Europe called the "30/2-Festival". About 2.500 people celebrated the party on July the 31st. Two days later on August the 2nd they released their 6th studio-album, called United States of Blöedsinn that hit the charts on number 6 a week later.
As J.B.O. don't like to translate the term "Blödsinn" - which is a central idea in their lyrics - simply by "nonsense", they want to establish the German word internationally as a loan word, like "Kindergarten" or "Autobahn". So they invented the new spelling "Blöedsinn" - if you don't have the "ö" on your keyboard, just take the "o" - and it still stays "Bloedsinn".
On October the 1st 2004 J.B.O. started their big anniversary tour all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. One concert of this tour was their 500th gig. Another concert on November 2 was recorded audio and video for a planned DVD.
The DVD was a well kept secret until summer 2005. When announced there was an outcry of joy among J.B.O. fans. The parts of three live shows (the 30/2-Festival, Wacken 2004 and Mannheim tour-concert 2004) only completed a treasury of TV parodies this DVD contained. It came out on October 21st 2005 and was followed by J.B.O.'s first best of compilation named Für Anfänger (for beginners) that was released only two weeks later. Best of compilations are due to record label politics in most cases. This one is no exception regarding this, but J.B.O. selected the songs themselves, re-recorded a classic from "Explizite Lyrik" named Könige (Kings) and provided previously unknown background information to all tracks.
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J.B.O. Lyrics
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Ihr kennt ja das Problem mit illegaler Saugerei
Da nützt kein Lamentieren und auch keine Quengelei
Drum haben wir uns jetzt was Schlaues ausgedacht:
Wir schreiben diesen Text und schau'n, was Google daraus macht
Load, reload, download
Download, download, ahahah
Download, download, ahahahah
Jeder der nach Download und unserem Namen sucht
Kriegt jetzt nur den Text von diesem Song ... verflucht!
Natürlich reicht das nicht, uns gegen's Saugen abzusichern
Doch stellen wir's uns lustig vor, da ha´m wir was zu Kichern
Load, reload, download
Download be thy name!
Download, download, ahahah
Das ist die Idee, doch nicht der einzige Aspekt
Wir brauchen noch viel mehr Begriffe für besseren Effekt
Drum singe ich jetzt einfach so und ohne Gewähr
Megaupload, sendspace, netload, easy, rapidshare
Als Googlefutter hätten wir hier noch zu offerieren
Containerfiles und Zip und Rar Dateien komprimieren
Wenn ihr da noch Reime wisst, bitte per E-Mail schicken
Wir tun uns da ein bisschen schwer - was reimt sich schon auf klicken?
Load, reload, download
Download be thy name!
Download be thy name!
Download, download
Gratis, umsonst, for free
Download ( Bittorrent), download (j-downloader)
Mp3, anonym
Download (Hotfile), download (depositfiles), ahahah
Download (Uploaded.to ), download, down, down, download
The song "Download" by J.B.O. is a humorous take on the issue of illegal downloading. The lyrics mock those who engage in such activity, calling it "illegal Saugerei" or "illegal sucking." The song suggests that the band has come up with a solution to the problem: by writing a song with the word "download" in it and hoping that people searching for the word will only find their song instead of illegal downloads.
The lyrics also mention popular file-sharing sites such as Megaupload, Rapidshare, and Bittorrent as well as various compression file formats such as Zip and Rar. The band invites listeners to submit further suggestions for lyrics to help prevent illegal downloading in a humorous and lighthearted manner. The song serves as a commentary on the ongoing battle between copyright owners and those who wish to share files illegally.
Overall, "Download" is a satirical commentary on the issue of illegal downloading, highlighting the absurdity of trying to stop it entirely. The song also showcases J.B.O.'s unique blend of heavy metal and humor.
Line by Line Meaning
Download, download, ahahahah
The song is about finding a smart way to combat illegal downloading, and the repeated use of the word 'download' serves as a sarcastic commentary on the situation
Ihr kennt ja das Problem mit illegaler Saugerei
The song acknowledges the widespread issue of illegal downloading
Da nützt kein Lamentieren und auch keine Quengelei
Complaining won't solve the problem
Drum haben wir uns jetzt was Schlaues ausgedacht:
The song goes on to describe the clever solution they've come up with
Wir schreiben diesen Text und schau'n, was Google daraus macht
The songwriters hope that by using certain keywords in the song, it will appear in Google search results instead of unauthorized download links
Jeder der nach Download und unserem Namen sucht
The plan is to include certain keywords like 'Download' and their own band name in the song to manipulate search results
Kriegt jetzt nur den Text von diesem Song ... verflucht!
Those who search using those keywords will only find the lyrics to this song, frustrating them
Natürlich reicht das nicht, uns gegen's Saugen abzusichern
The song admits that this isn't a foolproof solution to stop people from downloading illegally
Doch stellen wir's uns lustig vor, da ha´m wir was zu Kichern
However, the songwriters find joy in the thought of people downloading this song instead of something they actually want
Das ist die Idee, doch nicht der einzige Aspekt
The songwriters admit there is more to the plan than simply using certain keywords
Wir brauchen noch viel mehr Begriffe für besseren Effekt
Additional keywords are needed to make the plan more effective
Drum singe ich jetzt einfach so und ohne Gewähr
The song concludes that they will just randomly sing out different file hosting services, without the guarantee of it working
Megaupload, sendspace, netload, easy, rapidshare
Listing different file hosting services to use as keywords to manipulate searches
Als Googlefutter hätten wir hier noch zu offerieren
The songwriters suggest additional keywords like 'container files' and file type names like 'zip' and 'rar'
Wenn ihr da noch Reime wisst, bitte per E-Mail schicken
The songwriters ask for suggestions for more rhyming keywords to use in the song
Wir tun uns da ein bisschen schwer - was reimt sich schon auf klicken?
The songwriters claim it's difficult to find rhyming keywords for terms like 'clicking'
Gratis, umsonst, for free
Additional keywords that will be used in the song to trick Google searches
Download ( Bittorrent), download (j-downloader)
Naming specific downloading clients to use as keywords
Mp3, anonym
Additional keywords related to music files and anonymity
Download (Hotfile), download (depositfiles), ahahah
More specific file hosting services mentioned
Download (Uploaded.to ), download, down, down, download
More specific file hosting services mentioned and more repetition of the word 'download'
Contributed by Parker D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Boogaloo
Ich downloade keine Musik, ich bin altmodisch. Ich gehe immer mit einer Strumpfmaske in den Plattenladen und lass den Kassiere die CDs in meinen Sack stopfen. Einziges Problem ist dann das tagelange Einlesen der CDs in mein Laufwerk :(
Sam Misery
Hahah wie Geil xD
Imba Jack
So cool.Auch gleich gedownloadet
Olaf Knolaf
Man merkt sofort, dass JBO nicht viel mit diesem ganzen Internet zu tun haben.
hoi taach
ich find das zu geil :D müsst ma wirklich jbo download eingeben bei google^^
hoi taach
bitte downloade immer schön viel, ist ja net strafbar, omg sag ich nur
Euqinom01w
Das is ja mal was :-)
Fallen Jester
LOAD XD
schippes24
ich kapiers net wirklich, was du von mir willst ;) achja und übrigens: in deutschland ist nur der upload strafbar, nicht der download, aber das weißt du ja sicher längst. wollte eigentlich ja nur auf die ironie hinweisen, die sich mit dem upload dieses tonträgers entwickelt, aber auch da bin ich mir sicher, dass du das lääängst kapiert hast.
StimpYJCatZ
Suche nach Download bei Google: 1-3: Lyrics, 4 und 5: Youtube ;) wenn Youtube nich zu Google gehören würde hätts geklappt ;)