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1) A rock band from Seattle, Washington, in the United States.
2) A Danish rap group
1) Kinski is a four-piece rock band from Seattle, WA.
History:
They formed in 1998 in a pub, when bartender and drummer Dave Weeks overheard a conversation between two customers, Chris Martin (guitar) and Lucy Atkinson (bassist) about analog recording. Weeks joined the discussion, and they found they also shared mutual musical interests, and hence agreed to form a band. They started playing live the same year with an expansive, experimental sound.
Near the end of 1999, guitarist/keyboardist/flautist Matthew Reid Schwartz was added to the line-up. Kinski issued its first record Space Launch for Frenchie earlier that same year consisting of six tracks running for 45 minutes. The band went on their first US tour with Mainliner from Japan, where they befriended Kawabata Makoto, also of Acid Mothers Temple.
Tours throughout the US would follow the next two years with such bands as Hovercraft, Silkworm, and Primordial Undermind. Their second album, Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle, came out on Pacifico in 2001. The band also toured Japan with Acid Mothers Temple in late 2001.
In early 2002, after the band finished recording their third album, Weeks left and later went on to join Seattle band Black Panties. That summer, Barrett Wilke took over on drums. The band at this time signed with Sub Pop, the label famous for signing fellow Seattle group Nirvana. The album Airs Above Your Station finally came out in 2003.
Later in 2003, Sub Pop issued a split album with Kinski and Acid Mothers Temple. Each band contributed their own material for this release, along with two collaborative pieces that were recorded during their earlier tour of Japan. Finally, the three-way "triptych" split, Crickets and Fireflies, was released by the Music Fellowship label with the bands Paik & Surface of Eceon.
Around the time that Weeks left the band, the remaining members began performing as an improvisational threesome under the name Herzog. An album, Don't Climb on and Take the Holy Water, was issued in 2004 by the Strange Attractors Audio House label consisting of live recordings from Herzog performances. The band also contributed a track to the Franco Battiato tribute album, What's Your Function. A brief west coast tour with Mission of Burma rounded out the year.
In 2005, the band came back with Alpine Static, their sixth album overall and third on Sub Pop. Tours throughout the US, Europe, and Japan followed, stopping in London for a session with Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1.
Kinski was the opening act during the spring 2007 leg of Tool's 10,000 Days tour. Just before leaving for this tour, they finished their seventh album, Down Below It's Chaos with a scheduled Sub Pop release date of August 21, 2007.
Their song Hot Stenographer was featured in 2K Sports' video game title NHL 2K7.
Kinski are poised to release a new album on legendary Northwest indie label Kill Rock Stars in 2013.
2) A Danish group formed in 2008 by the, according to some, best danish freestyle rapper ever Per Vers, the three times DMC-winning DJ Turkman Souljah and rap/spoken word-artist Ole Omkvæd. Their debutalbum "Vi Taler Dansk!" (="We Speak Danish!") can be downloaded for free at their website: www.kinski.dk . This group is also named after German actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991).
Their first single is called Tal pænt.
Skosvært
Kinski Lyrics
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Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
Ja det' sgu vært når man godt vil være sort
Det' negeren
Det sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
Ja det' sgu vært når man godt vil være sort
Det skosvært - Det skosvært
Min farfar vil' være Louis Armstrong og gik rundt med kinden udspilet af en tampon
Min far ville være Hendrix, der blev jeg så født som et blegt appendix
Du kan bli' til noget sort, sagde far da han fik os, vi var en familie af wickers
Uden plakater med Mao men med Mandela og Malcom, og livet er ikk' lutter King når man er hvid som talkum under sin kasket, vi blev sendt til basket og blev altid basket mens han råbte: LORTE UNGER! og røg 40 om dagen for i det mindste at få sorte lunger
Dem i klassen siger, vi ikk' fatter en meter og at NBA står for Negere er Bedre Atleter og min søn bliver aldrig en Jordan
Og det min' gener, der er årsagen
Det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
Ja det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' negeren
Det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
Ja det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' skosvært
Ah, prøv at hør her my homie, alle min' idoler er mørker' end mahogni
Men min blege rejsning har mistet gejsten efter jeg så 'Big Black King Kong Cocks' nummer 16
Bare fuck Beatles og Beethoven og skråt op med Shakespeare de ikk' skæg mere, jeg må heller' holde min drøm hemlig' den der handler om R&B på MTV
Jeg vil ikk' være brun for at blive sommerklar, men for at lign' dem i Bronx hvor det kommer fra
Man kan så snildt, ligg' i Cancer-grill, men min læge siger til mig jeg må standse chill
Han siger alt den solarie sol, ikke er måden for arrige at få soul og som tiden går forstår jeg at jeg altid vil være familiens hvide får
Det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
Ja det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' negeren
Det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
Ja det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
Det skosvært
Danske rappere vil være neger musikanter
Da-da-da-da-da-da-daau
Danske rappere vil være neger musikanter
Men men men men, men de er en flok blege konfirmander
Blege konfirmander!
The lyrics to Kinski's song "Skosvært" touch upon the struggles of wanting to identify with a culture or skin color different from one's own. The song reflects on a society where there is an evident hierarchy and inequality based on race. The lyrics repeat the line "Det' sgu svært når man godt vil være sort," which translates to "It's damn hard when you want to be black." The repetition of this line emphasizes the frustration and longing to be accepted as a part of a different culture.
The song's narrator shares his personal journey of wanting to identify as a person of color by highlighting the influence of his family members, including his father and his grandfather. His father wanted his children to become something more than just privileged white kids and encouraged them to look up to Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X instead of Mao. However, in school, he faced discrimination and heard that being black was superior only in athletic performance, leaving him feeling like he didn't fit in. He mentions how his idols were all African American musicians, but as he's become older, he realizes that he will forever be "familiens hvide får" or "the family's white sheep."
In short, "Skosvært" addresses the social struggle of wanting to identify with a culture that is different from one's own while facing discrimination when trying to fit in.
Line by Line Meaning
Det sgu svært når man godt vil være sort
It's difficult when you want to be black
Det' svært når man godt vil være sort
It's difficult when you want to be black
Ja det' sgu vært når man godt vil være sort
Yes, it's really hard when you want to be black
Det' negeren
That's the black man
Det skosvært - Det skosvært
It's incredibly difficult - it's incredibly difficult
Min farfar vil' være Louis Armstrong og gik rundt med kinden udspilet af en tampon
My great-grandfather wanted to be Louis Armstrong and walked around with his cheeks puffed out like a tampon
Min far ville være Hendrix, der blev jeg så født som et blegt appendix
My dad wanted to be Hendrix, which is why I was born as a pale appendix
Du kan bli' til noget sort, sagde far da han fik os, vi var en familie af wickers
My dad said we could become something black when he had us, we were a family of wickers
Uden plakater med Mao men med Mandela og Malcom, og livet er ikk' lutter King når man er hvid som talkum under sin kasket, vi blev sendt til basket og blev altid basket mens han råbte: LORTE UNGER! og røg 40 om dagen for i det mindste at få sorte lunger
We didn't have posters of Mao but had ones of Mandela and Malcolm. Life isn't all King when you're as white as talcum powder under your cap. We were sent to play basketball but always ended up playing badly while he yelled, 'SHIT KIDS!' and smoked 40 a day just to get black lungs
Dem i klassen siger, vi ikk' fatter en meter og at NBA står for Negere er Bedre Atleter og min søn bliver aldrig en Jordan
Classmates say we don't understand anything and that NBA stands for 'Negroes Are Better Athletes', and my son will never be a Jordan
Og det min' gener, der er årsagen
And that's my genes, that's the reason
Ah, prøv at hør her my homie, alle min' idoler er mørker' end mahogni
Listen up my homie, all my idols are darker than mahogany
Men min blege rejsning har mistet gejsten efter jeg så 'Big Black King Kong Cocks' nummer 16
But my pale erection lost its spirit after watching 'Big Black King Kong Cocks' number 16
Bare fuck Beatles og Beethoven og skråt op med Shakespeare de ikk' skæg mere, jeg må heller' holde min drøm hemlig' den der handler om R&B på MTV
Fuck the Beatles and Beethoven and to hell with Shakespeare, they're no longer cool. I should keep my dream of R&B on MTV a secret
Jeg vil ikk' være brun for at blive sommerklar, men for at lign' dem i Bronx hvor det kommer fra
I don't want to be brown to get ready for summer, but to look like those in the Bronx where it comes from
Man kan så snildt, ligg' i Cancer-grill, men min læge siger til mig jeg må standse chill
You can easily tan in cancer beds, but my doctor tells me to stop chilling
Han siger alt den solarie sol, ikke er måden for arrige at få soul og som tiden går forstår jeg at jeg altid vil være familiens hvide får
He says that all that tanning isn't the way for pale people to get soul, and as time passes, I understand that I'll always be the family's black sheep
Danske rappere vil være neger musikanter
Danish rappers want to be black musicians
Da-da-da-da-da-da-daau
Danske rappere vil være neger musikanter
Danish rappers want to be black musicians
Men men men men, men de er en flok blege konfirmander
But but but but, they're a group of pale confirmands
Blege konfirmander!
Pale confirmands!
Contributed by Austin W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.