Their debut EP (8-tracks) was released in 2006, containing minimal electro-wave songs as "Kalter Lippenstift" and "Playgirlz". The band has played several shows in London, Paris, Munich, Athens, Bucharest, Luxemburg, Berlin, Warsaw, Brussels, ... and opened for bands like : Vive la Fete, Who made Who, Fehlfarben, No More, Schwefelgelb, A-Frames, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Jad Wio, Swann Danger, The Weegs, Fliehende Stürme, ...
On stage, the band definitely shows its wilder and noisier side and would mainly use neon tubes and strobe lights to create a psychedelic robot-noise-pop performance. In the beginning of 2008 VC has moved to Berlin and released their second record "Safe & Elegant", distributed by the Dutch label Enfant Terrible, which got very positive feedback from the press and the audience. “The band has two faces: they play electro pop in the best 80's tradition but with a very contemporary feeling AND they play some of the finest indie guitar pop / shoegazer stuff heard since a long time. In a surprising way these two styles fit together very well and the band ends up with one sound for themselves.” Stay tuned for the dead mannequin’s nouvelle vague.
Kalter Lippenstift
Velvet Condom Lyrics
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Liepenstift versucht
Ich habe
Dich
Die ganze Nacht gesucht
Einfach
Verfürt und benutzt
Meine Lust
Dinen Mund
Kalter
Lippenstift versucht
Ich habe
Dich
Die ganze Nacht gesucht
Einfach
Verfürt und benutzt
Meine Lust
Vergiftet deinen Mund
Kalter
Lippenstift versucht
Ich habe
Dich
Die ganze Nacht gesucht
Einfach
Verfürt und benutzt
Meine Lust
Vergiftet deinen Mund
Kalter
Lippenstift versurt
Ich habe dich die ganze Zeit gesurt
The lyrics to A Cold Lipstick (Kalter Lippenstift) by Velvet Condom are completely in German, with no English translation available. It seems to be about a sexual encounter with someone who the singer has been searching for throughout the night. The use of "cold lipstick" indicates a sense of detachment or perhaps a lack of genuine emotion on the singer's part. The chorus repeats the same lines about seduction and lust, with the added detail that the singer has "poisoned your mouth" with their desire. This last line suggests that the encounter may have been harmful or negative for the other person involved.
Overall, the song seems to explore themes of desire, seduction, and detachment. The repetition of certain phrases gives the lyrics a hypnotic quality, while the use of imagery like the "cold lipstick" and the "poisoned mouth" add a somewhat sinister edge to the proceedings. It's hard to say exactly what the singer's intentions were in the encounter described in the song - whether they were genuinely seeking connection or simply using another person for their own pleasure. However, the sense of melancholy and regret that permeates the track suggests that there may have been some genuine emotion involved.
Line by Line Meaning
Kalter Lippenstift versucht
Attempting to use cold lipstick
Ich habe Dich die ganze Nacht gesucht
I searched for you all night
Einfach verführt und benutzt
Simply seduced and used
Meine Lust vergiftet deinen Mund
My desire poisoned your mouth
Kalter Lippenstift versucht
Attempting to use cold lipstick
Ich habe Dich die ganze Nacht gesucht
I searched for you all night
Einfach verführt und benutzt
Simply seduced and used
Meine Lust vergiftet deinen Mund
My desire poisoned your mouth
Kalter Lippenstift versucht
Attempting to use cold lipstick
Ich habe Dich die ganze Zeit gesucht
I have been looking for you the whole time
Contributed by Ian H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@TheGePeU
"Kalter Lippenstift versucht...
Ich habe dich die ganze Nacht gesucht
Einfach verführt und benutzt
Meine Lust vergiftet deinen Mund"
"tried cold lipstick...
I have been looking for you all night long
Just seduced and used
My lust poisons your mouth."
http://www.songlyrics.com/velvet-condom/kalter-lippenstift-lyrics/#lWQm9J7SEVt8fOoJ.99
@Feannon
a song one can listen to on repeat and never get bored.simply brilliant!
@Picles18
these guys managed to pull out a bonafide new wave/ minimal wave act right in the middle of 2013! so awesome
@kudvathecrab666
I CANT STOP GOING TO THIS SONG EVERY FEW DAYS
@CrautsRecordings
this song is now available on vinyl! look at discogs: https://www.discogs.com/de/Velvet-Condom-Kalter-Lippenstift-7/release/9486754
@nukednevada6855
The guitar makes me snap from dancing to thinking of my life and every decision I've made while. Nonetheless I really like the song it makes me take a step away and just think
@carlamccoy
I wrote down the lyrics on my own, not sure whether they are all correct. "Kalter Lippenstift versucht... Ich habe dich die ganze Nacht gesucht Einfach verführt und benutzt Meine Lust vergiftet deinen Mund" "tried cold lipstick... I have been looking for you all night long Just seduced and used My lust poisons your mouth."
@disordered_sprout8990
"Tried cold lipstick I've been looking for you the whole night Easy, seduced, and used My lust poisons your mouth." Jesus CHRIST, that's cryptic!
@legionariuscenturio2601
Can you explain it to me? I've seen here in the comments that it's about sex traficking but I don't quite understand why.
@tjotjo6140
Someone plz explain
@noreturn2231
It's not that cryptic and probably easier to understand in German. The thing I'm getting from it is that he is kissing a dead mouth for the whole night, suggesting some kind of morbid love for the dead ;p
or simply giving the kiss of death as in turning someone cold with poisoned lipstick, hehe