"was originally Austrian"? He was Austrian, end of story :D

@@RaggedLands Never ceased to be.

mit Antidepressiver geht es Leicht

what? no, he is austrian, and still is. there is no austrian language , it’s just german.

Nothing guilty about liking Falco😉

Falco is everybodies guilty pleasure lol

Yeah, that's pretty much the literal translation.

A rather lame remake IMO.

I could care less who prefers this version, I prefer After The Fire's.

I enjoy his music in Costa Rica since early 80's. Great artist!

Absolutely, here in the US.

Down here in New Zealand this was a big hit esp in night clubs & radio stations , its hit position was 4th , great groove👍

I am from Austria. Falcos real Name was HANS HÖLZEL. And his Song Jeany was forbiden to play for Radiostationes in Austria.

Here in the Netherlands Falco's music is still on the radio. I liked his music very much, and I was sad back then when he died.

Two, three, four, one, two, three Two, three, four, eins, zwei, drei There is nothing there Es is nichts dabei When I tell you the story Wenn ich euch erzaehle die Geschichte Nonetheless, I'm used to it Nichts desto trotz, ich bin es schon gewohnt It doesn't work on tv radio, 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 hot 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 funk understanding is enough in a pinch Mein funk Verstaendnis reicht zur Not I tear what she wants now Ich ueberreiss' was sie jetzt will I'm thinking about it, her nose speaks for it Ich ueberlege bei mir, ihre Nase spricht dafuer While I'm still smoking Waehrend dessen ich noch rauche The "special places" are well known to her Die "special places" sind ihr wohlbekannt I mean, she's on the subway singing there too: 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 commissioner goes around - oh, oh, oh Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh He will look at you and you know why Er wird dich anschauen, und du weisst warum The lust for life kills 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 brother hip, Wir treffen Jill und Joe und dessen Bruder hip, And the rest of the koolen gang too Und auch den Rest der koolen gang They rap, they rap Sie rappen hin, sie rappen her In between they scrape off the walls Dazwischen kratzen's ab die Waend' This case is clear dear Commissioner Dieser Fall ist klar lieber Herr Kommissar Even if they have different opinions Auch wenn sie anderer Meinung sind The snow we all ride down the valley on Den Schnee auf dem wir alle talwaerts fahren Knows every child 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 commissioner goes around - oh, oh, oh Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh He has the power and we are small and stupid Er hat die Kraft und wir sind klein und dumm And this frustration makes us dumb Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh The commissioner goes around - oh, oh, oh Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh When he talks 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 commissioner goes around - oh, oh, oh Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh He has the power and we are small and stupid Er hat die Kraft und wir sind klein und dumm And this frustration makes us dumb Und dieser Frust macht uns stumm Don't turn around - oh, oh, oh Dreh dich nicht um - oh, oh, oh The commissioner goes around - oh, oh, oh Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh When he talks 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 commissioner 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 commissioner 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 commissioner goes around - oh, oh, oh Der Kommissar geht um - oh, oh, oh

Yes, that's exactly right!

Jesus, has it been that long since that happened?

He had a rather interesting dialect. Very regional whether by family or travel. Fun song in its day...now I need a nap.

Oh yes, he was!

@@nickrizzi4927 Really? I always thought that's more or less a Vienna accent. He just liked to speak a bit exalted here or there.

@@DerEchteBold It's viennese but very special style of speaking! Maybe the dialect of his character.

yes,After the Fire had Bring Out the Same Song in English,one Year later.If you watch that you Understand the meaning.I say you should even watch their Song in before,an instrumental Song with the Name 1980-F.

Nena

OMG! Now you got that damn 99 Luft Balloons stuck in my head. Thanks.

I used to have the Nena 99 Red Balloons/Luftballons album, and all the songs were great! One side of the album was in English, and the other side was different songs in German, and I even loved the German side (even though I don't speak German)!

Lena? Lena Lovitch? As mentioned earlier, I think your thinking of Nena. My memory is failing. Who did the German "Major Tom" song?

It’s “Alles klar, HERR Kommissar?”….

In this case "Komissar" is the German word for a rank of the police force.

You mean Eastern Germany I think lol it relates to Communism as far as I know

You could translate it to "police commissioner", but usually it's what you call a police detective in english

@@theheartlandgroup757 In Vienna we call a police Kommissar also an Krimineser. Because a Kommissar is normally a part of the criminal investigation force. (Kriminalpolizei)

The first white rap song to hit #1 was Rapture by Blondie

@@Rwededyet Speaking about Blondie, did Brad and Lex have a broadcast about Blondie's music? Blondie is still great!

@@ansjovisnl9059 I don't know. I love their reaction videos, but I get impatient with the pacing of their live streams.

The Cars, American Girls ??? ...Never heard that song... And I had all their albums.

@@oteroair My bad. It's "Looking For Love" ...

It's not banned in germany anymore.

I think it's Banned in austria

​@@deepspacedruid7673 No, definitely not! I even heard it on the radio as a child back in the 90s. Was one of my favourite songs 😄

good choice, the song "out of the dark" is great too !!

Junge Römer

@@ricardo_miguel13 Yes, a very good song👍

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helemaal mee eens Paul!

Yes, but probably should do Vienna calling also

We LOVE Austria and Austrians here in the States!

No, he is the only GERMAN SPEAKING ARTIST with a Nr1 hit on billboard, till TODAY!!!

@@nelerhabarber5602 Realy and thats from so an small country.👍👍👍👍

@@maryreilly5092 I love American Cars from the 50' and 60' . They are very rare in Austria. I had an 81' Ford Fairmount bevor i crasht the car. Nobodie hurts but i cried like a Baby.

@@Imogjudub Abba are from Sweden, the Bee Gees from the Isle of man!😎and Mozart is also from austria.Lol

I kept requesting that version on the streams last week before finally giving up. They ignore Steely Dan and Blondie requests too.

What about 99 Luft Balloms by Nena ( very poignant at the moment ..)

I prefer that version personally.

After The Fire was The Original !!!

@@ledzepgirlnmful No it wasn't.

yes, 99 Luftballons is a good one to do

They did Nena but it got blocked. I like Nur geträumt by Nena as well. That was her first hit before 99 Balloons. You should check out some Japanese bands. HUGE rabbit hole to fall in.

Pretty Much every Song Falco has ever did has very smart lyrics. Wiener Blut, Jeany, Mutter der Mann mit dem Koks ist da are only a few minutes examples.

Data de groove way better

OK, you answered a long-time question : this song was a huge hit in France at this time, and when we asked our german teacher if we could study it, it was a definite "No!". I guess he couldn't understand the lyrics himself and wouldn't want to be embarrassed in front of us kids :D !

@@hijikaelemenope3127 That is quite possible. After all, back in the day you couldn't just look up the lyrics online you actually had to listen to the song and understand them. Those were difficult times ;)

des is zwoa guad oba österreichisch is koa eigne sproch kolleg desch a dialekt

@@ChingelBopDingelFlop Die Übergänge zwischen Sprache und Dialekt sind fließend und es gibt keine eindeutige Definition. Selbst österreichische Sprachwissenschaftler sind sich da nicht einig, laut Wikipedia jedenfalls.

@@hijikaelemenope3127 Btw, I even misheard the lyrics myself. I only recently learned that he sang "Dra di net um". I heard "Ra-didel-dum" which would be some meaningless onomatopoeia found in nursery rhymes.

Kraftwerk, Peter Schilling, Alphaville, Propaganda,... So much do that Saturday Night Live created "Sprockets" skits.

And Rheingold; Nichts, Juli ,Silbermond, Wir sind Helden ,Die Toten Hosen all on YT

@@johnstjohn6658 ....and gnow is da time on Shprockets when we donce...

@@johnstjohn6658 Bab or something like that. The Kristall Nacht. Great song!

Well obviously there was Kraftwerk and Alphaville and Propaganda as others have mentioned and dont ever forget Nina Hagen because man ... Nina Hagen that was a whole different thing Punk wise.

Yup. Van Halen opening acts had it rough. Same thing happened to Autograph on the 1984 tour.

I saw Van Halen in '82 as well, their Diver Down tour. That was my first concert actually. The opener when I saw them was the Joe Whitey Band (if I remember correctly) and they were terrible. Van Halen always seemed to have lesser known crappy bands to open for them back then.

@@brettkenschaft4239 I think someone in the band (maybe Dave) got off in a Negan sort of way; knowing some in the audience might treat opening bands poorly. Diver Down was the same '82 tour I went to. My first concert was 1978...Cal Jam 2...I was about three months shy of turning 16 yrs.

Ausgezeichnet! It works in German. The English is... weird.

i love dancing to Vienna Calling. LOL

I love the video!! Great song

Definitely!

Performed by the group After the Fire.

"Taking German in high school" is not gonna cut it to "totally understand" this fast rapping in Vienna German. Just the first two sentences are not too easy to understand: "Two, three, four, eins, zwei, drei Na, es is nichts dabei Wenn ich euch erzaehle die Geschichte Nichts desto trotz, ich bin es schon gewohnt Im tv-funk da laeuft es nicht, jah" Or even the hook: "Dreh dich nicht um".