He- schönes Mädchen, kommst du mit? - Philipp Poisel

Ich und du



He- schönes Mädchen, ich muss dir dringend etwas sagen --Hey pretty girl, I've got something urgent to say to you
Ich glaub wir beide sind für einander bestimmt--I believe we both are destined for each other
Wir haben keine Wahl, wir müssen's einfach wagen--We don't have any choice, we've just got to accept it
Kommst du mit?
Kommst du mit mit mir?

Du wärst das Mädchen mit den sonnengelben Haaren --You'd be the girl with the sunny yellow hair
Und ich der Junge, der an deiner Seite geht--and I the guy, who's standing at your side
Die Leute würden sich umdreh'n und fragen wer wir waren--Folks would turn arund and ask who we might be
Wer wohl der Junge ist, mit dem das schöne Mädchen geht --Who could that fellow be, who's going out with that beautiful girl?

Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du
Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du

Wir fahren mit dem Fahrrad hinaus auf's Erdbeerfeld--We ride bikes out to the strawberry fields
Gleich hinter dem alten Bauernhof beginnt die große weite Welt --Just behind the old farmhouse is where the big wide world begins.
Wir liegen auf der Wiese, uns scheint die Sonne auf den Pelz--We lie in the meadow, where the sun shines on our skin (fur)
Schnell hol mir 'n Pistazieneis bevor ich hier noch schmelz --Quick! Fetch me a pistachio ice cream before I melt.

Unter den Holunderblüten schenke ich dir Wundertüten
Wir tanzen auf den Mauern bis ins Abendrot
Klau'n uns 'n paar Kirschen, wer braucht schon Abendbrot?

Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du
Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du

Wir zwei gehör'n zusammen, es kann gar nicht anders sein --We belong together; it can't be any other way
Und wenn dich ein Drache fängt dann werd ich dich befrei'n --and if a dragon snatche you, then I'll come save you.

. . . . .

Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du
Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du
Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du
Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du
Ich und du
Du und ich und ich und du

Wir laufen barfuß nach Italien und verkaufen unsere Schuh --We run barefoot to Italy and sell our shoes
Setzen uns an den Straßenrand und hör'n den Grillen zu--Sit ourselves down on the edge of the street and listen to the grilling going on.
Ich und du...
Wir trinken wein bei Kerzenschein --we drink wine by candle light
Tanz zur Schalplattenmusik--we dance to records (on a turntable)
Machst mir ne lange Nase --You give me a long nose
Nah warte bis ich dich krieg' -- Just wait till I get you!

Ich und du
Du und Ich und Ich und Du
Du und ich und ich und Du
Du und ich du und ich du und ich...

Leb deine Träume : Live Your Dreams!

Dann gehört dir die Welt
(Then belongs to you the world).

--von LUXUSLÄRM



An manchen Tagen ist der Himmel schwer wie Blei.--Some days the sky is heavy as lead.
All die Fragen irren durch dein inneres Labyrinth.--All the questions seem wrong...
Du hörst sie sagen: "Das klappt nie!" -- You hear them say: That will never work!
Hör gar nicht hin! --Don't even listen!
Dieses Leben hat zo viel zu geben,--This life has so much to give
und nur du gibst ihm den Sinn! --and only you can make it make any sense.

Leb deine Träume, dann gehört dir die Welt! --Live your dreams, and the world will belong to you!
Du weißt ganz alleine, was dir gefällt! --You're the only one who knows what appeals to you.
Du musst kein Sieger sein,--No need for heroics
mach dich nie wieder klein!--Don't underestimate yourself
Leb deine Träume.
Willst du fliegen,--Do you want to fly?
dann stell dich gegen den Wind.-- Then put yourself against the wind!
Du kannst die Schatten besiegen,--You can beat the shadows
weil die Sterne dir viel näher sind.--because the stars are all that nearer
Und am Ende der Mauer--and at the end of the wall
geht es weiter, wenn du springst.--on it goes, if you jump in
Jeder Tag, --every day
jede Stunde kann dir so viel geben,--every hour can give back so much to you
und nur du gibst ihr den Sinn!--and you're the only one who can make it all make sense.


--> Welche Träume hast du?
--> Was möchtest du nach der Schule erreichen (accomplish)?

--> Wie findest du das Lied? • Möchtest du mitsingen?

Jetzt ist Sommer - Wise Guys

Sonnenbrille auf und ab ins Cafè,
Wo ich die schönen Frauen auf der Straße seh'.
Dann sprung mitten rein in den kalten Pool
Und N' Caipirinha, ziemlich cool.
Sonnenbrille auf und ab zur Liegewiese,
Wo ich für mich und Liese eine Liege lease.
Wir lassen uns gehn und wir lassen uns braten
Alles andre kann ne Weile warten.
Und wenn nix draus wird wegen sieben Grad,
Dann kippen wir zu Haus n' Säckchen Sand ins Bad.
Im Radio spielen sie den Sommerhit,
Wir singen in der Badewanne mit:

Jetzt ist Sommer, egal ob man schwitzt oder friert,
Sommer ist, was in deinem Kopf passiert,
Es ist Sommer, ich hab' das klar gemacht,
Sommer ist wenn man trotzdem lacht. (2x)

Sonnendach auf und ab ins Cabrio,
Doch ich hab' Keins und das ist in Ordnung so,
Weil der Spaß daran dir schnell vergeht,
Wenn's den ganzen Sommer nur in der Garage steht
Manchmal wenn ich das Wetter seh'
Krieg ich Gewaltfantasien und die Wetterfee
Wär das erste Opfer meiner Agression
Obwohl ich weiß, was bringt das schon
Wenn man sie beim Wort nimmt und sie zwingt,
Dass sie im Bikini in die Nordsee springt
Ich mach' mir lieber meine eigne Wetterlage
Wenn ich mir immer wieder sage:

Jetzt ist Sommer, egal ob man schwitzt oder friert,
Sommer ist, was in deinem Kopf passiert,
Es ist Sommer, ich hab' das klar gemacht,
Sommer ist wenn man trotzdem lacht. (2x)

Ich bin sauer wenn mir irgendwer mein Fahrrad klaut,
Ich bin sauer wenn mir jemand auf die Fresse haut,
Ich bin sauer wenn ein andrer meine Traumfrau kriegt
Und am Pool mit dieser Frau auf meinem Handtuch liegt.
Ansonsten nehm' ich alles ziemlich locker hin
Weil ich mental ein absoluter Zocker bin.
Ich drücke einfach auf den kleinen grünen Knopf
Und die Sonne geht an in meinem Kopf:

Jetzt ist Sommer, egal ob man schwitzt oder friert,
Sommer ist, was in deinem Kopf passiert,
Es ist Sommer, ab ins Gummiboot,
Der Winter hat ab sofort Hausverbot.

Jetzt ist Sommer, egal ob man schwitzt oder friert,
Sommer ist, was in deinem Kopf passiert,
Es ist Sommer, ich hab' das klar gemacht,
Sommer ist wenn man trotzdem lacht.

Scheiß aufs Wetter, egal ob man friert,
Sommer ist was in deinem Kopf passiert
Es ist Sommer, ab ins Gummiboot,
Der Winter hat ab sofort Hausverbot.

Jetzt ist Sommer, egal ob man schwitzt oder friert,
Sommer ist, was in deinem Kopf passiert,
Es ist Sommer, ich hab das klar gemacht,
Sommer ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht.........

Jetzt Ist Sommer,.....

Hyde Flippo writes about the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall: Checkpoint Charlie in 1969.

What was going on in Berlin during the night of August 12-13, 1961 ?

WRITTEN BY HYDE FLIPPO of THE GERMAN WAY

During that night East German soldiers and other workers began stringing a barbed wire barrier along the intra-German border (innerdeutsche Grenze) in Berlin. As time went by, the barbed wire fences were replaced by concrete: the Berlin Wall (die Berliner Mauer). It was East Germany’s desperate attempt to stop a serious brain drain and what was known as “voting with your feet” (i.e., escaping to the West). Berlin was the most serious “leak” — one that had to be plugged if the East German dictatorship was to survive.

I first experienced die Mauer personally in 1969, when it was still a crude, slapped-together, eight-year-old youngster, not the smoother, slicker version after 1975. By chance, I also experienced the last days of the notorious barrier in the summer of 1989, only a few months before the Berlin Wall fell. Both times I was traveling with American high school students, so I was also seeing the Wall through their eyes.

I have vivid memories of traveling by bus through East Germany via the autobahn to the land island of West Berlin in 1969. It all came back when I drove along that same autobahn in July of this year in my rental car and stopped at what is now just a rest stop at the former Helmstedt border checkpoint. (There’s also a museum/memorial there now.) I vividly remember our group being held there in the hot summer sun by East German border guards because one of our students had an expired US passport. I remember the special mirrors-on-wheels used to search underneath the bus. I remember having to remove all the luggage from the bus so the guards could make sure we weren’t smuggling anyone in or out of the GDR (the German Democratic Republic — that wasn’t German, democratic, or a republic). After we arrived in West Berlin, I crossed through Checkpoint Charlie on foot (see photo above) with some of our group.

Visitors to Berlin now have a difficult time finding any traces of the Wall. Looking at the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall today, it is difficult to fully grasp what the Wall really was. In particular, the longest remaining segment, the colorful 3/4-mile-long East Side Gallery, as authentic as it is, can leave observers with a false impression. In the years the Wall stood (1961-1989), the section now known as the East Side Gallery was a gray expanse of prison wall, blocking off any view of the Spree River and West Berlin behind it.

Despite the farcical East German propaganda (“Anti-Fascist Protection Wall”), everyone knew the Berlin Wall (plus the border fences encircling East Germany, first erected in 1952) was built to keep East Germans from leaving their socialist prison (an offense known as Republikflucht). Some 3.8 million people had left the country before the Wall went up. But the “Wall” was much more than a wall. In reality, the Berlin Wall was a complex made up of a “death strip” (Todesstreifen) inside an inner and outer wall, guard towers (302 in Berlin alone) with guards under shoot-to-kill orders, tank traps, “Stalin lawns” (nail-spiked plates), land mines, floodlighting, and other security measures. At least 136 people were killed while attempting to cross the Wall, the last on 9 February 1989 in Berlin.

The Wall was also a very expensive proposition for a country that was never as prosperous as it wanted the world to believe. The Berlin Wall and the East-West border fences sucked vast sums of money away from the GDR’s economy. Beyond the huge expense of constructing and maintaining the Wall and the border complex surrounding the entire GDR, the East German government had ongoing outlays for personnel and equipment related to keeping the GDR border tightly sealed. The cost estimate for the 1975 version of the Wall alone (about 45,000 new concrete slabs) is over 16 million East German marks (Ostmark), not counting the cheaper inner walls — when a loaf of bread cost only about one mark.* The total cost of just the first phase (from 1961 to 1964) ran over 1.8 billion marks, of which 22 percent (400 million) went to the Berlin border alone. This in a country with constant hard currency problems (to buy needed imports), dependent on exports from its Socialist “brother lands” (most notably the USSR), and a GDP in the 1980s of about 250 billion Ostmark. West Germany at that time had the third highest GDP in the world!

In order to patrol and guard the 162-km (100-mi) border encircling West Berlin and the 1,381-km (858 mi) border surrounding East Germany, as many as 50,000 Grenztruppen, equal to three army divisions, had to be employed. Another cost was the economic loss of transportation routes (rail, highways, waterways) severed by the border, towns cut off from former economic ties, and the closing of factories and other facilities close to the border. In 1969, only 14 percent of East Germans owned a car — even the lawn-mower-engine-powered Trabi.

Understandably, Germans and Berliners today don’t want to get stuck in the past. Twenty years have already gone by since the Wall opened in 1989, and then rapidly disappeared. But if you get a chance to stand next to one of its few remnants, try to remember the Berlin Wall is not just another tourist attraction. It was a 100-mile-long prison wall. At least 136 people lost their lives trying to cross its aptly named death strip. - HF

BERLIN WALL Videos, etc.

PART 2:
Walled in! - The inner German border An animated video by Deutsche Welle

Remnants of the old wall and barriers between East and West are growing scarce today.


A section of the Wall stood next to the Church of Reconciliation.



Deutsche Welle painstakingly recreated every object in this project with 3D polygons.


"For the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Welle has developed a unique project in cooperation with the Berlin Wall Foundation: an animated depiction of the former German-German border.

"The HDTV computer animation maps out portions of the former borders in Berlin and between West and East Germany in an effort to show what a divided Germany was really like.

"Today, remnants of the Wall and of the no-man's land that separated East from West are too few and far between for their meaning to be passed on to future generations.

"Historians and television makers worked together in this Deutsche Welle project to create a detailed reconstruction of the no-man's land from the early 1980s, including new views of the border area.

Virtually experiencing history
"We want to convey to the people who see it what we suffered in Berlin and on the German-German border between the GDR and the Federal Republic," said Deutsche Welle's Director General Erik Bettermann.

"Christoph Lanz, head of DW-TV, said that the HDTV animation is particularly accessible to younger audiences, for whom a divided Germany is just another piece of distant history.

"To recreate the border in the utmost detail, the animators generated 130,000 pictures according to historical models. It took some 100,000 hours for the computers to calculate the data necessary for the high-definition production. Each individual object had to be copied with so-called polygons -- around 500,000 were necessary for the Church of Reconciliation on Bernauer Strasse in Berlin.

"Thanks to the intensive animation process, the border can be "virtually experienced," said Axel Klausmeier, director of the Berlin Wall Foundation -- an experience that the 300,000 annual visitors to the Bernauer Strasse Memorial will also benefit from.

Shown around the world

...DW-TV broadcast the animation around the world in German, English, Arabic and Spanish. The film is also be available for viewing at the Berlin Wall Foundation memorial in Berlin and was also shown at German embassies and consulates as well as at Goethe Institutes around the world.

...The project is available for use by the Federal Center for Political Education (BPB) and the state ministries for culture and education.

...The animation is part of the DVD "Walled in! What the Cold War frontier in divided Germany was really like" which can be purchased at DW's online store or at the Berlin Wall memorial on Bernauer Strasse in the German capital." (With some timing edits in final 3 paragraphs by fb)

I highly recommend watching this 3D video reenactment!



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Überaschungseier; Kindereier; "Kinder Eggs"

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Nanny and the “Kinder Eggs”

By Bruce McQuain on 04/25/2011 – 4:14 am PDT -- Opinion

I hope everyone one had a bright and sunny Easter (or Passover) weekend and were able to enjoy it with their family and friends. Wasn't it nice to take a day off from just about everything?

Well, Mark Steyn’s kids apparently didn’t get the opportunity to enjoy it in the way they wished. Apparently as the family tried to reenter the US from Canada, one sharp-eyed US border agent protected them from something that they didn’t even realize was a threat. Yes, friends, Nanny took away the kid’s “Kinder Eggs” to protect them from a potential choking hazard:

Late last night, crossing the Quebec/Vermont border, my children had two boxes of “Kinder Eggs” (“Est. Dom. Value $7.50″) confiscated by Customs & Border Protection.

Don’t worry, it’s for their own safety. I had no idea that the United States is the only nation on the planet (well, okay, excepting North Korea and Saudi Arabia and one or two others) to ban Kinder Eggs. According to the CBP:

Kinder Chocolate Eggs are hollow milk chocolate eggs about the size of a large hen’s egg usually packaged in a colorful foil wrapper. They are a popular treat and collector’s item during holiday periods in various countries around the world, including those in Europe, South America and even Canada. A toy within the egg is contained in an oval-shaped plastic capsule. The toy requires assembly and each egg contains a different toy. Many of the toys that have been tested by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the past were determined to present a choking hazard for young children.

And yet oddly enough generations of European and Latin American children remain unchoked. (Gotta love that “even Canada”, by the way: Is that an implied threat that Kinder Egg consumption is incompatible with participation in NORAD or membership of NAFTA?)

Obviously Nanny doesn’t feel that Steyn is enough of a parent to supervise his children’s consumption of this confection and the CPC, enforced by the CBP have decided no parent in the US is qualified or should be allowed to have this product. Steyn is obviously an unfit parent just for allowing the little tykes to buy the eggs, no?

And just to make you feel safer, they keep stats of how many eggs they’ve confiscated, because, you know, it’s all "for the children". Always nice to be able to tout how vigilant you’ve been with confiscating kid’s confections even while the border remains a super-highway for illegal immigrants:

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert for Kinder Eggs, because they are a confectionery product with a non-nutritive object imbedded in it. As in years past, CBP, the Food and Drug Administration and CPSC work in close collaboration to ensure the safety of imported goods by examining, sampling and testing products that may present such import safety hazards. Last year, CBP officers discovered more than 25,000 of these banned chocolate eggs. More than 2,000 separate seizures were made of this product.

I assume some smart bureaucrat will at some point translate that into a claim the lives of 25,000 children have been saved, or? Might they use that to try to justify their intrusion into the parenting role? (-- Not that they’ve felt a need to justify that in the past; I wonder what Nanny thinks of Cracker Jacks?)

Be thankful today: Nanny is on the case, and Kinder Eggs shall not touch your child’s lips. Let's all exhale. Don't we feel safer? More secure? ~McQ

--> Wer ist "Nanny" hier?

--> Hast du je ein Kinder Ei bekommen?
--> (Have you ever a "Kinder Egg" received?)

--> Glaubst du, dass sie echt gefährlich sind?
--> (Believe you, that they truly dangerous are?)

(-- Do you believe the US Customs Office stats about how many Kindereier people try to "smuggle" into the country?)