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Performed by Frank ZappaAdd Your New Review About The Song
lyrics are wrong | Reviewer: ray | 12/5/11
The German lyrics printed here are not correct
for example
Ich bin alle tage und woerter... Ich bin alle tage und woerter,... etc....
Ich bin alle alle laute
Translates:
I am all days and all words
I am everyone
Mock-heroic waltz with a truly beautiful melody | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/21/06
This song, from Zappa's magnificent "One Size Fits All", is a huge, bombastic, mock-heroic waltz about -- your sofa. Don't let the published English-language lyrics fool you, it is sung almost entirely in German, which is the language of choice for the Big Guy whenever it's really Heavy Business. The music, harmonization, and instrumentation are about as perfect as they could be -- I think Zappa's message here is that the sublime and transcendent always lurk just behind the surface of the mundane, and that Music -- which is The Best -- has the power to bring this right to the front. The man was a diamond-edged skeptic, but this is as spiritual as his music -- or any music -- gets. That, plus it's funny.
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