It is time for another #ThreeTuneTuesday. For those not familiar with it, here's an explanation.
About 96 Weeks ago @ablaze started this incredible movement:
Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Or why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and hopefully upvote it. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music.
After I learned about Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen it did not take long before I also found WIZO. Another German punk rock band that started its journey in 1986 and is still touring today. The first song that captured my attention was "Kopfschuss" (headshot).
While growing up I was taught about Germany's past and told to be glad we are living in a democracy now and how good that is. But no one ever told me that one benefit of living in such a democracy is the ability to openly criticize it.
WIZO did so in many songs, including this one. I was baffled and it opened my eyes to not take things for granted as told by media and the government but to ask questions and try finding other sources.
At one point WIZO was targeted by the government. The lyrics in one song were forbidden to be published. In these lyrics they ask their listeners to do extreme things. Since they were not allowed to sing those lyrics the song was first published without them and entitled "Kein Gerede" (No talking).
But as usual with those things, it found its way into the public and with the invention of the internet is now available.
They are still touring to this day and in 2016 published a new single. In Adagio they are reminiscing about their old times. Listing many faults in the current political structures and declare their dream of anarchy still being alive.
I think the following quote sums this up nicely
If a man is not a communist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is still a communist by the time he is 40, he has no brain.
It is rumored to be said by Winston Churchill in different variations and many sources refute this and attribute it to other people. So I have no idea who actually said it.
But I like it.
Thank you for reading and keep on rocking 🤘
The embedded videos and songs are not mine, nor do I own any rights to them. They are embedded from youtube and serve an illustrative purpose for this article