Archäologie CCX: Tom Lehrer "Ha, Nazi Schmazi" - oder: "You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody"
Großartig: Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun
Tom Lehrer ist der Schöpfer der brilliantesten jemals aufgezeichneten satirischen Lieder. - Sie wissen das wahrscheinlich schon, aber wenn Sie noch mehr wissen wollen: In der Kammermusikkammer finden Sie gerade eine ausführliche Würdigung seines Schaffens!
Tom Lehrer ist der Schöpfer der brilliantesten jemals aufgezeichneten satirischen Lieder. - Sie wissen das wahrscheinlich schon, aber wenn Sie noch mehr wissen wollen: In der Kammermusikkammer finden Sie gerade eine ausführliche Würdigung seines Schaffens!
- And what is it that put America in the forefront of the nuclear nations? And what is it that will make it possible to spend 20 billion dollars of your money to put some clown on the moon? Well, it was good old American know-how, that's what. As provided by good old Americans like Dr. Wernher von Braun.
Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown.
"Ha, Nazi Schmazi," says Wernher von Braun.
Don't say that he's hypocritical,
Say rather that he's apolitical.
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun.
Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.
You too may be a big hero,
Once you've learned to count backwards to zero.
"In German oder English I know how to count down,
Und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun.
- When someone makes a move
Of which we don't approve,
Who is it that always intervenes?
U.N. and O.A.S.,
They have their place, I guess,
But first send the Marines!
We'll send them all we've got,
John Wayne and Randolph Scott,
Remember those exciting fighting scenes?
To the shores of Tripoli,
But not to “Mississippoli”,
What do we do? We send the Marines!
For might makes right,
And till they've seen the light,
They've got to be protected,
All their rights respected,
'Till somebody we like can be elected.
Members of the corps
All hate the thought of war,
They'd rather kill them off by peaceful means.
Stop calling it aggression,
O we hate that expression.
We only want the world to know
That we support the status quo.
They love us everywhere we go,
So when in doubt,
Send the Marines!
gebattmer - 2012/06/25 18:37
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