Anyone know if Falco's homage to the great Wolfgang is on CD or DVD? I heard it for the first time for years on a 'One Hit Wonder' show on TV the other night and it still sounded good. It showed again that there's nothing wackier than a wacky kraut, as Kraftwerk's ouvre so clearly demonstrates. I have done an internet search and can only find it on vinyl.

Is it this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056IK2/qid=1147337164/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/026-8309634-3598007) LordC?

There's also an album (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001OH77/qid=1147337302/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_9_1/203-5571405-5607959).

You can also download the one track from iTunes.

Yes, thank you ktb. I couldn't find the DVD though

My brothers got the 12inch somewhere...
:)

There's also an album (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001OH77/qid=1147337302/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_9_1/203-5571405-5607959).

You can also download the one track from iTunes.

Thank you Hecate. I must say my internet search skills must be failing me - I am usually pretty good at tracking stuff down. Perhaps its the curse of Falco - or of Amadeus, both of whom died young.

yes, the sad truth is that our Austrian buddy, Falco, was sadly killed in an accident... all we have left is that fabbo slice of sparksesque 'rawk' :)

You are correct about 'wacky Krauts', Lord C. There is indeed, 'nothing wackier'. There is a popular misconception that the Germans possess little or no sense of humour. That is not true. My late great uncle fought in WW2 , and he told me that the Germans always laughed when they shot people.

Quite so Timo. And was it not the Germans who invented the killing joke?

Unfortunately, despite frantic pressure from Adolf on German scientists to move quickly from the prototype to the production stage, its tardy development meant that it was never deployed effectively on the battlefield.

Actually, Lord C, some elite SS Panzer Divisions [notably 'Das Reich' and 'Das Totenkopf'] were well-known for their 'great hearts' and sense of humour. Das Reich Panzers always shelled French villages in the spirit of good natured persiflage, and their 'scorched earth' policy was obviously 'tongue-in-cheek'. In fact, it is said that captured French Resistance fighters couldn't get a word in, as their Gestapo 'interrogators' practically fought to tell them 'the one about the gentleman with the large Frankfurter and the two ladies' or to entertain them with terribly risque Weimar songs.