Never Mind the Hosen, Here's Die Roten Rosen explained
Never Mind the Hosen, Here's Die Roten Rosen, sometimes Never Mind the Hosen, Here's Die Roten Rosen (aus Düsseldorf) is the first cover album of the German punk band Die Toten Hosen, released under the pseudonym Die Roten Rosen (The Red Roses). The band covers German schlagers on the album. This is the first DTH album to reach the charts. According to Campino, this album has won the most from the release of remasters (2007), because the impact was initially lost, but regained with remastering.[1]
The title and the cover are parodies of Sex Pistols' album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. To coincide with the pseudonym, which was used for the first time, the label was changed from ToT 69 to ROT 69 and Totenkopf to Rosenkopf.
Track listing
- "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini" (...Honolulu-beach-bikini) − 1:54 (Club Honolulu cover)
- "Alle Mädchen wollen küssen" (All girls want to kiss) − 1:26 (Peter Kraus cover)
- "Im Wagen vor mir" (In the car in front of me) − 3:28 (Henry Valentino cover)
- "Für Gaby tu' ich alles" (I'd do anything for Gabi) − 2:29 (Gerd Böttcher cover)
- "Wir" (Us) − 3:36 (Freddy Quinn cover)
- "Und sowas nennst du Liebe" (And something like that you call love) − 2:27 (Chris Andrews cover)
- "Kein Gnadenbrot" (lit. No charity) (Kunze, Igelhoff, Fink) − 3:40
- "Halbstark" (Half-strong) − 2:26 (The Yankees cover)
- "Die Sauerkrautpolka" (The sauerkraut polka) − 1:50 (Gus Backus cover)
- "Wenn du mal allein bist" (When you're alone someday) − 2:29 (Manfred Schnelldorfer cover)
- "Zwei Mädchen aus Germany" (Two girls from Germany) − 2:14 (Paul Anka cover)
- "Mein Hobby sind die Girls" (My hobby is [are] girls) − 2:53 (The Germans cover)
- "Medley" − 4:14
- "Der Fahrstuhl nach oben ist besetzt" (The lift upwards is occupied) (Hazy Osterwald Sextett cover)
- "Adelheid" (Billy Mo cover)
- "Da sprach der alte Häuptling der Indianer" (Then the old Indian chieftain spoke) (Gus Backus cover)
2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks
- "Motorbiene" (lit. Motor bee) – 1:59 (Peter Kraus cover)
- "Wärst du doch in Düsseldorf geblieben" (If only you had stayed in Düsseldorf) – 2:22 (Dorthe cover)
- "Schade um die Rosen" (A pity about the roses) (Niessen/Niessen) – 2:22
- "Ich steh an der Bar und habe kein Geld" (I'm standing at the bar and I have no money) (Parsons) – 2:05 (Bobbejaan cover)
- "Popokatepetl-Twist" – 1:41 (Nevermind demo; Caterina Valente & Silvio Francesco cover)
- "1000 Taler" (1000 Thaler) (Frege, Hanns Christian Müller/Müller, Frege) – 1:40 (as Andi Frege & die Flinger Domspatzen)
- "Baby, du sollst nicht weinen" (Baby, you shouldn't cry) (Frege, Müller/Müller, Frege) – 3:28 (as Andi Frege & die Flinger Domspatzen)
- "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow-Polkadot-Bikini" (Paul Vance, Lee Pockriss) – 2:08 (English version)
Personnel
- Campino - vocals
- Andreas von Holst - guitar
- Michael Breitkopf - guitar
- Andreas Meurer - bass
- Wolfgang Rohde - drums
Notes and References
- Web site: Never Mind The Hosen, Here's Die Roten Rosen (from Dusseldorf). Die Toten Hosen. 2 January 2015.