Scenario: Stacey and her mother are at home having dinner.
Characters: Stacey, Mother
Stacey: Mom, do you think my boobs are too small?
Mother: What?
Stacey: My boobs. You know, I was thinking about... an operation.
Mother: WHAT?
Stacey: Mom, please, give me a sec.
Mother: No no no, I won't give you a sec. You just turned 18!
Stacey: But mom, it's BECAUSE I AM 18! I can decide by myself!
Mother: Stacey, there are just too many reasons why this is not good.
Stacey: Which ones? Mom, today these operations aren't dangerous anymore...
Mother: It's not only that! First of all, why do you want bigger boobs? Who told you that they're small? I think they're perfectly fine.
Stacey: I see the looks of the guys. They only stare at the other girls! They don't look at me at all!
Mother: And what? You don't need some boy that looks only at your boobs!
Stacey: But mom, it's like if I was invisible!
Mother: Haaaangh... And where do you get the money for such an operation?
Stacey: Emmm...
Mother: You didn't even think about it?
Stacey: No, er, yes, I did! I thought I could save some money...
Mother: SOME money? Do you even know how much an operation like that costs? A little summer work won't be enough to pay something like that!
Stacey: Well, if I do the operation then all the guys will follow me like if they were my pets! And then I'll easily get a loaded boyfriend and all the problems are solved.
Mother: Oh yes, Stacey, you're a genius! I didn't know you have such good ideas!
Stacey: You see!
Mother: Stacey, ARE YOU STUPID? THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA... Oh my god...
Stacey: That's a terrible idea? And that lawyer you're dating lately? You aren't doing it because of his money?
Mother: STACEY, HOW DARE YOU...
Stacey: And now that I think about it... A little surgery would do you well, too...
Epilogue: Only one of the two survived that dinner...
When I read that piece of news, I got paralysed. It was looking straight into Medusa's eyes. I mean, "How I Met Your Dad"? Seriously? SRSLY?
Putin isn't amused either...
Ok, from all the series I talked about during my sitcom presentation, How I Met Your Mother definitely is my favourite one. If I remember correctly I even did a blog post on it some time ago. There are many reasons why I fell in love with that series. The characters are AWESOME (I'm practically identical to Ted Mosby... oh yeah, Barney's cool as well), the story is insanely addicting (We all want to know who the **** the mother is, don't we? ... Yeah, I'm having a déjà-vu as well) and the humour is great, I still laugh after seeing the same episodes many times.
But nothing on this planet justifies, and when I say NOTHING I mean NOTHING, a completely unnnecessary offshoot NOBODY wants. Well, at least I don't want it and since my gene structure seems to be an almost perfect match to the sitcom's protagonist's, my word is law.
I can understand the producers; they want to make more money, they're sad because soon How I Met Your Mother will be departed, they want to make more money, they still have many ideas for new amazingly funny love stories, they want to make more money...
But in my opinion, you have to know when the fun's over. Everything perishes one day. The essential thing about art is that it's immortal because it leaves a certain impression on the people's mind. Because it touches our hearts and souls. And yes, I'm calling an American sitcom a piece of art... It's... modern art. It can have any possible shape, you know. Anyway, it loses its appeal if you practice grave desecration. Trying to keep alive a patient who has long had their best times and who's prepared to die... Just learn to let go of the things that are over!
The point is, when you created a great series which was already nine seasons long (quite some time for a love story...), then don't go and begin another with the same pattern giving it such an obvious title like "How I Met Your Dad". Oh dear, the jumpiness I felt the moment I heard about the producer's plans... I hope they reject their plans before things get too serious. It would be a shame if they actually released the spinoff and ended up dropping it. That would be an unsatisfying end for a very good series...
Having said that, I should warn you of possible inside jokes during this blog post. Oops, a little late I guess. A little hint: the gag in the hyperlink text is true "black" humour...
Have you read The Hunger Games? No? But you've seen the movie, haven't you? Neither? Ok, seriously, you must a be a robot from the NASA constructed for Mars missions because only someone running around on another planet could have missed that one. I mean, please, even I have seen the film! And I even read the first book. And it's rather difficult to get me to read a book, to be honest...
Okay, so the second installment of the saga of The Hunger Games launched last week in cinemas around the world. Catching Fire is the title of the sequel all the fans have been waiting for anxiously. Wait, why anxiously? Basically because, even though it definitely was a decent piece of cinematic work, the ones who had already read the book (and had consequently become really, like really hysteric about the movie... I'm speaking from experience) were disappointed because of the abundant discrepancies between the first film and the novel.
This girl is on fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiireeeeeeeeeee! This girl is on fiiiiiiireeeeeeeeee!
But this time they spared neither trouble nor expense (the latter being reflected in the more lavish budget in comparison to the predecessor) so Catching Fire would outperform the first movie. And hell they did a good job. According to the source of this news item, Catching Fire has had the 4th best opening in the United States of all time. Only The Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part II surpass the $158 millions of Catching Fire during the opening period.
I went to see the film myself last Saturday, more or less voluntarily. I guess I should explain myself. I was actually going to watch another movie but as I arrived in the cinema I realised two crucial facts:
1. A lot of people live there. More than I thought. I've never seen that much people in that cinema before.
2. The consequence of point 1 is that they spontanously decided to occupy another hall for Catching Fire without informing about that on their website. Guess which film was kicked out of the programme. Exactly, the one I was going to watch. So finally I had no other choice but to... well, catch fire.
The problem is, I planned to read the book first this time (something I never accomplished in my lifetime). I have it at home. Virgin. I mean, I haven't read it yet. No time, other interests, etc. *Sigh*... I'll read it this Christmas I suppose.
But I promise, I'm going to read part 3, Mockingjay, before the films come out! Especially because they'll divide the third movie into 2 parts *giggle*.
My humble opinion about the movie? It was great, way better than the first one. And my trustworthy sources told me that Catching Fire is much closer to the book it's based on. If you haven't seen it yet, it's really worth it, give it a try! Catching Fire really skews the former opinion of the fans on the cinematic realization of novels!
And no, as you've already noticed, I'm not really part of the THG fandom... Though I really appreciate the saga. Anyway, it's part of those fandoms basically teenage girls belong to. And I'm saying that without any trace of sexism, it's just my observation. There's that Internet phenomena of teenage girls addicted to several book sagas with great fandoms, for example about Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Chronicles of Narnia... It's quite interesting in fact!
And here's what you all have been waiting for... The 3 magical words:
Oh, and I forgot to mention something very important. I love Jennifer Lawrence, the actress playing the role of the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. She really crushes Hollywood's stereotypes. She is no anorexic Barbie puppet, but a well-built nimble-witted young woman with a great sense of humour. If I hadn't known about her personality I'd probably have said she's not my type, but her attitude makes her too sexy to ignore her. So girls, THAT is what we men seek. Or at least many of us.
And now, to set the final tick on the predictable Crazy German topics (we've already had animes and games... which one is missing?); today we talk about:
I can almost taste the salty essence of your tears of joy after hearing about this.
Okay, so there's this certain award called the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Basically, they honor the best science-related book written for a non-specialist audience, that is to say, popular science. Or in other words, you and I will understand those books perfectly without having any degree in the subject in question. Assumed you and I can read. But since we're communicating through this... well, written blog post, I guess we can skip that part... can we? Yes, we can.
The book that scooped the award this time is "The Particle at the End of the Universe" by Sean Carroll. Among the five nominated authors, he was the only physicist. And yet, he won. Personally, I'm very glad that they chose a book that talks about particle physics. I'd love to see that topic getting more popular between the commonality. After all, if explained in a tangible way, it can be easily comprehended without getting too much into the details just as any other science (we all read articles about medicine, biology, etc.; why not physics as well?). But what probably makes this specific issue that interesting is that it could give us answers to the huge questions. And we all like huge things. You know what I mean ;) A huge cake will always be better than a small cake. Just some simple maths ;)
So what is all that stuff about the Higgs boson? I'll give you my own reduced, amateurish and simplified version. No guarantee on the validity of the following statements.
Ok, so you know that, according to quantum mechanics, all the matter and energy in the universe is made of particles. We always only speak of atoms which consist of protons, neutrons and electrons, though there are other kinds of particles. You also know that all the particles have mass, don't you? It's pure logic, isn't it? Isn't it?
Well, it is not. Because not all of the particles have mass. For example, photons, which are the particles of light, don't have mass. But why? Almost all the other particles do actually have mass, like the infamous neutrinos, so why are photons the strange ones? Well, I guess it's because they watch animes and stuff like that... Sorry, inside joke.
And here the theoretical physicists come into play. Sometimes they overdo it and invent some crazy theories which probably couldn't be analized experimentally in hundred years. But sometimes some of them do their job well and they find some kind of reasonable explanation. They predict a future discovery. They postulate a certain physical reality or law. Well, there was that physics nerd answering to the name of Peter Higgs. He claimed that there had to be some kind of physical field, afterwards called the Higgs field in honor of his work, that "gives" the particles their mass. This field is also made up of particles, the Higgs bosons (bosons form a certain class of particles, this is of no major importance now). These particles are omnipresent and so is the field (note that they sometimes refer to the Higgs boson as the "God particle").
We can explain the phenomenon of mass thanks to the Higgs field. Some particles, due to their characteristics, interact with the Higgs field, some don't. Thus, some particles have mass and some don't. How do particles gain mass from the Higgs field? Well, since Einstein's famous formula E=mc² we know that energy and mass are the same thing when we refer to the world of particles. When a particle is accelerated, part of its mass transforms into kinetic energy. When we baffle the particle, part of its energy transforms back into mass.
The upmost limit of speed is the speed of light. Therefore, the upmost limit of energy is the energy of a particle travelling at the speed of light. And that means, if the particle has the maximum of energy, it has the minimum of mass, which is 0. That's why photons, the particles of light, have no mass. Now imagine there's that Higgs field full of Higgs bosons. Most particles will interact with the Higgs bosons as they move around. As they do, the Higgs bosons act like brakes. Brakes that are everywhere. Since they are everywhere, they lower the possible maximum of speed (that is to say, energy) of a particle. So, if the energy can't reach the maximum, there will always be some residue: the particle's mass.
But now think about this. How do you detect something as fundamental in our universe, something as elusive as the Higgs bosons? It's like trying to show a fish what water is. Well, that's the reason why the story behind the science in relation to the Higgs boson is so interesting. It's seems that scientists at the CERN identified the Higgs boson last year. But they still have to confirm their discovery.
The three new words I've learnt are the following.
Yeah. I used my body to sell this topic. Literally. I was doubting until the very last moment if the Knock-Knock-Knock Penny demonstration was a good idea... I'm not sure, but at least I made a huge sacrifice. Really. At the beginning my eyes seek the paper a bit too much for my taste, but I think that part's quite solid. 9 out of 10
Presentation & structure (10%):
Yeah, there was a little error (und~and) and two videos that didn't work :/ It's strange because I tried to open the videos from the offline-version prezi and it worked at home. I guess they were linked to some kind of intermediate shortcut within my laptop's memory. Next time I'll try to check the videos using an another PC before the presentation.Also, because of that my presentation was a little too long :(4 out of 10
Content (40%):
Okay, by all modesty, the content was LEGEN- wait for it -DARY. Oh yeah, by the way, precisely, the "Legendary" gag. It didn't work as expected. I should have foreseen this. A part from that, it's interesting because I tend to decide spontanously during the presentation to skip some boring or unnecessary parts or dumb gags (they seem perfectly funny the night before, I swear!).
This makes me reflect about these stand-up comedians who sometimes act in programmes of more than 2 hours constantly telling their prepared stories and jokes. How do they memorize all these things? How don't they mix up or forget their script? The maximal amount of time I could imagine to be speaking in front of people about a prepared topic is 30 minutes. But I doubt I'd be able to fill that time with good gags. I remark: good ones. 37,5 out of 40
Vocabulary and grammar (20%):
I always do my best to include more than basic vocabulary but without making the comprehension harder than necessary. After all, an oral presentation should include, in my opinion, a dynamic and witty language. But, if it gets overly sophisticated, I would be bored by myself while exposing the topic. If there's no one listening, they can't appreciate the dynamics. 20 out of 20
Pronunciation & intonation (20%):
I checked all the words I could potentially pronounce wrong. I think I was talking a little too fast at some points though, it sounded like I was muttering a bit. 17,5 out of 20
Final mark (100%): 9+4+37,5+20+17,5 = 88 -> That's an 8,8 then
What to improve... What to improve you ask? Really? I mean, really? If you had actually read all the text above, you'd know by now that I already commented about the things I could improve. >:(
Ok, just for you, because you're really special: look less at my notes and more into the beautiful eyes of the wonderful people of my class, triple-check videos and possible misspellings in my presentation, analyse better the functionality of my gags and, finally, speak a little clearer.4
And eventually, here's my initial script including some errors and lots of stuff I didn't talk about in the final presentation. Either because it was getting too long or because I noticed that some things better remain unsaid. Especially if they're dull and don't contribute positively to the content.
Modern American Sitcoms
Introduction
Good
morning everybody! Today I’d like to begin my presentation with some questions.
Don’t worry, they are easy ones.
Do
you know these series? (pointing to prezi)
Ok,
now one by one, how many of you watch Two and a Half Men, more or less
regularly? Please raise your hand. Good and now EXTRA POINTS for everybody who
watches Two And A Half Men. Ok, now let’s be serious, ok, this is a very
serious topic.
And
How I Met Your Mother? Yeees, Barney would give you all a high five and tell
you you’re awesome.
And
finally, The Big Bang Theory? Yeeah, I know it’s a lot of exercise to raise the
hand all the time… Okay, so it seems we nerds are quite popular now.
Well,
as you’ve just seen, most of you watch at least one of these series. They are
all really successful and they have one thing in common: They are all modern
American sitcoms. But what exactly is a sitcom? Or rather, which are the
typical characteristics that a sitcom features? What makes a sitcom funny or
entertaining?
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Traits
and features
The
word „sitcom“ is in fact an abbreviation for „situation comedy“ and that name
speaks for itself. A sitcom is a genre („johnra“),
a type of comedy where the characters share the same environment, such as their
home or their workplace. The humorous part, the funny part usually derives from
the dialogues between the characters which are a result of their current
situation. In other words, there is one character and something good or
something bad happens to them. While that character is experiencing that
situation, they talk to other characters and the intention is to create funny
dialogues between them.
That
is like the definition of sitcom, but now let’s have a more detailed look at
the specific features and traits of a sitcom.
Episode Structure
First
of all, maybe some of how have already noticed that at some point after
watching many episodes of different sitcoms: The episodes of sitcoms
practically always have the same structure:
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Teaser: The teaser is usually a short scene which is finished by a gag. And
most times, the teaser already introduces the main story of that episode.
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Opening/Intro: The intro often remains unchanged throughout the series so you
can recognize it easier. It’s the part where the main theme, the main song of
the series is played. In some special cases, for example when one of the actors
is very young and they grow as the series goes on, the intro is modified to fit
the new looks of the actor. A good example would the opening of Two And A Half Men:
I
think Jake was so cute when he was a little boy, now he’s… uuurgh. Well anyway
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Plot (Story): This the main part of the episode where the problem is presented,
the characters take some actions and at the end the problem is solved or not.
The majority of episodes follow the pattern of a circular dramaturgy (DRA-maturgy). That means, the events in that take place in the
episode normally have no major impact on the big storyline of the whole series.
The episode starts, something happens, they solve it, the end. And the
secondary characters or guest characters never appear again, they have no
important influence on the big story.
Depending
on the type of sitcom the plot is more or less important. So, for example, How
I Met Your Mother focuses a lot more on the main story than Two And a Half Men.
We all want to know who the **** mother is and the series explains the story of
how he met her. But in Two And a Half Men, sometimes there are bigger events
like when Charlie is in a serious relationship or when Jake’s mother marries
the other man, the doctor, but you don’t watch the series because of the story,
you simply watch it because it’s funny. But you watch How I Met your Mother
because you also want to know who the mother is.
Also,
many times the episode features a side plot, which is like a secondary plot
that takes place parallel to the main plot. Here, the characteristic scene
changes are used. Often the two plots, the main plot and the side plot end up
converging into each other.
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Closing credits: You know this from the movies, this is where we see the names
of the actors, of the producers and usually the opening theme is being played
here once again. Depending on the programme on TV sometimes they cut this part
off.
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Tag: Some series have a final scene after the credits which is even shorter
than the teaser and it offers a final gag which is of no importance to the
episode’s plot.
Key characters
If
we have a close look at the characters themselves from the sitcoms, often there’s
at least one key character in the series. With „key character“ I mean a
character who has a very special attitude, often exaggerated und strongly underlined and so that character
is the subject of most gags, very recognizable and we could say that character
is the showmaker. The series wouldn’t be the same without that specific person.
Examples:
What would the Big Bang Theory be without Sheldon? His disdainful smartass or
wise guy manner and his lack of social competence, social skills makes him unique and
indispensable fort he show. But, the key character is not necessarily the
protagonist of the sitcom. st heBarney
in How I Met your Mother is a clear example. While the plot is about Ted and
how he mets his future wife, how funny could HIMYM be without Barney’s
„legendary“ lines or his ingenious flirt tactics?
Running gags
Another
reason why sitcoms become so popular are running gags. I’m not sure but I think
one day we talked about running gags in class, didn’t we? Anyway, running gags
basically are gags which are repeated over and over in many different episodes.
With the runnings gags, the writers of the series play with our expectations.
Sometimes they are funny beacuse we already expected them to come, soemtimes
it’s the opposite case and they’re funny because they surprised us. Sometimes
they slightly change the running gag adapting it to different situations. Doing
that, it seems like a fresh idea to us and then we laugh at it once again. One
example of a running gag? toctoctoc Penny? toctoctoc Penny? toctoctoc Penny?
You know that one? Now I have a another video for you showing how they change
that running gag to make it funny over all that time:
By
the way, have you noticed the laugh tracks? The laughter that are included in
the scenes? Usually, these sitcoms are recorded in front of a real audience and
their laughters are heard in the actual scenes. When the series gets dubbed and
the original sound is lost, they use prerecorded laughters to complete these
scenes. Personally I think it’s quite funny because sometimes I have the
feeling we wouldn’t know what’s funny and what’s not if there weren’t these
laugh tracks.
Influence in the popculture
Especially
these two factors, the key characters and the running gags ensure that sitcoms
become very popular. There are many Internet memes based on sitcom characters
and gags and you can find tons of references on the web. For example, this one,
the „True Story“ meme which is a typical line of Barney.
And
something I found during my research, very interesting: In 2010 there was a
raise of 17% of physics students in the UK and many people actually believe
that this is thanks to The Big Bang Theory, becuase they made „nerds“ or
„physics nerds“ more seem „cooler“. I also want to study physics but it’s
definitely not because I want to become like Sheldon.
So,
this is the end of my presentation, I hoped you liked it. Any questions?
PD: I wonder if I can actually apply the things I've learnt after all these English presentations on my TDR oral defense... Any hints? I'd appreciate your suggestions.
Beware: I'm a 17-year-old "model pupil" who plays video games, among which you can find violent examples like Resident Evil. Additionally, I'm a fan of manga and anime. According to the world view of the rather experienced (mesured exclusively in time) fraction of our society, especially the ones participating in the politic sector, I'm a highly antisocial potential spree killer with pedophilic traits.
Have you put your stereotype glasses on? Are you ready to read this post with a completely straight tunnel vision? Alright, let's begin.
Let's get over this quickly. There was that 15-year-old boy in Liverpool who robbed a bank with a fake gun. His actions were discovered by his mother when she found £2.200 in his room that were surprisingly not part of his pocket money. She informed the police and they brought him to court where he was eventually granted conditional bail.
The case is crystal meth clear, we have to blame the video games.
The two statements in this piece of news that could create controversal opinions because they glorify video games are:
The judge made no mention of any specific video games.
Nicolas Robinson, associate professor in
politics and video games research at the University of Leeds, said: [...] ‘Kids should be protected
from certain content. I believe Grand Theft Auto is a very
sophisticated satirical piece of work – and most kids under 18 just
won’t get the satire. And if you don’t get the satire, it’s actually
much more problematic than if you do.’
If I've discovered something playing Resident Evil, it's not my inner aggression, but my predilection for red oriental dresses.
And now seriously. At least it seems that the judge was smart enough to stay focused on the actual topic of the crime which was the robbery rather than any possible background that isn't related to the case at all.
And I completely agree with the statement of the university professor. Of course there is some content kids should be protected from. The day I am a father I won't make my little children play violent games, show them porn videos nor make them read satirical critics.
Why? Because they don't understand this kind of content. They still need to form a sane opinion about certain realities before they are exposed critical topics. And as a father it's my duty to educate them ensuring that they can learn with an objective point of view about these issues. My children will probably one day play violent games, watch porn videos and read satirical critics. But that's not something bad in itself. It would be bad if they weren't able to reflect with a clear mind about their consumption.
And that is what fails. Either the school environment is not favourable for their growth or the parents don't their job as they should do. Or they suffer brom being bullied by some yobs. Or something else happens. There are thousand different reasons that could cause a young mind to end up breaking bad.
The reasoning the politicians use is that, since they imitate video games with their crimes, the video games must be the origins of their actions. But what about films? They feature murders, robbery, sex, rapes, drugs... And many children see movies that are not suited their age. Of course, it's easier to attack something that I, as a 60-year-old bald head wearing important-looking suits, don't know. For example video games. Because I'm not in touch with that medium. Because it's too distant. And thus, it must be bad. The perfect scapegoat.
Memo to myself; potential blog posts:
- Codeword: Itoi
- Codeword: Meckern
- Codeword: RE
- Codeword: Bad
- Codeword: Aftermath
And finally, three nice words/terms I've learnt (the last link doesn't direct you to a dictionary but it's a decent and simple definition):
One of Barney's golden rules. New is always better.
Always? Probably not always.
But changes are refreshing.
The irony about this is, since I'm going to show you a German song, I'm sort of going back to the roots. After all, this blog started with a way too German Crazy German. Yeah, I know, mindblowing.
Ok, ladies and gentleman, meine Damen und Herren, the one and only Peter Fox with Alles Neu (Everything anew):
Ich verbrenn' mein Studio, schnupfe die Asche wie Koks / I burn my studio, snort the ash like coke
Ich erschlag' meinen Goldfisch, vergrab' ihn im Hof / I slay my goldfish, bury him in the yard Ich jag' meine Bude hoch, alles was ich hab' lass' ich los/ I blow up my gaff, everything I've got I let go
Mein altes Leben schmeckt wie labbriger Toast/ My old life tastes like sloppy toast
Brat' mir ein Prachtsteak, Peter kocht jetzt feinstes Fleisch/ I roast a splendid steak, Peter now prepares the finest meat
Bin das Update, Peter Fox 1.1/ I'm the update, Peter Fox 1.1 Ich will abshaken (when anglicisms are the most difficult words to translate into English...), feiern, doch mein Teich ist zu klein/ I want to shake off worry, celebrate, but my pond is too small
Mir wächst 'ne neue Reihe Beißer wie bei 'nem weißen Hai/ I grow a new row of choppers like a white shark
Ich bin euphorisiert und habe teure Pläne / I'm euphorisized and have expensive plans
Ich kaufe mir Baumaschinen, Bagger und Walzen und Kräne / I buy construction machines, excavators, rollers and cranes
Stürze mich auf Berlin, drück auf die Sirene/ I dart at Berlin, push the siren Ich baue schöne Boxentürme, Bässe massieren eure Seele/ I build nice speaker towers, basses massage your soul Ich bin die Abrissbirne für die d-d-d-deustche Szene!/ I'm the demolition ball for the G-g-g-german scene
Hey! Alles glänzt! So schön neu!/ Hey! Everything shines! So nice and new!
Hey! Wenn's dir nicht gefällt: Mach neu!/ Hey! If you don't like it: Make it anew! Die Welt mit Staub bedeckt doch ich will sehen wo's hingeht.../ The world covered in dust but I want to see where it goes...
Steig' auf den Berg aus Dreck weil oben frischer Wind weht / I climb the mountain of crap because at the top fresh wind blows Hey! Alles glänzt! So schön neu!/ Hey! Everything shines! So nice and new!
Ich hab' meine alten Sachen satt und lass' sie in 'nem Sack verrotten/ I'm sick of my old stuff and let it rot in a sack
Motte die Klamotten ein und dann geh' ich nackt shoppen/ I mothball my clothes and then I go shopping nude Ich bin komplett renoviert, Bräute haben was zu glotzen / I'm completely renovated, the chicks have something to gape at
Kerngesund, durchtrainiert, Weltmeister im Schach und Boxen/ Sound at the core, thoroughly fit, world champion in chess and boxing
Nur noch konkret reden, gib mir ein ja oder nein /Now just concrete talk, give me a yes or no
Schluss mit Larifari, ich lass all die alten Faxen sein/ No more airy-fairy, I drop all the old shenanigans
Sollt' ich jeder je wieder kiffen, hau ich mir 'ne Axt ins Bein/ Should I ever toke again, I'll strike an axe into my leg Ich will nie mehr lügen, ich will jeden Satz auch so meinen/ I never want to lie again, I want to mean every sentence
Mir platzt der Kopf, alles muss sich verändern/ My head bursts, everything must change
Ich such' den Knopf, treffe die mächtigen Männer/ I look for the button, meet the mighty men
Zwing' das Land zum Glück, kaufe Banken und Sender/ I press the country to its luck, buy banks and broadcasters
Alles spielt verrückt, zitternde Schafe und Lämmer/ Everything goes haywire, trembling sheep and lambs
Ich seh' besser aus als Bono und bin 'n Mann des Volkes / I look better than Bono and I'm a man of the people (Who Bono is? Good question, I don't know either... Probably a German eighties' singer. Before my time, sorry)
Bereit die Welt zu retten auch wenn das vielleicht zu viel gewollt ist/ Ready to save the world even if it's too much of an ambition
Hey! Alles glänzt! So schön neu!/ Hey! Everything shines! So nice and new!
Hey! Wenn's dir nicht gefällt: Mach neu!/ Hey! If you don't like it: Make it anew!
Hier ist die Luft verbraucht, das Atmen fällt mir schwer / Here the air is exhausted, breathing is difficult for me
Bye bye, ich muss hier raus, die Wände kommen näher/ Bye bye, I need to get out, the walls are coming closer
Die Welt mit Staub bedeckt doch ich will sehen wo's hingeht.../ The world covered in dust but I want to see where it goes...
Steig' auf den Berg aus Dreck weil oben frischer Wind weht / I climb the mountain of crap because at the top fresh wind blows Hey! Alles glänzt! So schön neu!/ Hey! Everything shines! So nice and new!
