Weimar Hit From Berlin - Where Is My Maier?, 1929

[Papergei1]

Extra Extra guad -- Menschmeyer.............Mensch­maier !!!

[impCaesarAvg]

Ich höre diese entartete Musik gern.

[agentkproductions08]

@impCaesarAvg ein schwarzer mit saxophon und davidstern als 'entartet', und die meinten das ernst! O.o

[megaswenson]

My guess is that Frau Maier is in for a bigger shock than she's expecting. I suspect that it's Brokeback Mountain Herr Maier is going out to climb...

[jonjamg]

@megaswenson LOL

[megaswenson]

@jonjamg  vielen Dank!

[formiggini]

This must be a Ben Selvin Group with Irving Kaufmann vocal - nice record !

[dasboogiewoogie1]

Moin, Moin from Texas!

If you like the Golden entertainment of the 1920s, you might like Brendan McNally's dark comic novel "Germania" (Simon & Schuster, 2009), about the Flying Magical Loerber Brothers, four somewhat magical, Jewish vaudeville entertainers and onetime child stars who were the toast of Berlin before WWII and who reunite during the surreal, three-week "Flensburg Reich" of Admiral Doenitz, Hitler's very unlucky successor.

[jd03150]

When popular music lost its sense of humor, it lost a lot! This recording is a great example of what we lost -- an absolute classic.

[RheingoldxxL]

... schxxx auf Disney ... oh where is my mayer?

[Hadewijch]

Hilarious! :)

Thanks!

[Olma4142]

Danke fürs hochladen, liebe das Lied, könnt mich ins Eck werfen jedesmal!

In English war es mir noch nicht bekannt!

[BratwurstdesTodes]

Very nice song, thanks for uploding:-)

[LeRoi715]

oh I like so much. German language is so cool.

The song is so cute. Got more? oh those songs from that period were so great...

[randersonwa]

Superb, aside from the photo clips from "Cabaret," which have nothing to do with the dazzling Berlin before 1932. That movie doesn't begin to capture the spirit of a city that was part New York, part Chicago and part Los Angeles, but with a huge helping of dizzy and creative human spirit that is now gone. Where did it go?

[shueln]

Thanks for posting. Im working on a script for a film on the weimer republic's transition to national socialism and how the theatre transitioned, and I needed to hear some of the music from the time... and here it is. :D. You are a hero to me right now.

[Weimar1919]

I´m very impressed! with this... and all your videos...you´re an expert!

I can´t imagine how many records you have...

Hey, Aston is also very good!

Good work!

[dzheger]

This most entertaining song reminds me of the Berliner (doughnut) I ate in Berlin a week ago: sweet, chewy, and dripping with schmalz. Not a high class cake, but absolutely delicious.

[tim60s321]

@dzheger When Pres.Kennedy made his famous speech in Berlin c1962 he caused much hilarity when he declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" because, so we were told, this means "I am a (Berliner)sausage". Now you tell me he was only a doughnut! I think they forgave him-he was trying to demonstrate US backing for the Wall encircled people of the city.

[TheAshleylovechild]

@dzheger what does "schmalz" mean?

[dzheger]

@TheAshleylovechild Schmalz in German means fat (animal fat, like pork's) but it also means excessive, maudlin sentimentality in English and other languages (usually spelt "schmaltz")

[barbcard]

Must admit I love this kind of music, this "brutal & charming refined vulgarity" to quote you. So I must have a drop or two of German blood. What would AH have thought? I'm afraid I know the answer to that one all too well.

[bmcneese45a]

Oh, it begins to come clear, so interesting. I got the link from canegracehasettevite (in your comments) as she thought the song was just great. I have to agree. --Bill

[bmcneese45a]

I'll take your word for it.  LOL

[bmcneese45a]

Now I have no idea what this is about but I can tell you the music and video are delightful.

[vulcanswork]

Der Maier ist natürlich beim saufen in einer Kneipe; keine Bange Frau Maier!

Sollte er aber anderswo sein, ja ... dann besser Sie wissen es nicht Frau Maier!

LOL LOL

[kspm01]

The atmosphere is very similar to your other post "Herr Lehmann, was macht die Frau Gemalin in Marienbad". Real fun!

[merrihew]

Is this as demeaning as I suspect it is? Nice playing though/

[genia106]

This is great. I can picture the emcee in Cabaret singing this with his beautiful showgirls. Seriously, it could have be one of the numbers in "CABARET." The ABSOLUTE BEST is the poster of the Black musician wearing the Jewish star on his lapel.

[Jeansschwimmer]

The poster you mention is the official poster of the "degenerated music" exhibition, something a little in the shade of the more (in)famous "degenerated arts" exhibition by which Dr. Goebbels tried to discriminate against anything "Ungerman". for the ultraconservative circles in society jazz was a Jewish conspiracy against German culture, intending to lure people into cultural decline. For that reason the black jazz trumpeteer got the David's star on his lapel.

[Jeansschwimmer]

I wanted to comment onyour entry, got it wrong, please read my entry, though.

yours E,.

[genia106]

Thank you so much for the explanation, I didn't know the facts!

[smurfswacker]

Funny song. I like the um-pah orchestration. But what's with the quote from "Im München Steht ein Hofbrauhaus" at the very end?

[barbcard]

Hysterically funny! Especially with those extra sound effects-- until that last image of that poor old presumably Jewish man. I think Mr. Meier should have stayed in the Himalayas.