JOSEPH BEUYS

[DerMessermann]

he sing "wir wollen sonne statt regen - ohne rüstung leben"

in english: "we want sunshine instead rain - live without arms (weapons)"

[Jinxedbeyondrepair]

I think I remember this video, don't know how but I was around 5 at the time and living in the US.

[jorgehernandezcerda]

uau, I have never imagined a Beuys joyful performance like this one!!! thanks for the translation

[artwarstreetart]

hahahaaha! i love this freak! ;-)

[widerkunst]

have you a original text in german?

[indiscipline]

c'mon, use google, there's a site out there where you can read the lyrics and download the entire song as well (in a better quality)!!!

[widerkunst]

thanks

[kofferfisch]

it was performed on the second anti rocket demo in bonn, which actualy took place in beuel where t-mobile sits now, beuys activ for the green party, that soon had troubles with him, maybe troubles with itself, fischer is now at princeton...

[indiscipline]

hook it with your nuclear strategists your russian - haters your nuclear rain crickey crinkle-face the movie is over take your rockets home now so we want sun instead of reagan live without an armor if west, if east rust on rockets we want sun instead of reagan live without an armor if east, if west to cold-warriors the pest (repeat it 'til you puke!)

[GMIV]

Thanks a lot!

[indiscipline]

so we want sun instead of reagan ('reagan' is pronounced similar to the german 'regen' wich means 'rain')

live without an armor (this is also a play on words: the german 'Rüstung' means 'armor' as well as 'armament')

if west, if east

rust on rockets

(2x)

He wants to provoke the 'sacks' in the east

wich aren't stingy with atoms as well

but your war for silly objectives

it won't go reagan - we are many

[indiscipline]

this is a vague translation for non-germans: sun instead of reagan from the land that destroys itself and dictates us the 'way of life' there comes Reagan, brings weapons and death and if he hears 'peace' he sees red he says as president of USA nuclear war? please here and there! in polen, middle-east or nicaragua he wants the final victory that's for shure

[indiscipline]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I like Beuys' puppet-like moving, unspeakably silly! His ridiculous robot-voice is only overtopped by the pathetic lyrics. 'Hau endlich ab mit deinen Nuklearraketen!!!' DANKE JOSEPH!!!!!!!!!!!