Einstürzende Neubauten - Was Ist Ist

[ionazm5]

gut!

[rukavinasova]

..kako je jebeno dooooobroooooooooo  das is fantastik

sorry about my german :))))

bravooo ..respecto

[daemona71]

@rukavinasova

Predobra stvar! :)

[umen2424]

come to Israel !!! we are waiting !!

[paintsun]

I love this song! Ich liebe das Lied!

[alfacentauri2727]

it's only one jocke.... bravo EN

[krischa63]

blixa, blixa, blixa

[silentium1972]

Nur was nicht ist ist möglich! Только то, чего нет, -- возможно! Danke für das Lied!

[KongOfBadgers]

11 neubauten Hause stürzte ein.

[anedonia8]

11 dislikes? :O

[IchBesserAlsDu]

i am SO in love with them. i saw them live and it was better than fucking or lying in gras in a midsummer evening hearing birds and shit JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, CRAZY HORSES damn those birds were great

[mintedllama]

Clearly, what is is, is... however impossible is isn't it?

[meimtwiztid420]

no clue as to was he's saying, but they are a kick ass band.

[eggsammichz]

this is the first german band that i listened to that i didn't like

[annoyedbyspam2010]

@eggsammichz : pffft...this band was better than any German band that you've ever listened to.

[TheRecyclist]

Saw EN in Kansas City in '86...unforgettable, AUSGEZEICHNET!

[Dosenbiertier]

Haben sie diese Idioten dafür bezahlt herumzustehen und einzelne Phrasen zu brüllen, oder ist es das Publikum?

[opheliasdream85]

DaDAiSmUs!

[NicGonzalez1]

The intensity of the guys face at 0.56 lol Great!

[iharhrachyshka]

Incredible power - performers and spectators are the one. Brilliant music, brilliant lyrics.

[fallout19xx]

Kein Didi Didi Didi - nur Didi überall

mehr Didi Didi Didium - Dididi zu Hauf

Der Meister der Dadaistischen-Lyrik mit seinem brilliantesten Werk!

...und Schluss mit Gravitätlichkeiten - schweben fällt sonst schwer ;D

[kikuchiyo77]

I'm kinda glad Blixa needs paper for this one, I could never memorize it either.

What's a good poem without blanks?!

Most underrated band since dididididididididi.

[lifesufferdie]

right

[WilliWepster]

Two things are endless: ignorance and space

None . . . . . . , just . . . . . everywhere

More . . . . . . and . . . . abound

Just love and the weather never, never end

We demand some change in our orbit

absolute liberation from Newton's gravitational mania

no gravitational bodily harm, or else flying's a heavy task

Put an end to continental drift, bring back Pangaea

What is is

[fallout19xx]

@WilliWepster you forgot the most important words!!there is no ...(dotdotdot) in this song! it´s didididi!the hole sentence doesn´t make any sense without it!!think about it!

[WilliWepster]

What is not is possible

Just what is not is possible

We demand more . . . with our . . . charm

More . . . and . . . , pears, marzipan

We want even more . . , substances illegal

No monday leftovers, five-star minimum

A first-class bonus ticket from . . to Berlin

A crate of champagne, eco-vodka, eco-gin

A world house without walls, there must be enough space

[WilliWepster]

A morning without hangover, no regrets, not alone What is is What is not is possible Just what is not is possible We demand a sundown for the Occident Dance capacity, inexhaustible, the night after finds no end without ...... and beyond critique a completely empty sky, enriched with music We pencil black figures into our utopian calculation We demand a deft hand and the appropriate touch In the daytime stars as well, more stars in general And today yesterday's men for underground work

[WilliWepster]

What is is What is not is possible Just what is not is possible We want to nibble, kindle, armble, gambol all along the edge bulimic diet for the whole governing body and . . . . . . . no lettuce heads prison for John Everyman for forgery and treason We demand letters are put back in the alphabet so the likes of me can think amid the Babylonian babble we demand . . . . and . . . . . play the music really loud at least, so someone can believe us What is is What is not is possible

[bertob1]

PLEASE PUT ENGLISH TRANSLATION

[foerdisseite]

ist schon heftig geil.....

[Shabercom]

wtf is this funky ass scumbag shit

[licuadocerebral]

i wanna be there

[licuadocerebral]

quisiera estar ahi!!

[VALsacount2]

The CHORUS CHOIR RULES!

[deadtoy]

@VALsacount2 Yes, it really adds to the song. I love this version.

[uranomar]

"Todo es posible, hasta le tontería y la totalidad.

Sólo el amor y el clima no tienen fin"

Immer Kraft, immer Kunst

[YOUrezahnpastaTUBE]

ein strom von energien durchströmten eben meinen körper... WAHNSINN

[OlgaZoubkova]

Geilomat.

[drakonzebra]

Why is he holding a paper?

[juliandunn]

that's a lot of lyrics to remember dude

[VALsacount2]

@drakonzebra It's a picture of your momma, he needs it to put him in th mood...

[drakonzebra]

@VALsacount2 Now it makes sence, I like to paint her face too, if you know what I mean :)

[efkagore]

Wunderbaaaar :DDD

[ToolOfTheTrade]

Dieses Lied ist einfach genial. Texte sowieso Komposition und die Live Performance ist einfach unglaublich. Die Neubauten sind ganz einfach eine Klasse für sich.

[subtopo2]

good

[Stadtplage]

Actually, he sings

"What is is, what is not is possible,

only what is not is possible"

[warjunky444]

that moron with the beard throwing his head around the place needs a slap!

[Placebo4baby03]

What does mglich mean? Interesting song from what I can translate but "mglich" is in the chorus and I haven't been able to translate it.

[MsJoyceline]

@Placebo4baby03

möglich (if your keyboard don`t have a ö you can write moeglich) means possible.

Hope i could help you :-)

[Placebo4baby03]

Oh my goodness, THAT'S why. All the lyrics sites I went to had "mglich". Haha Thank you very much, that's very cool. =]

[barrozin]

möglich, it means possible. I think he sings

Was ist ist /  Was nicht ist ist möglich /

Nur was nicht ist ist möglich /

What is / What is not possible

Just what is not possible

Hope it helps.

[zynnetrix]

Not really. More like...

What is (semantic: already), is. What is not (semantic: already), is possible.

Only what is not (semantic: already), is possible.

[Kierkegaard78]

Was ich bei dieser Performance besonders amüsant finde ist, dass jemand, der das Lied vorher noch nié gehört hat, denken könnte, dass Blixas Didis daher kommen, dass er den Text nicht kennt( er muss ihn ja eh ablesen), hihi, äh, didi.

[derduke64]

ein eigentlich einfacher text.

und logisch...

aus dem echten leben und zeitlos.

themen und eine vortragsweise, die einen "guten" standup-comedian ausmachen:

nur das vortragen, was eigentlich jeder weiss oder wissen sollte.

doch, doch, auch ich sage: genial.

[PlayerXMilo]

so ein müll

[hamcbrother]

da erkennt man wie sehr du den inhalt des textes verstanden hast...

probier doch erstmal über sinnhaftigkeit nachzudenken bevor du urteilst.

wenn du die genialität dieses liedes dann immer noch als müll zertifizierst dann tuts mir nur noch leid.

was nicht ist, ist möglich... alles entsteht aus dem nichts^^

[DrBTrueger]

Schön machen was der Onkel sagt, ihr Idioten!

[Gpoet6]

i love the audeince participation here-Blixa is in total control and its powerful to see.

[pozorlano]

Einfach WELTKLASSE !

[RockinRaai]

Der Die Das ist

Wer Wie Was ist

[mizwild]

Dance capacity, inexhaustible, the night after finds no end without- and beyond critique a completely empty sky, enriched with music....

What is is

What is not is possible

Just what is not is possible

[orchidtender]

Why does Blixa have to read this? I can't even speak German and I can sing this song verbatim from memory!

[Rozac68]

Because he understands the words,he have to read it,it´s a game with words.....you don´t understand the words so for you it´s no problem to sing it without reading......an example in English..: if it is in it is in and out in if if if in in in and out......understand???

[FranklenWylder]

Sooo, is it in or is it out?

ha, ha ha

[derduke64]

@FranklenWylder

neither way...

what is, is.

only what isn't, is possible.

[morbidmorgis]

Ein sehr schönes Video und ich war dabei, das war noch schöner :).

[Daedoichi]

EN *___* are just great!

[yikilu]

pieds nus

[liesllind]

...Are they barefoot?

[KcSR78]

yeah.. pretty cool in fact!

[emperorcaeser]

what good is is good

[fabndjema]

excellent, définitivement !!

[Foxxconn777]

it's soo awesome!!!

i really love this song!! <3

einstürzende neubauten 4 ever!!!

[Polynema]

This song is simply powerful, and the lyrics make the heart pump stronger

[emperorcaeser]

was genial ist ist genial

[henrychez]

incredibile la loro genialità!

[Deepgreen0611]

I wish I were there!

NICE!

[mushroomleg]

totally amazing.

[DerPoltergeist13]

I love this song. For non-german speakers, go look up the lyrics in english on their official site.

This song reminds me of Dr. Gregory House from House, MD. In the episode where he was nearly killed by Moriarty, and he was in a dreamlike coma, the dreamstate Moriarty told house that he thinks that "What is, is. (Was ist ist) ......What is, should be"

[IbrahamZazel]

AWESOME!

[jack0949]

SEMPLECEMENTE GENIALI

[katjohannsen]

Alex looks Hacke-d off about something. xD sorry couldn't help it. Poltergeist...any relation to Peeves the Poltergeist?

[DerPoltergeist13]

This is the only time Ive ever seen him singing off a lyrics sheet. Then again that song does have a lot of lyrics delivered at a fast rate. Either way, he's wayyyy more talented than I could ever hope to be.

[W4RW017]

And how do we know its even lyrics? It might be some kind of notes for him to direct the choir. Perhaps.

[blackbasset]

He once sung Where the wild roses grow with Nick Cave, where he used a little book and somehow read the lyrics, but I guess it was just a stylistic device or joke or something... Maybe the same here?

I guess blixa would know these lyrics by heart...

[Zeburial]

This is genial on so many various levels.

[OneHorribleMind]

Blixa is like a German Frank Zappa

[katjohannsen]

only that what is not is possible sounds like a Nietzschean jasager to me.

[DerPoltergeist13]

Indeed, one of the things I like about EN is the Nietzschean- Nihilist aspects of their lyrics.

[Deepgreen0611]

vocal with paper

so special!

this band is special too!

[Lakasha]

Genialer Text

"bulemische Verschlankung für den ganzen Staat"

"Wir fordern auch die Buchstaben zurück ins Alphabeth

Damit Unsereins im Babylon -Gestammel sich versteht"

einfach nur genial!

[elktroseb02]

J'adore ce morceau... il vieillit super bien le Blixa

[eliinnos]

Which Album is this?

[animagra]

"Ende Neu" ;)

[BoehserHaller]

Kennt der seine eigene Lieder nicht auswendig aber die Fans können sie? Wenn ja dann ist es irgendwie schwach von der Band. Aber muss trozdem sagen hören sich super an höre sie zum ersten mal.

[NosufurAtu]

Falls du die Zettel meinst: Die gehören zum Programm.

[southerncoldwind]

el de rojo de barba y lentes, qué manera de gozar! qué emoción!!

[nogov4me]

I saw einstürz in San Francisco in 1990 to a sold out audience. They were great. I find their Aufnahmen more interesting though. There music is more meditative if you can understand what I mean. They are like listening to seeing a german film. Achtung!

[koblegard]

what does it mean?

[crazysjaak]

The mean words are:

What is is and what's not is possible

[Wolfmammy]

I agree with this translation.

It's basically what they're saying.

It's a play on words like 'Du Hast' by Rammstein .

"You...You have(or hate)....You have me"

Drawing out hast to hast to hass changes 'have' to 'hate'.

It's perfectly tranlatable!

;)

[Wolfmammy]

I mean the translation of "whast is,is..what is not, is possible"

It's not a pun that can't be translated, everything can be if you know what it really means. :)

[mongkolose]

no! not everything can be translated. you can explain where the pun is and how it works, but many puns(and other things like locution or rhymes) are intranslatable. f.e. you can translate "it´s raining cats and dogs" into german "es regnet katzen und hunde", but it doesn´t make sense.you need an explanation are an equivalent in the other language("es schüttet wie aus eimern").so you translated the sentence and the word, but not real locution.

[mongkolose]

actually it is like a little pun, so you can not really translate it. "was ist ist was nicht ist ist möglich" i would translate

"what is (or exist), exists not = is possible"

[LokiClock]

Just explain the wordplay involved.

[torriy90]

Fantastisch!

thius one is really my favourite of E.N.

[turbomaster23]

sheiss musik, (music for wankers)

[Skeubedebeu]

What's with the audience?

[StarsOut27]

it´s the "supporter choire"

[proferrando]

Gut!

[saxumcrucis]

heheh *lol* vom zettel abgelesen

[dextrometamorphose]

hehe, at 1:58 you see nic endo in the audience

[martegod]

Is he reading the lyrics?

Blixaa :3

[VestaSS4]

Where can i get this song? Can`t find it =(

[FootballVideosLive]

I've this song, I'll send you an e-mail with this song if you want...

[Snottydick]

On the album "Ende Neu"

[VestaSS4]

...i know...

[alexanderlumier]

amazing!

[mongkolose]

das gefällt mir gut

[Bierhirn]

GÖTTER!!!!!!!

[Krazychris135]

Das ist geil!

[RuedigaSocke]

yes. he said that this is amazing!

[kilgarenone]

w00t!!!

[Katzedernacht]

sehr gut :D

[globalnywiesniak]

I hate their "songs" era, and all of that "theatrical" gesticulation.

[CircusOfHeaven]

like if anybody in the world cares

[arquende]

then why did you bother to watch? and even to comment this video?

All bands should envolve, or else you end up being metallica or iron maiden, which is hardly a good thing.

[Cocrteau3]

One word in cäpitäl MAGIC!

[kigorg]

For this song, they left some blank space in the lyrics, for the listeners to forfill them by their own choices/ideas. Guess that's why everyone in the audience had it's own paper.

Too bad I'm at work now so I can't chek-out "my" song.

Maybe will be fun if everybody puts their chioces here and see what will come out.

[KabuklaMiyoleh]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[solyombela]

One of the best bands ever! And they will come to Hungary in april again! This will be my 4th Neubauten concert!

[kingboon]

is this on dvd and were can i get it????

[Krazychris135]

Look at their discography on wikipedia, and then google the name of the dvd (or look on amazon).

[myboomstick]

that...was...fucking...awesome­...

[RussX5Z]

Yeah!! This song sounds a hundreds times better live I fuckin love it! Its too bad this band isn't well recognize and gets the credit it deserves in the U.S. Einsturzende Neubauten rules!!

[Amanita34]

Kompliment, das Leben ist oft einfach... ;-)

[baltonwyt]

einfach grandios!

[kunstfehler20]

i think it's great that so many americans know this band...but where do you know it?

[STEonSK8]

neubauten did so many tour in america since 80s,

maybe even for nick cave...

[kunstfehler20]

oh thank you

[jiko577]

this song is fron album :ENDE NEU

[saragatagara]

was ist ist

[spamhorst1]

he is holding a lyrics sheet, because of the many songs they have... he couldn't remember all of them... and because of all the drugs he take ;-) they destroyed his brain >)

[STEonSK8]

ah ah ah

maybe there is some truth about drugs;)

[myboomstick]

lol nick cave does the same as well...sheets & drugs :p

[nerfbert]

Die Musik muss erst richtig laut, damit uns jemand glaubt!

[poucocaso]

Holy fuck!

Grrrrrrrrrreat.

[TheMorMor]

Wich album is this from !?!

[Soverene575]

from Ende Neu

[TheMorMor]

mkay.. just dont rember it.

[gamerjason]

Why is he holding a lyrics sheet?

Awesome song though. :)

[vinikov]

me too. he fucking' rules!

[shadowplaydk]

As an atheist Blixa is the closest I get to god ...!!!

[uHuRu1976]

Forever Blixa!!!

[Frankhoefers]

it's great! i love Blixa

[Graftauber]

Didi - (Speed und Koks) My fav. Sometimes Blixa could be very funny.