Uploaded by JeffersonJukebox on Apr 19, 2008
Title: Never Argue With A German If You're Tired Or European Song
Album: Bark
Track No: 9
Written By: Grace Slick
Grace Slick - Lead Vocals, Piano
Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar
Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar
Jack Casady - Bass Guitar
Joey Covington - Drums
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@pyrophore Fuck, what a comment...
Anyay, I only have one comment. In the credits where they say Grace: Piano, they should have said "Grace!: MELLOTRON" instead... what a bent, under-rated old musical instrument.
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Finally, after all these years I understand what this song is about! A far cry from the 12 year old who giggled when he thought that the lyrics were shall we say, sexual in nature?! lol!
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Brilliant double entendre in another language. Grace and her Bavarian voice weaving through the song like some old European woman. The Airplane sense of humor was sharp. Elton John did the similiar thing with his "Solar Prestige A Gammon." Nonsense or is it? And what is a "shtick it in mine haken?" Could be a bread basket. Or a pocket in her apron. But, I guess that's why it never got radio play. Grace is too clever. Radio? They're all scardey cats.
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being half german by heritage on some level i can relate
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Good use of the Mellotron....!
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Thanks for the translation. Incredible. Now I KNOW Grace is a genius!
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This one always mystified and entranced me. Sounds like a fractured Nazi Youth rally ditty. Even though it doesn't make sense lyrically (like a lot of Grace's music), it's still so compelling. Grace was so unpredictable!
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This might help to understand this song (wikipedia Grace Slick) ...
"During 1971, after a long recording session, she crashed her car into a wall near the Golden Gate Bridge while racing with Jorma Kaukonen.[14] Amazingly, she suffered only a concussion and later used the incident as the basis of her "Never Argue with a German if You're Tired or European Song", which appears on the Bark album (1971).[15]"
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@minusxthexwalrus LOL
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@threefive00 It's nothing but pure rock.
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Grace Slick is....amazingly odd.
I want to both slap her silly, kiss her and be her best friend all at once.
minusxthexwalrus 2 years ago 21
Grace usually spoke in riddles on a lot of her songs with Airplane so using German that doesn't quite make sense seems fitting.
The song itself makes me feel like I'm on acid watching Joel Grey perform on Cabaret.
As Lester Bangs once wrote; "it cries out for a Grammy!"
pyrophore 3 years ago 8