Woody Allen wanted to invade Poland when he listened to too much Richard Wagner music. The bosses of today’s Germany think that when young people listen to too much music dance March in columns on the Reichstag. And their reaction, typical of people of order whose nap has been interrupted by a disturbance, is to prohibit. Not Wagner, for God’s sake, but disco music.
Clemens Baumgärtner, director of the organizing entity of the Oktoberfest Munich, which, despite its name, has been held since the end of September, has declared that the reproduction of a song from the 90s will be banned. ‘Love always’created by el pinchadiscos italiana Gigi D’Agostino. But not because they belong to the movement dance (which would be reason enough), but because it is sung by groups of what the Power and its press call “ultra-right” militants and before they were “young drunks.”
Last week a video appeared on the Internet of twenty-somethings on the island of Sylt, an expensive vacation spot for the German elite, singing the song. With the melody of ‘Love always’, The young people sang the following chorus: “Germany for the Germans Foreigners out“, which means “Germany for the Germans, foreigners out.”
The identification of the boys immediately began, who had to apologize and some lost their jobs.
However, what is prohibited by an absolutely discredited Government and media becomes popular, a trend, as we say now, and a form of protest. In the following days, Love always and the chorus were heard at similar parties in various parts of the country: Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony, where there are parliamentary elections on September 1 and the AfD party appears first in the polls.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), described the chants on Sylt, where many of his colleagues spend the summer, as “disgusting.” The SPD tried to turn the refrain around and posted the following phrase on Instagram: “Germany for Germans who defend democracy.” That is, those who, in the opinion of the socialists, do not defend their version of democracy (with how many parties? Parliamentary or presidential? Republican or monarchical?) must leave Germany, be imprisoned or deprived of political rights.. Due to protests, the message was deleted.
If the Office for the Defense of the Constitution, the German spy service, were to infiltrate provocateurs into festivals of reggaeton Perhaps you would get it banned and we would all appreciate such a service to European culture.