Released October 1972 Length 62:08 Artist Ton Steine Scherben | Recorded Alsterstudio, Hamburg Producer Ton Steine Scherben Release date October 1972 | |
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Keine Macht für Niemand
(1972) Wenn die Nacht am tiefsten…
(1975) Label David Volksmund Produktion Genres Rock music in Germany, Proto-punk Similar Ton Steine Scherben albums, Other albums | ||
Keine macht f r niemand 1972 ton steine scherben full album
Keine Macht für Niemand (No Power for Nobody) is the name of both the second album and best-known song by the band Ton Steine Scherben. The double album, released in 1972, is also sometimes called "die Weiße" ("the white one") in reference to its simple cover with a white background and black text.
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- Keine macht f r niemand 1972 ton steine scherben full album
- 01 wir m ssen hier raus ton steine scherben
- Use as a slogan
- Title
- Lineup
- Songs
- References
The album as a whole, as well as the song Keine Macht für Niemand heavily criticised social and political ills. The lyrics call for resistance against the extant system. In Die letzte Schlacht gewinnen wir ("We [will] win the final battle"), the demand for a replacement of the present capitalist system is very clear. The phrase "No power for nobody" is a sloganised interpretation of anarchy. When the album was released, Rio Reiser and R.P.S. Lanrue had still yet to adopt their stage names.
01 wir m ssen hier raus ton steine scherben
Use as a slogan
According to Rio Reiser, the phrase came from an anarchist publication called Germania. Similarly, the song "Macht kaputt, was euch kaputt macht" also has a title in the same vein. In Germany, even 35 years after the album's release, the phrase will appear on banners and posters produced in the leftist scene, or as graffiti; the song's lyrics call to "write the slogan onto every wall."
After the 2005 election, Der Spiegel used the phrase on the cover in reaction to the election results.
Title
- Wir müssen hier raus! (Ralph Möbius, Ralph Steitz) - 5:21
- Feierabend (Möbius, Steitz) - 4:41
- Die letzte Schlacht gewinnen wir (Möbius, Steitz) - 4:18
- Paul Panzers Blues (Nikel Pallat, Möbius) - 6:41
- Menschenjäger (Möbius, Steitz) - 4:18
- Allein machen sie Dich ein (Möbius, Steitz) - 4:41
- Schritt für Schritt ins Paradies (Möbius, Steitz) - 6:52
- Der Traum ist aus (Möbius) - 9:24
- Mensch Meier (Möbius, Steitz) - 3:43
- Rauch-Haus-Song (Möbius) - 3:59
- Keine Macht für Niemand (Möbius, Steitz) - 4:08
- Komm schlaf bei mir (Möbius) - 4:02
Lineup
Songs
1Wir müssen hier raus!5:22
2Feierabend4:41
3Die letzte Schlacht gewinnen wir4:18