Rock me Amadeus!

[CanuckAmok]

Er war ein Punker
Und er lebte in der großen Stadt
Es war in Wien, war Vienna
Wo er alles tat
Er hatte Schulden denn er trank
Doch ihn liebten alle Frauen
Und jede rief:
Come and rock me Amadeus

Er war Superstar
Er war populär
Er war so exaltiert
Because er hatte Flair
Er war ein Virtuose
War ein Rockidol
Und alles rief:
Come and rock me Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...

Es war um 1780
Und es war in Wien
No plastic money anymore
Die Banken gegen ihn
Woher die Schulden kamen
War wohl jedermann bekannt
Er war ein Mann der Frauen
Frauen liebten seinen Punk

Er war Superstar
Er war populär
Er war so exaltiert
Because er hatte Flair
Er war ein Virtuose
War ein Rockidol
Und alles rief:
Come and rock me Amadeus
Amadeus, Amadeus...

[LuCifer]

1. wow!

I guess I'm too used to the English version!

There's two radio stations down here in South FloriDUH that do 80's Weekends and they play "Rock Me Amedaus" (typical of radio, they have NO clue that Flaco ACTUALLY HAS *OTHER* SONGS!) and it's this awwwwwwweful remix, with a female vocal that is more out of place than Jesse Helms at a NAACP event! Radio programs: STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL PLEASE!

Lu

[CanuckAmok]

2. Like this?

Hello, Vienna calling
Hello, hello, Vienna calling...
Talking about

Stella sitzt in Rio - Stella liegt in Tokyo
Männer fragen sie nach Feuer, nach dem andern sowieso
Sugar Chris dich sehr vermißt-dein Bein und dein Gesicht
Du kannst auf mich verzichten-nur auf Luxus nicht
Womit spielen klein Mädchen heute, hier und dort und da,
Und in Tucson, Arizona; Toronto, Canada.

Wien, nur Wien du kennst mich up, kennst mich down
Du kennst mich.
Nur Wien, nur Wien, du nur allein
Wohin sind deine Frau'n.

Ohoho, operator (so alone am I)
Ohoho, operator (need you to) come tonight

Hello, Vienna calling
Hello, hello, Vienna calling...
Vienna calling
Two, one, zero - Der Alarm ist rot
Wien in Not - Cha, Cha, Cha
Vienna calling, Vienna calling

Und plötzlich heißt Maria Marilyn
Und Eva heißt Yvonne
Ein junger Bogart hängt dir an den Lippen, Kleines, und sagt komm
Die Lockenpracht wird komm abgemacht
Die Tänzer sind gestoppt
Es ist 4 Uhr 45, nun wird Position geprobt
Womit spielen kleine Mädchen heute, hier und dort und da
Ob in Tucson, Arizona; Toronto, Canada

Wien, nur Wien du kennst mich up, kennst mich down
Du kennst mich.
Nur Wien, nur Wien, du nur allein
Wohin sind deine Frau'n.

Ohoho, operator (so alone am I)
Ohoho, operator (need you to) come tonight

Hello, Vienna calling
Hello, hello, Vienna calling...
Vienna calling
Two, one, zero - Der Alarm ist rot
Wien in Not - Cha, Cha, Cha
Vienna calling, Vienna calling.



By the way...get used to mainstream radio co-opting the 80s into 100-200 high rotation hits, just like the 70s, 60s and 50s before them. You're as likely to hear a Depeche Mode non-hit album cut as you would a Maria Callas aria.

[MercutioATC]

6. Try this internet station:

www.club977.com

All 80's, all the time (commercial-free, too)

[LuCifer]

10. I will when I get something better than...

...dial up! (It's free, I can't bitch too much!) If it wasn't for Neil Rogers and Randi Rhodes, I'd have burned every last radio in my house in a fire so large that people in Tazmania could see it!

Lu Cifer

[hussar]

3. What a shame he was killed

Rock me Falco

[CanuckAmok]

4. Huh?! I didn't hear about that...what happened?

???

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. Car crash.

Late '90s.

In the Bahamas, or Bermuda, or some such.

[LuCifer]

9. I think it was in the Dominican Republic...?

But I could be wrong...just watch VH1, they'll have an 80's show of some sort that mentions it before long.

Lu

[CatWoman]

12. It was the Dominican Republic

Hans Hölzel loved the sun, palm trees and the sea. For him the long winters in Austria became increasingly difficult to bear. "I get scared when it turns to winter and becomes dark and cold," he confided to close friends. This was certainly one of the reasons why, in the spring of 1996, he began to move his home to the Dominican Republic. Tax advantages were the prime reason behind this move, but it was clear to him from the beginning that he would not stay there forever: in his heart of hearts he was an Austrian, and above all Viennese.

Hans Hölzel moved into a 200 m² villa with a swimming pool in the Hacienda Resorts in Puerto Plata, at the far north of the island. He also rented a small apartment in Cabarete.
In 1996 Falco released the single Naked produced by Torsten Börger. It was to be the last release during his lifetime. Naked sold well in Austria, but was a flop in Germany, selling just 50,000 copies.
In the summer of 1997 Claudia Wohlfromm, wife of the producer Torsten Börger, became Falco's manager. She wanted to develop a whole new Falco style, one she thought would fit the third millennium. And Falco did not stop her. One day he appeared in public with dyed blonde hair and a diamond in the upper right incisor.


The work on Falco's last album, originally to be titled Egoisten, only added to his lack of confidence and to his self-doubt. Time and again, the perfectionist Hans Hölzel put off the album's release date, discarded numbers, recorded new ones and became confused about the order of the individual songs. By late autumn 1997 he wanted to drop what was more or less a finished album and start afresh. But it was not to be.


On 6 February 1998 Hans Hölzel died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic at around 4.40 pm local time. But Falco lives on more intensively than ever in the hearts of his fans.


http://www.falco.at/english/bio_dat/8.htm

[kmla]

7. My favorite is still his version of "Der Komissar."

And the video is unintentionally funny in it's low budget cheesiness.

Much better than the ATF version.

[CatWoman]

8. oooooooooooooh, Dr. Zeus

Ape: Help, the human's about to escape.
Troy: Get your paws off me, you dirty ape.
Apes: He can talk!
Apes:
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
He can talk
Troy: I can siiiiiing!


Female Nurse Ape: Ooh, help me Dr. Zaius!
Apes:
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Oh... Dr. Zaius
Ape: Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius.

Troy: What's wrong with me?
Zaius: I think you're crazy.
Troy: Want a second opinion.
Zaius: You're also lazy.

Apes:
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius

Oh... Dr. Zaius
Ape: Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius.

Troy: Can I play the piano anymore?
Zaius: Of course you can.
Troy: Well I couldn't before!

[Richardo]

11. "I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-a to chimpanzee"

I'm laughing my ass off! Thanks , CW :hi:

[CanuckAmok]

13. "I love you, Dr. Zaius!"

n/t

[jimbo fett]

14. "I need the kiss of Kathleen Turner. RIGHT NOW!!!"

Train sounds and coughing I always take the 7:30 AM train
Going to Brasil City
Well, at this hour of the day, I'm not too well humored
'Cause life doesn't show any pity
You're always complaining 'bout yourself
And putting things down in the world
Just take a good look at Kathleen Turner
Now there's one heck of a girl

I've been to hell and back but I'm alright Jack
Now I know what love is about
Under the seven moons
I made a solemn vow
I need the kiss of Kathleen Turner right now
I need the kiss of Kathleen Turner right now
Smack! In the middle

Female voice on telephone: "Hello?"
"Oh it's me, I know it's late
But I just had to call you
I'll be over real soon"

Male voice: "Kathleen Kathleen"

Is this a dream, or is it real
Is this really happening to me
Or is this just fantasy?
In this world there's only one woman
Who can make my dreams my dreams come true
And that woman Kathleen
It's you

Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
He wants a kiss
Not just one, I want lots of kisses
He wants a kiss
Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
He wants a kiss

Hallelujah, he's in love
Hallelujah, glory, glory

Issos
Cannae
Katalaunische Felder
Mount Greek
Austerlitz
Waterloo
Verdun
Stalingrad

Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Harrisburg
Brokdorf
Zwentendorf
Cattenom
Wackersdorf
Tschernobyl

Kathleen, can you hear me babe
kathleen, do you know what I'm talking about
I'm just talking about
Not the first kiss of my life
I'm talking about ... our planet
... Kathleen!