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Re:Florian Schneider has died by jacquesm on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:01AM (#23100460)
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Sie ist ein Model und sie sieht gut aus Ich nähm sie heut gerne mit zu mir nach Haus Sie wirkt so kühl, an sie kommt niemand ran Doch vor der Kamera da zeigt sie was sie kann

Sie trinkt in Nachtclubs immer Sekt (Korrekt!) Und hat hier alle Männer abgecheckt Im Scheinwerferlicht ihr junges Lächeln strahlt Sie sieht gut aus und Schönheit wird bezahlt

Sie stellt sich zur Schau für das Konsumprodukt Und wird von Millionen Augen angeguckt Ihr neues Titelbild ist einfach fabelhaft Ich muß sie wieder seh'n, ich weiß sie hat's geschafft

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She's a model and she's looking good I'd like to take her home that's understood She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time It only takes a camera to change her mind

She's going out tonight but drinking just champagne And she has been checking nearly all the men She's playing her game and you can hear them say She is looking good, for beauty we will pay

She's posing for consumer products now and then For every camera she gives the best she can I saw her on the cover of a magazine Now, she's a big success, I want to meet her again

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The deeper layer of the lyrics is almost completely absent in the English version.

Re:Florian Schneider has died by CaciaraAsAServi on Thursday May 07, 2020 @06:26AM (#23101481)
Heh, I remember learning some German just to understand their lyrics, some years ago.

Funniest one I remember is, in Computerwelt, Flensburg und das BKA / Haben unsere Daten da... where BKA is the federal German police and Flensburg is the city where they held some data about people (or still do, I don't know).

Re:Florian Schneider has died by LordHeini on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:01AM (#23102025)
The agency collecting points for bad driving is located in Flensburg.

Having "Punkte in Flensburg" thus means one got caught driving too fast, under the influence or over a red light etc.

If you collect too many points you lose your drivers license and have to do a test and psychological exam to get it back.

This test usually called the "Idiotentest" because you drive like an idiot and you (deservedly) get treated like an idiot by the agency.

The whole affair is really annoying, expensive and takes quite some time.

If you fail the psychological exam (they find out you are an alcoholic for examle) you might never get the license back.

Re:Florian Schneider has died by Ididntdothis on Thursday May 07, 2020 @10:28AM (#23103325)
I agree. The German lyrics are very skillful whereas the English version feels just flat. You see the same in movies when you watch the English version vs the dubbed German version. The English movie has a lot of depth that usually gets lost in the German version.