the first line of the German anthem is not Deutschland über alles

[Zebra]

it is Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit = unity and justice and freedom!

did you know?

 

[Zebra]

as a German i knew of course

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

****** Frauleins Frolicking

"Dykes landing over Alice." Homophobes changed it!

 

[GLASNOST]

did you know that Über alles is no longer the German anthem?​

It will ALWAYS be "über alles" just like the Australian anthem will always be "Walzing Matilda" and the American one will always be "José Can You See?".

 

[Zebra]

i think most people know those 2 words Über alles!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

i think most people know those 2 words Über alles!

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I used to be able to recite the first line, but I was unaware that it had changed.

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[Zebra]

It will ALWAYS be "über alles" just like the Australian anthem will always be "Walzing Matilda" and the American one will always be "José Can You See?".

there is an American God named Saycan.
and he is greeted with the line: Oh Saycan!

 

[GLASNOST]

It will ALWAYS be "über alles" just like the Australian anthem will always be "Walzing Matilda" and the American one will always be "José Can You See?".

there is an American God named Saycan.
and he is greeted with the line: Oh Saycan!

Selbstverständlich.

 

[Zebra]

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I used to be able to recite the first line, but I was unaware that it had changed.

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it was written around 1840, when there was no country Germany, only a lot of principalities.

and the hymn asked for a united Germany above those principalities, not a Germany above Europe, but above Bavaria, Hanover etc ...

Later that line was misunderstood.

 

[Zebra]

Selbstverständlich.

So ist es.

 

[Zebra]

the less known second stanza is about German ladies, wine, and singing.

 

[Zebra]

the less known second stanza is about German ladies, wine, and singing.

and the hymn says that these three are well liked everywhere.

 

[GLASNOST]

and the hymn says .....

"Ich stehe immer an der Autobahn ..." Udo Lindenberg

 

[Zebra]

"Ich stehe immer an der Autobahn ..." Udo Lindenberg

I like the Sonderzug to Pankow more

 

[GLASNOST]

I like the Sonderzug to Pankow more

Good also.

 

[GLASNOST]

I sometimes went there on the S-Bahn or U-2.

 

[Zebra]

I sometimes went there on the S-Bahn or U-2.

you lived in Berlin, then?

 

[GLASNOST]

you lived in Berlin, then?

Yes. Motzstraße nahe Nollendorfplatz.

 

[Zebra]

Yes. Motzstraße nahe Nollendorfplatz.

when visiting Ostberlin, how was it like there?

 

[GLASNOST]

when visiting Ostberlin, how was it like there?

Very friendly and calm. The concrete and cement on the buildings and streets were cracked and uneven so you had to step carefully, especially in the dark. Trabants and Wartburgs were common. Very few restaurants and difficult to find them. I often took the U-bahn to Friedrichstraße to buy chocolate and liquor and I always went to see the May Day parade and listen to the microphone reminding everyone how Berlin was Hauptstadt der DDR and ”Wir leben Hoch! Hoch! Hoch!” I feel nostalgia for those days.