Photo: Still from ‘Die Toten Hosen – “Tage wie diese”‘
The refrain from Die Toten Hosen – “Tage wie diese” has been my Ohrwurm for days, though I found out on the weekend that I had completely the wrong lyrics in mind.
This was one of the songs that was played at Schmankerl-Hüttn and has stuck with me after it closed.
The video mixes live footage and studio shots of the band, with a few shots from Berlin thrown in for good measure – for instance, The Berlin Holi Open Air features a fair bit.
The name of the band ‘Die Toten Hosen’ literally translated is the ‘The Dead Trousers’ – a German term used to describe a person or an event as ‘boring’, it can also mean ‘nothing going on’ and is therefore used as a slang term for ‘impotent’.
Tote Hose is just one of many German terms that has been explained on Twitter with #dailydeutsch – a hashtag created by the folks over at überlin to help people learn German.
Die Toten Hosen – “Tage wie diese”
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09hpp3AxIE?rel=0]
Great photo! Makes one happy just looking at it:)