Kauf Mich!

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Kauf MICH! ("Buy ME!") is the ninth album by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1993. The LP is mainly a concept album dealing with consumerism and ultraconservatism. In addition to album art and several songs addressing the commerce, satirical advertisements and infomercials are interspersed among the music. In addition, the concept of right wing extremism as exemplified by ultraconservatism and neo-Nazism in the songs "Wilkommen in Deutschland" and "Sascha ...ein aufrechter Deutscher" is explored,...

Kauf MICH! ("Buy ME!") is the ninth album by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1993. The LP is mainly a concept album dealing with consumerism and ultraconservatism. In addition to album art and several songs addressing the commerce, satirical advertisements and infomercials are interspersed among the music. In addition, the concept of right wing extremism as exemplified by ultraconservatism and neo-Nazism in the songs "Wilkommen in Deutschland" and "Sascha ...ein aufrechter Deutscher" is explored, which excited controversy during the time of the album's release. It was a best-selling album in Germany for 13 weeks in 1993, also selling well in Austria and Switzerland. Tracks 6 & 8 are mock infomercials, casting Gerhard Polt und Gisela Schneeberger, directed by Hanns Christian Müller. "Wünsch DIR was" has an intro sung by the children's choir "Mosquito" from the music school in Meerbusch. Track listing: 1. "Umtausch ausgeschlossen!" (roughly "Trade-in debarred!") (Rohde/Frege) – 2:18 2. "Niemals einer Meinung" ("Never of the same opinion") (Frege/Frege) – 3:44 3. "Hot-Clip-Video-Club" (Rohde/Frege) – 4:01 4. "Wilkommen in Deutschland" ("Welcome to Germany") (Breitkopf/Frege) – 3:56 5. "Drunter, drauf & drüber" ("Under, on and over") (Frege, Müller/Frege, Müller) – 3:02 6. "Erotim-Super-3-feucht" ("ES3-damp") – 0:31 7. "Kauf MICH!" ("Buy ME!") (Breitkopf/Frege, Müller) – 3:30 8. "Die Homolka Kettensäge" ("The Homolka chainsaw") – 0:36 9. "Sascha ...ein aufrechter Deutscher" ("Sascha ...an upstanding German") (Frege, Müller/Frege, Müller) – 2:34 10. "Gewissen" ("Conscience") (Breitkopf/Frege, Müller) – 2:41 11. "Gute Reise" ("A good trip") (von Holst/Frege) – 5:04 12. "Alles aus Liebe" ("All out of love") (Frege/Frege) – 4:34 13. "Wünsch DIR was" (roughly "Make a wish") (Meurer/Frege) – 4:15 14. "Mein größter Feind" ("My biggest enemy") (von Holst/Frege) – 3:08 15. "Rambo Dance" (Meurer/Frege/Talk by Tom Gerhardt) – 4:09 16. "Katastrophen-Kommando" ("Catastrophe commando") (von Holst/Frege) – 4:30 * "Der letzte Tag" ("The last day") - 3:28 (hidden track) * "Der letzte Tag" is a separate track on the remastered version. 2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks: For the 25th anniversary of the group all albums from 1983-2002 were remastered and re-released. The remasters have a second booklet and additional songs. The re-release of Kauf MICH! has the album's b-sides for bonus tracks. There's actually 3 parts of "Der heiße Draht", on which people sing DTH songs over the phone. However, for the remaster, only a "best of" was compiled out of the three. 18. "Krieg und Frieden" ("War and peace") (Meurer/Frege) - 4:58 (from "...wünsch DIR was") 19. "Im Namen des Herrn" ("In the name of the Lord") (Frege/Frege) - 2:08 (from "...wünsch DIR was") 20. "Auf dem Weg zur Nummer 1" ("On the way to number 1") (Rohde/Frege) - 4:01 (from "Alles aus Liebe") 21. "5 Minuten" ("5 minutes") (von Holst/Frege) - 3:01 (from "Alles aus Liebe") 22. "Hilfe" ("Help") (von Holst/Frege) - 3:24 (from "Kauf MICH!") 23. "Der heiße Draht (Best of)" ("The hot wire") - 6:09 (from "Kauf MICH!") Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.