The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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I thought they were taking a stab at the rap scene. Take a guy like 50 cent. Just about all his hit singles are about how he's gonna fuck girls. Pussy is basically Rammstein trumping all that.
I wouldn't call it "trumping", more along the lines of "bringing that fad to its logical conclusion" - the distilled essence of "bitches 'n hoes", brought to its most basic and concentrated.<br /> <br /> The video goes along very well with this interpretation - they might as well be making porn anyway, considering the crap being shat out elsewhere weekly. As with a lot of Rammstein, the effect is simultaneously serious and hilarious. Quite literally, seriously funny.<br /> <br /> The sex-tourism/outsider view of Deutschland take is also valid, though. The song is DEFINITELY aimed at audiences outside Germany. English notwithstanding, much of the German in the song would be rather easily recognized by a lot of Americans (and likely Britons). <br /> <br /> It would seem they cherry-picked the half-dozen or so German words almost guaranteed to be understood by English-speakers...the use of Fahrvergnuegen especially points at this, as the word was used as a slogan in a VW USA ad campaign in the late 80s.<br /> <br /> Damn tricky Germans, with their multiple meanings. A lot of why I got into the band in the first place - the lyrics are deceptively simple. One verse can speak a novel, if you really start to tear it apart.