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Kristallnaach
"Kristallnaach" (Colognian for Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass) is a political song by Colognian rock group BAP. It was released on their 1982 album Vun drinne noh drusse (From the Inside to the Outside). The track was the album's only single and reached number 25 on the German charts. The song was meant to raise awareness of the resurgence of right-wing populism in Europe and critique Germany's Vergangenheitsbewältigung of the Nazi era. "Kristallnaach" regularly features in the band's live sets and is its second most frequently played live song.
In the summer of 1979, during a trip through Greece, only a few years after the country had rid itself of its military dictatorship, BAP's lead singer Wolfgang Niedecken worked on a set of lyrics about neo-fascism, choosing the November Pogrom as its theme. In their early years, BAP drew heavily on the culture of political folk songs in the tradition of Bob Dylan. The motivation for the track was to raise awareness of the resurgence of right-wing populism in Europe and critique (West-) Germany's insufficient Vergangenheitsbewältigung of the Nazi period.
Niedecken's lyrics are as political as they are poetic, with references to Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch and Franz Kafka. This is also evident in the booklet accompanying the album, with the painting Christ Carrying the Cross, formerly attributed to Bosch, used as background for the song's lyrics. The lyrics feature emotional imagery and are accompanied by somber music. The main theme deals with Germany's Vergangenheitsbewältigung at a time when right-wing conservative tendencies were resurging throughout Europe. Unusual for a single release, the song does not feature a catchy chorus; only the word "Kristallnaach" is repeated in each of the six verses.
Niedecken did not situate his lyrics in the Pogrom Night of 1938, but in the present, in order to raise awareness of the looming threat of crimes being committed against marginalized communities like gay people or immigrants, originating from the same social conditions and psychological processes that led to the November Pogrom.
But those who feel disturbed by anything that's "different"
Swimming with the tide, the way they're supposed to
Those to whom gays are criminals
To whom foreigners are scum
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Kristallnaach
"Kristallnaach" (Colognian for Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass) is a political song by Colognian rock group BAP. It was released on their 1982 album Vun drinne noh drusse (From the Inside to the Outside). The track was the album's only single and reached number 25 on the German charts. The song was meant to raise awareness of the resurgence of right-wing populism in Europe and critique Germany's Vergangenheitsbewältigung of the Nazi era. "Kristallnaach" regularly features in the band's live sets and is its second most frequently played live song.
In the summer of 1979, during a trip through Greece, only a few years after the country had rid itself of its military dictatorship, BAP's lead singer Wolfgang Niedecken worked on a set of lyrics about neo-fascism, choosing the November Pogrom as its theme. In their early years, BAP drew heavily on the culture of political folk songs in the tradition of Bob Dylan. The motivation for the track was to raise awareness of the resurgence of right-wing populism in Europe and critique (West-) Germany's insufficient Vergangenheitsbewältigung of the Nazi period.
Niedecken's lyrics are as political as they are poetic, with references to Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch and Franz Kafka. This is also evident in the booklet accompanying the album, with the painting Christ Carrying the Cross, formerly attributed to Bosch, used as background for the song's lyrics. The lyrics feature emotional imagery and are accompanied by somber music. The main theme deals with Germany's Vergangenheitsbewältigung at a time when right-wing conservative tendencies were resurging throughout Europe. Unusual for a single release, the song does not feature a catchy chorus; only the word "Kristallnaach" is repeated in each of the six verses.
Niedecken did not situate his lyrics in the Pogrom Night of 1938, but in the present, in order to raise awareness of the looming threat of crimes being committed against marginalized communities like gay people or immigrants, originating from the same social conditions and psychological processes that led to the November Pogrom.
But those who feel disturbed by anything that's "different"
Swimming with the tide, the way they're supposed to
Those to whom gays are criminals
To whom foreigners are scum
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