Wir warten auf's Christkind...
Occupation
- Vocals: Campino
- Electric Guitar: Andreas von Holst
- Michael Breitkopf
- Wolfgang Rohde
- From Ritchie
Studios
- Skyline, Dusseldorf
- Dierks, Stommeln
We are waiting for Christ 's child is an album by the music group Die Toten Hosen, which produced the band under the pseudonym " The Red Rose " with Jon Caffery and Christmas, published in 1998 for the first time at the band's own label JKP.
The album contains, besides a number of " verrrockter " cover versions of German and English folk songs and pop songs of Christmas, a new recording of their satirical piece Merry Christmas from the year 1987. Tragicomic The songs Santa Claus on the roof and Christmas with the Brandts are new pieces.
The name of the album is the motto of the program we wait ajar for the Christ child, which aired since the 1960s over several decades in the children's program of the ARD, regularly on December 24. In the musical design of the album, the band of the British punk band The Boys were affected who had published in 1980 under the band name "The Yobs " The Yobs Christmas Album.
Formation
The recordings took place in the summer. The band reported to have then eaten tons of Christmas cookies and drank a lot of mulled wine to get in the right Christmas mood. For the project, the musicians inventing new artist name: Campino called "Judas Inocenti ", Andreas von Holst was " John the Drunkard ", Michael Breitkopf was "King Scratch Salomon ", Andreas Meurer " Cardinal Mendoza " and Wolfgang Rohde drumming as " Mr. Rohde's ". Also by Ritchie, who stepped even then because of Rohde's spinal problems often on drums, is represented on this plate and was called " From, The Baptist ".
As a guest musician had Monique Maassen of Asmodeus Bizarre, Matt Dangerfield and Honest John Plain from The Boys and Arturo Bassick by The Lurkers with.
Die Toten Hosen The 'Red Roses " mostly in jest than any other band dar. So recommend" The Red Rose "in their booklet a " Die Toten Hosen calendar " as a product of" good fellow " and in the online biography of the " dead Pants ", we read: " Back in Dusseldorf realized that already had made wide in the rehearsal room with them the red roses the band. It was compelled to them on the Christmas album " We are waiting for the Christ Child 's " work. "
Music and lyrics
The album contains mostly cover versions of popular Christmas songs, where you replaced the classic arrangement by heavy guitar sounds. Also lyrically soft many songs from the original. So it is, come ye to the Example in Little Children:
" My little children come ye, O come ye all but, for Kiffen herkommet in Bethlehem's stable and see what makes this most holy night, the grass from Jamaica joy for us."
In the song Merry Christmas is a new recording of a track from the B - side of the single Sascha ... an upright German from 1992 The piece was previously published in 1987 on the compilation How Much More Black can it Be -. However, still here with other text. Every year the snow falls softly and had also been recorded for the Sascha - Single, but still in a completely different version.
The song Still, still, still was later used by Jamba to music for the mobile telephone application, the drunken moose.
Title list
Singles
In the same year, the single Santa Claus appeared on the roof for under the direction of Ralf Schmerberg a video clip was produced. Besides the title song on the CD nor the title Come all ye faithful, a dub version of Jingle Bells and the song Baby, you shall not cry.
Published in 1999 Auld Lang Syne as a single with the songs of the morning everything will be different ..., Location Germany and the live versions of The Little Drummer Boy and Auld Lang Syne as bonus tracks. , Designed by Sven open and DoRo video clip that shows the band at a ceremony on in a hut surrounded by her friends is playable from the CD, using the included software on the PC.
Tour and film music
Die Toten Hosen guest appearances on 26 and 27 November 1998, together with Gerhard Polt and Biermösl Blosn directed by Hanns Christian Müller in Munich's popular theater with Second Show Help - Duel of folk music.
Under the slogan We are waiting for the band 's Christian child were 13 Christmas concerts in the following month. The first appearance in Vienna club Chelsea TV Smith joined them on stage. For all other concerts, the Australian band The Living End played the opening act and as guests. The closing concert on December 26th in Düsseldorf Philips Hall Monique Maassen and Bandroady Noppa occurred and Campinos ten year old niece Maja played There comes a ship loaded on the recorder before. The concert was recorded under the direction of Sven open and came as VHS Die Toten Hosen & Die Roten Rosen: We are waiting for Christ 's Child - Live! in 1999 to the market. The video was released in 2003 along with the video on behalf of the Lord under the title Die Toten Hosen Live as a double DVD box again.
New edition 2007
For the 25th anniversary of the band was We are waiting for the Christ Child 's remastered and with six additional tracks. An additional booklet contains a new interview with Die Toten Hosen. The band remembers, in conversation with Jan Weiler, on the making of the album.