Nur zu Besuch: Unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater
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Nur zu Besuch: Unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater or Nur zu Besuch: Die Toten Hosen unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater (Only visiting: Unplugged at the Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...

) is a MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged is a TV series showcasing many popular musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show has received the George Foster Peabody Award and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations among many accolades.-Unplugged:...

 album by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...

.

Track listing

  1. "Blitzkrieg Bop
    Blitzkrieg Bop
    "Blitzkrieg Bop" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released as the band's debut single in April of 1976 in the United States...

    " (Dee Dee Ramone
    Dee Dee Ramone
    Dee Dee Ramone was an American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones....

    , Tommy Ramone
    Tommy Ramone
    Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi , is a Hungarian American record producer and musician...

    ) − 2:23 (from Learning English, Lesson One
    Learning English, Lesson One
    Learning English, Lesson One or Learning English, Lesson 1 is the second cover album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. The album includes covers of mostly British bands, which were big influences for DTH.This is also the first all-English album for DTH, although the first English language...

    ; Ramones
    Ramones
    The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

     cover)
  2. "Opel-Gang" (von Holst, Frege/Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop) − 2:35 (from Opel-Gang
    Opel-Gang
    Opel-Gang is the debut album of the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. The title is a reference to an article in a Düsseldorf newspaper, where a gang of small-time thieves, who drove self-tuned Opels, were named Opel-Gang, even though the band wasn't initially into car modding...

    )
  3. "Auswärtsspiel" (Away game) (Frege/Frege) − 3:14 (from Auswärtsspiel
    Auswärtsspiel
    Auswärtsspiel is the ninth studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. This is one of the favourite albums for the band. The album is much more personal than previous albums...

    )
  4. "Popmusik" (Pop music
    Pop music
    Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

    ) (Frege, Funny van Dannen
    Funny van Dannen
    Funny van Dannen is a German singer, songwriter, author, and painter of Dutch origin....

    /van Dannen, Frege) − 2:30
  5. "Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit
    Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit
    "Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the first single and the sixth track from the album Opium fürs Volk....

    " (Nothing remains for eternity) (von Holst, Frege/Müller, von Holst, Frege) − 3:25 (from Opium fürs Volk
    Opium fürs Volk
    Opium fürs Volk is the seventh studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. Although it's not considered a concept album, it has a central theme of religion . It's regarded as one of the best DTH albums...

    )
  6. "Hier kommt Alex
    Hier kommt Alex
    "Hier kommt Alex" is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central character on the concept album...

    " (Here comes Alex) (Meurer/Frege) − 4:19 (from Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
    Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
    Ein kleines bißchen Horrorschau is the sixth LP by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1988...

    )
  7. "The Guns of Brixton
    The Guns of Brixton
    "The Guns of Brixton" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was written and sung by bassist Paul Simonon, who grew up in Brixton, south London...

    " (Paul Simonon
    Paul Simonon
    Paul Gustave Simonon is an English musician and artist best known as the bass guitarist for punk rock band The Clash. Recent work includes his involvement in the album The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Damon Albarn, Simon Tong and Tony Allen, released in January 2007...

    /Simonon) − 2:38 (The Clash
    The Clash
    The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

     cover)
  8. "Das Mädchen aus Rottweil" (The girl from Rottweil
    Rottweil
    Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants...

    ) (Frege, von Holst/Meurer, Frege) − 3:34 (from Auswärtsspiel)
  9. "Der letzte Kuss" (The last kiss
    Kiss
    A kiss is the act of pressing one's lips against the lips or other body parts of another person or of an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, and good...

    ) (Breitkopf, Meurer/Frege) − 2:44
  10. "Wünsch dir was
    Wünsch DIR was
    "Wünsch DIR was" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the second single and the thirteenth track from the album Kauf MICH!....

    " (Make a wish) (Meurer/Frege) − 3:46 (from Kauf MICH!
    Kauf MICH! (album)
    Kauf MICH! is the ninth album by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1993. The LP is mainly a concept album dealing with consumerism and ultraconservatism. Along with the album's art and several songs addressing commerce, satirical advertisements and infomercials are interspersed among the music...

    )
  11. "Der Bofrost-Mann" (The Bofrost man) (van Dannen, Frege/Frege, van Dannen) − 2:42
  12. "Böser Wolf" (Big Bad Wolf
    Big Bad Wolf
    The Big Bad Wolf is a term used to describe a fictional wolf who appears in several precautionary folkloric stories, including some of Aesop's Fables and Grimm's Fairy Tales.-Interpretations:...

    ) (von Holst/Frege) − 3:11 (from Opium fürs Volk)
  13. "Pushed Again
    Pushed Again
    "Pushed Again" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It is the only single and the fifth track from the album Crash-Landing.The song is about being tormented by somebody and trying to get this somebody off the narrator's back.-Music video:...

    " (Breitkopf/Frege) − 4:08 (from Crash-Landing
    Crash-Landing
    Crash-Landing or Crash Landing is the second English language studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen, intended for the Australian market...

    )
  14. "Weltmeister" (World champion) (von Holst, van Dannen/van Dannen, Frege) − 2:58
  15. "Alles aus Liebe
    Alles aus Liebe
    "Alles aus Liebe" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the twelfth track from the album Kauf MICH!....

    " (All out of love
    Love
    Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...

    ) (Frege/Frege) − 4:22 (from Kauf MICH!)
  16. "Freunde
    Freunde
    "Freunde" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the twelfth track from the album Zurück zum Glück.The song is a hymn and an ode to friendship overall.-Music video:...

    " (Friends) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) − 4:26 (from Zurück zum Glück
    Zurück zum Glück
    Zurück zum Glück is the tenth studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. The cover is designed by Dirk Rudolph.-Track listing:# "Kopf oder Zahl" Zurück zum Glück (Wordplay: Back to happiness/Fortunately back) is the tenth studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. The cover...

    )
  17. "Nur zu Besuch
    Nur zu Besuch
    "Nur zu Besuch" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the eleventh track from the album Auswärtsspiel....

    " (Just visiting) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) − 4:37 (from Auswärtsspiel)
  18. "Hand in Hand" (Baumann, Götz, Kurtzke, Scholz, Teutoburg-Weiss) − 3:48 (Beatsteaks
    Beatsteaks
    Beatsteaks are a punk rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 1995.- History :Peter Baumann, Stefan Hircher, Alexander Rosswaag and Bernd Kurtzke founded the Beatsteaks in 1995. Shortly after Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß joined the band as a singer and additional guitarist...

     cover)
  19. "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder
    Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder
    "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" is a German drinking song. The song is repeated over and over, each time the song is sung quicker and a pitch higher, until performers can't sing anymore....

    " (Ice-cold Bommerlunder) (Molinare, Dt.Spez.; Trimpop/Trimpop) − 4:22 (from "Bommerlunder/Opel Gang")
  20. "Schönen Gruß, auf Wiederseh'n" (Best regards, good bye) (Rohde/Frege) − 3:29 (from Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück)

Singles

2005: "Hier kommt Alex (unplugged)"

2006: "The Guns of Brixton (unplugged)"

Personnel

  • Campino - vocals, kazoo
    Kazoo
    The kazoo is a wind instrument which adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, a device which modifies the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane."Kazoo" was the name given by...

  • Andreas von Holst - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

  • Michael Breitkopf - guitar
  • Andreas Meurer - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , double bass
    Double bass
    The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...

  • Vom Ritchie - drums
  • Raphael Zweifel - cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

  • Esther Kim - piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , accordion
    Accordion
    The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....


Charts

Year Country Position
2005 Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

5
2005 Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

6
2005 Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

7
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