Die Toten Hosen - Ein Kleines Bisschen Horrorschau (FLAC) - 1988

Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants/Trousers". "Tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring". Their name can figuratively be translated as "The Dead Beats".

Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau ("A little bit of horrorshow") (subtitled: Die Lieder aus Clockwork Orange und andere schmutzige Melodien ["The songs from Clockwork Orange and other dirty melodies">) is the sixth LP by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1988. This is considered by the band as the best DTH album as of 1988.

The LP is mainly a concept album based on the film A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, which in turn is based on the book of the same name by Anthony Burgess, although not all of the songs are about the main theme. The idea of the LP has its origin during a performance of A Clockwork Orange at Theater Bonn where the band acted as supernumeraries and as supporting band. Songs 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12 are from the play and these are the ones recorded in Schauspielhaus Bonn, other songs were recorded in Berlin and Cologne.

The songs are linked together by snippets of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (played by a symphony orchestra), whose music plays a prominent role in A Clockwork Orange (especially the 9th symphony). The cover features a famous painting of Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler. The word 'Horrorschau' is a play on the Nadsat word 'horrorshow', which comes from the Russian хорошо (khorosho) and means 'good' or 'well'. A couple of Nadsat words are used in songs too.

The song "Hier kommt Alex" appears as a bonus track in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It is also included in the European release of Rock Band, and as a downloadable track on the American version. The song is also be available for download in Guitar Hero World Tour.

"Bye, bye Alex" is structurally and musically similar to "Hier kommt Alex".


Genre: Punk rock.

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Track listing
01. "Hier kommt Alex" ("Here comes Alex") (Meurer, Frege) – 3:53
02. "1000 gute Gründe" ("1000 good reasons") (Breitkopf, Frege) – 3:33
03. "Ein Schritt zuviel" ("One step too much") (von Holst, Frege) – 2:22
04. "Keine Ahnung" ("No idea") (Frege, Frege) – 2:08
05. "Die Farbe Grau" ("The colour grey") (Frege, Frege) – 3:52
06. "180 Grad" ("180 degrees") (Meurer, Frege) – 4:33
07. "Mehr davon" ("More of it") (von Holst, Frege) – 5:10
08. "Zahltag" ("Payday") (Breitkopf, Frege) – 2:42
09. "35 Jahre" ("35 years") (Rohde, Frege, von Holst) – 2:15
10. "Musterbeispiel" ("Prime example") (Frege, von Holst) – 3:55
11. "Testbild" ("Test card", lit. "Test picture") (Frege, Frege) – 3:17
12. "Bye, bye Alex" (Rohde, Frege) – 2:58