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This time I focus on the song not so much on the interprets of this impressive song.
The song Jeanny is a mixture of English and German. The refrain is sung in English and everything else is spoken in German. The song is so stunning, scaring and agonizing with all those innuendos about something unnatural and prohibited that it was banned from radio play in Austria in mid of 1980's when it was released. Originally this song is sung by Austrian musician Johann Hölzel aka Falco, but I personally like the version of Reamonn & Xavier Naidoo (2001) so I present you that one. Also a Polish pop band called Ich Troje (1996) among other artists has recorded Jeanny. The live version of Ich Troje is maniac, agressive and attention-seeking (as all their songs) with the Teddy-bear and blood.
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| Reamonn. Picture is from here |
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| Xavier Naidoo. Picture is from here. |
They say that the song glorifies the rape and the scandal increased the sales. The song doesn't say anything directly but the news flash in the end just feeds the imagination. Feminist associations started to boycott the song and as I already said the song was prohibited for a while. All this fuss about the song just tells us that the song is very powerful and yes we do not allow the story of the song but the impressively dreadful song just reminds us that in the world there are people like the stalker of this poor Jeanny. That we should never forget.
Check also: Falco - Jeanny, Falco - Coming home (Jeanny part II), Falco - The spirit never dies (Jeanny Final), Ich Troje - Jeanny,
JEANNY
Jeanny, komm, come on
Steh auf, bitte
Du wirst ganz naß.
Es ist schon spät, komm
Wir müssen weg hier
Raus aus dem Wald
Verstehst du nicht?
Wo - wo ist dein Schuh?
Du hast ihn verloren
Als ich dir den Weg zeigen mußte
Wer hat verloren?
Du dich? Ich mich?
Oder, oder wir uns?
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
A lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny
Es ist kalt
Wir müssen weg hier, komm
Dein Lippenstift ist verwischt
Du hast ihn gekauft
Und ich hab es gesehen
Zuviel Rot auf deinen Lippen
Du hast gesagt:
"Mach mich nicht an"
Aber du warst durchschaut.
Augen sagen mehr als Worte
Du brauchst mich doch, hmmm?
Alle wissen, dass wir zusammen sind
Ab heute
Jetzt hör ich sie!
Sie kommen!
Sie kommen dich zu holen.
Sie werden dich nicht finden.
Niemand wird dich finden!
Du bist bei mir!
*Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
A lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
A lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
You gotta struggle and fight
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
You gotta struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny*
News flash:
Das Bundeskriminalamt hat jüngst seine neuste Statistik über sexuellen Mißbrauch in Deutschland veröffentlicht. Aus dieser geht hervor, daß es sich bei 1/3 der 52.000 erfaßten Fälle um sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder handelt. Laut BKA dürfte die Dunkelziffer aber deutlich höher liegen. Es wird vermutet, daß jedes Jahr über 200.000 unter 14 Jahren sexuell Mißbraucht werden.
*Jeanny... *
JEANNY
Jeanny, come come on
Get up
Or you'll get wet
It's late already
Come - we have to leave
Out of the woods
Don't you understand?
Where - where is your shoe?
You lost it
When I had to show you the way
Who is lost?
You? Me?
Or, or are we both?
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny
It's cold
We have to leave here, come
Your lipstick was smudged
You bought it
And I saw it
Too much red on your lips
And you said:
"Leave me be"
But I saw through you
Eyes said more than the words
You need me, isn't it so?
Everybody knows that we're together
From this day on
Now I can hear them!
They're coming!
They're coming after you
But they're never going to find you
No-one will ever find you
You are with me!
*Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
Such a lonely little girl in a cold, cold world
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny, quit livin' on dreams
Jeanny, life is not what it seems
You're lost in the night
You gotta struggle and fight
There's someone who needs you
Jeanny*
News flash:
Criminal police has recently published the latest statistics about sexual abuse in Germany. It turned out that every third of 52 000 cases is about sexual violence against the children. According to criminal police those dark numbers should be even higher. Presumably every year over 200 000 under age of 14 gets sexually abused...
*Jeanny... *
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