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DÖF (German-Austrian sensitivity), was a 1980s Austria
n-German
Neue Deutsche Welle
pop band.
It consisted of the Austrian comedians Joesi Prokopetz and Manfred O. "Fredi" Tauchen, and the German New Wave music artists Annette Humpe
and Inga Humpe. DÖF released only a few Songs, which were a mixture of Standard German
and Viennese dialect
.
Of it the most well-known are on the 1983 LP
"DÖF", which sold over 500 000 copies in the German linguistic region
.
The band's singles were "Codo", "Taxi" (both 1983), and "Uh-uh-uh mir bleibt die Luft weg" (1984). After only a few years, the band members went their own ways.
Und ich düse-düse-düse im Sauseschritt, was a major hit in Europe, becoming number one of the charts in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
.
The song sold over a million copies, staying at number 1 in the charts for five weeks in Germany. A promotional recording
was made in Yinglish
language, Cojdoj the flying Schissel.
Band members Joesi Prokopetz and Inga Humpe explained the story behind the song:
As Joesi Prokopetz explained in a TV documentary about Austropop
in 2006, Codo's international success carried over to the band's other songs as well, so that, inexplicably to him, Taxi (essentially a comedian act in Viennese dialect) remained in the Danish
charts for several weeks.
TV series that was first aired in the late 1990s.
In 2006, Nerf Herder
, the band that composed and performed that tune, said that they had "never heard of Döf", and the similarity was "coincidental". Back in 1999, Nerf Herder lead singer, Parry Grip gave the background on the writing of the melody, the original melody was not written specifically for the show, it had been in place before Whedon contacted the band asking them to submit a demo for a theme tune,
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...
n-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...
Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle is a genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music...
pop band.
It consisted of the Austrian comedians Joesi Prokopetz and Manfred O. "Fredi" Tauchen, and the German New Wave music artists Annette Humpe
Annette Humpe
Annette Humpe is a famous German songwriter, pop singer and record producer. Her band Ideal was one of the most important and seminal representatives of the Neue Deutsche Welle...
and Inga Humpe. DÖF released only a few Songs, which were a mixture of Standard German
Standard German
Standard German is the standard variety of the German language used as a written language, in formal contexts, and for communication between different dialect areas...
and Viennese dialect
Viennese German
Viennese German is the city dialect spoken in Vienna, the capital of Austria and is counted among the Bavarian dialects. Even in Lower Austria, the state surrounding the city, many of its expressions are not used, while farther to the west they are often not even understood.- Linguistic...
.
Of it the most well-known are on the 1983 LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
"DÖF", which sold over 500 000 copies in the German linguistic region
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
.
The band's singles were "Codo", "Taxi" (both 1983), and "Uh-uh-uh mir bleibt die Luft weg" (1984). After only a few years, the band members went their own ways.
"Codo"
Codo (shortened from "Cosmic Dolm"), which is most remembered for its catchy refrainRefrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
Und ich düse-düse-düse im Sauseschritt, was a major hit in Europe, becoming number one of the charts in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
The song sold over a million copies, staying at number 1 in the charts for five weeks in Germany. A promotional recording
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...
was made in Yinglish
Yinglish
Yinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English-speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were uncommon in the old country...
language, Cojdoj the flying Schissel.
Band members Joesi Prokopetz and Inga Humpe explained the story behind the song:
As Joesi Prokopetz explained in a TV documentary about Austropop
Austropop
Austropop is a musical movement, which started in Austria in the middle of the 1970s. However, Austropop is not much of a specific style, it is more a trademark of origin, because musicians of various styles, such as rock, Neue Deutsche Welle, New Folk and more recently perhaps Pop, are counted as...
in 2006, Codo's international success carried over to the band's other songs as well, so that, inexplicably to him, Taxi (essentially a comedian act in Viennese dialect) remained in the Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
charts for several weeks.
Similarities between Codo and the "Buffy theme"
Codo contains a chord progression (occasionally hummed by backing singers from 0:50 onwards) that is very similar to the "Buffy theme", the theme song of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, an AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
TV series that was first aired in the late 1990s.
In 2006, Nerf Herder
Nerf Herder
Nerf Herder is a punk rock band from Santa Barbara formed in 1994 by Parry Gripp , Charlie Dennis and Steve Sherlock . They describe themselves as a "geek rock" band, and are known for simplistic modern punk-style songs with frequently humorous, juvenile and pop-culture-referencing lyrics...
, the band that composed and performed that tune, said that they had "never heard of Döf", and the similarity was "coincidental". Back in 1999, Nerf Herder lead singer, Parry Grip gave the background on the writing of the melody, the original melody was not written specifically for the show, it had been in place before Whedon contacted the band asking them to submit a demo for a theme tune,