Liebesspieler
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"Liebesspieler" is a song by Die Toten Hosen
. It's the only single and the second track from their album Unter falscher Flagge
.
The song is about a man, who goes to the horse race track to bet and win money. At first it seems that the horse (named Liebesspieler) is going to win, but the horse doesn't win and the money is lost.
The band had a session with DJ John Peel
on 30 June 1984 and they released the songs as b-sides to the single.
There is also an English
version of the song on Love, Peace & Money
, titled "Love Is Here".
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"...
. It's the only single and the second track from their album Unter falscher Flagge
Unter falscher Flagge
Unter falscher Flagge is the second album of the German punk band Die Toten Hosen.-Track listing:...
.
The song is about a man, who goes to the horse race track to bet and win money. At first it seems that the horse (named Liebesspieler) is going to win, but the horse doesn't win and the money is lost.
The band had a session with DJ John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
on 30 June 1984 and they released the songs as b-sides to the single.
There is also an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version of the song on Love, Peace & Money
Love, Peace & Money
Love, Peace & Money is the first English language album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen , not counting the cover album Learning English, Lesson One. It was intended for the Japanese market...
, titled "Love Is Here".
Track listing
- "Liebesspieler" (von Holst, Breitkopf, Frege/Frege) − 2:50
- Die John Peel Session:
- "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" (Play me the song of death; German title for Once Upon a Time in the WestOnce Upon a Time in the WestOnce Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a...
) (Ennio MorriconeEnnio MorriconeEnnio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
) − 1:14 - "Es ist vorbei" − 2:27
- "Till to the Bitter End" (Frege/Frege) − 2:48 (English version of "Bis zum bitteren Ende")
- "Seafever" (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) − 3:38 (English version of "ReisefieberReisefieber"Reisefieber" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the only single and the fourth track from their debut album Opel-Gang....
") - "Hofgarten" (Court garden) (Breitkopf, von Holst, Meurer/von Holst) − 1:41