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Lorbass
"Songs with dedicated to witty lyrics." ('FM folk-michel' 3/1992)
The group from Gelting on the Flensburg Fjord celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2007. Formed in 1987 from the formation Plattfisch, the quartet plays almost without exception German songs. The repertoire consists of poems set to music by poets such as Klaus Groth, Hein Hoop and Erich Kästner, 'flattened' hits and pop standards as well as their own songs. The name 'Lorbaß' is an East Prussian expression for 'Schelm', 'Schlitzohr' or 'Taugenichts'. Correspondingly, the Low German songs of the group are sometimes funny and cheeky, sometimes calm and contemplative.
The song Pidder Lüng was written by guitarist and singer Bernd Jochimsen after the 1987 census boycott: "Many people from our region had taken part in it at first, but when the first threats of fines fluttered into the houses, many filled out the form. I put my anger about it in the song. You don't have to handle it as extremely as Pidder Lüng in Detlef von Liliencron's ballad - 'Lewwer duad üs Slaav' -, but a little more opposition would be good for our country then and now."
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Various - songwriter in Germany
Vol.3, For whom we sing (3-CD)
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