• dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’ve been listening to “Du bist schön” for months. I finally decided to “study” it today so that I can understand it. (IE: Google translate, Wiktionary, etc. etc.)

    Holy shit. I knew the words for mirror, beautiful, as well as Alligatoah makes it clear that this guy was talking to himself in the song. But the full understanding was lost until I studied now.

    That’s a lot of self deprecating humor all at once. With a huge amount of social commentary.

    I can highly recommend as a German language exercise, though maybe it’s a bit of a downer overall.

    https://youtu.be/dlvStoOyEzE

    I knew this was a sarcastic and “biting” song even without study. But wow.

    Du bist schön, aber dafür kannst du nichts

    Weder lesen, noch schreiben, noch was anderes

    Du bist schön, aber dafür kannst du nichts

    Du kannst nicht mal was dafür, dafür kannst du nichts