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Posted by w42loren on 07-19-2008 at04:33:

Deshtapa Deshtapa Geprert

WHAT IN THE HECK IS HE SAYING? I remember several years ago seeing Mike at BQN's church in St. Louis and he mentioned that Ba Ba Ba was originally going to be named Utah Utah Utah. Puts a whole new perspective on the song. But I'm still out of the loop when it comes to what that dude is saying in the song. I can't tell if its backward masking or what. I though maybe it was German. I had a foreign exchange student from Germany visit with one of my kids to my youth group and she could not make it out. I will feel so much more educated in the culture of 77's if new the answer to this one question.

Posted by MefLiszto on 07-19-2008 at18:19:

RE: Deshtapa Deshtapa Geprert

This is German for "like a lamb to the slaughter", or some such. Mike discusses it on the radio interview which is available for download somewhere on this site.

Posted by Doctor Love on 07-19-2008 at20:16:

RE: Deshtapa Deshtapa Geprert

wie Schafe zur Schlachtung führte

like sheep led to the slaughter

Posted by w42loren on 07-20-2008 at02:52:

yep. Once you get that Coca Cola in your system... it will lead you sown the paeh of destruction every time.

Posted by w42loren on 07-20-2008 at02:54:

see, I have so much caffein in my system right now I can't even type strait.

Posted by dennis on 07-20-2008 at05:48:

Koffein ist ein weißes, kristallines bittere Xanthin Alkaloid, das als Stimulans psychoaktiven Drogen-und ein mildes Diuretikum (Geschwindigkeiten bis Urin Produktion) beim Menschen und anderen Tieren. Koffein wurde von einem deutschen Chemiker Friedrich Ferdinand Runge, im Jahr 1819. Er prägte den Begriff "kaffein", eine chemische Verbindung in Kaffee, der in englischer Sprache wurde Koffein. Koffein ist auch, wenn guaranine gefunden in Guarana, wenn mateine gefunden in Mate und theine gefunden, wenn in Tee, alle diese Namen sind Synonyme für die gleiche chemische Verbindung.

Coffein findet sich in unterschiedlichen Mengen in die Bohnen, Blätter und Früchte von mehr als 60 Pflanzen, wo sie als natürliche Pestizide, lähmt und tötet bestimmte Insekten ernähren auf die Pflanzen. Es ist am häufigsten konsumiert von Menschen in Infusionen extrahiert aus den Bohnen von der Kaffeepflanze und die Blätter der Tee-Busch, sowie von verschiedenen Lebensmitteln und Getränken mit Produkten aus der Kola Nuss oder Kakao. Andere Quellen zählen Yerba Mate, Guarana Beeren, und die Yaupon Holly.

Beim Menschen, Koffein ist ein zentrales Nervensystem (ZNS) stimulierende, die bewirkt, dass vorübergehend Abwehr Benommenheit und Wiederherstellung Wachsamkeit. Getränke mit Koffein, wie Kaffee, Tee, alkoholfreie Getränke und Energy-Drinks genießen große Popularität. Koffein ist die weltweit am häufigsten konsumierte psychoaktive Substanz, aber im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen, es ist legal und ungeregelten in nahezu allen Rechtsgebieten. In Nordamerika, 90% der Erwachsenen konsumieren täglich Koffein. Die US Food and Drug Administration Listen Koffein als "Multiple Purpose allgemein anerkannt als sichere Lebensmittel-Stoff". Einer Studie 2008 vorgeschlagen, dass Frauen konsumieren 200 Milligramm oder mehr Koffein pro Tag hatte etwa das Doppelte der Fehlgeburt Risiko als Frauen, trank keine, während eine andere Studie ergab 2008 kein Zusammenhang zwischen Fehlgeburten und Koffein Verbrauch.

Posted by w42loren on 07-20-2008 at06:40:

What?

Posted by Marti on 07-20-2008 at07:22:

Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant and is very popular and they've done studies on women that did and didn't drink it, etc. Have a donut.

Posted by w42loren on 07-20-2008 at17:36:

I thought M#@%&ns were not supposed to drink caffien. Din't Michael Jackson get in big trouble back in the 80's for doing a Pespi commercial?

Posted by peawinkel on 07-20-2008 at18:31:

Ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba

Posted by dennis on 07-20-2008 at20:30:

quote:

Originally posted by Marti
Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant and is very popular and they've done studies on women that did and didn't drink it, etc. Have a donut.

In a nutshell.

Posted by Cynthia on 07-21-2008 at06:46:

The song Ba Ba Ba Ba is in German?

Posted by Marti on 07-21-2008 at09:54:

quote:

Originally posted by Cynthia
The song Ba Ba Ba Ba is in German?

That particular line is in German.

Posted by Chesterdox on 07-21-2008 at12:50:

Mike's German?

Posted by Cynthia on 07-22-2008 at07:09:

I don't pick out lyrics well from songs and often get them wrong, so I rely a great deal on written lyrics to know the exact words of a song. When I was a kid I remember hearing "get up and boogie" and I thought they were saying "get up Azookie". I thought the song was about some guy named Azookie that wouldn't get out of bed. Anyway... I have read the lyrics on the 77's site for Ba Ba Ba Ba and also what I printed a long time ago for chords for my chord book and neither one have any german words in them. That's why I was confused about if there was a separate version of the song in German or something. I'll need to listen to the song on CD real closely now and see if I can pick out what you are all talking about.

Posted by Doctor Love on 07-22-2008 at08:23:

ach du lieber augustine!

There is no 'German version'.

The only German words are in a chant at the end done by 'ol pal Steve Griffith from VECTOR. I can't remember why we did this but it has been a point of interest to 77s fans everywhere ever since. Evidently German fans are also very fond of the tune as we saw royalties for radio plays of this song coming over from there for many years.

Posted by Cynthia on 07-22-2008 at13:07:

I get it now... thanks. I'm always the delinquent one that never quite gets these things, but I'm enjoying learning so much 77's trivia. Smile

Posted by w42loren on 07-22-2008 at17:01:

Ba Ba Ba is the perfect 80's new wave song and my favorite 77's song of all time! If you want the perfect new wave radio set - play these three in a row - Ba Ba Ba by 77's, Hear What I say by Vector (love ya Bruce!) and Lie Down In The Grass (Charlie Peacock). Can't top it!

Posted by Doctor Love on 07-22-2008 at17:32:

Lie Down On Your Ass

Doctor sings backup quite prominently on the choruses of Lie Down, btw, along with Steve Griffith of Vector. I was always very proud of that.

Posted by Chesterdox on 07-23-2008 at08:10:

quote:

Originally posted by w42loren
Ba Ba Ba is the perfect 80's new wave song and my favorite 77's song of all time! If you want the perfect new wave radio set - play these three in a row - Ba Ba Ba by 77's, Hear What I say by Vector (love ya Bruce!) and Lie Down In The Grass (Charlie Peacock). Can't top it!

Don't forget Rocket Packs by DA!