"So the years and the days pass me by, go their ways, and the changes are all that remain." "To remain true to oneself, people have to change." "Just changing your clothes Will not make the difference." "Press here." "In the middle." "Do you see us?" " And you're going to send him that?" " Yes, I'll send it to him." "The button in the middle!" " Yes?" " Yes!" "Now I need your number." "As MMS." " So, at what time do we have to be where?" " Track 3, wagon 12, 11:06 o'clock" "Perfect." "Yes they are still lying to us" "Just as they lied to you" "And you gave them everything you had" "Your strength, your youth, your life..." " Where do we have to change trains?" " Stuttgart." "And I am prepared for the Big Bang" "A fed up God is sitting on the roof" "Preaching about abstinence" "Enough is not enough" "I no longer accept your lies" "Silence is fraud" "Enough can never be enough..." " Locked?" " Well, I don't even see a lock." " Up there." " Ah yes, up there." "Hello." "We wanted to go to our seats but the door is locked." " Locked?" " Yes." " Sure?" " Yes." "Locked." "I can't believe that." "No." "Not locked?" " No." " Then we are too weak." " Can you see if this is horizontal?" " You can see that." " I am too small." " Yes, horizontal?" "No vertical." " Well, but then the door is not locked." " Oh no!" "The country needs strong women." " Thank you very much." " You're welcome." "The country needs strong women." "Well, yes this question is asked again and again, has been asked for decades:" "Do you believe that with your songs you can change the world?" "No, I do not believe that." "I cannot instigate a movement with my songs, but I can accompany them and give them a voice." "True, but there is also something else." "I believe you have to ask the counter-question." "I believe without our songs the world would have changed." "The world would be worse now." " Look at it from that perspective for a moment." " Yes." "Yes." "Many people came to Dresden today to stand up against the traditional Nazi march." "There are many Nazi groups here today." "The police is getting nervous." "That is why we urge you to stay here." "When now they openly start Singing "Nazi"-songs again" "Make jokes about Jews Laugh at Human Rights" "When now they raucously and drunkardly celebrate their stupidity" "As the German behind the bar Will still heal the world" "Then stand up and intervene!" "Say No!" "If as tramp or as singer As banker or idler" "If as pupil or as teacher Housewife or street-sweeper" "If you are six or a hundred years old Don't be scared and surprised" "But mad and angry - intervene!" "Say No!" "There was, of course, a generation after the Generation of '68 that was rebellious against their fathers and therefore rebellious against their fathers of the Generation of '68." "They felt an urge to go new ways." "Articulate their thoughts differently." "This is why my hopes now lie with the youngsters - people of your generation." "This could be the opportunity that young people start doing what they're supposed to do:" "Being disobedient and being revolutionary in their thoughts and actions." "Thirty years ago I wrote a Bavarian song called "Yesterday Willy was killed."" "And after what happened in Rostock twenty years ago" "I wrote a new version which I would like to perform now." "Yesterday, Willy was killed" "And today everything's starting up again." "Did you hear the screams in Rostock, Willy?" "You must have heard them!" "Foreigners, Asylum seekers" " The cowards always pick the poor and the weak." "But far worse than the stupid boys was the applauding And celebrating crowd" " that's right, Willy" "They were applauding while over a Hundred Vietnamese were crying out for help." "And before that in Hoyerswerda, In Hünxe and then in Mallnä and and...and..." "Do you remember how brutally The state intervened against the RAF?" "But back then important politicians were in danger" " people of a higher value I guess" "Because now the police changes shift while Vietnamese are torched and negroes are beaten up." "Where is this leading now, Willy?" "Willy, do you think one politician apologised?" "No, their answer to all this cruelty is To work on stricter asylum laws" "They agree with the mob in order to stay in power" "And win the next election" " Willy, that's disgusting!" "Yesterday, Willy was killed" "And today everything's starting up again." "When I've moved on to some other place There may be one or two" "When I've played and passed through Who'll remember my song or my face" "But sometimes, when my dreams Start to haunt me, it seems" "I should try settling down, For a change, in some town." "So the years and the days Pass me by, go their ways," "And the changes are all that remain." "Ah, there it is!" "Shit!" "I am in a bad mood right now." " The whole concert is getting me down." " How come?" "My wife thinks I'm good, but I'm really not happy with it." " But why?" " I don't know." "My knees are trembling." "Nothing is going the way it should." "The guitar is out of tune." "I'm talking nonsense." " I make lots of mistakes..." " Maybe it's just you, ...?" "Yeah, probably it's just me..." "I don't know yet." "I can't meet my own expectations, you see?" "Sure, the people might not notice, but in my eyes, today is an underperformance." "And that's pretty annoying." "Despite all that" "Even if the system is rotten and reeking, Nobody knows, despite all that," "When it will crumble and fall apart." "Powerful and resolute, despite all that," "It will endure, no doubt at all." "But should it persist for too long," "Its successor could turn out Even worse, despite all that." "In the 60s we had our hopes, Despite pop and spook and all that," "The politicians in Bonn would finally Feel the heat, despite all that." "But now all is bleak, despite all that, Despite SPD and all that." "A dreary, black winter wind Gives us the chills, despite all that." "Despite distrust, dread and all that, The day will come, despite all that," "That fear will after all turn into Resistance, despite all that." "You would think that after all these years on stage, it will become all the same at some point." "But that's not the case." "Even though I might have done things for a thousands of times;" "I change, the world changes and my songs seem to change again out of themselves." "Lift!" "There are mice in there, Christoph!" "They nibbled everything down there." "Per is actually supposed to be helping Ben." "Well now he's helping me." "We're from the Wader world and they're from the Wecker world." "And we know Hannes inside out, of course, whereas, with Konstantin, we still need some time to get to know his microcosm." "Well, but this is the stage setting he agreed to." " Yes, but it still is a two men show, right?" "!" " We still can move things around later." " But you get my drift, right?" " Yeah, sure!" "I am just saying that with this stage setting," "Hannes' position has to be a bit more like this." "As soon as the boss is here, he'll want everything changed around again anyway." "Yes, but I am speaking for Hannes right now." "Good, but I can't go farther back and I don't want move forward either." "I can move farther to the centre but not farther left" " Konstantin would be off stage." "No, but you can't go further to the centre because then you have this stupid position." "You shouldn't just arrange the stage as you always do and afterwards think of a position for Hannes." "That's bullshit!" "But look, Konstantin is also very important and now he is nearly off stage." "Yes, but we have a hole in the middle." "That's the point." " Here in the centre you mean?" " Yes." "In the centre." "I've been on the road, so long" "Been tired and broke, so long" "I've been to the south Where the winds they were warm" "Travelling the road of no return, so long." "I've been to the south Where the winds they were warm" "Travelling the road of no return, so long." "Regardless of what I did, first of all I was Bavarian." "The rest of Germany basically thought we were fascists." "They denied us Bavarians the capability of political thinking." "Plus, I had short hair back then, did bodybuilding, played the piano instead of the obligatory guitar and had a cello player with me - a total no-go!" "But you know, Hannes, I think just because we were" "German singer-songwriters back then, we were automatically pushed into the left-wing corner." "But you never wanted that, right?" "Right, for a long time, I tried to fight that image." " And today ..." " Today that is just what I am." "Whereas, Hannes, by the way, you were the ideal type of a left-wing artist:" "the hat, tall, thin, long hair...everything fit." "If it's your wish, he remarked, To be just like the others" "Then abide by your boss And crawl right up his ass." "Then you practice that carefully Until you've ground down your profile's" "Contours and quirks On your boss's gut wall." "And the boy quickly turned To the neat society" "And expressed his wish To become a nice ass kisser as well." "But the people were soon Very surprised and indignant," "Pretended that they'd never Heard that word." "My idea was to be as minimalistic as possible;" "even the guitar's six strings were too much." "I wanted to invent a guitar with only three strings - to be even more minimal, less grandiose." "This is why I stand on stage like a stick right behind the microphone with my guitar." "Without my guitar I don't know what to do with my hands..." "Konstantin is the exact opposite of me." "He needs the grand gesture, the orchestra, the grandiosity, the explosion." "That wasn't my style at all." "Don't touch me You stupid death" "Don't touch me I want to live" "Don't touch me I could lose myself" "And then I can't guarantee for anything." "Tell me quando tell me when..." "I will tell you the exact moment then." "Under palm trees by the sea..." " Do you know the text?" " No, I don't." "We have to think dramaturgically now." "It would be good if Hannes had a microport and would come on stage just then, singing..." "That would be excellent." "Even after 40 years, Hannes still has some stage fright - more or less when he is on his own, he's in control." "Right now, it's difficult since he is only one in a group." " Could I get the text please?" " The text of " High Society" please." " I don't get into the groove..." " Yes, we have to practise." "Listen, you are too late at the beginning, that's why it doesn't work." "Could also be that I don't hear everything right due to my hardness of hearing." "You nearly got it." "Hannes and Peter, you need to go over tonights timing once more, please." "Well, normally, I can do that but I am not fit today." "I need my eight hours sleep, if I only get one, I can only pretend to be fit." "SWR 1 Morning People with two well-known guests who are still very popular and who are on tour together:" "Good morning and welcome Konstantin Wecker and Hannes Wader." "How are you?" " Well, you didn't sleep very well, did you?" " I didn't sleep at all." " Not at all?" "But not because of us?" " No." "I guess it has more to do with the fact that we're rehearsing our new act and have a lot on our minds." "Premiere is tomorrow." "Do you still experience some kind of stage fright?" "Sure, of course." "Konstantin no, I guess." "Konstantin was born on stage - it is his spirit." "He is very spontaneous, open minded, approaches people." "For example, the idea of our tour was also his." "He is like that." "Whereas, I am much more of a loner." "A late developer and loner." "...I already had it as a very young man." "Well, I didn't hit puberty until I was fifty." "So you complement each other like an old married couple?" "Yes." "I think it works because our opposite temperaments attract each other." "Yes, but don't forget that at the end of the day, we want the same thing, otherwise we wouldn't perform together on stage." "You'll come back for the spitting, right?" "Since I continuously work on my songs and improvise," "I usually don't need to rehearse a lot for a concert." "I enjoy the idea of discovering new sides of old songs over and over again each night." "Ben we need you!" "We have a problem with Hannes' guitar" "Seriously, five minutes before showtime." "Yes, I hear there's something wrong, we're having problems with the guitar" "Shit!" "What time is it?" "If necessary, he'll have to play on a different guitar." "But he doesn't like that one." "Well, the ritual!" "Are you ready?" " Wader!" "Wader!" " Guys!" "Let's go." "Once again they're on their way, making offers," "Taking bows, passing bribes to one another," "Delectating themselves over spa concerts, Visiting houses in Malibu." ""What a delightful dress, my dear, no doubt about it." "Prime locations." "L.A., Paris."" ""See you soon with Guido." "Stocks are on the rise, despite the weather."" "Opening galleries, left and right, Buying art and clothes in bulk." "Charitizing in the Tuileries And pinching the staff's bottoms." "Excuse me, it was only..." "Well, sorry about that" " We'll see you in November, of course," "Let the plebs stay home and freeze, We're off to Zanzibar again." "High society, on the brink, everything under control." "They're at the helm and love the cliffs" "And are the first to abandon the sinking ship." "And gently silence falls down on your soul" "And life goes on and blooms just like that" "And the trees bow to you familiarly" "And in their glances you find your peace." "Luck is fleeting, hard to grasp" "It's good to let yourself go like that." "At the beginning of the tour, I was still scared stiff and  had trouble finding my part in this ensemble on stage." "I am a loner, that's just what I am." "And now, playing with a band and someone as present on stage as my beloved friend Konstantin " "Of course this is a real challenge for me." "Yes, I am happy." "More than that - I expected more mistakes on my side." "But there were only small ones." "I'm still better than half of my classmates." "I have a D." "Yeah, but that's good, isn't it?" " Super!" " Well..." " Did I somehow help with that?" "No!" " Sure, you wrote the whole text!" " Really?" " Well, I didn't do that." "Nice, anyway D, that's excellent!" "It works out fine." "Another room might be good, for me, but it's ok!" "Office, studio, kitchen" " we have two kitchens because my ladies are vegetarians," "I'm the only carnivore and that doesn't work out." "I am the only political songwriter from the working class by the way." "I didn't go to high school, but did an apprenticeship." "Still, I can't really say if I had an unhappy childhood or not." "At least I can't remember being ill-treated or mishandled physically..." "Well, of course, I've been mishandled physically, but then..." "Maybe my childhood was harder than I would like to admit." "But, then again, this has to do with my generation:" "I was born in the middle of war, 1942, my father was still in the field." "In the end, he came back home alive but we couldn't built up a father-son relationship anymore." "I can't say if ever there would have been a chance for that." "I often state that I never made my own decisions but others decided for me." "But the one decision I secretly made for myself was to either die or to sing." "I'm Hannes Wader." "I'm from Bielefeld." "I've been living in Berlin for several years." "I've been composing songs for about five years... and for the last two years, I've eked out a living from my music." "Since the days of Walter von der Vogelweide, songs like mine hadn't existed in Germany." "But still they weren't right." "The people wanted to hear:" "Capitalism leads to fascism, capitalism has to go." "That's what they wanted, but I didn't deliver." "I gave them something else that agitated them." "But in a language they didn't want." "A language that was unheard of." "Because of Charly many Girls ran away from home " "He took that for granted And didn't care too much." "But not only the wild and Naughty girls had a crush on him " "Even the honest grey mice Were turned on when he showed up." "I've never done it like that before." "This looks like shit!" " You like to cook, don't you?" " Yes..." "All wrong." "Fatherland, Fatherland I do not know at all." "If father would have owned some land More than his last resting-place" "I would know, I would know." "I guess no pig could ever be More German than me " "All my life I have given Germany more than I ever got back." "Than I ever got back." "I was born here, I like it here." "But on days When Germans beat foreigners to death," "I want to be neither German nor a foreigner." "Here comes the boss!" "Boss?" "He was generally known as a grumpy old fart, people knew that he could be pretty difficult." "Shut up over there!" "I'll never forget how once, after a pretty good, a highly celebrated concert in a student bar in Munich, people permanently attacked Hannes for political reasons." "Nobody ever congratulated or said thank you back then, that didn't exist." "So in the end, I felt bad for him and therefore" "I didn't mind too much that he was a bit rude with me too." "That never had an effect on my love for his songs though." "Shall we stop right here?" "Ok, let's go on." "I've rarely felt as bad about myself as during the rehearsals in Stuttgart." "So I told myself:" "No more of this business." "Not with Konstantin, not with David Bowie, not with Paul McCartney or even with Bob Dylan." "I'm going to do this all on my own as of now." "Do I ever ask myself why I go through all that trouble?" "Of course I do." "But then again I'm happy that I gave it a shot." "It shows you that you need challenges in order to improve." "The TV is broken, the hi-fi as well Summer comes and passes quickly" "Come let us sing together Electricity has been turned off" "In the merry month of May." "One voice takes the lead" "The others join in" "Every note a joy" "A feast of sounds for all" "But sometimes, when my dreams Start to haunt me, it seems" "I should try settling down, For a change, in some town." "So the years and the years days Pass me by, go their ways" "And the changes are all that remain." "But sometimes, when my dreams Start to haunt me, it seems" "I should try settling down, For a change, in some town." "When summer is on it's way" "And the sky is an opal," "Then I know my time has come" "'Cause the world is blooming again" "And passion finds its way." "When the end of my days has come," "The beginning is through" "'Cause then it's no small detail" "If time you had" "Has been wasted." "Then I finally will do what I want" "'Cause of pleasure, you can't get enough." "Only your not allowed to stand still and be idle" "'Cause pleasure never was an easy thing." "When summer is on it's way" "And the sky is violet," "Then I know my time has come" "'Cause the world is blooming again," "Getting rich and tremendously fat." "Getting rich and tremendously ...fat." "I can't say if I really planned to stay in Italy forever when I left." "It was more of an escape." "I became very famous very quickly, especially with my political songs." "And there were so many political groups that tried to get a hold on me " "I needed a break." "I don't want to be a Messiah or something like that." "I only want to express myself through my work as honestly as possible." "I can't care about my audience's expectations and become a political instrument or mouthpiece." "If you call that elitist, well then I'll be just that." "All of this is childhood memory." "It's surprising and very fortunate that I can look back on 63 years... and nothing has really changed around here." "I came to my profession through the educated middle-class." "My father was an opera singer and we sang duets together." "This still has an impact on me today." "My passion for Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Rossini still inspires my work." " Did my wife make these cookies?" " You want a piece of cake from your wife?" "We have to try her famous raspberry truffles." "In the seventies, the idea of a fatherland had a very negative connotation in Germany   for good reasons." "It was still strongly connected with National Socialism." "You didn't want to get involved with that." "But some time ago, I discovered the big difference... between the fatherland notion of a country and the idea of your home country as a home." "I still dislike the idea of a fatherland;" "I have no use for that." "What is this, a fatherland?" "Where are its borders?" "Still the ones of a hundred years ago?" "Whom does it hate, whom does it spare?" "And how are we connected with it?" "Through its wealth or its victories?" "How fast have we forgiven it All the dead and the wars." "What makes me proud of a country Only because it isn't as poor" "As the others, where the people have Kept warmth in their hearts." "And wouldn't a motherland Although I know it doesn't exist," "Show a kinder face to all it Is responsible for?" "What is this, a fatherland?" "A fatherland?" "Believe me, my friends, my own father will do already!" "A whole country as a father Has always been a lie." " You are not allowed to cheat!" " Yes, anyway, get over here." " No cheating!" " Well, you are..." " I know who I am." " Yes?" " And you are?" " Schwartow." "I am simply everybody." "Perfection makes the difference between the strong and the weak." "Meaning:" "Play a perfect, a flawless concert together with this little Jewish boy...right?" " Jewish Boy." " ...together with this Jewish boy." " This is what the Reichsführer SS said, right?" " This is exactly..." "This is exactly what the Reichsführer SS said, and that's all there is to it, right?" " ... formulated it..." " Well..." "This is exactly how the Reichsführer SS formulated it, and that's all there is to it." " Colonel of the SS, please..." " Colonel of the SS" " ..." "Colonel of the SS, please..." " Exactly." "Well, I will be laughed at in school because of that." "No, listen this is not a film supporting National Socialism, it is against it." " But maybe your fans will be disappointed?" " No, I don't think so." "Tamino, will you sit straight please?" "Thank you!" " What?" " What?" " What?" " I didn't even look at you..." "I am a little anxious about the change that happens to you automatically... when you put on a uniform and these boots, when you start to move differently...." "Anxious also, of course, to discover something in you, you do not necessarily like." "My wife, for example, says that sometimes I become loud and angry, extremely Bavarian,... and show a side of me she never knew and really doesn't like." "It's all in you, it's all in you." "To make a very fundamental point, I am probably racist." "I was raised like that, not explicitly, subtly maybe." "For example, the moment I see a foreigner, strangely dressed to my knowledge," "and I trust my inner feelings, I notice how a feeling of alienation develops " "Pay attention here!" "Meaning:" "I have to be concerned with racism to avoid being a racist." "Seriously...that really looks good on you!" "In Tübingen, a woman noticed your nice toes." "Your neat feet." "Because you're my darling And you know it" "Come by at night, come by at night Tell me your name" "Come by at night, come by at night Tell me your name" "Because you're my darling I want to come to you" "Come by at night, Come by at night, Come by my place" "Come by at night, Come by at night To make me warm" "Come by at midnight Come by at one" "Father's asleep, mother's asleep I'm sleeping by myself" "Father's asleep, mother's asleep I'm sleeping by myself" "Come by at midnight Come by at one" "Father's asleep, mother's asleep I'm sleeping by myself" "Father's asleep, mother's asleep I'm sleeping by myself" "Knock on my door Touch the doorknob" "Father says, mother says That's just the wind" "Father says, mother says That's just the wind" "When morning come The rooster will crow" "My darling, my darling Now you have to go" "When you get older, everything in life becomes more difficult - except the stage." "The stage gets better and better." "I should have said just that when they asked me." "It's true." "Hannes, it's good to be on tour with you." " A great pleasure." " A great pleasure!" " Tomorrow, we'll do that again." " Tomorrow, we'll do that again!" "Was this a dream of yours?" "Yes." "Before I knew it, it fulfilled itself when we moved here." "Suddenly there was this cellar and then I had a wine cellar." "Didn't you say you don't collect things?" "So you do collect something after all?" "No, I don't." "I will drink all these next year." "As you see,  the correct word would be storage." "Not much longer then one or two years." "At our very first shooting, you mentioned you would like to see this picture again..." "Yes, I do." " I found it." " Really?" " You want to see it?" " Yes, yes." "There are two newspaper articles with that picture of you." " Yes, the cops." "Look what he has got there!" " A gun." "And here he put my coat over my arms so I couldn't move." "And before that he held the gun to my stomach." "Indeed." "Shit!" "Yes, that's the house, the hideout." "Back then, Gudrun Ensslin introduced herself to me under a false name... as a freelance journalist without an apartment." "So I said:" "I have an apartment." "Then I toured through Europe and when I came back they arrested me." "'Cause the whole Baader-Meinhof Gang was hiding in that apartment that was an awful, awful time for me." "An old nightmare still follows me around" "There's a haunted house in Hamburg Where everything started" "Nearly lost dreams A topic I avoid whenever possible" "My apartment, a terrorist hideout" "The arrest, the interrogations..." "And a dead policeman in front of the house" "Spare me the details I'm trying to make a different point." "I didn't eat anymore;" "I only drank alcohol and sang." "I basically looked like a skeleton back then." "You can still see that on many pictures." "I am actually surprised that I was still capable of standing on stage and opening my mouth." "I'm hard as nails, you have to admit that." "Yes, I survived it - but deep wounds remained." "I accuse myself of having secretly sympathized with this gang of murderers and that therefore this didn't happen to me without a reason;" "...that I was under surveillance for ten years;" "monitored by the public authorities." "In fact, I don't really want to be reminded of all this Baader-Meinhof shit!" "For years, they've performed a play In front of a large audience" "In which a band of murderers Kills their own fathers in cold blood" "The figures are stimulated By their murderous lust for power" "The older power holders Profit from this battle" "Politicians, murderers, assassins Joining together in their unjust politics" "Make traitors out of Christians Of this young republic" "You relentlessly beat on Communists and Democrats" "Your betraying this country Shall never be forgotten." "Yes, the terror, the state, What's happening right now," "One could almost believe What's happening right now," "They're sharing the same plate" "They're sharing the skeletons in their closets" "Friends, comrades They've chosen" "To destroy democracy" "But as long as we're still around As long as we're still around" "As long as we're still around We won't allow that yet." "Joining the DKP in the late seventies, was lifesaving for me." "I was so totally free back then that I could do whatever I wanted to." "And, somehow, that wasn't what I really wanted." "People even worshipped me for being the lone wolf." "Then I joined the DKP and to my relief my earnings dropped immediately and people sent me back broken records with the words:" "You dirty communist bastard, you betrayed us - take your records back!" "Now, I finally felt at ease again, I had a position, you see?" "I was no longer a free floating Jesus." "Robbers of the nations We are your downfall" "And if they aim their guns Towards the Soviet Union" "Than the Red Armies will prepare For battle, for revolution" "We've waited for so long At the prince's behest" "And finally they delivered Misery, filth and sweat." "The socialist nuclear power plants are good because they're built for the people." "The capitalist nuclear power plants are bad because they're built for profit." "Obvious, isn't it?" "And then:" "Chernobyl." "What now?" "." "What do you do now?" "." "You see?" "It was a wonderful time of black and white back then." "I never thought about it like that." "But you're right, of course." "Suddenly, you're famous and at the same time very lonesome - if only because your creativity lies within yourself." "And somehow you lose yourself in this new experience of fame." "We were still young, disconnected." "And I think that my systematic decline into the world of drugs may have had a similar background." " Possible, yes." " That feeling of homelessness you mentioned." " But you chose a different haven." " You might put it that way, yes." "My choice wasn't better, though." "Today, nobody finds Anybody else guilty" "Today, today, everybody leaves Everybody else in peace" "What a night Full of lunatics and Brahmins" "No slogans Would you pour me a glass?" "This is a celebration With neither marching nor flags" "Neither weapons or borders But unrestricted" "Friends, lets close the ranks Because the flames are already flicking" "And stupidity Is on the rise again" "Let's talk to each other Embrace each other" "Whoever needs us in these dark times." "Bavarian songwriter Konstantin Wecker arrested for drug possession." "Songwriter Konstantin Wecker arrested." "Thirty grams of cocaine found in his possession." "Songwriter Konstantin Wecker in custody." "Wecker supposedly bought seven hundred grams of cocaine." "The "raw character"..." "He couldn't get enough..." "Konstantin Wecker was in prison for almost two weeks." "Konstantin Wecker will be released from custody on a bail of 300.000 German Marks." "Released!" "His life of drugs, therapies and failed relationships is crying out for harmony." "...only three weeks after being released from prison  Konstantin Wecker wants to marry." "...the forty-eight year old with his twenty-one year young bride..." "Astonishing:" "I can give the greatest concerts and never get as much press as there is when I get arrested, take drugs or get married." " So this is not authentic?" " No, it's not authentic." "That is: sometimes..." "If he only knew what it's like when he is not home." "She sat in the first row at a concert and I was immediately fascinated and spellbound." "After the concert, I did everything I could to get to know her." "And then I went to another concert in Frankfurt and there you gave me a plane ticket for the next day." "So I came to Grünwald and never left again." "And then I got arrested almost right away." "And the arrest was definitely not a discrete one." "Twelve men stormed the house." "It was serious." "You weren't aloud to talk to each other, you had to undress completely..." "Very unpleasant!" "This time you spent in prison, was it important for your love?" "I believe I would have definitely lost Annik if they hadn't arrested me." "Because then she would have realized how addicted I really was." "Cocaine, cocaine" "Hanging out in galaxies" "Cocaine, cocaine" "Your real life starts the moment you let death be a part of life." "And of course many times during my excessive life" "I have come pretty close to death." "Everything went fine so far." "So I'm not afraid." "Sure you have tough times, but then better times are on their way." "After the snow I see the past years" "I have to admit I could be doing better" "But heaven as is gracious Even the biggest mess-up" "Even the deepest agony Can be useful with hindsight" "That's why I am still experimenting With my own morale" "Because history shows us What was right was often wrong" "There's no life without death I want to make my contribution" "I want to resist again And still be vulnerable" "If I wouldn't do that, I would deny something that belongs to us as human beings." "We are vulnerable - that's just the way it is." "This might also be the reason why so many people are drawn to a vulnerable artist much more than to someone who presents himself in shining armour." "I also believe that there is actually no other way." "Once you have the aspiration to be authentic  and genuine, you're vulnerable." "You know what, we should do this again." "Hannes, this is so good, and I think only your microphone didn't work, right?" "So you didn't see anything yet, okay?" "Surprise!" "And how does it feel to be back after so many years?" " Weird." " Weird." "Odd." "I bought the mill in 1972 and ..." "When did we leave?" "We moved away in 1998." "Was it hard for you to leave?" "It was difficult for Cordula, not for me." "Another contradiction:" "I settle down somewhere and do everything I can to stay forever and then I leave again." "I planted that birch, just like most of the other trees." " Our cherry tree is gone." " Nonsense, I planted all the trees here." "Well, I grew up in the "Teutoburger Forest" - that might explain it." " So Teutoburger Forest is home for you, then?" " Yes..." "look at that." "What a beautiful rose!" "Actually that might also be one of mine." "Where should I turn to In these dark times" "Only hatred and quarrel Everywhere you go" "You can entrap as many recruits As you want" "Love songs, battle songs or critical songs ..." " our songs are political." "We are convinced, and I speak for all of us, that we can change the world." "And that we have to make this world better and more humane." "When I met Hannes, he fascinated me - a member of the DKP and a real believer." "Hannes always said it's a question of classes." "He was very open and outspoken." " And then..." " Then Chernobyl..." "Yes, Chernobyl, and then the 1989, when the communism fell to pieces..." "The collapse and loss of my Weltanschauung." "My aggravation with the socialist ruins..." "Total collapse - that's what it was." "The enthusiasm you had back then disappeared forever." "That's true." "Everything somehow seemed contaminated and poisoned." "Everything's tainted with reservation." "Everything seemingly grand,  everything supposedly true or whatever - be it a person or whatever." "That's actually sad." "A sad situation." "I'd rather be naïf again." "Basically, I always failed big time." "And that's ok." "What a triumph The walls crumbling to dust" "For a short time, I had a heart For this fatherland" "Cheers, Germany!" "All the best and I hope you keep what's been promised" "I have my laughs and Quarrels with you" "But for the moment Would refrain from rejoicing" "The past years felt like a standstill  and suddenly you get run over by history and you are forced to take part again." "You start watching the news again." "Exciting times!" "I was tremendously happy to hear that the citizens of East Germany... were finally allowed to leave their country." "That's wonderful." "But to suddenly pretend that capitalism is the only truth, the real deal, that's disgusting!" "Sometimes brave, sometimes cowardly Sometimes dumb, sometimes wise" "And I pay the price" "The strategists, the thinkers The inside circles" "Rarely know more than I do" "All the rationalist thinkers The cool winners" "The smart asses come and go" "And I while forever Side with the freaks," "The lunatics and day dreamers" "Some say humanity Is slowly but surely" "Collapsing forever" "Are proving the facts Showing the proof" "For tomorrows atrocities" "All the rationalist thinkers The cool winners" "The smart asses come and go" "And I while forever Side with the freaks," "The lunatics and day dreamers" "Who's right, who's wrong Who's a victim, who's a culprit" "Who has the right answers" "And if we find out, Rather sooner than later" "Than it will hardly matter" "All the rationalist thinkers The cool winners" "The smart asses come and go" "And I while forever Side with the freaks," "The lunatics and day dreamers" "Say it again." "I said, people who come to hear Wecker and Wader expect a political statement, no question." "And, as Jo just said, otherwise they might as well go see Brunner and Brunner." "As a declared opponent of old and new Nazis," "I was always prepared for their Taunts and threats." "But there's something going on that" "Really dealt me a blow into the face:" "Neonazis are singing my songs " "No joke!" "Apart from consternation and anger," "I'm embarrassed my songs, as they are," "Can be used to the opposite effect." "And are being misused to support" "What I fear most in the world next to war - nationalism, persecution, xenophobia and murder." "It's secretly smarter not to complain" "To suffer wrong and avoid conflict" "That might end badly for yourself" "No, you have to confront your enemies" "And decide manifestly" "On which side you stand." "This critical view I have of Germany and of everything German,..." "But then again...why should I say I don't like to be German?" "That's the way it is." "And then this never ending discussion if it isn't time to end the accusations to have exterminated over six millions of Jews " "I believe that we have to live with it." "Every day." "And whoever doesn't think about that every day - to hell with him." "I do." "That's a part of me being German." "I never adhered to a strict moral code." "I was always scared someone else would impose his own moral code upon me, a moral code that would force me to become immoral." "And then you realize how many mistakes you made." "I made so many mistakes." "And was hardly always a good person." "But you have to realize that and then work on yourself." "Well yes, I was alarmed now that I just saw myself,... but, as an actor, masquerading is exciting." "Are we ready?" "We talked about perfection." "Do you know what perfection means, little Jewish girl?" "It is your right to live!" "Now I can't even eat an apple anymore, unbelievable!" "The risk nobody takes You have to take" "What nobody says You have to say" "What nobody thinks You have to think" "What nobody starts You have to accomplish" "If nobody says yes You have to say it" "If nobody says no Just say no" "If everybody doubts Dare to believe" "If everybody joins in You stand apart" "I believe in man, in love, in empathy, in the good in man." "That's why I also believe that we can aspire for a world free of domination - that's my utopia:" "a caring society, free of domination." "That's my dream and I believe it's..." "well... possible.... ...but this is where something else comes in:" "The "Despite all that" " "Even if it might be not realistic, it must still be my aspiration." "I have to strive for its fulfilment - otherwise I couldn't live." "When everybody praises Be reluctant" "When everybody taunts Refrain from taunting" "When everybody's miserly Dare to be generous" "Where everything's dark Make light"