When you see two street musicians without a basket, you know they aren't in it for the money. It's a rare view, but if you had happened to walk past my friend Alex me and in the summer of `96, you would definitely know what it looks like.
To celebrate the end of a school week, we would grab an inexpensive guitar, an even cheaper redwine ("Viala", definitely not a sponsored post...) sit on the sidewalk and sing the following song:
"Why did you do this to me, a buddy told me youve got a new boyfriend now, I didnt do anyhting but cry for two entire weeks..."
The highlight, of course, is the chorus (G -- am -- C -- D):
"However, one day, I'll take revenge, I will break the hearts of all the girls around, at this point I will be a celebrity who is featured in the newspaper, and then you`ll regret it, but then it will be too late (zu spät)..."
I don't remember if any passer-by enjoyed it, but we sure did.
I still love Die Ärzte to this day, but I hardly listen or play "Zu spät" anymore, because by now I've heard it more times than I read the word "Satoshi" in the same sentence as "Bitcoin".
I assume it is the same with the Ärzte, who, since this song had made them famous had to play it at every concert.
As long as you had fun playing on the sidewalk, that was the important thing.
Are you planning to start doing the street music without basket again?
Haha, no, but I may record own of my own songs soon and offer a free mp3 download :)
Nice! :)
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