''Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau'' ("A little bit of horrorshow") (subtitled: ''Die Lieder aus Clockwork Orange und andere schmutzige Melodien'' The songs from Clockwork Orange and other dirty melodies" is the sixth LP by

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, released in 1988. This is considered by the band as the best DTH album as of 1988. The LP is mainly a

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based on the film ''

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'' by

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, which in turn is based on the book of the same name by

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, although not all of the songs are about the main theme. The idea of the LP has its origin during a performance of ''A Clockwork Orange'' at

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where the band acted as supernumeraries and as supporting band. Songs 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12 are from the play and these are the ones recorded in Schauspielhaus

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, other songs were recorded in Berlin and

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. The songs are linked together by snippets of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (played by a

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), whose music plays a prominent role in ''A Clockwork Orange'' (especially the 9th symphony). The cover features a famous painting of Beethoven by

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. The word 'Horrorschau' is a play on the

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word ' horrorshow', which comes from the

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хорошо (''khorosho'') and means 'good' or 'well'. A couple of Nadsat words are used in songs too. The song "

Hier kommt Alex "Hier kommt Alex" (''Here comes Alex'') is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album '' Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau''. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central chara ...

" appears as a bonus track in the game '' Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''. It is also included in the European release of ''

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'', and as a downloadable track on the American version. The song is also available for download in

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. "Bye, bye Alex" is structurally and musically similar to "Hier kommt Alex".

Track listing

# "

" ("Here comes

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") (Meurer, Frege) – 3:53 # "1000 gute Gründe" ("1000 good reasons") (Breitkopf, Frege) – 3:33 # "Ein Schritt zuviel" ("One step too much") (von Holst, Frege) – 2:22 # "Keine Ahnung" ("No idea") (Frege, Frege) – 2:08 # "Die Farbe Grau" ("The colour

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") (Frege, Frege) – 3:52 # "180 Grad" ("180

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s") (Meurer, Frege) – 4:33 # "

Mehr davon "Mehr davon" (''More of it'') is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It is the seventh track on the album '' Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau''. It was also released as a promo single "We Love You / Mehr davon" in 1992 with a cover of the Rolling Stones. ...

" ("More of it") (von Holst, Frege) – 5:10 # "Zahltag" ("Payday") (Breitkopf, Frege) – 2:42 # "35 Jahre" ("35 years") (Rohde, Frege, von Holst) – 2:15 # "Musterbeispiel" ("Prime example") (Frege, von Holst) – 3:55 # "Testbild" ("

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", lit. "Test picture") (Frege, Frege) – 3:17 # "Bye, bye Alex" (Rohde, Frege) – 2:58

2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks

"Zum Chef (Später Dank)" (''To the boss (Late gratitude)'') (von Holst, Frege) – 2:10 (from "
Hier kommt Alex "Hier kommt Alex" (''Here comes Alex'') is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album '' Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau''. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central chara ...
")
"Jo singt (Das Wort zum Sonntag)" (''Jo sings (The word to Sunday)'') (von Holst, Frege) – 0:46 (from "Hier kommt Alex"; "Das Wort zum Sonntag" from ''
Damenwahl ''Damenwahl'' (translation ''Ladies' choice'', a dance term to indicate it is ladies' turn to choose partners) is the third studio album of the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. The term "Damenwahl" appears in "Verflucht, verdammt, gebrandmarkt" ...
'')
"Liebeslied" (''Love song'') (Breitkopf, Frege) – 3:50 (from "Hier kommt Alex")
"Die Farbe Grau" – 3:51 (from the play "A Clockwork Orange" in Schauspielhaus Bonn)
"Zahltag" – 2:43 (from the play "A Clockwork Orange" in Schauspielhaus Bonn)
"Musterbeispiel" – 3:51 (from the play "A Clockwork Orange" in Schauspielhaus Bonn)
"1200 Grad" (Breitkopf, Frege) – 4:35 (''Ein kleines bißchen Horrorschau'' demo)
"Einmal in vier Jahren" (''Once in four years'') (Breitkopf, Frege) – 4:49 ('' Kauf MICH!'' demo)
"Schwarze Sheriffs" (''Black
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s'') (Frege, von Holst) – 3:39 (''Kauf MICH!'' demo)
"Zigarettenautomat" (''
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'') (Frege, Hanns Christian Müller, Müller, Frege) – 2:04 ('' Unsterblich'' demo)

Personnel

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* Andreas von Holst -

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* Michael Breitkopf -

* Andreas Meurer -

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* Wolfgang Rohde -

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References

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