Warning was a German
electronic music band founded in 1982. They are best known for their 1982 single "Why Can the Bodies Fly", which was featured in a 1983 episode of the TV series ''
Tatort''
History
Edgar Schlepper, owner of a music store, and Hans Müller, who worked for a record label, created several songs during a joint
jam session
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on a
guitar synthesizer , which were compiled on their debut album ''Warning'' in 1982. The two musicians used the pseudonyms Ed Vanguard (Schlepper) and Mike Yonder (Müller).
The recordings for the album were performed by the former
Rattles drummer Dicky Tarrach, while the background vocals came from two former singers of the
Les Humphries Singers. The
lyrics for "Why Can the Bodies Fly" were written by the
Spaniard
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Ines Gaim
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People
* Ines (name), a feminine given name, also written as Inés or Inês
* Saint Ines or Agnes (), Roman virgin–martyr
* Eda-Ines Etti (stage name: ''Ines''; born 1981), Estonian singer
Places
* Doña Ines, a volca ...
, while the other lyrics were written by
Jürgen Barz
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*Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder
*Jürgen Alzen (born 196 ...
. Schlepper and Müller presented themselves on the album cover wearing masks like
Darth Vader.
The song "Why Can the Bodies Fly" caught the attention of director
Wolfgang Becker while he was on vacation due to his morbid mood, so he added it to the soundtrack of a 1983 episode of the TV series ''
Tatort'', "Peggy hat Angst". In the film, the offender (portrayed by
Hans-Georg Panczak
Hans-Georg Panczak (born 19 July 1952) is a German actor. He is best known as the German voice of Waylon Smithers in ''The Simpsons'', of Luke Skywalker in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy, and of Glenn Quagmire in ''Family Guy'' since the four ...
) plays the song in stressful situations before each murder that he commits.
"Why Can the Bodies Fly" reached number 11 in the German and 17th place in the Austrian single charts and remained the only hit of the duo. Edgar Schlepper later produced radio plays. Hans Müller died in 2004 of cancer, Edgar Schlepper died in 2015.
"Why Can the Bodies Fly" was covered by the Austrian
death metal
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band
Pungent Stench on the 1993 EP ''
Dirty Rhymes & Psychotronic Beats''.
"Darkness" was covered by the German death metal band Morgoth on their first full length album "Cursed".
Discography
Albums
*''Warning'' (1982)
*''Electric Eyes'' (1983)
Singles
*"Why Can the Bodies Fly" b/w "In Crowd" (1982)
*"Journey to the Other Side" b/w "Warning" (1983)
References
External links
Discogs
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German electronic music groups
Eurodisco groups
Musical groups established in 1982
1982 establishments in Germany