Typically for former rockmusic in the GDR, one often had to
read between the lines of the lyrics to unravel the criticism in between.
Whereas lyrics before 1989,
including their famous song "Bataillon d'Amour",
in most cases were written by Werner Karma, with their 1993 album
"Hurensöhne" ("Sons of
Bitches"), Tamara became the author of the
band's lyrics. One of my favourite songs from that album -- one to read
between the lines -- is "Traumpaar", a
song about German Unification.
Silly's last album "Paradies" was released in spring 1996 and includes the song Instandbesetzt, which means "having occupied a house illegally in order to repair it" :-)
After Tamara's death, the remaining band decided to release a Best-Of-Edition, originally Tamara's idea, and therefore a tribute to her. Volume one and two are out now, including Tamara's last recordings, two songs called "Kinder der Nacht" ("Children of the Night") and "Nr. Sicher" ("Playing Safe").
Silly are now Ritchie Barton
(keyboards, piano, programming, percussion), Uwe Hassbecker
(guitars, synthesizer, programming, percussion, violin), Jäcki
Reznicek (bass), and Herbert Junck (drums, percussion).
Discography
Other Publications on Silly
created: | 25/07/96 | last update: | 11/09/98 | by Patricia Jung. |