Die Doedelsäcke "Crashtest'89" Punk.de, Punk 046
Release Date: 2010
Running Time: 41:43, 14 tracks
The biggest surprise of the year! I had heard Die Dødelsäcke´s previous albums (“Durst 609”, 2002 and “Herrengedeck”, 2006) and I could not imagine that the follow-up would be so good. In fact, I have included “Crashtest’89” in my 2010 Top Ten list.
Die Dødelsäcke have done it, mixing The Real McKenzies and Die Toten Hosen they have got their own blend. Maybe “Crashtest’89” is not a Single Malt, but it’s a great Blend.
The album begins with Intro, a bagpipe tune played in the traditional style which is linked to the next track, 20 Jahre Kaperfahrt, a song whose Real McKenzies influences are quite obvious.
The following number, Opa Kneipen starts with a shout, an excellent catchy punk song with tin whistle and pirate/drunken vocals in Die Toten Hosen style. One of my favourite tracks.
Ode and den Spass is a song whose music is that of The Rising of the Moon and Pub Girl’s music is that of I’ll Tell Me Ma. The lyrics are quite funny, a Boy meets Girl at the Pub, they spend the night together and when the boy wakes up he is really astonished when he sees what the girl is.
Theodor is another pipes song, whose music is traditional, that I have really enjoyed.
The next song is Das ist Punk. The style is not Celtic, but American: banjo, harmonica. A Johnny Cash song that turns into a punk one.
Rentner is another punk song that shines: a mandolin-driven song with Die Toten Hosen and Peter and The Test Tube Babies influences about the life of the people who got their retirement.
4 Gläser Whisky seems a shanty at the beginning, because of the accordion and the seagulls. But when you think that it´s going to be a song similar to The Pogues Navigators, it becomes a Dropkick Murphys’ song, a fastest Forever. Four glasses of Whisky, you know the story …
Das Gegenteil is a German style punk, a fast song with tin whistle.
Zwei Wege, great bagpipes punk similar to Bastards on Parade. Imagine this was sung in English, it would be a classic of the genre.
Pub Boy. Do you remember Pub Girl? This is the girl’s vision. Excellent mandolin and guitars in a song that could be included in any Toy Dolls or MaccLads album.
Zu Spät (Too Late) is a quiet tin whistle song in which the pipes burst at the end.
Niko MacMohr, another superb pipes song, dedicated to the late Niko MacMohr, the band’s former piper. Black Tartan Clan or Pipes and Pints at their best. The outro, a traditional tune, will sound familiar (Pipes and Pints When the Pipers Play)
Ah, and the CD design is high quality: a 12 pages booklet, a band's sticker and a couple of dice inside the jewel case.
My dream now: that these guys decide to sing in English in their next album. But not a covers albums like Die Toten Hosen “Learning English”, but their own songs. I will open the jewel case and throw the dice, who knows, perhaps I will be lucky ...
Tracklist:
01 - Intro 02:11
02 - 20 Jahre Kaperfahrt 04:24
03 - Opakneipen 03:36
04 - Ode an den Spaß 02:31
05 - Pub Girl 01:58
06 - Theodor 02:43
07 - Was ist Punk 02:39
08 - Rentner 02:34
09 - 4 Gläser Whisky 03:26
10 - Das Gegenteil 03:04
11 - Zwei Wege 04:00
12 - Pub Boy 02:29
13 - Zu spät 02:34
14 - Niko MacMohr 03:27
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Review by Kinksmarkham
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