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Thread #69020   Message #1167850
Posted By: Wolfgang
22-Apr-04 - 08:41 AM
Thread Name: Changing the words
Subject: RE: Changing the words
German singer songwriter Wolf Biermann's best known song is arguably 'Soldat, Soldat in grauer Norm'. The best known line from this song is the before last line, identical in each verse, five words: 'Soldaten sehn sich alle gleich'.

'Soldiers all look alike'. To the author's dismay much too often this line is rendered as 'Soldiers all are alike'. This is completely different from what Biermann wants. In many interviews I heard (or read) him complaining about this particular line being sung wrong.

I just looked into the web: 15 wrong quotes, 18 correct quotes.

Wolfgang