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ARD censors entire line of text in Udo Jürgen's hit "Thank you for the flowers"

2023-03-27T11:30:47.627Z


Are the texts by Udo Jürgens still relevant today? Apparently not, because songs by the hit legend are changed or censored again and again. Now also "Thank you for the flowers".


Are the texts by Udo Jürgens still relevant today?

Apparently not, because songs by the hit legend are changed or censored again and again.

Now also "Thank you for the flowers".

Berlin – His hits are still real party hits, his bathrobe is a cult.

That's exactly why rbb television (belongs to ARD) is looking for the most beautiful hit by Udo Jürgens in the new episode of "30 Favourites".

There were 30 great songs to choose from – including “Thank you for the flowers”.

But a particularly attentive fan noticed that the text of the hit hit was changed.

ARD censors the word in Udo Jürgen's hit "Thank you for the flowers"

"Thank you for the flowers" is an absolute classic.

If you don't know it as a Udo Jürgens hit, you know it as the theme song of the cartoon series "Tom and Jerry".

So it's quite clear that the song shouldn't be missing from "30 Favourites".

But while listening, a fan noticed something strange: "Thank you for the flowers" was changed by rbb and a certain line of text was cut out.

Long hair, flashy outfits, wild looks: The pictures of the big hit stars then and now

Long hair, flashy outfits, wild looks: The pictures of the big hit stars then and now

"'I knew very well that this time everything was clear, she opened her eyes to me and then said: You are the most beautiful man who has ever been there for me - my name is Dieter, and I'll start something with you! '

cut them out completely.

The latter, above all, extremely clumsy, because the song went on, everyone laughed, and nobody knew why!” said the fan to our colleagues from schlagerprofis.de.

Controversial topic "political correctness": "Mohrenkopf" also causes heated debate:

Since 2012, for example, the Duden has listed the word "Mohrenkopf" with the indication that this term could be interpreted as discriminatory.

Synonyms such as foam or chocolate kiss are now more common.

The name itself comes from late 19th-century France, where the sweet delicacy was baptized tête de nègre.

The debate is perceived by many as problematic, above all because the outdated expression "Mohr" is a foreign attribution, the use of which, however, is primarily discussed by white people - and thus by those not affected.

Others see the discussion as part of the cancel culture that is rampant.

Source:

duden.de

Udo Jürgens: verse about drag queen deleted – ARD is silent

The said second stanza is - independently of the first stanza - about an initially unknown drag queen named Dieter, with whom the narrator has fallen in love.

Was that a coincidence?

If not, why did rbb feel compelled to censor this passage?

We asked rbb television, but have not yet received an answer.

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Are the texts by Udo Jürgens still relevant today?

Apparently not, because songs by the hit legend are changed or censored again and again.

Now also "Thank you for the flowers".

(photomontage)

© Screenshot YouTube & IMAGO/Future Image

This was not the first time that a song by Udo Jürgens was censored or changed for television.

After Florian Silbereisen recently rewrote a song on his own, Giovanni Zarrella also played it safe in his ZDF hit show.

Sources used:

rbb television, schlagerprofis.de

Rubric list image: © Screenshot YouTube & IMAGO/Future Image

Source: merkur

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