KAREL GOTT - ROT UND SCHWARTZ

KAREL GOTT - ROT UND SCHWARTZ 

A mind can play crazy tricks on you. I'll rephrase that : my mind can play crazy tricks on me. During the corona-lockdowns I frequently tuned in to Ready, Steady, Stay In ! This was an online event that was put together by Bill Kapelj aka Bill Carson where dj's from around Europe played 30 minutes sets with the more alternative music from the 60's. On one of the sets I heared Rot Und Schwartz by Karel Gott and for some reason I thought that this was the original version of Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones.

It has this old and traditional sound with a Slavic twist. This song clearly had to be older than the version of The Stones. Perhaps I linked it to Frank Sinatra's My Way that originally was a French song (Comme d'Habitude) by Claude Francois. But looking into it a bit closer soon learned that the credits for the song belonged to The Rolling Stones.

Karel Gott (known as The Golden Voice of Prague 1939-2019) recorded the German folk version of Paint It Black in 1969.  At that time he already had 3 top ten hits in Germany and soon several hits would follow. Recently his song was used in the Netflix movie Blood & Gold and I chose the Youtube video with footage of this movie.


Lyrics :

Die rote TürIch streiche sie ab heute schwarzDenn alles, was so rosarot warIst jetzt schwarzOh, sag mir dochWas ist mit uns denn nur gescheh'n?Warum muss ich jetzt allesSchwarz in Schwarz nur seh'n?
Rot, so wie FeuerHat die Liebe einst geglühtSo schnell wie roter MohnIst sie für uns verblühtOh, und alles ist so schwarzUnd leer jetzt um mich herOh, sag mir dochGibt es denn keinen Ausweg mehr?Oh, die Nacht ist schwarzUnd alles scheint um uns so totDoch irgendwoDa schimmert schon das MorgenrotUnd bald, da wird die SonneHoch am Himmel steh'nUnd uns're LiebeSie wird wieder neu ersteh'n
Oh, rot so wie FeuerWird sie wieder für uns blüh'nUnd hunderttausend rote BlumenWerden blüh'n
Und schau, die rote Tür zum GlückSie öffnet sichSie öffnet sich zum neuen GlückFür dich und michOh, sag mir doch, sag mir dochWas ist mit uns gescheh'n?Warum, warum, warum muss ichJetzt alles schwarz nur seh'n

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