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Helge Schneider
Born (1955-08-30) 30 August 1955 (age 56)
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Nationality German
Occupation comedian, jazz musician, actor, author, film and theatre director
Website
Official homepage (German)

Helge Schneider (born August 30, 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor. Schneiders works are an unconventional mixture of horseplay humor, parody, and jazz-influenced music. They involve spontaneity and improvisation as important elements.

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Biography [link]

After dropping out of high school, he started an apprenticeship as a construction draftsman. He soon changed plans and was admitted to the Duisburg conservatoire to study piano, after passing an entrance exam for particularly gifted applicants (it later turned out that his diploma was invalid since he dropped out of high school too early). He then toured as a little-known jazz musician and as an entertainer, basically a stand-up comedian, in local clubs. Schneider is a multi-instrumentalist, playing various instruments such as the Hammond organ, acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, drums, piano, accordion, trumpet, cello, saxophone, clarinet and others.[citation needed]

He became a popular comedian in the 1990s and is still one of the best known German comedians.[citation needed] He toured and still tours (alone and with his bands "Hardcore", "The Firefuckers" and others) through major concert halls with a mixture of music and comedy. He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song Katzeklolied (Kitty Litter Box Song): "Katzeklo, Katzeklo, ja das macht die Katze froh" ("Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy]."), which was a number one hit in Germany in 1994.[citation needed] He has written, directed and starred in four Low-budget movies. He has also composed and performed music for numerous films, including some of his own films like Texas – Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem and Jazzclub – Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.[citation needed] In 2007 he appeared as Adolf Hitler in a satirical film: Mein Führer: The Truly Truest Truth About Adolf Hitler.

Schneider has written nine books, including an autobiography ("My whole life's in this book, up to right now. The second part will come in thirty or forty years") and a musical, "Mendy - das Wusical", which appeared at Bochum Theatre in 2004.[citation needed]

His comic techniques are often referred to as highly unique, extremely anarchic (also by himself) and include parody, use of the Ruhr Region local dialect Kohlenpott, the unexpected use of infantile language and other unexpected stylistic transitions, slapstick/physical humour, Dada-esque absurdity, sudden and unexpected use of crude/sexual humour, references to national and international highbrow and lowbrow culture, and phonetic and declamatory playfulness and exaggeration.[citation needed] Vast parts of his material are deeply rooted in German language and do not translate well into other languages.

Discography [link]

Helge Schneider 2002
  • 1987: The Last Jazz
  • 1989: Seine größten Erfolge (His greatest hits)
  • 1990: New York, I’m Coming
  • 1991: Hörspiele Vol.1 (1979 - 1984) (Radio dramas)
  • 1992: Hörspiele Vol.2 (1985 - 1987)
  • 1992: Guten Tach (Hello there)
  • 1993: Es gibt Reis Baby (We're gonna have some rice, baby)
  • 1993: Die Geschenkkassette (5 CDs; The gift box)
  • 1995: Es rappelt im Karton (Rumble in the cardboard box)
  • 1997: Da Humm
  • 1998: Helge 100% live - The Berlin Tapes
  • 1999: Eiersalat in Rock (Egg salad in rock, released as Helge and the Firefuckers)
  • 1999: Jazz (& Hardcore)
  • 2000: Hefte raus - Klassenarbeit! (Workbooks out - exam time!)
  • 2003: 22 sehr, sehr gute Lieder ("The Best Of"; 22 very, very good songs)
  • 2003: Out Of Kaktus!
  • 2004: 29 sehr, sehr gute Erzählungen ("The Best Of"; 29 very, very good stories)
  • 2004: Füttern Verboten (Live album; Please don't feed)
  • 2007: I Brake Together (a complex German-English wordplay: The German expression for I am collapsing (Ich breche zusammen) can be literally translated as I break (not: brake) together)
  • 2007: Akopalüze Nau (parody of "Apocalypse Now")

Filmography [link]

own movies [link]

selected acting work [link]

References [link]

External links [link]

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Podcasts:

Helge Schneider

ALBUMS

Live at the Grugahalle: 20 Jahre Katzeklo (Evolution!)

Released 2014

Sommer, Sonne, Kaktus!

Released 2013

Fantasie in Blau

Released 2010

Erwin Klemke präsentiert: Das Köln Konzert: The Official Live Bootleg incl. Video-Material

Released 2010

Akopalüze Nau!!!

Released 2007

I Brake Together

Released 2007

Füttern verboten (Live in Dortmund 2004)

Released 2005

The Best of: 29 sehr, sehr gute Erzählungen

Released 2004

Mendy, das Wusical

Released 2004

The Best of: 22 sehr, sehr gute Lieder (Aber auch Erzählungen)

Released 2003

Out of Kaktus (Songs aus dem Kaktus)

Released 2003

Laut!

Released 2002

Jazz

Released 2001

Hefte raus: Klassenarbeit!

Released 2000

Eiersalat in Rock

Released 1999

Helge Live: The Berlin Tapes

Released 1998

Da Humm (Wurstfachverkäuferin)

Released 1997

Es rappelt im Karton!

Released 1995

Guten Tach!

Released 1992

Seine größten Erfolge

Released 1991

New York I'm Coming

Released 1990

The Last Jazz

Released 1987

Es gibt Reis, Baby

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Nimms Nicht So Schwer

by: Helge Schneider

Die Khe auf der Weide, sie essen gerne Gras. Der Bauer mahlt Getreide, es macht ihm riesen Spass. Die Hhner auf der Stange, sie gackern im Duett. Wie gern ich unterm Pflaumenbaum gefrhstckt htt.
Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum across the sea. Pflaumenbaum, to my omma. Pflaumenbaum vergess ich nie. Der Pflaumenbaum, der Pflaumenbaum, er steht bei uns im Hof. Er ist schon 1000 Jahre alt, die Pflaumen sind so gro. Und er streckt seine Zweige ganz weit in den Himmel. Er steht ganz stabil auf seinem Fuss und ist ein Freund von Mann und Frau.
Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, erzhl uns deinen Traum. Deinen Traum vom Frieden. Pflaumenbaum, ahaha Pflaumenbaum. Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, uhuhuhu yeah. Pflaumenbaum uh yeah, Pflaumenbaum.
Im Pflaumenbaum, im Pflaumenbaum da ist ein doll Gewimmel. Es wohnen dort auch Bienen, sie haben einen Stechfimmel. Sie stechen Kinder, alte und neue immerzu. Doch haben sie ein guten Freund, es ist der Imker mit seinem Gummischuh. Pflaumenbaum, uhu. Pflaumenbaum across the sea. Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, du alte Pflaume du. Hey alter Kumpel. Der Imker hat einen schnen tollen Hut, er ist aus kleinen feinstem Maschendraht geflecht. Und er tanzt mit den Bienen um den Baum man glaubt es kaum, in Eintracht Braunschweig.
Der Pflaumenbaum, der Pflaumenbaum er ist nur noch ein Stumpf. Er wurde gestern abgehackt von einem bsen Schlumpf. Er kam mit seiner Zipfelmtze und mit seiner Scher. Und wie wenn Papier es wr, die beiden Daumen schnipp und schnapp - Baum ab. Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum warum bist du abgehaun? Oh Pflaumenbaum, oh du Supertyp. Pflaumenbaum ohohouh. Pflaumenbaum, Pflaumenbaum, ach komm zurck und helf den Menschen, das Ozonloch zustopfen zum Beispeil. Stopf es zu Pflaumenbaum oh stopf es zu. Stopf stopf, stopf stopf das Ozonloch. Stopf stopf.




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