"It's
All a Swindle" (Alles Schwindel), by Mischa Spoliansky and Marcellus
Schiffer (1931)
English German
Papa swindles Papa schwindelt,
Mama swindles Mama schwindelt
Grandmama's a lying thief tut sie auf blob ihren Mund!
We're perfectly shameless Tante Otilie,
but we're blameless und die Familie
after all it's our belief und sogar der kleine Hund!
Nowadays the world is rotten Und besieht man’s aus der Nähe:
honesty has been forgotten Jedes Band und jede Ehe
fall in love but after kissing -- jeder Kub in dern Betriebe
check your purse to see what's
missing und sogar die grobe Liebe!
Everyone swindles some Und die ganze heut’ge Zeit ja,
my son's a mooch and so's the pooch sogar die Ehrlichkeit!
I
chose these lyrics because what it states is true, we live in a world where is
difficult to trust anyone. Most of the
time, people lie and take advantage of others, therefore it is hard to trust
someone. According to the song, everyone is swindle, including parents, governments,
and family. Sometimes we cannot even trust our own decisions, or what we do. I
believe the singer may have had a difficult time during her childhood growing
up because of the lyrics meaning. Parents are those that you supposed to trust,
but she said both parents were deceptions. At the moment it was a period of
time were bad things happen, such great depression. On the other hand, I think
it is impossible to go through life without trust; it will make your life
miserable. I think God create the world base on trust and forgiveness. People may not trust anyone for a reason, but
this does not mean that you have live in a world with fear. We live in imperfect world, but have to find
a way of survive.
"Chuck Out the Men" (Raus
mit den Männern), by Friedrich Hollaender (1926)
English
The battle for emancipation's been raging since history began
Yes, feminists of every nation want to chuck off the chains made by
man
Hula girls and housemaids and wives in Maribou
hear all our voices thunder in protest
Anything that men do women can do too
and more that that we women do it best
German
(für Claire Waldoff)
Es geht durch die ganze Historie
ein Ruf nach Emanzipation
vom Menschen bis zur Infusorie
überall will das Weib auf den Thron.
Vin Hawai-Neger bis zur Berliner Range
braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall daher:
Was die Männer können, können wir schon lange
und vielleicht ’ne ganze Ecke mehr.
These
lyrics represent the oppression the women suffer during this time and the
struggling for liberation. For the author it is enough, women fight for
emancipation since early years. In the
song the author expressed her desire of being free to have the right to do
anything, she sound more feminist.
According
to the society the role of women is stay at home take care of the house,
children, and husband, while the man is the head of the house. Female are
physical disable therefore we do the light works while male are more strong and
more dominating role. During the period of time women those not have freedom of
right as it is today. Gender role is a set of social norms the people should
follow, but we live in world were women can do the same jobs of men. There
still some countries were women do not have the right for speak or work.
Paragraph 175 (Society -
Homophobia) A
national prohibition, \was added to the Reich Penal Code in 1871.
The
paragraph 175 is a provision of German code, meaning
homosexual acts is a crime. Men having sex with men or animal is a crime. They would
lose their civil rights. In 1933 when the Nazi’s take control they reform the
law. The Nazi’s create three parts of the law in 1935 after the murder of Ernst
Roem. The first one is Paragraph 175 mean
who have sex with another man or permits himself to be used by another male for
sex should captivity. But is the male is minor the court may abstain from penalty.
Second, Paragraph 175a a male can be
imprisonment if he abuse or obligate another male to have sex with the intention
of his own pleasure. A male over 21 years of age who seduce males under 21 can
go to jail. The last part is Paragraph 175b mean the any human who
have sex act with animals is imprisonment and loss of the civil rights.
This
article relates to the lecture because it was period time were morality and
norms play an important role in the society. According to the Bible and some
people belief, man should not have sex with the same sex. God create a women
and men to reproduce. I think the people have the right to choose their own way
to live. We should respect people choice if they not harm others.