Koelschband
BAP returns to the beginning with “Time Travel”.
Wolfgang Niedecken goes on a concert journey through time with BAP. photo
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A concert for the baby boomers: Wolfgang Niedecken and his band BAP once again dive deep into the 1980s.
“In retrospect, the texts tell a lot about what moved young people back then,” said BAP singer Wolfgang Niedecken (72) of the German Press Agency. “It was the time of the peace movement, on every third car the white dove on a blue background was emblazoned next to the yellow and red ‘Nuclear power? No thanks” sticker.” However, this political awareness was accompanied by a great deal of humour, which appears in titles such as “Müsli-Män” and “Where mer finally summer hann”.
The band’s last tours have shown that the audience reacts very emotionally and enthusiastically, especially to these songs from the breakthrough period, said Niedecken. That gave him the idea of just giving a few more concerts with these songs and some titles from the live album “Bess demnähx” from 1983. Of course, this will be a “pretty tightrope act”: It is important not to drift off into kitschy nostalgia or to serve clichés.
On the other hand, you have to arrange the songs as respectfully as possible, since they are often associated with formative personal memories. “I was surprised at how up-to-date some songs are suddenly again,” said Niedecken. For example, the anti-war song “June Tenth” with the opening line “Don’t plan me on with you” can easily be applied to a Russian deserter from Putin’s arms. “The song then speaks to you even more directly than it did back then. Unfortunately – I must add, of course.”