Yesterday, “Der Kommissar” came on the radio, and my oldest child asked what a kommissar was.
I gave a lengthy explanation, as is my wont, but I blundered when he asked who sings it. “Falco?” I said.
“After the Fire,” my beautiful wife corrected me.
If only I had read this Dustbury post beforehand. I would have known and not made a fool of myself.
“They sound like that band that sings….” and then he spit out some lyrics that I recognized as “The Boys Are Back In Town”.
“That’s Thin Lizzy,” I said. “No, they [After the Fire] sound British or European. Thin Lizzy is American.”
Wrong again! Thin Lizzy is an Irish band. Although I did peg After the Fire right: They’re British.
Maybe I should not expound on any music at all unless I’m merely parroting Charles. Or amusing Friar, who apparently likes humor in poor taste. Which explains why he’s a regular reader here.
WAIT A MINUTE.
As I decided to add YouTube videos to this post, I discovered Falco did indeed do the song “Der Kommissar”:
It was, in fact, the After the Fire version, which is in English, that came on the radio.
And I still botched the nationality of Thin Lizzy. Like I once told the boys Lou Gramm of Foreigner was Canadian.
No wonder they don’t trust a thing I tell them, like “It’s time to go to bed.”
