1. I think the girl in this is rather sexy, esp. when she removes the Pervitin from her stockings. She looks typically German, as do several of the men. Based on Werner Pieper‘s 2002 “Nazis on Speed” (later followed by N Ohler in 2016 w/ “Blitzed”)https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjf6TQw58ac …
3. The band name, Krupps, is a I presume a reference to the arms manufacturer. The video contains a clear anti-Nazi message, since the pilots are swallowed by a Hitler-Moon at the end—a consequence of their drug-induced war madness.
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4. And the girl is given a comical Hitler tasche. However, the overall effect is, I think, surprisingly towards the glorification of the Third Reich—esp. for a German band. This kind of ambiguity is also apparent in the German band Rammestein.
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4. A complimentary band, from a British perspective, is the retro-themed Public Service Broadcasting. This song “Spitfire” is a sort of mirror to “Nazis on Speed”:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE …
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5. Active about the same time as “Der Krupps”, although in a different genre. This, “London Can Take It” is an even more direct parallel to “Nazis on Speed” bc...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4Rr07bgVQ …
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6. ...”Nazis on Speed” features an audio clip of an old German pilot speaking about when he arrived over the English cities during the Blitz: “1 Uhr, 2 Uhr morgens war man über London oder über irgend'er ander'n englischen Stadt,” he says.
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