Cult Rocker finds clear words
“Government Government”: Udo Lindenberg criticizes politicians
02.04.2025 – 00:49 AMReading time: 2 minutes.
He sang against the war many years ago. Taking into account the current global situation, Udo Lindenberg wonders questions that have already put him to sleep.
Has been standing for more than 50 years Udo lindenberg On stage. He is one of the most successful musicians in Germany and has written countless hits. One of them: “What are the wars?” Since 1985, due to the current global situation, the song was released by UNICEF’s work for UNICEF kids in a new international edition last year.
The 78 -year -old has now told the “star” that the debate on the upgrading of Germany is questioned by his basic attitude. In the eighties you went to the street “against all the rocket shit”. Today, however, the situation is different. “In this stray world of weakness, ask yourself suddenly the restless question: Should we think again? Do we now need a strong army?”
The question of “how can we still save our free world and if words and songs and art and demos are sufficient so or if we really have to prepare militarily, it hurts my soul in the Pacific and sometimes it does not allow me to sleep,” Lindenberg said.
Due to international development with the war of Ukraine and the second term of office Donald Trump As president of the US, he spoke of a horror scenario: “Vance, Musk, Putin and also our relaxed light government around which right -wing extremists become stronger.”
For him, resignation is not an alternative. “We are not allowed to let the next generation hang.” At some point, young people with our ideals and visions come to tomorrow’s best and fairer world. ”
