Beguilingly uncool self-discovery for the GDR: 40 years ago “Kille Kille” by Pankow | free press

At the beginning of the 1980s, music from the west became a problem for the practiced subversiveness of the GDR scene: “Blue Monday” by New Order or Nena’s “99 Luftballons”, David Bowie with “Let’s Dance” or trios “Da Da Da”. not only penetrated the old world of capitalist pop culture, but penetrated with its core idea of ​​self-empowerment…