I guess I was still learning as I went along back then – I had only been writing for NewsRevue for a dozen or so weeks still…
…but this one doesn’t/didn’t/couldn’t have worked.
It has one or two good lines in it and gives a feel for the news story that was doing the rounds at the time.
Still, I had been enjoying a creative weekend that weekend – the day before was my first session with Michael over the idea that became Clean Business Cuisine – but that’s another story to be Ogblogged separately.
Back to Goebbels:
GOEBBELS DIARY – A SONG FOR FUHRER AND CHORUS
(To the Tune of “Nobody’s Diary”)
VERSE 1
Joseph Goebbel’s was my right hand man for sure,
We spread propaganda and we went to war;
Now his wretched diary gets publicity,
Folks are gonna remember him and forget me,
So I’m angry.
VERSE 2
Back in 38 we planned the Krystalnacht, {Ohhhh, ohhhh}
But by 45 we were completely facht;
The fire in the Reichstag, The Night of Long Knives,
Its a fact that we Nazi’s had eventful lives,
And The Big Lie.
CHORUS 1
FUHRER:For the times we had I want to be,
CHORUS:Star in Goebbels’ diary
FUHRER:Say, I was really bad, so write about me,
CHORUS:In the Goebbels’ diary
FUHRER:Hey, the translator’s mad, he says he likes me,
In every page, of Goebbels’ diary.
VERSE 3
Revisionists like Irving say we weren’t that base, {Oh-oh, oh-oh}
I think Irving’s theories are a damn disgrace;
We should be remembered as a bunch of shits,
We were evil and don’t forget who caused the Blitz,
We were violent gits,
The pits.
CHORUS 2
FUHRER:Could the Sunday Times have been deceived,
CHORUS:Like with Hitler’s Diaries,
FUHRER:Say, after all this time do you want to read,
CHORUS:Joseph Goebbels’ diary (page)?
FUHRER:Was the Sunday Times inspired by greed,
To print each page of Goebbels’ diary.
Here is Yazoo singing Nobody’s Diary: