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 Ya Hozna

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From: Frank Laforce <frankzap@glo.be>
  Ya Hozna = A Fosniem (Mein Sofa)
From: labisch@DBresearch-berlin.de (Johannes Labisch):
  Here is the corrected version of the Ya Hozna lyrics. The credit for doing this has to be given to todd@cup.hp.com (Todd Poynor), who listened to all the backward lyrics and checked out the running time at when they appear. I deleted the english translation of the word to "Sofa" and entered the german ones.
4:23 [English:] I am the heaven
4:15 I am the water
4:08 [German:] Ich bin deine Ritze
3:54 Ich bin deine Ritze und Schlitze
3:47 [English:] I am the clouds
3:42 [German:] Ich bin der Chrome Dinette [sic!]
Ich bin Eier aller Arten
Ich bin alle Tage und Naechte
3:22 Ich bin alle Tage und Naechte
3:20 (ha-ee-ya)
3:15 [English:] I am embroidered
3:09 [German:] Ich bin der Dreck unter deinen Walzen
3:15 [English:] I am embroidered
3:09 [German:] Ich bin der Dreck unter deinen Walzen
3:08 [English:] Oh, no, [whip?] it on me, honey [?]
3:06 (ha-ee-ya)
3:04 (ha-ee-ya)
3:00 [German:] Ich bin hier
2:58 (ha-ee-ya)
2:47 Ich bin der Autor aller Felgen und Damask-Paspeln
2:39 Ich bin der Chrome Dinette
[Radio:] You're a lonely little girl
2:28 But your mommy and your daddy don't care
2:24 [German:] Ich bin hier
2:22 (ha-ee-ya)
2:17 Und du bist mein Sofa
2:12 [Radio:] You're a lonely little girl
[German:] Ich bin hier
2:01 Und du bist mein Sofa
1:57 (cadenza)
[Moon:] I'm, like, [green? grief?]
I'm, like, [squat?]
I'm, like, so
Repeat, like, so
Oh, I'm, like, [?.... appalling...?]
I'm, like, okay, like, so
1:43 Oh, I'm so
1:31 [German:] Ich bin dein geheimer Schmutz und verlorenes Metallgeld
1:27 (Metallgeld)
1:25 (ha-ee-ya)
1:20 Und du bist mein Sofa
1:15 Ich bin hier
1:13 (ha-ee-ya)
[Moon:] You'll never [? she's ... ]
Like, so; like, so; like, so
1:06 Okay, I like it
[German:] Ich bin hier
0:54 And you are my sofa
Und du bist mein Sofa
0:50 (cadenza)
[Moon:] Yeah, like, [...?...], faster, faster
Go, do it, do it [right? great?]
Yeah, I'm feelin' good
I'm lookin' great
Yeah, fer shure
0:38 Like, no way
[German:] Ich bin hier
0:26 Und du bist mein Sofa
0:22 (cadenza)
Ich bin hier
0:10 Und du bist mein Sofa
0:06 (cadenza)
From: Maarten Sneep <sneep@nat.vu.nl>
  I have a thought on "Ya Hozna", on the "Them or Us" album...
  About halfway through the eighties, some religious fanatics came up with the idea that rock-music was bad: It included messages from "The Devil" in reverse. As a proof they had some music and played it backwards. All you could hear was garbage (we all know what the lyrics of Ya Hozna sound like: otherwise we wouldn't need these lyrics!) but *they* told the world that a message from the devil was included an sub-consciously the devil influenced our kids.
  They made fools of themselves for everyone with a little sense. Even in Europe some took this shit seriously (including one member of the Dutch parliament). I think FZ wanted to show how ridiculous this idea was... But unfortunately I cannot remember when this whole business started, can anyone help me here? (Was it before "Them or Us, in which case this story is not unlikely, or was it after the album, in which case one should forget the remark. I know that it was during the Reagan eara)
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