Propaganda

Propaganda
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General information
Artist	Taku Iwasaki (Composer)
Album/Single	Battle Tendency (Musik)
Label	Warner Home Video
Length	3:03 (Full)
Use	Anime Episode 13, Episode 19, Episode 23, Episode 26
Music guide
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Propaganda is the 18th track of the Battle Tendency (Musik) Anime Soundtrack. The song was used in the second arc of the series, Part II: Battle Tendency as the theme of the character, Rudol von Stroheim.

Lyrics

German Lyrics

English Translation

Der Mensch ist böse (x2) Man is evil (x2) Der Mensch ist böse Man is evil Der Mensch muss besser und böser werden Man must become better and eviler Der Mensch ist böse. Man is evil Der Mensch muss besser und böser werden Man must become better and eviler So lehre ich So do I teach Auch den Guten steht ein Edler im Weg Also to the good, a noble one standeth in the way und selbst wenn sie ihn einen Guten nennen and even when they call him a good man, so wollen sie ihn damit bei Seite bringen they want thereby to put him aside Auch den Guten steht ein Edler im Weg Also to the good, a noble one standeth in the way und selbst wenn sie ihn einen Guten nennen and even when they call him a good man, so wollen sie ihn damit bei Seite bringen they want thereby to put him aside Der Mensch muss besser und böser werden Man must become better and eviler Der Mensch muss besser und böser werden Man must become better and eviler Der Mensch muss besser und böser werden Man must become better and eviler Der Mensch Man

Full Song

File:18-Propaganda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure O.S.T Battle Tendency Musik )

Trivia

• The lyrics of the song are pulled from chapters of Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, a philosophical novel by German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, inventor of the Übermensch.
  • The concept of the Übermensch coincides with the ideology of the Nazi's in the series, and is mentioned by Stroheim when revealing his gatling gun in Episode 19.
  • The given English translation of the lyrics here are taken from Thomas Common's translation of said book.