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Refimprove|date=October 2008Infobox musical artist | name = Trio| image = Trio19.jpg| alt =| caption = Trio (1982)| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Großenkneten , Germany | genre = New wave music|New Wave , Minimalism | years_active = 1980& ndash;1985| label = Mercury| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Stephan Remmler Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel Peter Behrens (musician)|Peter Behrens Trio was a German band. It formed in the small German town of Großenkneten in 1980. The band is most noted for the song " Da Da Da|Da da da, ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha " (usually simply "Da Da Da") which was a hit in 30 countries worldwide. Citation needed|date=July 2008 Trio was a product of the Neue Deutsche Welle (or NDW). However, Trio preferred the name Neue Deutsche Fröhlichkeit , which means "New German Cheerfulness", to describe their music. At that time, as now, popular songs were based on extremely simple structures that were ornately produced. Trio's main principle was to remove almost all the ornamentation and polish from their songs, and to use the simplest practical structures (most of their songs were three-chord song s). For this reason, many of their songs are restricted to drums, guitar, vocals, and just one or maybe two other instruments, if any at all. Bass was used very infrequently until their later songs, and live shows often saw Remmler playing some simple preprogrammed rhythms and melodies on his small Casio VL-1 keyboard while Behrens played his drums single-handedly while eating an apple.
The band produced a number of albums. There are many versions of Bye Bye (marked with different advertisements on the cover); versions in North America are called TRIO and Error and feature no advertisements. The 1997 CD of TRIO and Error was also released as Da Da Da in the United States, in response to the 1997 US Volkswagen commercial that featured the song "Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha", often contracted to simply "Da Da Da". The re-release had some changes: two songs were added and the album was digitally remastered.
The band never got very popular outside of Germany, and are largely forgotten even for their one hit. However, in its time, Trio had some popularity in Germany. For instance, the German version of "Da da da" was #2 on the charts (April 1982). Its most notable songs, other than Da Da Da, are probably "Broken Hearts for You and Me", "Boom Boom", "Hearts are Trump", and "Anna Letmein Letmeout". All of these songs except the first have a corresponding German version, which sometimes differs considerably, and these were also released in the English-speaking world. "Da da da" hit #2 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1982,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 567 and #3 in Canada in December 1982. They had another three top ten hits in Germany until the end of 1983, then disbanded the following year. Every member launched a solo career, with only Remmler managing to be somewhat successful.
They produced a movie called " Drei gegen Drei ", meaning "Three Against Three". In the movie, three people (played by Trio) kill doubles of themselves as part of a twisted scam to gain riches. However, the movie flopped miserably; even avid Trio fan Matthias Klein said, "the members of Trio are not actors". The corresponding soundtrack is the album ''What's the Password'', however, drummer Peter Behrens does not perform in any of the songs, despite appearing on the album's cover. He left the band due to dissatisfaction with Kralle and Remmler over financial matters, leading to the complete breakup of Trio in 1985.
"Da Da Da" in popular culture
Main|Da Da DaMany cover version s of "Da Da Da" have been done worldwide in various language s including the Spanish version by the disk-jockey Nacho Dogan , which was hit #2 in Spain in 1982; a Mexican version by the band Molotov (band)|Molotov on their 2004 cover album Con Todo Respeto ; Alternative rock|alternative band Elastica on their 1999 album The Menace ; and Philippines|Filipino entertainer Yoyoy Villame in 1982. Pett Productions used "Da Da Da" in the second series of Tittybangbang for the intro to Pete Wade's sketches.
In addition to the famous Volkswagen ad, several others have featured "Da Da Da". A Pepsi ad ( http://video.google.com/videoplay? docid=-1055798137866078898& q=pepsi Google Video) for the 2006 FIFA World Cup starred several footballers including Thierry Henry , Raúl González|Raúl , Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos , Fernando Torres , Frank Lampard , Ronaldinho and David Beckham playing football inside of an Oktoberfest tent. Christina Aguilera sang the tune in several Pepsi spots, including duets with Rain (entertainer)|Rain and Elissa (singer)|Elissa . Indesit|Ariston used the song in their 1987 spots featuring animated white goods, clothing and kitchen utensils forming dancing humanoids. Some ads used modified lyrics. Teletext replaced "da da da" with "blah blah blah" (vocalized by Ewan Bailey Citation needed|date=March 2007); http://www.sakata.com.au Sakata Rice Crackers replaced "da da da" with their brand name, as did Lois jeans. Others to use the tune in advertisements include Vicks cough drops, and Speeds shoe stores.
Following the popular Volkswagen commercial, American Broadcasting Company|ABC aired a promo for the sitcom Spin City parodying the car ad. In the original VW commercial, two men drive around and pick up a smelly couch, which they quickly dispose of. In the ABC ad, Michael J. Fox and Michael Boatman 's characters pick up Richard Kind 's character, who becomes so obnoxious that they throw him out the car.
The brand of rice cracker Sakata also used the song with the lyrics changed to "sa-ka-ta".
Also in the 1990s, Microsoft launched an ad with Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates where they are driving the same car in the Volkswagen ad, doing the same things, etc. Just in this case, they picked up a Mac instead of a couch and of course they put it back in the street.
This song has been used in the Italian movie Il Divo (film)|Il Divo , directed by Paolo Sorrentino , a fictional biography of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti . The song was also included in the movie Bio-Dome , directed by Jason Bloom , starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin .
Albums (in order)
1981: TRIO
1982: ''TRIO Live im Frühjahr '82'' ("Live in Spring '82")
1983: Bye Bye / Trio And Error
1985: Whats the Password
1986: 5 Jahre zuviel ("5 years too many" compilation)
Singles (in order)
"Halt mich fest ich werd verrückt" ("Stop me before I go crazy") (Germany-only)
"Da Da Da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha" ("Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha")
"Turaluraluralu - Ich mach BuBu was machst du" ("Tooralooralooraloo - Is It Old & Is It New Literally 'I make BuBu, what do you make? '")
"Tutti Frutti"
"Drei gegen drei" ("Three against three")
"Ready For You"
"My Sweet Angel"
"Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha" (US promo CD-single only)
CD releases
1982: Trio
1982: Trio live im Frühjahr 82 (MC only, 1992 re-released on CD)
1983: Bye Bye (in the US sold as Trio and Error )
1985: Whats the Password
1986: 5 Jahre zuviel ("Five years too many", compilation)
1997: Da Da Da (US only)
2000: Triologie (best-of compilation)
2003: Trio Deluxe Edition
Band members
Stephan Remmler - Singing|Vocals , occasional Keyboard instrument|keyboards
Gert Krawinkel - guitar
Peter Behrens (musician)|Peter Behrens - Drum kit|drums
The band was produced by Klaus Voormann , who also played bass guitar|bass on a few songs.
References
Reflist
External links
Commons category
http://www.stephan-remmler.de Stephan Remmler/Trio fansite De icon
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