Jul 8, 2017
Presslufthammer B-B-B-B-Bernhard by Torfrock (1977) “Jackhammer B-B-B-B-Bernhard” was the first success of the Schleswig-Holstein-based Deutschrock band Torfrock, which would decades later become famous for their soundtrack of the Werner comic films (“Beinhart”). The song is about the antics of a passionate jackhammer worker with hearing loss, who once misunderstood his boss and jackhammered his house to rubble. The line “Rat-ta-ta-zong, rat-ta-ta-zong, weg ist der Balkon” (“Rat-ta-ta-zong, rat-ta-ta-zong, balcony is gone”) has become a standing expression in Northern Germany.
