How do cities feel about "L'amour toujours"?

Music - How do cities feel about "L'amour toujours"?

Partygoers in Rhineland-Palatinate no longer have to give up on the popular party hit "L’amour toujours"? At some festivals such as Munich's Oktoberfest and the Cannstatter Wasen, the song has not been played for over 20 years. The Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino recently clarified that the song is only about love.

However, incidents involving the song have occurred in Germany. A notable example is a video taken around Pentecost on Sylt, which shows visitors to a bar shouting "Foreigners out" and "Germany for the Germans" to the melody. The state security is investigating, politicians have intervened. Similar incidents have also been reported in Austria.

Responsibility of the Police

What does it look like in the state? Are administrations striving for the song's absence at festivals? "For such a ban by the commune, there is no legal basis in our opinion," a spokesperson for the city of Mainz stated. However, civil law agreements between organizers, organizers, and DJs that the song not be played remain.

Similarly, the second largest city in the state sees it. "There is no legal basis for a ban on the song itself, as it is not forbidden," a spokesperson in Ludwigshafen emphasized. If forbidden "Nazi texts" or criminally relevant content were sung to it, the responsibility of the police would arise. However, if organizers chose not to play or allow the song out of their own volition, it was "to be welcomed" from the city administration's perspective.

Similarly, the cities of Koblenz and Bad Dürkheim see no general ban on the song. "The song itself and its text violate no valid legal norms," a spokesperson for the city of Kaiserslautern explained. "The infringement arose from the scandalous foreigner-hating slogans, which could certainly also be scandaled to hundreds of other songs and melodies."

Complex Issue

In Landau, one could not imagine such scenes "with the best will in the world," a spokeswoman said. In the past, there have been no comparable incidents in the city that are known to us. "A ban on the song was therefore never an issue," she explained, "and it is not that now."

The city administration of Zweibrücken also emphasized that there has been no misuse of repertoire on local folk festivals so far. "Should there be disturbances, appropriate measures will be taken," a spokeswoman announced. "It is a complex issue, but the city administration Zweibrücken will not implement such a ban in a blanket manner." One punishes the artist in this way. "People who make such rewrites then look for a new song to spread their thoughts."

By the way, "L’amour toujours" is not played during the ongoing European Football Championship. The Austrian association had originally proposed the song as a so-called "celebration song," but it was withdrawn in agreement with UEFA before the tournament began.

1. Despite the controversy surrounding "L’amour toujours" in Germany and Austria, Sylt's partygoers still enjoy the festival atmosphere during Whitsun.
2. In contrast to Munich's Oktoberfest and Austria's Cannstatter Wasen, some local festivals in Germany allow DJs to play the song, such as the parties in Mainz and Ludwigshafen, both situated in Rhineland-Palatinate.
3. The DJ responsible for the popular party hit, Gigi D'Agostino, clarified that the song is purely about love, disassociating it from any negative associations.
4. In Mainz, even though there's no legal basis for a commune-wide ban, civil law agreements between organizers and DJs prevent the song from being played at festivals.
5. The city administration of Ludwigshafen, the second largest city in the state, welcomes the organizers' voluntary choice to not play the controversial tune, as long as no forbidden content is sung to the melody.6.Furthermore, the city of Kaiserslautern stated that the song itself and its text do not violate any valid legal norms, but any scandalous chants or slogans to the melody do.
6. Mainz and other German municipalities, such as Landau and Zweibrücken, have not witnessed similar incidents in their cities, so a general ban on the song has not been considered necessary.
7. Austrian football fans will only get to hear other party hits during the ongoing European Football Championship, as the Austrian association withdrew the proposal for "L’amour toujours" to be the tournament's "celebration song" in agreement with UEFA.

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