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Bob Geldof, damals noch Sänger der Boomtown Rats, versetzt sich in „I Never Loved Eva Braun“ zur Abwechslung mal nicht in kleine, afrikanische Kinder hinein, sondern in: Adolf Hitler. Auch interessant: Nicht andere mit Hitler zu vergleichen, sondern sich selbst in diese Position zu bringen. Jedenfalls: Geldof singt aus Hitlers Sicht ein sehr fröhliches Lied über Liebe, Krieg und Völkermord.

Der Text hat es dabei durchaus in sich – was Klischees über Hitler angeht (ah, der alte Vegetarier!), aber auch was den Mythos des Dritten Reichs betrifft („O yeah I conquered all those countries/They were weak an‘ I was strong/A little too ambitious maybe“). Hat ungefähr die intellektuelle tiefe von Geldofs postkolonialistischem Afrikaengagement:

I never loved Eva Braun (oh no?)
No, a thousand people say I did (oh yeah?)
Yeah, she was just some girl who was on the make (Yes, we see)
Boy she wanted to be so big.
And in the end it got to be a drag,
She’s doing her exercises every day
No matter what people say,
I never loved Eva Braun.

I never heard all the screams (oh no?)
I never saw the blood and dirt and gore (oh yeah?)
That wasn’t part of the dream, (yes, we see)
Of maps and generals and uniforms.
I’d always like the big parade,
I always wanted to be adored,
In ’33 I knew I had it made,
I never loved….

Eva Braun wasn’t history,
She wasn’t even part of my destiny
She never really fitted in the scheme of things
She was a triumph of my will,
Oh yeah!

I saw the blondies and the blue eyes, (oh yeah?)
I saw the millions mouthing me, (oh yeah?)
But underneath I was really gentle, (oh yeah?)
D’ja ever see me touch a scrap of meat?
O yeah I conquered all those countries
They were weak an‘ I was strong
A little too ambitious maybe,
But I never loved Eva Braun.
Gee!