Skandal im Sperrbezirk
"Skandal im Sperrbezirk" is a song by the German rock band Spider Murphy Gang released in September 1981. It was released as a single from their album previous album, Dolce vita. The song became the band's first and only number-one song, selling about 750,000 copies. Background Music and text to the song were written by the band's vocalist and bassist Günther Sigl. The band's keyboard player Michael Busse was influenced by The Who's song Won't Get Fooled Again for the motive of playing a staccato-like melodies with an electronic organ and used a Moog Liberation keytar to recreate this sound. With the usage of a pitch wheel and the vibrato Busse was able to simulate the sound of a police siren. Fictional prostitute "Rosi" The song's lyrics are written about a fictional Munichian prostitute named "Rosi" who is known for stealing clients from other prostitutes from the Sperrbezirk, a certain region within a city where prostitution is illegal. Rosi was the name of a friend of Sigl. Another inspiration for "Skandal im Sperrbezirk" was the schlager Skandal um Rosi which was released in 1970 by Erik Silvester. Context to the Sperrbezirksverordnung "Skandal im Sperrbezirk" was written in context of the