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%% * CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Suggested in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
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* AtmosphereAbuse[=/=]PollutedWasteland: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." cheerfully tells listeners this:
-->"Go on and pollute the land. Clean air will be sold in cans."
-->"Go on and pollute the land. Clean air will be sold in cans."
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%% * AtmosphereAbuse[=/=]PollutedWasteland: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." cheerfully tells listeners this:
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* CantTakeCriticism[=/=]TriggerHappy: In "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun. Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you."
* CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Suggested in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Did you hear the master plan? One nation under Disneyland."
-->"Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun. Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you."
* CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Suggested in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Did you hear the master plan? One nation under Disneyland."
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%% * CantTakeCriticism[=/=]TriggerHappy: In "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
%% -->"Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun. Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you."
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%% -->"Did you hear the master plan? One nation under Disneyland."
%% -->"Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun. Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you."
%% * CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Suggested in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
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* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Noah Plan" has a spoken intro by the singer himself explaining the situation in the song.
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* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Noah Plan" and its German counterpart "Die Wüste lebt" has a spoken intro by the singer himself explaining the situation in the song.
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* LyricalColdOpen: "Only Dreams" has the singing and the music start simultaneously.
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* LyricalColdOpen: "Only Dreams" and its German counterpart "...Dann trügt der Schein" has the singing and the music start simultaneously.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", the phrase "floating weightless" is interpreted as "floating waitress" as we see a bunch of roller-skating carhop waitresses circling around over a fog-covered floor near the end.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", the phrase "floating weightless" is interpreted as "floating waitress" as we see a bunch of roller-skating carhop waitresses circling around over a fog-covered floor near the end.
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* HeatWave: "Die Wuste Lebt" tells a different story from that of its English counterpart "The Noah Plan": the Earth is stuck in a perpetual heat wave for 198 hours due to the sun standing still in the sky and burning hotter than usual.
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''Error In The System'' is the first English album by Music/PeterSchilling, which was released in 1983. It is the counterpart of his German album ''Fehler Im Sistem'', which was released in 1982. It features the artist's only hit song "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
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''Error In The System'' is the first English album by Music/PeterSchilling, which was released in 1983. It is the counterpart of his German album ''Fehler Im Sistem'', System'', which was released in 1982. It features the artist's only hit song "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
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'''''Fehler Im Sistem'''''
System'''''
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'''''Fehler Im Sistem'''''
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# "Only Dreams"
# "Lifetime Guarantee"
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# "Error In The System"
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# "Only Dreams"
"...Dann trügt der Schein" (3:27)
#"Lifetime Guarantee"
"Fast alles konstruiert" (6:48)
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# "Major Tom" (3:45)
# "U.S.A." (3:22)
# "Ich hab' keine Lust" (3:31)
# "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" (3:31)
'''''Error In The System'''''
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Only Dreams"
# "Lifetime Guarantee"
# "The Noah Plan"
# "Error In The System"
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Major Tom" (3:45)
# "U.S.A." (3:22)
# "Ich hab' keine Lust" (3:31)
# "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" (3:31)
'''''Error In The System'''''
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Only Dreams"
# "Lifetime Guarantee"
# "The Noah Plan"
# "Error In The System"
[[AC:Side Two]]
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-->"Old men in cowboy hats, old women with firm breasts."
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." leaves out this questionable line from the German original "U.S.A." (as translated):
-->"Old men in cowboy hats, old women with firm breasts."
-->"Old men in cowboy hats, old women with firm breasts."
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-->"Soon the robots we create will be starring on the Great White Way."
* YourCheatingHeart: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Major Tom's wife is already seen with another man just as he leaves her with a final message before passing on to the great unknown.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Major Tom's wife is already seen with another man just as he leaves her with a final message before passing on to the great unknown.
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-->"Soon the robots we create will be starring on the Great White Way."
* YourCheatingHeart: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Major Tom's wife is already seen with another man just as he leaves her with a final message before passing on to the great unknown."
* YourCheatingHeart: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Major Tom's wife is already seen with another man just as he leaves her with a final message before passing on to the great unknown.
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''Error In The System'' is the first English album by Music/PeterSchilling, which was released in 1983. It is the counterpart of his German album ''Fehler Im System'', which was released in 1982. It features the artist's only hit song "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
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''Error In The System'' is the first English album by Music/PeterSchilling, which was released in 1983. It is the counterpart of his German album ''Fehler Im System'', Sistem'', which was released in 1982. It features the artist's only hit song "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
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* LyricalDissonance: "(Let's Play) U.S.A."
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* VirutalCelebrity: Possibly hinted at in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
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* VirutalCelebrity: VirtualCelebrity: Possibly hinted at in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
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* MindControlMusic: In "Lifetime Guarantee":
-->"Harmonious melodies that sound familiar,
-->Specialized in mind control;
-->From computers they offer
-->Less obvious merchandise for the believers."
* {{Mondegreen}}: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", the phrase "floating weightless" is interpreted as "floating waitress" as we see a bunch of roller-skating carhop waitresses circling around over a fog-covered floor near the end.
* MysteriousWatcher: In "Error In The System":
-->"Somewhere a computer records us from afar, looking for the error in the system on this star."
-->"Harmonious melodies that sound familiar,
-->Specialized in mind control;
-->From computers they offer
-->Less obvious merchandise for the believers."
* {{Mondegreen}}: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", the phrase "floating weightless" is interpreted as "floating waitress" as we see a bunch of roller-skating carhop waitresses circling around over a fog-covered floor near the end.
* MysteriousWatcher: In "Error In The System":
-->"Somewhere a computer records us from afar, looking for the error in the system on this star."
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* {{Scatting}}:
** The chorus of "I Have No Desire" consists of "ya de da, ya de da de da..."
** "Only Dreams" has scatting during the middle part and the ending.
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Noah Plan" has a spoken intro by the singer himself explaining the situation in the song.
* TitleTrack: "Error In TheSystem".System".
* VirutalCelebrity: Possibly hinted at in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Soon the robots we create will be starring on the Great White Way."
* YourCheatingHeart: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Major Tom's wife is already seen with another man just as he leaves her with a final message before passing on to the great unknown.
** The chorus of "I Have No Desire" consists of "ya de da, ya de da de da..."
** "Only Dreams" has scatting during the middle part and the ending.
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Noah Plan" has a spoken intro by the singer himself explaining the situation in the song.
* TitleTrack: "Error In The
* VirutalCelebrity: Possibly hinted at in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Soon the robots we create will be starring on the Great White Way."
* YourCheatingHeart: In the video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)", Major Tom's wife is already seen with another man just as he leaves her with a final message before passing on to the great unknown.
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Major Tom (Coming Home)" --> "Major Tom, Part 2".
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* DeathByTransceiver: The same story was covered in "Major Tom (Coming Home)". Subverted on this version as the next verse implies that the Major [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]].
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* DeathByTransceiver: The same story from Music/DavidBowie's "Space Oddity" was covered in "Major Tom (Coming Home)". Subverted on this version as the next verse implies that the Major [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]].
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* ApocalypticLog: A line from "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
-->"Across the stratosphere, a final message: 'Give my wife my love.' Then nothing more."
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Implied with Major Tom near the end of "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
-->"No one understands, but Major Tom sees. 'Now the light commands. This is my home. I'm coming home.'""
* AtmosphereAbuse[=/=]PollutedWasteland: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." cheerfully tells listeners this:
-->"Go on and pollute the land. Clean air will be sold in cans."
* CantTakeCriticism[=/=]TriggerHappy: In "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun. Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you."
* CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Suggested in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Did you hear the master plan? One nation under Disneyland."
* CrapsackWorld: "I Have No Desire" paints the current world situation as this.
* DeathByTransceiver: The same story was covered in "Major Tom (Coming Home)". Subverted on this version as the next verse implies that the Major [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]].
* DespairEventHorizon: The singer of "I Have No Desire" is so depressed with what he hears going on in the world that he'd rather not want to get up in the morning and would remain retired to his room.
* DownInTheDumps: The video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)" takes place in a junkyard, with Peter and his band sitting within a stack of old abandoned cars.
* {{Eagleland}}: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." is a nasty version of The Boorish with a cheery pop beat.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: In "Lifetime Guarantee":
-->"In your mind is a foolish thought, a dangerous notion.
-->To think on your own this way only stirs up emotion,
-->And anyone so naive finds himself in trouble."
-->"Across the stratosphere, a final message: 'Give my wife my love.' Then nothing more."
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Implied with Major Tom near the end of "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
-->"No one understands, but Major Tom sees. 'Now the light commands. This is my home. I'm coming home.'""
* AtmosphereAbuse[=/=]PollutedWasteland: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." cheerfully tells listeners this:
-->"Go on and pollute the land. Clean air will be sold in cans."
* CantTakeCriticism[=/=]TriggerHappy: In "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Won't it be a lot of fun? Every man will own a gun. Shoot the ones whose point of view makes a point that bothers you."
* CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Suggested in "(Let's Play) U.S.A.":
-->"Did you hear the master plan? One nation under Disneyland."
* CrapsackWorld: "I Have No Desire" paints the current world situation as this.
* DeathByTransceiver: The same story was covered in "Major Tom (Coming Home)". Subverted on this version as the next verse implies that the Major [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence]].
* DespairEventHorizon: The singer of "I Have No Desire" is so depressed with what he hears going on in the world that he'd rather not want to get up in the morning and would remain retired to his room.
* DownInTheDumps: The video for "Major Tom (Coming Home)" takes place in a junkyard, with Peter and his band sitting within a stack of old abandoned cars.
* {{Eagleland}}: "(Let's Play) U.S.A." is a nasty version of The Boorish with a cheery pop beat.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: In "Lifetime Guarantee":
-->"In your mind is a foolish thought, a dangerous notion.
-->To think on your own this way only stirs up emotion,
-->And anyone so naive finds himself in trouble."
* HomeworldEvacuation: In "The Noah Plan", the Earth's orbit decays as it drifts towards the sun, and the people on Earth prepare for evacuation by "returning to the universe".
* IJustWantToBeLoved: In "Only Dreams":
-->"Every day you sit near the TV. Who always gets the girl? Wish it were me.
-->Every night you look out on the street, wanting to talk to the woman you see."
* IJustWantToBeLoved: In "Only Dreams":
-->"Every day you sit near the TV. Who always gets the girl? Wish it were me.
-->Every night you look out on the street, wanting to talk to the woman you see."
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* LyricalColdOpen: "Only Dreams" has the singing and the music start simultaneously.
* RecordProducer: Armin Sabol and PeterSchilling.Schilling.
* TitleTrack: "Error In The System".
* RecordProducer: Armin Sabol and Peter
* TitleTrack: "Error In The System".
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''Error In The System'' is the first English album by Music/PeterSchilling, which was released in 1983. It is the counterpart of his German album ''Fehler Im System'', which was released in 1982. It features the artist's only hit song "Major Tom (Coming Home)".
!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Only Dreams"
# "Lifetime Guarantee"
# "The Noah Plan"
# "Error In The System"
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Major Tom (Coming Home)"
# "Major Tom, Part 2"
# "(Let's Play) U.S.A."
# "I Have No Desire"
# "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night, Holy Night)"
!!''Tropes below us, drifting, falling...''
* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Only Dreams":
-->"But other computers talk about revenge, give instructions, give commands, unfeeling, uncaring."
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Error In The System" has "looking for the error in the system on this star".
* AncientAstronauts: "Error In The System" suggests that humanity was descended from them.
-->"Far beyond the farthest corners of our stratosphere,
-->While the planets go on spinning, we are banished here."
* AntiChristmasSong: "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht", though it's only sung in German.
* ApocalypseHow: "The Noah Plan" has the Earth's orbit falling into the sun. The tides reverse, and the atmosphere is blown away.
* FaceOnTheCover: Peter Schilling standing against a dotted background.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Major Tom, Part 2".
* RecordProducer: Armin Sabol and Peter Schilling.
!!Tracklist:
[[AC:Side One]]
# "Only Dreams"
# "Lifetime Guarantee"
# "The Noah Plan"
# "Error In The System"
[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Major Tom (Coming Home)"
# "Major Tom, Part 2"
# "(Let's Play) U.S.A."
# "I Have No Desire"
# "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night, Holy Night)"
!!''Tropes below us, drifting, falling...''
* AIIsACrapshoot: In "Only Dreams":
-->"But other computers talk about revenge, give instructions, give commands, unfeeling, uncaring."
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Error In The System" has "looking for the error in the system on this star".
* AncientAstronauts: "Error In The System" suggests that humanity was descended from them.
-->"Far beyond the farthest corners of our stratosphere,
-->While the planets go on spinning, we are banished here."
* AntiChristmasSong: "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht", though it's only sung in German.
* ApocalypseHow: "The Noah Plan" has the Earth's orbit falling into the sun. The tides reverse, and the atmosphere is blown away.
* FaceOnTheCover: Peter Schilling standing against a dotted background.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Major Tom, Part 2".
* RecordProducer: Armin Sabol and Peter Schilling.
