So maybe you’ve come across this song because I forced you to listen to it, or because I posted the video on your My Space page, or you’re just like DJ Bardot and you know everything about every song recorded between Jan. 1, 1980 and Dec. 31, 1989, or because you are awesome and just know about cool things. Chances are though, that this one is new to you. Now, the band Propaganda didn’t really stand the test of time, at least in this country, but they could still be making hits in Germany for all I know. Their 1985 hit “Duel” lives on, however…
The great thing about this video is that someone got really high and decided that it would be cool to make parts of the video set look like The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. You probably thought that his most influential outside work were those psychedelic Chupa Chups wrappers, but that was just ignorant.

Trust me, I’ve tried to figure this song out, but I haven’t really been able to. Something about cuts, and people bleeding and her screaming. Maybe you can analyze the lyrics (click here) and enlighten me. I know it has to do with two men “dueling” for the lead singer of this group who may have been alright for a German 80’s chick, but she’s certainly no Nena. Something tells me she still has the same haircut, but in bright red. There’s a Chinese restaurant involved as well to add mystique and allure. There’s always so many fights over German girls in Chinese restaurants, please people, stop the insanity. I think they wrote the song in German and translated it which didn’t exactly carry over so well which is the same problem Eazy-E had. But, whatever, none of that matters because this song is awesome, so add it to your list of tunes you should have.