WATCH Der Hund von Baskerville - Cindy & Bert (German Black Sabbath cover 'Paranoid' 1971) bad cover-version shit-piss nice list

Cindy & Bert: The Dog of Baskerville (1971)

 

If there was a prize for the stupidest cover version, this song would definitely be a hot contender:

every time I listen to it, I think: hm-mm, what did Outta Cheeseburger and Norbert Maria Berger think here?

my tip: not much.

and the producers?

probably the following:

hey, there's this new rock band (Black Sabbath), they have a successful song (Paranoid), let's do that in German.

but why with Cindy & Bert?!

Well, you have to accept that there are questions that probably can never be answered.

 

Various Artists: Pop in Germany 1 (2001)

 

the song was originally released in 1971 as the b-side of the single "holly holy", said a-side is also a perversion, of a Neil diamond Christmas song.

I know the song from Bear Family's first installment of his Pop in Germany series which hits the ears of interested German fans of German hits.

awful nice!

even if Cindy & Bert top everything, which I know in this regard ...
 
By the way, the song from German TV, still outlives (almost) the craziness.

the dog from baskerville turns out to be a cute yawning lap dog, Cindy & Bert are standing around like stoned, while funny dressed people are being filmed, who, if I'm not mistaken, blabber about each other (1:30) ... bizarro total.

 

PS. apropos bad cover-versions, here again the note on shit-piss nice list.

Cindy & Bert

Holly Holy / The Dog Of Baskerville

label:

Cornet - 3220

Format:

Vinyl , 7 ", single, 45 RPM

Country:

Germany

released:

1971

Genre:

Rock , pop

Style:

Schlesinger , Psychedelic Rock , Hard Rock

Tracklist Hide Credits

A	- Cindy And Bert *	Holly Holy Accompanied By - Choir U. Porch. F. Berliner * Lyrics By [Dt. T.] - J. Madeleine * Music By, Lyrics By [Original] - N. Diamond *	3:20
B	- Cindy And Bert * And The Jay Five	The Dog of Baskerville (Paranoid) Lyrics By [Dr. T.] - Bert Berger * Music By, Lyrics By [Original] - Ward *, Butler *, Osbourne *, Commit *	2:50

Companies, etc.

• Record Company - Cornet GmbH & Co. KG

Notes

A side title is a German cover version of the Neil Diamond song ' Holly Holy '.

B-side title is a German version of the Black Sabbath song ' Paranoid '.
Cornet GmbH & Co. KG Junketeer Made in German

Barcarole and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / runabout (A-side label): 3220 / ASMARA
• Matrix / outrun (B-side label): 3220 / BOSSISM

4. Web links

   • Cindy in the Internet Movie Database
   • Bert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
   • discography
   • chart persecution

   Individual proofs

6. welt.de: Cindy & Bert singer Norbert Berger is dead Article from 19 July 2012
8. Prominent jurors at the Song Contest Musicales Schematize 2010 ( Memento of 3 May 2011 in the Internet Archive )
10. kneader.ed: The grave of Bert Berger
Chart sources: Germany