1286 - Siouxsie and the Banshees Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) 1978

"The Scream" is the debut studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in November 1978 on Polydor Records. "Mittageisen" is a single by the English band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Originally appearing on the band's 1978 debut album The Scream as "Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)", the track was re-recorded in 1979 with this time the lyrics sung in German. The title "Mittageisen" is a word play based on the German words "Mittagessen" (literally: "noon meal", i.e. Lunch) and Eisen ("iron"). The title was inspired by John Heartfield's photocollage Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle!("Hurray, the Butter is Finished!"), that was also used as front cover art. John Heartfield's photocollage was initially used on the frontpage of the "Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung / Workers Illustrated Journal", published on 19 December 1935. Heartfield (1891–1968) was an early member of the Club Dada, which started 1916 as Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich. The picture with the title 'Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle! / Hurray, the butter is finished!' shows a family who eats various pieces of metal. The trigger for it was the following quote from Hermann Göring: "Iron always made a nation strong, butter and lard only made the people fat".