Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – In the Düsseldorf town hall there was a dispute about the party song “Layla” on Tuesday. The FDP parliamentary group had put the topic on the agenda of the Equal Opportunities Committee and, among other things, asked how the responsible office felt about other songs like “Sexy” by Marius Müller-Westernhagen.
The written answer from the Office for Equal Opportunities said on Tuesday that they “not at all” position themselves on songs like “Sexy” or “Cordula Grün”. At the same time, it is part of the job of the equal opportunities officer “to raise awareness, for example, of everyday sexism – which can find expression in song lyrics, among other things – and to get involved in the relevant social debates.”
The FDP politician Christine Rachner added in the committee that the debate about “Layla” – fueled by an intervention by the equal opportunities officer at the Düsseldorf fair – made the song even more popular from her point of view. The producers “wouldn’t fall asleep laughing,” says Rachner.
Düsseldorf’s Equal Opportunities Officer Elisabeth Wilfart was outraged in the committee: It was “outrageous” to put her in a row with those who campaigned for the song. The train of thought that she is responsible for the increased popularity of the song is “shameful”.
The party song about a “brothel” named Layla was number one in the German charts for weeks. The Equal Opportunities Officer Wilfart had spoken to the organizers about the song before the big Düsseldorf fair. The riflemen then banned the song in their own marquee and recommended that the other innkeepers and showmen not play it. In the end – as you can see on the internet videos – it was played as an instrumental version in the Schützenzelt, and again and again in the other tents.
