Cindy & Bert - Der Hund Von Baskerville (1971)

Cindy & Bert, a German vocal duo (and married couple) mainly played breezy tunes akin to say, Sonny & Cher. Apparently they were quite successful with a number of pop hits on the German charts through the 70s.

This here though - it's a bit of a mind boggle. We have our happy couple covering Sabbath's 1970 hit Paranoid, in the German language, but they changed the lyrics to something concerning Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (published 1902) which is a story of Sherlock Holmes investigating an allegedly demonic dog. 

What ties together Black Sabbath and Sherlock Holmes? Truly nothing I can think of.

For additional confusion we get this performance with Bert and Cindy in front of a spooky foggy castle backdrop. It has a similar look to a Hammer horror film. Bert looks a bit disinterested or perhaps high or perhaps undead. The crowd seemingly has no idea how to dance to this but an attempt is made. We get random shots of a little doggy whose shining moment is a yawn. Really, we got a lot of blank stares going on here.

I love the addition of the organ to add to the psychedelic vibe. Somehow all these different elements combine for a perfect surreal mindmush of an experience. Or maybe I'm just having a weird coma dream that I'll wake up from and realize none of this actually exists.