The Song ‘Oh Yeah’ from ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ is the Origin of a Fortune

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The whole album by Yello is fantastic. Not a bad track and has guest vocals by Shirley Bassey of Goldfinger fame.

Hmm, well, part of the "origin of a fortune".

Dieter Meier of Yello was already very rich (son of a big-time Swedish (edit: Swiss) banker).

Swiss, not Swedish.

Switzerland - bankers, cuckoo clocks and chocolate

Sweden - IKEA, meatballs and Spotify.

Yes. Actually a typo, since I know where he is from and the differences between the two countries (e.g. not a "I want to visit Austria and see the kangaroos" mistake).

.. Also Meier, not Meyer, to be even more precise!

How do you find a millionaire industrialist/performance artist to sing in your techno band. That seems like an interesting story.

I was in elementary school when i first saw Ferris Buellers. I used to wake up early, ride my bike to school and wait for school to start in the dark with a few other kids. We thought it was fun to be at school a few hours before anyone got there. That all changed once I saw the movie.

Oh no!

‘On March 23, 1994 between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, Dieter Meier will be standing on this plaque.’

https://dialoguesentredeux.wordpress.com/tag/train-station/

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