25. Mozart’s Awkward Butt Fixation
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) first performed before royalty at age five. By the time he died thirty years later, he had cemented his place in history as one of the classical era’s most prolific and influential composers. He created about 600 compositions, many of them considered to be the pinnacles of classical music, and impacted subsequent music heavyweights such as Hayden and Beethoven. His legacy is still felt in Western music to this day. For somebody whose star burned so bright before he died so young, it is perhaps no surprise that Mozart was a freak beneath the sheets.
Generations of staid biographers found it awkward to describe Mozart’s fixation with rear ends. Not to put too fine a point on it, he liked to get his butt licked. In 1782, he composed Leck mich im Arsch (“Lick Me in the A**”), a party piece for his friends, whose lyrics include telling people to lick him… where the sun doesn’t shine and continues on in that vein. His publisher was scandalized by the lyrics, but he liked the music. So he tinkered (or basically rewrote) the lyrics, changed the song’s theme and refrain from rear licking to “Let us be glad!” Mozart also composed Bona Nox, whose lyrics include: “Phoey, phoey; … sh*t in your bed and make it burst; good night, sleep tight…” and then told the audience to put your mouth to your behind.