The great noble of Viennese nonchalance, this is how Falco was once described by H.C. Artmann, who had no doubt that Falco was a poet. And this is the core theme of this book: Falco, the poet. With his linguistic mixtures, the infamous Manhattan Schönbrunn German, he was regarded as a renewer and connector of elements of international language art. He was the missing link between pop and avant-garde, between hits and experimentation, between local slang and Esperanto. Where else can you find lines like "der schlange kur / ist nur lamour / for sure / / der schlange kur / toujours / anacondamour"? Eight prominent Germanists, including Klaus Kastberger, Günter Zimmermann, and Peter Ernst, delve into the poetic dimension of Falco's texts and uncover surprising results. How could it be otherwise, as the legend lives on!.