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At around this time the band made the acquaintance of poet [[Werner Karma]], who would write the lyrics for the band's albums until [[1989]]. His complex and often politically charged lyrics gave the band a strong intellectual appeal, but frequently landed them in trouble with the censors, who demanded changes before allowing a song to be performed.
In [[1982]], Danz's then-boyfriend Rüdiger "Ritchie" Barton, joined the band, replacing its two keyboardists. His synthesizer playing lent a [[New Wave music|New Wave]] edge to the band's subsequent album, ''[[Mont Klamott]]'', named for the "[[Flak Tower#Flakturm II- Friedrichshain|rubbish mountain]]" in [[Berlin]]'s [[Friedrichshain]] district that was built over the debris of a [[WWII]] [[flak tower]]. The title track, a massive hit in East Germany, is typical of Karma's narrative writing style, with several overtones. It concerns a conversation between two women, one old and one young; the younger one thanks the city fathers for the hill, which for her is only as a place to catch some fresh air; the older replies to her that it was the city mothers — Germany's ''[[Trummerfrauen]]'' — who had built the hill from the city ruins.
''Mont Klamott'' was voted East Germany's Album of the Year, cementing Silly's massive popularity. At the time, the band toured constantly, spending most of its time on the road.
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