OMG! You gotta watch this. Yesterday, at the Eurovision Song Contest, the hosts (among them the very popular German comedians Anke Engelke and Stefan Raab) totally ROCKED the audience! They performed last year’s #1 song (Lena - Satellite). It’s super entertaining - watch it!
Btw - congratulations to Aserbaidschan for winning yesterday! :)
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Maybe you remember THIS POST from last May. It was about the big music contest Grand Prix de Eurovision and how Germany won for the first time in like forever.
The girl who won, Lena Meyer-Landruth, is going to defend her title with a new song “Taken by a stranger” (watch the video) this Saturday. This year, the Grand Prix contest takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany. Lena’s song doesn’t convince me though. I think it’s a bit boring. Let’s see what the viewers and the jury says on the 14th of May!
What do you think of the song / Are you going to watch the contest?
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Have I already introduced you to the German version of American Idol? I don’t think so. The 8th season is currently on, that’s why I’m thinking about it. I’m not a big fan or anything, mostly cause I listen to a different kind of music. However, it can be lots of fun to watch and place bets with friends.
Deutschland sucht den Superstar literally translates to Germany searches the super star. Very often, it’s just abbreviated as “DSDS”.
If you could choose your own personal superstar, who would it be :) ?
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Kraftwerk (power plant) is one of the most influential bands from Germany. They’re still around, but their main success was in the 70s.
Kraftwerk are considered to be the fathers of Electropop and Synthpop and have influenced many artists all over the world. Among songs like “Autobahn”, “Die Roboter” or “Radioaktvität”, their biggest hit was probably “Das Model”. Click on the pic to listen to the original version.
Rammstein covered the song in 1997.
(pic via clashmusic.com)
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Silbermond (silver moon) is another pretty popular German pop/rock band. In the past couple of years, they had two very successful No.1 hits, “Das Beste” (the best) and “Irgendwas bleibt” (something lasts) which are still played on the radio a lot.
Click on the pic to listen to the titlesong “Krieger des Lichts” (warriors of light) of a German comedy movie called “Friendship”.
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This is David Garrett….! Maybe you’ve heard of him? His name isn’t really German, I know - that’s cause his mom is Canadian. But he was born in Germany (Aachen) and grew up here.
He started playing the violin at the age of 5. And he’s fantastic at it!
I love his classic versions of rock and pop songs - his Rock Symphonies. Click.
And have I mentioned it? He’s damn hot. ;)
(pic via myspace)
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Another band, which is very popular here, is called “Beatsteaks”. I’ve already seen them live at a big rock music festival a couple of years ago and they really rocked the place! :D
They sing in English. I hope you don’t care. Listen to this song… and jump around the living room or wherever you are right now ;)
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You like Hip Hop music? You want some German hip hop music? Then you should check out “Die Fantastischen Vier” (The Fantastic Four) (very often abbreviated “Fanta Vier”). These guys have been around like… forever…. I would even go as far to say that they’re one of the first popular German hip hop acts.
The video I’ve chosen for you guys is from the song “MfG”… which is also an important abbreviation for you to know. It stands for “Mit freundlichen Grüßen” = Sincerely yours.
Actually the song lyrics is all about abbreviations. Pretty funny idea.
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