One of my readers, dashasv, asked me to share this video with you guys. Thank you for bringing me attention to it!
“Blick nach vorn” (Look/View forward) by Max Herre, is a very nice song with a great message: Stay optimistic and fight despite all the doubt, failure and pain that you experience on your own personal journey.
dashasv also wanted to know where the videoclip was shot. I really don’t know. If any of you does, please let us know!
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Have you ever seen a Japanese guy yodeling like there’s no tomorrow? No? Well… click on the pic and soon you’ll have.
Keep on yodeling, Takeo Ischi! :D
jodeln (reg.) = (to) yodel
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10 instruments in #German
das (Musik-)Instrument (-e)
1.) die Gitarre (-n) = guitar (-s)
2.) das Klavier (-e) = piano (-s)
3.) das Schlagzeug (-e) = drums
4.) die Flöte (-n) = flute (-s)
5.) die Trompete (-n) = trumpet (-s)
6.) die Mundharmonika (-s) = harp (-s)
7.) die Geige (-n) = violin (-s)
8.) die Bassgitarre (-n) = bass guitar (-s)
9.) das Keyboard (-s) = keyboard (-s)
10.) das Saxophon (-e) = saxophone (-s)
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Peter Fox - Haus am See. Click the pic to watch.
Refrain:
Und am Ende der Straße steht ein Haus am See
Orangenbaumblätter liegen auf dem Weg
Ich hab zwanzig Kinder, meine Frau ist schön
Mmm alle kommen vorbei, ich brauch nie raus zu gehn
… Das Haus am See
Yeah… yeah
(And at the end of the road is a house at the lake. Leaves of orangetrees lay on the path. I have 20 children, my wife is beautiful. Mmm, everybody’s coming over, so I never have to go outside. The house at the lake.)
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“Die perfekte Welle” (the perfect wave) was the song that made the German band “Juli” (July) famous in 2004.
They’ve released two studio albums so far. “Es ist Juli” (It’s July) and “Ein neuer Tag” (A new day). Click on the pic to watch the video ;)
Das ist die perfekte Welle, (this is the perfect wave)
das ist der perfekte Tag, (this is the perfect day)
lass dich einfach von ihr tragen, (just have yourself carried by it)
denk am besten gar nicht nach. (it would be best if you didn’t think about it at all)
(An anonymous reader asked me to post about Juli. Thanks for this idea!)
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The German artist I’m introducing you to today, is very special and weird at the same time. His name is Max Raabe and he is specialized in the sound of German music from the 1920s and 30s.
Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester may sound pretty odd to your ears. I think it’s fascinating and cool, but of course you need some time to get used to it :D Click on the picture to hear a song called “In der kleinen Konditorei” (At the little pastry shop) ,originally from 1928.
(brought to my attention by @johncabrera, danke!)
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“Ein Hotdog unten am Hafen” (A hotdog down by the harbor) by the German band “Element of Crime”.
I like their sound a lot. They also have pretty awesome lyrics. Very poetic. :)
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Peter Fox is a pretty popular German hiphop artist. He has already won three Echo awards ( = the most important German music award).
Alles Neu - Peter Fox
This is fully a quarter the music I listened to this week; it’s goddamn catchy.
Also, his white dancing is not complicated nor stupid looking, possibly due to the business suit, cleaver, and cellos. Mainly the cleaver. (English Translation)
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Wir sind Helden (translation: We are heroes) are a cool German pop band from Berlin. Their sound is influenced by Neue Deutsche Welle bands and has an electropoppy feel to it.
(via cometstarmoon)
While travelling in Switzerland I saw a video for this band - Wir Sind Helden. They have a sweet and poppy sound I quite enjoy.
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This is a great German song against fascism (taken from the album “Die Bestie in Menschengestalt” by “Die Ärzte”). I would even say that “Schrei nach Liebe” is one of these songs that every German knows (well, except my grandparents maybe LOL).
Because the word “Arschloch” (asshole) is used a bunch of times in the song, some radio stations didn’t play it at first. But because of the important anti-fascist topic, it was eventually played on most radio stations.
Deine Gewalt ist nur ein stummer Schrei nach Liebe
Deine Springerstiefel sehnen sich nach Zärtlichkeit
Du hast nie gelernt dich zu artikulieren
und deine Eltern hatten niemals für dich Zeit
ohohoh ARSCHLOCH
You can read the entire lyrics here.
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