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Recommend Me Some German Music
crocodilemachine
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This semester I just started a German class. So far really liking it and I would like to further my familiarity with the language and I have found that music helps.
So, recommend me some German music!
I already have a lot of Rammstein so anything else of any genre would be great.
So, recommend me some German music!
I already have a lot of Rammstein so anything else of any genre would be great.
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Don't take any of these as recommendations but..
New Days Delay - kinda punky gothy band http://www.myspace.com/newdaysdelay (they've got an album up on e-music)
Zeraphine - kinda goth rock http://www.zeraphine.de/ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zeraphine&search_type=
Kraftwork - kinda technoey ebm kinda thingie not sure if loads of there stuff has much lyrics http://www.kraftwerk.com/
Wolfsheim - synthpop band http://www.wolfsheim.de/
Falco - You may remember from Rock Me Amadeus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEY_JpxkXE
Obviously, the more international the band, the more songs they tend to do in english rather than german.
Ahem, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b20UzLecnHo
GM: Rusty Chains (DH Ongoing)
Die Fantastischen Vier is like the German equivalent of the Beastie Boys. Decent for controlled listening spurts, but not something on my regular playlist.
Wizo is decent, but they play in German, French, and English.
Edit: here is the music video for Jeanny, and was actually pretty original for its time until crime dramas like CSI and Law and Order made this commonplace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRgR6PJXEZw
Einstürzende Neubauten for some...uh, whatever it is they do. I haven't listened to them for a long time, but I did like the album Halber Mensch.
My Backloggery
Still a good German band though if you like electronic music.
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falls du nicht verstanden hast (ive got some music that i can i show you, ill give you a bit of what i got. if you tell me what you like to listen to, then i can go into greater detail)
Beispiele:
Clueso, Fettes Brot, Die Fantastischen Vier, Wir Sind Helden, Die Aerzte, Modeselektor, Lali Puna, The Notwist, and last but not least, BUSHIDO (do you like the DDR and guns?)
Pass auf, sie alle singen nicht auf deutsch. bis neulich wurde es als "seltsam" oder "fremd" gesehen auf deutsch zu singen. dann kam musik aus Hamburg und Berlin die die szene aenderte. und noch was dazu, deutsche rap ist ziemlich koemisch.
(watch out, a lot of germans dont sing in german. till recently it was seen as strange or weird to sing in german. eventually music scenes from hamburg and berlin started thier own shit and that started to change. though on the whole german rap is kind of funny.)
Dangit, that's my line. May favorites are Seele Tanzt and Destillat, for what it's worth. Well, then, try Oomph!, which is more regular metal than industrial. Laibach is great, too, if you liked Rammstein - Ramm pretty much apes Laibach's more metal sounding stuff, but they do a lot of electronic too.
wolfsheim
wumpscut
for the love of god, please do not listen to rammstein.
Laibach
Einsturzende Neubauten
KMFDM
Electronic composer for hire.
Louise Cyphre. Really chaotic stuff. Not even sure if the lyrics are intelligible through the screamy vocals, but they're a pretty good punk/hardcore band.
Also: Is there such a thing as "mellow" German music? I notice I have a lot of metal and electronic stuff (which is not bad by any means)
Just curious.
Keep 'em coming.
Die Toten Hosen. (punk)
The WiseGuys (hilarious)
Try Reinhard Mey, not sure if I'd call him a folk singer but I can't think of any better word for his music. He's pretty funny, too.
Just stay the hell away from any Schlager music, it'll make you want to drop your German classes.
Wir Sind Helden might be cool still.
What? How can you call Wumpscut trash and then recommend KMFDM?
How about that song '99 Luftballons' by Nena? There is a German version and an English version that are pretty easy to find.
Edit: Oops! Looks like the lyrics are different from German to English: http://www.inthe80s.com/redger3.shtml
I was going to suggest that, but as a joke. It does lose a lot in translation, though. The original German was an anti-war song but the translation was just non-sensical.
Then there's Sportfreunde Stiller - fun, catchy music.
Like already suggested above, Flaco. It's the 10th year anniversary of his death too.
You might also want to listen to Herbert Grönemeyer, although even most Germans don't actually understand what he's singing.
Die Toten Hosen - I'm not their biggest fan, but I really like this song.
Rammstein - well, what can I say, they're hit and miss, but they did some great music too.
we also listened to a lot of die Prinzen in class... they're ok, generally inoffensive with clear lyrics, hence listening to them in class a fair bit.
also rubber ducky techno german remix, if you can find it. Mostly because it's hilarious
Yes, yes and yes.
Do you as an Austrian remember any rap group called "Blumentopf" or something like that? I went to a Bloodhoundgang concert like a million years ago and some Austrian duders were the pre-main act. I thought they were pretty good, but I smoked so much dope that night that I took a nap in the mosh pit.