Schlager musik...
Mar 23rd, 2009, 12:11 PM
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I admit I don't know that much about Schlager. Never paid much attention to it when I was living in Germany. Never knew any of the earlier stars that Logos refers to. I do know that I've enjoyed several female Schlager stars and most recently Helene Fischer. She has a beautiful voice and doesn't sing just Schlager. Listen to some of these and tell me it is awful. I just can't believe that my taste is as terrible as you say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxmMf...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djmvu...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FufeI...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxmMf...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djmvu...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FufeI...eature=related
Mar 23rd, 2009, 12:24 PM
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Sounds like "American Idol" with too much echo. It's surely o.k if you like it, but I would just switch away after a few seconds. Does she sing anything that isn't a cover of another well known song?
Mar 23rd, 2009, 12:33 PM
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Mar 23rd, 2009, 02:06 PM
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LOL @ logos!!! (I don't think so...)
How about this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NErNv...eature=related
(This song is not Bavarian but Saxon, by the way. It is one of those 'everyone' hates but 'everyone' knows by heart.)
After the original, there is also a version by Rammstein:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCcnO...eature=related
P.S. Ben please don't take our answers too personally! Just tell us our stuff is crap and you doubt our taste - we can cope with that! No offence intended!!! This is the plain normal way how Germans discuss music...
May I dare admit that I own quite a collection of Australian country music? And my treasured CDs from Malaysia might contain the Malay equivalent to Schlager, I'm afraid. There is hardly anything in German in my CD shelf... except some Swiss rock I brought from Zürich recently, if that counts as 'in German'.
How about this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NErNv...eature=related
(This song is not Bavarian but Saxon, by the way. It is one of those 'everyone' hates but 'everyone' knows by heart.)
After the original, there is also a version by Rammstein:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCcnO...eature=related
P.S. Ben please don't take our answers too personally! Just tell us our stuff is crap and you doubt our taste - we can cope with that! No offence intended!!! This is the plain normal way how Germans discuss music...
May I dare admit that I own quite a collection of Australian country music? And my treasured CDs from Malaysia might contain the Malay equivalent to Schlager, I'm afraid. There is hardly anything in German in my CD shelf... except some Swiss rock I brought from Zürich recently, if that counts as 'in German'.
Mar 23rd, 2009, 02:22 PM
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Yes quokka, the Rammstein version is quite good. (I'm not clicking on that other link).
I see it has also some images from "Bück dich"
Don't click here if you find Rammstein offensive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW03c4Vmr0k
(I'm not clicking on that other link).I see it has also some images from "Bück dich"
Don't click here if you find Rammstein offensive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW03c4Vmr0k
Mar 23rd, 2009, 11:13 PM
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Well I don't know what I'm talking about, so I'll jump right in to the discussion. As my mother used to say, "people who are not handicapped by knowledge are usually the most free with their opinions". And I certainly am not handicapped by any knowledge here. ;->
My first encounter with schlager music has been this year through TV commercials we see here in Amsterdam on German stations. The commercials are of the "buy this CD with 400 of your favorite schlager artists" type. From the hairstyles and clothes, the singers in these commercials appear to be from the 70's and 80's. The clips they show of the singers involve lots of schmaltz with overemphasized facial expressions and extremely earnest body language.
From what I can tell the proper analogy with US music is not country music, but rather the likes of Wayne Newton, Tom Jones, etc. At least that's what it reminds me of.
My first encounter with schlager music has been this year through TV commercials we see here in Amsterdam on German stations. The commercials are of the "buy this CD with 400 of your favorite schlager artists" type. From the hairstyles and clothes, the singers in these commercials appear to be from the 70's and 80's. The clips they show of the singers involve lots of schmaltz with overemphasized facial expressions and extremely earnest body language.
From what I can tell the proper analogy with US music is not country music, but rather the likes of Wayne Newton, Tom Jones, etc. At least that's what it reminds me of.
Mar 24th, 2009, 01:58 AM
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"people who are not handicapped by knowledge are usually the most free with their opinions". What a great saying and so apropos for this thread. Logos has convinced me that Schlager is dead or at least completely awful - so with Frau Fischer by my side I will exit this mess I should never have started. I promise to stick to topics I halfway know something about from now on. Thanks for the education everyone...
Mar 24th, 2009, 03:06 AM
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Hi Ben. I am just coming back from our neighbourhood drugstore. They have exactly 24 CDs on display, among them one of Helene Fischer, one of Andrea Berg, one of Hansi Hinterseer and one of Geschwister Hofmann. Roughly one third of the CDs they sell are Schlagers.
You might like the Hofmann sisters (quokka and logos certainly not):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIn1BL_mA4o
You might like the Hofmann sisters (quokka and logos certainly not):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIn1BL_mA4o
Mar 24th, 2009, 03:33 PM
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wanderfrau... I think you'll get a pack of aspirin for free with every Schlager CD you buy 
ben... You take our nagging WAY too seriously and personally. As long as you like it, who cares what others think of it. Just have some sympathy for that part of the local population who gets goose bumps from Gemütlichkeit and Schlager (and wants to beat the reps of the German Tourist Board with a stick for promoting it). There is no middle way here. Noone discusses it seriously as you would discuss the quality of opera or jazz. In Germany, Schlager is a love it or hate it issue.
As a peace-offering here's a list to several dozen web radios:
http://www.surfmusic.de/format/schlager.html
Have fun!
ben... You take our nagging WAY too seriously and personally. As long as you like it, who cares what others think of it. Just have some sympathy for that part of the local population who gets goose bumps from Gemütlichkeit and Schlager (and wants to beat the reps of the German Tourist Board with a stick for promoting it). There is no middle way here. Noone discusses it seriously as you would discuss the quality of opera or jazz. In Germany, Schlager is a love it or hate it issue.
As a peace-offering here's a list to several dozen web radios:
http://www.surfmusic.de/format/schlager.html
Have fun!
Mar 25th, 2009, 11:21 AM
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I have always had a fondness for Schlager music. It just goes with the memories of my Oma and I listening to it at her home in Frankfurt when I was young in the late 60's early 70's in and it has just stuck with me. Yep... it just makes me happy when I hear it.
Mar 25th, 2009, 11:38 AM
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Yep, I do recall one evening somewhere in China. There was a Heintje movie on TV. Fortunately, it was dubbed in Chinese, unfortunately whenever Heintje was singing he was actually singing himself. Yeah, we all loved Heintje......
Mar 28th, 2009, 11:03 PM
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Hi all! I think I am about to drop myself right in it here!! I live in Australia, and only wish I could speak German as I can't get enough of schlager music Ben, I haven't been able to stop listening to Helene Fischer since reading your post - she is amazing! Thankyou to Traveller1959 for the Hoffman Sisters too - brilliant! Ben, there is a lot of modern schlager type music, and a lot of it in English as well. Its been a very popular music style in the Eurovision Song Contest, most notably from Sweden. Have posted a couple of songs here to give you an idea. I guess every country has things about it that make its own people cringe. I hate the way they get Australians to speak in international films, as non of us speak like that! A great example is the recent film "Australia" I know it was a big film, but it made most of us here cringe with the way we were portrayed - and Hugh Jackman does not speak like that! I only wish my local drugstore stocked all those CD's! Please anyone feel free to email me if there are sites where I could go to purchase them ([email protected])
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATNgtgi_dSM
This first one represented Sweden at Eurovision 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3oj...eature=related
This came 2nd at this years Danish National Competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey5RD...eature=related
...and this one is just for you Ben - a medley from the magical Helene Fischer
Enjoy everyone - lovers and haters alike..hehe
Ben, I haven't been able to stop listening to Helene Fischer since reading your post - she is amazing! Thankyou to Traveller1959 for the Hoffman Sisters too - brilliant! Ben, there is a lot of modern schlager type music, and a lot of it in English as well. Its been a very popular music style in the Eurovision Song Contest, most notably from Sweden. Have posted a couple of songs here to give you an idea. I guess every country has things about it that make its own people cringe. I hate the way they get Australians to speak in international films, as non of us speak like that! A great example is the recent film "Australia" I know it was a big film, but it made most of us here cringe with the way we were portrayed - and Hugh Jackman does not speak like that! I only wish my local drugstore stocked all those CD's! Please anyone feel free to email me if there are sites where I could go to purchase them ([email protected])http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATNgtgi_dSM
This first one represented Sweden at Eurovision 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3oj...eature=related
This came 2nd at this years Danish National Competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey5RD...eature=related
...and this one is just for you Ben - a medley from the magical Helene Fischer
Enjoy everyone - lovers and haters alike..hehe
