A Playlist of Popular German Songs
They say the German language is guttural and harsh sounding. They say it is not beautiful like Spanish, romantic like French or musical like Italian. I say it is unique, after all, every language must not be identical.
An acquaintance once quipped that it is an uneasy language to musicalize in and even if it were, the music would lack the potentiality of conveying pleasure. Spoken from a perspective bereft of empirical proof, I sympathized and pardoned his ignorance for he had neither heard Andrea Berg, nor Xavier Naidoo sing.
As stated elsewhere, such myopic outlook reflects a nonacceptance and disregard of difference or diversity. We are acculturated to music in one language, consequently, the expansion of the mind towards an indulgence of music in different languages becomes problematic. And unappreciation of a language often translates to an unappreciation of the native speaker. My mother tongue, Ibibio, for instance, is one that is often derided and mockingly compared to Chinese (not bad, though), as such my argument stems from experience.
Since this Blog appreciates all music genres, regardless of language differences, today’s post follows-up the penultimate on Germans and their music with a playlist of songs from popular German artists targeted at German language learners and culture enthusiasts.
Here, it is!
Andrea Berg. "Du hast mich tausendmal belogen" (You have lied to me a Thousand Times) - Schlager.
Andreas Bourani. "Auf Uns" (To Us) - German Pop.
Andy Borg. "Lass' mi nit untergeh'n”(Don’t let me go down) - Schlager.
Annett Louisan. "Das Gefühl". (The Feeling) - Country.
Beatrice Egli. "Mein Herz" (My Heart) - Schlager.
Bushido. "Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück" (From the Skyline to the curb and back) - Rap.
Cassandra Steen. "Tanz" (Dance) - Urban.
Culcha Candela. "Somma Im Kiez" (Summer in Kiez) - Hip Hop.
Eko Fresh. "Die Abrechnung" (The Billing) - Hip Hop.
Frida Gold. "Liebe Ist Meine Rebellion" (Love is my Rebellion) - Pop.
Heino. "Die Schwarze Barbara" (The Black Barbara) - Schlager.
Helene Fischer. "Ich will immer wieder...dieses Fieber spür'n" (I always want to feel this Fever) - Schlager.
Herbert Grönemeyer. "Bochum" - Rock.
Howard Carpendale. "Samstag Nacht" (Saturday Night) - Schlager.
Ich + Ich. "Stark" (Strong) - Pop.
Jan Delay. "Oh Jonny" - Fusion.
Johannes Oerding. "Alles Okay" (Everything’s Ok) - Pop.
Kerstin Ott. "Regenbogenfarben" (Rainbow Colours) - Schlager.
Maite Kelly. "Die Liebe siegt sowieso" (Love wins,anyway) - Schlager.
Mark Forster. "Wir sind groß" (We are big) - Pop.
Max Giesinger. "80 Millionen" (80 Million) - Pop.
Nena. "Made in Germany" - Pop.
Peter Maffay. "Sonne in der Nacht" (Sun in the Night) - Pop-Rock.
Pietro Lombardi. "Kämpferherz" (A Fighter’s Heart) - Pop.
Rex Gildo. "Wenn Du mich brauchst" (When You need me) - Schlager.
Roberto Blanco. "Am Tag, als es kein Benzin mehr gab" (The Day whe there was no more gas) - Folk music.
Roland Kaiser. "Joana” - Schlager.
Sarah Connor. "Bedingungslos" (Unconditional) - Pop.
Sarah Lombardi. "Genau Hier" (Right here) - Pop.
Seeed. "Ding" (Thing) - Dance Pop.
Semino Rossi. "Wir sind im Herzen jung" (We are young in Heart) - Schlager.
Tim Bendzko. "Sag einfach Ja" (Simply say yes!) - Pop.
Udo Jürgens. "Ich weiß, was ich will" (I know what I want) - Pop.
Udo Lindenberg. "Hoch im Norden" (Up in the North) -Rock.
Vanessa Mai. "Ich sterb' für Dich" (I die for you) - Schlager/ Pop/Electro.
Xavier Naidoo. "Sie sieht mich nicht" (She does not see me) - R&B.
Yvonne Catterfeld. "Für Dich" (For you) - R&B.
[DISCLAIMER: None of the music content on this page belong to me. They are merely reference points which serve the purpose of entertainment and awareness creation, only]
