German music please

[Unimatrix11]

lol - yeah, we had been waiting for a new strong man for so long, and then came David... unfortunately, he refused to become our Schwarzenegger...

[Docfeelgood]

Seconded (no, thanks). It´s really embarressing, what ´german´ music is thought to be like, esp. in the states. I want to point out, that Rammstein is not anywhere nearly as popular here as in the states. If people know them at all, 95% laugh and either turn away or change the topic asap, if you ask them about Rammstein. Been at Roskilde (festival in denmark), met an american and he came esp. for them and was all giddied up. An amerian one-nighter of mine was also a very big fan of them. I wonder, if you people know, where the name comes from... To take away the suspense, and to not leave anyone possibly without this vital knowledge, i tell you: Rammstein is an (US?-) airbase in Germany, and during a show some, what, 15?, years ago, there was a heavy accident, killing some 50 people - that´s where it´s from.

Want me to recommend some german music? ´Ton, Steine, Scherben´ (´clay/sound, stones, shards´), from the 70´s are great IMHO. Then you have Heinz Rudolf Kunze, whose popular songs suck ass, but who has some very deep lyrics on his less popular titles. If you wanna go popular, try ´Die fantastischen 4´ (or simply ´fanta4´), hip-hoppers who kinda dominate in germany for a decade now. Or ´Seeed´. If you dont understand german lyrics anyway, and have no intention to, give Herbert Grönemeyer (known from the movie ´Das Boot´) a shot: he sings with his mouth closed most of the time, which is his thing. If you like jazzy stuff, try Nik Bärtsch (aka Ronin). I am not saying i like any of these, except the first and the last, but still, all of these rank miles, no, lightyears, no, parsecs above Rammstein in my book. Hell, even ´Nena´ is better (´99 Luftballons´ - you know that one!). (Falco was austrian - and sucked, too)

But i suppose you are looking for stuff like Rammstein - well then dont call it ´german´ music, please - i´d prefer the stereotype to remain with ´hump-ta-ta´ rather than with Rammstein - we are not all that ´Nüni´ here after all...

Thanks.
I allready knew about RamMstein, intresting name for a band tho.
I like the raw sound, English or German lyrics are ok.
I'm thinking of learning to speak German so it helps to hear the words clearly.
Sorry to strero type to German music but I was hopeing you understood what I ment.
Forgive my ignorance please, I'm a Texan.

[Provost Harrison]

...Heinz Rudolf Kunze...

That's not a name you want to move to the English-speaking world with

[Unimatrix11]

he is also called simply ´HRK´ or ´Brille´ (glasses) by some.

[BeBMan]

That's not a name you want to move to the English-speaking world with

You know how we pronounce the last name of famous philoguy Immanuel Kant here?

[Unimatrix11]

well - now i get what the ´imperative of Kant´ is all about, finally ! Never thought about this one - great BeBro !