Subj : What music are belong to you?
To   : Lodger
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Apr 03 2010 12:03 am

  Re: What music are belong to you?
  By: Lodger to Nightfox on Fri Apr 02 2010 18:33:29

 > Maybe you remember Propaganda, another band from here that gained internatio
 > attention for a short time. And of course there is the german punkband "Die
 > Toten Hosen" who are also known througout europe and south america. All thos
 > bands started their (sometimes quite short) careers in Duesseldorf in the la
 > 1970s, early 1980s.

I don't remember Propoganda, but I've heard of Die Toten Hosen.  Didn't they do
the song "Maenner Sind Schweiner"?  Or was that another group?  I remember
hearing that song when I visited Germany in 1998.

A funny thing is that there were a few German songs that were somewhat popular
on US radio in the 80s, but I had never noticed them until I returned from
Germany in 1998..  I think Falco's "Der Komissar" got some airplay on US radio
in the 80s (although the English version by After The Fire seems like it was
played more here).  Also, Nena's "99 Luftballoons" (and her English version
more so) have been played on the radio in the US.  I don't know why, but I had
never noticed those songs until after I came back to the US from Germany..  I
hadn't heard of Falco until I went to Germany and someone I knew there had his
"Out of the Dark (Into the Light)" CD, which had recently been released then. 
I bought that CD myself, and I enjoy it..  I like some of Falco's earlier music
from the 80s too (i.e., "Vienna Calling").  It's sad that Falco died just
months before his "Out of the Dark" CD was released.  :(  I read that he died
in a car accident while on vacation.

 > But unfortunately, there is no longer a vital "music scene" like there was i
 > these days. There still are some bands, but today it's very expensive to fin
 > room for rehearsals and if you do, you will have to play in a lousy, rotten
 > loft or something like that.

That's too bad.  :(

Nightfox

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