"Ein bisschen Frieden" from Nicole has won the Eurovision song context in 1982. And in the 80s there was the "Neue deutsche Welle" (New german Wave) which were more cocky and had often political messages as well. German Schlager is more about rainbow and butterflies. The EAV Erste allgemeine Verunsicherung is an austrian band which exists since 1977. They are famous for their bizarre costumes and crazy lyrics. And although they are a serious band, they don't want to be taken that serious. But they are great. And then there was Milli Vanilli, the greatest scam in music history. Both of them can't sing any straight note and where only chosen as the pretty face to the music. The actual band behind it came to light eventually and exposed them. But after starting under the name The real Milli Vanilli they had not really success.
About Milli Vanilli, one could sing, albeit he wasn't a great singer, the other was a dancer. Sadly the whole deal hit both of them hard and it ended up with one of them taking his own life years later. Quite a sad story if you think about it, because it was not really a secret, their producer being the same guy behind Boney M, who also famously were not the original singers. (at least not the guy in Boney M, unsure about the girls)
@@j0hnn13K It is sad for sure for an ending like that. But I have to disagree about the part that one of them could sing. After the reveal during a press conference they tried to defend themself and neither of them could hold a single tone even by accident. If the real singers would have gotten a better deal to keep silent, it would have been better for both sides. Cause without the faces of the puppets the music didn't matter that much after all. It had to be the complete package.
@@Andermonda i did not say he was a good singer ;) i do remember him trying to get over it a year or so after the events of Milli Vanilli, he released .. i want to say 2 singles? but it was .. not great.
Milli Vanilli stolperte über ein technisches Problem beim Playback. Das Musikband hatte einen Hänger (ähnlich wie bei Schallplatten mit Sprung) und dadurch kam es heraus. Der Produzent dieser Band (der auch gesungen hat) ist übrigens vor einem Monat gestorben. @@Andermonda
99 Luftballons 🎈 by Nena (1984) was a huge hit in the USA. It was recorded in German and English and, surprisingly, the German Language version made the Billboard Top 40 Chart, not the English version.
Falco, (he is from Austria) who is represented here 3 times (der komissar, Jeannie, Amadeus) is to date the only German-speaking artist to have a #1 hit (Amadeus) in America (billboards)!
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung at 6:50 was a rather famous austrian parodistic pop band. They retired only a few years ago in 2019. The band's name literally translates to First General Unsettledness deriving from Erste Allgemeine Versicherung/First General Assurance which was a well known austrian insurance company. The band liked to fool around heavily both in their texts and performances. But in their songs there also exists an important socially critical undertone. Many of their songs are considered iconic. Ding Dong, Fata Morgana, Märchenprinz (fairy tale prince), Afrika, Banküberfall (bank robbery) songs that still crack me up today. Subversive humor before all of that PC nonsense.
Edelweiss is a small white flower in the Alpes. It's sometimes hard to pick it up, because it can grow in small rock niche. In this region it's a proof for real love to pick up the flower for your girl and eventually risk your life
Fun fact: Roland Kaiser has his 50 year stage anniversary this year. By the turn of the millenium he was diagnosed with COPD and did a farewell tour. Then he got a lung transplant and restarted his career. He is 71 now and still alive and kicking on the stage!
The change in 1981 to 1983 is what we call "Neue deutsche Welle" (New german wave). It was a small episode, where music became much more crazy and open due to a new generation. After this the charts opend up for a lot of different genres.
Eidelweiss is a small white flower, the national flower of Austria. Milli Vanilli, who had two or three of the top songs in 1989, won a Grammy for one of those songs, but it was revoked when it was learned that the two "lead singers" weren't actually singing but had been lip syncing. Oops!
Modern Talking were a really popular band throughout Europe in the mid 80's. The type of music genre they belonged to at the time was called Eurobeat - dance synth music that was originally popular in gay clubs, especially in the UK, but then some of them moved more into mainstream. Most Eurobeat bands were either German, Italian or French.
It's interesting, how "Tausend und eine Nacht" (1000 and one nights) was still a popular party song among my friends when we were Teenagers 20 years after it's release. I never knew it was that old 😄
in 1982 "Ein bisschen Frieden" winner song of the eurovision songcontest,i was stationt in munich for a special training program in army medical service. Stay well
The songs "Männer" and "Was Soll Das" by Herbert Grönemeyer comes from two of the most bought albums ever in Germany. "4630 Bochum" (Männer) and "Ö" (Was Soll Das). Herbert Grönemeyer rarely has got single hits, but all albums from Bochum to Tumult landed at number one. He is huge!
For the Americans who know the war movie Das Boot, Grönemeyer played Lt. Werner who tells the story of the submarine. He gave up acting after that and became an extremely popular singer-songwriter.
A lot of these songs were popular in the UK too, 'Major Tom' by Peter Schilling I love. It was the theme tune to the most popular foreign language drama ever broadcast in the UK which was a German drama series called 'Deutschland 83' which surprisingly wasn't very popular in Germany. It was broadcast in prime time on Channel 4, one of our major tv networks as their prime time drama and it was fantastic. I like some current German acts like Annenmaykantereit and Mayberg.
1988, 4th place - the EAV was a band who put on costumes. Different ones for each song! On stage. And it was a very fun - but pretty socially critical band. Edelweiss is a protected flower that grows in the alps. I had to laugh about the Milli Vanilli package in 1989.
The penguin you just saw was the mascot of the Austrian band "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung" (First General Uncertainty) or EAV for short. The band was popular during the 80ies and had funny lyrics or at least lyrics that one shouldn't take that serious and were meant to get you in a good mood. The 80ies was a weird time anyways in terms of music. A new genre or more like a pop culture came up called "Neue Deutsche Welle" (New German Wave) or NDW for short which almost anything you saw falls under. It is the time where songs like Amadeus by Falco or 99 Luftballons (99 red ballons) by Nena were a hit -also in the US by the way. The lyrics were mainly in German (hence New German Wave) and I don't think they all sounded pretty much the same. Music wise it was a very diverse time with influences from all over the world and electronic music had a big influence. Edelweis is a flower only growing on mountains in very specific conditions and therefor very rare and it is commonly known as the symbol of the alps.
"Erste Allgemeine Verunischerung" is also a play on words in German. "Versicherung" is an insurance, so "Verunsicherung" is kind of uninsurance. The EAV was an existing insurance company in Austria in 1980s.
At that time there was a German music style called "the new German wave" (Neue Deutsche Welle). Nena was successful worldwide with "99 red balloons" (99 Luftballons). Interpreter "Neue Deutsche Welle": Trio, Falco, Kiz, Spider Murphy Gang, Döf, Geier Sturzflug, Peter Schilling, Erste Allgemeine Versicherung, Nena, Edelweiß.. Today the heroes from back then still tour around Germany at small festivals ;-)
Edelweiss is a flower growing on high altitude in the alps. when you wanted to show your love to a crush it was a quest to get a edelweiss as a present for her.its rly famous in austria and switzerland.
@@matijamaksan4344 You're not wrong. There is an Austrian beer called Edelweiß. The song also contains various references to beer. It is not explicitly that beer, though. The video is really weird, worth watching for the WTF effect.
Edelweiß is a plant/flower that grows only at very high altitudes in the Alps. You can see it also in the Rammstein song "Dicke Titten" where a "blind" man can't see all the beauty that's around him and steps on Edelweiß.
Funny enough there's actually a flower that's called "american edelweiss" but doesn't really belong to the same genus. Edelweiß usually it refers to Alpen-Edelweiß. In english it's actually called "edelweiss" as well. You can find it on wikipedia under the botanical name "Leontopodium nivale". The name "Edelweiß" is a compound word and literally means nobel(edel) white(weiß)
7:05 First General Uncertainty (EAV) from Austria was a band that brought some critical texts to the stage with fun, funny songs and lots of costumes. They had a few hits in German-speaking countries and were still active until a few years ago. Greetings from northern germany
That name is a funny variation of the "Erste Allgemeine Versicherung" (first general insurance company) which really exists in Austria. I don't know if they were amused...
3:59 that song got a revival in the last few weeks in Germany when thousands of German soccer fans demanded it tobe the National Team's new goal song and today it actually happened
Sidenote: "Bring me Edelweiss" (cover of Abba's "S.O.S" hook) re-ignited the Abba revival era, followed by brit. Pop Band Erasure with their "Abba-Esque" album in 92. ABBA themselves stepped in with "ABBA Gold" short after, and "ABBA More Gold" in 93. 😊
Hello Joel. At school in UK "Ein Bisschen Frieden" was used to help get the kids to learn about German music, since it won Eurovision and was on TV. We then had some more traditional German songs introduced into the lessons. It was a way of bringing the language to life and giving some cultural references more of a meaning. The other song that was memorable was by Nena, released in English, but slighty different. Later in the decade there were TV pop music programmes on TV satellite channels that went all across Europe, so the style altered fro Eurovision to MTV.
1988 #4 is by an Austrian subversive comedy group called "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung" (first general uncertainty, which in itself is a wordplay with an existing insurance's name "Erste Allgemeine Versicherung" or first general insurance). It's about a womanizer who desperately wants to get in the pants and bed of a girl he just met. He woos her with the whole repertoire of chivalrous gestures until she falls for him. But when she calls him full of love the next day he tells her not to bother him again bc he's married with children and a dog. In the booklet of the album, there is a comic panel telling the story with the protagonists being penguins. and this is their stage show. The group was legendary for their stage performances like Rammstein but because of other causes, They had top 20 hits for over a decade. Even when they touch more serious topics (e.g. Chornobyl and the literal/figurative(?) fallout) it's always with a lot of (very black) humor. One song was translated into English and got a UK release. If you want to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/4gSEhNPKT9g/v-deo.html
Well, I think in the music of the 80s you can see the split into three categories: Handmade music. Music produced by someone with someone singing to it. And electronic music. In the 90s rap came along. And these 4 divisions remain so to this day.
So many hits from my childhood years. Alphaville's 'Sounds like a melody' is one of those songs that goes onto almost every playlist and I just cannot sit still when listening to it. And 'Die Sennerin vom Königsee' from Kiz I just rediscovered a few weeks a go and had it on repeat a few times since then.
Edelweiss is a flower. I'm British and a remember quite a few of these songs - the ones sung in English. Wish the clips had been longer. I'm off to UA-cam to find some of them. Thank you.
Edelweiss is a band. He did not asked about a translation and where their name comes from but he asked about the band lol .. what's wrong with everybody here
@@vomm He said "What is edelwiess?" If he was asking about the band Edelwiess I believe he would have asked "Who are Edelwiess?" Even though I disagree with you I do not think there is anything 'wrong' with you.
There was a song called "Edelweiss" included in the hugely successful 1966 Movie "The Sound of Music" which was presented as being a patriotic Austrian song. The song became hugely popular in The UK and a cover version in 1967 by Vince Hill got into the national charts. I've seen the song mentioned in some of the comments but I've not seen anyone pinpoint the source.
Hi big J! The thing is... you should look at the "Neue Deutsche Welle". It had a significant influence on later German music and represents the point in time when German music emancipated itself from the post-war era of Anglo-Saxon and American music dominance... And a little fun on the side... The blonde from the last clip in 1989 is the little sister of an old friend of mine. And we occasionally went out together in the mid- 80s to celebrate and party. Oh, the youth...
7:08 He wears a penguin costume because the penguin is also called a tailcoat wearer. The background is the Vienna Opera Ball, which at the time was seen as an event for rich snobs and was intended to be parodied. PS WHO KNOWS THIS NUMBER... 32168 ?
Edelweiß (Leontopodium nivale) is a mountain flower at home in the Alps, belonging to the sunflower family. Edelweiß grows in the high Alps of about 1800 - 3500 metres and is the ultimate symbol of alpinism. Edelweiß is also is also a symbol of rugged beauty and purity.
'Edelweiss'is an flower in the Alps, I gess it was a popular 'after ski' song and it was a cover from ABBA 's 'SOS'. But you only have half of the picture:the other half was not in the Bilboard, it was'the music of the youth' like Heavy Metal with groups like Van Halen or Iron Maiden, Rock like Marius Müller-Westernhagen, his song'Sexy'was famous and a'Scandal' or for us girlsPeter Maffay, especially his album/LP/record called 'Tabaluga'🙂
I remember the majority of these songs from 84 forward. They played these a lot on the radio in Nordic countries, also. I had no idea that most of these were actually German when I was a kid. They sang in English and looked cool, that was enough. My dad loved Boney M, we had multiple records by them.
a lot of the songs from the 80's was also popular here in America. I even personally have them in my music library. There was also Tokyo Hotel and Rammstein that I have listen to. The you have Michael Schenker a great German guitarist for UFO and his own band and his brother Rudolf who was in the most famous German rock band of the late 70's and 80's The Scorpions. They had some of the largest concerts in that time audience wise.
Nicole with "Ein bisschen Frieden" (A Little Peace) @ 2'40" was a number one hit in the UK in 1982 as it won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Harrogate that year. I still have the 7" single in my collection. For her closing reprise of the song, Nicole sang each verse/chorus in a different language! See it here ... ua-cam.com/video/NrJCNHfSy9Q/v-deo.htmlsi=Huxw-oxHhbphHlpu&t=309
1982 #5 "Ein bisschen Frieden" -> "A little bit of peace" sung by Nicole won the 1982 European Song Contest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_bi%C3%9Fchen_Frieden
The change from english to german is the "Neue Deutsche Welle" or "New German Wave" the german part of the general movement of the early 80s calles "New Wave"
Walter Werzowa aka the guy behind „Edelweiss“ is most famous for giving us the world’s famous „Intel“ jingle. Pretty sure he cashed in big on this one.
7:10 EAV (erste allgemeine verunsicherung) is a comedy band from austria, but with a lot of musical skills. the penguin is their mascott? well at least I've seen it on at least one album. they are really funny and make really good songs as well.
edelweiss is a flower growing high up in the bavarian-german alps. you missed the songs theater by katja ebstein, and johnny blue by lena valaitis, both ranked nr.2 at the esc song festival.
Hallo from germany, every time, when i see you, i think at a german actor/Singer called "olli p." you looks like him. You can find him at the net. Have a nice day ...
Edelweiß (Leontopodium nivale) is a rare flower which grows in the mountains of Bavaria and Austria. To pick up an Edelweiß and give it to the girl who you love is a popular symbol. You are brave enough and patience enough to take the adventure of searching for one of this rare flowers and of course it blooms on the highest mountain. And a hunter or Police man is just waiting for you to shot you, because it is forbidden to pick up an Edelweiß or just because they hate young romantic love. But you take the risk to die and try to pick it up anyway to show the girl you love how much she means to you. That is the "old story line"(or how you call that kind of things in English) that is connected with that flower.
Hello, yes german songs where huge in the 80's a lot of hits in the european charts and it brought back that german songs song in german or english were very good as well in the lyrics some funny and others over welming but so good, I grew up in this era and known the most of these songs wonderful thank you for reacting to this Greetings from the Netherlands
Edelweiß is a flower founding in the alpes in high attitude. Also the Maintheme of the series „The Man in the High Castle“, where the german Wehrmacht conquerd the eastern states of the USA. Pacific States are under Japans Command.
To first No.5 is important to know, Nicole sang and win 1982 with the "Ein bisschen Frieden" in english "A little bit of peace" the European Song Contest wie have avery year. She sang that song in german, after winning she sang it in a few languages. If interesset in, here is the link for that. In that time people in germany got on the streets to demonstrat for freedom, against new wappons in Germany. So that song from her, was big look into the german soul. ua-cam.com/video/mnjahffO7eI/v-deo.html
Almost all those music played in Brazil and we thought they were American (well, our Chevrolet cars were versions of Germany Opels and we also thought they were American).
As for your question about German music. Please take a listen to the following: Herbert Grönemeyer - Der Weg Herbert Grönemeyer - Mensch Almost everything from Xavier Naidoo Rammstein I will try to find some links and put them in here. ua-cam.com/video/uekZpkYf7-E/v-deo.htmlsi=jKtxVWtLv4PfzIl4 Zu Asche zu Staub from the German TV series "Babylon Berlin" that is situated around 1930 between the first and the second world war. The text of the lyrics in both German and English can be found in the comments below the video Herbert Grönemeyer - Der Weg - A Ballad with great lyrics that he wrote after both his brother and his wife passed away within weeks of each other ua-cam.com/video/0dek9Y5pe9M/v-deo.htmlsi=Zp1Ww5Np3P0aghlm
I'm quite surprised that you haven't heard of Edelweiss - as most of the Americans I know knew that word... "Edelweiss, Edelweiss, every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright you look happy to greet me." might ring a bell - or bring Season vibes. Edelweiss is a small, white flower found in the Alps. Edelweiss translates to "noble white" and it was seen as a symbol of noble purity, pure love and courage (as you had to climb on the mountains to get it). It is today fully protected and must not be picked - just remember if you plan to visit the Alps on your next trip to Europe. And Edelweiss is also an Austrian beer brand.
This was my highschool decade and many of these songs bring back party memories and good vibes 🕺😅 But 90's Eurodance was even better. Check out SNAP!, Mr.President, Culture Beat, La Bouche, Vengaboys, Ace of Base... 😋 I'm 55 now, still listening to this shit🤣
The one with the Penguin is a Austrian Band called Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (EAV),how to translate this ... Literally "First general Unsurance" its a comedy song band. "Verunsicherung" is a word play, "Versicherung" means Insurance and "Unsicher" means unsure.
Back to my youth😁 If I remember correctly, the German songs, at least the 2 first ones were hits for my mothers generation. English texting was normal, and German textint/songs came first with the 'German wave/Deutsche Welle'. Songs like 'Da, Da, Da by Trio or 'Amadeus'by Falco
Edelweiss is a small flower that grows high up in the Alps. It is among other things a flower a guy would get a girl he loves. There were difficult to get to so also a sign of bravery . They are protected now.
5:40 Bruce & Bongo was actually a British duo and "Geil" didn't contain German vocals besides the title. However, the audience was willing to honour the acknoledgement of German slang.
Döf has one of the most famous unfamous singers and songwriters. Look for Annette Humpe: Humpe & Humpe, Ideal, Ich + Ich (was famous in 2010s). Most time she works behind the stage and doesn't want to be mentioned, as she is very shy
I'm surprised that Katja Ebstein's "Theater" didn't make it in 1980. I was in Europe and mainly Germany all that summer, and "Theater" was HUGE, and got 2nd place at Eurovision. I'm also noticing that at the beginning there was still a lot of what was known as "Schlager" music, which was a style that went back to the 1950's, but it was finally fading out by the end of the decade. Freddy Quinn was probably the most famous Schlager singer. Edelweiss is a flower, and the subject of a famous song from The Sound Of Music.
Listen to the songs in which German is sung and get the corresponding lyrics. These are the really good songs in the list and some of them have really good humor, such as "Der Nippel" or "Guten Morgen liebe Sorgen".
"Und draußen vor der großen Stadt stehn die Nutten sich die Füße platt"
..Kind of a heart break song.
Joel, you made my day
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He was talking about "Adios Amor", though.
@@CorgiBumI wasn’t quite sure which one he was referring to.
@@jennyh4025 Well, he said: "'Adios Amor'... Kind of a heart break song", so I'm guessing that one.
@@CorgiBum I was probably still thinking about the songs, so I didn’t catch that. Too many memories…
"Ein bisschen Frieden" from Nicole has won the Eurovision song context in 1982. And in the 80s there was the "Neue deutsche Welle" (New german Wave) which were more cocky and had often political messages as well. German Schlager is more about rainbow and butterflies. The EAV Erste allgemeine Verunsicherung is an austrian band which exists since 1977. They are famous for their bizarre costumes and crazy lyrics. And although they are a serious band, they don't want to be taken that serious. But they are great.
And then there was Milli Vanilli, the greatest scam in music history. Both of them can't sing any straight note and where only chosen as the pretty face to the music. The actual band behind it came to light eventually and exposed them. But after starting under the name The real Milli Vanilli they had not really success.
About Milli Vanilli, one could sing, albeit he wasn't a great singer, the other was a dancer.
Sadly the whole deal hit both of them hard and it ended up with one of them taking his own life years later.
Quite a sad story if you think about it, because it was not really a secret, their producer being the same guy behind Boney M, who also famously were not the original singers. (at least not the guy in Boney M, unsure about the girls)
@@j0hnn13K It is sad for sure for an ending like that. But I have to disagree about the part that one of them could sing. After the reveal during a press conference they tried to defend themself and neither of them could hold a single tone even by accident. If the real singers would have gotten a better deal to keep silent, it would have been better for both sides. Cause without the faces of the puppets the music didn't matter that much after all. It had to be the complete package.
@@Andermonda i did not say he was a good singer ;) i do remember him trying to get over it a year or so after the events of Milli Vanilli, he released .. i want to say 2 singles? but it was .. not great.
Milli Vanilli stolperte über ein technisches Problem beim Playback. Das Musikband hatte einen Hänger (ähnlich wie bei Schallplatten mit Sprung) und dadurch kam es heraus. Der Produzent dieser Band (der auch gesungen hat) ist übrigens vor einem Monat gestorben. @@Andermonda
@@thebeautymaker9784 Frank Farian
99 Luftballons 🎈 by Nena (1984) was a huge hit in the USA. It was recorded in German and English and, surprisingly, the German Language version made the Billboard Top 40 Chart, not the English version.
thats because in english all sounds less emotional. .... i think
Ich mag das Lied bis heute nicht ausser der Part wo man nur die Instrumente hört bevor sie wieder mit 99 Luftballons anfängt
Und wen interessiert das jetzt?@@ThichNhatHanh23
I think he is just to young to know this. and also too young to recognize Bring me Edelweiss as a Abba Song
The German version is much better
Falco, (he is from Austria) who is represented here 3 times (der komissar, Jeannie, Amadeus) is to date the only German-speaking artist to have a #1 hit (Amadeus) in America (billboards)!
it is captioned in the beginning that there are sime songs in a german language but the grouß/artist is from Austraia/Switzerland
He died far too young!! What a loss! 😢
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung at 6:50 was a rather famous austrian parodistic pop band. They retired only a few years ago in 2019. The band's name literally translates to First General Unsettledness deriving from Erste Allgemeine Versicherung/First General Assurance which was a well known austrian insurance company. The band liked to fool around heavily both in their texts and performances. But in their songs there also exists an important socially critical undertone. Many of their songs are considered iconic. Ding Dong, Fata Morgana, Märchenprinz (fairy tale prince), Afrika, Banküberfall (bank robbery) songs that still crack me up today. Subversive humor before all of that PC nonsense.
Burli Burli Burli.... mein Gott is unser Burli siers(süß)...
EAV really is so much earworm based music. If you start to listen to them they will stick like a bubblegum to your shoe.
@@Goddybag4Lee So true.
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@@mortuos557 S Mutterl ist auch ein bittersüßes Lied der EAV
Edelweiss is a small white flower in the Alpes. It's sometimes hard to pick it up, because it can grow in small rock niche. In this region it's a proof for real love to pick up the flower for your girl and eventually risk your life
Yes. And there's a lot of traditional clothes and jewelry of austria and germany with edelweiss decorations.
it is forbidden to pick up a Edelweiß (Leontopodium nivale)
Edelweiss is STRICTLY PROHIBITED to pick. It's a protected species.
And the literal translation of "Edelweiss" would be "Noble White".
Yeah just don't do that in Switzerland 😬 It's our national flower and is protected by law.
Fun fact: Roland Kaiser has his 50 year stage anniversary this year. By the turn of the millenium he was diagnosed with COPD and did a farewell tour. Then he got a lung transplant and restarted his career. He is 71 now and still alive and kicking on the stage!
The change in 1981 to 1983 is what we call "Neue deutsche Welle" (New german wave). It was a small episode, where music became much more crazy and open due to a new generation.
After this the charts opend up for a lot of different genres.
also metal became more heavier
Eidelweiss is a small white flower, the national flower of Austria.
Milli Vanilli, who had two or three of the top songs in 1989, won a Grammy for one of those songs, but it was revoked when it was learned that the two "lead singers" weren't actually singing but had been lip syncing. Oops!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontopodium
I'm still not sure whether Frank Farian or Dieter Bohlen were the worst thing to happen to german music in the 80s...
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@@liquidmindsDieter for sure!
And yet the urge to sing along to the songs ist very hard to withstand :D@@00wheelie00
Fun fact: "Modern Talking" was the first Western Band to perform in Moscow 1986.
No they weren’t. The first one was Scorpions.
Modern Talking were a really popular band throughout Europe in the mid 80's. The type of music genre they belonged to at the time was called Eurobeat - dance synth music that was originally popular in gay clubs, especially in the UK, but then some of them moved more into mainstream. Most Eurobeat bands were either German, Italian or French.
It's interesting, how "Tausend und eine Nacht" (1000 and one nights) was still a popular party song among my friends when we were Teenagers 20 years after it's release. I never knew it was that old 😄
Thanks to „Fetenhits“-compilations we also listened to a very strange mix of songs. 😂
Auf Dorffesten wird das heute noch gespielt
in 1982 "Ein bisschen Frieden" winner song of the eurovision songcontest,i was stationt in munich for a special training program in army medical service. Stay well
The songs "Männer" and "Was Soll Das" by Herbert Grönemeyer comes from two of the most bought albums ever in Germany. "4630 Bochum" (Männer) and "Ö" (Was Soll Das). Herbert Grönemeyer rarely has got single hits, but all albums from Bochum to Tumult landed at number one. He is huge!
Leider ist der Vollidiot mittlerweile vollkommen woke abgedrifftet
His album "Mensch" (released in 2002) sold even more units. 3,2 million! It's the most sold album in germany ever.
For the Americans who know the war movie Das Boot, Grönemeyer played Lt. Werner who tells the story of the submarine. He gave up acting after that and became an extremely popular singer-songwriter.
A lot of these songs were popular in the UK too, 'Major Tom' by Peter Schilling I love.
It was the theme tune to the most popular foreign language drama ever broadcast in the UK which was a German drama series called 'Deutschland 83' which surprisingly wasn't very popular in Germany.
It was broadcast in prime time on Channel 4, one of our major tv networks as their prime time drama and it was fantastic.
I like some current German acts like Annenmaykantereit and Mayberg.
My favourite series and the theme is top notch
I still.got it on my workout playlist
1988, 4th place - the EAV was a band who put on costumes. Different ones for each song! On stage.
And it was a very fun - but pretty socially critical band.
Edelweiss is a protected flower that grows in the alps.
I had to laugh about the Milli Vanilli package in 1989.
The penguin you just saw was the mascot of the Austrian band "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung" (First General Uncertainty) or EAV for short. The band was popular during the 80ies and had funny lyrics or at least lyrics that one shouldn't take that serious and were meant to get you in a good mood. The 80ies was a weird time anyways in terms of music. A new genre or more like a pop culture came up called "Neue Deutsche Welle" (New German Wave) or NDW for short which almost anything you saw falls under. It is the time where songs like Amadeus by Falco or 99 Luftballons (99 red ballons) by Nena were a hit -also in the US by the way. The lyrics were mainly in German (hence New German Wave) and I don't think they all sounded pretty much the same. Music wise it was a very diverse time with influences from all over the world and electronic music had a big influence. Edelweis is a flower only growing on mountains in very specific conditions and therefor very rare and it is commonly known as the symbol of the alps.
"Erste Allgemeine Verunischerung" is also a play on words in German. "Versicherung" is an insurance, so "Verunsicherung" is kind of uninsurance. The EAV was an existing insurance company in Austria in 1980s.
nr 4 is da da da by trio...legendary and iconic...you should make a video just reacting to this :D worth it !!!
It was a big hit in Hungary too.
They used a dildo on stage at the Hitparade with Heck for Percussion :D
It was in the charts over here in the UK too
At that time there was a German music style called "the new German wave" (Neue Deutsche Welle). Nena was successful worldwide with "99 red balloons" (99 Luftballons). Interpreter "Neue Deutsche Welle": Trio, Falco, Kiz, Spider Murphy Gang, Döf, Geier Sturzflug, Peter Schilling, Erste Allgemeine Versicherung, Nena, Edelweiß.. Today the heroes from back then still tour around Germany at small festivals ;-)
Edelweiss is a flower growing on high altitude in the alps.
when you wanted to show your love to a crush it was a quest to get a edelweiss as a present for her.its rly famous in austria and switzerland.
for some reason my brain automatically thought it was also a synonym for cocaine
Don't do that nowadays though. Edelweiß is a protected species in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and picking the flowers is forbidden.
I was sure it was beer. I guess i was wrong.
@@matijamaksan4344 You're not wrong. There is an Austrian beer called Edelweiß.
The song also contains various references to beer. It is not explicitly that beer, though.
The video is really weird, worth watching for the WTF effect.
Edelweiß is a plant/flower that grows only at very high altitudes in the Alps.
You can see it also in the Rammstein song "Dicke Titten" where a "blind" man
can't see all the beauty that's around him and steps on Edelweiß.
Funny enough there's actually a flower that's called "american edelweiss" but doesn't really belong to the same genus. Edelweiß usually it refers to Alpen-Edelweiß. In english it's actually called "edelweiss" as well. You can find it on wikipedia under the botanical name "Leontopodium nivale".
The name "Edelweiß" is a compound word and literally means nobel(edel) white(weiß)
It also grows in the Carpathian Mountains.
7:05 First General Uncertainty (EAV) from Austria was a band that brought some critical texts to the stage with fun, funny songs and lots of costumes. They had a few hits in German-speaking countries and were still active until a few years ago. Greetings from northern germany
That name is a funny variation of the "Erste Allgemeine Versicherung" (first general insurance company) which really exists in Austria. I don't know if they were amused...
3:59 that song got a revival in the last few weeks in Germany when thousands of German soccer fans demanded it tobe the National Team's new goal song and today it actually happened
Sidenote: "Bring me Edelweiss" (cover of Abba's "S.O.S" hook) re-ignited the Abba revival era, followed by brit. Pop Band Erasure with their "Abba-Esque" album in 92. ABBA themselves stepped in with "ABBA Gold" short after, and "ABBA More Gold" in 93. 😊
Nicole won the ESC and her last performance she sing that son in german, english, frensh and dutch....great video
Milli Vanilli was played a lot in the eighties in dance clubs in Germany , the dance floor was always full. I loved it.🙂💜👍
Hello Joel. At school in UK "Ein Bisschen Frieden" was used to help get the kids to learn about German music, since it won Eurovision and was on TV. We then had some more traditional German songs introduced into the lessons. It was a way of bringing the language to life and giving some cultural references more of a meaning.
The other song that was memorable was by Nena, released in English, but slighty different.
Later in the decade there were TV pop music programmes on TV satellite channels that went all across Europe, so the style altered fro Eurovision to MTV.
1988 #4 is by an Austrian subversive comedy group called "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung" (first general uncertainty, which in itself is a wordplay with an existing insurance's name "Erste Allgemeine Versicherung" or first general insurance). It's about a womanizer who desperately wants to get in the pants and bed of a girl he just met. He woos her with the whole repertoire of chivalrous gestures until she falls for him. But when she calls him full of love the next day he tells her not to bother him again bc he's married with children and a dog. In the booklet of the album, there is a comic panel telling the story with the protagonists being penguins. and this is their stage show. The group was legendary for their stage performances like Rammstein but because of other causes, They had top 20 hits for over a decade. Even when they touch more serious topics (e.g. Chornobyl and the literal/figurative(?) fallout) it's always with a lot of (very black) humor. One song was translated into English and got a UK release. If you want to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/4gSEhNPKT9g/v-deo.html
Well, I think in the music of the 80s you can see the split into three categories:
Handmade music.
Music produced by someone with someone singing to it.
And electronic music.
In the 90s rap came along.
And these 4 divisions remain so to this day.
You missed out rock music bro.
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Rock and metal (witch is really big in Germany in the 80s) are also handmade music. 🤷🏼♀️
@@79BlackRose handmade music?
@@danielmcbriel1192What does "handmade music" even mean? Apart from AI generated stuff. All music is handmade.
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Late Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, early Depeche Mode... "just pushed a Button".
And the biggest selling German band:
Modern Talking. 120 million copies.
And, their forgot the play Cheri Cheri Lady.
Greetings from Belgium.
The refrain of "Bring me Edelweiss" is taken from ABBA's song "S.O.S."
Do the 90's, that's when German music really took off worldwide, you'll be surprised.
So many hits from my childhood years. Alphaville's 'Sounds like a melody' is one of those songs that goes onto almost every playlist and I just cannot sit still when listening to it. And 'Die Sennerin vom Königsee' from Kiz I just rediscovered a few weeks a go and had it on repeat a few times since then.
Edelweiss is a flower. I'm British and a remember quite a few of these songs - the ones sung in English. Wish the clips had been longer. I'm off to UA-cam to find some of them. Thank you.
Edelweiss is a band. He did not asked about a translation and where their name comes from but he asked about the band lol .. what's wrong with everybody here
@@vomm He said "What is edelwiess?" If he was asking about the band Edelwiess I believe he would have asked "Who are Edelwiess?" Even though I disagree with you I do not think there is anything 'wrong' with you.
There was a song called "Edelweiss" included in the hugely successful 1966 Movie "The Sound of Music" which was presented as being a patriotic Austrian song. The song became hugely popular in The UK and a cover version in 1967 by Vince Hill got into the national charts. I've seen the song mentioned in some of the comments but I've not seen anyone pinpoint the source.
Hi big J! The thing is... you should look at the "Neue Deutsche Welle". It had a significant influence on later German music and represents the point in time when German music emancipated itself from the post-war era of Anglo-Saxon and American music dominance...
And a little fun on the side... The blonde from the last clip in 1989 is the little sister of an old friend of mine. And we occasionally went out together in the mid- 80s to celebrate and party. Oh, the youth...
Another really awesome video Joel you are such a awesome dude My favourite youtuber ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@7:56 It is a fllower that is hard to obtain because it grows in the mountains.
The word you're looking for is Eurobeat.
I think what you meant was "neue deutsche Welle" (new german wave), because that's how it's called :)
@@RakkiOfficialno...he was talking about Sandra, Modern Talking and Alphaville....they aren't Neue Deutsche Welle
Jeanny by Falco and Maria Magdalena by Sandra where a few of my favourites from that time ❤
7:08 He wears a penguin costume because the penguin is also called a tailcoat wearer. The background is the Vienna Opera Ball, which at the time was seen as an event for rich snobs and was intended to be parodied. PS WHO KNOWS THIS NUMBER... 32168 ?
Quite a few of these songs were in the UK top 20 music charts. i remember them from my childhood we always had music playing in our house.
Edelweiß (Leontopodium nivale) is a mountain flower at home in the Alps, belonging to the sunflower family. Edelweiß grows in the high Alps of about 1800 - 3500 metres and is the ultimate symbol of alpinism. Edelweiß is also is also a symbol of rugged beauty and purity.
'Edelweiss'is an flower in the Alps, I gess it was a popular 'after ski' song and it was a cover from ABBA 's 'SOS'. But you only have half of the picture:the other half was not in the Bilboard, it was'the music of the youth' like Heavy Metal with groups like Van Halen or Iron Maiden, Rock like Marius Müller-Westernhagen, his song'Sexy'was famous and a'Scandal' or for us girlsPeter Maffay, especially his album/LP/record called 'Tabaluga'🙂
"Ein bisschen Frieden" - Nicole won the Eurovision Song Contest on April, 24th 1982 - exactly 6 months before my birth - Jesus.. I am old xDDDD
Some of these songs were SCANDALOUS in their days. Falco's "Jeannie" or "Skandal um Rosi", for example.
I remember the majority of these songs from 84 forward. They played these a lot on the radio in Nordic countries, also. I had no idea that most of these were actually German when I was a kid. They sang in English and looked cool, that was enough. My dad loved Boney M, we had multiple records by them.
Forever Young with Alphaville was the biggest hit in sweden 1984
This was probably the reason I got into Hardrock and Heavy Metal at that time 😅.
a lot of the songs from the 80's was also popular here in America. I even personally have them in my music library. There was also Tokyo Hotel and Rammstein that I have listen to. The you have Michael Schenker a great German guitarist for UFO and his own band and his brother Rudolf who was in the most famous German rock band of the late 70's and 80's The Scorpions. They had some of the largest concerts in that time audience wise.
The "Edelweiß" is a flower native to the alps: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontopodium. It's very popular in Bavaria, kind of like the maple in canada.
the "theme" in the 80s in germany is NDW (new german wave) its a really crazy time for german music ^^
There is a similar video for the 90s and many of the iconic songs were popular all over the world
There is a video with songs from 1990 to 1999 that you might like too. It should be from the same channel as this video.
Nicole with "Ein bisschen Frieden" (A Little Peace) @ 2'40" was a number one hit in the UK in 1982 as it won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Harrogate that year. I still have the 7" single in my collection. For her closing reprise of the song, Nicole sang each verse/chorus in a different language! See it here ... ua-cam.com/video/NrJCNHfSy9Q/v-deo.htmlsi=Huxw-oxHhbphHlpu&t=309
No 5. Won the Eurovision Song Contest for GERMANY 🇩🇪.
1982 #5 "Ein bisschen Frieden" -> "A little bit of peace" sung by Nicole won the 1982 European Song Contest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_bi%C3%9Fchen_Frieden
This clip are way too short. Too bad.
The change from english to german is the "Neue Deutsche Welle" or "New German Wave" the german part of the general movement of the early 80s calles "New Wave"
Walter Werzowa aka the guy behind „Edelweiss“ is most famous for giving us the world’s famous „Intel“ jingle.
Pretty sure he cashed in big on this one.
7:10 EAV (erste allgemeine verunsicherung) is a comedy band from austria, but with a lot of musical skills. the penguin is their mascott? well at least I've seen it on at least one album. they are really funny and make really good songs as well.
edelweiss is a flower growing high up in the bavarian-german alps. you missed the songs theater by katja ebstein, and johnny blue by lena valaitis, both ranked nr.2 at the esc song festival.
Hallo from germany, every time, when i see you, i think at a german actor/Singer called "olli p." you looks like him.
You can find him at the net. Have a nice day ...
Edelweiß (Leontopodium nivale) is a rare flower which grows in the mountains of Bavaria and Austria. To pick up an Edelweiß and give it to the girl who you love is a popular symbol. You are brave enough and patience enough to take the adventure of searching for one of this rare flowers and of course it blooms on the highest mountain. And a hunter or Police man is just waiting for you to shot you, because it is forbidden to pick up an Edelweiß or just because they hate young romantic love. But you take the risk to die and try to pick it up anyway to show the girl you love how much she means to you.
That is the "old story line"(or how you call that kind of things in English) that is connected with that flower.
This music is hundred times better than todays songs!
That list had many songs that were hits in Finland in the 80’s( Falco, Boney M,Alphaville,Sandra,Opus ym) Thank you good memories 💖🇫🇮
^^ Bruce and Bongo are from the UK and heard the word "geil" adapted it and put it into a song... 😉🤷
Hello, yes german songs where huge in the 80's a lot of hits in the european charts and it brought back that german songs song in german or english were very good as well in the lyrics some funny and others over welming but so good, I grew up in this era and known the most of these songs wonderful thank you for reacting to this
Greetings from the Netherlands
damn falco had some absolute bangers, to this day some of the greatest songs ever
Edelweiß is a flower founding in the alpes in high attitude. Also the Maintheme of the series „The Man in the High Castle“, where the german Wehrmacht conquerd the eastern states of the USA. Pacific States are under Japans Command.
RIP Falco❤
99 red Ballons from NENA was in FEB 1984 on the second place of the Billboard Charts in USA. Number 1 in Japan, Mexico, Kanada and Australia.
I`m german and had some kind of VN Flashback! xD the Wave Songs like Alphaville or Falco are on my todays playlist on the other hand :P
To first No.5 is important to know, Nicole sang and win 1982 with the "Ein bisschen Frieden" in english "A little bit of peace" the European Song Contest wie have avery year. She sang that song in german, after winning she sang it in a few languages. If interesset in, here is the link for that. In that time people in germany got on the streets to demonstrat for freedom, against new wappons in Germany. So that song from her, was big look into the german soul.
ua-cam.com/video/mnjahffO7eI/v-deo.html
To No.4 /1988: You should watch some videos of the group "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung" then you will see that this group is unique. 😀
Almost all those music played in Brazil and we thought they were American (well, our Chevrolet cars were versions of Germany Opels and we also thought they were American).
As for your question about German music. Please take a listen to the following:
Herbert Grönemeyer - Der Weg
Herbert Grönemeyer - Mensch
Almost everything from Xavier Naidoo
Rammstein
I will try to find some links and put them in here.
ua-cam.com/video/uekZpkYf7-E/v-deo.htmlsi=jKtxVWtLv4PfzIl4
Zu Asche zu Staub from the German TV series "Babylon Berlin" that is situated around 1930 between the first and the second world war. The text of the lyrics in both German and English can be found in the comments below the video
Herbert Grönemeyer - Der Weg - A Ballad with great lyrics that he wrote after both his brother and his wife passed away within weeks of each other
ua-cam.com/video/0dek9Y5pe9M/v-deo.htmlsi=Zp1Ww5Np3P0aghlm
Definitely check out some EAV videos. It's comedy but often on social topics and man these guys were good musicians.
I'm quite surprised that you haven't heard of Edelweiss - as most of the Americans I know knew that word...
"Edelweiss, Edelweiss, every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright you look happy to greet me." might ring a bell - or bring Season vibes.
Edelweiss is a small, white flower found in the Alps. Edelweiss translates to "noble white" and it was seen as a symbol of noble purity, pure love and courage (as you had to climb on the mountains to get it). It is today fully protected and must not be picked - just remember if you plan to visit the Alps on your next trip to Europe.
And Edelweiss is also an Austrian beer brand.
An Edelweiss can be found in many logos around alpine organisations, hotels and gear.
This was my highschool decade and many of these songs bring back party memories and good vibes 🕺😅
But 90's Eurodance was even better. Check out SNAP!, Mr.President, Culture Beat, La Bouche, Vengaboys, Ace of Base... 😋 I'm 55 now, still listening to this shit🤣
1985 and 1986 were really great songs.
Edelweiß is a flower that grows in the Alps.
Nicole's song "Ein bißchen Frieden" was an Eurovision Song Contest song from 1982. "A little bit of peace" is the international version.
The one with the Penguin is a Austrian Band called Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (EAV),how to translate this ... Literally "First general Unsurance" its a comedy song band.
"Verunsicherung" is a word play, "Versicherung" means Insurance and "Unsicher" means unsure.
When you see this recap, you realize how outstanding Falco was.
Yes Joel. PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MÊME CHOSE!
From the band City the best song but I guess it was in the 70 th am Fenster ,ou will be blown away. The front man died two weeks ago.
Back to my youth😁 If I remember correctly, the German songs, at least the 2 first ones were hits for my mothers generation. English texting was normal, and German textint/songs came first with the 'German wave/Deutsche Welle'. Songs like 'Da, Da, Da by Trio or 'Amadeus'by Falco
Edelweiss is a small flower that grows high up in the Alps. It is among other things a flower a guy would get a girl he loves. There were difficult to get to so also a sign of bravery . They are protected now.
5:40 Bruce & Bongo was actually a British duo and "Geil" didn't contain German vocals besides the title. However, the audience was willing to honour the acknoledgement of German slang.
Believe it or not, Yugoslavia had one of best music scenes in 1980s, it was a absolute blast. Of course, few people in world knows this
4:38 Sandra war das erste Album was ich mir organisiert habe… und zwar als Kopie auf einer Kassette 😂❤
Döf has one of the most famous unfamous singers and songwriters. Look for Annette Humpe: Humpe & Humpe, Ideal, Ich + Ich (was famous in 2010s). Most time she works behind the stage and doesn't want to be mentioned, as she is very shy
I'm surprised that Katja Ebstein's "Theater" didn't make it in 1980. I was in Europe and mainly Germany all that summer, and "Theater" was HUGE, and got 2nd place at Eurovision.
I'm also noticing that at the beginning there was still a lot of what was known as "Schlager" music, which was a style that went back to the 1950's, but it was finally fading out by the end of the decade. Freddy Quinn was probably the most famous Schlager singer.
Edelweiss is a flower, and the subject of a famous song from The Sound Of Music.
Listen to the songs in which German is sung and get the corresponding lyrics. These are the really good songs in the list and some of them have really good humor, such as "Der Nippel" or "Guten Morgen liebe Sorgen".
You really need to the video "songs you didn't know were german". Another youtuber was blown away by it...
Hi, Joel! ..."Everything changes but nothing changes"! You have interesting thoughts, and maybe your`re right!
That monster thing was a mascot of the Austrian band EAV that made very funny and catchy songs. Why it looks so creepy, I can’t really tell.
German wave it was called back then. So funny times. Some germans here remembering it?
JP is back 🙂