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Post by snakelady on Mar 1, 2018 8:32:11 GMT
Nena's 99 Red Balloons actually had the German version on the B-side in the UK. I wasn't keen on the song but I did like her performances on "Top Of The Pops". They were, eh, visually interesting to a mid-twenties hairy idiot It sounds like the UK and Europe - well West Germany - went their separate routes back then. I'm not sure what NDW is but I presume it's the German new wave. .. Yep, they very much did. NDW is Neue Deutsche Welle. Welle (wave) had nothing to do with new wave though, but simply meant a surge of a new type of music. There's a lot could be added to the 80s thread .. . While the NDW was at its most popular all bands singing in English had problems to make the higher regions of the charts. Most 70s bands simply disappeared and it was quite the achievement for Quo to still chart. They lost a lot of popularity though .. Heavy metal was merely a niche product at the time and it took a few more years for it to become big.
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 14, 2018 10:58:58 GMT
NDW did start out of punk like new wave did (listen to Ideal) but then became more schlager-y...
Anyway, it was far more interesting than Back to Back!
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Post by snakelady on Mar 15, 2018 8:14:02 GMT
NDW did start out of punk like new wave did (listen to Ideal) but then became more schlager-y... Anyway, it was far more interesting than Back to Back! Concerning the NDW - not quite though. The music had been inspired by very different musical trends (including punk) right from the start and there was a lot of diversity. The only thing all this had in common was, it had to sung in German. Schlager-y - I like that (not the music it stands for though), but that development was long after the 80s. Nobody wanted to be seen listening to that kind of music during the 80s ! DT Heck and the Deutsche Hitparade were still a close memory and stood for the music our parents and grandparents listened to.
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 21, 2018 12:53:23 GMT
NDW did start out of punk like new wave did (listen to Ideal) but then became more schlager-y... Anyway, it was far more interesting than Back to Back! Concerning the NDW - not quite though. The music had been inspired by very different musical trends (including punk) right from the start and there was a lot of diversity. The only thing all this had in common was, it had to sung in German. Schlager-y - I like that (not the music it stands for though), but that development was long after the 80s. Nobody wanted to be seen listening to that kind of music during the 80s ! DT Heck and the Deutsche Hitparade were still a close memory and stood for the music our parents and grandparents listened to. So you don't think "Fred vom Jupiter" or "Tretboot in Seenot" closely resemble schlager melodies? Yes, more modern arrangements, but still... certainly not any of the revolutionary punk edge of the first NDW acts left by that time, and many of the original first "wave" had noted the commercialisation by then.
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Post by snakelady on Mar 22, 2018 7:14:32 GMT
Concerning the NDW - not quite though. The music had been inspired by very different musical trends (including punk) right from the start and there was a lot of diversity. The only thing all this had in common was, it had to sung in German. Schlager-y - I like that (not the music it stands for though), but that development was long after the 80s. Nobody wanted to be seen listening to that kind of music during the 80s ! DT Heck and the Deutsche Hitparade were still a close memory and stood for the music our parents and grandparents listened to. So you don't think "Fred vom Jupiter" or "Tretboot in Seenot" closely resemble schlager melodies? Yes, more modern arrangements, but still... certainly not any of the revolutionary punk edge of the first NDW acts left by that time, and many of the original first "wave" had noted the commercialisation by then. That's why I said 'inspired by very different musical trends' including Schlager, naturally. Only IMO (and I was there ) these were just a tiny minority (as opposed to what's going on now). What did probably unite them was a general feeling of positiveness, Aufbruchstimmung triggered by Kohl taking over. Geier Sturzflug's Wir Steigern Das BSP summed up how everybody was feeling. I have to add it to the 80s music thread .. . How did we get there from BTB ?
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