Difficulty:
Intermediate
Germany
Enjoy the video for the song "Unter den Wolken" from the German rock band Die Toten Hosen.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Germany
German band Die Toten Hosen references the character Alex DeLarge from Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Germany
"Alles passiert" is the third single by Die Toten Hosen. The song is about processing heartbreak and the feeling of powerlessness in the face of fate.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Germany High German
In “Kamikaze,” rock band Die Toten Hosen sing about a relationship that’s so intense, it may self-destruct.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Germany High German
Boomer punk rock band Die Toten Hosen sings an angsty ode to a friendship that began in youth, survived everything, and continues today.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Germany High German
"Alles nur geklaut," one of the earliest hits by German pop band Die Prinzen (The Princes), is a humorous reflection on how an artist's work may not always be original, and how that can affect a relationship. The German verb "klauen" is slang for "to steal."
Difficulty:
Beginner
Germany High German
Stay true to your bicycle, and you’ll get to where you’re going faster! Here, Die Prinzen pay tribute to their transport of choice — and deal out plenty of insults to those who drive cars.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Germany High German
Who doesn't dream of having lots of money? Die Prinzen, one of Germany's most famous pop bands, list various ways of achieving this goal in their song "Millionär." Fun fact: Before they formed the Prinzen, most of the band's members were singers in the St. Thomas Choir of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig—a choir that was founded in 1212 and conducted by Johann Sebastian Bach from 1723-1750.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Germany Berlinian
Die Nerven is a hardcore rock band from Esslingen am Neckar near Stuttgart. Here they perform "Europa," the single from their brand new album, accompanied by Rundfunk-Tanzorchester Ehrenfeld.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Germany
The three women from Hamburg who are the Die Heiterkeit are the closest thing to the Velvet Underground you are likely to hear out of Germany these days: very cool, restrained, minimal, a bit gothic, and… they rock! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Germany
Die Gestiefelten Zwerge [The Booted Dwarves] themselves call their song “Am Kap der Hoffnung steht der Cup” [At the Cape of Good Hope Is the Cup] the song of the Worldcup 2010, in the hopes that it will help the German team score.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Germany
In this classic song from the German group Fantastische Vier, Smudo and Thomas D both rap about a woman they met over the weekend. As they recount their experiences, they reach a startling conclusion...
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Germany
The song "Sie ist weg" by German hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier combines their signature machismo with regret about the end of a relationship.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Germany
Many of the verses of the song "MfG - Mit freundlichen Grüßen" by the hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier consist solely of acronyms! The song comments on the development of the German language with its long words and titles that make such abbreviations and acronyms necessary, and what this means for German culture.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Germany
The song may be about friendship, but German legends Die Fantastischen Vier are eager to show that they perhaps don't always get along, especially when they were asked to collaborate with Clueso.
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