The German Schlager duo Die Amigos are an excellent example of the kind of music that appealed to your grandparents’ generation, yet for some reason still command an audience today in Mitteleuropa. Strictly for fans of the surreal! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Die Ärtze are a well-known pop-punk group from Berlin who have been making music together since the 80s. "Lasse redn" ("Let them talk") is a song about gossip.

Die Ärzte is one of Berlin's most well-known rock bands. The song "M&F" ("Männer und Frauen") is from their twelfth studio album.

What does the title "Achtung: Bielefeld" (“Attention: Bielefeld”) actually have to do with the topic of boredom — which is what the lyrics are all about? There’s certainly a lot of room for interpretation in this high-energy punk-inspired song!

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

"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."

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.

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.

The Düsseldorf band "Die Toten Hosen" has been cranking out ye olde punk rock since 1982, and great power ballads like this one can serve to teach the kids a thing or two about sounding powerful and emotional without a trace of sappy sentimentality. Keeping it real! Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!