Thread: Music: Cutting Edge and What You Are Listening To?

One of my favorite German bands, Unheilig, recently made #1 in the album charts with their new release. I've known the band for years, it's actually from the Gothic scene, and I was quite surprised when they made the charts...

Here's the official video to the song 'Geboren um zu leben' on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVV8vS6pRQk

And if you want to know what song Germany is going to present at the Eurovision song contest, here's the official video for that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOCJRP0SiM4

Robin

She seems sweet, but:
Haven't you got your own language in Germany??
And it's not schlager either!
Maybe they should just change the name of the festival.

Here is the Swedish one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtqt7lTV-LI (we have no language of our own either, apparently... ) And very bland music taste. This one is not going to win... Even if all our neighbouring countries vote for it.. !


The video is from the local qualifying competition (it's taken very seriously, enough said... )

Well, "Schlager" isn't representative anymore for the general populace, unless you count the dead. It's a song contest, and we are sending a song. True, it's in English, but I don't mind. This year our selection process was remodeled to resemble a casting show without the embarassing bits. The shows began with ten finalists (out of thousands who had demoed), and among the cover versions sung during the show there were German songs as well, but the artists in question got voted out eventually.

Let's face it, we can do Rammstein, Kraftwerk and Xavier Naidoo, but we can't very well send any of them to the song contest.

Robin

I was looking for another song and came across this one from Simply Red that I had forgotten...
Holding Back the Years a #1 song from 1986! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w

Johanna... talk about pints of ice cream songs!!! This song along with Sinead O'Connor's - Nothing Compares 2 U are really good ones! I could not believe it when I learned that Prince wrote Nothing Compares 2 U!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0

Originally Posted by bitpicker

One of my favorite German bands, Unheilig, recently made #1 in the album charts with their new release. I've known the band for years, it's actually from the Gothic scene, and I was quite surprised when they made the charts...

Here's the official video to the song 'Geboren um zu leben' on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVV8vS6pRQk

Hey Robin....when you have some time, can you do a translation of the lyrics into English for us??

Born to live (Unheilig)

I find it hard to live without you
To give all I can every day, every time
I often think about what used to be
On each beloved past day
I imagine that you're with me
And walk each of my paths by my side
I've been thinking about so much since you passed away
Because you showed me how valuable life is

Chorus
We were born to live
With the miracles of that time
To never forget oneself
In all eternity
We were born to live
For that one moment
When each of us felt
How valuable life is

It still hurts to make room for new things
With a good conscience to allow new things to happen
In this moment you are near me again
As on each so beloved past day
I have a wish to allow dreams again
Without remorse to look ahead into a future
I see meaning now that you have passed away
Because you showed me how valuable my life is

Repeat chorus

It's nice that Robin is around; German is definitely my favourite language after Russian. Although I wish it didn't have that silly "back of the throat" R which is hard for me.

Some music sound better in German than any other language, even though I don't understand all of what they say. I listened a lot to German music in my teens but now I am not up to date with German music at all.

After I have fully mastered Russian (yeah, right!) German is next on my list! After Russian, that will be a walk in the park (=very easy).

I really like that song! I can't believe I hadn't heard of Unheilig! They are great.

Here in the UK we live in an English speaking "bubble". All I ever hear is English music and English TV / film. You have to really make an effort to get anything else and it feels strange to me, having grown up with a little bit of all the nearby countries' cultures and benefiting from all of them.

Sorry I dissed the German song for Eurovision. I guess that you don't take it 100% seriously either, although it's good fun. In Sweden we actually call Eurovision "schlagerfestivalen (the schlager festival)". And this genre of music is well and alive in rural Sweden, LOL. Take a bit of accordion, add some synth, bass and a catchy refrain! Backwards, but fun in a way, and extremely cheezy! Finland and Norway are just the same. (Schlager = same as "schanson" in Russian.)

Originally Posted by Johanna

I really like that song! I can't believe I hadn't heard of Unheilig! They are great.

This song was my first song by "Unheilig" Now i have 7 albums on my MP3 player...
I think, it's really good, interesting and professional band. (I have strange preferences in music choice )

Originally Posted by Johanna

After I have fully mastered Russian (yeah, right!) German is next on my list! After Russian, that will be a walk in the park (=very easy).

I don't think so They are two different languages.

Now i'm listening to "An deiner Seite" (By your side) by "Unheilig".

Anyone here make their own music?

Originally Posted by bitpicker

Born to live (Unheilig)

Thanks Robin, and it looks like once again you have picked a winner!!

Seraph, welcome to MasterRussian! I know that Robin (bitpicker) was in his own band and he posted some of his music in this thread. Not certain about anyone else.
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Okay.... so I was searching for a mashup and found "Chop Suey vs. Beach Boys" and thought hmmm that sounds interesting... well, I must say this is one of the more entertaining videos I have seen in a long time. The girls and I just laughed!!! You should watch the entire video even though the first half is much better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtsHeoN4exE

Some new music for you:

B.o.B - "Airplanes" Feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltt-SVOYW0k

B.o.B - "Nothin' On You" ft. Bruno Mars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTDv_szmL0

So, for those of you with kids or who are young at heart... Disney is giving away 50 free songs over the next 50 days via Facebook and Twitter... starting today...

http://www.facebook.com/disneymusic?v=wall

the first song is 'Squirrels in my Pants' from Phineas and Ferb!

So, younger daughter was taken to a concert at a local university by one of her school mates about...oh... two weeks ago I guess and she had a great time. We had never heard of the band and since then she has been bugging me to get her some of their songs. I finally went to Youtube to listen to them and they are really very good!

The band is 30 Seconds to Mars and for those of you who saw the movie "Girl, Interrupted", the lead singer and main songwriter for this band, Jared Leto, played Toby in that movie.

Here is their #1 song, "Kings and Queens":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg48DXJJtq8

This is their cover of Lady Ga Ga's "Bad Romance":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e61rD3dQ9NM

This is their cover of Kanye West's "Stronger":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XC_Rj51DLI

Originally Posted by rockzmom

The band is 30 Seconds to Mars and for those of you who saw the movie "Girl, Interrupted", the lead singer and main songwriter for this band, Jared Leto, played Toby in that movie.

I know this band.
I've listening their "Yesterday", nice song. But isn't my style.

I have been rediscovering Fear Factory thanks to their latest album Mechanize:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rg4ZJoIbI

Robin

Originally Posted by SPZenA

Originally Posted by rockzmom

The band is 30 Seconds to Mars and for those of you who saw the movie "Girl, Interrupted", the lead singer and main songwriter for this band, Jared Leto, played Toby in that movie.

I know this band.
I've [s:3b61vt4y]listening[/s:3b61vt4y] heard their song "Yesterday". Nice song; but, it isn't my style.

Originally Posted by bitpicker

I have been rediscovering Fear Factory thanks to their latest album Mechanize:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rg4ZJoIbI

Robin

Robin... you are sooooo Heavy Metal!!! Do you have tats and piercings too?

No, never even wore my hair long.

Robin

Сегодня, я обнаруживаю группу "Мельница" на Наше Радио. Я люблю её очень.

"Мельница" is really great band
My favorite song: http://prostopleer.com/#/list117558k428