German Music Week: Echt

"German music does not always have to be bad. Let me just introduce you to several artists that bring quality music with quality lyrics on the market. You might or might not know the songs but if you do, enjoy singing along to them as much as I do."

We have come to the last German act of the Week in the series of the German Music Week.
I hope you enjoyed it and I also hope that you could go back in time with this collection of music.
Any suggestions for another Music Week? Just hit me on FB or Twitter!

P.S. I want to say sorry for the not very qualitative music videos, beforehand. It was quite hard finding appropriate ones.

Ich wollte diesen Beitrag mit dieser Band abschließen, da ich diese Band und ihre Musik zu schätzen weiß. Ihre Karriere war nicht sehr langlebig, jedoch ist ihre Musik noch immer Teil unserer Kindheit oder Jugend geblieben. Ich höre mir heutzutage noch immer ihre Lieder an, da ich sie total schön finde. Ich hoffe, ihr sieht das genauso!!!

Echt was a German pop group that were active between 1997 to 2002. They were one of the few bands that caused a sensation among the teenage girls in the 90s. Unfortunately, the band broke up due to internal band problems as well as the fact that they couldn't cope with the fame. This band left the German speaking world songs that everyone can still listen to now.

"Junimond" Rio Reiser Cover (2000)

German Music Week: Xavier Naidoo/Söhne Mannheims

"German music does not always have to be bad. Let me just introduce you to several artists that bring quality music with quality lyrics on the market. You might or might not know the songs but if you do, enjoy singing along to them as much as I do."


Xavier Naidoo is a singer, song-writer and producer from Germany. He has been active in the music industry since 1993 and has been very successful with both his english and german songs.

Söhne Mannheims was founded by Naidoo and its other 14 band members. Their genre can be descrived as pop, soul as well as hip hop. Their lyrics are mostly about the political situation in the world. The band is also well known for their ballads.

"Ich kenne nichts (das so schön ist wie du)"

"Wenn ein Lied" (2009)

German Music Week: Fettes Brot

"German music does not always have to be bad. Let me just introduce you to several artists that bring quality music with quality lyrics on the market. You might or might not know the songs but if you do, enjoy singing along to them as much as I do."

Fettes Brot is a German Hip Hop group consisting of three guys from Hamburg. The group was founded in 1992 and have established a strong fanbase in German speaking countries. They are well-known for their goofy songs and videos but even more for their critical lyrics about society. Furthermore, most of their songs are very familiar to German speakers. In my eyes they are one of the best hip hop group in Germany!

"Emanuela" (2008)

German Music Week: Juli

"German music does not always have to be bad. Let me just introduce you to several artists that bring quality music with quality lyrics on the market. You might or might not know the songs but if you do, enjoy singing along to them as much as I do."

Eva Briegel, Marcel Römer, Andreas Herde and Jonas Pfetzing make up the band Juli. They are a Pop-Rock combination and have been present since 1996 as 'Sunnyglade'. However, since 2001 they are known as 'Juli'. They reached their stardom with their song "Perfekte Welle" in 2004 and ever since are one of the Top German Acts. Since Silbermond and Juli have risen to fame in the same year, they had to face comparisons due to their similarities. Both bands, however, have strictly disclaimed these opinions.

"Perfekte Welle" (2004)

German Music Week: Sportfreunde Stiller

"German music does not always have to be bad. Let me just introduce you to several artists that bring quality music with quality lyrics on the market. You might or might not know the songs but if you do, enjoy singing along to them as much as I do."

Sportfreunde Stiller is a German indie-rock band that have been active ever since 1996. The band consists of three guys from Munich and are well known for their rock sounds and clever lyrics.

In 2006 they release the song "'54, '74, '90, 2006" that quickly became the World Championship theme song held in Germany. Furthermore they have always been present at Austrian and German Music Festivals in the summer.

"Ein Kompliment" (2002)

German Music Week: Die 3. Generation

"German music does not always have to be bad. Let me just introduce you to several artists that bring quality music with quality lyrics on the market. You might or might not know the songs but if you do, enjoy singing along to them as much as I do."


Die 3. Generation was a band consisting of three guys from Germany who got together through a casting. The band was active from 1998 to 2004 and are well known for their german rap in ballads. They reached fame with their song 'Leb' which was the theme song for that time's Big Brother.

Songlist:
"Ich will dass du mich liebst" (2000)
"Drei kleine Worte" (2001)

=] <3 don't forget to smile.

Ezzy

German Music Week: Silbermond

Whenever my brother is at our place we usually randomly listen to very old songs. Mostly very cheesy and lovey dovey songs since its mostly very funny to us. Inspired by that I thought of posting a bunch of German songs that I still listen to now and then this whole week.

Kicking it off with: Silbermond is a Pop/Rock band from Germany (Bautzen, Sachsen) and is a well-known band throught the German speaking countries. The band consists of four members: Stefanie Kloß, Andres Nowak, Johannes and Thomas Stolle. Even though the band has been existing since 1998, they reached success and full acknowledgement in 2004. All of their albums reached platinum status in Austria and Germany. 

Their last album was released in 2009 and ever since the band hasn't had many public appearances.
Let us hope for a new record in the making.

The reason for their success must probably be their ballads and their lyrics. Go and check them out!

"Das Beste" - Laut Gedacht (2006)