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rotesand
2 months ago

There are serious and demanding hits with good lyrics, but socially critical one can only find songs or chansonniers, to which I count Udo Jürgens, or in the New German Wave (“Karl der Käfer” etc.) or in the classic German rock, where, for example, Klaus Lage with “Monopoli” would fall into my mind – which in 1985 had to do so in the ZDF-Hitparade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INCG7zTJsog

Socially critical hits by classical hit singers are extremely rare, after some reflections I only fell in the song “Smog in Frankfurt” by Michael Holm and “A couple are always over the clouds” as well as “Woman without Tomorrow” by Howard Carpendale … but I am also not a real hit fan and after 2000 missed the connection to the genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2ZvhwE73A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geqmZGo-CRU

Here is the benefit song “Who closes the eyes will never see the truth” of the project “Mut zur Menschlichkeit”, there is even one Wikipedia entry. There were several hit stars like Wolfgang Petry, Bernhard Brink, G.G. Anderson, Edward Simoni, Karel Gott, Roberto Blanco, Ibo and others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3G_XS5LmAM

Frank Schöbel is still here with “We don’t need any more lies”, but this is almost going in the direction of Protest song (was a song against the GDR regime) and “Ostrock” like Karat, the Puhdys or City – Frank Schöbel was also always a singer who wasn’t classical for Schlager.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDuw2SWXY

Angel1112
2 months ago
Reply to  rotesand

CLASSES

VausD
2 months ago

The day Conny Kramer died

My friend of the tree

White pigeons (I think so)

And there are such a few marginal things (in the sense of percussion groups),

Charlemagne and such things

dieretoure
2 months ago

I don’t know if my tip or bands count as a hit singer. But still socially critical: “FLOH DE COLOGNE” or “AMON DÜL”. If not, go to the labour market (vinyl inherited from Oppa)

DeernVomDienst
2 months ago

Hm… well… Schlager? New German wave.

Spider Murphy Gang. Skandal in the restricted area

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oESfa8jt0p8

Joachim Witt. The golden rider.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFh2dnYy8Q

NicoNRW
2 months ago
Reply to  Risavk

Yes

Saturnknight
2 months ago
Reply to  Risavk

No. Falco would turn around in the tomb if you would call his music a hit.

VausD
2 months ago
Reply to  Risavk

No! This is FALCO! 🤩

NicoNRW
2 months ago

Oh, cool.

FlorianH246
2 months ago

Why, because the song is German? This has as much to do with hits as classics with techno

VausD
2 months ago

But…