It’s the last week of the winter term here, so here is a totally serious and important music-related poll question:
(OK, maybe the end-of-term craziness is making me just a tiny bit punchy…)
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It’s the last week of the winter term here, so here is a totally serious and important music-related poll question:
(OK, maybe the end-of-term craziness is making me just a tiny bit punchy…)
Comments are closed.
I prefer my inane pop to be in foreign languages, so that I can sing along without having to think about how stupid the lyrics are.
K
I was a foreign exchange student in Hamburg when 99 Luftballoons became a hit in Germany. Right about the time I returned home it was fading away there, and gaining popularity in the States. Purgatory.
@KevinQ: Whatever works for you. I have just enough knowledge of German to figure out that “99 Luftballons” is about war, probably of the nuclear variety.
Stephane Grappelli is who’s playing on my Pandora Radio now; Tommy Emmanuel before that . . . .
No love for “99” by Toto?
Hast du es zum zeit fur mir,
denn singen mich ein lied fur dir…
I actually saw her in concert (Offenbach Stadthalle). Nothing like 80’s euro pop… Hope about some Kate Bush next? Or Bananarama!