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Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by rip

rip — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Nice

Comment on Germans think Americans don’t know anything about the rest of the world. by Martin

Martin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:25:55 +0000

“Yeah, i guess most Germans would be troubled to name the capital of any given US state, except New York.”

I’d argue that very, very few people outside the US (or even outside New York) even know that Albany exists. Probably because its just a small, ordinary town (pop < 100.000) that happens to house the state capitol, like most US state captitals.

There are a couple of easy ones though, eg Arizona, Texas, Hawaii or Utah.

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by Jan

Jan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:20:26 +0000

WOW…as I read this a b-day party from a very good friend came to mind and he sort of is a hero in things like providing drinks and food, though normaly every guest makes sure we have enough (alcolhol) to drink and brings a bottle or two…you never know
looking forward to his party this saturday…and listening to most the classics mentioned here and some more

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by michael

michael — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:24:09 +0000

I would argue that Westerland is a Schlager parody.

Additionally Zu Spät and Schrei nach Liebe by Die Ärzte have to be played on every German party.

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by style-watch.com

style-watch.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:10:47 +0000

You made my day!

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by MuGo

MuGo — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:07:41 +0000

Everything is right but I’m German so I must complain…

Never ever call a song from Die Ärzte or Die Toten Hosen a Schlager. Of course I know the lyrics of most of the songs mentioned (i.e. I’m not against Schlager at all) but come on, songs written by Farin Urlaub have far a lot more irony than all Schlager songs together. It’s not fair to compare a musician with Wolfgang Petry!

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:54 +0000

soooo true…unfortunately

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by Selkie

Selkie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:48:41 +0000

Oooooohooooh,
ich hab solche Sehnsucht, ich verliere den Verstand,
ich will wieder an die Nordsee, ich will zurück nach
Westerlaaaaaaaaand

You got it almost perfectly Some of these songs are so hardcoded into the german mind, even people who normaly listen to metal/hiphop/other extreme forms of music will join in ;P

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by hape

hape — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:34:07 +0000

I’m so glad my friends have a better taste in music, but your list is totally true for many public parties, some of the schlager (Westerland is no Schlager, it’s considered punk ;)) is played at every school or college party, especially at the local fachhoschule. I really can’t understand, why people at the age of 20 go crazy when hearing summer of ‘69.

Comment on Quick Tipp - how to throw a party in Germany by MrsBumblebee

MrsBumblebee — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:27:24 +0000

Hihi, that’s great. Unfortunately my BBQ was yesterday. I made so many mistakes…