Name a legendary musical hit in your country. Rule: must be over 30 years old
Rules:
- Over 30 years old
- Should be a HUGE hit everyone in your country remembers to this day
- Preferably something that is relatively unknown outside of your country
- Preferably sang in your native tongue
Legendary you say? Relatively unknown outside of Germany (and other German speaking countries) you say?
Let me introduce you to Dschinghis Khan by Dschingis Khan
(99 Luftballons, which was mentioned here before, is arguably the bigger hit that really everyone knows. But I couldn't resist throwing this out there. It was a huge hit and is still known.)
Oh, the first one is a legendary classic. Finland has got the "do direct covers of all the German hits from the 70's" - scene well covered:
https://youtu.be/seA8p2tv2S4?feature=shared
That also is true for Germany. There's for example a song using Black Sabbaths Paranoid melodies with some German lyrics about the Hound of Baskerville https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MwnFX0_H-rA
This is without a doubt the best cover version of "Paranoid" I have ever heard.
Didn't Finland have an entire culture of doing spoofs on old German shit, like TV series? I've seen Die Kühe and I think it's absolutely awesome. (The Dutch also did a good impression in Jiskefet.)
And I remember watching / listening to lots of M. A. Numminen. Not sure if that's just the stuff that found its way back to Germany and me... But nonetheless...
The thing with the tv series might be a thing of the past, though. I'm not sure if anyone still remembers "Der Alte" or "Derrick". It's probably not that funny without the context. And how we watch TV has certainly changed during the last decades.
Not just German, but all European and American hits pretty much.
Only in this millennium has there been a majority who actually understand English, so it works and Finnish versions are probably non-existent nowadays, except for children's songs perhaps.
Google pretty much any Finnish song pre 80's and they're usually originally in another language. Perhaps some like Juice Leskinen excluded.
I've never seen this video but I know Moskau. They look like they're having so much fun lol, and the Tony Iommi lookalike has a real cool hair/moustache combo, and the girl in white is a smokeshow!
Dschingis Khan is very well known in the US AFAIK
American here. Never heard of it.
Schrei nach Liebe by die Ärzte from 1993, German punk band. Everybody that ist Like 60 or younger knows that song. Well, maybe not if you're in your teens...
https://youtu.be/6X9CEi8wkBc
I would say, that even the teens know it, but considering how a lot of them lack even knowledge about some of Germans most iconic cultural achievements(I literally know people that didnt even heard about "Werner") I'm not to sure about it. But I can agree, its an absolute Banger Song.
Wanted to complain, but damn already over 30 years indeed
I would have said Westerland is even more well known
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx3o9baJeQY
Nena - 99 Luftballons comes to my mind. Guess the country
Schwurbelstan?
Interesting. How do you guys feel about Bruttosozialprodukt?
We steigern it.
Butr only when the Werksirene dröhnt
And The Stichel lustvoll stöhnt
And the gabelstapelfahrer mit der stapelgabler prahlt
Bavaria?
My favorite song is 500 Miles by Peter, Paul & Mary, and everyone thinks I’m talking about the Proclaimers version unless I specify, so I think it’s pretty well known.
It was fairly popular here in the US. Landed in some movie soundtracks. Nothing else by them did though.
iTS a somewhat offen used Wedding and football Song in germany
Can't believe no one mentioned this beauty! Mo-Do - Eins Zwei Polizei
You have given my husband a new headache, I thank you dearly
Great idea!
A dutch song about Belgium from the 80s:
https://youtu.be/tMJACYaq3Eo
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That is a classic. Personally, for the Netherlands, I was thinking some Doe Maar.
Or possibly Little Green Bag, but I'm guessing that doesn't fit the "relatively unknown outside the Netherlands" criterion, nor is it in Dutch.
Germany: Die Fantastischen Vier - Die Da!?!
From 1992, German rap with funny guys moving stupidly in the video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUosAGDM8Sg
Random question, but how well known is my old German teacher's favorite techno song: Eine Insel Mit Zwei Bergen? To which I still remember all the words 15yr later lmao.
I'd say pretty much everybody between 40 and 45 remembers that song
It is super catchy to be fair! And the puppets are just the right amount of creepy to still be fun haha.
I had the Single when I was a kid
Holy shit they have it on 12"! I need to track down a copy lol.
Hallo Thomas!
Hallo! Alles klar?
Klar!
Skipper Klements morgensang: https://youtu.be/C0QQzXgKwOI?si=Ifno3B832V7P33D- A song from 1970 (I actually thought it was way older) about a civil war in 1534
Alternatively Midsommervisen, written in 1885, with the popular melody rewritten in 1980: https://youtu.be/q4i-5Df0oVc
Is sung on Sankt Hans Aften every year while roasting a (sculpture of a) witch on a huge bonfire.
Midsommervisen is so nice :)
What about https://youtu.be/sBvy_lHuir0 ?
Here comes the hotsteppers, ini kamoze !
https://youtu.be/w0N4twV28Mw?feature=shared
Portugal: Grândola, Vila Morena - Zeca Afonso. Probably not a hit when it came out, as it was banned by the dictatorial regime at the time but it became the anthem of our 1974 revolution, pretty much because it was the song that the revolutionary group chose to be played on the radio station (they took control of) to mobilize their forces.
Zeca Afonso has a bunch of other well-known (and really good) songs, all sung in Portuguese but this is the one most people know by heart. It helps that it gets played every year on the anniversary of the revolution and whenever there's a protest.
Grândola is a good choice, though because of the political association it will never be a hit with the non-leftist crowd. Dunas or A minha casinha are probably more popular/neutral choices and, unlike Zeca's song, no-one outside of Portugal has ever heard about them (Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).
OTOH I'm fairly sure that in 50 years few will remember Xutos and GNR, while Grândola will still be sung over the centennial celebrations (assuming we don't fall back into a far-right dictatorship by then...)
Yeah, that's a fair point. After my post I thought A minha casinha or Não sou o único would also be good choices.
That's true, from what I can tell, it's pretty popular in Galiza.
Charles Aznavour - Emmenez moi
Become an instant fan no matter your language
I dunno if this is legendary, but most people in Denmark know this song from school: Livstræet (The (Norse) Tree of Life) from 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSrdJF9hRg
Edmund Fetting - Ballada o pancernych from Four Tank-Men and a Dog.
Another one in similar vein https://youtu.be/cX2nbYYW1uk?si=ADtUvbB3iSwCH0BW
Eppu Normaali - Vuonna 85
I would imagine everyone in Finland still knows this one, right?
Images - Les Démons de minuit
It still can be heard at every wedding parties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVeown7umM
For Romania it has to be this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JSlZWR3lJs
It even became something of a hymn for the 1989 revolution.
Without clicking the link, I’m gonna assume it’s Pe Cimpoi
'Kender du det ?" (1975) by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
The country is Denmark :)
Australia: Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce Shaddap you face
I was thinking of "Am I ever gonna see your face again".
Brilliant, I had absolutely no idea that was Australian but it makes sense!
Btw it was a massive hit in the UK too
It kept Ultravox's Vienna from number one in the charts. Apparently Midge Ure has never got over it.
That's because he's so short his wee legs won't reach
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) - Domenico Modugno
https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=6jWsIpAbo-8
We know Volare in germany from football
One of Germany's favorite Schlager 😝
Lithuania
Karališka erdvė - Karalių paslaptys (iš lėto leidžiasi saulė)
Ok I start. For Slovakia I say 'Kráľovná bielych tenisiek' (Queen of white sneakers) by Elán
https://youtu.be/0qYZmIp5thg
True and based 🇸🇰🫡😄
Argentina: Soda Stereo - De Musica Ligera.
Canada: Rush - Tom Sawyer.
It was actually a bigger hit in the US.
It's still an absolute gem. I love it.
Huh. TIL.
I would say for Canada: The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking. They have a bunch of well known songs in Canada, but some of them are not quite 30 years old yet.
You know, literally minutes after I posted I thought to myself "maybe I should change it to the hip" but decided against it because hey, it's Rush. But I agree, your choice is a good one.
https://youtu.be/ASfVIFUw20Y
DAD - Sleeping my day away.
They have made some very memorable song and have become even better since then!
Also note the left handed base player with the
fourtwo string base. He has had some very unique basses made through his careerI thought these were AI images for a moment
Another odd thing: those all look like they only have two strings.
My bad. Of course! I mentioned 4 strings but all basses have 4...
He only plays with 2 strings! Good spot!
Hell yeah, that's weird lol I like it. These dudes kinda rule btw, I'm gonna be adding them to the 80s metal rotation with Savatage and Judas Preist and all that sort of stuff.
You may also like a band called
dizzy mizz lizzy
Cool I'll check em out thanks! I like the name already lol.
On behalf of Canada, Home for a Rest
Germany, 1985:
https://youtu.be/4kHl4FoK1Ys
Not my country, but I think “Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me” needs to be here.
I just listened to this last night.
I tell people this is the national anthem of Canada
I was expecting Robin Sparkles - Let's go to the mall
Why would you lie about the national anthem?
Use https://radiooooo.com and cheat
The Hockey Song hy Stompin Tom Connors
Oh, there are so many songs I could choose. Most hits from Brazil aren't well known outside. This one is a certified classic, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOchidcyv9Q
Germany
The title of this song from 1974 became a German saying.
Udo Lindenberg, originally a jazz drummer, was the first German to make authentic German rock and pop music, in the German language, without it being "Schlager".
Alles klar auf der Andrea Doria (All clear on the Andrea Doria):
https://youtu.be/FJ2QENfYKMM?si=jiCJ8fmQUsHv8icv
Yothu Yindi - Treaty
Still slaps 33 years later.
Delilah - Tom Jones
This bad boy came out in the 1890s so no one remembers the original buts its been covered a few times.
Calon lan -Cerys Matthews
There are so many good ones for Austria. Probably have to go for Fürstenfeld by STS. I have never met somebody in Austria who wasn't able to sing this, even (or especially) when drunk.
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=QbBlSd8CGnktXA7m
https://youtu.be/Y9Vu6ASwdKE?si=m75y_E-3oppRx1vu
For context https://www.glasgowworld.com/retro/where-does-the-slosh-come-from-3914865
'Fog on the Tyne' by Gazza and Lindesfarne from 1990. I have to warn you that it's awful, and yet, infuriatingly catchy.
https://youtu.be/T1urq4Vb0XM
For those who don't know, Gazza was a famous and talented English footballer with a massive booze addiction, and a tendency towards domestic abuse.
Rent
This song was HUGE in the US. My one of my absolute favorite songs to play
No way, I love that song!
Sing it again, High-fructose Boy 😁