Scorpions and Rammstein are all time legends. "Die Ärzte" and "Die toten Hosen" are probably the most popular and well known bands in germany. I personally love the energy of "powerwolf" (would recommend army of the night), heaven shall burn and electric callboy.
I love Powerwolf! I stumbled across them entirely by chance (Sanctus Dominus was the first song I heard) and quickly fell in love with many of their songs, Army of the Night is awesome!
@@ChioGaru Nice! Some years ago army of the night was a recommended video on youtube for me and i liked it. Already been to a powerwolf concert as well. They are fantastic live
I think it's a good collection. But the snippets are a little bit too short in my opinion. You just start to feel the vibe of the song and then they cut to another one. If you want to get into Electric Callboy: Start with Hypa Hypa or We got the moves. Those two songs represent the essence of the band the best.
Yeah, I agree. When I started the video, I wondered if RUclips had made some mistake here, 8 minutes 17 for 50 songs PLUS reaction, that cannot be, I thought. Now I know it CAN be. Alright, I knew most of the songs, but the snippets are definitely too short for someone new to it to get an impression of German rock music.
Please give Electric Callboy a try, those snippets here can't do the essence of their style justice!! For many reasons. I would recomment "we got the moves" , "hypa hypa" , "parasite" - they're currently working on a new album😍😍
@@lulaa123 Is this RUclips or general copyright law? I heard or read somewhere, somewhen that Germany only allows 4 seconds as a snippet, but that may be wrong. I'm not even sure whether copyright law contains a specific regulation for that, or it's just common practice.
I second that - Electric Callboy (previously Eskimo Callboy) is a fun band. About 3-4 years ago they got a new lead singer and the band just took of. Hypa Hypa spawned quite a lot of remixes, most done in collaboration with the band and hosted on their youtube channel. However, the version "Saltatio Mortis vs. Eskimo Callboy - Hypa Hypa" is featured only on Slatation Mortis channel; you might wanna check that one out too, if you are into bagpipes and medieval style music. ^^ That being said, their former lead singer was not bad at all. "Prism" is my favorite song with him and - while very different from what Electric Callboy is doing now - still a very powerful song. (Check out the first comment under that video from @marclewis3380 to see how music can change ones life.) ROCK ON! :D
Eskimo Callboy (now known as Electric Callboy) made a metal song "Hypa Hypa", and then in their next album they had that song but covered by many different german musicians in a whole variety of styles. From Folk Rock over country to acoustic guitar... was a really interesting art project, would be coold if you reacted to all the Hypa Hypa covers.
Please react to "Die Ärzte" and "Die Toten Hosen", two of the most popular punk rock bands in germany. For me as a Düsseldorfer, the Toten Hosen are part of the local cultural heritage.😅 (They are originally from Düsseldorf and a big part of the local culture, especially for our local football club, Fortuna Düsseldorf 🔴⚪️). If you're interested in different parts and cultures here in Germany, I could recommend Videos from Trip extreme about Düsseldorf and Cologne (Düsseldorf and Cologne, originally Köln or Kölle, are the two biggest cities in North Rhine Westfalia, and there is an age-old, ironic enmity between the cities😅). But at first, I'm happy if you would react to "The Toten Hosen", songs for example "Hier kommt Alex", "An Tagen wie diesen" or "Altes Fieber". And to "Die Ärzte" for example to the songs "Schrei nach Liebe" (for this song it would be interesting, if you would translate the lyrics to understand the songtext, it is about facism and is often used at concerts against right wing parties/ racist people and right wing extremist movements).
The Cologne counterpart to the "death trousers" (Toten Hosen) are maybe BAP (by far not so famous as the Toten Hosen but a local "cultural heritage" in Cologne).
Noch ein Düsseldorfer hier ;) It's hard to judge because both bands have been active for over 40 years. As a kid I listened to both bands but mostly Die Ärzte since my teenage years. Die Toten Hosen still have some bangers but most of the newer stuff is more pop than punk. Both great bands nonetheless and as far as I can tell very nice human beings.
"Die Ärzte" and "Die Toten Hosen" are German legends. Even if you're not that into that genre most Germans could sing along to their hits (which are many).
One artist you liked here from the short snippet was "Die Toten Hosen". you should really check them out. As a bit of context, they were originally a punkrock band, heavily inspired from British Punk rock of the 80's and 90's. Their frontman Campino was so Punk, that he refused to stay on the stage and tried to sing from inside the crowd. later they shifted mor to rock and now Pop. Their fans were always in clinch with the Fans of another famous german Punk Band, called "Die Ärzte".
6:31 thats a legendary song, which is already talked about in school, because the meaning is deep and important. probably one of the best lyrics ever written for a german song.
Scorpions - winds of change was the song which became popular during the time of the german reunification (October 3rd 1990 - a national holiday called "Tag der Deutschen Einheit")
@@stahlgewitter69 Well, it kinda was and it wasn't at the same time^^ The song was written in '89 around the time when the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain fell. Which is exactly what the song is about. The album Crazy World was released in November 1990 a month after the reunification of Germany. The song itself as a single was released in January of '91.
I feel Like "Die Ärzte" are heavily underrepresented here^^ they are absolute Legends, but i guess its more of punkrock than it is rockn roll. I can further recommend 'Beatstakes', 'Guano Apes', 'Die Toten Hosen' and above all 'Wir sind Helden'
it can be a bit explained that this list is about Spotify Views and Die Ärzte were against putting their Songs on streaming platforms where the platforms get most of the money and especially smaller artist (which they aren't but it was about the principle) hardly gain money from it. So you could only lsiten to it on RUclips or by purchasing the songs. They shifted their view to let anyone enoy music how they want it as at hte end of 2018 they put their songs also on streaming platforms. Spotify exists since 2006 and while 2018 is also already 6 years ago, other bands also had not a break like Die Ärzte. Rammstein was constantly touring and making new music while Die Ärzte were nearly near a breakup and toured not for a long time till they reappeared 2018/19 and made 2 new albums durring Corona.
@@the_Haexler I mean Die Ärzte also give their music way for free since... idk when xD they also especially don't have piracy protection on their CDs and let you download all their music from their website xD
Scorpions are the greatest German rock band of all time. Scooter is german and Hypa Hypa from Electric Callboy a reference to Hyper Hyper from Scooter. Electric Callboy are taking off nationally and internationally after the change of one of their two singers. I think her most popular songs internationally are Hypa Hypa, We Got The Moves and the cover of Everytime We Touch. There are also a number of versions of Hypa Hypa that were created in collaboration with other bands and musicians, including a medieval rock, a country rock and a pop version. Another suggestion is Lord Of The Lost feat. Blümchen with the cover of The Look by Roxette. My favorites from the video are Helloween, Accept and Die Toten Hosen.
@@sophiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie the name Hypa Hypa is definitely a reference to Scooter's Hyper Hyper, and the "Dööp Dööp"-part of Hypa Hypa is also a reference to Scooter but to the 2000s aera, more specifically to the Song "Maria, I like it loud!".
Scorpions are the best rock band of all time?? I would say: that's absolutely a matter of taste! Almost all my friends love rock music but hate the Scorpions ;) Just as an aside.
@@maholics I didn't say "best" because that's a question of taste and I didn't say "of all time" I said "German ... of all time". 🙂Regardless of whether you like them, they are undisputedly the most important rock band from Germany internationally. I also like a number of bands better than Scorpions, but I can't deny their importance. 🙂
Scorpions are indeed legends, next year will be their 60th (!) anniversary with Klaus Meine as their front man since 1969, and they are still playing live shows! SImilar to Rammstein they've toured all around the globe and are one of Germany's biggest musical export, and have been decades before Rammstein were founded. One of my favs is actually a rather 'new' song (from this century), *Maybe I, Maybe You* (2004), which showcased that they were still able to do power ballads after being almost 40 years in business... Wind of Change became kind of a hymn for the unification, but it was played so excessively, everywhere, I simply couldn't stand it any longer before the 90's were halfway through...
Pretty good compilation. The snippets are just a little bit too short, but that could be a way to avoid copyright claims. There are a lot of bands in there that I really like. I was a bit surprised about Lord of the Lost because they were not so popular before their attempt to ESC last year. Btw if you like the ESC, you should definitely go down the rabbit hole of Germany in Eurovision, especially with regards to Electric Callboy...
I love Powerwolf, their songs are full of energy. Their music videos are also high quality, definitely worth a reaction. I would suggest to look at "Napalm Records" on YT and selecting a song with a title you like (make sure it's tagged music video and not lyric video).
From the stories my father used to tell me he actually knew the Scorpions as they used to practice at the same Hanover studio when they were young. Actually got a signed letter and guitar for one of my birthdays. Always been sceptic about whether that's true but considering that they grew up around the same area and both were hard rock bands, it would make sense and is believable.
A powerful sogn I can recommend is "Der Weg" from Herbert Grönemeyer. There exists a live version from Gelsenkirchen with english subtitles. He wrote the song in the year both his wife and his brother died from cancer. The lyrics are pure poetic and touch your heart and sould, the voice is rough and beautiful.
That Album came out around the time my grandpa died. That was the first time I lost someone I really cared about and moreover my father had a hard time coping as well. He used to listen to that song a lot during this time. "Der Weg" has been etched into my soul. It is impossible for me not to cry while listening to it.
Scorpions are one of the biggest bands in the world, they have sold more than 110 million copies of records, bon jovi, iron maiden, def leppard among many other bands have opened their show, they still fill stadiums and arenas around the world in almost 60 years career. And Rammstein is at its peak, doing big tours with great shows and representing Germany very well.
I was surprised that neither Subway to Sally nor Schandmaul was able to fetch at least one place in the top50. The high amount of Rammstein songs was expected.
4:52 Huu Blind Guardian. They have an awesome live video from Wacken called "Bard Song & Valhalla Live at Wacken 2016". I would love to see your reaction on this band. 5:10 Eskimo or Electric Callboy is a Trance-Core band which mixes a lot of styles (like EDM, Hardstyle and other genres) with Metal-Core. Very funny videos and crazy but good songs.
Omg please react to Electric Callboy (formerly Eskimo Callboy)! Their music is mainly a mix of metalcore and techno and they are so damn goofy and funny! Fun fact: In 2021, they wanted to represent Germany at the ESC with the song "We got the moves", but the people in charge of German television were of the opinion that Electric Callboy's music was not "suitable for radio", so they were not allowed to participate in the preliminary round. The whole thing went pretty viral and today they are very well known all over the world and play one sold-out world tour after another.
Tokio Hotel is a guilty pleasure for my early teen years... all the girls in school were fawning over the Kaulitz brothers. And to think that the lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, went on to marry Heidi Klum (as he had stated as his dream in an interview in 2008) is still unbelievable to me. :D If you wanna delve a bit into the metal-ish folk rock corner, I can definitely highly recommend Versengold, Santiano and Saltatio Mortis. Blind Guardian is amazing if you like something melodic, powerful but still somewhat mystical calming music.
One of the greatest German Rock songs of all time, which wasn't featured here, is actually a song from a band from East Germany: The band is called City, and the song is Am Fenster. And if you're into heavier stuff: Germany has been one of the most influential countries for Heavy Metal since the 80s. Accept, Running Wild, Grave Digger, Scorpions, Helloween, Blind Guardian, Avantasia, Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, Rage, Powerwolf, Electric Callboy (renamed to eliminate the offensive term), Heaven Shall Burn, the list goes on.
I feel East German music isn't streamed that much cause it is forgotten artists. There was very good music from the East but maybe it also doesn't count as Rock that much. I will still recommend Bands like City, Karat, Neumis Rock Circus, Puhdys, Speed, Gundermann, Silly, Die goldenen Zitronen, Feeling B.
that ! unfortunately, the charts were based on spotify playlists. so worldwide playlists count. this creates the feeling that there was no successful good music in the gdr because brd music was successful worldwide and gdr music didn't cross the borders my mother was already dancing to City in the mud at the age of 14. 25 years later, i was partying to it on the beach at the baltic sea. it's still played at every private party in eastern germany today.
You have to check out SEEED, they are a Hip-Hop band from berlin. They have an absolute unique sound! "Augenbling" or "Geld" would be great songs to check out!
Böhse Onkelz, Ärzte, toten Hosen, Ramstein, Scorpions, Helloween (Bad uncles, the doctors, the dead trousers :)))) all of tham had a lot of great lyrics and music. Born in 1975 I am a big fan of their music
You absolutely must hear the complete "Hypa Hypa" by Eskimo Callboy. These few seconds give a different picture of a real good heavy song, mixing genres.
Very short snippets unfortunately, but I liked it. Quite surprised to see Edguy and Avantasia in there, they're my absolute favourite bands, but not very well known. I also love Powerwolf, they play Power Metal and always choose this pseudo-religious aesthetic, dressing up like werewolf priests. And I had no idea Accept was actually German, 'Balls to the Wall' is an amazing song.
So good to see someone else here being happy about Edguy! Avantasia too, but they've become FAR more popular and Edguy usually gets overlooked completely. That sure was a neat surprise in this video. Also agreed, the snippets are wayyy too short.
Löl i did rediscover Edguy just a few months ago and my RUclips music app on my phone is trying to get me into Avantasia for a week or so, not that i am complaining.🎉@@soundocean3765
"Hier kommt Alex" by Die Toten Hosen is interesting: One of the most successfull german Punk-Rock-Songs, made by a Band that tried to stay out of politics until they felt they could not be silent any more when racism grew after the fall of the wall. There are even cover versions in english language, so it should be 'easy' to dive into this one... but beware, it can be a deep dive.
Don't you mean "Schrei nach Liebe" by "Die Ärzte"? Die Toten Hosen seemed always more political whereas "Die Ärzte" are more like a Ramones-type Fun Punk band. The Tote Hosen song "Hier kommt Alex" is from their "Clockwork Orange" themed concept album "Ein kleines bisschen Horrorshow"... Their best one in my opinion.
You might want to check out "Die Toten Hosen" - literally translated to: "the dead pants". It's one of the more well known Punk/Rock bands in Germany who still are doing new albums and live tours. During the covid times, they released an unplugged album (Ohne Strom), also covering some songs from other bands and there was also a tour planned. Unfortunately it had to be cancelled and so only the concert footage of the only concert for this album at the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf (their home town) exists. As you seem to be a lot into Rammstein, you might check out the version of "Ohne Dich" video here on YT. Fun fact: in her latest album Anastacia has performed an offical english cover of "An Tagen wie diesen" - "These are the best days". Anastacias cover perfectly hits the spirit of the Hosen song without a literal translation of the text. If you are more into "the black scene" (gothic etc.) you might want to have a look at "Unheilig"/"Der Graf". He is somewhat controversal, though, and he lost a big part of his fan base with his last album which was "too commercial" and "too mainstream" for a lot who followed him. He finished his career after that comercially very successfull album.
I had the pleasure of seeing Powerwolf live a couple of years ago they're a Powermetal band with high quality theatrics, outfits and music videos and they're just as good live imo. Scorpions are a Hard Rock band a classic world wide as you said yourself you'll recognize some songs, Electric Callboy are known for mixing up their Metalcore with hardstyle techno and other electronic components and are always good for a laugh but are talented nonetheless and another band that sadly wasn't featured here is Feuerschwanz which are German-Medieval-Rock and also like to use stuff like Bagpipes in their songs which should be very interesting for you as a Scot lol. Many great bands here you can react to if you wanna get into the German Rock and Metal scene. I could say a thing or two about probably all the bands shown but this comment is too long already.
I'd recommend listening and reacting to some Neue Deutsche Welle if you want some more 80's - 90's bangers ( basically German new wave / post-punk). There are many , but I recommend the bands Fehlfarben, Abwärts, DAF and Grauzone (even tho they're technically swiss wave)
Wir Sind Helden was one of the first music I ever really listened to. I neither listen to rock nor German music anymore, so I’m way out of the loop. But other music I recommend checking out: Udo Lindenberg (a very interesting man, who was particularly important when Germany was divided into east and west), and a modern artist called Phillip Poisel.
You should definitely check out "Schrei nach Liebe" by "Die Ärzte". Still very popular, has a deeper meaning and I would love to see your reaction on that! 😊
personally not a Rammstein Fan. Never been. But yeah, have a look for Eskimo Callboy, and Die Toten Hosen. Also, not sure if I recommended that already: Feuerschwanz, a medieval/folk metal band that started out as a parodistic fun band but has in the last few years become more serious. Recommendations there: "Bastard von Asgard" or "Sgfrd Dragonslayer"
I really enjoy watching your reaction videos because you are obviously very interested in Germany. This compilation shows the German dilemma. The entire GDR rock music is missing, although music from the time of divided Germany is also featured here. There were very good bands in the GDR, many of which also performed in what was then the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. "am Fenster" by the GDR band "City" was also very well known in the West at the time and was an extraordinary rock song with a violin solo. I would highly recommend that you listen to this music if you are interested in Germany as a whole country. The members of Rammstein grew up in the GDR but the band was only founded in the 1990s, after reunification.
You are certainly not entirely wrong with your comments, but I would like to point out that large areas of German rock music are excluded from this compilation because they do not fit into streaming behavior and were active in the era before the Internet. Many of them don't even have music videos. Bands in the compilation that have been playing since the 1960s and 1980s, such as Scorpions, Helloween etc., were already internationally active at this time and are streamed internationally. And I agree with you that important acts get overlooked and don't get the credit they deserve. The big names like Puhdys, Silly, or it really hurts me that the all-German icon Nina Hagen is not represented. But important representatives like Lindenberg or areas like Krautrock also fall through the cracks. But even though I have put your comments into perspective a bit, you have raised a very important point. Oh it seems your drawings are phantastic.
@@perrosol-ns4cc8ot4t That wasn't even meant as Ostalgie. We also listened to a lot of Western music in the GDR. I also say that this is a dilemma in Germany. The two systems meant there was no common music market, but I could imagine that the nice Scottish operator of the channel, who deals quite intensively with Germany, would also like to hear and analyze something from the GDR. This should be much more unknown to him.
@@fixzeichner5592 Oh, I didn't take that as "Ostalgie", I just wanted to broaden the perspective because I have the impression that today's streaming habits and the Internet mean that some great music is being forgotten. As strange as that may sound at first glance. And yes, I agree with your recommendation to bring the topic closer to the charming Scottish host. I tried to express this too, but I don't seem to have been very successful. By the way, I have always been enthusiastic about Jürgen Kerth, even though I only have a few sparse digitized audio documents. This is only because I assume you live relatively close by. It was nice talking to you.
Check out Blind Guardian's "The Bards Song" and "Valhalla" from Wacken 2016. The first song was on this list too. But honestly? This performance is absolutely stunning. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. What you'll see in this video is what every musician is dreaming of... a crowd performing your song, singing every word, even singing along the riff's and more. Legend says if you drive by the holy grounds you'll still hear them chanting "Valhalla"
Some 15 years ago i was told on my way to my first metal open air festival that i have to learn the lyrics of 'Bards Song' cause that is just the german metal open air hymn. It didn't take me long to learn it, cause people were singing that randomly at any time indeed.
Creator of video did put Spotify stream numbers under songs, but it wasn't actually ranked by those numbers. It was still personal list. I saw numbers going up and down.
Scorpions may be famous for their amazing rock ballads, but they had quite a few pretty wild ones like "Dynamite" or "Another piece of meat". Die Aerzte are known as punk, but have a very wide range of different styles. Die Toten Hosen have their own typical style (you could say it's poppy melodic punkrock with metal elements), but they can surprise a listener, who dives a bit deeper into their catalogue.
One iconic song that wasn't on the list is Sacred Worlds by Blind Guardian (their vid is here: ruclips.net/video/JyfE55c_ZjI/видео.html). They cast themselves into a video game, where the concert was embedded as virtual event.
I would recommend the genres "Neue Deutsche Welle" (80s german new wave, sharing some similarities with the british genre) and of course electronic music starting with Kraftwerk, following the 90s and the success of techno/rave, up to modern day "Minimal" and the influence of the Berlin club scene.
Well, the songs are not in order of Spotify stream numbers. So, in this viedo, the most streamed video seems to be 'Winds of Change'. Also, expect some clashing in the comments because of the controversy as well as the followers' animosities of some of the bands. For example: * Böhse Onkelz was associated with right wing/Neonazi followers back in the 80s/90s. After the reunion, they distanced themselves from this following with varying success * The Die Ärzte/Die Toten Hosen rivalry is legendary * Eskimo Callboy rebranded themselves Electric Callboy after backlash, as well as self-awareness for using the term 'Eskimo' in their name * Till Lindemann, lead singer of Rammstein, faced serious accusations regarding drugging and/or forcing himself on female members of the 'Row Zero' during tours. A first court hearing found not enough evidence for the claims, but investigations are ongoing# * Also, The Scorpions were shunned back in the day because they were among the first to successfully produce and sell in english for a market that wasn't limited to German-speaking countries
Hier kommt Alex rocks so hard 🤘 I'm most happy that Die Toten Hosen and Die Ärzte also popped up in this. Imho you should really check them out, even if their texts are German. And yes, The Scorpions were the most famous Rock Band from Germany before Rammstein entered the stage 🤘 This list was very interesting since it also contained Bands I didn't even know were from Germany 😅 Ashes to my head 😅
"Wind of Change" was one of two major hyms accompanying the "Wendezeit", the time when the Berlin wall fell. And no, the other one isn't some song by David Hasselhoff, but "Freiheit" by Marius Müller Westernhagen, which I think should be included in this list as well.
You should definitely make a reaction to Electric (Eskimo) Callboy "Hypa Hypa". It's really worth it, such a funny video. They actually sampled some parts of a Scooter song, thats why you thought it sounded like Scooter. "Die Ärzte" and "Seeed" are also very known and great bands from Germany you should give a listen to.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hier_kommt_Alex?wprov=sfti1 "Hier kommt Alex" (Here comes Alex) is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central character on the concept album, a reference to Alex, the protagonist of Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange.
Glad i watched this; I had no idea that Tokio Hotel and Guano Apes were German bands. One band who I thought would be here but wasn't is Bell Book and Candle, who really had that '90s female singer alt-rock thing down. Kinda strange that Apoptygma Berzerk's not here, either. Yeah, their pre-2002 music was all genius-level electro-goth dance music, but when they brought the guitars in they hit a whole 'nother level. Lastly, Lord Of The Lost is fucking great - you'd do well to check out their music just for yourself, regardless of whether you ever do react videos to them or not.
Hey Mert I have to say the other Comments are right about the fact that the Songs were a bit short cut. But as other persons Mentioned "Die Ärzte" are one of the most popular Bands from Germany for their Genre and you have to listen to some of their songs. Same for "Die Toten Hosen" although German Punkrock Fans will still be argueing for another 200 years which of the two is the better Band :D As a citizien of North Germany I would also Recommend "Torf Rock" which ist the Band who wrote the Songs from the "Werner" Movies. But over all Germany has many great artists in a really great bandwith of genres. Since a lot of them like to play with the German language in their Lyrics I would highly recommend to listen to full songs. If you are interested I can start putting together a little Playlist on Spotify.
You liked the song "Drag Me To Hell" by the band Lord Of The Lost. The band has an extraordinary and extensive discography. You might also like other songs by Lord Of The Lost, e.g. Loreley, Voodoo Doll, Dry The Rain, Prison.
Personal opinion but its kinda odd how little Die Ärzte was mentioned on the video since they are literally the most famous punk-pop band of Germany and one of the most iconic bands out there. If you havn't yet, try their songs Schunder Song, Lied vom Scheitern, Himmelblau, Lasse Reden, Unrockbar, M&F
I love the Scorpions, their music is iconic!😅 If you want to check out different types of good German music you should look for songs by "Unheilig" (what a voice...), e.g. "Als wär's das erste Mal" or "Unter Deiner Flagge", or by "Heinz-Rudolf Kunze" e.g. "Längere Tage", "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" or "Finden Sie Mabel", or by "Rosenstolz" e.g. "Perlentaucher", "Gib mir Sonne", or by "Revolverheld" e.g. "Halt Dich an mir fest" or "ich lass für Dich das Licht an" - there are so many good German bands/singers/songwriters!
Scorpions are the biggest rock band from Germany. By far! That long history, that many concerts and sold albums... Sure, sold albums in the 70s/80s isnt compareable to todays streams. There arent celebrated in Germany as they should. There is a joke: If Scoprions play in the US, Bon Jovi is the opener. In Germany, Scorpions are the opener and Bon Jovi the headliner. I love to hear what beautiful words you have to say about Scorpions. I really love them. Check out some 70's albums, not so famous and different sound. They are from Hannover, where I'm from. I'm gonna see Scorpions this year again, after I though I'm gonne see them "the last time".
The Scorpions are such a fantastic band and even though they are the most succesful german Rock band, I would say they are a bit underrated. Most people only know their 3 biggest hits, but a lot of their stuff is rather unknown, even though it's incredibly good.
German Rock from the 80s: Nina Hagen (check out "Naturträne") Of Course there are some other good / famous names: Böhse Onkelz Scorpions Torfrock ("Werner Beinhart") Nena J.B.O. (!) Nina Hagen Band Sodom The boss hoss Electric callboy We Butter the Bread with Butter Feuerschwanz (!) Extrabreit Kraftwerk Die Ärzte Farin Urlaub Kraftklub Die Toten Hosen Black Messiah Knorkator Lindemann Macbeth Saltatio Mortis
6:30 "Schrei nach Liebe" (“Scream for Love”) by Die Ärzte is a very popular anti-nazi song in germany and the band Böhse Onkelz (1:34; 4:23) is mentioned in it because they were, at least in their beginnings, a nazi band.
Internationally and apart from Ramstein and the Scorpions, I think, Electric Callboy are most known today. Die Toten Hosen, who you should definitaley check out, regularly play shows in South America, as well as Lord Of The Lost, who are actually more successful internationally than in Germany.
Guano Apes are legends in the metal scene. It wasn't until I heard Tatiana from Jinjer talk about how much she was influenced by the Guano Apes that I realized that they weren't just 2-3 big songs in Germany but rather a lot bigger.
Most underated German Rock Musicians/Bands/Songs of the 80s & 90s: Axel Rudi Pell, Axxis, Doro Pesch (Warlock), Fury in the Slaughterhouse (Time to Wonder, etc.), H-Blockx, Guano Apes, Marius Müller-Westernhagen (Sexy, etc.), Letzte Instanz (Rock/Gothic), Unheilig (Gothic/Rock the early ones), Böhse Onkelz (Punk/Rock)... Some of them shows the soul and spirit of german history: Barbarians (Netflix Series out on October 2020, in the year 9 (and the following 2000 years) after christ
I can highly recommend Edguy and the scorpions to you. went to a scorpions concert and the band edguy was actually the pre act. loved them and still do
Die Ärzte are a must, also there is a huge folk rock scene in germany, you should check out Saltatio Mortis and Schandmaul and if you're into classic / hard rock, Kissin' Dynamite are amazing!
You 100% have to see Annemaykantereit. Thier lead singer has an absolutely fenomenal voice. They made a cover of Tom's Diner wich seemingly blew up on Tik Tok.
Well, Scorpions was just one of the biggest rock acts in history.. ^^ Google for Scorpions in Moscow 1989 - legendary concert. They are around since the mid 60s(!). Their fourth album (1976) "Virgin Killer" was more or less their first commercial success - and also their first big scandal. My - very personal - order: 1. Scorpions (just because of their worldwide success), 2. Rammstein (also because of their success), 3. Die Toten Hosen, 4. Accept, 5. Helloween (very big in Japan!), 6. Mekong Delta, 7. The various bands by Michael Schenker, 8. Die Ärzte, Strassenjungs, Schwoißfuaß 9. and up - H-Blockx, Guano Apes, Pink Cream 69, Eloy, Amon Düül, Novalis, Triumvirat, Kraan, ...
Hi Mert, in my opinion the early songs of The Scorpions are still the best ones. Also in view of your reactions I'd recommend to you listening to the albums "Virgin Killer", "Lovedrive", "Animal Magnetism" and "Blackout". Scorpions have been enormously successful in USA - so much so that some people are quite surprised to hear that they're from Germany. There are two punk bands in Germany which you'll probably like too: Die Ärzte (The Doctors/GPs) and Die Toten Hosen (The Dead Trousers; alluding to the German phrase "Da ist nix los, da ist tote Hose" - it's boring, nothing happening, nothing going on, lit. it's dead trousers/pants). A few more recommendations: BAP - Verdamp lang her Herbert Grönemeyer - Bochum (eg. Bochum Live 2003 - Mensch Tour(Gelsenkirchen)) Annotation: Bochum is Grönemeyers home town where he grew up. It was a town of mining and industrial factories quite in the middle of the Ruhr area, the largest industrial and urban agglomeration in Germany. Before actually starting to sing his song "Bochum" he begins by singing the "Steigerlied", a traditional miners' song.
Eskimo Callboy is now called Eletric Callboy. What you hear in this collection is only one little part of the song. I recommend to search for them. They are really funny.
Yes. Scooter are from Germany. One of my favourite songs from the Scorpions is Holiday (another Power Balad). And if you want to learn something about very different kinds of Rock music from Germany, check out Feuerschwanz and V2A. Both are great bands with fantastic shows, the latter is not as well known as the'd deserve, Industrial at its best!
Sorry to say so (as a German), but there were but only a very few German music artists that really impressed me. "Ton Steine Scherben" were one of the best.
I think for alot of those songs they are a bit short to really get a feel. Rammstein and Scorpions are propably the most known bands outside of germany. Guano Apes, Die Ärzte and Die toten Hosen are also worth to check out. I do like Powerwolf as well, and I would really recommend Electric callboy, those guys are funny and make great music in the recent past. What I also like is what we call medieval metal, personally I am a big fan of Feuerschwanz
Of these I really love Scorpions, Blind Guardian, Wir sind Helden ("Denkmal" is so important to me, that song WOULD be played during my wedding, like I'd insist xD), Die Ärzte...
heads up, if you ever want to listen to or react to electric callboy (and you should, their songs are GOLD because they tend to be wild and unexpected, especially with their music videos, i love them so much): they changed their name around last year from eskimo callboy to electric callboy, because they named that band in 2010 when none of them even knew what the word eskimo even meant; when they got more popular more recently, people, especially international listeners from the americas, have educated them quite a lot about the horrible origins of the word. i really admire how they handled this: they adressed it in a video, said they were going to need a bit of time to fix this and then they just, one day, changed literally every album art, all the merch, EVERYTHING to say electric callboy instead. made me have huge respect for them
I haven't commented on your site yet. But your video about German music is interesting. I love the music of the 80s. Someone who grew up in England won't have heard much from Germany because there was enough excellent music in the UK at that time. If you're still interested, why don't you listen to Wolf Maahn, Die toten Hosen, Klaus Lage, Ulla Meinecke or Stoppock? Apart from Die toten Hosen, they're probably pretty unknown abroad, but good music.
I´m personally very partial towards Lord of the Lost and Eisbrecher, also because both bring great energy live :D A smaller band to watch out for might be Schattenmann, they´re still quite small but went on tour with Eisbrecher and been growing their numbers since then.
Im always suprised seeing you react to german music because you know more then im expecting haha Electric Callboy (they changed from Eskimo to Electric) are definitly worth checking out if you want to get in touch with some fresh modern german Metal.
Scorpions and Rammstein are all time legends. "Die Ärzte" and "Die toten Hosen" are probably the most popular and well known bands in germany. I personally love the energy of "powerwolf" (would recommend army of the night), heaven shall burn and electric callboy.
I love Powerwolf! I stumbled across them entirely by chance (Sanctus Dominus was the first song I heard) and quickly fell in love with many of their songs, Army of the Night is awesome!
@@ChioGaru Nice! Some years ago army of the night was a recommended video on youtube for me and i liked it. Already been to a powerwolf concert as well. They are fantastic live
@@mintkitteh Actually i didnt know them but i just listened to time and human and they are fire. Thank you for recommending them
I think it's a good collection. But the snippets are a little bit too short in my opinion. You just start to feel the vibe of the song and then they cut to another one. If you want to get into Electric Callboy: Start with Hypa Hypa or We got the moves. Those two songs represent the essence of the band the best.
Yeah, I agree. When I started the video, I wondered if RUclips had made some mistake here, 8 minutes 17 for 50 songs PLUS reaction, that cannot be, I thought. Now I know it CAN be. Alright, I knew most of the songs, but the snippets are definitely too short for someone new to it to get an impression of German rock music.
Creators don’t get copyright claims if the snippets are shorter than 10 seconds. I think that’s the reason why they’re so short
Please give Electric Callboy a try, those snippets here can't do the essence of their style justice!! For many reasons. I would recomment "we got the moves" , "hypa hypa" , "parasite" - they're currently working on a new album😍😍
@@lulaa123 Is this RUclips or general copyright law? I heard or read somewhere, somewhen that Germany only allows 4 seconds as a snippet, but that may be wrong. I'm not even sure whether copyright law contains a specific regulation for that, or it's just common practice.
I second that - Electric Callboy (previously Eskimo Callboy) is a fun band.
About 3-4 years ago they got a new lead singer and the band just took of.
Hypa Hypa spawned quite a lot of remixes, most done in collaboration with the band and hosted on their youtube channel.
However, the version "Saltatio Mortis vs. Eskimo Callboy - Hypa Hypa" is featured only on Slatation Mortis channel; you might wanna check that one out too, if you are into bagpipes and medieval style music. ^^
That being said, their former lead singer was not bad at all.
"Prism" is my favorite song with him and - while very different from what Electric Callboy is doing now - still a very powerful song.
(Check out the first comment under that video from @marclewis3380 to see how music can change ones life.)
ROCK ON! :D
Eskimo Callboy (now known as Electric Callboy) made a metal song "Hypa Hypa", and then in their next album they had that song but covered by many different german musicians in a whole variety of styles. From Folk Rock over country to acoustic guitar... was a really interesting art project, would be coold if you reacted to all the Hypa Hypa covers.
Please react to "Die Ärzte" and "Die Toten Hosen", two of the most popular punk rock bands in germany. For me as a Düsseldorfer, the Toten Hosen are part of the local cultural heritage.😅 (They are originally from Düsseldorf and a big part of the local culture, especially for our local football club, Fortuna Düsseldorf 🔴⚪️). If you're interested in different parts and cultures here in Germany, I could recommend Videos from Trip extreme about Düsseldorf and Cologne (Düsseldorf and Cologne, originally Köln or Kölle, are the two biggest cities in North Rhine Westfalia, and there is an age-old, ironic enmity between the cities😅). But at first, I'm happy if you would react to "The Toten Hosen", songs for example "Hier kommt Alex", "An Tagen wie diesen" or "Altes Fieber". And to "Die Ärzte" for example to the songs "Schrei nach Liebe" (for this song it would be interesting, if you would translate the lyrics to understand the songtext, it is about facism and is often used at concerts against right wing parties/ racist people and right wing extremist movements).
The Cologne counterpart to the "death trousers" (Toten Hosen) are maybe BAP (by far not so famous as the Toten Hosen but a local "cultural heritage" in Cologne).
@@DSP16569Da kommt auch schon der Kölner ums Eck😂. Dat is ja kene richtige Musik😉😅
Yes, I want a reaction video "Ärzte vs Hosen" which the most famous songs of both bands and he then has to decide which band is better, haha! ;)
Noch ein Düsseldorfer hier ;) It's hard to judge because both bands have been active for over 40 years. As a kid I listened to both bands but mostly Die Ärzte since my teenage years. Die Toten Hosen still have some bangers but most of the newer stuff is more pop than punk. Both great bands nonetheless and as far as I can tell very nice human beings.
ohh ja das wäre nice
"Schrei nach Liebe" by "Die Ärzte" is almost a german folk song - since i guess about 60-70% of german Citizens can sing along this tune
ah! I loved that one
,,meine ex(poldierte) freundin,, is also underrated
"Junge" is also not bad.
That and "Deine Schuld"
"Die Ärzte" and "Die Toten Hosen" are German legends. Even if you're not that into that genre most Germans could sing along to their hits (which are many).
Guano Apes and Scorpions are definitely a good choice for diving deeper into german music. 🙂
the first album was awesome from guano apes.
i suggest you Panik aka Nevada Tan
One artist you liked here from the short snippet was "Die Toten Hosen". you should really check them out. As a bit of context, they were originally a punkrock band, heavily inspired from British Punk rock of the 80's and 90's. Their frontman Campino was so Punk, that he refused to stay on the stage and tried to sing from inside the crowd. later they shifted mor to rock and now Pop. Their fans were always in clinch with the Fans of another famous german Punk Band, called "Die Ärzte".
Das „Pop“ tat richtig weh…aber TwD und Teufel kann man schwer als was anderes bezeichnen. Wobei auch bei neuen Lieder auch noch Rock gut vertreten ist
6:31 thats a legendary song, which is already talked about in school, because the meaning is deep and important. probably one of the best lyrics ever written for a german song.
I mean, they aren't the Beste Band Der Welt for nothing...
IMO the best german rock song ever
Es gibt nur einen Gott BelaFarinRod
Scorpions - winds of change was the song which became popular during the time of the german reunification (October 3rd 1990 - a national holiday called "Tag der Deutschen Einheit")
thats a legend :) the song was released 1991....
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Well, it kinda was and it wasn't at the same time^^
The song was written in '89 around the time when the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain fell. Which is exactly what the song is about.
The album Crazy World was released in November 1990 a month after the reunification of Germany.
The song itself as a single was released in January of '91.
No.. the Mauerfall-Song was „looking for freedom“ from David Hasselhoff! 🤣🤣🤣
@@maholics also that is a legend :)
I feel Like "Die Ärzte" are heavily underrepresented here^^ they are absolute Legends, but i guess its more of punkrock than it is rockn roll.
I can further recommend 'Beatstakes', 'Guano Apes', 'Die Toten Hosen' and above all 'Wir sind Helden'
It's almost as if this list was about German Rock songs, not Rock'n'Roll.
Beatstakes! 🫀🫀🫀
Die Ärzte are super underrepresented indeed. And if I remember correctly the overall music style they claim is funpunk.
it can be a bit explained that this list is about Spotify Views and Die Ärzte were against putting their Songs on streaming platforms where the platforms get most of the money and especially smaller artist (which they aren't but it was about the principle) hardly gain money from it. So you could only lsiten to it on RUclips or by purchasing the songs.
They shifted their view to let anyone enoy music how they want it as at hte end of 2018 they put their songs also on streaming platforms.
Spotify exists since 2006 and while 2018 is also already 6 years ago, other bands also had not a break like Die Ärzte. Rammstein was constantly touring and making new music while Die Ärzte were nearly near a breakup and toured not for a long time till they reappeared 2018/19 and made 2 new albums durring Corona.
@@the_Haexler I mean Die Ärzte also give their music way for free since... idk when xD they also especially don't have piracy protection on their CDs and let you download all their music from their website xD
My favorite is ‘schandmaul’. All songs are beautiful. But there is one that gets me crying every time “euch zum geleit”
That song...
If you're not at least get sad listening to it, you're already dead.
My favorite Schandmaul song is „Dein Anblick“; it‘s been one of my favorite songs ever, since my childhood.
Scorpions are the greatest German rock band of all time. Scooter is german and Hypa Hypa from Electric Callboy a reference to Hyper Hyper from Scooter. Electric Callboy are taking off nationally and internationally after the change of one of their two singers. I think her most popular songs internationally are Hypa Hypa, We Got The Moves and the cover of Everytime We Touch. There are also a number of versions of Hypa Hypa that were created in collaboration with other bands and musicians, including a medieval rock, a country rock and a pop version. Another suggestion is Lord Of The Lost feat. Blümchen with the cover of The Look by Roxette. My favorites from the video are Helloween, Accept and Die Toten Hosen.
hypa hypa has nothing to do with scooter
@@sophiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie the name Hypa Hypa is definitely a reference to Scooter's Hyper Hyper, and the "Dööp Dööp"-part of Hypa Hypa is also a reference to Scooter but to the 2000s aera, more specifically to the Song "Maria, I like it loud!".
@@sophiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie @DanVibesTV explained it fantastically. I tried to add links but RUclips prevented it with its filter.
Scorpions are the best rock band of all time?? I would say: that's absolutely a matter of taste! Almost all my friends love rock music but hate the Scorpions ;)
Just as an aside.
@@maholics I didn't say "best" because that's a question of taste and I didn't say "of all time" I said "German ... of all time". 🙂Regardless of whether you like them, they are undisputedly the most important rock band from Germany internationally. I also like a number of bands better than Scorpions, but I can't deny their importance. 🙂
Scorpions are indeed legends, next year will be their 60th (!) anniversary with Klaus Meine as their front man since 1969, and they are still playing live shows! SImilar to Rammstein they've toured all around the globe and are one of Germany's biggest musical export, and have been decades before Rammstein were founded. One of my favs is actually a rather 'new' song (from this century), *Maybe I, Maybe You* (2004), which showcased that they were still able to do power ballads after being almost 40 years in business...
Wind of Change became kind of a hymn for the unification, but it was played so excessively, everywhere, I simply couldn't stand it any longer before the 90's were halfway through...
Pretty good compilation. The snippets are just a little bit too short, but that could be a way to avoid copyright claims. There are a lot of bands in there that I really like. I was a bit surprised about Lord of the Lost because they were not so popular before their attempt to ESC last year. Btw if you like the ESC, you should definitely go down the rabbit hole of Germany in Eurovision, especially with regards to Electric Callboy...
I love Powerwolf, their songs are full of energy. Their music videos are also high quality, definitely worth a reaction. I would suggest to look at "Napalm Records" on YT and selecting a song with a title you like (make sure it's tagged music video and not lyric video).
Listening to just 5 seconds of songs is quite pointless.
I don't get why people cut such short sequences.
You need 15-30 sec to get into a song.
They are unknown in Electric Callboy. Totally funny videos
Electric callboy is a must! Please listen to them. Just any song.
From the stories my father used to tell me he actually knew the Scorpions as they used to practice at the same Hanover studio when they were young. Actually got a signed letter and guitar for one of my birthdays. Always been sceptic about whether that's true but considering that they grew up around the same area and both were hard rock bands, it would make sense and is believable.
A powerful sogn I can recommend is "Der Weg" from Herbert Grönemeyer. There exists a live version from Gelsenkirchen with english subtitles. He wrote the song in the year both his wife and his brother died from cancer. The lyrics are pure poetic and touch your heart and sould, the voice is rough and beautiful.
Oh yes, if you play that at a funeral, EVERYBODY will cry. ruclips.net/video/xSWJBClrmgo/видео.html
Make me cry everytime 😢
That Album came out around the time my grandpa died. That was the first time I lost someone I really cared about and moreover my father had a hard time coping as well. He used to listen to that song a lot during this time. "Der Weg" has been etched into my soul. It is impossible for me not to cry while listening to it.
I actually did not know that Blind Guardian is a German band. Wow!
Scorpions are one of the biggest bands in the world, they have sold more than 110 million copies of records, bon jovi, iron maiden, def leppard among many other bands have opened their show, they still fill stadiums and arenas around the world in almost 60 years career. And Rammstein is at its peak, doing big tours with great shows and representing Germany very well.
there are many folk-rock bands like Feuerschwanz, Schandmaul, Orden Ogan, dArtagnan, Saltatio Mortis and many more that are worth listening
I was surprised that neither Subway to Sally nor Schandmaul was able to fetch at least one place in the top50.
The high amount of Rammstein songs was expected.
Both most likely not fall under rock but rather folk or folk metal. Love them too but I see why they are missing out here.
I was surprised that tokio hotel was here, even if I have Heard them when I was 8
There is a German music group called Faun. They play pagan folk. Would be interesting to see their reaction to this group.
If you now also start reactions to Electric Callboy (former Eskimo Callboy) - I think all my dreams with that channel will come true haha.
4:52 Huu Blind Guardian. They have an awesome live video from Wacken called "Bard Song & Valhalla Live at Wacken 2016".
I would love to see your reaction on this band.
5:10 Eskimo or Electric Callboy is a Trance-Core band which mixes a lot of styles (like EDM, Hardstyle and other genres) with Metal-Core. Very funny videos and crazy but good songs.
Blind Guardian really kinda of underrepresented in that clip video.
That Blind Guardian clip.. always gives me goosebumps
My favorite German band is Saltatio Mortis.^^ They have bagpipes and are mostly known for medieval style rock songs. I also love Scorpions.
Omg please react to Electric Callboy (formerly Eskimo Callboy)!
Their music is mainly a mix of metalcore and techno and they are so damn goofy and funny!
Fun fact: In 2021, they wanted to represent Germany at the ESC with the song "We got the moves", but the people in charge of German television were of the opinion that Electric Callboy's music was not "suitable for radio", so they were not allowed to participate in the preliminary round. The whole thing went pretty viral and today they are very well known all over the world and play one sold-out world tour after another.
It was in 2022 with the song „Pump it“.
Tokio Hotel is a guilty pleasure for my early teen years... all the girls in school were fawning over the Kaulitz brothers. And to think that the lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, went on to marry Heidi Klum (as he had stated as his dream in an interview in 2008) is still unbelievable to me. :D
If you wanna delve a bit into the metal-ish folk rock corner, I can definitely highly recommend Versengold, Santiano and Saltatio Mortis. Blind Guardian is amazing if you like something melodic, powerful but still somewhat mystical calming music.
One of the greatest German Rock songs of all time, which wasn't featured here, is actually a song from a band from East Germany: The band is called City, and the song is Am Fenster.
And if you're into heavier stuff: Germany has been one of the most influential countries for Heavy Metal since the 80s. Accept, Running Wild, Grave Digger, Scorpions, Helloween, Blind Guardian, Avantasia, Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, Rage, Powerwolf, Electric Callboy (renamed to eliminate the offensive term), Heaven Shall Burn, the list goes on.
I feel East German music isn't streamed that much cause it is forgotten artists. There was very good music from the East but maybe it also doesn't count as Rock that much. I will still recommend Bands like City, Karat, Neumis Rock Circus, Puhdys, Speed, Gundermann, Silly, Die goldenen Zitronen, Feeling B.
that !
unfortunately, the charts were based on spotify playlists. so worldwide playlists count. this creates the feeling that there was no successful good music in the gdr because brd music was successful worldwide and gdr music didn't cross the borders
my mother was already dancing to City in the mud at the age of 14. 25 years later, i was partying to it on the beach at the baltic sea. it's still played at every private party in eastern germany today.
@@4Astaroth Monokel nicht zu vergessen!
@@patiplatsch83 and at the good ones in the rest of Germany :D
As a German who listen to rock 99% I never heard of them xD
Enjoying your videos a lot mate. Die Ärzte and Wir sind Helden are great bands to follow. Let's go through the other genres ;)
You have to check out SEEED, they are a Hip-Hop band from berlin. They have an absolute unique sound! "Augenbling" or "Geld" would be great songs to check out!
This.
Dancehall Caballeros!! ❤
Guano Apes and Oomph where 2 of my favorite childhood bands, very recommendable_
Haha, yeah! With the german voice actor of Robert DeNiro. :D Blast from the past indeed.
Scorpions Wind of Change was the anthem for the Fall of the wall..
Electric callboy (formerly known as eskimo callboy) is definitely worth checking out! Last year there was a huge hype going on about them.
Böhse Onkelz, Ärzte, toten Hosen, Ramstein, Scorpions, Helloween (Bad uncles, the doctors, the dead trousers :)))) all of tham had a lot of great lyrics and music. Born in 1975 I am a big fan of their music
You absolutely must hear the complete "Hypa Hypa" by Eskimo Callboy. These few seconds give a different picture of a real good heavy song, mixing genres.
Germany has the third biggest music industry worldwide😅
Very short snippets unfortunately, but I liked it. Quite surprised to see Edguy and Avantasia in there, they're my absolute favourite bands, but not very well known. I also love Powerwolf, they play Power Metal and always choose this pseudo-religious aesthetic, dressing up like werewolf priests.
And I had no idea Accept was actually German, 'Balls to the Wall' is an amazing song.
So good to see someone else here being happy about Edguy! Avantasia too, but they've become FAR more popular and Edguy usually gets overlooked completely. That sure was a neat surprise in this video.
Also agreed, the snippets are wayyy too short.
Löl i did rediscover Edguy just a few months ago and my RUclips music app on my phone is trying to get me into Avantasia for a week or so, not that i am complaining.🎉@@soundocean3765
"Hier kommt Alex" by Die Toten Hosen is interesting: One of the most successfull german Punk-Rock-Songs, made by a Band that tried to stay out of politics until they felt they could not be silent any more when racism grew after the fall of the wall. There are even cover versions in english language, so it should be 'easy' to dive into this one... but beware, it can be a deep dive.
I love Die Toten Hosen! One of the best bands in germany.
When I remember back the Rock I listened to as a kid and teenager it was mainly punk-rock. We had a lot of these bands in Germany in the 80s/90s
Don't you mean "Schrei nach Liebe" by "Die Ärzte"?
Die Toten Hosen seemed always more political whereas "Die Ärzte" are more like a Ramones-type Fun Punk band.
The Tote Hosen song "Hier kommt Alex" is from their "Clockwork Orange" themed concept album "Ein kleines bisschen Horrorshow"... Their best one in my opinion.
Ich dachte ,,hier kommt Alex" geht um Alex aus clockwork Orange und Sie besingen die Anarchie
Fick die Toten Hosen
You might want to check out "Die Toten Hosen" - literally translated to: "the dead pants". It's one of the more well known Punk/Rock bands in Germany who still are doing new albums and live tours. During the covid times, they released an unplugged album (Ohne Strom), also covering some songs from other bands and there was also a tour planned. Unfortunately it had to be cancelled and so only the concert footage of the only concert for this album at the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf (their home town) exists. As you seem to be a lot into Rammstein, you might check out the version of "Ohne Dich" video here on YT.
Fun fact: in her latest album Anastacia has performed an offical english cover of "An Tagen wie diesen" - "These are the best days". Anastacias cover perfectly hits the spirit of the Hosen song without a literal translation of the text.
If you are more into "the black scene" (gothic etc.) you might want to have a look at "Unheilig"/"Der Graf". He is somewhat controversal, though, and he lost a big part of his fan base with his last album which was "too commercial" and "too mainstream" for a lot who followed him. He finished his career after that comercially very successfull album.
Fun fact: Electric Callboy made a song with a german youtuber called Kalle Koschinsky
I had the pleasure of seeing Powerwolf live a couple of years ago they're a Powermetal band with high quality theatrics, outfits and music videos and they're just as good live imo. Scorpions are a Hard Rock band a classic world wide as you said yourself you'll recognize some songs, Electric Callboy are known for mixing up their Metalcore with hardstyle techno and other electronic components and are always good for a laugh but are talented nonetheless and another band that sadly wasn't featured here is Feuerschwanz which are German-Medieval-Rock and also like to use stuff like Bagpipes in their songs which should be very interesting for you as a Scot lol. Many great bands here you can react to if you wanna get into the German Rock and Metal scene. I could say a thing or two about probably all the bands shown but this comment is too long already.
please reacte to Eskimo Callboy (now Electric Callboy) MC Thunder
I'd recommend listening and reacting to some Neue Deutsche Welle if you want some more 80's - 90's bangers ( basically German new wave / post-punk). There are many , but I recommend the bands Fehlfarben, Abwärts, DAF and Grauzone (even tho they're technically swiss wave)
Mein Herz brennt is good as well. Didn't know we had so much stuff in the charts
Love from Germany 🇩🇪 ❤
As happy as surprised to see Heaven Shall Burn featured..
Wir Sind Helden was one of the first music I ever really listened to. I neither listen to rock nor German music anymore, so I’m way out of the loop. But other music I recommend checking out: Udo Lindenberg (a very interesting man, who was particularly important when Germany was divided into east and west), and a modern artist called Phillip Poisel.
You should definitely check out "Schrei nach Liebe" by "Die Ärzte". Still very popular, has a deeper meaning and I would love to see your reaction on that! 😊
personally not a Rammstein Fan. Never been. But yeah, have a look for Eskimo Callboy, and Die Toten Hosen.
Also, not sure if I recommended that already: Feuerschwanz, a medieval/folk metal band that started out as a parodistic fun band but has in the last few years become more serious. Recommendations there: "Bastard von Asgard" or "Sgfrd Dragonslayer"
I really enjoy watching your reaction videos because you are obviously very interested in Germany. This compilation shows the German dilemma. The entire GDR rock music is missing, although music from the time of divided Germany is also featured here. There were very good bands in the GDR, many of which also performed in what was then the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. "am Fenster" by the GDR band "City" was also very well known in the West at the time and was an extraordinary rock song with a violin solo. I would highly recommend that you listen to this music if you are interested in Germany as a whole country. The members of Rammstein grew up in the GDR but the band was only founded in the 1990s, after reunification.
You are certainly not entirely wrong with your comments, but I would like to point out that large areas of German rock music are excluded from this compilation because they do not fit into streaming behavior and were active in the era before the Internet. Many of them don't even have music videos. Bands in the compilation that have been playing since the 1960s and 1980s, such as Scorpions, Helloween etc., were already internationally active at this time and are streamed internationally. And I agree with you that important acts get overlooked and don't get the credit they deserve. The big names like Puhdys, Silly, or it really hurts me that the all-German icon Nina Hagen is not represented. But important representatives like Lindenberg or areas like Krautrock also fall through the cracks. But even though I have put your comments into perspective a bit, you have raised a very important point. Oh it seems your drawings are phantastic.
@@perrosol-ns4cc8ot4t That wasn't even meant as Ostalgie. We also listened to a lot of Western music in the GDR. I also say that this is a dilemma in Germany. The two systems meant there was no common music market, but I could imagine that the nice Scottish operator of the channel, who deals quite intensively with Germany, would also like to hear and analyze something from the GDR. This should be much more unknown to him.
@@fixzeichner5592 Oh, I didn't take that as "Ostalgie", I just wanted to broaden the perspective because I have the impression that today's streaming habits and the Internet mean that some great music is being forgotten. As strange as that may sound at first glance. And yes, I agree with your recommendation to bring the topic closer to the charming Scottish host. I tried to express this too, but I don't seem to have been very successful. By the way, I have always been enthusiastic about Jürgen Kerth, even though I only have a few sparse digitized audio documents. This is only because I assume you live relatively close by. It was nice talking to you.
Check out Blind Guardian's "The Bards Song" and "Valhalla" from Wacken 2016. The first song was on this list too. But honestly? This performance is absolutely stunning.
Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.
What you'll see in this video is what every musician is dreaming of... a crowd performing your song, singing every word, even singing along the riff's and more.
Legend says if you drive by the holy grounds you'll still hear them chanting "Valhalla"
Some 15 years ago i was told on my way to my first metal open air festival that i have to learn the lyrics of 'Bards Song' cause that is just the german metal open air hymn. It didn't take me long to learn it, cause people were singing that randomly at any time indeed.
Creator of video did put Spotify stream numbers under songs, but it wasn't actually ranked by those numbers. It was still personal list. I saw numbers going up and down.
böhse onkelz have some really good german rock songs. there are nice live performances on YT
Scorpions may be famous for their amazing rock ballads, but they had quite a few pretty wild ones like "Dynamite" or "Another piece of meat".
Die Aerzte are known as punk, but have a very wide range of different styles. Die Toten Hosen have their own typical style (you could say it's poppy melodic punkrock with metal elements), but they can surprise a listener, who dives a bit deeper into their catalogue.
One iconic song that wasn't on the list is Sacred Worlds by Blind Guardian (their vid is here: ruclips.net/video/JyfE55c_ZjI/видео.html). They cast themselves into a video game, where the concert was embedded as virtual event.
I would recommend the genres "Neue Deutsche Welle" (80s german new wave, sharing some similarities with the british genre) and of course electronic music starting with Kraftwerk, following the 90s and the success of techno/rave, up to modern day "Minimal" and the influence of the Berlin club scene.
Well, the songs are not in order of Spotify stream numbers. So, in this viedo, the most streamed video seems to be 'Winds of Change'.
Also, expect some clashing in the comments because of the controversy as well as the followers' animosities of some of the bands. For example:
* Böhse Onkelz was associated with right wing/Neonazi followers back in the 80s/90s. After the reunion, they distanced themselves from this following with varying success
* The Die Ärzte/Die Toten Hosen rivalry is legendary
* Eskimo Callboy rebranded themselves Electric Callboy after backlash, as well as self-awareness for using the term 'Eskimo' in their name
* Till Lindemann, lead singer of Rammstein, faced serious accusations regarding drugging and/or forcing himself on female members of the 'Row Zero' during tours. A first court hearing found not enough evidence for the claims, but investigations are ongoing#
* Also, The Scorpions were shunned back in the day because they were among the first to successfully produce and sell in english for a market that wasn't limited to German-speaking countries
Hier kommt Alex rocks so hard 🤘 I'm most happy that Die Toten Hosen and Die Ärzte also popped up in this. Imho you should really check them out, even if their texts are German. And yes, The Scorpions were the most famous Rock Band from Germany before Rammstein entered the stage 🤘 This list was very interesting since it also contained Bands I didn't even know were from Germany 😅 Ashes to my head 😅
"Wind of Change" was one of two major hyms accompanying the "Wendezeit", the time when the Berlin wall fell.
And no, the other one isn't some song by David Hasselhoff, but "Freiheit" by Marius Müller Westernhagen, which I think should be included in this list as well.
You should definitely make a reaction to Electric (Eskimo) Callboy "Hypa Hypa". It's really worth it, such a funny video. They actually sampled some parts of a Scooter song, thats why you thought it sounded like Scooter. "Die Ärzte" and "Seeed" are also very known and great bands from Germany you should give a listen to.
"We got the Moves" ist auch nicht verkehrt :D
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hier_kommt_Alex?wprov=sfti1
"Hier kommt Alex" (Here comes Alex) is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central character on the concept album, a reference to Alex, the protagonist of Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange.
Please react to electric callboy as soon as possible. You won’t regret it, I promise.
Glad i watched this; I had no idea that Tokio Hotel and Guano Apes were German bands. One band who I thought would be here but wasn't is Bell Book and Candle, who really had that '90s female singer alt-rock thing down. Kinda strange that Apoptygma Berzerk's not here, either. Yeah, their pre-2002 music was all genius-level electro-goth dance music, but when they brought the guitars in they hit a whole 'nother level. Lastly, Lord Of The Lost is fucking great - you'd do well to check out their music just for yourself, regardless of whether you ever do react videos to them or not.
Very nice list.
And a bit more diverse than i thought it would be.
Some really good ones in there.
Scooter is indeed german. the artist name of the lead "singer" is H.P. Baxxter with the h and p standing for Hans Peter.
Hey Mert I have to say the other Comments are right about the fact that the Songs were a bit short cut. But as other persons Mentioned "Die Ärzte" are one of the most popular Bands from Germany for their Genre and you have to listen to some of their songs. Same for "Die Toten Hosen" although German Punkrock Fans will still be argueing for another 200 years which of the two is the better Band :D As a citizien of North Germany I would also Recommend "Torf Rock" which ist the Band who wrote the Songs from the "Werner" Movies. But over all Germany has many great artists in a really great bandwith of genres. Since a lot of them like to play with the German language in their Lyrics I would highly recommend to listen to full songs. If you are interested I can start putting together a little Playlist on Spotify.
You liked the song "Drag Me To Hell" by the band Lord Of The Lost. The band has an extraordinary and extensive discography. You might also like other songs by Lord Of The Lost, e.g. Loreley, Voodoo Doll, Dry The Rain, Prison.
I concur! ❤
Personal opinion but its kinda odd how little Die Ärzte was mentioned on the video since they are literally the most famous punk-pop band of Germany and one of the most iconic bands out there. If you havn't yet, try their songs Schunder Song, Lied vom Scheitern, Himmelblau, Lasse Reden, Unrockbar, M&F
You should react to the Band " Tocotronic"! I love their Music
ElectrilcCallboys Hypa Hypa and some other songs are some of the most reacted songs in the internet, super fun.
I love the Scorpions, their music is iconic!😅
If you want to check out different types of good German music you should look for songs by "Unheilig" (what a voice...), e.g. "Als wär's das erste Mal" or "Unter Deiner Flagge", or by "Heinz-Rudolf Kunze" e.g. "Längere Tage", "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" or "Finden Sie Mabel", or by "Rosenstolz" e.g. "Perlentaucher", "Gib mir Sonne", or by "Revolverheld" e.g. "Halt Dich an mir fest" or "ich lass für Dich das Licht an" - there are so many good German bands/singers/songwriters!
Scorpions are the biggest rock band from Germany. By far! That long history, that many concerts and sold albums... Sure, sold albums in the 70s/80s isnt compareable to todays streams. There arent celebrated in Germany as they should. There is a joke: If Scoprions play in the US, Bon Jovi is the opener. In Germany, Scorpions are the opener and Bon Jovi the headliner.
I love to hear what beautiful words you have to say about Scorpions. I really love them. Check out some 70's albums, not so famous and different sound. They are from Hannover, where I'm from.
I'm gonna see Scorpions this year again, after I though I'm gonne see them "the last time".
The Scorpions are such a fantastic band and even though they are the most succesful german Rock band, I would say they are a bit underrated. Most people only know their 3 biggest hits, but a lot of their stuff is rather unknown, even though it's incredibly good.
German Rock from the 80s: Nina Hagen (check out "Naturträne")
Of Course there are some other good / famous names:
Böhse Onkelz
Scorpions
Torfrock ("Werner Beinhart")
Nena
J.B.O. (!)
Nina Hagen Band
Sodom
The boss hoss
Electric callboy
We Butter the Bread with Butter
Feuerschwanz (!)
Extrabreit
Kraftwerk
Die Ärzte
Farin Urlaub
Kraftklub
Die Toten Hosen
Black Messiah
Knorkator
Lindemann
Macbeth
Saltatio Mortis
6:30 "Schrei nach Liebe" (“Scream for Love”) by Die Ärzte is a very popular anti-nazi song in germany and the band Böhse Onkelz (1:34; 4:23) is mentioned in it because they were, at least in their beginnings, a nazi band.
Internationally and apart from Ramstein and the Scorpions, I think, Electric Callboy are most known today. Die Toten Hosen, who you should definitaley check out, regularly play shows in South America, as well as Lord Of The Lost, who are actually more successful internationally than in Germany.
Guano Apes are legends in the metal scene. It wasn't until I heard Tatiana from Jinjer talk about how much she was influenced by the Guano Apes that I realized that they weren't just 2-3 big songs in Germany but rather a lot bigger.
@@Dangel98 Guano Apes = metal?! lmao
Most underated German Rock Musicians/Bands/Songs of the 80s & 90s: Axel Rudi Pell, Axxis, Doro Pesch (Warlock), Fury in the Slaughterhouse (Time to Wonder, etc.), H-Blockx, Guano Apes, Marius Müller-Westernhagen (Sexy, etc.), Letzte Instanz (Rock/Gothic), Unheilig (Gothic/Rock the early ones), Böhse Onkelz (Punk/Rock)... Some of them shows the soul and spirit of german history: Barbarians (Netflix Series out on October 2020, in the year 9 (and the following 2000 years) after christ
I can highly recommend Edguy and the scorpions to you. went to a scorpions concert and the band edguy was actually the pre act. loved them and still do
Die Ärzte are a must, also there is a huge folk rock scene in germany, you should check out Saltatio Mortis and Schandmaul and if you're into classic / hard rock, Kissin' Dynamite are amazing!
Greetings from a German Rock/Pop channel
You 100% have to see Annemaykantereit. Thier lead singer has an absolutely fenomenal voice. They made a cover of Tom's Diner wich seemingly blew up on Tik Tok.
Well, Scorpions was just one of the biggest rock acts in history.. ^^ Google for Scorpions in Moscow 1989 - legendary concert. They are around since the mid 60s(!). Their fourth album (1976) "Virgin Killer" was more or less their first commercial success - and also their first big scandal.
My - very personal - order: 1. Scorpions (just because of their worldwide success), 2. Rammstein (also because of their success), 3. Die Toten Hosen, 4. Accept, 5. Helloween (very big in Japan!), 6. Mekong Delta, 7. The various bands by Michael Schenker, 8. Die Ärzte, Strassenjungs, Schwoißfuaß 9. and up - H-Blockx, Guano Apes, Pink Cream 69, Eloy, Amon Düül, Novalis, Triumvirat, Kraan, ...
Man Winds Of Change is cursed in my ears, it's my dad's ringtone... I hear it way too often.
the Hypa Hypa was a Scooter cover I think. And yes, Scooter are german
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Hi Mert, in my opinion the early songs of The Scorpions are still the best ones. Also in view of your reactions I'd recommend to you listening to the albums "Virgin Killer", "Lovedrive", "Animal Magnetism" and "Blackout".
Scorpions have been enormously successful in USA - so much so that some people are quite surprised to hear that they're from Germany.
There are two punk bands in Germany which you'll probably like too: Die Ärzte (The Doctors/GPs) and Die Toten Hosen (The Dead Trousers; alluding to the German phrase "Da ist nix los, da ist tote Hose" - it's boring, nothing happening, nothing going on, lit. it's dead trousers/pants).
A few more recommendations:
BAP - Verdamp lang her
Herbert Grönemeyer - Bochum (eg. Bochum Live 2003 - Mensch Tour(Gelsenkirchen))
Annotation: Bochum is Grönemeyers home town where he grew up. It was a town of mining and industrial factories quite in the middle of the Ruhr area, the largest industrial and urban agglomeration in Germany. Before actually starting to sing his song "Bochum" he begins by singing the "Steigerlied", a traditional miners' song.
Eskimo Callboy is now called Eletric Callboy. What you hear in this collection is only one little part of the song. I recommend to search for them. They are really funny.
Yes. Scooter are from Germany.
One of my favourite songs from the Scorpions is Holiday (another Power Balad).
And if you want to learn something about very different kinds of Rock music from Germany, check out Feuerschwanz and V2A. Both are great bands with fantastic shows, the latter is not as well known as the'd deserve, Industrial at its best!
Sorry to say so (as a German), but there were but only a very few German music artists that really impressed me. "Ton Steine Scherben" were one of the best.
Check out Electric Callboy. Their videos and music is really good
I´m from germany, I heard the name "Eskimo Callboy" for the first time in my life 🤔🤪
I think for alot of those songs they are a bit short to really get a feel.
Rammstein and Scorpions are propably the most known bands outside of germany. Guano Apes, Die Ärzte and Die toten Hosen are also worth to check out.
I do like Powerwolf as well, and I would really recommend Electric callboy, those guys are funny and make great music in the recent past.
What I also like is what we call medieval metal, personally I am a big fan of Feuerschwanz
Of these I really love Scorpions, Blind Guardian, Wir sind Helden ("Denkmal" is so important to me, that song WOULD be played during my wedding, like I'd insist xD), Die Ärzte...
heads up, if you ever want to listen to or react to electric callboy (and you should, their songs are GOLD because they tend to be wild and unexpected, especially with their music videos, i love them so much): they changed their name around last year from eskimo callboy to electric callboy, because they named that band in 2010 when none of them even knew what the word eskimo even meant; when they got more popular more recently, people, especially international listeners from the americas, have educated them quite a lot about the horrible origins of the word. i really admire how they handled this: they adressed it in a video, said they were going to need a bit of time to fix this and then they just, one day, changed literally every album art, all the merch, EVERYTHING to say electric callboy instead. made me have huge respect for them
I would love to see a "Die Ärzte" and "Toten Hosen" reaction!
Edit: i would also recommend subway to sally - "Eisblume" 😊
I haven't commented on your site yet. But your video about German music is interesting. I love the music of the 80s. Someone who grew up in England won't have heard much from Germany because there was enough excellent music in the UK at that time. If you're still interested, why don't you listen to Wolf Maahn, Die toten Hosen, Klaus Lage, Ulla Meinecke or Stoppock? Apart from Die toten Hosen, they're probably pretty unknown abroad, but good music.
I´m personally very partial towards Lord of the Lost and Eisbrecher, also because both bring great energy live :D A smaller band to watch out for might be Schattenmann, they´re still quite small but went on tour with Eisbrecher and been growing their numbers since then.
„Schrei nach Liebe“ is so popular bc it calls right wings out as lonely unloved aholes
Im always suprised seeing you react to german music because you know more then im expecting haha
Electric Callboy (they changed from Eskimo to Electric) are definitly worth checking out if you want to get in touch with some fresh modern german Metal.
20x Rammstein, 10x Guano Apes, 30x Scorpions und die Onkelz - das nenne ich Vielfalt! :D