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accompanying text that you can read along as you listen.
Some of the units on this page are guided Webexercises with questions
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music: all genres that stem from, or are currently practiced
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1. Pitmen
Ruhrpott Psychobilly Punk rock of good quality. Sadly,
only two of their songs are in German: Schlucker
Billy (audio and text)
Doppelleben
(text)
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of music by German speaking/singing artists.
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Was ist das Album der Woche für Deutschland?
(http://www.bmg.de) Was ist das Album der Woche für die
Schweiz? (http://www.bmg.ch
) Was ist das Album der Woche für Österreich?
(http://www.bmg.at) Wie unterscheiden sich diese drei Seiten?
Haben sie dieselben "New Releases"?
3.
Geom. Hofer & Band - Hoferband Click on the link "Instant play" then on "Song
Lyrics". You can listen to the song through Real Audio as
you read the song lyrics. Read and listen to: Freitag
Willi no a Bier
by Geom. Hofer & Band - Hoferband
Click on the picture
to do this exercise online
Welche 10 Leute sind dabei?
Which
10 people are there? Welche 9 Leute sind erwähnt
aber nicht dabei? Which 10 people
arementioned, but not there? Was merkt der Sänger
nach seinem ersten Glas Bier? What
does the singer notice after his first beer? Was merkt er nach dem Vierten?
What
does he notice after the fourth? Wieviele Gläser Bier
trinkt der Sänger an diesem Freitag Abend? How
many glasses of beer does the singer drink on this Friday evening?
Übersetzen Sie das Lied
ins Hochdeutsch. Translate this
song into High German.
Welche Stadt wird im Falcos
Lied "Rock me, Amadeus" genannt? Which
city is mentioned in Falco's song "Rock me, Amadeus"?
Was für eine Gattung Musik
ist Freudenkreis'
Lied "Halt dich fest"? What
is the genre of Freudenkreis' song "Halt dich fest"?
Welcher Münchner Freiheit
Lied ist auch der Titel eines berühmten Märchens? Which
Münchner Freiheit hit is also the title of a famous fairytale?
Rewrite the lyrics to a song by
eitherDie
Fantastischen VierorGrönemeyer.Add
the missing punctuation and capitalize the words that should be uppercase
in High German.
View the lyrics of the band Rammstein.
An
wen ist das Lied "Spiel mit mir gerichtet?
Who
is the song "Spiel mit mir" directed to?
Die lebendige, farbenreiche, und unterhaltende Kunst deutscher
oom-pah Kapelle Musik. Click on the song titles to hear great German
Oom Pah tunes. (Note: these songs may sound better, smoother,
if you save the file and play it from your hard drive.)