Name a legendary musical hit in your country. Rule: must be over 30 years old Englisch

brainrein , vor 13 Tagen

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

Nomecks , vor 13 Tagen

The Hockey Song hy Stompin Tom Connors

Agent641 , vor 13 Tagen

Yothu Yindi - Treaty

Still slaps 33 years later.

bamfic , vor 14 Tagen

Use https://radiooooo.com and cheat

JimVanDeventer , vor 14 Tagen

I tell people this is the national anthem of Canada

clay_pidgin , vor 14 Tagen

I was expecting Robin Sparkles - Let's go to the mall

Nomecks , vor 13 Tagen

Why would you lie about the national anthem?

NigelFrobisher , vor 14 Tagen

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=QbBlSd8CGnktXA7m

K4mpfie , vor 14 Tagen

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.

JohnOliver , vor 14 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 14 Tagen)

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 four two string base. He has had some very unique basses made through his career

https://feddit.dk/pictrs/image/9b4515ed-2cd2-415f-9164-a60b678bbe95.webp

https://feddit.dk/pictrs/image/f36bfbff-0ee8-4547-a37a-d8cdbd06ef0b.webp

https://feddit.dk/pictrs/image/67255f13-7171-42b2-ae22-464b7e5eb48d.webp

https://feddit.dk/pictrs/image/3182f3e6-1a13-4d22-a642-8d28693c8fe8.webp

DavidDoesLemmy , vor 14 Tagen

I thought these were AI images for a moment

ArcaneSlime , vor 14 Tagen

Another odd thing: those all look like they only have two strings.

JohnOliver , vor 14 Tagen

My bad. Of course!
I mentioned 4 strings but all basses have 4...

He only plays with 2 strings! Good spot!

ArcaneSlime , vor 14 Tagen

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.

JohnOliver , vor 13 Tagen

You may also like a band called

dizzy mizz lizzy

ArcaneSlime , vor 13 Tagen

Cool I'll check em out thanks! I like the name already lol.

BeatTakeshi , vor 15 Tagen

Charles Aznavour - Emmenez moi

Become an instant fan no matter your language

HarvesterOfEyes , vor 15 Tagen

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.

Skimflux , vor 14 Tagen

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...)

HarvesterOfEyes , vor 14 Tagen

Yeah, that's a fair point. After my post I thought A minha casinha or Não sou o único would also be good choices.

(Grândola is well-known amongst at least some niche circles in Spain, where it was first released/sung during the dictatorship).

That's true, from what I can tell, it's pretty popular in Galiza.

voodoocode , vor 15 Tagen

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

Lemonyoda , vor 15 Tagen

Hallo Thomas!

smokeymcpott , vor 14 Tagen

Hallo! Alles klar?

Lemonyoda , vor 14 Tagen

Klar!

ArcaneSlime , vor 14 Tagen

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.

the_blast_of_us , vor 14 Tagen

I'd say pretty much everybody between 40 and 45 remembers that song

ArcaneSlime , vor 14 Tagen

It is super catchy to be fair! And the puppets are just the right amount of creepy to still be fun haha.

voodoocode , vor 13 Tagen

I had the Single when I was a kid

ArcaneSlime , vor 13 Tagen

Holy shit they have it on 12"! I need to track down a copy lol.

pol , vor 15 Tagen

Here comes the hotsteppers, ini kamoze !

https://youtu.be/w0N4twV28Mw?feature=shared

Trebuchet , vor 15 Tagen

'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.

Mannivu , vor 15 Tagen

Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) - Domenico Modugno

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=6jWsIpAbo-8

voodoocode , vor 15 Tagen

We know Volare in germany from football

catsan , vor 15 Tagen

One of Germany's favorite Schlager 😝

Justas , vor 15 Tagen

Lithuania

Karališka erdvė - Karalių paslaptys (iš lėto leidžiasi saulė)