Herbert Grönemeyer.

[ReFaN]

Well, never heard of the guy before, but i saw he played Lt Werner in *Das boot* im addicted to wikipedia so i checked him out. Turned out that hes also a musician, i can just say i love his music and say that you all listen to him.

atleast for those that likes softrock ;)

[Skybird]

Problem with Grönemeyer is - he is famous in Germany that almost nobody can understand what he sings. :DL No joke, it's true. Say "Grönemeyer" on the streets, and people immediately say "Boy I can't understand that guy..."

He should write songs, but not sing himself, imo. A few of his texts and songs were good, most do not interest me. In German pop music he is one of the leading big numbers. "Das Boot" was just an experiment in acting, he does not make any appearances as actor since then. In a long talkshow I once saw him in he gave me the impression to be a very reasonable, intelligent and sensible guy.

[ReFaN]

How come they cant understand him? im not even good at german, but i still get the meaning with most songs :p

[Skybird]

He mutters and balks. :D

[Seeadler]

After "Das Boot" he plays 1983 as an actor in the german movie "Frühlingssinfonie". This movie was the first co-production of West- and East- Germany. In preparation for this role, he lived for half a year in the GDR.

2007 he was acting as a doctor in the movie Control, a film about Ian Curtis, [/URL] lead singer of the band Joy Divison.

My first contact with his music was 1982 when he sang his song about a very popular German fast food dish, the Currywurst.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZvyVjcm2QU&feature=related (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis)

[ReFaN]

:D :sunny:

[Shearwater]

Also known as the "Kampfsänger", or combat singer :DL
Haven't heard of him for a long while though.

[Dowly]

I felt brave and checked him from Youtube... not feeling so brave anymore. :dead: I dont think I can watch Das Boot anymore.

[martes86]

My first contact with his music was 1982 when he sang his song about a very popular German fast food dish, the Currywurst.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZvyVjcm2QU&feature=related

I ate that when we were in Laboe! Very tasty dish. :DL

[Jimbuna]

Same here....now I understand why he is probably only known in his home country.

Come back Elvis....all is forgiven :DL

[Thomen]

Also known as the "Kampfsänger", or combat singer :DL
Haven't heard of him for a long while though.

Indeed, however, his songs are pretty good to listen to when you are on a party and are getting drunk. :D
Still beats that HipHop crap these days. :03:

[August]

He's a pretty good piano player.

[nikimcbee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-R3UYtpig

but I don't know how to beat the currywurst song:har:

[Jimbuna]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-R3UYtpig

but I don't know how to beat the currywurst song:har:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clPYfaTvHT0 :smug:

[Seeadler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-R3UYtpig

This song is dedicated to his wife Anna, who died of cancer at the age of 45 years. A few days after his wife, his brother died also of cancer.

[Cohaagen]

I love it when people discover the cultural significance of Herbert Gronemeyer :haha:

Soon you'll all be Heino fans. Oh yes, you will.

[Thomen]

I love it when people discover the cultural significance of Herbert Gronemeyer :haha:

Soon you'll all be Heino fans. Oh yes, you will.

Heino...
*shudder*

[Janus]

Roland Kaiser!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9uuMXsvxqY (did anyone say playback? :rotfl2:)

[August]

Heino...
*shudder*

Albino guy? Walks around in his videos with a bunch of people, usually children, following?

My mother loves him.

[mookiemookie]

I felt brave and checked him from Youtube... not feeling so brave anymore. :dead: I dont think I can watch Das Boot anymore.

:rotfl2:I did the same....all I could think was "Leutnant Werner, noooooooooo!"

[SteamWake]

He mutters and balks. :D

So hes the German version of Stevie Nicks :har:

[Schroeder]

Albino guy? Walks around in his videos with a bunch of people, usually children, following?

My mother loves him.
Not sure about the children but he is an albino.

[Shearwater]

Not sure about the children but he is an albino.

He wears his sunglasses because of Morbus Basedow, which causes bulging / protruding eyes :know:

[Cohaagen]

Silence! I won't hear another word against Heino. I know, I brought him up - to my eternal detriment. It is a breach of security I will never live down. I am the latter-day John Walker, as played by the noted Shakespearian actor Powers Booth in that TV film.

The Soviet Union/WARPAC had their Perimetr/Dead Hand doomsday device.

NATO had Heino.

It is well known to strategic theorists that, in the event of a breach of the western plains by conventional forces, Heino would simply have sat down in the middle of the Fulda Gap on a canvas folding chair in a tight suit and sang his popular rendition of "Muss I Denn" which, without respect to the charlatan Elvis Presley, is surely the definitive rendition. Backed up by a division of enthusiastic schoolchildren and at least two-dozen pairs of refractive goggles (custom-made by Zeiss) to shield the Commies from his pop-eyed gaze, the armoured Red hordes would have simply popped their turrets in awe...the deflagration providing an amusing counterpoint to the voice of a liberating angel (providing they could be heard above the Mellotron and Hammond B3 synthesiser).

That was theoretically only the first phase, of course. Next, tactical German forces under the "dual-key" arrangement would have deployed David Hasselhoff, but he was outlawed under SALT II.

[Dowly]

...sang his popular rendition of "Muss I Denn"...

Ow god no! That's 2 reasons why I cant watch Das Boot ever again in the same darn thread! :dead:

[Schroeder]

Ow god no! That's 2 reasons why I cant watch Das Boot ever again in the same darn thread! :dead:
Heino didn't act in Das Boot now, did he?:doh:

[Dowly]

Heino didn't act in Das Boot now, did he?:doh:

No but I really didnt need to hear his version of 'Muss I Denn'. :nope: