Thank you for the music, Roger Whittaker

Skybird · 09-18-23, 01:46 PM

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Back in the days, I liked him. I started to dislike him (the music he made) when he started to sing in German (by using phonetic transcription, he did not speak German well enough to understand what he was singing), and that was cheesy "Schlager". His popularity in Germany ouclassed that in other countries, but the German singing I found kitschy because the musical quality and the texts went down the hill, imo. I still have a CD by him I occasionally play, and some of his older songs I still like today. And I still think he wasa a really good singer when he kept it to English.

Streets of London. Durham Town. New World in the Morning. Old Town. - He had quite some very good songs in his book.

09-18-23, 01:46 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,660 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Thank you for the music, Roger Whittaker https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66843162 Back in the days, I liked him. I started to dislike him (the music he made) when he started to sing in German (by using phonetic transcription, he did not speak German well enough to understand what he was singing), and that was cheesy "Schlager". His popularity in Germany ouclassed that in other countries, but the German singing I found kitschy because the musical quality and the texts went down the hill, imo. I still have a CD by him I occasionally play, and some of his older songs I still like today. And I still think he wasa a really good singer when he kept it to English. Streets of London. Durham Town. New World in the Morning. Old Town. - He had quite some very good songs in his book. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.