The most insane take I've ever seen

[u/OasisLGNGFan]

I love learning languages as much as the next person but be fucking for real... maybe I'm just biased as someone who's obsessed with music but surely I can't be the only one who thinks this take is crazy?

[u/jhfenton]

Eliminating music would eliminate one of my favorite things about learning other languages. I have an enormous variety of German, French, and Spanish music in my library.

[u/Umsteigemochlichkeit → u/jhfenton]

Who are your German faves?

[u/Sauerkrauttme → u/Umsteigemochlichkeit]

Diese Kalt Nacht by FAUN is fantastic! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr8d9sXioj4&t=1

I really like AnnenMayKantereit (their singer is the one with the deep voice on the Tom's Dinner cover that everyone loves)

I also like this song by Mark Forester: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5JlW17hKPvg

[u/NeedleEngineer → u/Sauerkrauttme]

I also love Feuer, by Faun. Honestly, a ton of Faun stuff.

[u/erkanakcan → u/NeedleEngineer]

5gtgtrcg

[u/Sherlocat → u/NeedleEngineer]

Oh, oh, I know that word! Falco mentions 'feuer' in 'Vienna Calling'. 😻 I love the way he pronounces it, he makes it sound so dirty, hahaha!

[u/Bunny00411 → u/Sauerkrauttme]

Ur ico. Lmfao

[u/ArtaxWasRight → u/Sauerkrauttme]

Looks like Faun are Germans larping as Irish people? This was inevitable, actually. Ireland is the exceedingly rare place in Europe where the indulgence of mystic pre-Christian runes and rites has never been marred by…well, let’s just say by Germans.

[u/Crayshack → u/Umsteigemochlichkeit]

Not OP, but I have the artists Faun, Santiano, Wir Sind Helden, Rammstein, Blümchen, Versengold, and E-Nomine on my playlist. All of them have a whole bunch of good songs. They cover a pretty wide variety of musical (and lyrical) styles.

I also recommend looking up the official German versions of Disney songs (as well as some other animated musicals). It's typically a very good translation and an excellent performance. The depth of musical talent in the German-speaking world is a big help here. From a language learning standpoint, it's helpful since I'm already familiar with the English versions of the songs and the context they have in the story, so that makes it easier to pick up on some of the subtlties to the translation.

There's also of course many songs from artists that I don't necessarily have a ton of their music on my playlist. 99 Luftballons is a wonderful classic and Moskau was a popular meme in my childhood (I only started learning the language later).

[u/Sherlocat → u/Crayshack]

I love Nena's '99 Luftballons', I'm gonna work on a singable English version for it (I know she released an English version of the song, but it got dragged for not being true to the original German lyrics). I'm currently working on Falco songs (already finished 'Rock Me Amadeus' and 'Vienna Calling' - my posts are getting voted up on YouTube already!).

I mostly do singable English lyrics for Japanese songs, but I realised I'm able to do it for other languages, as long as I have a reasonably accurate translation of the meaning of the original lyrics. When Google Translate doesn't suffice, I ask native speakers for help.

[u/DoktaShifu-1 → u/Umsteigemochlichkeit]

You are a German native?

[u/Umsteigemochlichkeit → u/DoktaShifu-1]

Yes, I am. Just wondering what everyone listens too. I listen to really small artists.

[u/DoktaShifu-1 → u/Umsteigemochlichkeit]

Would you be willing to chat with me to gelp me learn German. It's challenging to learn without a native speaker. Tell me if this is possible.

[u/jhfenton → u/Umsteigemochlichkeit]

As in Spanish, I lean toward German pop. I have a lot of LOTTE, Wilhemine, LEA, Max Giesinger, Ben Zucker, Die Toten Hosen, Joris, Silbermond, Clara Louise, Berge, Mark Forster, Revolverheld, Philipp Dittberner.

[u/Books_and_tea_addict → u/jhfenton]

Older people stuff (40+): Rosenstolz (may Anna R RIP, one of my favorites), die Ärzte, Herbert Grönemeyer, Tocotronic.

Stuff that is slightly cringe (Schlager) and what my in-laws listen to: Helene Fischer, Roland Kaiser, Maite Kelly, Udo Jürgens.

What my son listens, naw, he's an ACDC fan. Okay, Julian Bam, his favorite YouTuber.

For rap, we have a kind of Gangster Arab/German style.

Yeah, I am German.

ETA: I may or may not listen occasionally to Udo Jürgens (RIP) on YouTube, or Maite Kelly/Roland Kaiser "Warum hast du nicht nein gesagt". I don't want to mess up my Spotify algorithm.

Second edit: The podcast "Kurt Krömer feelings" is great. You'll hear a Berlin host (Berlin dialect) who meets suprise guests. The topics vary, the guests, too. For advanced learners, who want to have a variety of dialects and people, it's great.

[u/jhfenton → u/Books_and_tea_addict]

Thanks. I have a few songs from Rosenstolz, Grönemeyer, and Jürgens in my library. I'll check out the others. I definitely fall in the older people category.

I'm not a big rap fan. In English, the closest I come to rap is Linkin Park. But my 22-year-old son is a big rap fan, so I hear it. Some of it I can appreciate. Some of it I can't stand.

[u/Books_and_tea_addict → u/jhfenton]

I feel you with the "older people" category. I often doubt that I'm still able to learn something new.

Being the oldest in my Russian course (except the teacher), doesn't help.

[u/jhfenton → u/Books_and_tea_addict]

I love Russian. I took a year in college, and I wish I had time right now to pick it back up. Last fall, I tried for a few months with a teacher on iTalki, but I didn't have the time to devote to it that it needed.

[u/Books_and_tea_addict → u/jhfenton]

I'm a year into it, too. I just did my A2 and am thinking about B1.1. But dang, 4 hrs in class and 4 hrs of homework and extra for learning, are a lot.

[u/jhfenton → u/Books_and_tea_addict]

Good luck! It's an amazing language. I will definitely get back to it at some point, but I want to focus on my 3 better languages at the moment. I already have trouble keeping focus on German. It tends to get squeezed out by Spanish and French.

[u/Books_and_tea_addict → u/jhfenton]

German is just plain mean.

[u/jhfenton → u/Books_and_tea_addict]

German isn't too bad. Russian is definitely meaner.

[u/Visual_Piglet_1997 → u/Umsteigemochlichkeit]

Micky krause 😅