Hello Hive Music Lovers!,
Welcome to another #threetunetuesday created originally by @ablaze.
I like to share some music that I am listening to each week and today is German Reunification Day and to celebrate this, I have chosen 3 tunes from the great Neue Deutsche Welle era to share today.
But first, for those unfamiliar with TTT or Three Tune Tuesday.... to quote @ablaze :
The jist is as follows
Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Better still, why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and upvote it. If you could also use #threetunetuesday tag that would be great, as that is what I use when sifting through all the entries every Wednesday. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music. You'll also be in with a chance of winning the prize.
Most German cities have their own mascots and for Berlin it is the bear. When people think of German reunification, they usually think about Berlin because it was an actual city divided too.
One of the most often visited places in Berlin is the famous Checkpoint Charlie. It is at the end of the very fancy Friedrichstraße shopping street. I am not sure now, but driving to and finding some free parking to go there, used to be relatively easy. Therefore I drove there quite often when running my errands.
Luckily today, the site is just a tourist attraction and not used to separate people.
Checkpoint Charlie, August 2005
Probably one of the biggest artists to come out at the height of the Neue Deutsche Welle era was Falco. He had quite a string of hits that were very popular.
I remember liking his songs before evening knowing they were even something called NDW. If I had to squeeze to my favorites, it would be between Out of the Dark and Rock Me Amadeus.
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Of course Berlin was reunified, but half of a country was also being reunifed with the other half. One such place is Leipzig here that I visited in 2006. It was not the best weather that weekend, but we still had a good time.
I have been back many times, but mostly just passing through on the train.
Leipzig, March 2006
Another big song from the 80s and huge NDW hit was by Peter Schilling. I guess it is also popular for all those who like rockets and space. I think the German version is the better version Völlig losgelöst.
Most Nasa productions are pretty lame, so it was cool that Peter stepped in here and made a cool song about astronauts coming home.
Peter Schilling - Völlig losgelöst
Another major city reunited from the east is Dresden. Since it was reunified, there has been lots of money spent to try to restore many of the archtecturial wonders in the city.
It is very popular for cultural events there but you are also close to the nature and there are many daytrips you can make. I have done some great hiking near Dresden.
Dresden, 2006
The final tune for today is from the very famous Kraftwerk and their catchy Das Model tune. When searching through the NDW archives, there are many great tunes to discover and listen to again.
Everyone is waiting for the next new NDW, it would be good to have some new tunes as good as those from Falco and co. again.
Kraftwerk - The Model
The winner from last week's 5 LEN token giveaway is:
GIVEAWAY - WIN 5 LEN TOKENS
For a chance to win 5 LEN tokens, all you need to do is write in the comments your favorite song from today's tunes (if any). The winner will be drawn randomly and announced in the next post.
That wraps up my #ttt for this week. What have you been listening to?
Happy musical Tuesday, thanks for listening.
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