Recommend a good book IN ENGLISH about schlager and/or volksmusik

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Or -- more realistically -- recommend a book IN ENGLISH with some mildly interesting and not completely inaccurate passages about schlager and/or volksmusik.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 15 July 2006 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

(Yes, this is in part a not-very subtle attempt at getting Colin Meeder's attention.)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 15 July 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

volksmusik or volkstümliche musik? i cant imagine anyone writing books about the latter

― ferzaffe (flezaffe), Sunday, 16 July 2006 09:24 (nineteen years ago)

Both, even though now I don't think I'm clear on the distinction.

When somebody says a music-related subject isn't worth a book, that only makes me more intrigued.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 16 July 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

anyway, there are plenty of volksmusik song books and schlager fan literature, but i dont think any of it has been translated. get someone to translate the wikipedia entry on volkstümlicher schlager for you, thats about as exhaustive as it gets

― ferzaffe (flezaffe), Sunday, 16 July 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

are there any good books in german, then?

― Dan Gr (certain), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

(oddly, cd-wow has some cheaply priced schlager compilations)

― dh (djh), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

Only two threads about Schlager, and neither especially lively. Hmmm.

Anyway, ILM I need your help. DESPERATELY seeking mp3s/CDs of the following for a wedding I'm DJing at on Monday, and I can't find feck-all here in the UK. Can anyone help?

Dieter Thomas Kuhn - "Eine Neue Liebe Ist Wie Ein Neues Leben" (there are loads of versions of this but I need DTK's one)
Dschinghis Khan - "Moskau" (the video for this is up on youtube - holy hell it's GOLD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH8gtrD4_C4)
Stefan Raab - "Wadde Hadde Dudde Da" (Germany's Eurovision entry from, iirc, 1999)

Can anybody help? Or does anyone know anywhere in London where I can buy shit like this? Argh...

― CharlieNo4, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 10:59 (eighteen years ago)

sorted (sorta - the Dieter Thomas Kuhn song is a live version)

― Jeb, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 11:58 (eighteen years ago)

oh jeb that's bloody fantastic. now to persuade my work pc to open the rar file...thanks anyway!

― CharlieNo4, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:29 (eighteen years ago)

If you're on Windows, I recommend ExtractNow, it's a really simple and lightweight thingy for extracting .rar files (among other formats). Just drag-and-drop files into its window and click Extract.

― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)

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