Ohrwurm: Cro – Einmal um die Welt
I don’t know much about the German music scene but I’ve heard the name Cro, so when the video for Einmal um die Welt (Once Around The World, for English speakers) popped up as a YouTube suggestion I...
View ArticleSunday Documentary: Real Scenes – Berlin
Real Scenes – Berlin by Resident Advisor, like a previous Sunday Documentary post, Children of Berlin, explores the explosion of Techno in Berlin after the fall of the wall. People who lived through...
View ArticleFamous Berliners: David Bowie
Almost three weeks ago now, on his 66th birthday, David Bowie surprised everyone by releasing a new song – Where Are We Now? – a melancholy tune that reflects on his time living in Berlin in the...
View ArticleOhrwurm: The Vaccines – Teenage Icon
I first heard The Vaccines – Teenage Icon on one of the Berlin videos I was considering when I put together the posts for my Video Week. The refrain ‘I’m no teenage icon, I’m no Frankie Avalon’ has...
View ArticleSunday Documentary: Krautrock – The Rebirth of Germany
The BBC documentary Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany charts the rise of a new musical movement in post war Germany and the importance of music to young people in their attempts to forge a new German...
View ArticleOhrwurm: Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty – For Lovers
There was a time in the UK when it seemed you couldn’t open a newspaper or switch on the TV without seeing a story about Pete Doherty. And I never really got the hype. Sure, The Libertines produced a...
View ArticleOhrwurm: David Hasselhoff – Looking For Freedom
Today’s Ohrwurm is David Hasselhoff – Looking For Freedom, which seems appropriate on a day when the people of Berlin are again protesting at the wall. David Hasselhoff singing on top of the Berlin...
View ArticleOhrwurm: Die Toten Hosen – “Tage wie diese”
The refrain from Die Toten Hosen – “Tage wie diese” has been my Ohrwurm for days, though I found out on the weekend that I had completely the wrong lyrics in mind. This was one of the songs that was...
View ArticleOhrwurm: The Coral – Dreaming Of You
The Coral – Dreaming of you has been an Ohrwurm for at least a week now and last night I heard it at Rock n Roll Bingo at White Trash Fast Food. The song, released in 2002, was taken from the band’s...
View ArticleOhrwurm: The Lightning Seeds – Pure
Reading about Ian Broudie‘s contribution as producer to my last Ohrwurm: The Coral Dreaming Of You, has given me another, The Lightning Seeds – Pure. I remember buying the single on 7″ from a...
View ArticleBerlin Songs: Robots In Disguise – I Live In Berlin
I’ve been thinking about posting Berlin Songs for a while now and hearing Robots In Disguise – I Live In Berlin last night has prompted me to get on and do it. The songs may be about Berlin, from...
View ArticleBowie and Beyond: A Music Fan’s Guide to Berlin (BBC Radio 6 Music)
Danny Robins’s programme for BBC Radio 6 Music’s Easter Weekend celebration of David Bowie is called Bowie and Beyond: A Music Fan’s Guide to Berlin but he goes all the way back to the Weimar era in...
View ArticleBerlin Songs: Peter Fox – Schwarz zu Blau
It won’t have escaped anyone’s attention in Berlin that what may have seemed like an endless winter could finally be over. Temperatures have leapt from single digits to nudge the Mercury at 20ºC so...
View ArticleBerlin Songs: Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun
My Berlin Songs series, which features songs that are either inspired by Berlin, about the city or by artists based here, continues with Sex Pistols – Holidays in the Sun. Singer John Lydon says of...
View ArticleOhrwurm: Niki & The Dove – DJ, Ease My Mind
Niki & The Dove – DJ, Ease My Mind has been playing on repeat in my head since I heard it when I walked into a Berlin clothes shop last week. I first heard the song when it featured in the BBC...
View ArticleBerlin Summer Rave 2013
Last night I went to my first Berlin Summer Rave at the disused Tempelhof Airport – a great location despite the distinctly un-summer-y weather. I went with Summer Rave veterans Steffi, Bine and Olli...
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