<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:56:23.978-06:00</updated><category term='Alkohol'/><category term='Die Ärzte'/><category term='Alt wie ein Baum'/><category term='Puhdys'/><category term='metal'/><category term='Küssen Verboten'/><category term='rock'/><category term='a cappella'/><category term='punk'/><category term='Rammstein'/><category term='80s pop/rock'/><category term='Hier Kommt Alex'/><category term='Rebell'/><category term='Herbert Grönemeyer'/><category term='Du Hast'/><category term='Die Prinzen'/><category term='Die Toten Hosen'/><category term='folk'/><title type='text'>Learn German Through Music</title><subtitle type='html'>Improving your German one song at a time</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135.post-1405776506899894260</id><published>2008-02-12T21:12:00.009-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T21:56:21.999-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hier Kommt Alex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Die Toten Hosen'/><title type='text'>Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Die Toten Hosen (The Dead Trousers) in addition to Die Ärzte (The Physicians) is one of the most well known punk/rock bands from Germany. Hier Kommt Alex (Here Comes Alex), released in 1988, refers to the movie A Clockwork Orange based on the book by Anthony Burgess. If you're lucky, you've already heard this song before: It's in Guitar Hero 3, which I was pretty surprised about since hardly anyone outside of Germany knows this band. Anyway, to the song:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style="font-family: georgia;" src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=3852244&amp;amp;v=2&amp;amp;type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="346" width="430"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" &gt;Wortschätze zu memorieren:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;aufhalten (hielt auf, aufgehalten) - to stop, to constrain, to hinder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;leiden (litt, gelitten) - to suffer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;robotten gehen - to go like a robot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;sich sammeln (sammelte, gesammelt) - to congregrate, to troop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;sich wehren (werte, gewehrt) - to fend, to struggle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;spüren (spürte, gespürt) - to feel, to sense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;tun (tat, getan) - to do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;zum Vorschein kommen - to appear, to surface&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Aufregung, Aufregungen - excitement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Bande, Banden - gang, group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Befriedigung, Befriedigungen - satisfcation, appeasement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;das Fernsehbild, Fernsehbilder - television picture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Gewalt - violence, force&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;der Himmel - sky, heaven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Jagd, Jagden - hunt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;der Kreuzzug - crusade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;der Mensch - human, man, person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;das Opfer - victim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Ordnung - order&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Sonne, Sonnen - sun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;der Stein, Steine - stone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;der Stock, Stöcken - stick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;das Uhrwerk, Uhrwerke - clockwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;der Vorhang, Vorhänge - curtain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Welt, Welten - world&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Wut - rage, wrath&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;die Zerstörung, Zerstörungen - destruction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;gegen - against (preposition)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;allabendlich - every evening&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;fruistiert - frustrated&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;gemeinsam - together, mutual, collective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;gnadenlos - merciless&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;größte - largest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;scheinbar - apparent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;täglich - daily, day by day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" &gt;Wertvolle Sätze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Jeder Mensch lebt wie ein Uhrwerk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Every person lives like clockwork.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Es gibt keinen, der sich dagegen wehrt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;There is no one who resists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Vorhang auf!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Open the curtain!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Zelebrieren sie die Zerstörung.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;They celebrate the destruction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Erst wenn sie ihre Opfer leiden sehen, spüren sie Befriedigung.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;First when they see their victim suffer, they feel satisfied.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Warum hast du nichts getan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Why haven't you done anything?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Lyrics are available at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://lyricwiki.org/Die_Toten_Hosen:Hier_Kommt_Alex"&gt;http://lyricwiki.org/Die_Toten_Hosen:Hier_Kommt_Alex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Have requests or questions? 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Thanks :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777418451855034135-1405776506899894260?l=learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/1405776506899894260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7777418451855034135&amp;postID=1405776506899894260' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/1405776506899894260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/1405776506899894260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/die-toten-hosen-hier-kommt-alex.html' title='Die Toten Hosen - Hier Kommt Alex'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135.post-8015830062700301573</id><published>2008-02-10T01:50:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-10T02:39:41.177-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Puhdys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alt wie ein Baum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='folk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rock'/><title type='text'>Puhdys - Alt wie ein Baum</title><content type='html'>Puhdys, formed in 1969, are one of the most well-known rock bands (and best, might I add) from East Germany. Ostrock (lit. East rock) is the term given to East German rockbands. Alt wie ein Baum (old like a tree) is relaxing and folky. The lyrics are not short and uncomplicated -- one with little German knowledge could memorize them easily by singing along a few times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QFW5Y50gvL0&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QFW5Y50gvL0&amp;amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wortschätze zu memorieren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bezwingen (bezwang, bezwungen) - to defeat, to conquer&lt;br /&gt;beschreiben (beschrieb, beschrieben) - to describe&lt;br /&gt;einfangen (fing ein, eingefangen) - to catch, to capture, to trap&lt;br /&gt;möchten - would like to&lt;br /&gt;werden (wurde, geworden) - to become&lt;br /&gt;zeigen (zeigte, gezeigt) - to display, to face&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;der Baum, Bäume - tree&lt;br /&gt;der Dichter, Dichter - poet&lt;br /&gt;die Erde, Erden - earth, world, land, soil&lt;br /&gt;das Feld, Felder - field&lt;br /&gt;der Himmel, Himmel - sky, heaven&lt;br /&gt;das Jahr, Jahre - year&lt;br /&gt;die Krone, Kronen - crown&lt;br /&gt;der Schatten, Schatten - shadow, shade&lt;br /&gt;der Traum, Träume - dream&lt;br /&gt;die Wurzel, Wurzeln - root&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;alt - old&lt;br /&gt;weit - far&lt;br /&gt;kühlend - cooling, chilling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;genau - exactly (adverb)&lt;br /&gt;nie - never (adverb)&lt;br /&gt;zwischen - between (preposition)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wertvolle Sätze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alt wie ein Baum möchte ich werden, genau wie der Dichter es beschreibt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;German word order: Old like a tree would I like to become, exactly like the poet it describes.&lt;br /&gt;English word order: I would like to become old like a tree, exactly like the poet describes it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alle meine Träume fange ich damit ein.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I catch all my dreams therewith (with it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;... zwischen Himmel und Erde zu sein.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... to be between sky and earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Der Baum bringt kühlende Schatten.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tree brings cooling shade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lyrics are available at &lt;a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Puhdys:Alt_Wie_Ein_Baum"&gt;http://lyricwiki.org/Puhdys:Alt_Wie_Ein_Baum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777418451855034135-8015830062700301573?l=learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/8015830062700301573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7777418451855034135&amp;postID=8015830062700301573' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/8015830062700301573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/8015830062700301573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/puhdys-alt-wie-ein-baum.html' title='Puhdys - Alt wie ein Baum'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135.post-5275170038372157016</id><published>2008-02-09T03:58:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-10T02:45:22.525-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='80s pop/rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alkohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Herbert Grönemeyer'/><title type='text'>Herbert Grönemeyer - Alkohol</title><content type='html'>Herbert Grönemeyer is one of the most popular singers in Deutschland. He's also known to those outside of Germany because he starred in the 1981 film &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/"&gt;Das Boot&lt;/a&gt;. Grönemeyer is legendary. The Alkohol, released in 1985, is the first song I heard by him, and that got me hooked on him instantly. This music video is also... well, interesting to say the least. Don't say I didn't warn you. It's peculiar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember to review any new vocabulary on a daily basis until it sinks in. Even more helpful is to sing along. It helps tremendously, trust me. Na denn, hier ist das Video. Ich hoffe es gefällt euch. The lyrics are at &lt;a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Herbert_Gr%C3%B6nemeyer:Alkohol"&gt;LyricWiki&lt;/a&gt;. Lots of nouns to learn :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="320" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lb5Gc7gMjBA&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lb5Gc7gMjBA&amp;amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="320" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wortschätze zu memorieren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fliessen (floss, geflossen) - to flow&lt;br /&gt;greifen (griff, gegriffen) - to catch, to grab&lt;br /&gt;lallen (lallte, gelallt) - to babble, to prattle&lt;br /&gt;massieren (massierte, massiert) - to massage&lt;br /&gt;passieren (passierte, passiert) - to happen&lt;br /&gt;reichen (riecht, gerochen) - to smell&lt;br /&gt;untergehen (ging unter, untergegangen) - to go down, to perish, to sink&lt;br /&gt;zittern (zitterte, gezittert) - to shake, to shiver&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;der Alkohol - alcohol&lt;br /&gt;der Apotheker - pharmacist, druggist, apothecary&lt;br /&gt;der Blei - lead&lt;br /&gt;das Drahtseil, Drahtseile - wire, rope&lt;br /&gt;der Fallschirm, Fallschirme - parachute&lt;br /&gt;das Frühstück, Frühstücke - breakfast&lt;br /&gt;der Gedanke, Gedanken - thought&lt;br /&gt;der Gleichgewicht, Gleichgewichte - balance&lt;br /&gt;das Gras - weed&lt;br /&gt;der Kaugummi - chewing gum, gum&lt;br /&gt;das Klo - toilet (das Schulklo - school toilet)&lt;br /&gt;die Knie - knee&lt;br /&gt;die Nobelszene - classy scene&lt;br /&gt;der Kopfsalat, Kopfsalate - head of lettuce&lt;br /&gt;die Not, Nöte - emergency&lt;br /&gt;das Rettungsboot, Rettungsboote - lifeboat&lt;br /&gt;der Sanitäter, Sanitäter - medic, paramedic&lt;br /&gt;der Schwur, Schwüre - oath, vow&lt;br /&gt;der Sonnenaufgang, Sonnenaufgänge - sunrise&lt;br /&gt;die Untergangsvision, Untergangsvisionen - vision of doom&lt;br /&gt;die Zelle, Zellen - cell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bloß - mere&lt;br /&gt;dunkel - dark&lt;br /&gt;schwer - hard, heavy&lt;br /&gt;weich - soft, smooth, tender&lt;br /&gt;zäh - tough, stiff, tenacious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wertvolle Sätze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sie greifen zum Glas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They reach for a glass [of alcohol].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Was ist denn los, was ist passiert?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is up, what happened?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ich habe bloß meine Nerven massiert.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was just massaging my nerves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alkohol ist das Drahtseil, auf dem du stehst.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alcohol is the rope on which you stand. (which you stand on)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I need feedback and criticism! Please leave some. Hope you enjoyed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777418451855034135-5275170038372157016?l=learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/5275170038372157016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7777418451855034135&amp;postID=5275170038372157016' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/5275170038372157016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/5275170038372157016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/herbert-grnemeyer-alkohol.html' title='Herbert Grönemeyer - Alkohol'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135.post-3355970085636677454</id><published>2008-01-10T14:58:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-10T19:50:58.225-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Die Prinzen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a cappella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Küssen Verboten'/><title type='text'>Die Prinzen - Küssen Verboten</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Guten Tag! This song holds a very special place in my heart mostly because of the amazing music video. By amazing music video, I mean the hairstyles and style of dress. The guy wearing the UNCLE shirt hitting the floor tom does it for me. Küssen Verboten (Kisses Forbidden) stems from the fact Die Prinzen, are well, princes. Hope you learn some handy vocabulary to talk about your love life (or lack thereof).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lyrics (with my translation) can be obtained at &lt;a href="http://tomm.thasauce.net/trans/k%FCssenverboten.html"&gt;http://tomm.thasauce.net/trans/k%FCssenverboten.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object style="font-family: Trebuchet;" height="320" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i5Ackbtn5bU&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xd6d6d6&amp;amp;color2=0xf0f0f0&amp;amp;border=0"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i5Ackbtn5bU&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xd6d6d6&amp;amp;color2=0xf0f0f0&amp;amp;border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="320" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wortschätze zu memorieren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;abwaschen (wusch ab, abgewaschen) - to wash the dishes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ich wasche ab.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;du wäschst ab.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;er/sie/es wäscht ab.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;wir waschen ab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ihr wascht ab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Sie waschen ab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;denken (dachte, gedacht) - to think&lt;br /&gt;glauben (geglaubt) - to believe&lt;br /&gt;hereinkommen (kam herein, hereingekommen)&lt;br /&gt;in jemanden verknallt sein - to have a crush on someone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;nicht leiden können - to dislike, to not be able to stand&lt;br /&gt;schreien (shrie, geschrieen/geschrein) - to scream&lt;br /&gt;sehen (sah, gesehen) - to see&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ich sehe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;du siehst&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;er/sie/es sieht&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;wir sehen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ihr seht&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Sie sehen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;das Geschenk, Geschenke - gift, present&lt;br /&gt;die Käsebrötchen - cheese bread/rolls&lt;br /&gt;die Lippe, Lippen - lip&lt;br /&gt;die Pause, Pausen - break, rest period, recess&lt;br /&gt;die Sache, Sachen - thing&lt;br /&gt;der Traum, Träume - dream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;erlaubt - allowed, permitted&lt;br /&gt;feucht - moist, wet&lt;br /&gt;nah - near&lt;br /&gt;streng - strict&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wertvolle Sätze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Küssen ist bei mir nicht erlaubt.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I am not allowed to kiss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Jule war in mich total verknallt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Jule totally had a crush on me.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Doch da gibt es eine Sache, die ich gar nicht leiden kann.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;But there is something, which I cannot stand at all.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Keiner, der mich je gesehen hat, hätte das geglaubt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;No one who has ever seen seen me would have believed that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sie dachte, dass sie mich mit Käsebrötchen kaufen kann.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;She thought that she could bribe me with cheese rolls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ich sah große feuchte Lippen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I saw big, wet lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ich konnte nur noch schrein.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I could only scream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoyed this post. Please give me feedback!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777418451855034135-3355970085636677454?l=learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/3355970085636677454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7777418451855034135&amp;postID=3355970085636677454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/3355970085636677454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/3355970085636677454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/2008/01/die-prinzen-kssen-verboten.html' title='Die Prinzen - Küssen Verboten'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135.post-2172679167115778505</id><published>2008-01-02T03:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-10T19:49:41.871-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='metal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rammstein'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Du Hast'/><title type='text'>Rammstein - Du Hast</title><content type='html'>Frohes Neu Jahr!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today's song is by the infamous band from Berlin and Schwerin, Germany. Unfortunately, Rammstein and Nena are the only German-singing bands that ever popularized themselves in den USA. The reason I'm covering this song is because many beginners misinterpret the lyrics. "Du Hast" translates into "You have", which when pronounced is ambiguous with "Du hasst" that translates into "You hate."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lyrics with a full translation is available at &lt;a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Rammstein:Du_Hast"&gt;http://lyricwiki.org/Rammstein:Du_Hast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="320" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mm2eT-sTVys&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xd6d6d6&amp;amp;color2=0xf0f0f0&amp;amp;border=0"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mm2eT-sTVys&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xd6d6d6&amp;amp;color2=0xf0f0f0&amp;amp;border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="320" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wortschätze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;lieben, liebten, geliebt haben - to love, loved, have loved&lt;br /&gt;fragen, fragten, gefragt haben - to ask, asked, to have asked&lt;br /&gt;sagen, sagten, gesagt haben - to say, said, to have said&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;scheiden, shied, geschieden sein - to separate, separated, to have separated&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;die Tod, die Tode - death, deaths&lt;br /&gt;der Tag, die Tage - day, days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;für alle Tage - forever (for all days)&lt;br /&gt;nichts - nothing&lt;br /&gt;schlecht - bad&lt;br /&gt;treu - true/faithful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wertvolle Sätze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du hast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du hast mich.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du  hast mich gefragt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You [have] asked me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du hasst mich.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;You hate me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du hasst mich gefragt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nonsensical — it would literally translate into "You hate me asked." Differentiating between &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hast&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hasst&lt;/span&gt; in spoken German is  easy to do, even without little context.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet treu ihr sein für alle Tage?&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This is a tough sentence, so I will analyze it phrase by phrase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;willst du = do you want&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;bis der Tod euch scheidet = until (the) death separates you (plural)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;treu ihr sein = to remain faithful (to be true)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;für alle Tage = forever&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Do you want to remain faithful forever until death seperates you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoyed today's post. I will be out of town until January 7th, at which time you can expect another post! Bis später!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777418451855034135-2172679167115778505?l=learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/2172679167115778505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7777418451855034135&amp;postID=2172679167115778505' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/2172679167115778505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/2172679167115778505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/2008/01/frohes-neues-jahr.html' title='Rammstein - Du Hast'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7777418451855034135.post-6519358628398636685</id><published>2007-12-30T15:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-10T19:49:26.381-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Die Ärzte'/><title type='text'>First Post (Die Ärzte - Rebell)</title><content type='html'>Willkommen! I'm a scholar of the German language and it's my goal to teach you German vocabulary and grammar through German music and other media. If you make a habit of studying vocabulary and hearing it pronounced in music, you will astounded how it sticks in your brain never to be forgotten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first song I'm going to share is Rebell (Engl. Rebel) by Die Ärzte (Engl. The Doctors), one of the most well known punk rock bands from Deutschland. This video is great because the video displays the lyrics as it goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lyrics can be obtained from &lt;a href="http://lyricwiki.org/Die_%C3%84rzte:Rebell"&gt;http://lyricwiki.org/Die_Ärzte:Rebell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object height="241" width="420"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x36oa8"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x36oa8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="241" width="420"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wortschätze zu memorieren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;aufregen - to excite&lt;br /&gt;ausstellen - to display&lt;br /&gt;befehlen - to command&lt;br /&gt;dafür sein - to approve (lit. to be for it)&lt;br /&gt;dagegen sein - to disapprove (lit. to be against it)&lt;br /&gt;davon verstehen - to understand something&lt;br /&gt;durchdrehen - to go beserk&lt;br /&gt;jemandem gegenüberstehen - to be pitted against someone&lt;br /&gt;nennen - to call/label&lt;br /&gt;verhauen - to pound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;die Ablehnung - rejection&lt;br /&gt;das Armutszeugnis - evidence of incapacity&lt;br /&gt;die Entscheidung - decision&lt;br /&gt;die Erscheinung - appearance&lt;br /&gt;die Freiheit - freedom&lt;br /&gt;das Grund - reason&lt;br /&gt;die Lust - desire&lt;br /&gt;der Mangel - lack of&lt;br /&gt;die Meinung - opinion&lt;br /&gt;der Wert - value&lt;br /&gt;die Wut - fury/rage/wrath&lt;br /&gt;das Verhalten - conduct/manner&lt;br /&gt;das Zeichen - signal/sign&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;arm - poor&lt;br /&gt;blind - blind&lt;br /&gt;blöde - stupid or dull-witted&lt;br /&gt;egal - unpreferred&lt;br /&gt;faul - lazy&lt;br /&gt;hässlich - ugly&lt;br /&gt;neidisch - jealous&lt;br /&gt;ruhig - quiet/calm&lt;br /&gt;taub - deaf&lt;br /&gt;stumm - mute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Wertvolle Sätze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bitte versteht mein Verhalten als Zeichen der Ablehnung.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please understand my behavior as a sign of rejection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Das ist mir egal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't care about that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Du hast einen Mangel an Respekt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have a lack of respect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ich bin ganz ruhig, warum regst du dich so auf?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am quite calm, why are you so excited?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ich bin nicht neidisch auf dich oder dein Geld.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not jealous of you or your money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ich bin nicht hässlich, ich sehe nur anders aus als du.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not ugly, I just look differently than you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7777418451855034135-6519358628398636685?l=learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/feeds/6519358628398636685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7777418451855034135&amp;postID=6519358628398636685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/6519358628398636685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7777418451855034135/posts/default/6519358628398636685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://learngermanthroughmusic.blogspot.com/2007/12/first-post-die-rzte-rebell.html' title='First Post (Die Ärzte - Rebell)'/><author><name>wahrheit</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03319572311809070413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
