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| Falco - Einzelhaft Band: Falco Tracks: - Zuviel Hitze - Der Kommissar - Siebzehn Jahr - Auf Der Flucht - Ganz Wien - Maschine Brennt - Hinter Uns Die Sintflut - Nie Mehr Schule - Helden Von Heute - Einzelhaft Rap it to the beat Hansi! Johann 'Falco' Hoelzl was undoubtedly the most successful<BR>White male rapper of the 20th century. Not bad for an Austrian<BR>singing in a strange Anglo-German mixture, in a time when rap <BR>was considered to be more or less ghetto music and only <BR>a few White pop stars dared to approach this new music idiom<BR>(BLONDIE-Rapture, CLASH-The Magnificent 7, ADAM ANT-Ant rap,<BR>WHAM-Wham rap and CAPTAIN SENSIBLE, MODERN ROMANCE,<BR>Nina Hagen & others). But Falco made a big mistake:<BR>with songs like Ganz Wien or even European smash hit <BR>Der Kommissar he made a lot of enemies in his hometown <BR>Vienna, people who didn't like a native son of theirs <BR>giving worldwide the impression their city was a drug antre.<BR>Since then Falco was never welcome at home, which I <BR>believe was a burden to heavy for him to handle, leading <BR>him to his tragic Death back in 1998 in a mysterious car accident in the Dominican Republic where he lived <BR>auto exiled the last years of his life.<BR>Though non of this LP's songs were US or UK hits, <BR>English cover version of Der Kommissar, by British<BR>Band AFTER THE FIRE, hit US #5 (& UK #47) in 1983.<BR>Falco enjoyed the success he was seeking in 1986 when his <BR>all time classic hit Rock Me Amadeus topped both UK & US<BR>charts and ballad Jeanny was a smash hit all over Europe.<BR>Falco's songs are exceptional, his interpretation unique<BR>and beyond comparison. Rap music may owe a lot of things <BR>to German myth Kraftwerk for helping them in creating their<BR>music forms, but they owe equally to this descendant of Mozart<BR>for opening their way to the top of the charts and the Land of <BR>Loadsamoney. Beware though: the rating refers only to<BR>German speaking Amazon friends, though you never really know<BR>what language that crazy son of a gun is rapping in! Buy Falco Einzelhaft at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
