Even though Germany has some great home-grown musical acts to offer, rarely does a German artist make it across the Atlantic to the US (as opposed to American music, which makes it over here to Germany far too often).
If I had had to bet on which German music was going to make it big in the US next, Tokio Hotel would have not been where I put my money. So good thing I wasn’t betting: A Wild Welcome to a German Teen Pop Band.
Tokio Hotel is the group which required riot police protection at the train station in Zurich. Apparently they are re-scripting their German hits to have English lyrics. Lucky you, you people who don’t speak German but want to sing along with Bill! (Yes, I admit to knowing the name of the porcupine-headed lead singer. Do you still respect me?)
Edited to add: Stupid YouTube took down the awesome video that went with this post. But never fear, I have found you this one entitled Sexy Pool Talk instead.
I still haven’t given up on “the Hoff” making a big comeback in America.
I would have expected that eating-hamburger-off-floor-drunk video to have re-launched his career big time by now.
I, errr, “acquired” a Tokio Hotel song when I first arrived in Europe, while making an effort to figure out what was cool here. Didn’t realize their singer was a guy for another six months after that. I guess German teenagers like their heartthrobs pretty.
*making a mental note about Mark’s Tokio Hotel song library*
You never know when information like that is going to come in handy…