Dieser Blitzkrieg kickt Bälle.
The hardest thing to explain about a Blitz is what makes it so special. After all, most people know their music collections pretty well, and what's the benefit of a bunch of obsessive-compulsive rules to enjoy it further? Then along comes a CD like All The Best From Germany.
Out of context, this collection would be a great novelty and kind of fun. But in the context of a Blitz, and particularly your blitz - it's absolutely the perfect CD at the perfect time. Nestled amid a torrent of hard rock/metal like, this little German number is the best kind of antidote and distraction before plunging into Anthrax. It's the context that makes it so great. And it made the Anthrax better too.
A couple of quick things then:
Track 2 - Heidi - Yodelling over a Boney M beat. Nice.
Track 10 - Rhine Medley - What a fantastic surprise to hear the original German translation of Elvis' Wooden Heart. It took me a little under a minute to figure out why the melody was so familiar, but there you have it... Are you familiar with that tune? If not, grab a listen and marvel at the small, small world of popular tunes.
Track 11 - Carnival Medley - Me, a blistering head-cold, the 401 collectors lanes, soul-sucking rush hour traffic, carnival music. You do the math.
Track 12 - Die Kleine Kneipe - What a great song. A really great and romantic little ditty. I was so in love with the tune that I briefly considered taking a German course just so I could understand and appreciate what he was singing about. Then I changed my mind because that'd be a lot of work and he might simply be singing about Die Booty.
Track 20 - Mein Vater War Ein Wandersmann - Good God, help me place this tune. It's killing me. Was it a Looney Tunes cartoon? What? What??
Out of context, this collection would be a great novelty and kind of fun. But in the context of a Blitz, and particularly your blitz - it's absolutely the perfect CD at the perfect time. Nestled amid a torrent of hard rock/metal like, this little German number is the best kind of antidote and distraction before plunging into Anthrax. It's the context that makes it so great. And it made the Anthrax better too.
A couple of quick things then:
Track 2 - Heidi - Yodelling over a Boney M beat. Nice.
Track 10 - Rhine Medley - What a fantastic surprise to hear the original German translation of Elvis' Wooden Heart. It took me a little under a minute to figure out why the melody was so familiar, but there you have it... Are you familiar with that tune? If not, grab a listen and marvel at the small, small world of popular tunes.
Track 11 - Carnival Medley - Me, a blistering head-cold, the 401 collectors lanes, soul-sucking rush hour traffic, carnival music. You do the math.
Track 12 - Die Kleine Kneipe - What a great song. A really great and romantic little ditty. I was so in love with the tune that I briefly considered taking a German course just so I could understand and appreciate what he was singing about. Then I changed my mind because that'd be a lot of work and he might simply be singing about Die Booty.
Track 20 - Mein Vater War Ein Wandersmann - Good God, help me place this tune. It's killing me. Was it a Looney Tunes cartoon? What? What??
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