This feature requires an Active Premium subscription. Sign in or register for a 7-Day Free Trial today. Click link for more info.
This feature requires an Active Basic subscription. Sign in or register for a 7-Day Free Trial today. Click link for more info.
 
Knowing German: That’s A Pretty Big Deal. Learning it? No big deal! Save 27% on Basic and Premium ... Click Here For More News!
Save 27% on Basic & Premium
By Type:

Ascending Descending
By Month:

Ascending Descending
By Keyword:

Ascending Descending

Todays Intermediate lessons presents you a song by a not all that well known German band. Even within Germany they are considered as less famous and independent, which is partly because of the cross of mediavel and rock music they play. You might want to check them out. They have some very good songs. They even touched on some more recent topics, like HIV. This one has a more classic topic. Which one? Well, listen in and find out.

Of cause you can - as always - find an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.

Grammar: | Function: | Topic: | Politeness Level:

Todays song is something very special. It is a word by word adaptation of a very famous poem by Heinrich Heine with the same title. And it covers a very famous German myth: the story of the Loreley. Who she is and why she is that famous? You will have to tune in to find out. After all the young maiden has a song dedicated to her, and this a long time before boy bands were even heard of.
Since this song is in the public domain, you can find a number of sung versions online, some more folklore than others. And we highly encourage you to use your favorite search engine to look up some pictures of the spot where the Loreley supposedly sits. You’ll understand the song/ poem a lot better afterward.

Grammar: , | Function: | Topic: | Politeness Level: