My vote is on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oze4jVLTJt4
― Tuomas, Friday, 16 October 2009 11:21 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvcv4C1CG6M
― meisenfek, Friday, 16 October 2009 11:35 (sixteen years ago)
Tuomas, that song you posted is a version of a well-known Scottish(?) song called 'The Wild Rover':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afO3IQX2Qnc
― Obscured by clowns (NickB), Friday, 16 October 2009 11:40 (sixteen years ago)
Yeah, I was wondering if everybody realised that. A pub standard round these parts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Rover
― Soukesian, Friday, 16 October 2009 11:43 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKY6-H7nurE
― Obscured by clowns (NickB), Friday, 16 October 2009 11:47 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIQ8maLMibg
― ein fisch schwimmt im wasser ยท fisch im wasser durstig (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 16 October 2009 12:54 (sixteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8twYCFACPjY
― Three Word Username, Friday, 16 October 2009 13:10 (sixteen years ago)
The peak of the German Schlager was reached by a Dutch boy in 1968:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=496QyjNE-Vo
― alex in mainhattan, Friday, 16 October 2009 13:37 (sixteen years ago)
6,614,188 views for electrolore (electro & folk):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XzLbGssArQ
― meisenfek, Sunday, 31 January 2010 14:09 (sixteen years ago)
I knew that guy was on drugs. If he plays his cards right, I'm sure he'll be a huge crossover hit.
― Captain Ahab, Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:00 (sixteen years ago)
Probably some songs worth nominating on this thread:
Mostly German Old Used 45s That Metal Mike Saunders Mailed To Me
― xhuxk, Sunday, 31 January 2010 17:55 (sixteen years ago)
Not German, but... :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NW-5nciW9o
(I take it it doesn't have to be any good or no song could possibly apply)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 31 January 2010 18:45 (sixteen years ago)
Another vote for Mein Freund der Baum.
― Stranded In the Jungle Groove (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 February 2013 23:49 (thirteen years ago)
One of my workmates, a guy in his 60s, has just recently developed an obsession with Andrea Berg (no, I'd never heard of her either). As I type this he's playing a Youtube of cover versions of her songs being played by a guy on some electronic keyboards. He's also fond of Reginald Dixon and the band, Asia.
― Saturated with working class intelligence and not afraid to show it (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 12:50 (twelve years ago)
Great version of "Mein Freund der Baum" by Pole (!) and Manuela Krause:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoN36o-mUgE
― sonderpop, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 15:37 (twelve years ago)
Runner-up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmI3vAIhbE
― Is It Because I'm Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2015 00:06 (eleven years ago)
^^^ all time, though "Moskau" was pinnacle Dschinghis Khan imo
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Sunday, 5 April 2015 00:11 (eleven years ago)
Ha, almost posted that too and indeed came back to post that some of a younger generation might prefer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrsMi_-5AfM
― Is It Because I'm Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2015 00:14 (eleven years ago)
"Hadschi Halef Omar" too
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Sunday, 5 April 2015 02:43 (eleven years ago)
Wow. Just looked that up. Named after a Karl May character. That is some deep Deutsche Disko
― Is It Because I'm Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2015 02:57 (eleven years ago)