jpdribbler wrote: 

She doesn't sing that much more...kind of: after summer there comes winter and its gettin cold then...and stuff like that

This is just damn annoying....

No idea what she's singing about but I like this. Need to learn me some German.

This almost sounds like The Secret Stars

This is a cool song in any language.  : D

Irgendwo ich mag diese Musik. Zehr süβ aber.

 drewd wrote: 

There - fixed it...

Person that speaks two languages- bilingual

Person that speak three languages-  tri lingual

Person that speaks one language———American

 moriyama wrote: 

Yea it is pretty terrible.

 rdo wrote: 
Having traveled on Uncle Sam's ticket I learned enough of the host county's language to get around.  Find the closest bar, get directions to the nearest train station, would you like to dance, how much something costs, please help me out of the gutter and put me on a park bench.  
But as you said, when I started in their native tongue I was greeted with English.  It made it hard to learn their language because they were always eager to learn English.
On the other hand while shopping in Rothenberg ob der Tauber, I gave a nice American girl directions on where the town square was and she complimented me on my English.

 camatcba wrote:

LOL - Nice poster (and a nice song too...)

 rdo wrote: 
Go to Italy or France, and you'll have plenty of opportunity to practice.  The locals there expect you to have some knowledge of their language because, whereas many claim to know English, they tend to be a bit shy about using it...or their English comes out in such an incomprehensible way, it's better to attempt the local lingo.

Radical socialism? What radical socialism?  Oooooh, you must mean the system of somewhat functional universal health care that exists  in most civilised countries.

Otherwise, I do not see what this has to do with knowing of not knowing English or a foreign language..

please don't ever play this again.

 fredriley wrote:  

We English speakers don't really need to learn other languages, English now being the lingua franca. 

The best English-as-a-second-language country is The Netherlands I think.  Not many travel or career options if your native language is Dutch, now is there?  English is a matter of survival or a ticket out of poverty for many people in the world.  Considering the global economy, the single greatest skill any of us native speakers possess is our English.  It is extremely difficult to become really fluent in a second language without immigrating anyway.

I have travelled, lived abroad, and learned other languages pretty well.  If I speak in the foreign language to someone, I am always greeted with English in reply, provided my interlocutor knows it even a little.  If I start in English, the response is invariably in the foreign tongue and too fast to understand. 

BTW, how do you square radical socialism with your scruples for "proper" English? Isn't there a contradiction there?

Basement of a 2Raumwohnung on the top of a hill!

KRAUT-ROCK goes poetic.

Actually, it was Inga's elder sister Annette who was in Ideal.
 mcvh wrote: 

This song reminds me too much of an old Dr. Who episode...

 fredriley wrote: 
Ah, yes - a debate I've had often. My argument is this: for other countries, English is a pretty obvious choice of second language. While it only comes third in the list of languages spoken by the most people, I reckon it is the most widely spoken second language - i.e. most places on Earth you go someone will have at least a rudimentary grasp. For the English, and Anlgophiles, which second language should we learn? What's the most obvious choice? Mandarin? It's spoken by the most people - but when will the average Brit need to use it? Gone are the days when most people holidayed only as far as France and Spain and maybe Germany... So those languages are no longer obvious choices either. 

All that said, I do agree to some extent - there is an attitude problem, and it infuriates me. However, in my experience, the Brits are no worse than the Yanks.

It's also a question of exposure - how often are we exposed to another language on TV, movies, music etc? Moi, je parle Francis, mais seulement parceque j'ai passé deux ans la-bas. Sinon, c'est trop dur quand on le parle pas, ni l'entendre pas, quotidiennement...

C'est mon avis...

 apd wrote: 
putain de merde, does this need to be cens*red if in another language?

 fredriley wrote: 
Bolleaux - nicely done. So, is this French word bolleaux pronounced "bowl - oe"? Or do they go with the hard consonant? ("bowl - uck") Need to know, next time I'm cursing in French.

 Detlaps wrote: 
Regrettably, the Brits probably match Yanks for linguistic ignorance, and in the case of Brits it's usually wilful ignorance, on the assumption that everyone in the world speaks English if you speak it LOUDLY and SLOWLY enough for them to understand. Which I know for a fact is complete bolleaux. This ignorance has been compounded by government policy to deliberately downgrade language teaching in schools and universities (I used to work in a language dept in a uni so write with feeling). Foreigners who learn English often, as you write, speak better English than native speakers, with Scandinavians and Germans being the best English speakers, in my experience.

This song is good for the ears...

 

This song seems to have quite a controversial history on RP :-)
I was very surprised to hear something german on here. I dont really like 2Raumwohnung since it is not my style of music but I dont understand all this dissing of germen music. One should take his time to get to know the "local" names and bands before a judgement is made. If you re interested in what Ina Humpe has done in the past (singer of 2Raumwohnung) then look up IDEAL......

There are quite a few very good bands over here, as in every country.
I d welcome RP palying more of some their songs.

So thumbs up for RP playing so much of a variety of different kinds of music !!

Just a very sad love song.

I like this — her voice reminds me of singer from The Cardigans

First time, that I hear German stuff on RP, I still don't know this song, but I think its bad. I like many German Groups, also "CAN". And also "Sylvan","RPWL", "BAP", "Guru Guru", "Out of Focus", "Anyone's Daughter","Grobschnitt" and many  more.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Okay, I have not come in to correct spelling, so I get to the point: I'm totally with you!

I mean, this is maybe not as horrible as Nena; but folks, if you actually want to listen to some decent German music, why not Can? This was one of the few bands ever from the country that also raised men like Stockhausen or good old Ludwig Van which did not embarrass me. And please, don't call it Krautrock, which would classify them together with all that horrible stuff, not to mention the fact that their vocalists were successively an american and a japanese.

Sure enough, they won't meet anyones's taste. But they are History, and I think they deserve some airplay once in a while. And I can't see any reason why not on RP.