First off, I just want to say that I put this here because learning to speak German is my goal. If a mod thinks this would be better in ...RnR then I don't mind it being moved.

I am taking German in college, and I was wondering if there are any good German bands that might help me learn, even if it's just to get me used to the sound of the language/whatever. I don't think singing along to english songs is very helpful while studying. I like bands like sublime, pepper, and SOJA. Reggae/alternative.

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=OCXgO2UTrLs

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=iOj_Y5_jH1o

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw4OMxYTJpA

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=8vsklvPJBa8

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=U_j6q6GB0ZI

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=fsbaauauB4s

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Btc7NQiSvX4

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=4X6Dxbvuik8

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=lU8NQtWKhhI

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Q_RxP0JDU

these bands are quite easy to understand and know how to play with words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeIGeU-Pd6E

this one is from my hometown ..

No way. Music is a great way to learn language. So long as this doesn't turn into a discussion of lacrimosa vs rammstein it fits.

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Thanks, I just started listening to the first one and I like it. Now it's time to do German homework. Danke schön, tschüss!

Sorry to get off topic, but this made me laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD_IAXlddns

your link is not available in germany knight, so it´s very likely some nazi stuff you´ve posted.

just for my troll statistics knight, how old are you and what was your parents highest income?

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I used to be a really big rammstein fan. They have very simple lyrics that are well enunciated. Unfortunately, rammstein carries a bad stigma nowadays - not as many fans today as their used to be.

BSK posted a link to Die Ärzte - another one of my favorite bands. They are also a great band for someone learning german. Though they typically sing faster, they enunciate well so it's easy to understand.

Wir Sind Helden is also one of my favorites. She uses an interesting vocabulary - lots of words that you probably wouldn't learn in a class. It's also a bit harder to understand what she's singing because she emphasizes her syllables according to the beat of the music - not how the word should be pronounced... if that makes sense. However, I absolutely love the music and lyrics (once I understood them).

Seeed is good but I don't like much of their later stuff. They need to stick to upbeat reggae - less hip-hop.

Sportfreunde Stiller was a band I heard an awful lot of while in germany. They've got a good sound and did an awesome cover of Friday I'm in Love (The Cure).

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A 1: http://www.totse.com/community/member.php?u=177060

A 2: ~ 240.000,- Thats in Euro's.

Oh and let me just say your government is sad, not allowing freedom of information is a form of censorship. But then again, they had good teachers of that.