Vinylrausch #69 – Der deutsche Rausch

In the organizer's words:

Vinylrausch takes on November and counteracts the dull grey with an amazingly colorful frenzy.

Alongside Keine Macht für Niemand, hardly any other LP was as decisive for German-language rock music as Udo Lindenberg's Ball Pompös. The album was released 50 years ago and shaped the language of an entire generation with its unusual German lyrics. From Honky Tonky Show to Leider Nur Ein Vakuum and Riskante Spiele, there are only remarkably good songs on the album of the month, whose musical mix ranges from boogie woogie and hard rock to tango and Schlager.
We will struggle not to drift off into a loud karaoke evening with this album ...

Two years earlier, Udo Lindenberg was still the drummer and joined Atlantis. Without him, but with Jean-Jaques Kravetz, who appeared as a guest musician on Ball Pompös, and the sensational German rock singer Inga Rumpf, Atlantis recorded their decidedly international-sounding debut.

The New German Wave's delight in musical and linguistic simplicity did not have a long half-life. One of the few albums worth remembering is Von Bullerbü nach Babylon by the short-lived duo Foyer Des Artes. The anarchic linguistic humor is embedded in astonishingly complex compositions. A forgotten pearl.

At Vinylrausch, we listen to vinyl albums as works of art: from an excellent sound system, loud and concentrated in a dark movie theater room, with an introduction and song lyrics and band photos on the screen at the same time. A unique format in Germany.

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