It is so common that it is becoming tedious - but we are constantly being asked "Is there American schlager?"
Well, you bet there is -- It is what we customarily call Country and Western music. And as Germanic schlager has moved more and more into the mainstream pop Germanic culture -- American C&W US music has likewise moved into the realm of "New Country" -- rather a fusion of traditional C&W and pop -- They're really beginning to look more and more the same - albeit in different languages.
If you doubt that, then, just look at these juxtaposed clips from outdoor open air concerts - both within a decade of each other in 2003 and 2013 respectively.
The 1st three singles are by the Canadian, international superstar, Shania Twain, as she performed before more than 100,000 Americans in Chicago's Grant Park in the summer of 2003.
The other is a full concert by German schlager superstar, Helene Fischer, when she performed at an open-air concert before 40,000 Germans, in Berlin, in 2013.
They are both very beautiful and talented women.
We'll have to let you decide who comes out on top.
Here's Shania Twain performing in Chicago's Grant Park in the summer of 2003. Wow! Isn't she one amazing Canadian girl?! Did you know that she is part Native American Indian? Did you know that she now lives in Switzerland?
Here is the German schlager superstar, Helene Fischer, performing a decade later in Berlin. She parlays a variety of - mostly American - (Bellamy Brothers, Arlo Guthrie, Gloria Gaynor) pop hits of the disco era, transformed into German:
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| Shania Twain in concert in Chicago |
Well, you bet there is -- It is what we customarily call Country and Western music. And as Germanic schlager has moved more and more into the mainstream pop Germanic culture -- American C&W US music has likewise moved into the realm of "New Country" -- rather a fusion of traditional C&W and pop -- They're really beginning to look more and more the same - albeit in different languages.
If you doubt that, then, just look at these juxtaposed clips from outdoor open air concerts - both within a decade of each other in 2003 and 2013 respectively.
The 1st three singles are by the Canadian, international superstar, Shania Twain, as she performed before more than 100,000 Americans in Chicago's Grant Park in the summer of 2003.
The other is a full concert by German schlager superstar, Helene Fischer, when she performed at an open-air concert before 40,000 Germans, in Berlin, in 2013.
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| Helene Fischer in 2013 Berlin Open Air Concert |
They are both very beautiful and talented women.
We'll have to let you decide who comes out on top.
Here's Shania Twain performing in Chicago's Grant Park in the summer of 2003. Wow! Isn't she one amazing Canadian girl?! Did you know that she is part Native American Indian? Did you know that she now lives in Switzerland?
Here is the German schlager superstar, Helene Fischer, performing a decade later in Berlin. She parlays a variety of - mostly American - (Bellamy Brothers, Arlo Guthrie, Gloria Gaynor) pop hits of the disco era, transformed into German: