We have been rather ambivalent about the East German-born songstress, Ella Endlich - for two reasons.
First, because she has been so unfocused in her musical offerings.
And second, because Ella, a 2nd tier schlager performer refused our requests for interviews on 3 occasions (despite the fact that far more significant performers, such as Helene Fischer, respected us and sent us press passes to her concerts.)
The 2nd tier Ella Endlich thought herself so important that she rudely refused to speak to our CSMR girls in Linz, Austria and Dresden, Germany - all the while, superstar Helene Fischer was happy to talk to us.
Maybe this former, communist-born East German, Ella Endlich, (real name, Jacqueline Zebisch)
just hates Americans.
The former 2 hit wonder teen star from communist East Germany's Potsdam, has flirted with Jazz, Chanson , and a variety of odd, but very interesting , Germanic show-tunes -- all the while, trying to make it on the schlager circuit.
She did some interesting stuff, but she seemed rather like a square peg, trying to fit into a round hole.
She wasn't doing traditional schlager, but rather - interesting stuff that was all over the board. She called it "Neo-Schlager" and no one knew what the hell she was talking about -- and no one was buying it.
Now, in her 30s, apparently trying to overcome an admittedly interesting excursion into odd German creativity, she's finally decided to become a schlager music performer.
And she's finally decided to bag the rather eccentric 1940s retro dresses that tended to camouflage her rather formidably enticing figure.
And lo and behold, Ella Endlich has actually begun to produce some really good stuff. And to look really good.
Her attempt, this year, to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest prompted her to do a purely schlager song - a cover of Austrian schlager singer, Alessa's, Adenalin.
With that rather boring tune, she came in 4th in the German pre-lims so didn't end up representing her country. But the accompanying video to that song, was probably the coolest she ever made.
However neurotic, she is unquestionably, a beautiful and wildly talented girl and she has probably never looked hotter than in that video.
Subsequent to that, she released another purely schlager single, Spuren auf dem Mond.
She really looks great and has finally seemed to have come into her natural schlager element.
Ella, dear - why did it take you so long?
Here is Ella Endlich in her new video release of her very schlager/dance, Spuren auf dem Mond (Footsteps on the Moon):
And here is a Ella Endlich's video performance of her ESC song entry, Adrenalin, in which she co-stars with her beloved '68 Volkswagen Bug :
For more information and videos on Ella Endlich you can go to several of our earlier Chicago Schlager Music Review articles on her:
http://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-beautiful-multitalented-ella-endlich.html
http://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-little-mid-winter-summer-breeze-from.html
http://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2014/06/ella-endlich-turns-30-still-crazy-after.html
Or to Ella Endlich's official website:
http://www.ellaendlich.de/
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| Ella Endlich |
First, because she has been so unfocused in her musical offerings.
And second, because Ella, a 2nd tier schlager performer refused our requests for interviews on 3 occasions (despite the fact that far more significant performers, such as Helene Fischer, respected us and sent us press passes to her concerts.)
The 2nd tier Ella Endlich thought herself so important that she rudely refused to speak to our CSMR girls in Linz, Austria and Dresden, Germany - all the while, superstar Helene Fischer was happy to talk to us.
Maybe this former, communist-born East German, Ella Endlich, (real name, Jacqueline Zebisch)
just hates Americans.
The former 2 hit wonder teen star from communist East Germany's Potsdam, has flirted with Jazz, Chanson , and a variety of odd, but very interesting , Germanic show-tunes -- all the while, trying to make it on the schlager circuit.
She did some interesting stuff, but she seemed rather like a square peg, trying to fit into a round hole.
She wasn't doing traditional schlager, but rather - interesting stuff that was all over the board. She called it "Neo-Schlager" and no one knew what the hell she was talking about -- and no one was buying it.
Now, in her 30s, apparently trying to overcome an admittedly interesting excursion into odd German creativity, she's finally decided to become a schlager music performer.
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| Ella Endlich during her eccentric 1940s retro mode |
And she's finally decided to bag the rather eccentric 1940s retro dresses that tended to camouflage her rather formidably enticing figure.
And lo and behold, Ella Endlich has actually begun to produce some really good stuff. And to look really good.
Her attempt, this year, to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest prompted her to do a purely schlager song - a cover of Austrian schlager singer, Alessa's, Adenalin.
With that rather boring tune, she came in 4th in the German pre-lims so didn't end up representing her country. But the accompanying video to that song, was probably the coolest she ever made.
However neurotic, she is unquestionably, a beautiful and wildly talented girl and she has probably never looked hotter than in that video.
Subsequent to that, she released another purely schlager single, Spuren auf dem Mond.
She really looks great and has finally seemed to have come into her natural schlager element.
Ella, dear - why did it take you so long?
Here is Ella Endlich in her new video release of her very schlager/dance, Spuren auf dem Mond (Footsteps on the Moon):
And here is a Ella Endlich's video performance of her ESC song entry, Adrenalin, in which she co-stars with her beloved '68 Volkswagen Bug :
For more information and videos on Ella Endlich you can go to several of our earlier Chicago Schlager Music Review articles on her:
http://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-beautiful-multitalented-ella-endlich.html
http://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-little-mid-winter-summer-breeze-from.html
http://chicagoschlager.blogspot.com/2014/06/ella-endlich-turns-30-still-crazy-after.html
Or to Ella Endlich's official website:
http://www.ellaendlich.de/