Wir lieben Falco!

Aw, I quite liked the chorus, too.

My favourite ones always seem to be the very self-referential ones where he tells us how terrible and corrupt and awful things are in Wien, while making it clear at the same time, that Wien is the most excellent, badass and elegant place in the world?

the Symphonic album (a reconstructed version of a concert he did with a full orchestra) is really great

I have the first album on vinyl, it's quite good though very Bowie-esque

The only song that sounds anything like Bowie is Helden von Heute, which is a very conscious, knowing joke.

maybe I ought to relisten to it then, I remember liking it a lot

okay I forgot how goofy most of this album is. wish I spoke better German cuz I feel like a lot of these lyrics might be pretty funny

like Falco's delivery on half these tracks is making me crack up without even knowing what he's saying

Yeah, the lyrics are often quite witty and urbane. That was definitely kind something that opened up Falco to me, was listening to it with a native German speaker - I have basic tourist German - but she explained a lot of the jokes and references (there’s a bit of Austrian and German politics in places).

Also, apparently Germans find Viennese accents adorable, which was not a thing I’d really considered before!

ok if "Einzelhaft" means solitary confinement why does the song sound like the Village People

listening to "Emotional" right now god the title track is so fucking funny