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I'd like to point out that Falco was not a German musician. He was, however, if "German" refers to the German language, but this usage would be absolutely misleading. Can we do something about that categorization? <KF> 01:18, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] My Changes
I didn't want to expand this into a ten-page dissertation, but it needed a little more.
The third paragraph ("Other well-known international hits") was somewhat confusing. It seemed to make more sense to put "Vienna Calling" together with "Jeanny" rather than mention it in the middle of a long section on "Der Kommissar."
Also, if we need not only ATF's hit cover, but also Laura Branigan's forgotten cover, there should be some mention of Falco's own "Der Kommissar 2000" and the Jason Nevins and Club 69 remixes of the original (Falco's only successful releases in English-speaking countries in over a decade).
The line about "considering a comeback" is a bit strange, since he had already hired a new manager and image consultant, signed a label contract, and recorded more than an album's worth of material (most of which came out posthumously as Out of the Dark and Verdammt...). Also, the article made it seem as if he had disappeared in 1986, but the discography made it seem as if he had been making music continuously (and therefore had no need of a comeback). So, I added a paragraph that should put it in context. However, the wording of "comeback" (although it might annoy some fans) is no problem; he called 1990, 1992, and 1996 comebacks himself, and he was bitterly depressed about never recapturing his early success in America. For more detail, see the link I added, or the liner notes/booklets to the various posthumous albums.
The tributes section needed a mention of the Bolland Bros' tribute. And, since the "Thank you, Taco" line is included (wrong) on Taco's page, it should be here.
[edit] Bloodhound Gang's "less than 100% sincere" tribute
I think they were actually more sincere than most people thing.
After Falco died, some people tried to organize a festival to raise money for a star on the Walk of Fame, with shows in Hollywood and Vienna. Bloodhound Gang heard about this and contacted the organizers to volunteer for both shows.
[edit] Tributes
I removed some of the covers of "Rock Me Amadeus" from the Tributes section. They're not really tributes to Falco, at least no more so than any other cover songs, and they're already listed on the page for the song. Plus, there are literally dozens of covers and parodies of this song, and this page shouldn't become a list of them.
Instead, I just added "There have also been numerous covers and parodies of 'Rock Me Amadeus'" with a link to that page.
I'm still not sure everything in the Tributes section belongs here (does the Wedding Singer reference to the ATF cover really count?), but at least this trims it down a bit.
I also reorganized the tributes in chronological order (except that I'm not sure where to put Stahlhammer). They needed to be in some order....
If the Tributes section is going to be this long, it might be worth beefing up the other sections. I can do this if anyone's interested. The Disco Museum (linked) is a good starting place, if anyone else wants to take it up.
Also, the Discography section is a bit odd. Why include The Remix Hit Collection and not include all of the dozens of other best of, remix, and greatest hits collections (or at least the US ones).
- Sorry for not signing this section and the preceding "My Changes" section. No, I'm not just taking credit now because of the flattery by Snowbound below (especially since there appear to be dozens of people who've worked on it, not just me), but that is how I noticed that I hadn't signed. So thanks. (I tried to find all the anonymous edits I made in February, but I somehow missed this one: Falco wasn't on my watchlist, but Talk:Falco was for some reason. P.S., Opera for PocketPC is pretty spiffy, but it's still too hard to edit Wikipedia on a PDA.)
- Oh, and I lied; I did want to expand this into a ten-page dissertation, but I restrained myself (read: my Graffiti finger got tired). --Falcotron 06:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Excellent
A very informative, respectful and well written article. Thank you to the person who worked on it. Snowbound 20:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
== discovered this page had been extensively vandalized in a crude, juvenile way. Tried to repair as much as possible.
Thank you for repairing this item, the article is an excellend basis on which we can expand. Indeed the 50th birthday celebrations bring up a new compilation 'Hoch Wie Nie' in two formats as well as a new DVD. Wonder who will offer up the first reviews here?
