Talk:Comedian Harmonists

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If I'm not mistaken, the song "Hallo, was machst Du heut', Daisy?" is the German language version of "You - You're Driving Me Crazy" (you can listen to a 1930 English language version at http://www.pcdon.com/page90.html . Currently this title seems to have been translated back into English as "Hello, What Are You Doing Today, Daisy?". As I said, if I'm not mistaken. Is that intended? Should we leave it like that? <KF> 08:51, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

"Hallo, was machst Du heut', Daisy?" is listed as such on multiple Comedian Harmonist CDs currently available (e.g., [1] and [2]). I'm guessing it's intended based on that. Simoes 15:34, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand any part of your answer. I know the German language song and its title very well, and have never doubted that it is correct. But what does "It's intended based on that" mean?

To give another example, the TV series The Avengers was called Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone in the version dubbed in German. Would it make any sense to translate that back into With Umbrella, Charm, and Bowler Hat? <KF> 19:41, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)

" Erich Collin, who joined the group in 1929 as a replacement for the original second tenor Walter Nüssbaum, besides acting as the secretary of the group (he spoke seven languages) had a musicianship which allowed him to secure the most awkward and crucial harmonic moments with complete accuracy, whilst the silver-voiced Ari Leschnikoff quickly became a household name for his ability to sing a top part out of the reach of most comparable tenors: he was said to be able to sing a top F on the treble stave without using any falsetto." It is a quiet long sentence, isn't it? Can somebody change it? 84.56.212.64 00:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] after the war

it would be interesting to know if the members reconciled after the war, or if that was even necessary - were the non-jewish members pro-hitler at all? Even if not, were there bad feelings because of the split, and the replacements, etc?

To me, the story of how they individually handled the aftermath, their feelings about each other, what they did until their deaths, etc. would be more interesting than the story of them together as a group.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jafafa Hots (talk • contribs)

[edit] History section removed

An anon tagged the article with {{unreferenced}}, and so I fixed the problem by removing the history section, which was probably the main attractor of the tag. It's unfortunate that there is no widespread biographical material on the group. Simões (^talk/_contribs) 00:33, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why cleanup

• no wikilinks
• style issues Manderiko 03:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC)