Talk:Schlager
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"During the Second World War, the Nazi Germany Government tightly controlled the creation of music but even due to this, the genre managed to do very well."
I changed this to:
"During the Second World War, the Nazi Germany Government tightly controlled the creation of music but despite this, the genre managed to do very well."
Is this the correct sense the author meant? "even due to" isn't correct English, and it makes the sentence ambiguous - did the Nazi's approve or disapprove of this style? My change implies disapproval, but since the original sentence may have meant to say the opposite, this could be wrong. Graham 23:29, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Sample english songs?
Can we list one or two well known sample English or US singers or songs that are close to the style? - SimonLyall 03:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wording
- light, pleasant, throwaway pop tunes
Is "throwaway" encyclopedic or NPOV? --198.59.190.201 17:28, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sweden
Schlager as a music genre in Sweden is just a myth, that originated in the 1970's. "Schlager" is German for hit, and the word was used so earlier in the Swedish language. Sometimes it also was used for all kind popular music, and somtimes for older popular music, music which isn't like hard rock and heavy metal. When ABBA became popular, people begun to call their Melodifestivalen songs as "schlager". Later, artists as Elisabeth Andreassen, Shirley Clamp, Kikki Danielsson, Lotta Engberg, Carola Häggkvist and Lena Philipsson are characterized as "schlager" if the song was in Melodifestivalen, especially if the song had a "catchy" refrain. But they are just pop songs. Their other songs are seldom characterized as "schlager", even if they have that sound. If a song is performed in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest, many people call it schlager. Sometimes, it's also the dansband music that is characterized as "schlager" in Sweden. Johan1982 23:54, 23 February 2007 (CET)
- I agree, I've never heard songs like Fångad av en stormvind and Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley described as "Schlager". The Swedish section should be cut.Bdell555 07:26, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Schlager vs Category:Schlager Musicians
Hello, maintainers of this article. Could anyone more familiar with this topic look into something for me?
At the AfD discussion for List of Schlager musicians, the consensus was found to delete the list and replace it with a category, which makes great sense. An editor rightly pointed out that Category:Schlager already exists. Is there a reason why this category shouldn't be Category:Schlager musicians, following the already established pattern (for comparison, see Category:Blues musicians. Perhaps in German, the word "musician" is already implied in the world schlager. Any input would be appreciated. A Traintalk 19:41, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hungary
Well, I'm a bit into pop music from other countries (I'm German myself), and I have to say that Hungarian "pop" music resembles schlager a LOT. There's one evident example I have, Baby Gabi. This is music you would expect on relaxed weekend TV shows interrupted by cooking actions, etc. Maybe someone is Hungarian here? This music is very close to German (modern) schlager and if you gave that German lyrics, you could let them get sung by Mary Roos or Gaby Baginsky, for example. -andy 84.149.115.196 (talk) 00:47, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
