{"id":1908,"date":"2011-04-11T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2021-08-05T20:14:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:14:58","slug":"german-music-laith-al-deen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-music-laith-al-deen\/","title":{"rendered":"German Music: Laith Al-Deen"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time it is getting musikalisch<\/em> (musically). I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite German Musiker<\/em> (musicians): Laith Al-Deen who is one of the few K\u00fcnstler<\/em> (artists) who also sings in German. You should know that most German singers bevorzugen<\/em> (prefer) or, at least,\u00a0 dazu neigen<\/em> (tend) to sing in English rather than in German.<\/p>\n

Laith was born to an irakischen Vater<\/em> (Iraqi father) and a deutschen Mutter<\/em> (German mother) on February 20, 1972 in Karlsruhe. He grew up in the USA and in Mannheim, Germany.<\/p>\n

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Bilder von Dir<\/em><\/strong> (Pictures of you) was his first Single<\/em> (single) in 2000. I remember the time of the release year very well. I had just meinen F\u00fchrerschein gemacht<\/em> (taken my driving test) a few months zuvor<\/em> (before), and was cruising through the city when I heard the song on the radio for the very first time, and I immediately fell in love with it. Back then Laith Al-Deen was completely unknown to me. Unfortunately, the Radiomoderator<\/em> (radio host) did not erw\u00e4hnen<\/em> (mention) his name, which made me ziemlich \u00e4rgerlich und traurig<\/em> (quite of angry and sad). It took me a couple of months to find out who the singer of this song was. One of my Schulkameraden<\/em> (schoolfellows) could das Geheimnis l\u00fcften<\/em> (disclose this secret) by chance when I was talking with him about music. The very next day I went to a music store, bought the single, got home, and listened to the song in an infinity loop \ud83d\ude09 Here you can listen to the Lied<\/em> (song) and watch das offizielle Video<\/em> (the official video). I hope you like the song as much as I did and still do. The song was written by Schallbau<\/em>; a team of music producers from Offenbach.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x29qvd_laith-al-deen-bilder-von-dir_music<\/a><\/p>\n

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The English version of the song Bilder von Dir<\/em><\/strong> had already been released in 1996 by B-Zet, a Musikprojekt<\/em> (musical project) by Schallbau<\/em>, under the title “Everlasting pictures”.\u00a0I like this version very much, too. I am going to provide it, as well, for two reasons. First, you have the chance to pick your personal favorite version and second, to give you the chance to ascertain the Text<\/em> (lyrics). Of course, it is no literal translation. Nevertheless, the meaning of the contents is the same.<\/p>\n

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