Artist.......: Udo Lindenberg
Album........: Konzert in K÷ln
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Pop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2012-07-17
Str.date.....: 2012-03-31
Quality......: 226kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.udo-lindenberg.de/
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1. Konzert in K÷ln 57:54
Runtime 57:54
Size 93.95
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Udo Lindenberg is one of the most influential German rock singers of the '70s.
Developing a unique straight-rock style mixed with occasional jazzy or symphonic
influences and witty lyrics, he was the first to show that rock music with
German lyrics was possible and could even be successful.
Starting off in the beginning of the '60s in several jazz bands, he came to
Hamburg in 1968, where he met Inga Rumpf, another influential German rock
singer, and finally founded his first band, called Free Orbit. After a short
jazz stint as a drummer in Klaus Doldinger's band, Passport, and an
English-language debut album, he started writing German lyrics and released his
German debut, Daumen Im Wind (1972). His next album, Alles Klar auf der Andrea
Doria (1973), provided his breakthrough in Germany and Lindenberg became the
most exciting discovery in German rock. Throughout the '70s, he released a
string of equally successful albums (most notably Votan Wahnwitz [1975],
Panische NΣchte [1977], and Dr÷hnland Sinfonie [1978]), which firmly established
him as one of the greatest German rock icons.
At the end of the '70s, he had arrived at a new stage in his career: He
discovered Ulla Meinecke, who was to become one of the most successful female
songwriters in Germany; published his first book, Hinter All den Postern; and
jammed with Eric Burdon, who appeared as a guest star in the tour for Dr÷hnland
Sinfonie. In 1980, he directed and starred in his first movie, Panische Zeiten,
a comedy about a rock singer who is kidnapped by a government agent. After
another book (Rock und Rebellion -- Ein Panisches Panorama, 1981), he tried hard
to finally get together a tour through East Germany, where Lindenberg enjoyed
cult status. Apart from one concert in 1983 in East Berlin, a tour scheduled for
1984 was eventually canceled by the East German cultural apparatchiks, who
probably feared his sardonic wit.
The mid-'80s saw him getting him more and more involved in political issues: He
interviewed German ex-chancellor Willy Brandt, took part in the Live Aid
concerts, toured the USSR, and started a correspondence with East German party
boss Erich Honecker. In 1987, Lindenberg sent him a rocker leather jacket as a
gift, a now-legendary symbolical gesture. After releasing his autobiography, El
Panico, in 1989, he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the highest award
given by the German government.
In the '90s, his musical creativity faded -- a process which had already become
obvious during the '80s, when he released albums that never reached the quality
he had achieved previously. He dived into mainstream pop music and his song
material became more and more debatable. Nevertheless, his status as Germany's
most important rocker was unbroken. Other German bands and singers honored him
at his 25th tour anniversary by performing their own versions of his songs. From
1996 on, Lindenberg started a second career as a painter, with extensive
exhibitions.