Talk:List of songs about Hamburg

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Football culture

I don't know, some songs may need to be indicated to be (heavily) associated with football fan culture? --AltSylt (talk) 18:57, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Leppin song

Feuer und Flamme, that's an unpopular song that received plenty of bad critics. Hamburger Morgenpost called it embarrassing, others were even more harsh [1] [2]

I have tried to collect titles by established musicians only, otherwise only if explicitly voted in favor by one of the large Hamburg radio stations. I don't want edit wars on this page, so I d rather have controversial songs just not being on here altogether. Please respect that. --AltSylt (talk) 21:50, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a talk comment about the song, and while it's true that the song is receiving bad critics - it also has its fans. The artist has appeared on national television and the negative publicity is bound to make her more famous. I wouldn't insist on adding the song but there are good arguments for it (have added them in a new talk entry). And seriously, an encyclopedia cannot ignore topics that are controversial. Indeterminacy (talk) 00:34, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note also that Saskia Leppin's facebook fan page has over 2500 likes while Spyzr only has 1444, a good indication that she is better established. If we can't agree on this I suggest handing it over to a third objective editor. Indeterminacy (talk) 01:51, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Add Saskia Leppin "Feuer und Flamme"

I propose adding this song by Saskia Leppin. It is a song about holding the Olympics in Hamburg and though the song itself is somewhat controversial and polarizing, it definitely fits the criteria for a song about Hamburg:

1) The singer has appeared on national television and is compared to national schlager star Helene Fischer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaPe3VuTgPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCBjRRLVipU

2) The song has received national press including Die Zeit, Die Welt, Tagesspiegel and Focus, also extensive local press in Hamburger Abendblatt and Hamburger Morgenpost http://www.tagesspiegel.de/weltspiegel/saskia-leppin-singt-fuer-hamburg-viel-haeme-fuer-song-zur-olympia-bewerbung/12548368.html http://www.welt.de/sport/article148518227/Dieser-Song-soll-Hamburgs-Olympia-Plaenen-helfen.html http://www.zeit.de/hamburg/stadtleben/2015-11/elbvertiefung-hamburg-11-05 http://www.focus.de/regional/hamburg/olympiabewerbung-hamburg-helene-fischer-oder-dorf-disko-olympiasong-erntet-spott_id_5066457.html

3) The video in Youtube has more than 100k hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdsE1KFQCsM (comparable to the song "Ready For It" with 125k). Is comparably relevant.

4) Not all the criticism of the song is negative. Some sources have called the song an "Ohrwurm" (Catchy tune). http://hamburgwoman.de/saskia-leppin-schreibt-ersten-eigenen-song-fuer-hamburg/

Indeterminacy (talk) 00:27, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]