If there's one thing that I love in a song it's a story.
...Introducing "Guter Freund" by Ganz Schön Feist! A lovely ditty about a guy who is hopelessly in love with his best friend and will do anything for her.
This is a great song to get you started in German for several reasons:
- The language is relatively simple
- Because it tells a story, it is very clearly and grammatically laid out, so you won't pick up many bad habits with this one, and you won't become the German-speaking equivalent of Vanilla Ice.
- Because this is an A-capella style song the pronunciation is very clear, making the words easier to pick out
All that aside, this really is a catchy little ditty that should prove charming even to those who consider the A-capella style a little passé.
I won't ruin the punchline as there is so much more pleasure to be had in unlocking the meaning to a song, bit by bit, by yourself. There is a tongue-in-cheek sense of humour to be found in "Guter Freund" though, and the ending is refreshingly cynical.
Some useful vocabulary:
Ich bin immer für dich da = I am always there for you
brauchen = to need
ausgehen = to go out
ins Kino gehen = to go to the cinema
Ich fahre dich nach Hause = I'll drive you home
Ich liebe dich = I love you
Liebeskoma = heartache
guter Freund = good friend
nur = only
Milchkaffee = coffee with milk
in Gedanken = in my mind
ich wär = I wish that I were (literally "I would be")
gerne = gladly
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