Oktoberfest: Top-10 non-American Songs

If one takes the time to think about it, one of the most fascinating aspects of Oktoberfest is the bands. Live music played before a malleable and excitable audience can be a show within a show. There is a band in each tent rocking the party tunes after dusk when the tone of the party… Read More Oktoberfest: Top-10 non-American Songs

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Oktoberfest: Top-10 American Songs

Since Richard Wagner’s death, the music story in Germany has been one of a long, slow, seemingly unending and inexorable decline, with The Scorpions, Kraftwerk, and Rammstein the few exceptions. Perhaps there is no brighter, glaringer example of this than at Oktoberfest. The songs heard at Oktoberfest with German lyrics are often also sung at… Read More Oktoberfest: Top-10 American Songs

October 1, 2018November 3, 2025 Laptops and Lederhosen1 Comment