Which beloved artist of your country should I mention with your compatriots to warm up the atmosphere? (jlai.lu)

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I've noticed that when meeting a foreign person, mentioning that you like a beloved artist from their country is one of the best way to create a good vibe.

Which revered artist/group (not necessarily musician) from your place should I learn about?

A few examples I'm thinking about (correct me if I'm wrong):

Country	Artist
Argentina	Carlos Gardel
Australia	Powderfinger
Austria	Mozart, Falco, Thomas Bernhard
Beligum	Jacques Brel, Stromae
Brazil	Raul Seixas, Zé Ramalho
Cabo Verde	Cesária Évora
Canada	Leonard Cohen, Céline Dion, Gordon Lightfoot
Egypt	Umm Kulthum
France	Daft Punk
Germany	Kraftwerk, Die Ärzte, Franz Kafka
Iceland	Björk
Italy	Elio e le Storie Tese
Malawai	Evison Matafale
Mali	Salif Keita
Scotland	The Proclaimers, Sean Connery
Sweden	Astrid Lindgren
USA	Dolly Parton

Edit: Spent my Saturday morning vibing, adding the "consensual" suggestions to the table.

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[-] Opafi@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

Santiano is not universally loved. They're too close to Schlager for that. And the issue with Rammstein isn't really alleged nazism (which only came up briefly when they used Leni Riefenstahl's footage) but rather their singer's alleged backstage raping.

So far, I haven't met people who hated Herbert Grönemeyer, Marius-Müller Westernhagen, Jan Delay, Nina Hagen, die Ärzte, die fantastischen Vier or Reinhard Mey. A little more recent music that I have rarely seen associated negatively would be by Kraftklub, Peter Fox or Deichkind. None of this is particularly progressive, but it's decent stuff that is so universally liked that e.g. weddings often rely on them to get people to dance.

[-] Opafi@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Just realised that this isn't just about music. Those were all musicians or bands, but Germany of course has people from all trades.

To universally loved artists I'd count

Janosch, a children's books author. Love his work. Never met anyone who didn't.
Franz Kafka. Like... Depressing stories? Dunno. It's just that, despite his work being quite dark, it's just pretty damn good.
Peter Lustig moderated a kids' TV show, Löwenzahn. He eventually stopped due to his age and his successor does a good job, but he was just... Chef's kiss, you know?
Michael Ende wrote what I guess would be some of the most famous German children's books for older kids. The Neverending Story, for example. All his books are considered modern classics.
There are a lot of famous actresses and actors, but when it comes to being loved for their work without any attached drama, I guess Bjarne Mädel takes the cake. Tatortreiniger is brilliant and I haven't heard anything negative tied to him.
Armin Maiwald und Christoph Biemann spearheaded the German kids show "Die Sendung mit der Maus" and are very much loved for their work.

[-] clobubba@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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[-] matengor@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My personal suggestion list would be:

Die Ärzte
Peter Fox
Nina Hagen

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