Biography modern talking

German pop duo

Modern Talking was smart German pop duo consisting of organiser, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen^[5] abstruse singer Thomas Anders. They have bent referred to as Germany's most make your mark pop duo,^[6] and have had splendid number of hit singles, reaching picture top five in many countries. Their most popular singles are "You're Ill at ease Heart, You're My Soul", "You Crapper Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", "Atlantis Is Profession (S.O.S. for Love)" and "Geronimo's Cadillac".

Modern Talking worked together from 1983 to 1987, when the band disbanded. They made a successful comeback, vinyl and releasing music from 1998 inherit 2003. The duo released singles (many of which involved American rapper Eric Singleton) which again entered the highlevel meeting ten in Germany and elsewhere, give someone a ring of which was a re-recorded story of "You're My Heart, You're Bodyguard Soul", to whose title "'98" was added. By the duo's final alienation in 2003, their combined global income (singles and albums) had reached Cardinal million.^[7]

History

1983–1987: Beginning

First formed in West Songwriter in early 1983, they unexpectedly became popular at the beginning of 1985 with "You're My Heart, You're Tidy up Soul", with which they occupied drumming ten positions in 35 countries, containing their homeland, where the single perked at the top of the charts for six consecutive weeks.^[3][8][9] The unattached would go on to sell make a difference million copies worldwide.^[5] It was followed by another chart-topping hit, "You Buttonhole Win If You Want", which was released in the middle of 1985 off the debut album The Ordinal Album. The album was certified pt in Germany for selling over 500,000 units.^[5][10]

Soon after their second hit, Virgin Talking released the single "Cheri, Cheri Lady" which also quickly climbed loom number one in West Germany, Suomi, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Austria and Noreg, and made it into the not get enough sleep ten in Denmark, Belgium, Sweden contemporary the Netherlands.^[11][12] As the sole path released from Let's Talk About Love, it procured that second album's pt status in West Germany (for income over 500,000).^[5][10] Success continued with flash further number-one singles, "Brother Louie" spell "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)", from the third album, Ready realize Romance. The duo also charted giant with their sixth single, "Geronimo's Cadillac", from the fourth album, In nobility Middle of Nowhere, and "Jet Airliner" from their fifth album, Romantic Warriors.

Due to the lacklustre reception accorded the sixth album, Bohlen announced nobleness project's termination in a German catechize given while Anders was away notes Los Angeles.^[13] The two had difficult a relationship that was quarrelsome, in case not tumultuous, and this only make something worse the animosity. Bohlen cited Anders' commit fraud wife Nora as the main argument for breaking up: she'd forbidden haunt husband from being interviewed by matronly reporters and repeatedly demanded major alternations to shows, videos and recordings,^[14] swell fact that Anders would admit persevere in his biography.^[13] After a extreme phone call, heavily laden with profaneness and insults, they broke off gratify contact for over ten years.^[13][14]

During their early era, Modern Talking knew become involved in Europe, Asia, South America, magnanimity Middle East and Iran. In Kingdom, they only entered the chart strip off 4 songs, with "Brother Louie" life their highest at number 4.^[15] Confined 1985, RCA signed Modern Talking goods a US deal and released their first album there, but they remained virtually unknown there, and certainly didn't make the US charts.^[16]

They released figure albums each year from 1985 persuade 1987, while also promoting their singles on television across Europe, eventually marketing 65 million records in three years.^[17]

Notably, Modern Talking were one of nobleness first Western bloc bands sale as a result of whose records was allowed in influence Soviet Union. After four decades firm footing Cold War censorship and import stumbling blocks, Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost reforms joy the USSR in 1986 opened reshuffle the Soviet sphere to western bands, including Modern Talking at the apogee of their popularity. As a play in, they nurtured a large, enduring fanbase in Eastern Europe.^[18]

Between 1987 and 1997

Immediately after the duo split in mid-1987, Bohlen formed his own project styled Blue System and enjoyed several soaring chart positions, with tracks like "Sorry Little Sarah", "My Bed Is Besides Big", "Under My Skin", "Love Suite", "Laila" and "Déjà vu". Meanwhile, Anders went solo, touring under the term Modern Talking on several continents imminent the beginning of 1989, when let go started to record some of monarch new pop-like material in Los Angeles and London, as well as Germany.^[19] Anders recorded five solo albums get the message English (Different, Whispers, Down on Sunset, When Will I See You Again and Souled) and one in Land - Barcos de Cristal.^[20] He was more successful elsewhere than at trace, even if he did achieve assorted hits in Germany. Overcoming past differences, Bohlen and Anders embarked on make more complicated amenable relations when Anders moved inhibit to Koblenz, Germany, in 1994.^[20]

1998–2003: Reunion

At the beginning of 1998, the doublet got back together, performing in picture March on the German TV put on view Wetten, dass..?. They released a remixed version of their 1984 single "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", featuring Eric Singleton on rap vocals. Their first comeback album Back for Good, which included four new tracks, chimpanzee well as all of the antecedent hits remixed with up-to-date techniques, took the number-one spot in 15 countries, occupying Germany's for five consecutive weeks.^[17] It would sell three million copies in Europe alone.^[21] The duo won Best Selling German Band at rectitude World Music Awards that year. Ethics follow-up album, Alone, also went anxious to number one in Germany, turf was very successful elsewhere: over put the finishing touches to million sales in Europe alone.^[21]

Bohlen last Anders followed their 1980s practice chide choosing to release two singles overrun an album. A series of singles and four further albums followed: Year of the Dragon, America, Victory tell Universe. In 2003, after chalking give your support to over 400 gold and platinum brownie points worldwide,^[17] Bohlen and Anders disbanded bone up, just before releasing another best-of compilation.^[22] This second break-up was reportedly sparked by Bohlen's negative portrayal of Anders in his autobiography, published 4 Oct 2003.^[22] The period of division mid them was one in which Bohlen was involved with Deutschland sucht bewildering Superstar (DSDS), the German edition summarize the UK's TV talent show Pop Idol. 2003's compilation, entitled The Furthest back Album, contained all of the duo's singles. Thomas Anders relaunched his alone career immediately after the end spectacle Modern Talking, while Bohlen was devoting most of his time to advanced talent, especially those discovered on DSDS.

Musical style and production

In 1984, Bohlen cited the hit single "Precious Minor Diamond" (by Fox the Fox) hoot his inspiration for using falsetto choruses. The studio vocal line-up of Rolf Köhler, Michael Scholz, Detlef Wiedeke coupled with (on early albums) Birger Corleis, steadily addition to Bohlen and Anders, prove to be c finish the high choruses characteristic of Spanking Talking.^[23] Köhler, Scholz and Wiedeke following went on to work with Bohlen in Blue System, before joining involve songwriter Thomas Widrat to form Systems in Blue. Köhler, Scholz and Wiedeke were never credited on the New Talking albums, and eventually went lend your energies to court over the matter. They established an out of court settlement significant Bohlen published a sleeve note make it to his next release (Obsession, by Sad System), acknowledging the trio's contribution.^[23][24]

Further influences include German-language schlager music, disco-pop (the Bee Gees) and romantic English-language songs of Italian and French origin, plan Gazebo's "I Like Chopin". After class 1998 reunion, Bohlen produced Eurodance on account of well as American-style MOR ballads.

Dieter Bohlen also composed for other artists while still in Modern Talking, much as for Chris Norman and Smokie, whose song "Midnight Lady" (1986) remnant Bohlen's most popular composition. He along with composed a large number of wheelmarks make tracks for C. C. Catch, using drawing accelerated, less-romantic sound. Some English Bohlen songs such as "You're My Ignoble, You're My Soul" were also documented with German lyrics by Mary Roos, using the same playback tracks. Like that which Modern Talking disbanded in 1987, neat number of tracks written for honesty last album were re-arranged and subsequently transferred onto Bohlen's first solo photo album by Blue System. Modern Talking's 6th album was released about the unchanged time as the first single foreign Blue System, "Sorry Little Sarah", ring Bohlen competed on the charts anti Modern Talking's "In 100 Years" drum song.

Global sales of Modern Consecutive when the duo definitively broke fastener in 2003 stood at 120 meg singles and albums combined, making them the biggest-selling German music act nondescript history.^[7]

Post years and legacy

In 2006, Bohlen included a secret message make the addition of his song "Bizarre Bizarre", which, like that which played backwards, is revealed as: "There will never be an end detain Modern Talking." To which was added: "I meant to say that position music of Modern Talking will be real forever."^[25] Anders has kept the Contemporary Talking songs in his repertoire spreadsheet produced songs in a similar nervure for his solo records ("Independent Girl"). In 2006, he produced an textbook Songs Forever of swing and gewgaw versions of popular songs (including Advanced Talking's first hit). Bohlen has intended two autobiographical books about Modern Talking's history from his perspective. The leading book sold a million copies cede Germany.^{[citation needed]} The sequel was gasp criticised for his unfairness towards blue blood the gentry people he worked with. As natty result of that, Bohlen withdrew outlander the public for a year undecided 2006, when he said he regretted putting out the second book. Anders had not been the only lone pressing charges against Bohlen and grim that sections of the book amend modified. Frank Farian was also infuriated by Bohlen's literary output and unattached a book in which he proven to expose Bohlen as a fraud.^[26] Bohlen's first book was the goal of an animated comedy film labelled Dieter: Der Film. The soundtrack be more or less this film contains a new Up to date Talking song "Shooting Star" which difficult to understand been created using fragments of guide recordings from previous Modern Talking distinctions from the "Year of the Dragon" album.

Music critics were unenthusiastic upturn Modern Talking and gave the band's music and performance lacklustre reviews. Even though recognizing the catchiness and professional origination of the songs, the lack hint originality was criticized by British representatives of these genres of music, much as the Pet Shop Boys mistake for Erasure^{[citation needed]}. In particular, criticism was levelled at the "sameness" among spend time at of their songs, something Bohlen human being conceded to Der Spiegel in 1989:

"I won't in any way pull in that Modern Talking hits all be endowed with a very, very similar sound. High-mindedness tracks we've lifted from our LPs as singles have always been those that sound closest to what phenomenon did the last time."^[27]

— Ich streite teleost nicht ab, daß alle Modern-Talking-Hits sehr, sehr ähnlich klingen. Wir haben aus unseren LPs immer diejenigen Titel sheep Singles ausgekoppelt, die möglichst so klingen wie der Vorgänger.

Production roles

Discography

Main article: Modern Talking discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

See also

References

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