{"id":16140,"date":"2020-11-23T10:23:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T15:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=16140"},"modified":"2020-11-23T10:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T15:24:46","slug":"deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\/","title":{"rendered":"Deutschland hat mein Herz gestohlen | Molly’s Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I started taking German classes in eighth grade. At first, I just wanted to get the language requirement out of the way and I was vehemently against taking another two years of Spanish. I suffered through enough Spanish in elementary school to last me a lifetime, so German was the obvious choice for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

It still shocks me to this day how much I\u2019ve come to love everything about German. I feel more connected to my great grandparents now because they all came to America from German-speaking countries. My grandpa and I are always euchre partners now because we can table talk in German and nobody else can understand what we\u2019re saying. I love the countries that speak German, the cultures surrounding the language, and the food. Oh dear god, German food is the actual love of my life. Give me a Wei\u00dfwurst mit S\u00fc\u00dfem Senf und Brezel Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck mit ein Apfelschorle right now and I would be the happiest girl on the planet. Germany really did steal my heart in ways I never saw coming in eighth grade.<\/span><\/p>\n

The one thing I didn\u2019t expect to love was German music. All of the exchange students from a German-speaking country who I\u2019ve spoken to about German music all say it\u2019s absolute trash, so naturally I was never motivated to listen to it outside of the occasional Helene Fischer song Herr Smith played in class. There is some truth to the trash statement. Some German pop music is so unbelievably terrible. My main experience with German music until recently was learning the dance to \u201cDer Rote Pferd\u201d with my friends and trying to keep up with the many, many lyrics of \u201cSchnitzelbank\u201d at family parties. Side note, go do yourself a favor and google these songs. You absolutely will not be disappointed. I swear on all the Wei\u00dfwurst in the world, and I don\u2019t throw that phrase around lightly. <\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, Bruckner brought all those negative preconceived notions of German music crashing to the ground around me. Bruckner is a German band of two brothers from Regensburg, Germany who make incredibly mellow music which I have been vibing to really hard lately. They write music about their home and life experiences and each song speaks to my soul in ways I never expected. I listened to their song \u201cIch und deine Freunde\u201d for the first time as an exercise in German class, and I haven\u2019t been able to stop streaming all their music since then. <\/span><\/p>\n

I guess this story has two morals. One, buy yourself a plane ticket and fly to Munich. Buy yourself a Wei\u00dfwurst mit S\u00fc\u00dfem Senf und Brezel Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck mit ein Apfelschorle. It\u2019ll honestly change your life. You deserve it, queen. Second, German music isn\u2019t all that bad. Never let your preconceived notions cloud your potential experiences. You might just be missing out on something that will change your life for the better. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2721,2720,2379,667],"class_list":["post-16140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-bruckner","tag-feature-column","tag-german","tag-germany"],"yoast_head":"\nDeutschland hat mein Herz gestohlen | Molly's Madness - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deutschland hat mein Herz gestohlen | Molly's Madness - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHSUpdate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-23T15:23:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-23T15:24:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Molly Birch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Molly Birch\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Molly Birch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/64b1eb1f15bf2c263b54b110f10bf714\"},\"headline\":\"Deutschland hat mein Herz gestohlen | Molly’s Madness\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-23T15:23:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-23T15:24:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":514,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Bruckner\",\"feature column\",\"German\",\"Germany\"],\"articleSection\":[\"OPINION\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/\",\"name\":\"Deutschland hat mein Herz gestohlen | Molly's Madness - UPDATE ONLINE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-23T15:23:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-23T15:24:46+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/deutschland-hat-mein-herz-gestohlen\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPDATE ONLINE\",\"description\":\"H.H. 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