As a "mass appeal" you can not really call him anyway; Either you like his quirky humor or you do not like him. Therefore probably came the eponymous ballad from his pen, which could be called one of my personal favorites denote here - along with the now absolute classics Grebe avancierten song "Thirty Years Couple". A wonderful ballad about couples in Berlin-Mitte, who somehow alienated. The fine line between tragedy and comedy is particularly well done; but in general the song works better when it is recited only on the piano.
His sharp tongue occurs also in the song clearly shows in which he describes everyday issues that everyone has ever experienced or discussed: the "traffic" to pin to have the Single tired ("Single in Berlin"), the almost desperate search of artists looking for exposure ("Casting Allee") or what actually every busy: the love of money ("coins and notes"). Especially critical and sassy is beyond "academics" because Grebe refers directly to a statement of the former Minister for Family Affairs Ursula von der Leyen. All of which are very large songs of cabaret, which are also very catchy melodic and inviting for repeated listening and laughing.
As far as all this sounds far to 5 stars, and I'd love it too, as with almost all other works Grebes distribute. In this CD, however, you must note that although with 18 tracks a large number of songs available, but too many of them a playing time of just a few seconds have, the content of which in some cases do not really want to open up. Specifically, I am referring to "Hymn to Brecht in 2006", "fashion philosopher", "onion Cutting Nazis", "Annaberg-Buchholz", "40-year-old women" and "Tak and Kak", ie 6 consecutive songs that me rather than "stopgap "appear.
With "Doreen from Mecklenburg" I also have a feeling as though Grebe not so decide quite what he wanted: Another country anthem, which relates to "Brandenburg" and "Thüringen", or easily mistaken love track. And although "planet" and "effervescent mobile" in principle are very beautiful, contemplative songs, they do not reach quite the substantive level that one is accustomed by this artist.
Do not get me wrong: I think that this is a very good CD by a great artist, especially with live recorded songs "Butzi Butzi" and "folk songs sing" at the end again right arises mood - a Dadaist tidbits , But compared with the other plants Grebes usually receive 5 stars, this disk can not keep completely flat. We still end up with 4 stars - and if such an evaluation is almost negative, which speaks even more for the artist.
