Marlène is THE song that made these joyful 17 Hippies (pronounced “siebzehn hippies”) known in France in 2002, released on the Sirba album. The band mixes the energy of rock, French chanson, German cabaret, gypsy and American music, and sometimes a little calypso and Middle Eastern sounds.
Five to 23 members in the lineup
With a variable geometry, the lineup currently has ten musicians on stage, ranging from five to 23 members. “Very vaguely formulated, the group’s name means: people who do something together with complete freedom of mind and will, and in unlimited numbers!” announces the group. They declare never being “deeply rooted” in 1995: it’s just that, in the era of Berlin freedom following the fall of the Wall, musicians gathered every Monday that year to play together.
In 2013, they released “Les 17 Hippies chantent en français”, a compilation of their French repertoire with the participation of Hurlements d’Léo and Ogres de Barback.
“La culture allemande en chansons”
“La culture allemande en chansons” is the Sunday series of the German-French bilingual magazine Rheinblick to discover a vast musical panorama of all times: German songs interpreted by French people, bilingual songs, the essential German hits of a subjective musical education, and rowdy melodies in Alsatian.
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