# Has anyone heard/listened to Falco? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141 "2001-11-19T03:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shmigheghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@shmigheghi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shmigheghi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/1 "2001-11-19T03:00:24Z")
My favorite singer of all time. You haven’t? You sure? Austrian rock/pop/rap/a crapload of other genres singer. The guy who did Rock Me Amadeus. Still haven’t heard of him? Get Der Kommissar on Morpheus or some such service if you want to know who I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/2 "2001-11-19T03:06:46Z")
Everything I know about Falco in three easy steps: 1. Sang “Rock Me Amadeus”. (Great song. I shoulda mentioned that one in the “Essential 80s” thread.) 2. Wrote and/or sang “Der Kommissar” however, the version by After the Fire is the one most often heard in America. 3. Died recently in some accident involving an SUV. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/3 "2001-11-19T03:10:03Z")
Sure I’ve listened to Falco. I’m not sure what you’re drivin’ at. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/4 "2001-11-19T03:10:47Z")
He died several years ago, actually, in 1993-- car crash in Dominican Republic. Jeez, of COURSE everyone knows of Falco. I spent half a year in Vienna in 1991 and my host brother would play nothing but him and the Bingo Boys (I think they were called. . . a version of Abba’s SOS about Edelweiss?). ---
**Author:** ![shmigheghi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@shmigheghi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shmigheghi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/5 "2001-11-19T03:15:45Z")
No…he died in 98. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/6 "2001-11-19T03:16:41Z")
If you have the VH1 Classic Rock channel, you can catch the videos for the above mentioned songs. I also like “Vienna Calling”. He was apparently working on a comeback album right before his death. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/7 "2001-11-19T14:30:57Z")
And for a touching tribute to the great artistry of Falco, check out [this link](http://www.teenhere.com/bloodhound-gang/frames.html) (Warning: Explicit audio automatically played upon loading): > [@](#): > > We gonna drop this next bomb for a money makin’ playa > that ain’t with us no mo. > Yeah, Notorious B.I.G. > Hell no, we gonna do this for a gangbanging thug > that never seen it comin’. > Yeah, Tupac Shakur. > Nah bitch, I’m talkin’ ‘bout motherfuckin’ Falco and shit. > What? Falco? > > Rock me Amadeus > Rock me Amadeus > Rock me Amadeus > Rock me Amadeus And if you hurry, the video is co-incidentally playing on the “Interactive TV” feature! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/8 "2001-11-19T14:58:56Z")
[Simpsons] “Thank you, Taco, for that moving tribute to Falco.” [/Simpsons] ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/9 "2001-11-20T04:46:51Z")
Just for the record, you can buy a DVD containing all of Falco’s music videos at [amazon.de.](http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004S5QR/) Note: This DVD is Region 2 and in the PAL format, so you will probably need a hacked DVD-ROM to play it. ---
**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/10 "2001-11-20T04:50:28Z")
And, also for the record, let us never forget Falco’s immortal words: Sie kommen. Sie kommen, dich zu holen. Aber sie werden dich nicht finden! **NIEMAND** wird dich finden! **DU BIST BEI MIR!!** Translation: They’re coming. They’re coming to get you. But they won’t find you! **NO ONE** will find you! **YOU ARE WITH ME!** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/11 "2001-11-20T13:20:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Died recently in some accident involving an SUV. > [@](#): > > He died several years ago, actually, in 1993 > [@](#): > > No…he died in 98. I heard he was a sniper in Desert Storm, and that he was killed while fighting in Yugoslavia. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-listened-to-falco/94141/12 "2001-11-20T22:54:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ricksummon \* > \*\*And, also for the record, let us never forget Falco’s immortal words: > > Sie kommen. Sie kommen, dich zu holen. Aber sie werden dich nicht finden! **NIEMAND** wird dich finden! **DU BIST BEI MIR!!** > > Translation: They’re coming. They’re coming to get you. But they won’t find you! **NO ONE** will find you! **YOU ARE WITH ME!** \*\* Dude. I always wondered what that line from Jeanny meant.