Echo 2015: “Helene Fischer Festival” indiscreet – SPIEGEL ONLINE

There were the expected “Helene Fischer Festival” at the Echo 2015 they were called at the beginning of ARD transmission and even referred to in the third price from Helene Fischer as such. Four trophies got the pop singer, won so many in a year so far only the Toten Hosen 2013. With a total of twelve awards in her career is the 30-year-old just a behind the Kastel Spatzen back.

Among other fisherman “colors” awarded Album of the year – the same album, which got the same price ever a year ago, but now times and in 2014 was the best selling. It is the logic of the echo, German music awards, which likes to see itself in a row with the Grammys or the Brit Awards, but unlike the latter is not determined by a jury, but, by the sales of the past year Everything you need to already written in advance Andreas Borcholte.

That will remain the Echo 2015 but particularly unpleasant discharge in memory, it wears Helene Fischer actually not such a bad grievous fault – it was in the previous year pushy when it was not only honored, but the show also equal moderated itself.

Her successor Barbara Schöneberg has its strengths in self-deprecating joke, but the subtle nuances in tone are not. The show had started playing the violin at candlelight, in memory of the victims of the German Wings flight 9525, but after a minute’s silence sounded Schönberger’s voice right after: “.. No more sorrow Back to normality Go to Entertainment” – even if that is not secure their intention was.

With a tribute to the deceased in December Udo Jürgens the organizers of the music gala had apparently tried to cushion the hard section of mourning for the gala, but even that had of “The Games must go on”.

For consolidated Herbert Grönemeyer its position as a statesman of German Pop: “On a day like today, we would be more subdued,” he began his acceptance speech for the award for best male artist in the category “Rock / Pop national”. During his appearance with the song “Catch me” added the 58-year-old black mourning binding to the green jacket.

A difficult evening So, okay, but when the mood is complicated and the winners largely predictable, then but it would have to tear out the musical performances. Nope: Osnabrück DJ Robin Schulz , whose remixes 2014, the single charts almost completed alone, wiggled sunglasses and a cap on a kind of lifeguard tower to his beats.

Deicide , the winner of the Critics Prize, indeed showed tracksuits, on which stood “Refugees Welcome” politically significantly flag, but offered otherwise a rather little anarchy for their circumstances show. And gunslinger from Bremen her drowned anyway kitschy “I’ll leave for you the light on” in Streichersoße

A creepy custom that the Echo has Copied from the great model Grammy.: the largely meaningless pairing of musicians from different genres or generations, in the hope that it will somehow emerge by itself a special “moment”. So then fiddled “crossover” -Echo winner Lindsey Stirling Arctic Monkeys s Alternativlosigkeits-pop (“Perhaps it must be so”). And the honorary Jamaican Campino and Wolfgang Niedecken tried in the larger living room singing circle of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”.

In previous years there had usually given at least a star of international stature, a Robbie Williams or maybe Depeche Mode, which were then indeed demonstrated with too ostentatious pride, but still. This time singing Meghan Trainor their very pretty retro song “All About Bass did”, but it is not above suspicion to remain a one-hit wonder. Like the Dutch ESC surprise The Common Linnets . The first hit of the British person bearing the hat James Bay is even reasonably fresh.

Nile Rodgers but was a musician as a guest, which really pop history wrote, with chic, with Sister Sledge, as a producer of David Bowie and Madonna, rediscovered by Daft Punk. He could sing? Its chic comeback single, after 23 years? A medley of his greatest hits? No, Nile Rodgers handed Helene Fischer a price and then went off. Similarly, later just reunited a-ha . Pink Floyd -Schlagzeuger Nick Mason held after all, a very distinguished acceptance speech for the award for best international rock / pop band

Instead of international flair a Ranschmeiße prevailed to television. The host channel by ARD could place his station faces Pilawa and plum, and promote a coming “crime scene” with Til Schweiger and Helene Fischer. Also was particularly unpleasant Vox show “Sing My Song” with Xavier Naidoo and Andreas Galibier worshiped.

Behind the infected exception not the record company Universal Music, but otherwise triumphed in 17 of the 30 categories – including some German, some Elvish singing newcomer Oonagh and his mother of thanks gangsta rapper Kollegah with two trophies.

The head of Germany the market leader, Frank Briegmann, was alone in the first 20 minutes six times in the picture, always with a winning smile. Quite different music Multi functionary Dieter Gorny, who looked around grumpy. Just because his seatmate, CDU Hermann Gröhe Health Minister, has the wrong party book?

Perhaps the Association of Chief came fundamental doubts about which three and a half hours drifting demonstration of his industry. Although the lifework winner Nana Mouskouri said in her acceptance speech sympathetic meandering, you should not fear for the future of music.

To echo one should have to worry.