Edelweiss was an Austrian Electronica/Dance band. The act consisted of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Walter Werzowa and Matthias Schweger.

 

The group had two hit singles:

 

Bring me Edelweiss in 1988/1989 (Vocals by Maria Mathis);

Starship Edelweiss in 1992 from the album "Wonderful World of Edelweiss".

The band used a lot humour and sexually suggestive lyrics in its music. The humour was targeted at Austrian ski resorts and yodeling, and in the second song at the TV-series Star Trek. The music video of Starship Edelweiss was based on the Star Trek Theme song, and part of the melody of Bring me Edelweiss was taken from ABBA's SOS. Also, two melody lines are borrowed from Indeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life."

 

A good part of Edelweiss' music consists of electronica, while their style has been branded as pop[1] and Eurotrash[2]. They reached a Europe-wide #1 position with their hit Bring me Edelweiss, by supposedly following the instructions given in The Manual, which was their main influence in getting their two hits. Bring Me Edelweiss sold five million copies worldwide. Bill Drummond, the author of "The Manual", mentioned that in the epilogue of the German release of "The Manual", which was originally published in 1989 (in English).

 

The famous Intel "D♭ D♭ G♭ D♭ A♭" jingle that accompanies the advertising for their products was wrtten by Walter Werzowa from Edelweiss.

 

 

 

mentioned today in the independent in the new gwen stefani review - the single is this bad.

 

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this album is 1992 btw (thats retro for, fcuks sake) :lol:

:lol: I remember Bring Me Edelwiess. It was one of those novelty hits, though it was quite bearable to listen to. I'm sure it had some yodelling it to if I remember right. Apparently one of the guys from this group went onto write Tv advertising jingles, it was on TOTP2 !

:lol: I remember Bring Me Edelwiess. It was one of those novelty hits, though it was quite bearable to listen to. I'm sure it had some yodelling it to if I remember right. Apparently one of the guys from this group went onto write Tv advertising jingles, it was on TOTP2 !

 

you should be able to listen to it again (i've re-edited it). well if you can handle it!!! it's a bit bizarre

you should be able to listen to it again (i've re-edited it). well if you can handle it!!! it's a bit bizarre

 

no, I think I'll give it a miss thanks :lol:

no, I think I'll give it a miss thanks :lol:

 

and how about scooter then (that other great band influenced by the klf according to some random oricle of pop)*

 

 

*note fyi: the move your ass ep was october 95

and how about scooter then (that other great band influenced by the klf according to some random oricle of pop)*

 

 

ahh.... hence the line 'respect to the man in the ice cream van' then...lol...