I'm feeling a bit down at the moment and while going through my vast library of songs on my hard drive, I was trying to find some tunes to cheer me up and put a smile on my face. After a bit of searching, I found and remembered this one...
... So... My next favourite track is a rarity from the Austrian dance group Edelweiss which never actually made it into the UK charts. It was released in 1992 but I didn't get to hear it until early 1995 during a Star Trek documentary on MTV to coincide with the then imminent release of the movie Star Trek Generations.
The song in question is... "Raumschiff Edelweiss", or in English, Starship Edelweiss.
Edeweiss were a popular eurodance/pop group in Europe during the late 80's and early 90s. I don't suppose many readers of my blog will know who they were and you might be surprised to hear that their hit song Bring Me Edelweiss actually reached number 5 in the UK charts back in May, 1989, beating the likes of The Bangles (Eterna Flame), Queen (I Want It All) and many others. Now, I'm no expert on the group, and as far as I can tell they only ever released one album - but what an album!
Raumschiff Edelweiss is a Star Trek-inspired spoof song (which in my opinion is miles better than The Firm's Star Trekkin') and features the original Star Trek theme, mixed with plenty of yodeling (which Edelweiss are well known for), a dance track, and a music video with some whacky visuals that could only have been made with the use of certain recreational drugs and high levels of alcohol consumption.
Have a listen, and give it a chance.... It's not all that bad!
AND if you liked that... The song had a follow up - called Planet Edelweiss (featured below) which I swear sounds like something that could have been 'tracked' on a Commodore Amiga! That’s a good thing by the way.
Yes they're cheesy, but I'm proud to admit I actually have this album in my music collection, and it always makes me smile. It's also the only place you will ever get to see a Klingon rapping and singing reggae!
