Sarah Brightman - Symphony A Cover Of The Great German Song Simphonie By Silbermond
March 3, 2008 | 760 views | by Alex | Filed under: Music
Sarah Brightman released a great pop opera album a month ago. It has some really good songs and I noticed she covered a great song by the German Band Silbermond. Symphony, which also is the name of the album was a big hit 2004 in Germany by Silbermond. Symphonie (German title) was not the only hit of Silbermond. You can check out some other great songs of them here.
Sad, that this song wasn’t internationally popular because it was in German, and this girl has an awesome voice too, she doesn’t have to hide it in front of Sarah Brightman 
. But I’m pretty sure, Silbermond is a bit proud to have their song covered by Sarah Brightman. 
Original Song Symphonie by Silbermond (backstage, acoustic guitar)
Symphonie by Silbermond (on stage, e-guitar)
There are much more great songs by Silbermond, check them out on Youtube or listen to one of them here. My favorite song of this band is “unendlich” which you can listen here. All their songs have great lyrics, unfortunately most of you cannot understand them 
. But at least you can enjoy on this song the instrumental part at the end of the song. Plain beautiful!
If you like this kind of music, check out “Juli”, “Wir sind Helden”, “Echt”, “Sportfreunde Stiller” and much more on youtube.com, there is a whole armada of young German bands like these.
Let me know if you like other German bands, even if you cannot speak any German. Maybe I can recommend you some other German bands, who have the same style like the one you already know
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I got the Sarah Brightman version because I absoultely love the original and, even though I do speak German I have trouble understanding most of it.
I like this new version. The music is more intense but I think Stefanie Kloß actually has a more… powerful voice. Perhaps powerful isn’t the right word but I’m more partial to the German version.
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Hey Emmaaar,
thanks for your comment. I hope you show your Australian mates how good German music is
Both versions are good. I think in any language would this be a hit.
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I just came across the english version of this song while she was performing it on telly this morning. Wasnt really paying attention until I realised that I recognised it. I love Silbermond, and think the Stephanie has an amazing voice, and that actually Sarah just doesnt do it justice. Glad other non-germans appreciate this great band.
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It’s cool to know that non-germans like German music. Thought that wouldn’t be the case.
Thanks for your comment Keira
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German music is great. There are even Chinese fans (myself included). I also enjoy music from Juli and especially Nena. I translate the songs and memorize them, then share them with friends. It’s a great way to learn German, but even for those who don’t understand it, the music is still very enjoyable. I’m even starting to prefer German music over English now.
This cover version by Sarah Brightman is good too. : )
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Hallo Germanophile,
great to hear that there are some Chinese fans out there
. Juli is a real good Band and Nena is a classic. I probably will write a list soon, about German Bands who could have been superstars world wide with their quality of songs if they would sing English and not German. So stay tuned, maybe I will list some you never even heard about it. It’s sad, that really good songs in another language are only a hit in their country, just because it’s not in English.
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Another singer whose music I like is Christina Stürmer, from Austria. She has a strong voice and accent that really distinguishes her music. To see which other German language songs/artists I enjoy, check out my playlists in the weblink.
Yes, it’s unfortunate that bands only become widely popular if they sing in English. Personally, I feel there’s no reason why I can’t enjoy music just for the sound of it, even if I don’t understand the lyrics, as long as the melody/rhythm appeals to me. There are many songs in my playlists that I haven’t translated, yet I still listen to them often. Another unfortunate effect of the language barrier is that people outside of those countries from where the music originates have a hard time accessing and buying that music due to its limited popularity. For example, iTunes Canada carries only a partial list of Nena’s songs, and I can’t sign up for iTunes Germany since I don’t have a verifiable address there. Do you know of any (legal) music download services that carry complete works of foreign artists in mp3 format?
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Hey Germanophile,
Christina is also very good, she sing the official Soccer European Championship 2008 right now, it calls ‘Fieber’ (fever). Because of the problems to buy German music I checked some sides out, but there is now legal way to download all the German hits. Send me an email on my contact page and maybe I can help you to sign up on itunes Germany. But no promise.
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Silbermond ist besser….. nichts wie das Original
definitely the voice of Stefanie is 1000 times better than the Sarah Brightman, although it is a compliment to me as to many followers of Silbermond, that make a cover, despite that I do not like the voice of Sarah Brightman and her style is so pop, I recommend a banda German calls me a lot of attention even though I am no great fan is Etwas good style of music to Silbermond but did not become as good as the music that makes Silbermond.
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@Mauricio, I think so too. It’s nice, that international stars cover some German songs
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I love Sara Brightman. She has a beautiful voice and she is a very beautiful woman. Nice post and nice videos you have here.
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