De Plattfööt, founded 1979, are a folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

-duo from the German State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a federal state in northern Germany. The capital city is Schwerin...

, with the two singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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s and guitar

Guitar

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 players Peter Wilke and Klaus Lass.

Their musical style is a mix of folk music, blues

Blues

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 and country and western

Country music

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, and they sing most of their humorous songs in Low German

Low German

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. Their most famous hits are "Disco

Disco

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 up'n Dörp", "Fru Püttelkow ut Hagenow", and "De Isenbahnboomupundaldreier" ("The Railroad crossing-bar-up-and-down-turner").

De Plattfööt means The Flatfeet in Low German. They hold true to their motto

Motto

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: "Kort is dien Leben un lang’ büst du dod. Minsch, blot nich argern, ne, lachen deit good!" ("Short is your life and long you are dead. Man, do not worry, no, laughing is good!"), Rudolf Tarnow

Rudolf Tarnow

Rudolf Tarnow was a Low German writer.Rudolf Tarnow was born on February 25, 1867 in the city of Parchim, the oldest son of a shoemaker, Heinrich Tarnow, and his wife, Dorothea...

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Discography

• 1981: Disco up'n Dörp (Single
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  In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
  
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• 1982: Platt for ju (Album
  Album
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• 1983: Remmi Demmi (Single)
• 1985: Songs ut Meckelbörg' (Album)
• 1989: Wenn du ok Plattfööt hest (Album)
• 1991: God'n Dag ok (Album)
• 1992: Hubertusjagd (Single)
• 1993: Wat is denn dat?? (Album)
• 1995: Evergreens des Nordens (Album)
• 1997: Rolf mit'n Golf (Single)
• 1998: Wat is dat Schönst' an Wihnachten (Album)
• 1999: Ierst mal ganz langsam (Album)
• 1999: Nie wieder Mallorca! (Single)
• 2000: 20 Best of Plattfööt (Album)
• 2005: Kofferradio (Album)
• 2008: Ümmer noch eenmol (Album)

External links

• De Plattfööt – official Homepage