History YMMV / Falco

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The green screen in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I "Der Kommissar"]] has reached minor memetic status for how badly it's aged.

* UnfortunateImplications: "Jeanny" and its follow ups were met with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanny_(song)#Boycott widespread derision]] by feminist groups and MoralGuardians who felt that it glorified rape, and the song was boycotted by several radio stations. The man himself said that it was a good old-fashioned StalkerWithACrush song, but nobody bought it.

* TearJerker: "Out of the Dark", released after Falco's death. Sad music and lyrics (which contains verse "Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben?"[[note]] Must I die in order to live? [[/note]] combined with[[https://youtu.be/cyrdPtEHKzE Finally Dead Montage music video]] are really heartwrenching.

* TearJerker: "Out of the Dark", released after Falco's death. Sad music and lyrics (which contains verse "Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben?"[[note]] Must I die in order to live? combined with [[/note]] [[https://youtu.be/cyrdPtEHKzE Finally Dead Montage music video]] are really heartwrenching.

* TearJerker: "Out of the Dark", released after Falco's death. Sad music and lyrics (which contains verse "Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben?"[[note]] Must I die in order to live? combined with [[/note]] [[https://youtu.be/cyrdPtEHKzE FinallyDeadMontage music video]] are really heartwrenching.

* AmericansHateTingle: To an extent. In Germany and Austria, Falco is a beloved figure regarded as one of the best popular musicians of his time. In the anglosphere, meanwhile, he's a OneHitWonder known only for "Rock Me Amadeus" and nothing else; the only other song of his to be widely known among English speakers, "Der Kommisar", is known for its [[CoveredUp English-language cover]] by After the Fire, rather than the original version by Falco himself.
* CoveredUp: How many of you knew that "Der Kommisaar" was ''not'' originally by After The Fire?
* HarsherInHindsight: The lines in "Der Kommisaar" about doing cocaine and going out to party sound a lot less fun after Falco himself developed a cocaine addiction shortly before his death.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The near-identical choruses of "Der Kommisaar" and Rick James' "Super Freak" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_c9DYzqHU have been noted]] (though Falco's song came first).
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The green screen in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I "Der Kommisar"]] has reached minor memetic status for how badly it's aged.

* UnfortunateImplications: "Jeanny" and its follow ups were met with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanny_(song)#Boycott widespread derision]] by feminist groups and MoralGuardians who felt that it glorified rape, and the song was boycotted by several radio stations. The man himself said that it was a good old-fashioned StalkerWithACrush song, but nobody bought it.

* EarWorm: '''OH YES!''' This man knew how to write a hook! Listen to "Rock Me Amadeus" once and the chorus will be in your head all day! And "Der Kommisaar" has one of the tightest groves committed to tape!

* EarWorm: '''OH YES!''' This man knew how to write a hook! Listen to "Rock Me Amadeus" once and the chorus will be in your head all day!

* EarWorm: '''OH GOD YES!!''' This man knew how to write a hook! Listen to "Rock Me Amadeus" once and the chorus will be in your head all day!

* UnfortunateImplications: "Jeanny" and it's follow ups were met with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanny_(song)#Boycott widespread derision]] by feminist groups and MoralGuardians who felt that it glorified rape, and the song was boycotted by several radio stations. The man himself said that it was a good old-fashioned StalkerWithACrush song, but nobody bought it.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The near-identical choruses of "Der Kommisaar" and Music/RickJames' "Super Freak" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_c9DYzqHU have been noted]] (though Falco's song came first).

* SpecialEffectsFaliure: The green screen in the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I "Der Kommisar"]] has reached minor memetic status for how badly it's aged.