History Music / Falco

* The music video for "Wiener Blut". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7GSKTe59s Just watch.]]
* "Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da" is also big one. It plays full on two meanings of word "Koks" (cocaine and, well, coke made of coal).

* MindScrew: The music video for "Wiener Blut". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7GSKTe59s Just watch.]]

[[MemeticMutation This]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros ain't]] [[VideoGame/StarFox that]] Falco.

* MurderBallad: "Jeanny", the followup to "Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling", raised moral hackles when it was accused of glorifying rape (and possibly murder). Falco himself insisted it was the [[StalkerWithACrush musings of a stalker]].
** Complete with a [[BigNo NOOOOOOO!!]] of the singer when radio broadcasts Jeanny's disappearance. [[note]] (Due to extreme Narm-prone-ness, promptly got parodied by Frank Zander, who let a car being the object of lament.) [[/note]]

* PhoneBooth: Featured prominently in the "Vienna Calling" video.

Along with Nena's "99 Luftballons," he introduced (mostly) German-language songs to an English-speaking audience; the difference was that Nena sang, while Falco rapped. He passed away in 1998 at the age of just forty after his SUV was in a serious collision with a bus on a mountain road in the Dominican Republic.

** Complete with a [[BigNo NOOOOOOO!!]] of the singer (which also doubles as a OhCrap) when radio broadcasts Jeanny's disappearance. [[note]] (Due to extreme Narm-prone-ness, promptly got parodied by Frank Zander, who let a car being the object of lament.) [[/note]]

** Complete with a [[BigNo NOOOOOOO!!]] of the singer when radio broadcasts Jeanny's disappearance. [[note]] (Due to extreme Narm-prone-ness, promptly got parodied by Frank Zander, who let a car being the object of lament.) [[/note]]

In the [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] 80's, Austria's Johann "Falco" Hölzel (19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998) became a [[OneHitWonder One and a Half Hit Wonder]] with "Der Kommisar" (After The Fire's English-language cover was more popular), followed by the worldwide hit "Rock Me Amadeus." - in the US at least, for, while he was more consistently popular in German-speaking countries, follow-up songs (e.g. "Vienna Calling") were, at best, modest hits in the US.

* GratuitousEnglish: Most of his songs were sung in German with the odd English word or phrase wedged in.

* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: The "Rock Me Amadeus" video cuts between Falco performing in a Baroque concert hall to an audience in mock-18th-century clothing, while dressed in modern white tie, and Falco performing in a modern biker bar while dressed in mock-18th-century clothing.

* PhoneBooth: Featured prominently in the "Vienna Calling" video.

This ain't [[VideoGame/StarFox that]] Falco.

Along with Nena's "99 Luftballons," he introduced (mostly) German-language songs to an English-speaking audience; the difference was that Nena sang, while Falco rapped. He passed away in 1998 at the age of just forty after his SUV was in a serious collision with a bus on a mountain road.

* MurderBallad: "Jeanny," the followup to "Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling," raised moral hackles when it was accused of glorifying rape (and possibly murder). Falco himself insisted it was the [[StalkerWithACrush musings of a stalker]].

* RockStarSong: "Rock Me Amadeus," which is all about how Mozart was the original rock star, having wild parties, hooking up with lots of ladies and being worshiped for his musical skill.

In the [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] 80's, Austria's Johann "Falco" Hölzel became a [[OneHitWonder One and a Half Hit Wonder]] with "Der Kommisar" (After The Fire's English-language cover was more popular), followed by the worldwide hit "Rock Me Amadeus." - in the US at least, for, while he was more consistently popular in German-speaking countries, follow-up songs (e.g. "Vienna Calling") were, at best, modest hits in the US.

* ConspicuousCG: The green-screen video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I "Der Kommisar."]]

* OneManSong: ''Rock Me Amadeus'' about Mozart.