Yeah, Henning never holds back. He can do anything with that voice, but my personal favorites are the ones he chooses to sing more softly (mostly the newer songs). He has such a beautiful, deep baritone that just touches something inside me. But their older albums have a few punk-ish rock songs, and his raspy and rough voice suits that kind of music, too.
I saw the Beatles in 1965 at the Atlanta Stadium. I've been fortunate enough to see so many great concerts in the 60s and 70s from THE ALLMAN BROS, THE EAGLES DYLAN, CLAPTON, LED ZEPPLIN, PINK FLOYD, FLEETWOOD MAC. That was my life concerts and rock clubs. Since the 1990s EDDIE VEDDER, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND AND THE VOCALIST FROM THE BAND" LIVE " I have not really been excited abt a singer. Henning May is incredible. AMK started as a street band in Germany 12 yrs ago. Some other covers by ANNENMAYKANTEREIT are, TOM'S DINER, I'M ON FIRE, THE NEEDLE & THE DAMAGE DONE, ROXANNE, VALERIE (A duet with Natalie Findley) AND CRY ME A RIVER. SOME OF THEIR ORIGINALS IN ENGLISH are: LEAVIN, WAITING, DONT SAY A WORD, YOUR DOOR (THIS IS S. KANTEREIT playing a cahone, guest Holgar playing a steel drum, C. Annen on acoustic guitar and Henning's fab voice) JAMES (ST JAMES INFIRMARY) 7 yrs ago at the LIVE IN BERLIN CONCERTTHEIR lyrics and a cover of the music. They are huge in Europe. You will probably love all of these songs.
This is my favourite German band. The lead singer is Henning May. Two other songs they do that I like are Tom's Diner (with Giant Rooks) and Roxanne (with Milky Chance). When you hear them, you always know who they are.
They have an AMAZING cover of Britney Spears Toxic if you are looking for another cover of an iconic song that is incredibly unique, for me it was this cover that made me appreciate that Britney actually wrote a lyrical banger as well as a party one!
Sir, fun fact, they started out as street buskers in Cologne after school. Today 14 years later they fill stadiums sold out with more than 50,000 people. They are Germans ;). Elmar from Germany
You can call them AMK, even Germans sometimes do that (their band name is their last names stacked after one another). I am so glad you are checking them out!! If only you spoke German so I could recommend every single one of their original songs!! You would love their lyricism and humour and down to earth lines. Also they actually studied music and have just gotten better since their school boy-garage band days. They took what jazz can teach you in making really good music and made it pop-rock and ballads. They are from the same city as me and were super nice and super sweet when I ran into them at a house party once!
If you are interested in their original songs I would recommend "Ich geh heut nicht mehr tanzen" and "Tommi" to see their range in musical style and what they sing about.
I'd guess that last bit is pronounced "can-ter-ite". The rule of thumb I was taught so I could sing in German without understanding a word of it 🙂was that "ei" and "ie" are pronounced like the last letter of the pair. (Think "zeitgeist", I guess).
Annenmaykantereit, or AMK, are kind of famous for making these kind of 'spontaneous' music sessions, like 'Tom's Diner' with Giant Rooks or 'Can't get you out of my head' with Parcels th-cam.com/video/RacxNskxySo/w-d-xo.html or "Roxanne" with Milky Chance th-cam.com/video/VI4ssGtfdxw/w-d-xo.html or 'Valerie' th-cam.com/video/Jm-FH82lVbE/w-d-xo.html If you want to hear more of Henning May try their own german songs and this one HM ft. Juju 'Vermissen' th-cam.com/video/YHbYAUs9JCo/w-d-xo.html or 'Ausgehen' from Annenmaykantereit th-cam.com/video/y6BmrRLpGJQ/w-d-xo.html or their Proberaumsessions of this song th-cam.com/video/IYs0zCE55OI/w-d-xo.html You definitely will enjoy all of them. Or try this one th-cam.com/video/Gu9OybxvqmI/w-d-xo.html 'Ich geh heut nicht mehr tanzen - Proberaumsessions' or this th-cam.com/video/_MfGl8Sa31A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=UI8jdQN1VdrT1Xev 'James' and th-cam.com/video/tERRFWuYG48/w-d-xo.html 'Barfuß am Klavier' and 'Ozean' th-cam.com/video/s8WJYwFlyUg/w-d-xo.html. or 'Tommi' th-cam.com/video/QLmIA8g55XY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=K34J2o5ZE1_9QNNg. And here is a song from their new album 'Lass es kreisen' th-cam.com/video/J_PCEHjRDtY/w-d-xo.html Sooo amazing!!! Best wishes from Berlin😎
Henning May, the singer of Annenmaykantereit, is in my opinion the best singer Germany has to offer at the moment. Such a unique voice. You should stick with them 😎
Yes, it’s their recording style to use the natural acoustics of a room. Please listen to the Proberaum Session of “Ich geh heut’ nicht mehr tanzen,” which is more like a studio recording. th-cam.com/video/Gu9OybxvqmI/w-d-xo.html
The only way to butcher the band name is by shorten it up to Annenmay, cause they formed their band name out of the last names of the 3 founding members, Henning May, Christoph Annen and Severin Kantbereit. So by shorten it up this way, it's like kicking one of them out of the band. And that's really a shame, cause Severin is such a cool drummer 😉 If you wants to make it easier for you, just say AMK, like we do. But if you wanna give it a try again... the A in german is pronounced like the last a in America, the ay in May and the ei at the end sounds like the I in bike. I hope that helps 😎
Yeah, Henning never holds back. He can do anything with that voice, but my personal favorites are the ones he chooses to sing more softly (mostly the newer songs). He has such a beautiful, deep baritone that just touches something inside me. But their older albums have a few punk-ish rock songs, and his raspy and rough voice suits that kind of music, too.
I saw the Beatles in 1965 at the Atlanta Stadium. I've been fortunate enough to see so many great concerts in the 60s and 70s from THE ALLMAN BROS, THE EAGLES DYLAN, CLAPTON, LED ZEPPLIN, PINK FLOYD, FLEETWOOD MAC. That was my life concerts and rock clubs. Since the 1990s EDDIE VEDDER, CHRIS CORNELL, SCOTT WEILAND AND THE VOCALIST FROM THE BAND" LIVE " I have not really been excited abt a singer. Henning May is incredible. AMK started as a street band in Germany 12 yrs ago. Some other covers by ANNENMAYKANTEREIT are, TOM'S DINER, I'M ON FIRE, THE NEEDLE & THE DAMAGE DONE, ROXANNE, VALERIE (A duet with Natalie Findley) AND CRY ME A RIVER. SOME OF THEIR ORIGINALS IN ENGLISH are: LEAVIN, WAITING, DONT SAY A WORD, YOUR DOOR (THIS IS S. KANTEREIT playing a cahone, guest Holgar playing a steel drum, C. Annen on acoustic guitar and Henning's fab voice) JAMES (ST JAMES INFIRMARY) 7 yrs ago at the LIVE IN BERLIN CONCERTTHEIR lyrics and a cover of the music. They are huge in Europe. You will probably love all of these songs.
Great German band. Saw them onstage last summer. Henning's voice is just amazing. Thanks for your reaction and love from Germany ❤
This is my favourite German band. The lead singer is Henning May. Two other songs they do that I like are Tom's Diner (with Giant Rooks) and Roxanne (with Milky Chance). When you hear them, you always know who they are.
They have an AMAZING cover of Britney Spears Toxic if you are looking for another cover of an iconic song that is incredibly unique, for me it was this cover that made me appreciate that Britney actually wrote a lyrical banger as well as a party one!
It’s like he does exactly the opposite of what the Beatles did on purpose. The Beatles went down, he goes up. The Beatles want up, he goes down.
Sir, fun fact, they started out as street buskers in Cologne after school. Today 14 years later they fill stadiums sold out with more than 50,000 people. They are Germans ;).
Elmar from Germany
You can call them AMK, even Germans sometimes do that (their band name is their last names stacked after one another). I am so glad you are checking them out!!
If only you spoke German so I could recommend every single one of their original songs!! You would love their lyricism and humour and down to earth lines. Also they actually studied music and have just gotten better since their school boy-garage band days. They took what jazz can teach you in making really good music and made it pop-rock and ballads.
They are from the same city as me and were super nice and super sweet when I ran into them at a house party once!
If you are interested in their original songs I would recommend "Ich geh heut nicht mehr tanzen" and "Tommi" to see their range in musical style and what they sing about.
Das es wie Straßenmusik klingt, könnte daran liegen das die Jungs genau damit in Köln begonnen haben 😂 ❤
I think what makes the vocal so noticeably different is that the singer has pitched it lower than Lennon did, and when Lennon goes up he goes down.
Thanks DJ 😊
They are a very pure group. You should react to their original songs like Tommi -Annen
MayKantereit (Live)
I'd guess that last bit is pronounced "can-ter-ite". The rule of thumb I was taught so I could sing in German without understanding a word of it 🙂was that "ei" and "ie" are pronounced like the last letter of the pair. (Think "zeitgeist", I guess).
And May is pronounced My (Like the month of May in German)
Annenmaykantereit, or AMK, are kind of famous for making these kind of 'spontaneous' music sessions, like 'Tom's Diner' with Giant Rooks
or
'Can't get you out of my head' with Parcels
th-cam.com/video/RacxNskxySo/w-d-xo.html
or "Roxanne" with Milky Chance
th-cam.com/video/VI4ssGtfdxw/w-d-xo.html
or 'Valerie'
th-cam.com/video/Jm-FH82lVbE/w-d-xo.html
If you want to hear more of Henning May try their own german songs and this one
HM ft. Juju 'Vermissen'
th-cam.com/video/YHbYAUs9JCo/w-d-xo.html
or 'Ausgehen' from Annenmaykantereit
th-cam.com/video/y6BmrRLpGJQ/w-d-xo.html
or their Proberaumsessions of this song
th-cam.com/video/IYs0zCE55OI/w-d-xo.html
You definitely will enjoy all of them.
Or try this one
th-cam.com/video/Gu9OybxvqmI/w-d-xo.html
'Ich geh heut nicht mehr tanzen - Proberaumsessions'
or this th-cam.com/video/_MfGl8Sa31A/w-d-xo.htmlsi=UI8jdQN1VdrT1Xev
'James'
and
th-cam.com/video/tERRFWuYG48/w-d-xo.html
'Barfuß am Klavier' and 'Ozean'
th-cam.com/video/s8WJYwFlyUg/w-d-xo.html.
or 'Tommi'
th-cam.com/video/QLmIA8g55XY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=K34J2o5ZE1_9QNNg.
And here is a song from their new album
'Lass es kreisen'
th-cam.com/video/J_PCEHjRDtY/w-d-xo.html
Sooo amazing!!!
Best wishes from Berlin😎
I looooove AMK but you also need to listen to the MJ version, he does a brilliant rock version of come together!
More AMK please
Henning May, the singer of Annenmaykantereit, is in my opinion the best singer Germany has to offer at the moment. Such a unique voice. You should stick with them 😎
You HAVE to react to annmaykanterait x The Big Push performing "Tom's Diner"!
You'll love it! ❤
Also check out AnnenMayKantereit x Parcels with Henning May performing "Can't Get You Out Of My Head"
Yes, it’s their recording style to use the natural acoustics of a room. Please listen to the Proberaum Session of “Ich geh heut’ nicht mehr tanzen,” which is more like a studio recording. th-cam.com/video/Gu9OybxvqmI/w-d-xo.html
The only way to butcher the band name is by shorten it up to Annenmay, cause they formed their band name out of the last names of the 3 founding members, Henning May, Christoph Annen and Severin Kantbereit. So by shorten it up this way, it's like kicking one of them out of the band. And that's really a shame, cause Severin is such a cool drummer 😉
If you wants to make it easier for you, just say AMK, like we do.
But if you wanna give it a try again... the A in german is pronounced like the last a in America, the ay in May and the ei at the end sounds like the I in bike.
I hope that helps 😎