Andreas Gabalier in Munich: beer tent atmosphere in the Olympic Hall – Munich

When rock’n’roll was shifted away at the time, it at least upgraded pop music. But what appreciation does the Styrian entertainer Andreas Gabalier have in mind when he mixes rock’n’roll with folk music, at least in the eyes of his fans? In fact, Gabalier’s music is neither rock’n’roll nor folk music, but beer tent music. Or a kind of pop music without music, but extremely suitable for hits, as his performance in the sold-out Olympiahalle on Friday proves.

“Heidi, your world is the mountains,” the enthusiastic fans sing along to the title song for the animated series, originally sung by Gitti and Erika, only to applaud a few bars later when Gabalier presses a song into his beer tent potpourri that Elvis Presley used to sing at the beginning of the turned back to Afro-American music in the 1970s: “I Got A Feelin’ In My Body”. Even this actually funky number Gabalier reduces in the Olympiahalle to what he calls “folk rock’n’roll”, while he constantly tells his fans that they are all folk rock’n’rollers. And the Volks-Rock’n’Roller are a family, explains the head of the family.

In the family, the world is still intact. Outside of the family, however, according to Gabalier, “you shouldn’t say Winnetou anymore after the Tagesschau,” as if the Tagesschau, this evil show, had banned the word Winnetou. After all, some people actually saw their beloved Winnetou films as endangered when it was discussed a year ago whether the portrayal of an indigenous culture in a new Winnetou novel might be racist. However, the Winnetou films are still shown on German television channels.

Nevertheless, Gabalier claims in his moderation that nowadays you can’t even say “Winnetou” anymore, while more and more young people are playing shooting games on the computer in darkened rooms. With “he’s-so-right” bliss, the congregation once again cheered their preacher, who later explained how badly he was treated in the media. Luckily there is an Austrian publisher he trusts, which has dedicated a magazine to the master.

Then there’s some hulapalu and related sing-alongs to sing along to, and periodic reminders that this party is the best and that it’ll be back at the stadium next year. Rarely has a sales show been staged better, in which the good mood is emphasized so often that everyone involved realizes that the mood here is particularly good. Hulapalu!

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