web01.fireside.fm Mon, 11 May 2026 11:42:03 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) History in Music - Episodes Tagged with “German Peasants War” https://historyinmusic.fireside.fm/tags/german%20peasants%20war Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:30:00 -0700 It's simple, we find songs that have historical context within the lyrics and then dissect those lyrics on the show. Whether it's a song about a ship that sank in the Great Lakes or an ancient folk song about Mongolian sky gods, we will explore it's historical context. But more importantly, we will dig into what the songwriter was trying to communicate and why. en-us episodic We pay tribute to the musical immortalizers Coldbow Productions It's simple, we find songs that have historical context within the lyrics and then dissect those lyrics on the show. Whether it's a song about a ship that sank in the Great Lakes or an ancient folk song about Mongolian sky gods, we will explore it's historical context. But more importantly, we will dig into what the songwriter was trying to communicate and why. no music, history, lyrics, historical music, bard, rock n roll, immortalize Coldbow Productions scottwg1988@gmail.com Episode 10: Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen (Scott, Sean, & New Mexico Supremacist) https://historyinmusic.fireside.fm/10 04a8ffb2-a676-4e62-8036-897587aa8066 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:30:00 -0700 Coldbow Productions full 1 Coldbow Productions The HiMsters are back with another German volk song from the Interwar Period. Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen (We are Geyer's Black Company) recounts a legendary heavy cavalry regiment who fought for the people in the German Peasants' War 1524-1525. 1:13:11 no <p>New Mexico stan, history buff, and fluent German-speaker New Mexico Supremacist joins us in third chair for another German folk song. Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen (We are Geyer's Black Company). The song, while written in the early 1920's, details the struggles of the common man in the German Peasants' War of 1524-1525 and specifically the only heavy calvalry unit to fight on the side of the peasants during the conflict: Florian Geyer's Black Company. The ballad is strongly anti-cleric and anti-noble and has been used by various groups in Germany to rally youth to their cause... oh the German Peasant's War? Yeah it's pretty obscure, you probably haven't heard of it. Spoiler alert: everybody dies.</p> <p>Link to the song (this is the version we used for the episode, there are many others out there):<br> <a href="https://youtu.be/Pg8GlYeCWuM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/Pg8GlYeCWuM</a></p> <p>Follow New Mexico Supremacist on Twitter (and learn German!):<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/NMisBestMexico" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@NMisBestMexico</a></p> <p>Follow Scott and Sean on Twitter:<br> Scott - <a href="https://twitter.com/dotGiff" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@dotGiff</a><br> Sean - <a href="https://twitter.com/Hastag_Hey_Bro" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@Hashtag_Hey_Bro</a></p> <p>Do you like any songs with historical context that you'd want to learn more about or discuss on the show? Send us a DM or an email.<br> <a href="mailto:HistoryInMusicPodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HistoryInMusicPodcast@gmail.com</a> </p> Interwar Germany, German Peasants War, folk song, volk New Mexico stan, history buff, and fluent German-speaker New Mexico Supremacist joins us in third chair for another German folk song. Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen (We are Geyer's Black Company). The song, while written in the early 1920's, details the struggles of the common man in the German Peasants' War of 1524-1525 and specifically the only heavy calvalry unit to fight on the side of the peasants during the conflict: Florian Geyer's Black Company. The ballad is strongly anti-cleric and anti-noble and has been used by various groups in Germany to rally youth to their cause... oh the German Peasant's War? Yeah it's pretty obscure, you probably haven't heard of it. Spoiler alert: everybody dies.

Link to the song (this is the version we used for the episode, there are many others out there):
https://youtu.be/Pg8GlYeCWuM

Follow New Mexico Supremacist on Twitter (and learn German!):
@NMisBestMexico

Follow Scott and Sean on Twitter:
Scott - @dotGiff
Sean - @Hashtag_Hey_Bro

Do you like any songs with historical context that you'd want to learn more about or discuss on the show? Send us a DM or an email.
HistoryInMusicPodcast@gmail.com

]]> New Mexico stan, history buff, and fluent German-speaker New Mexico Supremacist joins us in third chair for another German folk song. Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen (We are Geyer's Black Company). The song, while written in the early 1920's, details the struggles of the common man in the German Peasants' War of 1524-1525 and specifically the only heavy calvalry unit to fight on the side of the peasants during the conflict: Florian Geyer's Black Company. The ballad is strongly anti-cleric and anti-noble and has been used by various groups in Germany to rally youth to their cause... oh the German Peasant's War? Yeah it's pretty obscure, you probably haven't heard of it. Spoiler alert: everybody dies.

Link to the song (this is the version we used for the episode, there are many others out there):
https://youtu.be/Pg8GlYeCWuM

Follow New Mexico Supremacist on Twitter (and learn German!):
@NMisBestMexico

Follow Scott and Sean on Twitter:
Scott - @dotGiff
Sean - @Hashtag_Hey_Bro

Do you like any songs with historical context that you'd want to learn more about or discuss on the show? Send us a DM or an email.
HistoryInMusicPodcast@gmail.com

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