ShadowDancingPrince
If you rememeber the name of that site it would be awesome but no worries if not.
Oh, I definatly agree that learning a language in school only goes so far and addtional things are help. Speaking of which does anyone in here know of any good German bands, tv shows, or movies that I could look up for some help?
Okay, I will tell you, if I find it.
Oh yeah, there are many good german bands. It depends on which style of music you do like. We also have many bands performing in german and many bands performing in english.
If you like bands that perform in german and have songs focussing on good lyrics, I would suggest these:
Wir sind Helden (We are Heroes):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wir_sind_Helden
This is my fav of them, it's about a mother that has a child, that's so severly ill, that it can't walk alone and she becomes an elephant for the child and carries it, everywhere, the child can't get on it's own. And it seems, that the child dies at the end, it's so sad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo_BptAw0Go
Silbermond (Silver Moon):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbermond
This one is about the struggle within yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP9_bcDPW28
Philipp Poisel ( he has very nice, but very sad songs):
This is a love song, it can be interpreted that he's lovelorn or that his love is dying, it's not that clear. btw. the guy next to him is a very well known german actor (Matthias Schweighöfer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbTXqKBIQ40
Andreas Bourani:
This is about the fantasies one has just in his head. How to make the world a better place and stuff like that. The lyrics are incredible beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVvZCisUuzc
Tim Bendzko:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bendzko
This is about a guy who's afraid not to find the right words. It means "If words were my language"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsZvjqG2lec
Michael Schulte:
He was a talent of last years The Voice of Germany and placed 3rd. But he was my personal favorite. ;D
At the finals he did a duet with Ed Sheeran, they performed "The A-Team", it was so beautiful.
Unfortuntaley he doesn't sing in german.
This is the newest video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZ59wv5gdE
Max Giesinger:
He also was a talent of last years The Voice of Germany and placed 4th. He had a german song in the talentshow, it's a song about love, that love brings you on top of the world (the roof of the world).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYbm6c386c0
But I think, seen individually Michael is better then Max. But together their voices are stunningly beautiful. Mila Kunis did tweet, that she loves them, so much. XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJI0D9hhuwM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxeH-_W1G78
Xavier Naidoo (if you like R'n B):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Naidoo
He's a coach in the last and the actual The Voice of Germany season. He sings bilingual in this one (I do know nothing that is as beautiful as you are)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPN88D_HjMU
There are many more, but I didn't want to post to many for the first time. If you wanna know more about german acts, let me know. ^^
Yeah, that's right, having penpals and/or visiting forums and pages is also a good way to learn a language. I would recommend www.bravo.de
I work as a moderator there. it's the website of the most famos german teen magazine Bravo.