Well.... one reviewer agreed with all that ..but went on to point out that all the German that was spoken was crystal clear ! Oh yes.
And I am not surprised.Certainly I find that when I listen to French speakers,and French pop music,and, of course, Welsh speakers and Welsh pop music, the words are often very hard to distinguish. But when I listen to German pop music, the words are mostly very clear. I might not understand them all, but they are generally clear. Remarkably so actually. I find Spanish somewhere in between.
Here's an interview with a French pop musician, Emmanuelle Monet ... it's interspersed with one of her songs, "Que fais-tu ?" You'll probably "get" most of the song lyrics, and some of her words in the interview, but there are long, elided streams of ultra-rapid French in there too.
Which is good news for us.
After all, we could do with some good news.
Yes.