I've forgotten about David Hasselhoff. Because of this episode, I decided to look up his song, Looking For Freedom. I was quite pleasantly surprised. He is a wonderful,expressive singer. I can see why Germans were so excited about his performance at the Berlin wall in 1989. It actually brought a tear to my eye, and a lump in my throat. I was 11 years old and living in Canada in the summer of 1961 when the wall went up. My grandmother had taken my 2 year old little brother back to Germany the year before, because both my parents were working and they could not afford a good baby sitter for him here in Canada. With the Berlin Crisis now in full force, my parents were very afraid that they might never see their little son again. So the whole family went back to Germany to bring my brother home. We went on a cheap return charter flight to Germany. On the way back from Frankfurt airport, our rickety old airplane broke down 3 times. First, we barely made it to Paris, an unscheduled stop for repairs. Next, we just managed to arrive in London for more repairs. Then we were able to cross the Atlantic Ocean to arrive at a sparse military base in Goose Bay, Labrador, where the icicles from the roofs of the buildings were 6 inches in diameter and reached the ground. At last, we finally reached Toronto after a 36 hour journey from Frankfurt. The Berlin Crisis and the Berlin wall changed the lives of many German families, including those of us in far away lands. So, when I heard David Hasselhoff singing "I've been looking for freedom from that bucket of a crane on New Year's Eve. 1989, I cried. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0zXiClnK8oE.html I've been looking for freedom I've been looking so long I've been looking for freedom Still the search goes on I've been looking for freedom since I left my home town I've been looking for freedom Still it can't be found
David Hasselhoff was popular in Germany in the 1980s before the wall came down. Knightrider was on German TV in the mid-'80s and he was a popular singer in Germany then too. Even after watching this, I still don't understand why Germans are/were crazy about him. His singing career doesn't extend to the U.S. or Canada (where I am). I have never even heard of this song that was supposedly number one on the charts (which category?) for seven weeks in the US. I can't remember the name of the song already after watching the video. I think he was popular back then because, as I was told by a couple of Germans I knew, that he was considered to be a very good looking man (at the time). Also, having a German name may be a factor.
@J. K. I was an exchange student in Germany during the 1988-89 school year and I remember some of my dorm mates asking me about/ telling me about Knight Rider - I remember the men being more into it than the women. I found that kind of amusing at the time. I was never a David Hasselhof fan myself, but my impression was that Knight Rider was something of a Magnum PI copy cat show. I had to check wiki - Magnum PI ran from 1980-1988, and Knight Rider ran from 1982-1986. That was my impression as a teenager the first time I saw Knight Rider (that it was an imitation of Magnum PI). My younger siblings watched Knight Rider, but I liked Magnum PI better - Tom Selleck's character was funnier and the show had a sense of humor, which I think made it popular. Knight Rider struck me as more serious and corny (kitschig?) even at the time.
Wow, ich hab heute viel von Deutschlands Geschichte gelernt durch euer Video. Ich lebe schon seit 50 Jahren in den USA und hab von David Hasselhoff nur wenig mitgekriegt. Das war höchst interessant! Danke sehr, liebe Cari und Team :) Es war auch toll, den Berliner Dialekt mal wieder zu hören...hab ja von 1966-1969 in Berlin studiert.
This was a lot of fun! I'm not personally a fan of David Hasselhoff but it would have been fun to be in that show. The energy was very positive and everyone seemed to be tipsy as well, which only makes it more cool.
That was f'ing hilarious!! My mother is from Germany but I was born here (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) and the whole Hasselhoff thing is quite a dichotomy. Big word :-) Look, Baywatch and Knight Rider were awesome when we were kids. But he is less than famous here. But we do not hate him :-) if you ask anyone here we go...... "B actor" . With all due respect he has worked hard! For sure.
Can you make a series of vedios about writing essay and paragraphs .. we need examples for topics with solution to practice writing and also we need advices how to write paragraph more easily and efficiently
I must say, I have watched many, many, Easy German videos trying to understand Germans. Just when I think I'm beginning to understand Germans, you throw this one at me! I remember David Hasselhoff when he was younger and played "Snapper Foster" on the Young and the Restless. I thought he was handsome but, I've never thought of him much more than that. You Germans are an interesting bunch. I'll never understand you but, you are interesting. That, I will give you. Hasselhoff? Wirklich?
In order to understand any people, you cannot rely on impressions from the media, which are often biased. You have to learn about their history, geography and culture from their perspective with an open mind. In other words "walk a mile in their shoes"!
I'm an American who STILL can't understand why DH is so popular in Germany, but I find it funny and touching that he is. I had the same reaction when Jerry Lewis was such a huge star in France. "Really? The Nutty Professor guy who does the Labor Day telethon? He's like God in France?"
Ich benutze Davids Song 'Du' im Unterricht, wenn wir Konjugation und Verbendungen lernen... Die Studenten finden das immer äußerst lustig. Wenn ihr das noch nicht kennt, dann sucht mal bei RU-vid nach diesem Lied. Bei beiden Versionen kann man sich totlachen :-)
Wusste ich nicht dass D.Hasselhoff singt und in DE so geliebt war. Sein Nachname klingt genau wie ein Deutschname und so habe ich ein Quick-check gemacht um zu sehen ob er deutsche Herkünfte hat. Er ist in USA geboren aber sein Vorfahren sind Deutsch.
Is there any books that have topics for writing eassy or paragraph for german language .. has varity of solved examples about many different topics .. That we can train ourselves from it and we guide ourselves from the solutions .. What is the name of these books .. and also it would be great if it has audios that reads the paragraphs .. so we learn reading also Can we share the names of these books to benift all from it in learning german
That's because he was #1 in the German Charts: "His music career took off in the late 1980s and achieved success at the tops of the charts, with his album Looking for Freedom which went triple platinum in Europe. He had one #1 hit in the GERMAN pop charts in spring of 1989 ("Looking for Freedom")" -- Wikipedia
@@yasminesteinbauer8565 tbh i think dubbing is kinda disrespectful, it replaces casts' speaking skill with somebody else's voices. It's kinda a prominent foreign singer performs a special concert but somebody covered the singer's voice with the national language's voices
@@epg96 Disrespectful?🙄 We're still talking about entertainment here. Apart from that, the artists and technicians responsible for the visual design of a film might consider it just as disrespectful to cover their beautifully produced images with ugly text blocks and pay only half the attention to them because you're just reading all the time. We also have pretty good dubbing actors in Germany, which I sometimes even like better than the original voices.
Super lustig. Ich habe dieses Lied nie gehort, und dass der "Hoff" ein Megastern in Deutschland ist hat mich furchtbar uberrascht. Er ist gar kein Star in den USA obwohl er ist ganz klar bekannt. Er war in 2 Serie sie waren nicht lang geblieben und seine Costars mehr bekannt als er. Auch in den USA (und Kanada und die Englischsprachige Welt) sind seine Lieder absolut unbekannt. Hahahaha. Geil.
Das war super lustig. Vielen Dank Easy German. Ich denke dass Hasselhoff ein lustiger troll ist. Also er singt komische, kitschige lieder für viele Films. Aber es ist nur Spass und das finde ich ok.
@@ZurSacheBitte - Das Wort "nicht" has Du vergessen, denn ich lese seit vielen Jahrzehnten die Tageszeitung und noch nie ist mir dort dieser Name untergekommen!
Yes, David Hasselhoff IS famous in America for being famous in Germany. He is considered a second rate actor and the show was mostly watched because everyone was running around in bikinis and tight men’s swimming trunks. The show was like a b grade horror film where the acting is so bad that it’s watched for that reason as a joke.
danke für das Video. Ich kannte David Hasselhoff nicht. Ich finde einen Sänger wie David Hasselhoff der Einfluss auf Deutschen hat soll man kennen, wenn man Deutschland besser verstehen möchte.
Knight rider used to be my favourite tv show when I was a kid back in the early 90s. I really miss those days. Seeing this video is a bit of a nostalgia! Baywatch was also popular back and we used to imitate Pamela Anderson slo-mo run 🏃♀️ in school. 😀
Easy German India! Those shows were special cause like East Germany India also lived through socialist days from 1957 till 1992. Knight rider, street hawk, Baywatch, bold and the beautiful, wonder years, etc were one of the first foreign shows to appear in India after 1992! Even I used to watch German tv show called Derrick and another Krimi Serie of which i can’t remember the name. As a kid back then, it gave me a real insight of what’s happening outside India and it inspired me to travel around the world. I’m grateful and fortunate that I was able to achieve that! Thank you Cari for your videos and do visit South India soon. 😊
Easy German I just remembered the other german crime series called Inspector Rex and another cool show called Das Traumschiff! But it was broadcasted for a brief time cause most Indians here demanded more American tv shows. 😀
@@EasyGerman Nee nee nee... Auf den Konzerten*, die ich kenne, wird jedenfalls nicht mit Alk - und dann auch noch in Flaschen! - vorgeglüht. :-p _____ *Nein, ich meine auch keine Klassikkonzerte.
Anscheinend mag Brooke den David gar nicht. Er sei ein mittelmäßiger Schauspieler und sei in den USA gar nicht bekannt. Ich als Syrer finde ich ihn sehr berühmt. Seine TV-Serie Knight Rider war damals die meist beliebte Serie in Syrien.
Echt? Ich war letzte Woche mit einer Gruppe Syrer zusammen und habe ihnen ganz begeistert von dem Konzert erzählt und NIEMAND kannte ihn 😂- Vielleicht waren sie zu jung... 😏
Wieso man hier den Leuten vorgaukelt, dass wir Deutsche alle David Hasselhoff verrückt sind, muss ich nicht verstehen oder? Ist ja okay, wenn in Ostdeutschlands einige Fans sind,aber da von ganz Deutschland zu reden ist irreführend. Dieses Gerücht muss endlich im Keim ersticken. Es ist schlimm genug, dass die Amis das alle fälschlicherweise glauben. Fans von irgendwelchen Interpreten gibt es überall, Hasselhoff ist KEINE Sensation in Deutschland.
David Hasselhoff ist den Deutschen das was Jerry Lewis den Franzosen war. Die beiden Phänomene können wir (Amis) gar nicht verstehen. Tolles Video! 👍❤️
Er bedeutet den Deutschen gar Nichts. Er hat Fans, aber bitte verallgemeinert doch nicht so schamlos. Ich kann ihn nicht leiden und kenne persönlich keinen in meinem persönlichen Umkreis, der ihn mag.
