(Spiegel) Germans relieved David Hasselhoff will attend Berlin celebration after all: "He cannot shoulder all the blame for the destruction of one country's reputation"
His freedom song topped the German charts in May, and was tanked by August. The first domino in the wall fell late in August, when Hungary opened it's borders to Austria, causing an exodus. The Gremans closed their border to Hungary, but then Czechoslovakia followed suit. So far, East Germany has no connection to these migrations, other than trying to staunch them.
/ Oh. And "After spending almost two months at number one, "The Hoff" performed "Looking for Freedom" live at the Berlin Wall in front of hundreds of thousands of Germans."
No Hasselhoff charting at all up to July of 1990. The "Two Months" described were from more than a year earlier, before any of the Wall stuff had started...
//Always two Slashies there are, no more, no less.
Look at the crap popular in America. At least Hoff did Knight Rider.
I just want to know why I'm seeing will.i.am on CNN and talk shows and stuff all the time, as though he's anything more than a b-list rapper in a crappy group with questionable (though sometimes sort of nifty) taste in clothing. At least Jay-Z is fairly articulate. Why isn't Wolf Blitzer consulting Jay-Z?
notmtwain
2009-11-06 11:51:19 AM
How David Hasselhoff brought down the Berlin Wall
I salute you Mr. Hasselhoff.
tallguywithglasseson
2009-11-06 12:12:14 PM
tallguywithglasseson
2009-11-06 12:46:40 PM
L... Leeme lone! Eat... flrcheeseburger!
brap
2009-11-06 01:22:49 PM
Let's beat this into the dirt shall we?
mhd
2009-11-06 01:56:47 PM
/Germans also fall for every single stupid novelty hit
//Schnappi...
perigee
2009-11-06 02:45:58 PM
...Maybe he doesn't know...
assegai
2009-11-06 02:56:52 PM
perigee
2009-11-06 03:30:38 PM
His freedom song topped the German charts in May, and was tanked by August. The first domino in the wall fell late in August, when Hungary opened it's borders to Austria, causing an exodus. The Gremans closed their border to Hungary, but then Czechoslovakia followed suit. So far, East Germany has no connection to these migrations, other than trying to staunch them.
Actual German participation started in September. No Hasselhoff on the charts anywhere.
In October, as things heated up, No Hasselhoff on the charts.
By November, when the non-physical wall actually fell, no Hasselhoff on the charts. The Lambada was huge, though...
In December, as all the glee was on, No Hasselhoff. Apparently his Freedom Idol Status did nothing to chart him.
Unless these charts from Germany are censored in some way, the whole thing sounds like some kinda PR spin to me...
perigee
2009-11-06 03:42:21 PM
No Hasselhoff charting at all up to July of 1990. The "Two Months" described were from more than a year earlier, before any of the Wall stuff had started...
//Always two Slashies there are, no more, no less.
barneyfifesbullet
2009-11-06 03:43:49 PM
Who are we to judge?
Look at the crap popular in America. At least Hoff did Knight Rider.
Baldanders
2009-11-06 04:30:23 PM
Look at the crap popular in America. At least Hoff did Knight Rider.
I just want to know why I'm seeing will.i.am on CNN and talk shows and stuff all the time, as though he's anything more than a b-list rapper in a crappy group with questionable (though sometimes sort of nifty) taste in clothing. At least Jay-Z is fairly articulate. Why isn't Wolf Blitzer consulting Jay-Z?
Melvin Coznowski
2009-11-07 08:32:05 AM