literally if you put a gun to my head and asked me to guess if a description of the above video happened. I would say no. Thats one funny ass dad you got there. 😁
We havent had such a historic moment/ level of optimism in the world since this moment in 1989. The end of the Cold War, the end of communist oppression, the wonderful 80s that made us and led to technology and pop culture at its best, the great Reagan years that help us transition into the booming 90s. The world needs something like this again, no more terrorist attacks, no more wars, no more political divisions, no more recessions, just feel good economy booming/ people loving optimism like in 1989.
They should of given the Hoff an oscar and a grammy on the same night for this performance. First man in history to do it. They missed an opportunity there. Yeah, Go Dave, Sing it !!
@El Gusanillo Del Juego Can you give an example of another wall in the modern developed world? PS. I don't have an ideology, mainly because an ideology is crappy by definition. Sounds like you might be sympathising with one though
I never knew this was a thing it’s so bizarre. Like imagine today if North Korea opened its borders and reunified with the South within a year and that’s obviously crazy enough. Now add to that the night of the border opening there was a random American celebrity there singing about it (Lin Manuel Miranda singing from Hamilton probably). Like lol what
American celebrities love to stick their nose's into everything I guess🤷♀️🙄. Honestly, it was the best day/night of my whole life, but I could have made it through the night without him as well🤦♀️😅
Actually what happened was, an Austrian fan knocked in hid door in LA and asked for an autograph. She told him one of his songs was number one in Austria. Hasselhoff called his agent and asked him to book a tour. While staying in Berlin organizers asked him to perform in his hotel. He agreed, but asked to perform at the wall. Theu set it up. If you listen, thousands are singing along. This performance made him a beloved cultural icon in Germany and Austria. Right place, right time.
That would devastate the S Korea economy and knock their GDP down from the top 20 if they reunified w/ N Korea. And also Hamilton is overrated and outdated so no.
Lol, that firework missed him for an inch. He made himself a singing target with his flashing jacket, of course. I remember this pretty well, I think I was a year or 9. The broadcast was opened with *Pink Floyd's We don't need no education*. At 9 yrs old, i really loved that song. I'm not English speaking, but i knew what it was about when i heard it. Great years it were...
Suuupi war und ist es. Auch, dieser Ohrwurm 👌🙌👏👏💃💃 Ich liebe es....Super Sänger und Schauspieler und auch Mensch Danke Dir 😘😉 Alles Gute für das neue Jahr noch 🙂👌
+Exhale Chemtrail Seriously, the course of history would have changed if Hassel Hoff died wearing that Piano Key Scarf the night the Berlin Wall came down~
If it came down to a single moment, a single song, a single performance……David Hasselhof would be the greatest musician of all time and I can conceive of no one else, ever, who could top him. One of the greatest moments in world history and he was there to usher it in.
FYI this is from a Swedish TV show from around the mid 00s called "100 höjdare" that listed the greatest TV moments of all time(or something like that).
actually my grandma was there and he saw who threw something but was not a bottle I was told that story so many times well I wasn't there in that time but I am proud to be Ein Deutscher danke hoff vir lieben sie so sehr.
Myself and an American colleague watched this, because he wasn't aware of the 'legendary' performance by The Hoff and that the fact that he was quite popular in Germany at the time. We couldn't stop laughing and he offers his sincere apologies for all those present during that performance on behalf of all Americans .:D . ps. The person who through the bottle had one hell of a throwing arm, it almost hit The Hoff!
It was a firecracker, you can see the sparks as it flies past him, then goes bang, but what a throw! considering Hasslehoff was up in a cherry-picker when he was singing!
Nie żyłem w tych czasach, ale ten film to dla mnie najlepszy pokaz jak wygląda wolność, pozdrawiam z Polski (która również była pod butem Sowieckim) :)
Life's nothing without freedom. In this days, I heard a lot of people praising CCP, and saying " stability is more important". They are wrong! Without freedom stability is just a golden cage. The inmate thinks ,he is safe and cozy, but when the cell's door closes, there's no way to scape.
Freiheit, einfach ein Grundbedürfnis. Ich schaue es, und sehe viele Menschen in Frieden und Freiheit sowie Freude. !! Eine ganz andere Zeit wie heute .
While my fellow Romanians where burying their loved ones after they had to fight for their freedom, Hasselhoff was signing dressed as a Christmas tree in country where everyone was cheerful. The lucky ones sign their freedom act with champagne while others with blood.
INFOPRO1 Romanule, esti sigur ca everyone was cheerful in a divided Germany? At least some change happened after the Berlin Wall came down. In Romania the same people who got rid of Ceausescu ruined the country with their greed and corruption. It got to the point where my grandparents generation said “Ceausescu era rau, da’ macar lumea avea de lucru”
Das Lied muss er am Tag der Wahl 2021 singen... Egal was raus kommt. Das wichtigste Weltweit sollte Freedom sein.... Eine andere Option hat unsere Welt nicht. Und mit Frieden gelingen die einfachsten Dinge. Weltweit...
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I was there. However it took two decades before I realised that I had seen David Hasselhoff. I thought it was a crazy German.
Congratulations, you saw something that will never happen again.
This is perfect.
you did see a crazy german, a really famous one with that
Wow u were there thats crazy!
Haha! That's amazing!
“Mr. Hasselhoff, tear down this wall” - Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan said it about Gorbachev.
@@hydrolito joke flew over your head
@@hydrolito Wow lmao
@@hydrolito r/whooosh
@@hydrolito You Don't Get The Joke. So r/whooosh
My dad was right. David Hasselhoff did appear at the Berlin Wall destruction while wearing a piano scarf.
And a flashing jacket too. He was only short of Captain America and Superman.
My friend here in Berlin actually owns that scarf as a souvenir.
literally if you put a gun to my head and asked me to guess if a description of the above video happened. I would say no. Thats one funny ass dad you got there. 😁
He was actually there on new years eve. The belin wall fell on November 9, 1989 not on NYE.
@John Jay I think it is superb
This is the most 80s thing I have ever seen.
No, the most 80's thing is Micheal Jackson. This is just a train wreck.
@@ieast007
I'm sorry but performing at the fall of the Berlin Wall to people who have been enslaved for decades
Trumps anything Jackson ever did
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676 this was new years eve 89/90. The wall fell in November.
GTA Vice City
Scarface
The fact the dude didn't miss a beat live while almost being nailed by a Roman Candle is truly impressive.
Playback
He probably didn't even notice
He was looking fo freedom brah..
Only thing that can kill the Hoff is the Hoff himself so something trivial like fireworks doesn’t even get a passing glance
Too high to notice. High on...uh freedom
if you listen closely you can hear the wall collapsing out of sheer awe for this performance
Best comment ever
This comment should have 3.4 million likes.
His singing career may not have weathered the future, but this performance will go down in history
You clearly never heard the timeless classic 'Jump In My Car"😂
I think his music was actually popular in Europe.
Und bei uns deutschen hat er dafür einen ewigen Platz im Herzen
When you see the star of Knight Rider and Baywatch singing on the Berlin Wall, you know the cold war is over.
+Thomas Gärtner at this point in his career he was knightrider looking for a job...
Yeah, complete humiliation, this is actually epic :F
Rysin3 If you were educated, you would know that Communism doesnt work..
@@Rysin3
Go starve somewhere else
And click
i've been looking for that jacket
I‘ve been looking so long
I need this jacket 🧥
Ill be looking for that scarf. That outfit could be a good Halloween costume
Create Create Create as a former idiotic boss of mine used to say
Haha same!
The fact that Hoff was there doing this and was being cheered in an non-ironic capacity is awesome
German people back then really loved him.
I think he didnt even notice that a firework almost hit his head.
Must've been that Russian spy again. Darn Russians trying to kill him.
Its Putin who shot it
That was the Stasi guy. Impressive that the Hoff bowed down right at that moment before the impact
he was way too drunk
@@TheCanelaFina Kitt warned him.
Say what you like about David Hasselhoff but performing for the destruction of the Berlin Wall is an amazing thing to claim for your legacy 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
It was NYE. Guys, the Wall fell on November.
@@AamuAurora We know. It's a running joke that we're all in on
When this man lies on his deathbed, he won’t have a single regret. He lived an awesome fucking life. I can only wish I experienced what he did.
We need him and KITT to go sort putin out.
@@agent19kentuckypotbaron15 If he did that I’d worship Hasselhoff for the rest of my life.
The drunk burger, maybe.
@@agent19kentuckypotbaron15 They should have had KITT jump the Berlin Wall. That was the only thing missing to make his life absoletely complete.
@@bejammin2000😂
David Hasselhoff should sing this song again once the coronavirus has ended!!!!
Or when the communist leftists are beaten.
It’s never gonna end we’re all dead
Im from the future and we have a vaccine now.
No
@@pepesilvia9148 we still have a deadly Delta variant.
David Husselhoff singlehandedly tore down berlin wall and ended the cold war. Some say he's a god walking amongst men.
And now we need him more than ever. As Putin erects the wall only the Hoff and KITT can tear it down again
We havent had such a historic moment/ level of optimism in the world since this moment in 1989. The end of the Cold War, the end of communist oppression, the wonderful 80s that made us and led to technology and pop culture at its best, the great Reagan years that help us transition into the booming 90s. The world needs something like this again, no more terrorist attacks, no more wars, no more political divisions, no more recessions, just feel good economy booming/ people loving optimism like in 1989.
Well said
Und alles dank dem David
And no more political leaders with hate in their hearts cough cough Trump. Only with hope like Reagan or JFK
Brexit is the British Berlin Wall moment ... :)
Your comment means alot more in 2020 lol
They should of given the Hoff an oscar and a grammy on the same night for this performance. First man in history to do it. They missed an opportunity there. Yeah, Go Dave, Sing it !!
This man single handedly ended the cold war
The man. The Jacket. The Scarf. The Lyrics. The Berlin Wall didn’t stand a chance.
Those 19 dislikes are of communists.
Nope, they're some of those who want to build another wall somewhere else
Rn there are 91 dislikes...
@El Gusanillo Del Juego Can you give an example of another wall in the modern developed world? PS. I don't have an ideology, mainly because an ideology is crappy by definition. Sounds like you might be sympathising with one though
At least no one got the ridiculous idea to make you neighbor country pay for your own wall.
not communist, just music lover
'He brought that wall down with one chord', Adam Carolla
The fact that if he didn't bow he could be killed by fireworks. The man have supernatural power
"Michael duck down theres a bomb heading your way!"
Goes to show that humility can save your life
"killed" Possibly but not likely
Imagine if lifestreams existed back then holy shit
Who knew a man with a glowing jacket and piano scarf could end a 50 year war
I never knew this was a thing it’s so bizarre. Like imagine today if North Korea opened its borders and reunified with the South within a year and that’s obviously crazy enough. Now add to that the night of the border opening there was a random American celebrity there singing about it (Lin Manuel Miranda singing from Hamilton probably). Like lol what
American celebrities love to stick their nose's into everything I guess🤷♀️🙄. Honestly, it was the best day/night of my whole life, but I could have made it through the night without him as well🤦♀️😅
Actually what happened was, an Austrian fan knocked in hid door in LA and asked for an autograph. She told him one of his songs was number one in Austria.
Hasselhoff called his agent and asked him to book a tour. While staying in Berlin organizers asked him to perform in his hotel. He agreed, but asked to perform at the wall. Theu set it up. If you listen, thousands are singing along. This performance made him a beloved cultural icon in Germany and Austria. Right place, right time.
That would devastate the S Korea economy and knock their GDP down from the top 20 if they reunified w/ N Korea. And also Hamilton is overrated and outdated so no.
"random American celebrity" ? He was the biggest star in Germany at that time.
Just to clear things up, this was New Years 89/90. The border opened on November 9th.
In times like this where the world is going through a bit of a rut, I like to come to this video to cheer me up and give me hope.
Lol, that firework missed him for an inch. He made himself a singing target with his flashing jacket, of course. I remember this pretty well, I think I was a year or 9. The broadcast was opened with *Pink Floyd's We don't need no education*. At 9 yrs old, i really loved that song. I'm not English speaking, but i knew what it was about when i heard it. Great years it were...
That was a Molotov XD
***** no it wasn't you idiot
periesicsd You mean Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall part 2"
It's great when you can't remember if you were a year old or 9 years old
1:52 5cm that can change whole human history.
HAHAHA als die Jacke angefangen hat zu blinken ist mir das Gehirn gerissen :DDD
Mir auch. Möcht auch so eine haben. :D
BoBo Manny what those shiznit mean if you can read English if you don’t speak English then don’t respond and I want to fit in the German comments
Nein
@@cptalpha3419 means he is the shit awesome
BoBo Manny danke I learning German soon so thank you
@@cptalpha3419 your welcome
Suuupi war und ist es.
Auch, dieser Ohrwurm
👌🙌👏👏💃💃 Ich liebe es....Super Sänger und Schauspieler und auch Mensch
Danke Dir 😘😉
Alles Gute für das neue Jahr noch 🙂👌
Respect to David, he sings the Wall down :P
As a recovered alcoholic myself I can tell you without a doubt that David Hasselhoff is drunk out of his mind when he's singing this.
You talk bollocks.
Ur chattin breeze
As an active alcoholic I can tell you he's not. (Or not enough. Depends how you see the situation. :D )
prolly tipsy
the perfect "eighties" set up: the hoff, his scarf, a christmas tree jacket, and a wall soon to be demolished.
01:51 A nearly perfect shot!!!
Who threw that bottle? Young Vladamir Putin?
+Exhale Chemtrail Seriously, the course of history would have changed if Hassel Hoff died wearing that Piano Key Scarf the night the Berlin Wall came down~
That jacket and the scarf...
It should be in a damn museum.
Please tell me its!!
*crosses fingers*
This is the USAs most powerful non-lethal weapon
Live Aid?! Freddy Mercury Tribute?!? No no no no no, this is the greatest concert of all time!!!!! Seriously!!!
This event was bigger than live aid
Mercury didn’t have a piano scarf.
When Hasselhoff arrived that wall never stood a chance.
If it came down to a single moment, a single song, a single performance……David Hasselhof would be the greatest musician of all time and I can conceive of no one else, ever, who could top him. One of the greatest moments in world history and he was there to usher it in.
FYI this is from a Swedish TV show from around the mid 00s called "100 höjdare" that listed the greatest TV moments of all time(or something like that).
Thanks! I was wondering, thought that looked like Swedish in the beginning…
the show host speaks german though and the tv station that can be seen in the top left is also obviously german.
David Hasselhoff actually invented freedom that night
actually my grandma was there and he saw who threw something but was not a bottle I was told that story so many times well I wasn't there in that time but I am proud to be Ein Deutscher danke hoff vir lieben sie so sehr.
No autotune. No premix. No vocal editing whatsoever. Straight cut voice and artist talent
Myself and an American colleague watched this, because he wasn't aware of the 'legendary' performance by The Hoff and that the fact that he was quite popular in Germany at the time. We couldn't stop laughing and he offers his sincere apologies for all those present during that performance on behalf of all Americans .:D . ps. The person who through the bottle had one hell of a throwing arm, it almost hit The Hoff!
It was a firecracker, you can see the sparks as it flies past him, then goes bang, but what a throw! considering Hasslehoff was up in a cherry-picker when he was singing!
The Germans love the Hoff
Shot Down In Flames we don’t 😂
Mit really! He ist a funny Guy! That's it! The Hassel the Hoff!
*Das stimmt :D (that`s correct! best regards from germany)*
Auch wir Österreicher mögen den Hasselhoff
Nie żyłem w tych czasach, ale ten film to dla mnie najlepszy pokaz jak wygląda wolność, pozdrawiam z Polski (która również była pod butem Sowieckim) :)
I remember watching an Alvin and the Chipmunks episode about Berlin at this time and he was on it singing this... lol
you can say about his music what you want, but there has been no better timing in history
You can say whatever you want about that timing, but there was no better music in history.
wer schaut das auch im November 2019?
Das ist ja noch lustiger als der kurze Ausschnitt den man immer sieht.
@@langohr9613ify jaaa! 😆😆😆🧨💣💥💥
Dem kann ich nicht widersprechen.
2020
may 2022😅😂😂😂
Life's nothing without freedom. In this days, I heard a lot of people praising CCP, and saying " stability is more important". They are wrong! Without freedom stability is just a golden cage. The inmate thinks ,he is safe and cozy, but when the cell's door closes, there's no way to scape.
He needed some ACTION if he wanted to be a true survivor.
I was just there, and this video is sweet. What a party that must have been.
It’s just missing Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and the Statue of Liberty walking trough the crowd
32 years of this epic moment
go we need some, go we need some ACTION!!
Almost forgot to watch this today
I am still looking for freedom.
Freiheit, einfach ein Grundbedürfnis. Ich schaue es, und sehe viele Menschen in Frieden und Freiheit sowie Freude. !! Eine ganz andere Zeit wie heute .
One of the reasons to love 1989
Truly, the Hoff's greatest moment.
My dad was right David Hasselhoff brought down the wall with just his voice
I'm so glad David hasselhoff brought down the wall
he didn't it were several protests of the east german people
@@3DayRespawn7 Really? 😂
Tell my kids this was the day Hasselhoff tore down the Berlin Wall and defeated communism.
David, we need you again!
The 80s was the peak of humanity.
What a hottie! And to think the wall wouldnt have come down with out him 🥲 So brave!!
30 years ago. Good memories
I want that jacket
Und dieser Mann, meine Kinder, hat die Mauer eigenhändig zu Fall gebracht. All hail the Hoff!
I want that coat.
While my fellow Romanians where burying their loved ones after they had to fight for their freedom, Hasselhoff was signing dressed as a Christmas tree in country where everyone was cheerful. The lucky ones sign their freedom act with champagne while others with blood.
INFOPRO1 Romanule, esti sigur ca everyone was cheerful in a divided Germany? At least some change happened after the Berlin Wall came down. In Romania the same people who got rid of Ceausescu ruined the country with their greed and corruption. It got to the point where my grandparents generation said “Ceausescu era rau, da’ macar lumea avea de lucru”
INFOPRO1 uuuh yea. the berlin wall was coming down. it was a big fucking deal.
You’re exactly right. The Berlin Wall should have never been taken down, and how dare these people celebrate
1989: Berlin Wall
2021: Covid-19 Pandemic
Another decade that were high
I'm looking forward to korean wall fall😜
This is the best video on the internet.
Freedom!!
1:00 - 1:05 and the mirracle of playback
Das Lied muss er am Tag der Wahl 2021 singen... Egal was raus kommt. Das wichtigste Weltweit sollte Freedom sein.... Eine andere Option hat unsere Welt nicht. Und mit Frieden gelingen die einfachsten Dinge. Weltweit...
I always wondered why the Germans love him so much.
DEUS VULT because of knight rider.
Because he destroyed the wall just by singing!
@thomas anderson Really? Tell how music in the USA is so SHIT right now? Most millionaires comefrom Rap, Pop and shitty music.
It's not that much, believe me🤮
Now i understand why the German team in Dodgeball with Vince Vaugh had a picture of David Hasselhoff 😂
I need that jacket
I dont care who the performer is, this is historical and badass at the same time...in Lite Brite!
30 years ago today! 2019-11-09
Herr Hasselhoff ist mein lieblingsheld. Er ist so geil.
David. You are the MAN
And that precious piano key scarf.
Man this song is so good ngl
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen
I was there at the time as was serving in Royal Navy and managed to get a piece of the Berlin Wall
David - “Jonny Weiss “Maria” Song UA-cam! 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🎶 I’m A Fan. “Knight Rider.”
Im so stoned right now if could go back in time I would go here
We have been helping the DDR refugees in the Embassy of West Germany in Czechia
What an absolute mad lad. He did it.
0:58 And this is how Hesselhoff ended the communism. #TrueStory
Thank you glen quagmire from the funny seth mcfarlen adult tv cartoon show
He wanted to sing but realized the recording sounded much better!
The ☪️☯️☯️♌️🕉️ in South Africa loved this song a year later
Think we need this Guy for Briexit
Better get ACDC for Highway to Hell
Highway to hell for those who stay ? Totally
Some see a singer, and actor. I see a superior being
such an emotiinal moment amazing ;)
david on the berlin wall is the most random thing i ever seen, his jacket is cool too