David Hasselhoff at the East Side Gallery Protest
the guy on the right had a boombox inside of a suitcase and was blasting “I’ve been looking for freedom” – mood music at its finest!
When I saw all the excited chatter on twitter that David Hasselhoff was coming to Berlin to support the protest against the destruction of the East Side Gallery, I knew we needed to go and witness this piece of youtube history. I have always found his connection to Germany mildly fascinating and yesterday’s event was definitely an experience. I somehow got swept up into the massive crowd following behind David and made a silly little video of the highlights. Keep in mind I was getting pushed from pretty much every direction so it is pretty shaky, but you can hear the Hoff break out into song :) which is obviously what we were all hoping he would do. Although, I am not going to lie, I was a little bummed that he didn’t bring the jacket he wore in 1989 when he sang on the wall. Apparently he has promised that if the petition to save the East Side Gallery is successful, he will come back and throw a huge concert here in Berlin. Drücken wir die Daumen (fingers crossed)!
8 Comments
Lindsey
March 18, 2013This cracks me up so much!!! You really gave L+C the ultimate Berlin experience :) *wink*
Ashley Ludaescher
March 18, 2013I am so glad they were game to come with us! Although I am quite sure I got a little over-excited :)
Judith
March 18, 2013Hahahahaa hilarious! And secretly makes me want our old car back (we used to own this ridiculous Pontiac Trans Am like KITT)…
Jay
March 18, 2013What a fun experience —- I can just imagine it popping up in future conversations. “Remember that time in Berlin when we saw the Hoff?”
Kristina
March 18, 2013I can’t believe I was out of town when this took place! Thank you for capturing it on video ;-) Must have been a blast to be there!
Andi of My Beautiful Adventures
March 18, 2013Love it! I’ve seen some other people blog about this, but your pics are the best!!!
Lesley
March 19, 2013Ridiculous. Amazing photos – the best I’ve seen of this day!
Kate (@shoegirlinDE)
March 19, 2013This cracks me up! I’m only sorry we didn’t plan to be there this whole week so we could have witnessed this for ourselves. Guess we’ll be there just in time for the start of spring – and more snow. Ugh.