For him, Hasselhoff conjures up memories of growing up in East Berlin, a block away from a wall that separated him and his friends from the freedoms of the West. Erdmann said he spent 10 hours sewing on the lights the night before. He was dressed in a piano scarf and a black leather jacket that had blinking lights sewn onto it - a replica of what Hasselhoff wore for his memorable 1989 New Year Eve's appearance in Berlin. 3, German Unity Day, Erdmann was waiting to see his boyhood hero in concert at an arena in Berlin. Erdmann, who was raised in East Berlin, believed that Hasselhoff was responsible for the fall of the wall.Įrdmann was 6 when the wall fell, too young to understand that his favorite TV star who drove a talking car was not responsible for the fall of communism in his country. Erdmann spent hours constructing a replica of the jacket his boyhood hero wore while singing at the Berlin Wall in 1989. Thomas Erdmann (center) poses with friends before attending David Hasselhoff's concert in Berlin on Oct. I'm sitting here staring out the window going, 'What am I going to do next?' " he said. "I said, 'I'm going through my Ernest Hemingway period.' Knight Rider was canceled I lost my marriage. He remembers groaning, not wanting to go through with it. Hasselhoff's agent told him that Nikki had won a contest in a magazine and her prize was lunch with Hasselhoff at his home in Southern California. "It all started with a girl named Nikki," Hasselhoff said during a recent interview with NPR in Berlin, where he was on a concert tour of Germany. The 67-year-old star of decades-old television series Knight Rider and Baywatch doesn't skip a beat when asked the question. In 1989, his song "Looking for Freedom" was the anthem to many Germans' newfound freedom.Īmong pop culture's great mysteries: How exactly did David Hasselhoff become a rock 'n' roll God in Germany? David Hasselhoff performs during a concert in Berlin on Oct.
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