There are some other German bands that have done some great songs. "Geile Zeit" (Fun time) by Juli, which came out in 2004 is a great song, although it never made it to the US.
Gangnum style? Really? My 1st thought was one night in Bangkok. Thats the most similar i think. And an equally ridiculous song that just sounds really freaking cool.
The orchestral live version of "Vienna Calling" is fantastic. A pleasure that's both guilty and prideful. But the meaning is pretty clear. He wants to get laid but his little black book is proving useless with his lovers vacationing or living abroad.
Are you telling me that his Der Kommissar wasn’t a hit in the U.S.? Because I remember hearing it a lot, mostly on MTV back then. Along with After the Fire’s version.
In the Germanic parts of the world, Brigitte is typically pronounced Brig-IT-teh, which is pretty cool, even though I have an uncle who married a German woman named Brigitte who has mostly ruined the name for me by association. 😂
I’m sorry you make me bust out laughing so many goddamn times you are so funny. I think your comedy is everything that I love in a YouTuber the Schnapp’s lol
It's so funny watching this 8 years later when Rock me Amadeus had a huge resurgence internationally thanks to Stranger Things and TikTok. Falco truly never dies.
I listen religiously to this german punk rock band, die Ärzte (The Doctors) and in one of their early songs the singer tells the story of his girlfriend who always turned on the radio and listened to "Falcos Neue LP" (Falco's new LP) instead of screwing him, and that also contributed to my dislike of Falco's music in general
I was in high school (rural Ohio, US) in 1985, and the entire Falco 3 album was SO COOL. Tango the Night! Jeanny! Vienna Calling! We played it and sang along on our Advanced Biology/Ecology van trips (no seats, just 10 teenagers sitting on the bare van floor like it was an open truck bed) to forests and sand dunes and things. Our teacher hated it.
As a German who lived in Austria for a couple years, this is pretty much on par with calling Nena a one hit wonder. What's funny is that my decently sized group of American music nerd friends know who Falco is, know who Heino is, and somehow all know "Da Da Da" by Trio, and not because of me. I'm pretty sure they found Falco and went down a rabbithole.
8:04 I am certain Falco‘s style is at least in part supposed to be mocking snobby yuppie inheritance business university pseudo aristocratic posh part of town viennese people way of talking
American here. Discovered Falco’s catalogue years ago after a friend linked the video for “Wiener Blut” in a forum post. It’s my favourite of his and is actually about political corruption in Vienna at the time. :0
I don't like this song because of the connection to Mozzart, or the lyrics, or the chanting, or the beats. Come to think of it, i just don't like this song at all.
@atlassolid5946
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
1:35 Todd's clearly never rolled over Beethoven or told Tchaikovsky the news
@jasonvoorhees8478
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
as a Gen Xer born in 74, I remember his follow up song. However, that is because I was a fan of Falco.
@geoffk777
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
There are some other German bands that have done some great songs. "Geile Zeit" (Fun time) by Juli, which came out in 2004 is a great song, although it never made it to the US.
@Certamaniac
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
It's weird that with Der Kommissar and Vienna Calling this guy is considered a OHW.
@libertyspike8890
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
And why the hell are these 8 yr old videos showing up on my feed?
@libertyspike8890
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Gangnum style? Really? My 1st thought was one night in Bangkok. Thats the most similar i think. And an equally ridiculous song that just sounds really freaking cool.
@erikcbaardd
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
The orchestral live version of "Vienna Calling" is fantastic. A pleasure that's both guilty and prideful. But the meaning is pretty clear. He wants to get laid but his little black book is proving useless with his lovers vacationing or living abroad.
@GordonSlamsay
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
wait, this song is real and not something I remember from a fever dream when I was 7?
@1020bronwyn
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
The 80's where the one hit wonder years
@empathymeanseverything
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I absolutely remember liking "Vienna Calling," even more than RMA
@adamp2029
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Are you telling me that his Der Kommissar wasn’t a hit in the U.S.? Because I remember hearing it a lot, mostly on MTV back then. Along with After the Fire’s version.
@karenbaisch2868
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I love Vienna calling to this day. In my native Canada he had 4 pretty popular songs.
@WolfHreda
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
In the Germanic parts of the world, Brigitte is typically pronounced Brig-IT-teh, which is pretty cool, even though I have an uncle who married a German woman named Brigitte who has mostly ruined the name for me by association. 😂
@user-cg8hu3kl1n
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
"theres no disco tribute to vivaldi" yea but there is one to beethoven on the saturday night fever soundtrack lol
@lsimon343
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I’m sorry you make me bust out laughing so many goddamn times you are so funny. I think your comedy is everything that I love in a YouTuber the Schnapp’s lol
@c1a2t3a4p5i6l7l8a9r
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
When you hear Rammstein the German is just right
@georgewilliams4258
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Apparently the bikers in Austria were huge fans of Falco and when he died showed up to his funeral en mass
@lilo-jg4kv
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
It's so funny watching this 8 years later when Rock me Amadeus had a huge resurgence internationally thanks to Stranger Things and TikTok. Falco truly never dies.
@ruikku_17
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I listen religiously to this german punk rock band, die Ärzte (The Doctors) and in one of their early songs the singer tells the story of his girlfriend who always turned on the radio and listened to "Falcos Neue LP" (Falco's new LP) instead of screwing him, and that also contributed to my dislike of Falco's music in general
@Ridendrty
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Falco had more than one hit.
@auggiedoggiesmommy1734
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
No one really cared what the words were as long as you could dance to it.
@ElizabethPemberton-e9c
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I was in high school (rural Ohio, US) in 1985, and the entire Falco 3 album was SO COOL. Tango the Night! Jeanny! Vienna Calling! We played it and sang along on our Advanced Biology/Ecology van trips (no seats, just 10 teenagers sitting on the bare van floor like it was an open truck bed) to forests and sand dunes and things. Our teacher hated it.
@chrissmart9761
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eyeP-TJlGs
@drbonkerssoundlabllc
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
99 Luftballoons by Nena was also a hit.
@JOBdOut
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Hilariously Amadeus makes me think of that Bloodhound Gang song intro payin tribute to a gangbangin thug who didnt see it coming. What? Falco?!
@BrendanJSmith
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I cannot believe Todd managed to avoid the Simpsons Dr. Zaius reference.
@peterbustin2683
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Oh. I see. It is 'Rock me Amadeous'. I thought it said somethin else…
@Arcane_Archivist
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
As a German who lived in Austria for a couple years, this is pretty much on par with calling Nena a one hit wonder. What's funny is that my decently sized group of American music nerd friends know who Falco is, know who Heino is, and somehow all know "Da Da Da" by Trio, and not because of me. I'm pretty sure they found Falco and went down a rabbithole.
@jamesstuart3346
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Wrong chord in your version
@rubengranados7159
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
11:06
@ryanwarren2970
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Pizza man, he just want a slice!
@KäptnKrückschwank
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
8:04 I am certain Falco‘s style is at least in part supposed to be mocking snobby yuppie inheritance business university pseudo aristocratic posh part of town viennese people way of talking
@malleuscalgary
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Mexican band Molotov did a cover of this and it was how I discovered it, it’s called amateur
@comentedonakeyboard
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
A pioneer of Denglisch
@lennartgoebel
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
This is another strange Episode for a Person from The D-A-CH Region 😂
@criticalposts3143
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
bum bududum der kommissar geht um
@Rice-A-Roni-Enthusiast
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I love Falco. Der Komissar fucks, too.
@aaronhewitt6312
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Born in ‘93 and it’s not until now that I realised this is the song that inspired Dr Zaius on the Simpsons… I’ve never really listened to this song
@thebandarlogs7154
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Well actually two years before this video there was a biographical musical about rachmaninoff using electronic remixes of his pieces so
@AithlynC
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
The main vibe, I think, isn't so much silliness. A certain type of over-the-top camp-but-heterosexual provocativeness, sure.
I'm German but I wasn't around in 85.
@isaacbobjork7053
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
To be fair, the movie is not very historically correct, it is mostly fiction based upon real persons.
@RU_YETI
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
My first cassette. I noticed the radio version was slightly different
@stuffedninja1337
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
American here. Discovered Falco’s catalogue years ago after a friend linked the video for “Wiener Blut” in a forum post. It’s my favourite of his and is actually about political corruption in Vienna at the time. :0
@RicardoAlmeidatm
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Wait, he has a song called "Wiener Blood"?
@RicardoAlmeidatm
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I don't like this song because of the connection to Mozzart, or the lyrics, or the chanting, or the beats. Come to think of it, i just don't like this song at all.
@JohnJohnsons-bv6qm
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
If you don't know "Der Kommasar"… yes! 🤣🤣🤣😊
@zuzus_petals4715
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Der Komisar was pretty lit 🔥
May have been living in Germany then , I forget
@bloodygoat6941
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Falco was Vienna of the 80s in its purest form
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