The Sound of Music, Unplugged (Part 2 of 2)

[fliegenei]

thank you for all the information. great clip. i have just come back from a cycling tour around the salzkammergut and we saw all the lovely towns, churches, ... that are in the movie :-)

greetings from Bavaria

[oktoberfest1810]

@fliegenei: Thank you for your comment. A cycling tour through the SKG sounds wonderful. Heaven on Earth. Lucky you!

[jereg2]

Just returned from Salzburg where we spent Christmas. We did the Sound of Music Tour and loved every moment of it. What an idyllic place and sooooooo beautiful in the winter.

[bergheimsmadeleine]

me, as a "salzburgain" (how do you call a person from salzburg?? :D) , i'm very proud of my town :D na just kidding to me it's soooo boring ^^

but you def. have to come to see salzburg ! take a local tourguide, too, so you can imagine all the places better =)

i promise, you'll LOVE it :D

greets from austria!

[itchytastyurr]

another place i wish a was born in.... the language threre is german right- i suck at languages. hedi and trapp brought to you by nippon animation - its eirey how the shows background art reflects your photos.

[itchytastyurr]

another place i wish a was born in....  the language threre is german right- i suck at languages.

[tess1312]

Brett Interestingly narrated! :) You did a great research. Its a dream which i wish to happen soon to travel to Austria> and Salzburg. Such a picturesque> I LOVE TO COME TO AUSTRIA

[5723maddy]

My sister and I went to Austria back in the 80's and took the Sound of Music Tour. It was well worth it if you are a fan of the movie. They bring you to all the different sights and tell you alot of info that you didn't know about the filming of the movie. For example, the church they got married in looks like a large cathedral when she walks down the isle with her vail behind her, but really it's small inside. They filmed it at a certain angle and she walked slow to make you think that. :)

[cunegonda9]

I GOT GOOSEBUMPS!!!

[cunegonda9]

i acted Liesl in the school musical "the sound of music" and god i so wanna go to saltzburg!!!

[Zethux]

I hate Germany. Too many bad stories. I prefer the United Kingdom. THE BRITISH ARE COMING!

[napoatusa]

this is so true... I was born in Austria and havent heard about tSoM until I moved to the US when I was 21!

[myhoneyjudah]

@napoatusa But with all the technology today, it's hard to believe Austrian's haven't heard of TSOM!

[sssoup]

Very well done. I wish I saw this before I visited ..

[rickyfan3956]

I have been to Salzburg, too, and I saw many of those same sights, although I was in Austria for an entirely different reason. It was quite a thrilling experience, seeing the fortress on the hill and realizing suddenly where I had seen that before! I saw a lot of the same sights that are shown in the movie, like the fountain that the kids all march by and pat when they are singing "Do Re Mi" and the theater where the family performed their last concert.

[rickyfan3956]

@rickyfan3956 They wouldn't let us go in, however, because they were busy setting up for their annual Mozart festival. I highly recommend that any serious Sound of Music fan go to Austria, especially Salzburg.

[imanacer]

Brett, you're cute.

[payitforwardeddie]

Just been there. Got back to the UK yesterday (went by coach). The place is fantastic.

Had a misunderstanding over the tour. We were meant to go on a "Sound of Music" tour but instead got a tour of Salzburg. Saw most of the settings you describe. So pleased with it we'll be going again.

[petereuropa]

@petuniamighty: nice reply.

In the evening in an open air theatre, listening to some pieces of Mozart in Saltzburg in June. Nice.

Have a nice week-end.

[petereuropa]

A very nice presentation. I also want to visit Salzburg but not only for a van Trapp tour. But It's nice to know a little more about the history and the beautiful city, the landscape and some of the buildings.

[petuniamighty]

thank you that was great!!

[thebiggestasshat]

Nicely done.

[tprophet77]

I enjoyed parts 1 & 2 of your "Sound of Music Unplugged" videos very much. Sincerely, RWH in Taipei, Taiwan

[TeuflischerEngl]

the curch is the church of mondsee!

and edelweiss is not the national anthem of austria

[Mistersafehouse]

It really is a stunning city. If you go take time out to take the lift up to the modern art museum where you get fabulous views and an amazing banana split! The SOM tour was great fun. I thought it might be a bit cheesy but it was hilarious. Took my mother for her 80th birthday.

[MyNameIsEarlFAN11]

i know, my hometown is just awesome! well chosen, mummy!!! :P

[kellyjustus]

It is now a hotel. I saw a utube video on it

[seashy2003]

I went to Salzburg in 2006, and took a tour on THE SOUND OF MUSIC, went through some of the move locations, i just love it.. each time i watched this movie, i get all teary..and touched by the whole move over and over again..

[tubucoco]

my god, didn't know such a place existed, it's perfect, I just wanna go in the fields of Salzburg and collapse, die and be buried right there. LOL

[bubbles19]

me too, didnt know it existed...wow

[bergheimsmadeleine]

@tubucoco

haha it's pretty, that's true, but believe me, it gets boring if you grow up there :D

no seriously come visit it ! =)

[tubucoco]

I wish I could hold hands with you and watch it.

[Lynara]

Sounds more like the narrator is picking the film apart for it's mistakes rather than discussing it. Maybe a bit bitter from his days of being a tour guide?

[celinejen]

Oh, so he should lie and just give us the fluff? I for one am facinationed by where they could and couldn't film.

[vocalworkz]

Great snap shot, and the narrator is pretty sexy also !!! Hope to get there form Australia someday.

[BabeePikin]

Ur voice is stimulating lol

[thatsmisterrobert2u]

Brett, you're very handsome and have a nice voice. Wish I could travel with you. Thanks for the humorous but fact-filled travelogue about my favorite movie.

[oktoberfest1810]

Thank you very much for your comments and compliments. Happy (future) travels! Brett

[bootsman1987]

Did you really said he was 47 and she 22 when they got married??? isn't that somethig called "a paedophile"?

[oktoberfest1810]

Yes, you heard correctly. Although it is not pedophilia because she was over the age of 16, some still may contest he was "robbing the cradle." To his defense, things were very different back then and this sort or marriage (well-to-do gentleman with young family minded woman) was not uncommon.

[theholyhorehay]

I'm going to Germany in November with my schools International Festival Choir. We are going to take the sound of music tour!!!! I cant wait to see all this!

[oktoberfest1810]

You are one lucky girl! Every waking moment on your journey will be a dream...

[ladylucklml]

Love your voice!!!!!!!!

[mcgiver02]

the first time I see the real Maria..

she was nowhere like Julie Andrews

[fatkeepfit]

that's a wrong comparison! the lady should had been shown in the picture in her late 20s as was Julie Andrews when she took the role in 1964 when she was 29.

[GregV55]

Thank you for the great videos.

Salzburg is my favorite city in the world.

I have been on the SOM tour twice; the first time with a tour guide who obviously didn't like the movie and discouraged people from singing along. The next time, the guide was much more enthusiastic, and obviously loved the movie and people.

A good guide makes all the difference.

[oktoberfest1810]

THANK YOU for watching and commenting! I couldn't agree with you more: Salzburg is also my favorite city, and the attitude of a tour guide is reflective of the tour. Your first SOM guide sounds like he/she should be disbarred. Thankfully you had a second opportunity to experience what should be a very eventful, thus memorable, day singing and sightseeing in some of Europe's most spectacular landscape.

[will1265]

I know what you are saying. We had a bad guide on a bike tour in Munich, but then a great one for our Dachau tour to visit the concentration camps. A good guide makes the whole experience that much better.

[duojet]

i'm so goin there

[bilmcf]

It was 10 years ago that I took the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg and to this day I remember every detail foundly. It is truely a 'must do' for any Sound of Music fan. I'm the envy of all my friends. I highly recommend taking the tour, esp. the tour companies that play either the movie or sound track in the bus while you ride from local to local. Nothing like some 30 people singing along to the Sound of Music! What fun :)

[oktoberfest1810]

I was a Sound of Music tour guide in Salzburg for nearly five years, and you're right: There's nothing like a bus full of people singin' Do-Re-Mi...

[WindDanceFilm]

Thank you for the very informative video. I remembered the concert in Salzburg.

[oktoberfest1810]

You're welcome! And thank you for the compliment. Your videos are also a pleasure to watch.