CBGB's Documentation 1998 Pt. 1

[jesuisarmenienne]

Glad I went to school when they were actually teaching you stuff, like German ;-) This is great stuff. All these heroes/heroines!

[pillmuncher67]

To all the people complaining about the German voiceover: it's a documentary made by a German producer for German TV. So it's in German. Gee, what a surprise. AFAIK, there is an English version on the DVD, but this youtube video was obviously recorded from German TV. It says so in the logo: ZDF is a German TV station. So why don't you buy the DVD and put it on youtube yourself? Or learn German, so you can understand what they say? I'm German and I speak English. What's your excuse?

[DirkjeA]

@pillmuncher67 I am Dutch, I speak German and English,listening to this in English and German makes this documentary less easy to watch. would be easier watching it in English with German subs, but as you said, it was madeby ZDF tv and we all know Germany tv translate everything. Watching a western where the hero suddenly speaks German is really silly. For you it is normal, for the rest of the world it sounds awkward when he says z.b.: he mister hast du Fuer fur mich.....lächerlig

[pillmuncher67]

@DirkjeA I agree completely. I too hate dubbed movies and prefer subtitles for movies in languages I don't understand. That's one reason why I don't watch German TV anymore. OTOH, there are still many Germans who don't understand English properly, like my 66 year old sister, who never had English in school.

I was just a little angry about all the comments that basically said "those stupid Germans, they're so stupid, they even speak German".

[DirkjeA]

@pillmuncher67 I understand you got angry about all these comments. Talking about stupid "Germans" because there are that don't speak English is silly ofcourse.

I think it would work better if they do not translate programs, but use subtitling, that way ppl like your sister might learn English easier. The generation that don't know how to speak English is dying, for the young generation in Germany does speak English, thanks to I-net, tv and radio. U r the example for that ;-)

[Phillieskid35]

My dad played there with his band. I never got to see the place though

[pigsnott]

It's just not enough that they overdub 10 year old American sitcoms for their prime time time television...

Somebody post an English language version!

[desasterz]

Attention everyone, this video has been uploaded on You Tube without german voice overs. "House of the Rising Punk"

[MrEconline]

@desasterz Where?? I can't find it.

[TheAbortus]

this german is so fucking waste of time ! ://

[Bachconcertos]

I was there often from 1974-1978 and I never ran into any Germans there. No Germans at Max's Kansas City either

[MrProzacmilkshake]

the GERMAN makes it real PUNK you dickheads

[freekster1]

WTF???

[ccipollini1984]

first the germans give us Hitler, now this...

[JasperDeKruijf]

@ccipollini1984 Hitler is austrian, idiot

[ccipollini1984]

@JasperDeKruijf

oops

[Gruntsplatter]

fuck sake why would you put another language over the top use fucking subtitles THUMBS DOWN

[RamonesMania92]

Learn our wonderful language.^^

Sorry for beeing non-anglophone!

Lang lebe die Deutsche Sprache! =D

[Sathanico]

fukin german voice ruins the whole thing!!!!!!!!!!

[TheFashionbugs]

Why the fuck is the TITLE in English???

[Xintros]

I want to but cant watch this due to dubbing. Thanks for trying.

[J0EYbagaDONUTS]

wtf with the dubbing, why the fuck didnt they do it with German sub titles if they were showing this on Geramn TV . This sucks ! it might have been a good doctumentry if that anoying fuck wasnt talking over the real voices

[esteesmicomputador]

Since it is called the song of the beginning?

[kidcalabria]

Do you mean what's the first song in this video? It's Blank Generation by RIchard Hell & The Voidoids, from the album by the same name (1977)

[esteesmicomputador]

hey thanks :D

[thesethingz]

damn, i hate when there are no English subtitles... >: /

[punkhippiehiphop]

DAMMIT!!!!!! STUPID GERMANS!!! Can't they just put subtitles instead of fucking speaking over the English. I can't hear Richard's beautiful voice :/

[PyePye7]

punkhippiehiphop- If you can see it the other way around: If German Channel 2 would not have put the effort into this to present this documentary to their (exclusive) German audience and nobody would have put it for you on Youtube you'd nothing to moan about.

How about broadening the horizon to learn German to catch shows US TV never showed interest for or bothered to produce in the first place! Richard Hell even came to Germany to do an interview because they appreciate him there as well...

[punkhippiehiphop]

@PyePye7 I get your point. Sure they appreciate him in German, sure they show a documentary about him. Well that's good but I still think it's stupid when they talk over the original voices. Why don't get subtitles? I'm sure many Germans would like to hear Richard's REAL voice as well instead of that dude rambling over it. Sorry but it's annoying.

[shashwati]

you realise how precious this footage is? It has a TOM VERLAINE INTERVIEW!!! He never does 'em!!!

yeah, sure it's in german, but you CAN hear a lot of what they say...and yeah, agree with the comment that says we're lucky to have any footage at all..

can't remember if it was Debbie Harry or Chris Stein that rightly pointed out, that the early days of punk at CBGB's and Max's weren't filmed much, so Richard Hell in Television is pretty much lost now... :(

But thanks for this series of posts!!

[GiganticAsses]

Holy Fuck I wish I knew German..

[desasterz]

i can hear over the english, or understand what they say just about

[dweebcentric]

well, there's no time like now to learn. well, unless someone posts or you buy the un-dubbed version.

[dottyduck1]

Because german TV knew that CBGB belongs to a kind of culture....shouting against germany said only that you 're know nothing...be happy about any info about early punk years...and learn !!!

[MrGermanriesling]

Did it maybe occur to anyone that this is a german documentary so how can it then be possible to get rid off se jerman?

[alifeofarcticsounds]

AAAAGGGGHHHH FUCKING GERMANY

[Skelros]

burn in hell

[SagaSudaka]

is there an english version of this?

if you know pls reply this msg. thanks!

[Paco7800]

It would be great without the German narration.....

[kidcalabria]

Thanks for the post. Some amazing old footage in this, I've never seen it & I've been into this stuff since 1976.

Shame that it's dubbed instead of just being subtitled in German

[esteesmicomputador]

Since it is called the song of the beginning?

[Flipper79able]

get rid of the GERMAN!!!!!!

[myrockettorussia]

how would you get rid of the german?

[Beefgog]

Get rid of the german.

[cheguvava]

how can you get rid of the german? can you do it on youtube

[Skelros]

get rid of your mother

[peroxidie]

People who learn english as an foreign language would have better chances to learn it if they'd have subtitles in television!

[MillaHead]

Patti Smith kicks ass, man.

[maxziz]

have the germans gone mad?????????

[theebadnun]

lol its actually kind of funny to hear that propper german man saying"hillbilly's"

[bobgure]

John Lydon said it: "Did ya go down to see the hippies last night? 'Horses,horses,HORSESHIT!'

She wasn't bad at the Bottom Line though.

[macheen]

ffs...i wish i could understand what is being said.

[corentine76]

please subtitles !!!!!

[drunkslash]

what the fuck???? it's unwatchable to the people who grew up with this, but to the germans who probably don't know who Richard Hell is, can fuckin watch it???? nothing against germans but what the hell?

[SEYMORDICK]

can you edit out the german?

[ookaninam2000]

subtitles, plz.

[Nussekudden]

@ookaninam2000

The german overvoice kind of ruin it all, if anyone have it without that shit, please post!!!

[emanuelefontanesi]

crazy this is not in o.v. thanks for postiing it but it s not enough

[DangerousBastard]

Bigotry? How original.

Subtitles would have been a nice compromise.