Pre WWI German Beatbox

The Magnificent Gert Fröbe performing a Pre World War I beatbox.

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[mdr23]

I think I do a bit of this at times - and it's all the fault of this film way back when I was nine or ten. So many great bits in it, not just Frobe's bits. All the national stereotypes you could want.

[scoob2007]

@mdr23 How about the guy who thought that it was more aerodynamic to fly his plane backward and ended up in Scotland?

[theorganguy]

I'm stating the obvious fact here, but while the movie is *set* in pre-WWI, the movie itself was made in 1965... so post-WWII... would Germans do Beatbox pre-WWI? sure, why not! Oom-pa-pa is great for beatboxing :-D

[scoob2007]

@theorganguy Exactly what obvious fact were you stating? You stratified the turn of the previous century against the period that the movie was made and concluded that Polka and beat boxing were the same thing.

I'm not sure, but isn't that kind of like saying that the bird dance was the reaction of the third reich when the allies arrived. (No offense to any Germans reading this.)

I think I have kind of boxed myself in with this one!

Peace!

[wolfgangle]

Fröbe is unforgotten, I love the man. His best performances on the theatrestage made some characters become real alive for the audience. He could mimicly embody the transformation from ape to neanderthalman to man and many other stuff. Only actors currently in that class are Hopkins and Nicholson.

[1foxtrot70]

AH!!! Never under estimate the power of a German Officer! 

[bmgm3]

Ah, backm in the days when people had a sense of humour about how other countries saw them. No need to complain, moan get a diplomat involved or just generally pretend to upset and feel the need to be a victim.

[AssualtgruppeVeir]

I think this is where I got the whole beatbox thing. Great insperation right there.

[19919]

Ger Fröbe is the best

[7Nub2Nub83]

search for "Berliner Luft Luft Luft" .... after 27 seconds the part comes, that Gerd Froebe beatboxed in this magnificant movie.

[mdr23]

@scoop2007. I'm going to have to get this off Amazon and watch it again since it's ages since it was on the box.... And no, I don't expect you to die...but I know where you're coming from!

[theorganguy]

@scoob2007 the obvious fact that Froebe is beatboxing in 1965, not pre-WWI... just because he is beatboxing in 1965, doesn't mean it is an accurate historical depiction, but I do not see any reason to doubt that - never mind pre-WWI - for centuries mankind used their voice-chords to imitate musical instruments?

If you can not afford an instrument and can't sing nor whistle, it kind of comes natural, no?

BTW: that's march-music, not Polka...

[scoob2007]

@7Nub2Nub83 For the love of God i think I know where this is going:

"Do you expect me to search for the song on YouTube?"

"No! I expect you to die Mr. Scoob2007!"

[7Nub2Nub83]

@scoob2007

He's right ... It definitely is. search for the song on youtube ... you'll find it.