The sound of David Hasslehoff
To many, the Hoff's music career was a non-starter: an sick joke which got out of control. Yet, somehow, El Jefe manages to present a compelling case for the defence...
On trawling the bargain buckets of the local halal music shops, by pure, chance I happened upon David Hasselhoff's Greatest Hits album. Although this event did occur whilst I rooted through another customer's shopping bag. Deftly rescuing it from said customers unappreciative hands I scurried out of the store. Much later, in the privacy of my flat, I bouffed up my hair to a hasselhoff regulation standard, donned my tightest jeans, biggest belt buckle and cranked up the album. I had originally scoffed at the very idea that one could distil the essence of such a man into a mere CD. However, that well known record label "BMG International" have cracked Hoff-alchemy and found a way.
I donned my tightest jeans, biggest belt buckle and cranked up the album
This cd provides an emotional and historical rollercoaster ride into the 1980s and beyond. The next forty five minutes of my life were a bit of a blur. My flatmates found me, tears streaking my face gibbering. Apparently, I had been attempting to kick down the next door neighbour's wall whilst singing along to "looking for Freedom" at the top of my voice. They concurred that this was obviously some eighties, German-rock induced homage to the big man, and the power of the album should not be used lightly, and possibly for evil rather than good.
I would challenge any red blooded individual not to be touched by the Michael Knight versions of "Du", "Hot Shot City", "Do the Limbo Dance" and "Wir Zwei Allein"(which can only be appreciated in the original German). And if there are any truer lyrics than in the previously unreleased "Je T'Aime Means I Love You" I just don't want to know.
Time has shown that in just twenty years this tv lifeguard/robot car-driving avenging angel has rapidly made his name as a world renown recording artist (but mainly in Germany and Uzbekistan...actually his latest single "Get in my car" only reached no. 2 in Uzbekistan, being thwarted by bananarama).
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El Jefe
