Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[gearHed289]

A self destructive, delusional weirdo lead guitarist? Whoever heard of such a thing?

[uwe]

Even his accent is inconsistent

You know what, Rob? I think this is dubbed, seriously. I've never ever heard Michael speak like that, not on stage and not in interviews. He's always had this very broad Tshörmenn äccent with his Hannover inflection. In that 80ies interview, the voice still has a slight German accent, but it is very much British- even cockney-influenced. All those "oi"s and even the speech rhythm. Plus, the English is too  refined, he spoke no English when he joined UFO and rather than helping him, Mogg and Way mocked him cruelly and/or left him to his own devices. Finally, that voice in that vid sounds nothing like Michael, his speaking voice is higher and tends to be bubbling and wide-eyed.

[Basvarken]

Haha, looks like we have a Schenker conspirancy theorist among us!

Of course it's him.
His German accent is still quite strong in this interview. Just strangely mixed with some English accents. In 1980 his UFO days weren't too far behind. I guess the English accents of Mogg Way et al rubbed off on him somehow.

[uwe]

So those Brits did teach him something after all. Until he met Americans, of course, and they ruined what little linguistic progress he had made. Figures.

[Basvarken]

There is very little that makes sense with Herr Schenker...

[TBird1958]

 One of my fave "Hair Metal" bands, Cinderella, live with Erik Brittingham playing a '60s Thunderbird II

[amptech]

 One of my fave "Hair Metal" bands, Cinderella, live with Erik Brittingham playing a '60s Thunderbird II

Loved them! They always had nice vintage instruments on tour. Mr. Brittingham pulled out a Rick 4005 when they played coming home at Moscow Peace Festival, not the typical hair metal bass 

[uwe]

I saw them a couple of years ago in the UK (my son, then in his hair metal phase, dragged me) - for some reason they still have a devoted following there that transcends the nostalgia circuit, they filled Shepherd's Bush Empire, which is a 2.000 capacity former music hall in London,



actually a nice venue. It was a good gig - they sounded and looked like they had sounded and looked in the 80ies -, though I had a feeling that Keifer probably doesn't want to keep doing this for the rest of his life. His current music is angrier/grungier than Cinderella ever were (though I still hear a good deal of Cinderella in it):



And then there are of course those country-***/Faces-tinged exploits, he lives in Nashville after all:



***I would like to add profusely that I use the term most loosely, Dave!

[Ken]

I saw them a couple of years ago in the UK (my son, then in his hair metal phase, dragged me) - for some reason they still have a devoted following there that transcends the nostalgia circuit, they filled Shepherd's Bush Empire, which is a 2.000 capacity former music hall in London,



actually a nice venue. It was a good gig - they sounded and looked like they had sounded and looked in the 80ies -, though I had a feeling that Keifer probably doesn't want to keep doing this for the rest of his life. His current music is angrier/grungier than Cinderella ever were (though I still hear a good deal of Cinderella in it):



And then there are of course those country-***/Faces-tinged exploits, he lives in Nashville after all:



***I would like to add profusely that I use the term most loosely, Dave!

I imagine you living in a place like this.

[uwe]

I imagine you living in a place like this.

Foremost, bad central heating comes to mind.

I have to disappoint you, I live in an early 60ies Scandinavian style pre-fab bungalow (courtesy of my wife, who owns it), looking somewhat like this (at least before we bought and refurbished it four years ago, yes, it now has floor heating) ...



and pre-owned by the young gentleman in Hitler Youth uniform here (on the right, to the left are his mom and his stepfather, a back then noted communications specialist with a slight limp, also note the best man with the hat in the background)



and here (in fetching Luftwaffe-paratrooper uniform, heavy-handedly superimposed together with his half-sisters and -brother plus mom and stepdad; fighting Bolshevism and Jewish Capitalism for the noble cause of Aryan superiority kept him from the initial photo session).



Being a POW in English captivity at the time (1945) was helpful for not being poisoned by his mom in the Führerbunker.

[Ken]

Foremost, bad central heating comes to mind.

No place is perfect.  Layer up.

[TBird1958]

Foremost, bad central heating comes to mind.

I have to disappoint you, I live in an early 60ies Scandinavian style pre-fab bungalow (courtesy of my wife, who owns it), looking somewhat like this (at least before we bought and refurbished it four years ago, yes, it now has floor heating) ...



and pre-owned by the young gentleman in Hitler Youth uniform here (on the right, to the left are his mom and his stepfather, a back then noted communications specialist with a slight limp, also note the best man with the hat in the background)



and here (in fetching Luftwaffe-paratrooper uniform, heavy-handedly superimposed together with his half-sisters and -brother plus mom and stepdad; fighting Bolshevism and Jewish Capitalism for the noble cause of Aryan superiority kept him from the initial photo session).



Being a POW in English captivity at the time (1945) was helpful for not being poisoned by his mom in the Führerbunker.

 A picture of you pushing a lawn mower would be near priceless......

[4stringer77]

Another interesting tidbit is Magada Goebbels first husband was Gunther Quant. That industrialist's family has also been awarded a contract to produce digital vaccine passports. Papers please!

[Ken]

and here (in fetching Luftwaffe-paratrooper uniform, heavy-handedly superimposed together with his half-sisters and -brother plus mom and stepdad; fighting Bolshevism and Jewish Capitalism for the noble cause of Aryan superiority kept him from the initial photo session).



Being a POW in English captivity at the time (1945) was helpful for not being poisoned by his mom in the Führerbunker.

The Brädy Bünch?

[uwe]

The Brädy Bünch?