Falco died of severe injuries received on 6 February 1998, 13 days before his 41st birthday, when his Mitsubishi Pajero collided with a bus on the road linking the towns of Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.

"Rock Me Amadeus" was the only German-speaking / -singing song which was a number one hit in the US charts 😃 Falco was one of the few German-speaking and the only Austrian artist who ever had a number one hit in the US charts.

@hinti72

3 жыл бұрын

Not right mate Nena was also number one in the US charts !!! ;-)

@TakeLuca

3 жыл бұрын

@@hinti72 But Nena is not Austrian

@hinti72

3 жыл бұрын

@@TakeLuca but German-speaking and that's what you mean ;-)

@toniocostello2863

Жыл бұрын

@@gonzalez83 et puis Nena n a rien fait de bien et a disparu .Falco est un deuxième Mozart pour nous ..une légende

@lvcq_

5 ай бұрын

​@@hinti72 Falco was the only person to ever be in the US Top 1 with a German-language song.

Wow! I never thought I's see the name Falco on a reaction video here! I absolutely love him!

And before you know it that song has been trapped in your mind for 35 years lol. Loved this reaction.

This came out right after the movie "Amadeus" One of my all time favorite movies.

@t0dd000

3 жыл бұрын

A huge hit, back in the day.

It's been stuck in my head since 1985.

Wow this song was huge when I was a kid LOL great choice ladies!!!🌹Yeee!!

I have this on vinyl! Will have to play it for my 10 yr old twins! Great choice ladies!

Opus got their own Mega Hit called LIFE IS LIFE (Covered by Laibach) and Falco,the one and only Superstar of Austria....sadly died much too early...R.I.P. Johann „Hans“ Hölzel

To my opinion, "Der Kommissar" is the best song of Falco.

At one time this song was the most popular song on planet Earth. Great reaction.

I actually was at that concert! holy s**t, almost 40 yrs ago. time flies!

@Goddybag4Lee

5 ай бұрын

You're a lucky Mensch!

1985-MTV played music videos 24/7 (and they also broadcast all 19 hours of Live Aid). I worked three jobs and didn't sleep much because I made time for MTV. Back then it seemed like the music and good times with it would last forever (also, you could get a good concert seat for 12-20 bucks). There wasn't a good reason to miss a great music act like Falco, or Sammy Hagar or Journey and so on. Thank you Mia and Juliet for keeping the music alive.

Haha nice one, our greatest rock/pop musician 😉 Greetings from Graz where this was played.

Love your reaction to Falco! You two girls always bring sunshine, joy and fun to us viewers. The last and imo best masterpiece of Falco is the song "Out of the dark (Into the light)" with its now legendary songline: "Muss ich denn sterben, um zu leben? (Do I have to die to be able to live?)"

Greetings from Austria, Ladies! When you like this, taste the All-time Classic of Opus " Live is life "!

I love to see the younger generation groovin' to our jams!😂

a timeless classic, greetings from Vienna, Austria :)

One of the things I loved about growing up in the 80’s is the musical cultural boom from Europe and the UK. We learned so much. It took us from our comfort zone of R & B and soul and gave us more education than any school could. I’m forever grateful for music.

@vegasbaby3669

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

RIP Falco, thank you for this jam.

I remember when my brother bought the vinyl, I was always listening to it

Rest in Peace*Falco was so talented,smooth and tbh hot as hell! Suprised how many reactors aren't catching the Mozart ref's. (Not these 2 reactors)

Wow....this one took me way back! I did not like the song when it first came out but after listening to it a few times, it grew on me. Girls, I love when you both start singing.....you put a smile on my face. We would have so much fun listening to all kinds of music together.....you girls rock! Your dad rocks too with picking this video...thank you! Love the artists the two of you have reacted to the past few weeks. Your KZread family can't get enough of the two of you. Another fantastic reaction! ✌👍 Have a wonderful weekend and please stay safe! Love & Blessings! 💖😘

I forgot about this thanks for bringing back my child hood and like Juliet said this song is stuck in my head nothing like 80 s music

I have not heard this since I was in college. Thanks for the memories.

Oh my gosh, I can just imagine your mom walking around the house singing this! (The 80s were awesome for music, as you know so well.)

You have to see the official video. Also check out Falco's "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny" and "Garbo".

Fantastic Reaction! RIP FALCO

FALCO still excites people!!!

Love seeing younger people re-discovering 70s, 80s, and 90s music! Great reaction ladies!!

You girls really love music ..you’re enthusiasm is so infectious.

I didn't even know about this version with Opus. It's not that different from Falco's original, though. Opus themselves, by the way, had a big hit with the song Live Is Life.

Falco's Amadeus was no. 1 in the US Charts. Falco was not a one hit wonder, he had several epic songs.

@blovedbrownsfan77

10 ай бұрын

He originally wrote and performed "Der Kommissar", which was a top ten hit in this country for After The Fire.

@Hammster69official

Ай бұрын

Naturally, he had a long string of hits in Austria and Germany, but "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Vienna Calling" were his only top 40 hits here in the US, and as was previously mentioned After The Fire took their cover of "Der Kommissar" into the top 10.

When this came out...our radio station had so many requests for it they only played this song constantly all night. It was 🤪 crazy. We loved it.

Hi girls! It's cool to see you step away from the metal for a change. Good choice for this song! Here's a suggestion for the two of you, check out the video by Wall of Voodoo called "Mexican Radio". Methinks you'll dig it!

Track down some of Falco's other stuff. He was a true original and his music is brilliant.

yep.....I'm a metalhead among other things and got this in my playlist...the 80's were cool...

Little ladies you've got to be one of the cutest people on Earth. Subscribed!

Hey girls, you are formidable! Yes, it is catching ! I am from the Falco generation, french. And I had the same enthusiasm as you when I discovered this song and especially Falco, who had exceptional voice personality. Don't hesitate to get to know him. He did great things in his short life, Listen to "der kommissar", macho macho, Auf der flucht, etc ... Timeless. A new Falco wave will surge. Thank you again for this moment full of freshness, spontaneity and accuracy!. Greetings, from France

great choice , reminds me of my childhood years...

Falco and Opus... now you literally have to do OPUS Live Is Life. It was their greatest hit and also known in the USA and in many other countries. The genre (Falco also) is called Austropop (Austrian Pop). There were a lot of great bands and artists. But mostly in (often viennese) dialect.

@Telefiend

3 жыл бұрын

I used to steal my brother's Opus album and listen to Live is Life all the time. I was scrolling comments to see if anyone mentioned Opus and Live is Life

@petersteenjensen1362

3 жыл бұрын

@@Telefiend yes, that has been mentioned but I don't think anybody have mentioned yet that Laibach did a great cover of that song. 🤪

Hi ladies, that was fun !! People don’t write fun music like that anymore do they !!!

You're mom rocks! She has great taste in music

There needs to be a word for the feeling you get watching kids a good 40 years younger than you are showing the same enthusiasm that you did for the music you listened to at their age. If nothing else, it would save me a lot of typing.

He's been gone 25 years, how times flies, and so ahead of his time. Such a great loss to the world. RIP.

@nah3826

Жыл бұрын

still a icon RIP

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowww man!! this is super classic!!! LOL

This one caught me unexpectedly. Late happy birthday to me. (90% of the views on this so far are probably mine)

Nice reaction. A song from the good old days. The song was very successful internationally. No. 1 for example in the USA, Great Britain, Germany and many more.

Your mom sang this because this song was HUGE when it came out. But at least now you know why. It is a catchy song.

I love Falco 💕 please react to more of his songs

Your mom has great music taste

Sing to yourself too Juliet? BURN!!!(lol). Love hearing that you heard this from your mom singing around the house. Brilliant Reaction! Thanks!

GENIAAAAL CHICAS, FALKO EXCELENTE TEMA... BESOS DESDE CHILE EEEE🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱 CARIÑOOOOSSS PARÁ AMBAS...

@manuelolivares1996

3 жыл бұрын

Saven de buena musica estas chicas 👍

Que hermoso recuerdo chicas las quiero son muy dulces abrazo desde Argentina

Girls, your mom rocks!! In terms of songs that reference classical music artists you should definitely listen to the Electric Light Orchestra's version of "Roll Over Beethoven"! Also, any day you want to get into Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody is a wonderful place to start! You will never regret taking that first step!!!

THANK YOU for reacting to this, amazing! Maybe check out some of their other songs such as Vienna Calling, Der Kommissar and Jeanny

Buena reacción chicas Saludos desde Argentina

@TheLeocure92

3 жыл бұрын

Saludos vecino!!!

@damianfornelli1416

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeocure92 Saludos amigo

You girls deserve a like. And kudos to your mom too! XD

Great reaction. You should do your own cover version.

There’s so many 80’s music you would like

Great reaction ladies. Another great one to react to from the '80s is Bahaus' Bella Legosi's Dead...check out the live version.

"Dr Zeus, Dr Zeus" 😁😁😁

Wow, I haven’t heard this song in decades! Thanks for reacting to it.

What better way to start 2021.... a fun song

@DeadOfMusicWasCasted

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta watch the original video! Austropop as it´s finest!

Loved hearing the story behind this song, how your mom sings it when she’s cleaning in the house. Great surprise from your dad! Loved the singing along too!!

Yeah, Zu Geil( sorry for my german), FALCO - One of the greatest Superstars of the 1980s. First german speaker (he is from Austria) to hit No.1 in the American Billboard Charts (with this song). He died 1998. His real name was - Johann "Hans" Hölzel. Check out his other great songs like "Der Kommisar". or "Jeanny". Great Reaction young ladies.

Aww love Falco, RIP. Epic performance!

I was Twenty when this came out in those days I was a bit wild and quite 2 dimensional in my way of thinking I believed them to be a German band so taking into account that Germany bombed my family out of the east end of London I still held grudges so any German music would come int nothing but ridicule fast forward to today and my grudges have gone and you’ve just showed me a great reaction to a great band also Falco are Austrian my best friend Big Ray is half Austrian and half Jamaican how the world has changed Love the way these reactions bring back memories and that’s down to you Mia and you Juliet I’ll be forever in your dept Hail Dana’s Faith 👍

Unmatched and ahead of its time. In the words of Captain Kirk and First officer Spock: Space, the final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship Falco Its five year mission To explore strange new worlds To seek out new life And new civilizations To boldly go where no singer has gone before.

I really like this song but I've never seen this video. Thanks for reacting.

Hehe, nice Video. Falco, Gott hab ihn Seelig, der war spitze :)

My mum sung it around the house too. Now I do it too and so does my son lol This song is epic and thank you for reacting to it🙂 Amadeus, Amadeus....

@danasfaith5738

2 жыл бұрын

We do too! LOL! Amadeus Amadeus!

cute .... how u react to Falco. he has a voice like Freddy, in my oppinion. but hes sing german with austrian dialect, with some english parts. he was unique

1980s music about 1780s music. And Mia's reaction when she realized she had heard this song before, classic.

Chicas, ME ENCANTO. Mas de falco...Saludos desde PERÚ.

This has been the best live performance of Rock me Amadeus ever. Falco top notch.

@jonasrmb01

3 ай бұрын

Nope, live in Frankfurt is better

RIP Falco.....

It's a joy to see two young people who actually GET IT!!: AND YOU ARE BOTH SO FRIGGING ADORABLE😁

Thank you girls because I knew this song, I was 17 old when Falco has made this song, but I only knew the official video and not that one... And you are so funny, thank you from France :)

@danasfaith5738

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sally!

And also .... the Band OPUS (emphasiz on the O..pus ;-) ) they had a really great hit around the world with "live is life" !

thanks girls is what I needed I just watched the Sylvia Likens story that was horrible but you guys brought me right back thanks but I'll never look at a merry-go-round the same again

FALCO ROCKS!!!!! :D

I was one of those kids that were obsessed with this song when it came out back in the 1980s. It was part of a cultural moment when composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was extremely popular. His music was everywhere, there was a hit play in London and then New York that had just become an Oscar-winning movie (called 'Amadeus'), and then Falco had this banger of a song. None of us knew really what the heck he was saying...but it was so infectious that it became a huge hit here in the US. There is an even better version of this song (which is actually Falco's...in this, he's just performing it with Opus) where he has a full symphony orchestra behind him and it just rocks! Other Falco bangers are "Vienna Calling" and "Der Kommisar" (there are two versions of that one...Falco's German-language one and an English one by After The Fire, both are really good!). If you like movies...see 'Amadeus' which is an excellent film with performances by Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri (who won the Oscar for Best Actor) that are amazing!!!

@marcraygun6290

3 жыл бұрын

My first album,

@thehighpriestess8431

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love smart people.

Very cool live performance. Great reaction

I didn't expect to see Falco here :D If you liked you should absolutely checkout his amazing song "Out of the Dark"! Keep up the good work :)

So funny that you did this song. I just went to your channel to see, and it seems you have not done Take On Me by Ah-Ha yet. Why not? You gonna love it. Official video version only please...the animation is awesome. At the time it was made it was the most expensive music video ever made (computer animation), so think about that. Bigger than Thriller...

I love this song and your reaction 😍

@danasfaith5738

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cinthia

When epic austrian rock took over the world, Falco (rip) and Opus, boy, how I miss My teens! Thank God we still have the music, great reaction girls

I thought Mia was going to have a meltdown when you stop that video Lol that was a good one

Love this reaction

English Translation: "He was a punk and lived in the big city It was in Vienna, in Vienna, where he did everything He had debts because he drank, but women all loved him anyway And everybody screamed: "Come and rock me Amadeus!" He was a superstar, he was popular He was exalted, because he had flair He was a virtuoso, he was a rock idol And everybody screamed: "Come and rock me Amadeus!" It was around 1780 and it was in Vienna No plastic money any more, the banks were against him Everyone knew where the debts came from He was a ladies' man, women loved his punk He was a superstar, he was popular He was too exalted, and that was his flair He was a virtuoso, he was a rock idol And everybody's still screaming: "Come and rock me Amadeus!"

do check out the video of this song, it is crazy. I like the studio version just a little tiny bit more..... but great that you review this, you are amazing.

@danasfaith5738

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert!

Brilliant reaction!

Awesome Reaction ❤️

The official music is pretty entertaining.

I took German language in high school. My freshman year was 1991, just right after Falco’s peak in America with this song. My German teacher was from Germany and he had Falco’s greatest hits album on cassette so he let me borrow it to record it. He had quite a few #1 hits in Germany but Rock Me Amadeus was his only American hit. The full version is about 7:00 long. He raps in English and German, goes through a chronological history of Amadeus Mozart. He also did the original Der Komissar, in which he does the whole song in German but drops an English F bomb in the middle of it lol He has a song called Jeanie which is actually quite serious if you translate it. Tragically Falco was killed in a car accident in the late 1990s.

@francemary1863

3 жыл бұрын

yes, but he had a great American career ahead of him: Richard Branson had given him a golden bridge, but he wanted not to go further with American showbizz. He had great songs, until he died...in a great violence..

@joe6096

3 жыл бұрын

@@francemary1863 He was a one hit wonder in America with Rock Me Amadeus in 1985. He died in 1998. Long after his career here was over. Maybe he was still popular in Europe but in 1998 Third Eye Blind, Sheryl Crow, Hanson, and Backstreet Boys were what was popular in America and Falco’s music was a distant memory if that. And Richard Branson is British, not American.

Scorpions "No one like you"

So girls, you have to listen to much more songs from FALCO ... like Sound of music, Vienna calling or Junge Römer (young romans) and so on .....

The Greatest!

Hey ladies, welcome to New Wave music ! These were the artists and songs that dominated the charts during the heyday of MTV, that is, when they used to play music. If you're interested in exploring more, there are lots of suggestions below (including a large batch I added to someone else's comment). Most New Wave songs were catchy and radio-friendly, and you might find yourselves singing along with your Mom around the house.