At 07:05 PM 1/26/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>I remember seeing the speech on television just after kennedy gave it.
>If I remember correctly there was a little laughter when the translator
>became somewhat flustered by Kennedy suddenly using German and
>translated the phrase into English. There was no laughter directed at
>Kennedy and the applause was loud and long.
>
>Jerry Liles
John Kay of Steppenwolf, a native German, wrote a song called "The Wall"
around 1990-1 in which he overdubbed essential snippets of the speech, with
thrilling effect. Not as hot as "Screaming Night Hog" but darn good for an
old rocker.
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