American reacts to Germans watching American Football singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

[@gamingtonight1526]

Take me home country roads was a huge worldwide hit - so it's not too strange!

[@Al69BfR]

Wait until he hears about Sweet Home Alabama.

[@vomm]

yes it's a Ballermann hit

[@Foatizenknechtl]

i was about to say its probably the most american sounding song while being enormously famous in germany as well.

[@PhantomasTom]

The Country Road Song is super popular on parties in Germany. But performed by the Dutch band "Hermes House Band"

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

Don't know exactly how it was until the 1990s, but in 2001 a cover version by Dutch "Hermes House Band" was released and it got up to rank #2 in the German charts and also got awarded with a platinum record. And I knew that version before I discovered the original by John Denver.

[@MellonVegan]

That song is famous all over the world. Germans have been singing it for longer than both of us have been alive.

[@romanbecker6711]

Country roads IS an Institution in beer tents. They played while the crowd was singing

[@seelenwinter6662]

but 99% of us only know the lyrics when we are drunk...^^

[@hottemoves1412]

Nalf made a super video about the NFL in germany. You should watch it, he gives much more information. Love your videos

[@arnodobler1096]

Wanted to say the same thing! @NALF

[@thomaskasielke]

@Nalf

[@missduffypenny]

also check out what rich eisen had to say about the game and the atmosphere. he called the game live from munich and he is in sportsmedia for like 30 years now. he said it was a party…

[@danielkaufmann15]

I know Nalf too, but more than 2000 or 3000 visiters were never in a stadium to watch AF. And the payment is horrible compared to the US. No visiters, no money 😮

[@RobertLanard]

@@danielkaufmann15 Up until the Super Bowl match. :) Let's hope for the teams it gets bigger.

[@128Flow]

It's an official NFL-Match and there are not only Germans in the crowd😁

[@Brandstifter1331]

But the germans are the only one you can hear😂

[@128Flow]

​@@Brandstifter1331😂👍

[@Takketa7]

It is a popular and easy song, on Octoberfest it is a standard song in every tent.

[@picaae]

"how do you guys know the words?" we sang it in 6th grade when we started learning English 😂 Germans love country music actually. And this song is just iconic.

[@jochendamm]

American football has been played in Germany since 1945 and was mainly played by occupying soldiers of the US Army until 1979. Since then, there has been a German association and an organized game. The umbrella organization “American Football Association Germany” (AFVD) runs the German Football League and German Football League 2 as well as all other football leagues at national level. With over 70,000 members, the AFVD is the sixth-largest team sports association in Germany (as of 2020). Seven German teams take part in the Europe-wide semi-professional European League of Football. The professional NFL has played one regular season game in Germany every year since 2022. My former neighbor is a founding member of the local football club, AFC Remscheid Amboss. The club also has a cheerleading section. The Cheerleading and Cheer Performance Association Germany e.V. (CCVD) was founded in 2007. By 2024, the association had grown to over 30,033 individual members. As of 2024, there are 16 state associations in all federal states, which look after the members at state level. Some of these state associations are now members of the respective state sports association. The CCVD has been a full member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) since December 2018. It is the first organization recognized by the DOSB that is exclusively home to cheerleaders. Since 2008, the CCVD has hosted annual German cheerleading championships, which can be qualified for via state championships and regional championships.

[@Arltratlo]

how many members got the DFB...27 million?? 70.000 are just a few Trump lovers!

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

There was also the World League/NFL Europe from 1995-2007 AFAIK these were playing with some US players during the off-season, some of these teams were refounded recently (in 2020/2021) for the new ELF (European League of Football). And some also have similar names to the GFL teams, Frankfurt's NFL Europe/ELF team is "Galaxy", the GFL team is "Universe" or Hamburg had the GFL team "Blue Devils" (were successful in late 90s/early 2000s, but got into trouble in the late 2000s, 2010s and kinda vanished in 2014), while NFL Europe/ELF are the "Sea Devils". In the GFL most players are German, but often a bunch of key players like the quarterback and head coach etc. are often American.

[@frankmunster1566]

You asked: "how do you know the words (of that song)?" In general, we listen to a lot of music in English. Eg. if you turn on the radio in your car, you'll hear more English music (I'm referring to the language here, so also american music) than German music. I remember when you reacted to those "top German music videos from 2010 to 2020". I think you got that "German" in that title a little wrong. "German" was also referring to the language, so those were the hits of the German charts filtered for songs in German. If it were about the charts in general at that time, you would have heard a lot of English.

[@pixelbartus]

I think you already have reacted to the channel Nalf. He is an American playing american football in germany. He also made a movie about it called "unicorn town"

[@toecutter3100]

As far as i know, Nalf isn't active anymore. If i remember right, he is supporting Stuttgart Surge right now

[@MiaMerkur]

​@@toecutter3100do I remember right: in one video he spoke about becoming a trainer. For he is engaged/married to a woman in South America and football community is growing, there is a good chance!?

[@toecutter3100]

@@MiaMerkur Nalf is taking at least two "things" home to the US, his addiction on Butterprezels and his german sweethart 😍

[@StefanMetze]

Surprise, surprise. Germany is the largest market of the NFL outside the USA. According to the NFL, there are 19 million American football fans in Germany. There was a demand of 3 million tickets for the Munich Game in 2022. Absolute record. More than at any other sporting event on this planet ever.

[@mats7492]

19 Million would be 1 in 4.. including kids and seniors.. no way thats true..

[@TyonKree]

"According to the NFL, there are 19 million American football fans in Germany" And even though, somehow, almost a quarter of the population are AF fans there are essentially no clubs about it or children playing it. Things sports that have a far smaller following somehow have. So what is it, why aren't there huge crowds of people playing it or having their children play it as in any other sports including one where you need to buy equipment and that can only be played on ice. "There was a demand of 3 million tickets for the Munich Game in 2022" You do are familiar with the EU, the Schengen Zone and generally other European countries outside of that? I can try to get a ticket for Bowls in England, doesn't mean that I am an English Bowls fan.

[@mats7492]

@@TyonKree Yeah, .. I call BS! 19 MIllion is straight up made up to boast their own image!

[@StefanMetze]

@@TyonKree Okay, let me use Berlin as an example. Here, there are about 10 clubs. There are two major leagues: the European League of Football and the German Football League. All over the city, there are clubs with their own youth departments for kids, just like in traditional Bundesliga soccer. On top of that, there are numerous fan clubs for NFL teams with tens of thousands of official members across Germany. That’s the reason why the games in Munich and Frankfurt came about.

[@kpmlinho]

@@StefanMetze If you exclude the very young and the very old, that would still mean that at least one in three people is an NFL fan in Germany. I'm sorry, but that's nonsense. Of the people I know, it's maybe one in 30 and my circle of friends consists largely of young sports enthusiasts. But they watch football (the "real thing"), motorsports, tennis and maybe darts. The German NFL-fanbase is big, but surely not 19 mio.

[@Justforvisit]

0:39 "A Crowd of Germans. Look at this Kraut!" DUUUUUDEEEEE!!! There are thousands! Which Kraut exactly! Just kidding 😁

[@joergfro7149]

😂😂😂😂😂 John Denver, bis real Name..John Henry jr Deutschendorf..... Deutschendorf translated ....German village..... This guy would fit in the crowd. Like no other .. Because of his blond hair and blue eyes.... This is a fact..search Google... If you dont trust me... Greets from Germany

[@wernerclarssen2939]

A Kraut of germans.....😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@NeverMind439]

Wait, there are herbs in that Crowd? 🤣

[@Sekire1]

thats what I thought xD

[@martinknittel4487]

I was at that game. Bucs vs. Seahawks, November 2022 and yes, these are the Bucs' cheerleaders. It was a regular season game, so they came with the whole staff across the Atlantic. There were people from all over Europe, but of course most of them were Germans. An incredible party for days. Every sunday two NFL games are live in German TV with round about 2 million viewers. And of course we know John Denver and his iconic song.

[@CRYOKnox]

USA: "We are the most American country in the world watching American football like an American. Germany;"Here hold my delicious beer that is miles above American dirty colored water."

[@nero756]

miles.... good one xD

[@Adonoabofufu]

every german knows the lyrics...it´s a evergreen

[@Al69BfR]

Of the refrain of course.

[@Adonoabofufu]

@@Al69BfR I grow up in Hamburg, in love with singer/ songwriter nights in English/Irish pub‘s, know every word. But I catch your drift 😉

[@MiaMerkur]

​@@Adonoabofufu What? 😮 I want to move to Hamburg. I love folk and country and normally you never here it in Germany. Can you please name some good pubs?

[@Adonoabofufu]

@@MiaMerkur every city, even small ones have at least one UK kinda pub but Hamburg rock‘s! Come bye, you won’t regret it

[@Adonoabofufu]

@@MiaMerkur I love your curly hair btw 😘🙈

[@n-i-c5800]

We learn this song in school - like many other english-speaking songs.

[@Pigglegesicht]

Same, we sang that in music class along with a bunch of other "classics".

[@joergfro7149]

​@@Pigglegesicht der Sänger, John Denver.. sein richtiger Name John Henry Deutschendorf .... Blond blaue Augen.....netter Kerl.. Hatte die Ehre ihn mal zu treffen ...vor 30 Jahren.. Toller Mensch RIP....John gute Reise

[@MiaMerkur]

Yes, he was totally a nice guy. And very good-looking, with hair on the head and well-shaved.

[@Winona493]

​@@joergfro7149Herr Deutschendorf, wirklich?😂😂😂

[@joergfro7149]

@@Winona493 ja Google einfach .... der hat komplett deutsche Vorfahren

[@goggo1peter844]

my son plays too but in a very low league and he loves it . He was in Munich too and he had goose bumps . Great show he said

[@maximilianschmidt5693]

American Football has become such a huge deal in Europe and Germany especially. There have been 3 NFL games in Germany so far and I tried to get tickets but every time I had over 500,000 people in queue before me and I heard that over 3 million people wanted to get tickets. So yeah Ryan, we do watch American Football and I'm loving the growing popularity. And btw, the NFL London Game has been held every year since 2007

[@pok81]

That's not making it a "huge deal"! And i doubt it's growing in popularity. Instead i think after a couple games many will lose interest in it. Why? Because it's boring. Most of the game you wait for it to start again.

[@Arltratlo]

@@pok81 the only positive thing i see in US sports are the Cheerleaders! but i wouldnt pay a single € to see them!

[@aasgoroth]

I've been 'singing' this song the other day in a bar. in Cyprus. absolutely everyone joined in. even people who say they don't like country music will happily sing Country roads

[@dirkspatz3692]

County Roads, Jolene and Sweet home Alabama are not Country, they are World Heritage Status - Songs. ;-)

[@tafkat6972]

If you want to learn more about American Football in Germany, watch "Unicorn Town" by Nick Alfieri (NALF).

[@winterlinde5395]

Yes, please! You can make it a series!

[@ChrisHH14]

Country Roads was popularized by the dutch Hermes House Band all over Europe in 2001, transformed into a party track. It almost reached #1 in the German charts

[@Auvas_Damask]

We know the words because we have English as a compulsory subject at school (some of us have even learned it since primary school, i.e. since the age of 7) and because we LOVE country roads.

[@marylouleeman591]

sweet

[@Curtis.Newton]

I´ve been a huge 49ers Fan since the late 80s so yes many Germans like Football.

[@Arltratlo]

yes, Fußball ist König, or how many times American football is mentioned in the Sportschau in the last 50 years??

[@Curtis.Newton]

@@Arltratlo Bubi. Ich bin auch Fußball Fan. Aber eben auch Football. Und es schauen genug Leute Football, aber natürlich viel weniger als Fußball. Was wolltest du jetzt beweisen?

[@Pet1101]

On every German-american-friendship-festival, they played this song and allmost everyone, know the lyrics❤

[@K__a__M__I]

Now I wonder what 70.000 people singing this with an accent would even sound like...

[@Foatizenknechtl]

yeah the accent would just get drowned out.

[@klarasee806]

Country Roads has been a party song here forever. Where huge crowds drink beer, this song is never far…!

[@kaji_firestar]

Country Roads was the most wished song in my pub days whenever there was live music. So much so that musicians refused to play it. It's easy to sing along even if you're drunk and that's why everyone knows it. It's a bar/pub/party song that you can sing along even if you can't stand anymore ^^

[@Exodon2020]

This was the first NFL-Game ever hosted on German soil. The NFL contacted the soccer club Bayern Munich and basically rented out their club premises and their stadium for this event which they subsequently turned into a football arena. The NFL recorded over 8 Million ticket requests for that game.

[@tobiasmuth2372]

The first "offical" NFL-Game? In August 1990, the Chiefs played a preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams at Olympic Stadium in West Berlin after the Berlin Wall fell and just before reunification. Media reports said there were 55,000 fans.

[@Nightknight1992]

pretty sure the first official nfl games were in frankfurt

[@tobiasmuth2372]

@@Nightknight1992 Yes, that was the plan - Frankfurt as the venue.. but they changed to Berlin.. Reason - more residents and young students as a possible target group.

[@tioforu7203]

You have to watch a Nalf video about this topic ☝️

[@teutonic4270]

Connor Sullivan + Silas Nacita as well

[@irgendeinemichi]

Send it to him with that link under the video

[@Al69BfR]

He not only made videos about it but also a full featured movie.

[@rohnonhotti4675]

We have a lot of cheerleading clubs in Germany. Most of them are without a club. They compete against each other in competitions. I was once in a cheerleading club myself.

[@irgendeinemichi]

Oh yes we're OBSESSED with country roads The region of the Pfalz (Palatinate) also has its own version which is in our dialect and goes "Bring mich häm in die Palz, weil mas do so sau gut gfallt, schäne Mädche, gude woi, ich will nie mehr wuannsch soi" In english: Take me home, to the Pfalz, because I like it there so much, pretty girls, good wine, I don't ever want to be elsewhere This version is always to be sung at public festivals here and also a MUST in scout campfire songs

[@MrThomashorst]

Ohne Scheiß? 😂

[@irgendeinemichi]

@@MrThomashorst jepp

[@Lichti82]

Ryans reaction to Jerseys, Song title, Stadium feels like "oh, you have cars?", "oh, there are supermarkets?", "you go to restaurants?". 😂 I like your videos 🥰

[@piffpuffpeng]

Dude we have a league. Its called GFL; even has some US players. And it has the GFL Bowl.

[@zoefezius6615]

yeah, that song is pretty common in germany... western music had its time here... and its just such a ... sentimental/melancholic.. song.... like driving home for christmas or ...summer of 69.... or those were the days.... or lemon tree... and the refrain is on a level of english even old or drunk germans could understand.... take me home, roads... and pretty easy to sing.... can't think of a campfire where this wasn't there, like as ...Über den Wolken... or Fürstenfeld...

[@sickmit3481]

"I dont even hear an accent while their singing"😂

[@joergfro7149]

Accent? Every German kid study English for minimum of 6 y , but the most 10 up to 12 y The good thing to us is , English is just a dialect of high German... Finger is still a Finger , hand is still hand , house is haus pronounced the same way Hair is haar pronounced realy near the Same. And on and on and on ..... I am a 52 y old bricklayer or Mason..construction worker ... No college or university degree.... I think my English is not the best , but usefully... I hav forgotten a lot of vocabularies.... Sorry for my bad English My last English lesson at school is 35 y ago .. Most younger people speaking flawless English... And singing along .. I think is realy not a problem. German students are also study French and Spain or Italian along English....that's a standard. Best regards and greets from an old German guy with a realy bad English.... Ps John Denver real name was John Henry Jr Deutschendorf. Deutschendorf translated in English means German village ....so his ancestors are from Germany. And he knows this language....😊😊😊😊 To give you a little more inspiration... Hoover and Rockefeller are German too😊 And the founder of Budweiser beer are also german ..... Try to start to study the language... Danish Swedish, Dutch and English are based on ......GERMAN.....the father of your mother tung

[@Rico-oz4ct]

​@@joergfro7149most younger german people have a thick accent and even the ones who have very good comprehension still have a noticeable accent.

[@klarasee806]

@@joergfro7149Come on! Most of us do have an accent, and that‘s fine! We are Germans after all. Even my English teacher had an accent.

[@kilsestoffel3690]

I do have an accent, but singing a song is not only following the text and notes, but also imitating the singer.

[@sickmit3481]

@@joergfro7149 Ja is doch gut jetz mensch lol

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

“How do you know the words?” My boy, music is a universal language.

[@flotzelot6183]

I was there It was in the 4th quarter and it was insane

[@cindz4618]

I love that song still !!

[@dyna1116]

Hello! I'm from Hungary, and every weekend I watch NFL in TV. We have american football teams and flag ball teams. Soccer in Hungary are popular but many people like american football.

[@sandrakarls8466]

Actually there is an American Guy named Nalf with a youtube chanel! He moved to Germany, Schwäbisch Hall to play , I think in the biggest league in Germany for a lot of years now! He is great with his content and he even made an official movie about his yourney with the league, his co workers and friends! Worth to watch it! Thanks for likeing the german fans!!

[@sonic_the_headshoot0073]

Every year for the german nfl game there are more than 500K reservations for a ticket so yea its really popular in germany and greetings from germany btw :D

[@DWo2210]

I was in Munich in 2022 and was there today for the NFL's 2nd Munich Game. Germany has a solid fanbase of football fanatics. Country Roads was covered by a German band a few years ago and is therefore very well-known and popular in Germany. What was enthusiastically and euphorically sung along to in 2022 and today is "Sweet Caroline". The hype for the tickets in Germany was brutal. 2022 Tom Brady came. I've been a (German) Packers fan since the 90s but seeing Tom Brady play live was pure goosebumps. By the way, EVERYONE wore a jersey. The hype for American football in Germany is real. I paid explicit attention today and after seeing a Tannehill Titans jersey, all the teams were represented without exception. I mean there was an interview with Tom Brady where he said that the stadium chant gave him goosebumps too.

[@mmz_37]

i’m from Germany and a passionate soccer player, but i’ve also loved the NFL since 2013. American football is becoming more popular in Germany, and many fans watch the games.

[@christophpatten2937]

Hi, this is Chris from Germany. I follow NFL since 7 years now. Just came over and find out. We have changed a lot in the last 80 years.

[@DaGuys470]

American Football has become a standard fixture on late night tv and has kept its status for almost 10 years now. The fandom grew over this time and at this point there's a good chance you'll meet fellow football fans on any given day in pretty much any town. It's still a niche sport (as pretty much every sport not called Football), but it has a very passionate fandom of maybe like 3 or 4 million (my estimation).

[@blackdrago22]

I've been there! What a great game. I also visited game Panthers vs. Giants Great game, great event, great crowd I love it (Yes I'm german)

[@steemlenn8797]

Take me home country roads is also the opening song of a Ghibli movie - "whisper of the hearts" I think was the EN name - sung in English. But the movie also includes a Japanese version. You can listen to a cover of that by searching for "Goose House カントリー・ロード（Cover）" I really like that one.

[@Titus63714]

Hi, you should watch the video from Nalf, "Why Germany hosted a nfl football game"

[@gregorgrebe]

In Beer fests like Schützenfest, Kirmes or Oktoberfest, "Take me home, country roads" and "Sweet Caroline" are as important as German classic songs.

[@Vitus2012]

It's like this every weekend in German football stadiums (Soccer) 🇩🇪... There's always a great atmosphere in the stands

[@sebastiandettmar5020]

I am german and here is a big community that likes American football. In the stadium are 70k but they have an ask for 500k tickets in nearly 3 hours when you are able to buy. But the most famous sport is still soccer

[@pargelenis780]

the good old country roads. We Germans love this song, like you do it. Greeting from germany

[@qpitt]

The "Hermes House Band" covered 2001 "Country Roads". It was 27 weeks in charts, highest rank #2. Thats the reason why many germans know Country Roads. The same with "Sweet Caroline", Hermes House Band covered it in 2010.

[@rolandschlossmacher1859]

I knew someone who was involved into the preparation of the stadium for the game- I asked him about cheerleaders etc… It had been the original cheerleaders, the NFL had brought all equipment, staff, teams, to munich…the locker rooms had been made suitable for NFL requirements, the turf was prepared for special NFL requirements, they had booked 4 or 5 complete hotels for teams, staff, cheerleaders etc… After the game it all has been built back to original status. It all has been played by NFL! This guy will fly to Sao Paulo Brasilia for the NFL Brasil Game this weekend ….he gets paid all his travel expenses and the exclusive hotel…etc

[@Flippse-l2k]

Country Roads’ isn’t just popular in Germany because of the Dutch cover band Hermes House Band. It owes its fame to the Munich Oktoberfest, where the song has been a staple for as long as anyone can remember! Thanks to its long-standing tradition at the festival, it has become a beloved part of German party culture and an evergreen classic that most of us know by heart. That said, there’s definitely a strong NFL community here in Germany as well. Loved watching this video-thank you so much for sharing it! Greetings from Germany! 😊

[@exspandauer]

We used to sing Country Roads regularly at my school in Germany. My music teacher sang it with us at least once a month for 4 years. And yes, when I hear it I have to sing along! Country Roads, take me home...

[@gnommg]

A lot of kids growing up in the 90s learned the song in music lessons.

[@cayreet5992]

I grew up in the 80s and learned it in school, too. It's an old and very well-known country song.

[@Herzschreiber]

I grew up in the 60s and didn't learn it at school. But my Mom was a big fan of country music. I guess that says it all. :)

[@SusannePuerzel]

We loveeeeee this song 😂😂😂

[@arndbaggen3011]

Country roads is sung in the beer tents of all big festivals in Germany . Also the October festival is famous for that song be played in every tent several times .

[@mrlakios]

We have a huge fan base for American Football here in Germany. Until 2007 we had 5 teams playing in the NFL Europe like Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire, Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions and Hamburg Sea Devils. Now we have the ELF (European League of Football) with 6 Football Teams from germany. This game was Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Seattle Seahawks and they brought all team members with them.

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

John Denver was quite successful with several of his song in Germany: Country Roads, Annie, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Rocky Mountain High and probably some more. Same goes for Neil Diamond. Almost every (European) football fan, ice hockey fan, handball fan, and what not... probably knows Sweet Caroline. But Cracklin' Rosie, Beautiful Noise, etc. also were very successful in Germany. And I'm sure that there are a number of more iconic American songs popular in Germany like eg. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynerd Skinerd, My Way by Frank Sinatra, ...

[@Lilli.k09]

The stadium is actually the Allianz Arena (which is the stadium of FC Bayern Munich) and it is indeed extremely pretty and magical

[@squarecircle1473]

it must be so funny for Ryan to watch this as an American 😅 Bunch of drunk Germans singing about West Virginia LMAO (its a great song though)

[@maxih.7231]

Germany is the 2nd biggest market after the US for the NFL.

[@donchillow527]

There is also the interviews of Tom Brady and Pete Carrol who participated in the game and how they remember it. you can also find a snippet of the official transmission of the game, most of the singing was during a commercial break but Rich Eisen who commentated this first official NFL game in germany (Bucs vs. Seahawks) wanted to stay as quiet as possible so fans at home could hear the germans sing (There is also a clip of The Rich Eisen Show where he talks about that game). The situation is basically the closing of the game not kickoff (with that play the game got closed out).

[@IloveGERMANYtoo.]

Germans may be smarter because they learn more languages than the average american. Regards the german-american living in the South in Hesse Sebastian

[@mondexponent2126]

This was an NFL international game. So a regular season game played in Germany. I tried to get tickets but there were over 3 million people queued for the tickets

[@StephanHeinemann1]

It was a official NFl Season Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Tom Brady in Munich Germany 🇩🇪 2022

[@The_enraged_Crusader]

I've been there and it was a blast! A lucky coincidence offered me the last minute chance to take part. So I tried to get tickets for this year's NFL Munich game and I work my way up to spot 760.000 + something in the waiting queue when the game was sold out. So they could have filled the stadium at least like 11 times. That's how big American Football is in Germany. 😊

[@marcusblumke1537]

It was an Official NFL Game Bucs vs. Seahawks. There is a Video of the press conferences from both Teams with Brady and the Seahawks Coach talking about the sing alongs. They also sang Sweet caroline

[@nyde5841]

Its actually funny that american thinks these kind of country songs are only famous in the states. And yes, Germany has Amercian Football teams and also Cheerleaders. Same goes for Basket Ball and Baseball 🙂

[@FelixFuchsHase1105]

Your joy is my Gleitcreme, Ryan. ❤❤

[@schrankenwaerter4035]

That was the first NFL Game I've ever watched. I only knew of it because of that game in Munich. It was magical even on tv. Have been a fan of the NFL ever since.

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

You probably should take a look at the Wiesn (Oktoberfest) Hits that are played in the beer tents each year. This is one of them... 😅

[@AoCMogwai04]

If you thought that was crazy, you need to react to the "ELF" (European League of Football). This League is currently in it's 4th season and currently it is a blast. Especially in the "Central Conference". Last Sunday the team of the "Suttgart Surge" has been crowned "Central Conference Champions 2024" (Spoiler: I am part of a fan-community of the Stuttgart Surge)

[@TyonKree]

ELF average attendance in 2024: 4295 2 teams have a higher average attendance than 10000

[@twobbi10]

about 4 millions people wanted to buy tickets. I was glad, that I could work at the Frankfurt Game. The Europe Football League is quite popular and the most Teams in the league are from Germany. Also many Germans are watching the NFL. Last year i had been on 3 NFL Games in 2 Weeks in the US

[@JonasReichert1992]

It was quiet Popular a few Decades ago- now it’s often part of Music-Lessons in school

[@fotografieschumacher]

I'm with a team in Germany myself. We got a few former D2/D3 college players in our team...from a players perspective they actually said, Germany is the go-to country outside of Northern America in terms of level and perspective. USA, Canada, Mexico...Germany. So broadcasting-wise it already came second in a recent study but it's growing rapidly as a sport as well!

[@achimhirsch7221]

They flew in the cheerleaders with the team. You should google Tom Bradys reaction to the crowd in Munich. He was amazed and said he cant remember having had such an amazing atmosphere

[@IGotWorms88]

Great 45 second clip to show you. Let me pause it 50 times and talk over it.

[@ThorstenKneer]

So… the song, Country Roads, is a camp fire classic, a lot of us Germans learn singing it in various Summer Camps (Zeltlager, Freizeiten). And you’ll find it in a lot of singing books at school like many other worldwide hits (Beatles or John Denver, you name it) . Next point is: English is taught at every school here, nowadays from first grade, in the 80s and 90s from the 5th grade on. Then, as others pointed out, mainstream radio music stations are playing like 60-70% English titles. And really, if you look into it, from Metallica to Taylor Swift (y?) all your sell out their shows in Germany massively. And not one but 3 of the greatest Rock festivals, alongside many others, are held in Germany, even Americans may have heard of Rock am Ring/ Rock im Park and Wacken Open Air. Then about the NFL, I have seen my first SB in full coverage (yes, at night) in 08, SB 42, fell in love with the game, and even more so with the New York Football Giants. I own a lot of gear and I am a subscriberof the NFL Game pass since the day it is sold in Germany ( that is also due to my NYG fandom, so I get to watch every game). For the whole season are several season games (and every postseason game) aired every Sunday on free TV in Germany but our stations tend to feature the recently more successful teams so we get to watch a lot of chiefs, 9ers,hawks,pats, doublebirds from Philly and the inevitable even tho not so succesful cowboys. Another downside is the German commentary, those guys tend to hype simple plays way too strong („incredible Mahomes run for 6 yds😅). And yes, NYG will play in Munich this fall unfortunately there were more than 2 Million fans trying to get one of those tickets. So it’s lucky shot.and I missed. Went to a London game once, in full Giants gear, even tho the Raiders played the Hawks. If you’re about the watch one of the Europe games on TV, take a look at the fans, you‘ll likely see the jerseys of many other teams in the crowd. So yeah, the NFL is a thing, still growing and still no competition to the millions attending „soccer“ every week.

[@AbandonCrabcore]

there are millions of NFL fans in germany. I even flew to tampa 2 times within a year :D to watch the bucs play :D because i didnt get tickets to that munich game.... because more than 3 million people wanted to get tickets for that 70k capacity game.

[@Lkk509]

The NFL has 19 million fans in Germany. Nearly 4 million Germans are fans who watch most NFL games. The game in Munich, which you saw in this video, had nearly 1 million ticket requests, but the stadium only had a capacity of 75,000 people. So yes, American football is quite popular in Germany.

[@carsten1004]

American Football was played in all cities with American Soldiers around. The Berlin Eagles won the German Championship end of the 1980s 3 times that is when I started watching American Football. Last year the game between Dolphins and Chiefs was sold out in seconds. There were 1.5 mio people trying to get tickets for the normal season game played in Frankfurt 2023. I grew up with American Football and I still love it. The game in Munich was in the Sttadium of FC Bayern Munich aka Allianz Arena. The flew in the American Cheerleaders.

[@lisaschwarz-funke5176]

It is in the big soccer stadium "Allianz Arena" in Munich. And I suppose that everybody in Germany knows this song and can sing along. My whole family does indeed. 😅

[@Adrian-kq1dn]

This song is very famous on the Oktoberfest which is in Munich. So that’s the reason why everyone is knowing the words here

[@Frankentornado]

Thank you for your reaction to the Munich game. American football enthusiasm in Germany is growing and growing... Even the games in the various German leagues are becoming more and more popular. In our village (about 5000 inhabitants) we have a squad of almost 50 men (including US import players and other EU imports) 🐓🏈 . Come along and experience American football in a whole new way.

[@Lynn_2001]

If we Germans can do two things, it's bread and playoff atmosphere at all football games 🏈

[@DirkBender-g1r]

John Denver(I think he had German ancestors) is quite popular in Germany and this song is often sung on parties. Quite everybody can sing the chorus - many - like me too - know the complete lyrics.

[@JimbalayaJones]

Those were the cheerleaders for the Kansas City Chiefs.

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

Buccaneers. The Buccaneers were playing the Seahawks.

[@gonzo2495]

Take me home was a global hit. we were already chanting it in the 90s on a drunken night in the middle of the austrian alps. ;)

[@franciscomoliner1296]

Hi Ryan, the popularity of football is growing. We are also getting an NFL oficial season game this year here in Spain in the new Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium. We have Thursday night, Monday night plus three Sunday games each week on pay TV. We get local Spanish comments or original sound. Also, teams like the Chicago Bears have been hosting Game watch parties here to promote the game. Go Chiefs!! Regards from Madrid

[@Langschwert]

I do watch NFL and Collage Football season. Starting again this Saturday at 18h local (that ist 6 pm for you yanks) with Falcons vs Ravens and 22h Lions vs Chiefs on Nitro. Did you know there are several German players in NFL? The cheerleaders might be flown in because the Buccs chartered a complete A350. Room enough. 😃

[@voyance4elle]

"how do people know the words?" 😂😂😂😂 You crack me up!!! Most people know this song and the lyrics..

[@MaxMüller-m1h]

Ryan, we love you. Move to Germany with you Family. We need more good guys like you

[@judithoberpaul509]

He should have acquired more knowledge by now. Just watching KZbin videos and commenting without knowledge doesn't sound good.

[@HolzarbeitInAndisWelt]

ich war dabei, Andi von Kiel nord Deutschland Ostsee. Ich werde es nie vergessen was Gefühl. I was there, Andi from Kiel, North Germany, Baltic Sea. I will never forget what feeling.

[@koabua1973styria]

Hallo Ryan, I am Austrian. I just counted all Austrian American Football Teams. There are 54 here in my Country. Greetings from Austria. 😀😀😀

[@WienerVL]

And only 3-4 have more then 1000 people in the crowd!

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

I liked the american sports presenter and what Adam Brody had to say about this experience, you should watch this too.

[@Tuberino]

Based on interest, American Football currently ranks shared 7th in Germany if you count winter sports, motor sports and athletics as "one sport interest": 1. 76% Football (no, not soccer😇) 2. 29% Winter Sports 3. 26% Basketball (surely, slightly inflated due to last world championship) 4. 23% Handball 5. 22% Athletics 6. 21% Tennis 7. Motor Sports 7. 20% American Football 9. 19% Boxing 9. 19% Ice Hockey (source: Statista, people interested in sports, multiple selections possible, April 23 to March 24) As you can see, it is all about football with a lot of different other sports very close in popularity. Personally, I like handegg, but only watch playoffs and superbowl :)

[@megadrive2001]

I am from Germany. We sang this Song in school 1992…..so, yes. We know the song 😊