I was convinced you were going to link to this.
Or this.
Watching some documentary awhile ago I caught just a few seconds of him speaking publicly in a normal tone. It was actually kind of chilling, but made sense, given the length of many of his speeches (hours long). This site backs this up:
*The few seconds of seemingly hysterical ranting that are preserved in old newsreels do not convey the full extent of audience manipulation in a Hitler speech. Many of Hitler’s speeches were made in beer halls such as the Hofbrauhaus where he first outlined the party policy to a crowd of 2000. Beer Hall speeches were a long-established tradition in German politics.
Beer would flow freely and the mood of the audience might change considerably over the course of the evening. Hitler would use these conditions cleverly. He would often address a crowd for two hours, commencing in a calm, friendly manner, winning the crowd’s approval with his precise, logical arguments that took his opponents statements and cut them into shreds.
By the time Hitler started to rant and rave, the crowd was ready for it. His listeners had been led through the movements of an oral symphony and this was the final rich crescendo that would inspire them to action.*
I tried to find a youtube clip to illustrate the above, but slogging through the neo-nazi comments and the speeches themselves got too creepy. I’m sure there are clips out there, though. I’m going to go look at pictures of puppies now.
Hitler: Pioneer of Comic Facial Hair, among his other “achievements”
Klaus Meine, lead singer of German metal band Scorpions, explained that the reason he sang in English instead of German was, “When you take a harsh language like German and combine it with a harsh music like heavy metal, it just comes out KRRUNCH.”
Hitler is funny because he looks like Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin had spent years as a comical little man with a silly moustache. When Hitler came along with pretty much the same look, he was ready made for mockery.
I’ve never seen this level of pure awesome.
Hitler was a goldmine.
The rap videos in the above posts are just one-of appearances, but don’t forget that Hitler played keyboard for a glam band back in the 70’s
Kompressor: “vitamins are good for you”