#99 Luftballons

[thelensart]

If you know you know

[trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter]

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Nena's song "99 Luftballons" provoked a cultural dilemma when Americans realized that "Luftballon" did not mean "Red Balloon" as commonly translated, but "Air Balloon." Americans grew suspicious of what other kind of balloon than air Germany had discovered, nearly resulting in global nuclear war as the song itself had prophesied. In the end, it turned out the alternative was merely "Staubballon," just like any American dust-balloon.

[oldmanpeace]

[totally-a-wizard]

Me: Oh, I love this song! It's my favorite song about the initiation of a nuclear holocaust.

My Friends Who Didn't Know What 99 Luftballons Was About:

[80s-song-smackdown]

80 New Wave Tournament Side A

[kingkirkwall]

"kill them with kindness" WRONG! 99 luftballons🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Nena

99 Luftballons (1983)

[the-swift-tricker]

when you're listening to an early 80s german anti-war new wave rock song and the only lyric you can understand is about to come up

[heavymedicgaming]

Added actual accordion music to the previous vid bc I'm committed to the bit

Accordion cover of 99 Luftballons is from this random German channel on YouTube that hasn't updated in 7 years

[essaressellwye]

I don't know who needs to hear this but Adon Olam fits the tune of "99 Luftballons."

Also "Jolene"

[carnage-cathedral]

rating my vibe based on my music choices would be impossible btw

[80s-song-smackdown]

80 New Wave Tournament Side A/B

[ruthey97]

Pt 1

[busyasabbey]

Jay-Zeezer - 99 LuftProblems (VJ Brewski)

Okay, this slaps so hard!