#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.

[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

[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"

[mcfairyland]

the dead gay husband at the beginning of the movie if he was a quirked up white boy:

[kingkirkwall]

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

[b4si1wh0]

I think my new favourite song just came from my history teacher 😭

It's called 99 luftballoons (99 red balloons) and it's actually so good. It's related to the cold war, and the basic premise is some children let out red balloons into the sky, and nuclear destruction follows.

[zippocreed501]

Nena - 99 Luftballons (1983)

[juniperandjustice]

[80s-song-smackdown]

80 New Wave Tournament Side A/B

[thewaymouth]

She's Lost Control

Joy Division

Paradiso, Amsterdam, 11 Jan 1980