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Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger. Because of 99 balloons.
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Meaning of 99 red balloons. 33 years ago today Nena s 99 Red Balloons was a number one hit. 99 Luftballons which literally just means 99 balloon in German is an anti-war protest song by the one-hit wonder German band Nena from their 1983 album. An English-language version titled 99 Red Balloons with lyrics by Kevin McAlea was also released after the wild.
What is the meaning behind the song 99 Red Balloons. The song though difficult to understand is about the dreams of the German people that were lost after World War II. The 99 balloons represent the many dreams that each person had.
Who sang 99 Red Balloons. When did 99 Red Balloons. Sean from Perth Australia 99 red balloons.
Was released in 1983 by Nena in German yet one year later the song was re-written in English. 99 Red Balloons is a song from the 1980s that displays the continual paranoia caused by political tension. At that period the world was about 40 years into the Cold War between democratic capitalism led by the United States and the totalitarian communists.
99 Luftballons is a song by the West German NDW band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled 99 Red Balloons with lyrics by Kevin McAlea was also released on the album 99 Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a direct translation of the German original and contains lyrics with a somewhat different meaning.
99 red balloons floating in a summer sky are just 99 balloons on the horizon. People dont take a closer look to see what is really there. So they get out their war weapons and fire away.
She is looking through the rubble to make sense of the waste. She finds one red balloon. They had missed the 1 balloon.
It would have told the whole story had they looked closely before they attacked. The nice part is that she lets the balloon. What is the history behind the 99 red balloons song.
I was under the impression it was referring to the claim by an anti-Nuclear group that a bunch of balloons looks like a nuclear attack on radar and that the reliance on nuclear weapons was madness. The song itself differs from the German version. To me its all about paranoia of the cold war.
A simple thing like a pack of red balloons becomes a threat and the defenses going to extremes about it. In the end she says that she had 99 dreams but they were all destroyed because of the war exept for 1. That dream involves you.
Even though war can destroy many things it cannot destroy love. The backdrop of this story was the Berlin Wall in the 1980s a symbol of mistrust and constant strife. The inspiration of the lyrics came to Carlo at a 1980s concert in Berlin at which ninety-nine balloons were released into the sky.
That simple action gave birth to the song 99 Luftballons. A Radar Analysis of 99 Luftballons In their 1983 smash hit 99 Luftballons Neue Deutsche Welle band Nena spins an ironic yarn of 99 red balloons innocently released into the summer sky triggering an EWS alert and nuclear war. The song touched a nerve in the Zeitgeist and catapulted Nena onto the world stage.
In the German version a colour is not defined. All in all the German lyrics are far more angry and elaborated compared to the English version. Nena 99 Red Balloons.
It is not only an anti-war song but somehow also a song about the danger of escalation of human relationships in general. What is 99 Luftballons 99 R. Some might know about it since the 80s while others might have found out about it while playing GTA Vice City.
Original lyrics of 99 Red Balloons song by Dev. 11 users explained 99 Red Balloons meaning. Find more of Dev lyrics.
Watch official video print or download text. The kids let off all but one of the balloons into the sky 99 red balloons and this is picked up on the German radar defence net and is misinterpreted as Russian WMDs. The Germans activate their armynational guard and attack the Russians prematurely.
The Russians anniahlate them with their nuclear weapons destroying the Germans this could be seen as WWIII by some. By Marco Principia 06032015 99 Luftballons 99 air balloons is an anti-war protest song by the German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. Balloons Soar Nena Fades 99 Luftballons was an antiwar protest song written by the bands guitarist Carlo Karges.
Karges had attended a Rolling Stones concert in 1982 in what was then West Berlin where that band released hundreds of helium-filled balloons. And that such a thing comes from such a thing. Verse 2 Ninety-nine balloons.
On their way to the horizon. Were taken for UFOs from space. Hence a general sent.
A squadron after them. Because of 99 balloons. As 99 red balloons go by.
99 years of war. 99 dreams I have had. Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger.
Dont leave a place for victors. In every one a red balloon. Kriegsminister gibts nicht mehr.
There are no ministers of war any more. Its all over and Im standin pretty. Nena recorded 99 Red Balloons despite their dissatisfaction with the lyrics which they expressed in numerous magazine interviews in 1984.
They as with many of their fans felt that the English rendition was not true to the meaning of its German original.