something about this song has always done it for me. not sure why, but from the first time i heard it i loved it. it could well be the german singing.
Nena - 99 Luftballons
80’s Flashback Weekend continues… According to Wikipedia:
While at a Rolling Stones concert, Carlo Karges, the guitar player of Nena’s band, noticed that balloons were being released. As he watched them move toward the horizon, he noticed them shifting and changing shapes, where they looked nothing like a mass of balloons but some strange spacecraft. Both the English and German versions of the song tell a story of ninety-nine balloons floating into the air, triggering an apocalyptic overreaction by military forces.
Cold-war era protest songs are most effective when performed in German by pop stars with pink headbands and Members Only jackets
