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Offline Jeff Wrangler

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Re: Music News
« Reply #160 on: March 29, 2018, 01:38:24 pm »
Now, about the 99 Red Balloons, a friend gave me a movie called "The Red Balloon" recently. It is a short French film about a boy who was "adopted" by a balloon. I wonder if the two things are related.

I've seen that movie, though I can't remember where or when or under what circumstances. Maybe it was in a French class.
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Re: Music News
« Reply #161 on: March 29, 2018, 06:00:41 pm »
Now, about the 99 Red Balloons, a friend gave me a movie called "The Red Balloon" recently. It is a short French film about a boy who was "adopted" by a balloon. I wonder if the two things are related.

The song is not connected to the movie.

Before the group became famous, Nena went to a concert in their homeland of West Berlin, to see the Rolling Stones.   At one point in the show, helium balloons were released.   Nena member Carlo Karges imagined the balloons going over the Berlin wall into East Germany, and being picked up on radar, and mistaken as an attack, and the result is World War III.

The original German "99 Luftballons" translates to English as 99 Balloons.  The record company hired someone to write a "poetic English" version of the song, and the title became "99 Red Balloons".


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Re: Music News
« Reply #162 on: March 29, 2018, 06:03:56 pm »
A dark day indeed.

Why am I not surprised?   :laugh:

Hey BBP, give me your opinion on this one.   Nena recently paired up  with Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics) and together they've released the song "Be My Rebel".   Sounds  pretty different from "99 Luftballons".


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Re: Music News
« Reply #163 on: March 30, 2018, 09:52:20 am »

Hey BBP, give me your opinion on this one.   Nena recently paired up  with Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics) and together they've released the song "Be My Rebel".   Sounds  pretty different from "99 Luftballons".


Um, Chrissi Hynde wants her look back.

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Re: Music News
« Reply #164 on: March 30, 2018, 06:35:31 pm »
lmao!

The question was on the song, not Nena's appearance.   :laugh:


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Re: Music News
« Reply #165 on: April 01, 2018, 12:12:58 pm »
Near this date (today 3/28/18, historical date, 3/3/84)  34 years ago, this song  was #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE[/youtube]

Totally new song to me!

What do you think of it, Chuck?

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Re: Music News
« Reply #166 on: April 01, 2018, 12:35:30 pm »
it's ok!   ;)  :laugh:


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Re: Music News
« Reply #167 on: April 01, 2018, 06:59:50 pm »

Düva pööp is a förce of natüre

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Re: Music News
« Reply #168 on: April 02, 2018, 07:06:42 am »
I played that new Nena song for a few of my friends, and they liked it.


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Re: Music News
« Reply #169 on: April 17, 2018, 11:16:47 pm »
New music for you to check out.  Z100 was talking about the lack of female acts at the upcoming  lollapalooza show.  They then played this song, "Get Out" by female led act Chvrches (churches).  Very cool sounding!

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Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
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