Posted on 09/18/2015 9:17:13 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas
What is it with the freaking red balloons.
Rick Grimes' got one
Navy's got one
Oscar winning movie's got one
Nena's got ninety-nine
Lyric Video "99 Red Balloons" was written by Fahrenkrog-petersen, Joern-uwe/karges, Carlo/mc Alea, Kevin.
You and I in a little toy shop Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got Set them free at the break of dawn 'Til one by one they were gone Back at base bugs in the software Flash the message "something's out there!" Floating in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells, it's red alert There's something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky Where ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine decision street Ninety-nine ministers meet To worry, worry, super scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waited for This is it, boys, this is war The president is on the line As ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine knights of the air Ride super high-tech jet fighters Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify and classify Scramble in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by
As ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine dreams I have had In every one a red balloon It's all over and I'm standing pretty In this dust that was a city If I could find a souvenir Just to prove the world was here And here is a red balloon I think of you, and let it go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirRZsAvJGQ
Nena - 99 Red Balloons Lyrics | MetroLyrics
series lee?
The lyrics are better in German.
Ah, driving around Europe in ‘84 and listening to the song.
Most people, unless they knew German, didn’t realize it was an anti-American, anti-Reagan, anti-Nuke song.
Neun und neuzing leuft balluns...
Wutch you talkin about, Willis?
I blame that little French boy. He started it.
"The Red Balloon" (Le Ballon Rouge) (1956)
"Six-year old petit garçon Pascal Lamorisse and the biggest, shiniest ballon rouge ever--25,000 were used during shooting--share near dialogue-less adventures tagging after each other through the old Belleville section of Paris. Perhaps the most acclaimed short film of all time, "The Red Balloon" won the Palme d'Or for court métrage at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, making it the only short ever given an Oscar for a feature category."
Still one of the best short films ever made.
I saw it many years ago. It is a rather enjoyable film.
“Most people, unless they knew German, didn’t realize it was an anti-American, anti-Reagan, anti-Nuke song.”
Yeah,,, I picked up on that even in English. It wasn’t exactly subliminal.
99 dead baboons,
Sitting in my living room
It was still a cool song.
Absolutely.
Quick, someone stop her she knows about the red balloons!!!
99 balloons of beer on the wall, 99 balloons of beer.
Take one down and pass it around ..
Oops. Wrong German song.
(Bet Laz could hit it.)
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