Posted on 02/12/2023 9:36:43 PM PST by montag813
Michael Burry ('The Big Short' guy, Libertarian-Conservative) posted this tonight, in light of the Chinese BalloonGate and his view of our constant manipulation by elites.
YouTube: NENA | 99 Red Balloons [1984] (Official HD Music Video)
I guess were down to 95...
I’ve always liked Nena’s orginal song, even though it was massively overplayed, akin ‘Afternoon Delight’.
It sounds good in either language, and I’m far from fluent in my German.
Never heard of Nena, but she’s got some chops and moves.
One commenter on YT wrote “The German lyrics for the song are about two countries at war with each other. One of whom sees the balloons and assumes they’re under attack. They send out fighter pilots, the other country responds. War ministers in each country encourage the war as a power grab.”
I like both versions, but prefer the German version. Just a personal preference.
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
Same, also Der Komissar (Falco) as well.
Nena did fill out her leather britches very nicely.
Ditto on Der Komissar. Also, I like the long version of Rock me Amadeus.
Oh I forgot that...what a tour de force!
What she’s singing in German is not even close to what she sings in the English version...here is the correct translated version:
The mid-’80s were such a freakin’ great time. Vietnam and Carter’s malaise of the ‘70s were history. Reagan was president, John Paul II was pope, Thatcher was running England, Helmut Kohl in West Germany. Conservatives had the upper hand in the West. Business was great. Movies were fun. Music was great. The West was firing on all cylinders. Sure, there was the Cold War with the USSR as referenced in this song, but there was the sense that we were winning.
A lot has gone wrong... very wrong... since then.
Quite so.
Now young people can be gay one day, trans the next - they can be anything they imagine and society mostly celebrates their every changing whim - but they claim to be “oppressed” as they drive their luxury SUV to a demonstration for communism.
It was awesome to see the Soviet empire collapse and for a few years the leftist apologists were confused and on the defensive. But now communists run every institution and basically everyone lives inside their own Berlin Wall.
One could make a pretty long playlist of songs about nuclear war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_about_nuclear_war
The English version the same, but it is clear the bad guy is the US, with its “President” (evil Reagan!) happily declaring they’re going to war.
Just FYI, but it’s Michael Berry.
Michael Burry is what Shirley Q Liquor calls him as she’s also from Orng, TX. (as she pronounces it, anyway).
And, my apologies, I have no idea who Michael Burry is, as Michael Berry is a regional(ish) conservative radio guy in Houston, New Orleans, Portland and some other places.
Mea cupla, FReeper
Very interesting guy and somewhat of an enigma. He was portrayed by Christian Bale in the film "The Big Short", as he predicted the 2008 housing crash well in advance and bet against the market.
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