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February 4, 2023
NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo] - German version
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of fire power. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the war ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves. In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English: "Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "I think of you and let it go."[8]
. . . The English version retains the spirit of the original narrative, but many of the lyrics are translated poetically rather than being directly translated: red helium balloons are casually released by the civilian singer (narrator) with her unnamed friend into the sky and are mistakenly registered by a faulty early warning system as enemy contacts, resulting in panic and eventually nuclear war, with the end of the song near-identical to the end of the original German version.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luftballons
NENA 99 Red Balloons [1984] (Official HD Music Video)
NENA | 99 Red Balloons [1984] (Official HD Music Video) - English version
NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo] - German version
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of fire power. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the war ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves. In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English: "Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "I think of you and let it go."[8]
. . . The English version retains the spirit of the original narrative, but many of the lyrics are translated poetically rather than being directly translated: red helium balloons are casually released by the civilian singer (narrator) with her unnamed friend into the sky and are mistakenly registered by a faulty early warning system as enemy contacts, resulting in panic and eventually nuclear war, with the end of the song near-identical to the end of the original German version.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luftballons
January 17, 2023
As mentioned on the Lawrence O'Donnell show tonight
Richard Pryor commemorating MLK, 1983
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4706733/richard-pryorAs mentioned on the Lawrence O'Donnell show tonight
December 5, 2022
Sports Illustrated @SInow
Official
Just finished a shoot with @stephencurry30,
this dude just can’t miss 😳🔥
🎥 @ari_fararooy
@warriors
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EDIT - After posting I learned that this is a fake video.
I recall being warned by Obama about how advanced the video photoshopping had become.
Sorry bout that.
A most amazing demonstration of unimaginable skill!
https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1599554509373468672Sports Illustrated @SInow
Official
Just finished a shoot with @stephencurry30,
this dude just can’t miss 😳🔥
🎥 @ari_fararooy
@warriors
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EDIT - After posting I learned that this is a fake video.
I recall being warned by Obama about how advanced the video photoshopping had become.
Sorry bout that.
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