kindenough@kbin.earth to 80s Music@lemmy.world · 2 months agoNena - 99 Luftballons [1983]www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe story of the song (English and German) is about someone releasing balloons causing a radar operator to mistake them for nuclear weapons and starting World War III. False alarm of this nature were disturbingly common. Edit: In the German version the balloons are mistaken for UFOs. Here’s a direct comparison between the two versions.
The story of the song (English and German) is about someone releasing balloons causing a radar operator to mistake them for nuclear weapons and starting World War III.
False alarm of this nature were disturbingly common.
Edit: In the German version the balloons are mistaken for UFOs. Here’s a direct comparison between the two versions.