99 Luftballons (Nena Cover) - BHCC Pop Ensemble

Bunker Hill Community College Popular Music Ensemble
Spring 2021
“99 Luftballons”
words by and music by Fahrenkrog-Petersen/Karges, 1983
as performed by Nena
from Nena, 1983
Minhua Chen - lead vocals
Caroline Clough - keyboard
Janahasia Coston - backing vocals
Moses Dasilva - electric guitar
Alex Marquez - bass, programming
Patricia Seun - keyboards
James Waters - drums, marimba
Mark Popeney - keyboards
Video editing by Hearth Agency (hearth.agency)
Audio mixing by Mark Popeney
"99 Luftballons" is a song by German new wave band Nena about how one thing can lead to another very quickly simply because of mistakes made by those in power. The lyrics tell a fictional story of how people mistook 99 balloons for UFOs, leading to military escalation by several nations. In the end, a cataclysmic war begins, devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the line: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war have left no place for winners." This song was no doubt made as an antiwar protest and was most likely inspired by the fear of nuclear war between NATO and the USSR.
Notes by James Waters
"99 Luftballons" ist ein Lied der Neue Deutsche Welle Band Nena darüber, wie eins sehr schnell zu einem anderen führen kann, einfach aufgrund von Fehlern der Machthaber. Die Texte erzählen eine fiktive Geschichte darüber, wie Menschen 99 Ballons mit UFOs verwechselt haben. Am Ende beginnt ein katastrophaler Krieg, eine Verwüstung auf allen Seiten ohne Sieger, wie in der Zeile "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger" bedeutet. Dieses Lied wurde zweifellos als Antikriegsprotest gemacht und war höchstwahrscheinlich von der Angst vor einem Atomkrieg zwischen der Organisation des Nordatlantikvertrags und der Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken inspiriert.
Translation by Raúl Gallego Zarzosa.
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[@atticuslikesbees]

🎧✨️

[@MrX-kq6zm]

Great Cover!!!! Greetings from Switzerland!!!! 😀

[@jennifergrehan1786]

Amazing!!!! Great way to start my morning!

[@etienneudry6854]

This is such a nice cover. Love you guys. !

[@tejano5031]

LOVE YOUR VOICE MADAM🔥🔥👌💪💪

[@CeitDeVitto]

This is wonderful. One of my favorite Pop songs of the 80s. Your voice is beautiful.

[@johnsmythe6134]

There are other really really bad covers of this tune on youtube, but this one actually has a good singer and musicians who captured the NENA vibe. Good work. The other attempts are without any of the original soul/mojo/feel but this comes a lot closer than the others. Peace to all. -Smythie

[@temoudjin1103]

C'est excellent,il n'y a pas beaucoup de différence avec la version originale,bravo

[@nyoodmono4681]

schön

[@herberttsosie509]

very well sang

[@mikoajbadzielewski3396]

Myh😆

[@sunsdotcum]

Do you speak German?

[@mikoajbadzielewski3396]

Я denke, że najn😛

[@cutecovers6415]

psycho antiwar version of 99 luftballons ruclips.net/video/ulNx1fLSIBQ/видео.html

[@ronheath5724]

That was a really good cover.But it was rather strange he an asian person singing german

[@Kumofan]

5 million asians live in Germany; 60% of the world population is asian (21% east asian). Is it really so strange? lol.