[ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Nena — 99 Luftballons
Log in above to post your comment
kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Aug 28, 2011 - 19:28
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by ???,  and there's others, believe me.
I've been listening to pop music since 1963 or so and there's lots of worse tunes.
"99 Luftballoons" doesn't hold a candle to some of them as being bad, at least IMHO.

 
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I Got Love in My Tummy

Sugar, Sugar

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

jpdribbler
(Hamburg, Germany)
Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 06:18
 
Being a fellow German, this gives me an overdose of Fremdscham ("vicarious embarrassment" would be a rough translation). I envy everyone not understanding the crappy lyrics...


jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 06:04
 
A friend of mine spent the night with Nena's brother. 

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 06:04
 
This is the dumbest song ever.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 06:09
 
Dear sweet Ganesh in a vest, why?


Bleyfusz
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 06:00
 
{#Headache}{#Grumpy}{#Crashcomp}{#Drunk}{#Cry}{#No}{#No}{#No}{#Sorry}{#Naughty}

Man!

What about some Nina Hagen instead? From the first two albums? (As I know that my proposal about Can the other day turns out to be a hopeless one....)

howardzb
(Toronto)
Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 05:53
 
BLECH BLECH BLECH BLECH!!!!!

keller1
(In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 18:16
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
I challenge anyone to convince me there is a worse song than this, in the entire history of songs.  Yes, I know, Achy Breaky Heart runs a close second, but... 
 

The three all time worst songs, as voted by moi (in no particular order):  To All De Girls I've Loved Before by Willie and Julio; Havin My Baby by Paul Anka; and Creep by Radiohead.

This one isn't even close.


RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 13:59
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
I challenge anyone to convince me there is a worse song than this, in the entire history of songs.  Yes, I know, Achy Breaky Heart runs a close second, but... 
 
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro, "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by ???,  and there's others, believe me.
I've been listening to pop music since 1963 or so and there's lots of worse tunes.
"99 Luftballoons" doesn't hold a candle to some of them as being bad, at least IMHO.


nerakdon
(Colorado)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 13:33
 
 clwguy wrote:
NEIN. NEIN. NEIN! 
 
Warum?  Dieser Lied ist aber toll!

Mandible
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 13:33
 


craigf
(Cambridgeshire, UK)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 13:32
 
 clwguy wrote:
NEIN. NEIN. NEIN! 
 
DOCH! {#Yes}


clwguy
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 21:19
 
NEIN. NEIN. NEIN! 

clwguy
Posted: Sep 04, 2010 - 16:16
 
This is Germany getting back at us for all those years of sending them our bad American cars

Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 21:17
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
I challenge anyone to convince me there is a worse song than this, in the entire history of songs.  Yes, I know, Achy Breaky Heart runs a close second, but... 
 

Anything by Lady CaCa gets my vote! {#Puke}

ottojama
(Estonia)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 21:13
 
This is a WERY GOOD pop song! Definitely perfect.

Quixmundi
(on the banks of Eagle Creek - Zionsville, Indiana)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 21:57
 
C'mon, playing this on RP is a joke, right? A bit of mirth amongst otherwise fine tunes? Or...can Flock of Seagulls be around the corner?

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 05:50
 
I challenge anyone to convince me there is a worse song than this, in the entire history of songs.  Yes, I know, Achy Breaky Heart runs a close second, but... 

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 05:43
 
 Shaker wrote:
{#Motor} This video was the first visual I think ever had of seeing a women with armpit hair.

 

HAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA {#Lol}
No, this one never had my vote...

4

h8rhater
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 05:41
 
kurtkniffel wrote:
let this song rest in peace... and never play it again!

 sandpebble wrote:
Agreed! This didn't stand the test of time at all!

 
Wah!  Cry babies cry.


DavidS_UK
(Central England, UK)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 05:41
 
I love the songs that generate the greatest diversity of comment to ratings!  It show's we are alive and there are different types out there.
For me, it's not great music but great 70s pop and has a special place in my memory.  The German language version is of course the best.

prickelpit96
(Hannover, Germany)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 05:38
 
 thediceareloaded wrote:
Ha, funny, I used to live just around the corner where they took the photo...
 

 

Wo ist denn das aufgenommen worden seinerzeit?

 

 



gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:46
 
Hah, me too, real shocker for a prepubescent teenager.... Hairy PITS!
SHEEZUSSS!

One of John Peels favourites as I remember. 9

Shaker wrote:
{#Motor} This video was the first visual I think ever had of seeing a women with armpit hair.

 



(former member)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:36
 
 k_trout wrote:
everytime i hear this tune i flash on Gert Frobe in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - god help me
{#Cowboy}

 
they go up-py up up
they go downy down down


k_trout
(Dream State)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:29
 
everytime i hear this tune i flash on Gert Frobe in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - god help me
{#Cowboy}


sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:28
 
 kurtkniffel wrote:
let this song rest in peace... and never play it again!
 Agreed! This didn't stand the test of time at all!


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:28
 

For me, this and Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" go side by side as the 80's one-hit-wonder classics by female singers.



Shaker
(Canada)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:27
 
{#Motor} This video was the first visual I think ever had of seeing a women with armpit hair.


thediceareloaded
(Berlin, Germany)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:27
 
Ha, funny, I used to live just around the corner where they took the photo...

wildrudi
(NW Germany, Oldenburg)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 11:26
 
Nena...alte säge{#Tongue}

clwguy
Posted: Feb 14, 2010 - 07:15
 
oh no, god, please no. 

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 20:52
 
{#Motor}{#Bananapiano}{#Motor}

whistlercat
(Somewhere Near The Sea)
Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 01:23
 
Yikes!

Not ratable.


DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 13:36
 
99 Dead Baboons
Sh*tting in my living room....


DJHill
(Charlottesville, VA)
Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 13:34
 
Agreed...  Jus' gave it a 10 to haul it up a bit. One of my all-time favs:
http://www.80smusicvids.com/index.php?vid=Nena_-_99_luft_Balons&a=a
 flatpicker wrote:
I think this song is great!
And I prefer the German version over the English.
Not sure why it has such a low rating here.

{#Stupid}
 



winter
(in exile, as always)
Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 13:30
 
 Bleyfusz wrote:
This song is hereby nominated for the Instant Mute Button Award.
 
Seconded. Gaaah!

Bleyfusz
Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 13:29
 
This song is hereby nominated for the Instant Mute Button Award.

flatpicker
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 13:28
 
I think this song is great!
And I prefer the German version over the English.
Not sure why it has such a low rating here.

{#Stupid}

streifenschwirl
Posted: Sep 21, 2009 - 06:39
 
 kurtkniffel wrote:
let this song rest in peace... and never play it again!
  why?



kurtkniffel
Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 00:53
 
let this song rest in peace... and never play it again!

rtwingo
(Out of my mind (be right back))
Posted: Aug 09, 2009 - 12:30
 
Creepy.

paulpaar
Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 20:31
 
ahh wiki tells me her b day is march 24. I love anyone around that date. I'm march 22. MArch 23 or 24 flips my lever. SO I'm astrologically prejudiced. and she' s a she. Not some dweeb drug foo of male amurikin CA blankness of drugs.

paulpaar
Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 20:26
 
where are these khats from? Oh: GSHERMANNY!  Cool electronic sounds.! Dig it.

more than a 6.6: stupid amurikins. Try 7.7 

spichanator
(Savage, MD)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:45
 
Funniest video for this song. When the explosives start going off they are a little too close to the singer who looks either to stagger or dive for cover.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc

Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:38
 
contrary to my wishes, I must give this song a 10 for its pop sensibilty and catchiness even though it is agonizingly cute. 

"I have to go swear for awhile just to get the taste back in my mouth" ~Huck Finn

chyk5
(Florida)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:34
 
Contrary to many postings on RP, there's a lot of 80's music that was interesting and innovative; this song is neither.


SantaFeGrace
(Santa Fe, NM)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:33
 
 Mnemo wrote:
Haha, very funny comments! Dankeschön!

Ok, i have to admit, that i was slightly shocked when i hear it the first time on RP.
I never realized that this song get beyond the borders of germany.
Must be kinda weird for non-"neue deutsche welle"-Fans. ;)

I suggest Peter Schillings "Terra Titanic" for the deeper experience. {#Cheesygrin}
 

{#Yes}  This was quite popular in the States.  There was also an English version, but it wasn't as good...

ScopArch
(Berlin, Baby)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:33
 
 ScopArch wrote:

Actually there's not THAT MUCH good music from Germany.....
but in terms of neue Deutsche Welle, this is a classic!

 
Wow! Did I write this?{#Arrowu}
This song was heard on alternative radio stations in the states in the early 80's (WHFS in DC)
So I can see how it belongs to the genre New Wave music, Stateside or in Germany!


mr_toad
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:33
 
99 wishes if you pop them and throw them in the trash,,,,,, or if you let them fly 99 years bad luck.... 

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 08:32
 

Nice to groove to this, and then contemplate how the geopolitical messiness of the civilizing (sic) regime-change occupation of Afghanistan has spilled over into Pakistan and could result ultimately in a nuclear exchange.

Will people in the USA get sick from the nuclear radiation and climatic changes?  Stay tuned!

 

BTW, you big fans of contemporary German rock should upload a few tunes to Bill G.