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nena - 99 red baloons
"It was inspired by something lead singer Gabriele Kerner witnessed at a Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin during their Tattoo You tour.
"Mick Jagger released thousands of balloons at the end of the concert," she recalled. "They were all picked up by the wind and carried in the direction of East Berlin—over the Berlin Wall. I'll never forget that image." She and guitarist-lyricist Carlo Karges imagined what might happen if the balloons were mistaken for UFOs, which led to various countries shooting missiles at each other and, inevitably, a full-on nuclear war. Yes, that's right, "99 Luftballons" is about nuclear devastation caused by a innocent bundle of balloons released into the sky by Mick Jagger."
"It was inspired by something lead singer Gabriele Kerner witnessed at a Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin during their Tattoo You tour.
"Mick Jagger released thousands of balloons at the end of the concert," she recalled. "They were all picked up by the wind and carried in the direction of East Berlin—over the Berlin Wall. I'll never forget that image." She and guitarist-lyricist Carlo Karges imagined what might happen if the balloons were mistaken for UFOs, which led to various countries shooting missiles at each other and, inevitably, a full-on nuclear war. Yes, that's right, "99 Luftballons" is about nuclear devastation caused by a innocent bundle of balloons released into the sky by Mick Jagger."