Thursday, February 27, 2020

An Early Clue to the New Direction

From 1984, please enjoy Nena and their charming New Wave hit "99 Red Balloons."

Which is actually an English language remake of their 1993 European hit "99 Luftballons," which they sang in their native German.



A coveted PowerPop No-Prize© will be awarded to the first reader who divines the song's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

10 comments:

Dave said...

Songs with numbers in the title?

Sal Nunziato said...

Ten Favorite Lorna Luft Performances

steve simels said...

Sal -- why didn't I think of that?

Edward said...

I would guess Sounded Better in the Original German, but how many songs could Pat Buchanan have recorded?

cthulhu said...

Songs that mention communism and/or socialism?

steve simels said...

Nope.

Stu said...

Bottles of beer on the wall?

Shriner said...

something...something...Captain Kirk?

Anonymous said...

Songs in foreign languages translated into English?

Captain Al

steve simels said...

Close enough, Capt. You are today's winner!!!