Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
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Lyrics:
You and I in a little toy shop
buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, "Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by.
99 red balloons floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine, it springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
As 99 red balloons go by. - เพลง
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Love how they have one verse left in the original german.
Thats about the best german pronunciation i've ever heard from an american!
So true though. It's very underground punk despite the pop vibe it leaks.
Dann sollst du mal meine Aussprache hören.
Aber ich muss auch zugeben, dass seine Aussprache ziemlich gut ist.
Turns out, if you just shout German words you say it better. Who knew.
SMHEZ würde sie gerne mal hören :D
I love how it switches to German when all hell breaks loose. For English speakers that don’t understand German it makes the war part feel even more chaotic.
As a member of a generation removed from war with Germany by almost 80 years, we still get a little nervous when someone starts yelling at us in German :D Personally, I think this version of the song kicks ass, German verse included.
@@robot_spider o. Ok
I don't get warlike German from his singing though. He brings out the beauty in that language. Like a punkrock Goethe
Everbody gangster until the sky starts screaming German...
@@robot_spider
My Great Great Grandfather faught for the Kaiser in WW1, and my Great Grandfather was a paratrooper for the United States Army in WW2....
My Grandfather killed his own family members in that war.
This is possibly the happiest song about the Cold War ever
Ye
I know, right?
it was made during the most tense part of the later cold war yeah but honestly it applies to all modern wars (fought between nations).
Да
*worst
Every time I would listen to this cover within earshot of my mom, she would always tell me that the ending of this version doesn't give her goosebumps like the original. She passed last month but I'm glad to know that this will be some silly little something I think about every time I hear this song.
I’m so sorry for your loss buddy 🥺
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This version has very good subtitles, I felt different reading them this morning. See what you think, and I’m sorry for your loss.
Hey man, it's alright ;)
Sorry for your loss
That's a lovely thing to have mate. I'm so sorry for your loss. Keep the head up. She's up there rockin to this
Thats about the best german pronunciation i've ever heard from an american!
Aber unser Englisch ist oft auch nicht so wirklich gut
Indeed, he really nailed it. Almost unnoticeable accent.
Personally the song would have been better completely in German by him
I always wondered that
Actually, a little clearer and less jumbled than the original. And I love the original.
THIS IS WHAT WE WAITED FOR, THIS IS IT BOYS, THIS IS WAR
2b2t griefing sessions
@Professional Chav Biden just sent troops back into Syria. yay
THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE LINE, AS 99 RED BALLOONS GO BY
Yes the only that I can’t even think about skipping
@@bobsterr6144 in mar a lago
The lyrics are so strong: We basically live in a world, where a simple misunderstanding can destroy us.
And Putin doesn't even need the excuse of a misunderstanding to destroy us all.
@@Anonymous-qw same with the us tbh
A society, you might say
Like the great Carl Sagan once said, it's like we're all living in a room, up to our knees in gasoline, and one of us had 12,000 matches and the other has 10,000 matches.
The lyrics of this is a child poem comparing it to music from the 50's,60's, and early 70's.
You can tell it was a love letter to Nena when he sang the last verse in German. A real fan got to cover probably his favourite song and sang probably his favourite part in the OG langue. Most respectful cover ever
What's ironic is that this song has its German stanza changed to English with much different text in Gran Turismo 3.
German punk. Bad ass man. Really good remake in my personal opinion. Anyone else?
+Captain Porter German Punk by an American Band
So bad ass
+Captain Porter I like this more than the original version because the lyrics match with the instruments. In the original version, the lyrics go on about war destroying the world with a bouncy, pop sound in the background, which do not match at all. In this version, you have those lyrics with a heavier (compared to the original) punk sound, which I feel really compliment the lyrics.
+stride99 That was kinda the intention of the original
+BananaMasterRace But you have to admit, the german part is really good.
Holy F, his German is clearer than mine and I'm German.
Dann arbeite mal dran lol
God...major difference in this version...i like this version more lol
Kevin lestler
I mean your English is better than my German, and I’m English, and German...
Your Englisch ist better than mein German et Je suis Francais.
This song is now very relevant, again.
Yep. Aged well.
LMAO THE CHINESE BALLOONS OVER THE US RIGHT NOW
Yeah I never stopped listening. The early naughts were a weird time .
99 Chinese spy balloons.
Hurr durr the song says balloons and I saw balloons in the news fed to me…. My smooth brain makes connection
This song is great at every level. Social commentary, storytelling, high energy pace, contrast of happy major scale with apocalyptic subject matter . . . Truly great.
The german version is even better
Yea what you said !!!
@@LunarPenguin42 fuck outa here
@@johnscanlon7757 ?
@@LunarPenguin42 German version is not better
It was very classy of Goldfinger to leave a German verse in there. Geil!
ahepperl it was kinda done wrong I think, they didn't say ballonnen but ballons
EvilisMe True. but I can't fault them too much, punk rockers from America did their best to try to speak German. I say the effort counts..
+ahepperl agreed
+ahepperl Their pronunciation isn't bad either! Props. Ich finde ganz toll!
+ahepperl I agree they respect the original =)
Now this, this is a damn good cover.
Salty Gee it really is honestly I get why people don’t like it but it’s a pretty awesome cover
Chubby Gaming irrelevant to this but yes
This is better than Nena’s English version
evergreen2y I honestly think the best English cover is the bobs burgers cover.
yonder35 yes
damn.. that long ago
BERBMMMMMM??
Ikr
Berd, can you do more Tf2 stuff ❤
@@Engie17no 😂j JJ a
It's crazy, because when we went to Germany a couple of years back, it definitely sounded like all the bands at the beer tents were covering Goldfinger's version. Love the original song, but this song is a certified banger. Rock on boys!
2:28 My game when I accidentally change the language when I was just trying to change my sensitivity
lol
Ffs 😂😂😂
Once u change the languge, lmfao theres no going back.
Nena...the Ballon Chick!
I hear this version every now and again, and the sudden German catches me off guard all the time and I think I'm having a stroke
I guess you don't speak german? I always wonder what it sounds like to others because I understand both english and german so I can't hear it from an "outside" perspective, you know?^^
FH I can’t speak German, but I have a condition called synesthesia. Which basically means I experience sounds as colors. When he switches from English to German the colors I get from the song change
@@americanzero2114 well now you gotta tell us which color the song is hahahah
FH German to me sounds like fuzzy English. I catch every third word, so I’m like a line behind
I saw them live recently. Yes, they still have all the energy they've always had and more.
Sayreville Nj?
@@badproductions769 Baltimore, MD. Was lucky enough to be in the area that night.
I saw them in Sayreville the day they where very good
@@psibur Fuck I meant to go to that one but completely forgot about it
So glad to hear that! I saw them at warped tour in Seattle 2017, they were amazing!!!!
It’s Saturday morning in 2002, you’re up before anyone else, you run to the TV that has your PS2 hooked up, turn the TV on to ch 4 & your PS2, pop in Gran Turismo 3, and you’re racing through the Tokyo street circuit in the Castrol Toyota Supra GT car with this song playing in the background. Good ol days.
I accidentally did a kickflip while listening to this
Same
😂😂😂 Yaaassss!
First time a TH-cam comment has actually made me laugh out loud.
Dude lmao
ImaMakeMovies umm Superman?
I don't usually place covers over originals.
But this was too good. Gave the song new life.
Yes
But it changed the soul of the original song
Same here
Definitely
Cake - I will survive
This brings me straight back to ~2003 playing Gran Turismo 3 with my little brother on the ps2. Good times
I saw them live in the 90s. They motioned everyone to get on stage with them (it was a fairly small crowd)and shit got nuts. It was a great show!
1:12 When you're messing around with the zoom feature on your phone camera
😂😂😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂
Lol
This post was ahead of its time
Lmao you got me
Tony Hawk Pro Skater got me into Goldfinger, anyone else?
Growing up I didn't know the name of the band. XD
From a tutorial video......
Yes sir, the first one!
GT3
Spokesman was a gateway song.
It's 2024 ! who's listening ?
Hells yeah, man! Reminds me of my old skateboarding-days :D
Still in my daily Playlist
Mi scusi
I am.
58 years old never forget... Punk for ever...
I miss this kinda genre in songs
what did guy fieri eat to get him this hyped
german food i guess
Meth!
vilkommen auf flavortown
99 red balloons
lmaoooo
Love how they have one verse left in the original german.
Alaina Johnson wot
Alaina Johnson you know this song was originally done by Nena, a German band and was popularized and rewritten into English years before Goldfinger was even a thought let alone a band covering the song.
To Be Fast I think he knew that seeing that he put "Original German" in his comment.
Ray Vincent it was aimed towards Alaina Johnson... not the OP.
Alaina Johnson many of Goldfingers fans are German and I'm sure some English speaking fans speak German as well. Either way the German is meant to preserve the character the original song. Yes Nena did rewrite the song in English but in both Germany and English speaking countries the origional German is what caught the eye of the public. it's like asking why your cellphone has a picture of a land line when you make a call or why electric and luxury cars have engine noises played through speakers. It's a familiar medium for all and a call back to those who understand that.
Goldfinger is my favorite ska punk band. This song is amazing and timeless!!! This is a phenomenal cover.
I think its good to listen to this right now
Who here remember this from the Rocket Power TV special, "Race Across New Zealand"?
OMG
thats how i first heard it :)
I didn't even know that was a thing and I watched the hell out of Rocket Power.
I think GT3 was the first place I ever heard this song.
Race across New Zealand is where I first heard it.
***** It was in Scrubs!
Anyone out there still listening to this gem in 2020?
Yo
Right here bro
I play this for my dad when we’re going through old songs on fishing trips just like right now!
Love it.
Yep, just heard it on the radio today. Love this!!!!
Hitting different today
"It's all over and i'm standin' pretty
In the dust that was a city"
Who listening in 2024
Us old heads only
*EuroTrip* baby!!! 🤣💯🏴☠
It's a great song. Can't be denied.
99 red balloons is a classic that has been covered by countless bands, but Gold Finger's version is the best!
the singer seems like he should be taking me to flavor town instead of singing this
Guy Fieri reference ftw xD
John is still kicking ass. His resume is pretty incredible.
lol
best TH-cam comment of all time?
I watched 3 seconds of this video, said "This guy looks like Guy Fieri." Scrolled down to see this as the top comment. Amazing. Thanks for the laugh Colby
2024, anyone? Crazy how this song withstands time.
And I honestly like this version better than the original, only by a small balloon though.
It’s from a video game sooooo yeah of course
Something about the “This is it boys, this is war” just hits infinitely hard
"the cold war: the musical!"
platypi pope made me exhale forcefully
Where’s Lin Manuel Miranda, and why hasn’t he made this musical
I feel it's the duty of us out there that saw Goldfinger live before the social media age to say... how awesome they were live. This band worked. The crowd was family and on-stage much of the show. They tore the place down. They played everywhere and killed it.
I feel thing song talks about Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Germany 🇩🇪 sad 😔
0:03
This reminds me of dial-up internet, highscool days and no worryes! Those were the days! ❤
❤🖤❤🖤❤🤘
This is what I'm after.... I'm in the middle of binge of my teen years music, Blink, Green Day, sum41, offspring, alkaline trio, afi, NOFX, bad religion, Jimmy Eat World.....these guys are the ones I've forgotten about. They are that missing band that have escaped my consciousness
One of the best 90s punk bands ever!
my friend died and he loved this song so at his funeral they had 99 red balloons go into the sky.
Rest in peace
DIDNT YOU LISTEN TO THE SONG, YOU COULD HAVE SET OFF A RED ALERT
Just kidding, I am sorry for your loss
+Josh The Crafter haha this is too good
Badass.
Aww
1:46
"CALL OUT THE TROOPS NOW IN A HURRY!!"
"THIS IS IT WHAT WE'VE WAITED FOR?!"
"THIS IS IT BOYS, THIS IS WAR!!!"
- My favorite line
(Also i came here from "TF2" martin old video)
Same, just found it from that video
The year is 2001. I wake up early Saturday morning and sneak down into the basement and boot up Gran Turismo 3 on the PS2. I finally have enough credits to buy the Shelby Cobra I’ve been grinding several weeks for. This song comes on as I dust opponents on Super Speedway. Life is good.
German version: this is a nice song
English version: Jesus fu...
I mean it's ok
@@etn6355 he doesnt mean its bad but the lyrics are dark
The original german version is the worst imo, the translated Nena version is awesome but personally I think this is the best
Holy fu...
Both have the same message about nuclear warfare.
Damn, dude.
Guy Fieri can shred.
Lol
He got super powers from eating one of the balloons
he can shred more than cheese
still remember sitting in the car listening to this as a teenager in front of my childhood home thinking... "i wonder if i will remember this moment in the future"
Well i do.... I felt something special at that moment for some reason looking at the clouds pass i guess the realization that I was alive and exist
Was just blasting this song at work and it had my two 55+ y/o co-workers who are buttoned up mechanical engineers JUMPING 😂❤️
This song also came from Nickelodeon cartoon Rocket Power
2:58 You know thats a pretty nice guitar... oh now hes smashing to bits....
this is such a good fucking cover especially for an english version
Samantha Todd. Almost English
The English lyrics are also a Nena original, goldfinger didn't write it.
You should check out 7 Seconds version
Nena or nothing, this guy sings so mechanical he has no soul
@@MrAwawe Really? I thought the original was all in German.
This song is very relevant in 2023
It’s 98 now….
🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Comments:
80%: "omg he looks like guy fieri"
19%: "omg Gran Turismo 3"
1%: other
Not another teen movie
33% - his pronunciation is really good.
100% nobody asked
Grand Turismo 3! finally
I'm among the 19%. Watched my brother played this for hours.
I`m german and i approve this version
Marcellomon you should be ashamed dawg
Dat boi Who goes ahoy! Why? I‘m German too, and I like it
ich nicht
@Cosmo Dookie oooof
I'm German and I invaded Poland. Hotel? Trivago.
I accidentally learned German while listening to this.
xd
Just don't try to learn german from south park.
wo bist du?
Hitler, Guderian, Goering, Himmler, and Rommel should love this.
Huh! That's weird, i accidentally learned how to cook rice.
Feb 22 red Balloon above USA
I did honestly not expect him to suddenly sing some of the german verses. Respect!
You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, something's out there
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by
[Verse 1]
Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
As ninety-nine red balloons go by
[Verse 2]
Ninety-nine decisions treat
Ninety-nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call out the troops now in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it, boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As ninety-nine red balloons go by
[Bridge]
Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich füare schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer hätte das gedacht?
Daß es einmal so weit kommt
Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons
Neunundneunzig Luftballons
[Outro]
Ninety-nine dreams I have had
And every one a red balloon
It's all over, and I'm standing pretty
In the dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
Here it is, a red balloon
I think of you and let it go
füare ?
Yep. And why id this in my recommendation in 2020?.
WHAT DID YOU KNOW, TH-cam!?
Awesome, thanks... you cleared up the one line I couldn't understand back at the base bugs in the software. Except the German of course.
nice, I think it's use english language at german part
I've met a lot of people who don't understand the lyrics until I tell them that the balloons show up on radar and that this song was at least partly a commentary on how easily the Cold War could have blown up.
The energy for this and the original song feels are strong and amazing. Super amazing cover
They rocked the heck out of this song ! 🎵 What a great rendition!
In the 1980's a false alarm almost ended the world.
Sad, but true.
If you want to read about it:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
It happened SEVERAL TIMES. Is horrifying knowing this.
the password is joshua
2020 was the same event.
A lot of people trashing the English version like they didn't know the original band that wrote this song in German rewrote it in English as well.
Everything about this song is a masterpiece, rare time a cover is better than the original!
I heard this song LOOOONG ago. I was a kid back then. Even today, I think that this music is AWESOME!!! Goldfinger made a great cover
3:04 ‘So there is someone in the crowd who get’s that god damn guitar smashed
on his head
Worth you can sell that shit for a fortune.
Throw all your instruments my way.
This song never fails to give me chills.
Grand Turismo 3 led me to this Masterpiece
2021 and still listening
LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
20 years later, and it's still awesome.
Back when we were kids we use to play it repeatedly while playing gran turismo 3
Only heard this song because of the game.
With that said, START YOUR ENGINES
My dad used to play this for my siblings and I , listening to this on Father’s Day for you pops 🤙
90's punk, gotta love it
Gran Turismo 3... ahhh the memories
one day in june, i was searching for the original version. i randomly clicked this video out of curiosity. best decision ive made. thank you, Goldfinger :]
Anyone else get a little teary-eyed playing this?
I got no reason to cry lol but this song pulls it from me
The comment right below yours in my feed is "this is it boys, this is war"
All caps.... its a song about the end of the world and the fleeting memories all red balloons.... we think of you and let it go
There is a big lack of goldfinger on youtube. it makes me sad.
brohoof
I immediately pulled this song up after hearing about the "Chinese Spy Balloon"
John Feldman is brilliant ! His hand with The Used and Good Charlotte as well as many others ❤️🔥
Glad I popped by , never heard this version , AWSOME !!
Grand Turismo 3 anyone? Ahhhh so nostalgic!
Ah, yes. Flying through curves in that Mercedes. R.I.P. to good game soundtracks.
Jormungand The game is still alive :p
Yes!
Yep that's where I first heard it but not the full song to me 3 years to remember it and look it up :-)
kevin joby. Who cares
Still listening 🎶 👌 ❤️ 🙌 ♥️ ❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤🖤❤🖤❤🤘
@Andy-fs9nb awww thank u Andy for replying back its a awsome 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸❤️ this song 😘😘😘😘😘
Eine wahre Hommage. Das Lied ist genial. Wer da ruhig sitzt ist doof
One of my favorite songs/covers right now
I've been listening to it for 20 years and always come back for more.
Don't matter how many I listen to this song...one of my favorites 🤟
I hear the original frequently, and I had a memory of another band just completely turning this song on its head and giving it energy the original didn't have. Haven't heard this version in 20 plus years!!!!
That climactic verse in German... They were on point when they went with that arrangement. Perfect.
And it’s relevant again.
Lol so true
yall's sayin this looks like guy fieri but he reminds me more of smash mouth
They're all the same dude
Smash Fieri?
Guy Mouth?
except he predated both of them and is actually cool.
He’s their child
Violent J from icp too
Now that we have Ai this song is once again very relevant. So easy for little mistakes to become big problems.
Appropriate song for these days! 🤣
remember buying the stomping ground album when i was a kid. loved every song on it. almost forgot about it but now I had to rebuy the mp3 version on amazon :D
AWESOME JOB! My respect skyrocketed when you nailed the German!
One of the best covers ever...still fire to this day 👌🤸♀️🔥
So THIS is why the original version snuck into my pop punk Pandora playlist.
This song is so satisfying.
rippin fat bongs in the outback This song is about the Cold War and missiles.
I was on stage 5 years ago with these guys, still the best concert I ever went to
The US shooting down that Chinese spy balloon reminded me of this
*weather balloon*
@@spacekiller6856 lol
1:11 when you mess with the zoom feature on your phone's camera for the first time
maybe it's me but I prefer this cover, while I like the original, I like this better because it captures the aggression and blood-lust of the intended meaning of the song.
JOSUÀ M4N6À this versions intense I wish it was captured on all their music
7 Seconds did the best cover of 99 Red Balloons.
true
Owl City did a cover of this... That ones my favorite... For no other reason than I like Owl City.
You are now two cents richer. You're welcome :)