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How old is Nena? What is the meaning of Nena? Did Nena speak English? Is Nena from East Germany? Is 99 Luftballons about Berlin Wall? What nationality is Nena? However comparing the German lyrics to the English version shows that while the overall meaning was generally kept the same, a lot of the imagery was lost.

Many English speakers still prefer the German version since the English version is a little less rythmic and appears to be forced.

To see the background of how the English lyrics for 99 Luftballons were created, see our interview with Kevin McAlea. In an odd development, the band incorporated lyrics from both the English and German versions. 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.

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. In The 80s.

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The first signs of atomic anxiety in pop surfaced, of course, in the early '60s; the same '50s children who had grown up with bomb-shelter drills were now folk-rock singer-songwriters. His peer Phil Ochs, who frequently gleaned song topics from newspaper headlines, chronicled the sinking of a nuclear submarine in "The Thresher" Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction," a heavy-on-the-cheese slice of cash-in apocalypse, made it to No.

Whether the cause was protest-song burnout or the political apathy of the era, Cold War rock lay low in the '70s.