raleighnut
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- One of the 'Elite'
Friday night music - Nuclear option and all things atomic
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DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
99 Luftballons (English translation)
English translation
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99 Luftballons
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If you have some time for me
Then I will sing a song for you
About ninety-nine balloons
On their way to the horizon
If you maybe think just of me
Then I will sing a song for you
About ninety-nine balloons
And that such a thing comes from such a thing
Ninety-nine balloons
On their way to the horizon
One could take them for UFOs from space
Therefore a general sent
A flying squadron after them
To give the alarm if it was so
There were present on the horizon
Only ninety-nine balloons
Ninety-nine jet fighters
Each was a great warrior
They regarded themselves as Captain Kirk
There was a great display of fireworks
The neighbors didn't understand
And soon felt offended
And in the process they shot at the horizon
At ninety-nine balloons
Ninety-nine ministers of war
Matches and petrol cans (gasoline cans)
They regarded themselves as clever people
Already on the scent of fat quarry
They shouted "War" and wanted power
Man, who would have thought
That someday it would come as far as this
Because of ninety-nine balloons
Ninety-nine years of war
Left no place for victors
There are no longer any ministers of war
And also no jet fighters
Today i'm making my rounds
I see the world lying in ruins
I have found a balloon
I think of you and let it fly
Here we are, far better than the English version, and there's more than a hint of truth in it, there were several false alarms in the 1980's alone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
These two spring to mind immediately
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raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
A blast from the past
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPLgGWMndc&ab_channel=DroneDetectiveDroneDetective
and the other obvious one from the same album
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aHR0JAro8w&ab_channel=MelvinLambertMelvinLambert
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPLgGWMndc&ab_channel=DroneDetectiveDroneDetective
and the other obvious one from the same album
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aHR0JAro8w&ab_channel=MelvinLambertMelvinLambert
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figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Anything by Orbital... although I can’t immediately think of anything noteworthy.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN-E7WJl2sM
The whole world is dead now
After the neutron bomb
We all stared upand looked at it
And we wondered where it came from
But that was many years ago
What's left is changed by shock
We all live in the ruins
And we do the mutant rock
C'mon lets rock
C'mon lets rock
C'mon lets do the mutant rock
We don't look like we used to
Our skins all scaled and black
We fight each other in the streets
Evolution has turned back
We got no television, we can't tell time, no clock
But as the sun goes down at night
We do the mutant rock
Chorus
The bomb it couldn't kill us
No matter how it tried
Though the weak ones are all dead
The strong of us survived
Outsiders who have found us
They all get a shock
As we slither through the ruins
And we do the mutant rock
Still in my collection of 7" singles
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Granted, this is partially about his waiting for drafting into the Vietnam war, but given his age (born in '55), it could equally be of concern over the Cold War?
Waitin’ On The Sky To Fall
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFP8hwP3M9o
I grew up in a military town
Waitin’ on the sky to fall
Everybody I knew hanqin' around wonderin’
What they’d do when the Draft Board called
Lookin’ back it musta been a miracle
How I ever grew up at all
To sing about livin' in a military town
Waitin' on the sky to fall
Waitin' on the sky to fall, boys
Waitin' on the sky to fall
Chicken Little wasn't makin' nothin' but noise
Waitin' on the sky to fall
Spent a lonely lifetime rollin’ down the line
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Never once crossed my solitary mind
That any such consecrated quest’d fail
Came upon an ocean and much to my chagrin
They told me that ship had sailed
Walkin’ on the water cause I never learned
To swin searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail, friends
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Been across the oceans and now I’m back again
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Been around enough to know a little bit now
And I’m sitting on tip of the world
Wangin’ on a guitar while the sun goes down
And singin a song about a redheaded girl
Was a time I would have said those days were gone
But I’m givin’ it another whirl
Didn’t know that I was gonna live this long
Now I’m sitting’ on top of the world
Sittin’ on top of the world, y’all
Sittin’ on top of the world
Eyes wide open until the Messenger calls
Sittin’ on top of the world
Waitin’ On The Sky To Fall
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFP8hwP3M9o
I grew up in a military town
Waitin’ on the sky to fall
Everybody I knew hanqin' around wonderin’
What they’d do when the Draft Board called
Lookin’ back it musta been a miracle
How I ever grew up at all
To sing about livin' in a military town
Waitin' on the sky to fall
Waitin' on the sky to fall, boys
Waitin' on the sky to fall
Chicken Little wasn't makin' nothin' but noise
Waitin' on the sky to fall
Spent a lonely lifetime rollin’ down the line
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Never once crossed my solitary mind
That any such consecrated quest’d fail
Came upon an ocean and much to my chagrin
They told me that ship had sailed
Walkin’ on the water cause I never learned
To swin searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail, friends
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Been across the oceans and now I’m back again
Searchin’ for the Holy Grail
Been around enough to know a little bit now
And I’m sitting on tip of the world
Wangin’ on a guitar while the sun goes down
And singin a song about a redheaded girl
Was a time I would have said those days were gone
But I’m givin’ it another whirl
Didn’t know that I was gonna live this long
Now I’m sitting’ on top of the world
Sittin’ on top of the world, y’all
Sittin’ on top of the world
Eyes wide open until the Messenger calls
Sittin’ on top of the world
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
The posters statement is the same as I've heard about this song
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knt6zh41Fqw
And as the low aggress the high
All you can do is sit and cry
You've only got yourself to blame
Don't try to stop me it's too late
My mind's made up, this job won't wait
There's nothing left for me to say
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Take one hundred scientists or more
Place in a room and lock the door
Let them confer for half their lives
Unlock the door, go in and see
What they have made for you and me
A brand new toy to idolize
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Although the war has just begun
Ignore the sirens, let's have fun
Put on your best, go out in style
Although our future's looking black
We'll go down town and join the pack
Let's celebrate and vaporise
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to celebrate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to celebrate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Take the M out of M A D = Mutually Assured Destruction
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knt6zh41Fqw
And as the low aggress the high
All you can do is sit and cry
You've only got yourself to blame
Don't try to stop me it's too late
My mind's made up, this job won't wait
There's nothing left for me to say
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Take one hundred scientists or more
Place in a room and lock the door
Let them confer for half their lives
Unlock the door, go in and see
What they have made for you and me
A brand new toy to idolize
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to designate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Although the war has just begun
Ignore the sirens, let's have fun
Put on your best, go out in style
Although our future's looking black
We'll go down town and join the pack
Let's celebrate and vaporise
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to celebrate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Hey! There's no need to debate
It's time to celebrate your fate
Take the M out of M A D
Let's all make a bomb
Take the M out of M A D = Mutually Assured Destruction
Seevio
Guru
- Location
- South Glos
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Terry & Gerry
'Kennedy Says'
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5HkgnMPVvo
Lines include;
Where Is Cuba Anyway, Where The Fun Came To A Halt
And The Bay Of Pigs, Well John, Is Really Not Your Fault
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
'Kennedy Says'
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5HkgnMPVvo
Lines include;
Where Is Cuba Anyway, Where The Fun Came To A Halt
And The Bay Of Pigs, Well John, Is Really Not Your Fault
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
