Me and the homies who don't speak German vibing to a song about nuclear armageddon

I saved a guys life today. I don't care if anyone sees this, I'm just putting it to words for my own benefit. I work in a prison, and a man had a diabetes related heart attack today. Due to my time in the american military, i was able to stabilize him and help the ambulance crew on the way to the hospital. He coded twice on the way there and once in the ambulance bay, but he made it. I don't know why I'm at this song specifically after that shit, but I am. Thanks for reading.

The german saxophone guy brought me here

And people say German sounds ugly....

Who else heard captain Kirk?

See, German doesn't always sound angry.

The fact that I knew these lyrics by heart as a child who only knew English, I listened to it a lot

What makes this more impactful was Germany was set to be the next battlefield for WWIII. No less than five US Army divisions were stationed in West Germany, waiting for the Soviets to attack through the "Fulda Gap". Extremely high casualties were expected on all sides w/o even counting the likely nuclear retaliation. So these guys were 100% voicing very real, very specific & very pertinent fears of their country being annihilated at the drop of a hat.

How many people are here because of Kirsche streaming Wanted:Dead?

Spy balloon

the bass and syththesizer combo is a master work

So touching to hear this again. Innocent play interpreted as an attack, triggering nuclear war. How they could have found joy from the Cold War is an inspiration. Music, humour, joy, and awe are qualities we all have within us. Thank you, Nena.

Someone once said what we love about music is the sounds and spaces between the sounds, so it doesn't matter if you don't understand the language of the lyrics, you can still absolutely love it. So true.

I love that this was written and performed by a German band during the cold war and after WW2. As long as there are Nena's in the world there's still hope!

Englisch ist meine Muttersprache, aber ich mag Deutsch lernen. Ich muss Nena hören für mein Deutschklasse.

Großes Danke an Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen! Genialer Song für den er keinerlei Anerkennung bekommen hat.

The kind of song that never gets old!♥

We need foreign language pop to be popular.

I heard this song a lot in Berlin, Summer of ‘89.

I was 8 years old when this song came out, loved this song and Nena then, still do today!!!