I've had this damn song stuck in my head for DAYS now! And misery loves company so here you go.
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You and I in a little toy shop
by Lance » Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:40 pm
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
I've had this damn song stuck in my head for DAYS now! And misery loves company so here you go.
Watch on youtube.com
And of course, for Arneb.
Watch on youtube.com
I've had this damn song stuck in my head for DAYS now! And misery loves company so here you go.
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lianachan » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:41 pm
I think the UK single had an English language A side and a German B side, the French one was a French A side and English B side, etc, etc... Some sort of web of different language combinations in different countries. Cool!
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Arneb » Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:04 pm
Must...Not...Click...Video...Link
Sorry, but in '84 I REALLY hated that song. It was the time when all the cool people at school listened to shit like this, and I HAD to hate in order to dissociate maself from them. Of course, I've grown mellower, and can even bear to see old classmates at reunions, but come on. Red balloons causing WWIII.
Sorry, but in '84 I REALLY hated that song. It was the time when all the cool people at school listened to shit like this, and I HAD to hate in order to dissociate maself from them. Of course, I've grown mellower, and can even bear to see old classmates at reunions, but come on. Red balloons causing WWIII.
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lianachan » Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:04 am
The English lyrics are different from the German ones, I don't even think it's the same story. Maybe you should try just the first link....
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Мастер » Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:02 am
Arneb wrote:but come on. Red balloons causing WWIII.
Total tripe. WWIII is going to start when someone with a vaguely Islamic sounding name uses a mobile phone to report that his car had a blow out.
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lance » Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:30 pm
Lianachan wrote:The English lyrics are different from the German ones, I don't even think it's the same story. Maybe you should try just the first link....
It's a similar story. In the German version, the balloons are released and thought to be UFOs. The military investigates and sees what they really are and decides to have some fun shooting them down. This causes tension in the border countries and... WWIII
In the English version they are picked up by NORAD and "bugs in the software" mistake them for a nuclear first strike, against which there is immediate retaliation and... WWIII
I don't think the balloons are red in the German version, just toy balloons.
Too bad we don't have anyone who can speak both German and English around here to corroborate or correct me.
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lance » Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:37 pm
And though I've loved the song for over 30 years, until watching the videos recently I had NO FREAKING IDEA she was so hot. OMFG!
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Мастер » Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:11 pm
Lance wrote:Too bad we don't have anyone who can speak both German and English around here to corroborate or correct me.
I think "red" is just to make the English-language version fit the rhythm better. The German already has an extra syllable, if it were just "ninety-nine balloons", it would have two more syllables than the English.
Lance wrote:And though I've loved the song for over 30 years, until watching the videos recently I had NO FREAKING IDEA she was so hot. OMFG!
So just watch the video with the volume turned off
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lance » Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:30 pm
Мастер wrote:So just watch the video with the volume turned off
But I like the song.
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Arneb » Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:06 pm
Lance wrote:Too bad we don't have anyone who can speak both German and English around here to corroborate or correct me.
Yep, tough luck. The German word for a small toy balloon filled with whatever gas is in them is Luftballon (=air balloon), with the stress on Luft. You can use just "Ballon", thereby freeing one syllable, but by the pitfalls of German declension, that is almost no use at all: Since Ballons is plural, almost any adjective would have to have two syllables: Rote, blaue, whatever-e, pronounced like somewhat like "-uh" in English. So the unnecessary "Luft" fits the rhytm, while no adjective does, hence no colour:
NOy-nunn-noyn-tsig LOOft-bull-ongs...
NInety->Nine red balloons...
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lance » Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:14 am
Arneb wrote:Lance wrote:Too bad we don't have anyone who can speak both German and English around here to corroborate or correct me.
Yep, tough luck. The German word for a small toy balloon
I meant on the difference and similarities of the stories. But thanks.
Arneb wrote:Yeah, she's hot, but I always hated that chewinggummy voice of hers. Want a real hot German rock valkyrie with a voice to blow you away ? Here goes
Yeah, she'll do as well.
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lance » Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:18 am
Enzo wrote:Beware:
99 Dead Baboons
Now that's funny!
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Lianachan » Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:29 am
Arneb wrote:Yeah, she's hot, but I always hated that chewinggummy voice of hers. Want a real hot German rock valkyrie with a voice to blow you away ? Here goes
Are there any female German singers who are NOT called Nina, Nena or some variety thereof?
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Re: You and I in a little toy shop
by Enzo » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:29 am
None-a to speak of.
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