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Nena probably got an extra $5 in royalties this month from the large number of people who immediately thought of that song.

DonHopkins 4y ago
And Nina Hagen probably also got an extra $5000 royalties this month from the even larger number of people who immediately confused her with Nena. (Well deserved royalties, to compensate her for all the confusion!) https://auntie-anti.livejournal.com/576.html https://auntie-anti.livejournal.com/576.html >y'all look the same to me. >99 red balloons. Nina vs Nena: the continuing saga. >Nina Hagen= Nina Hagen. >Gabriele Susanne Kerner= Nena (nickname band name). >Yes, they are both german women who's music career heights were in the 80's, and their first "names" are very similar, but that does not make them the same person. >Nina Hagen= "The Mother of Punk". >Nena= some sweaty chick in a band that had one fluffy hit single, and yes, please know that i'm talking about "99 red balloons". psst...the german version is better. >Recently-ish photos of Nina Hagen were posted in a decent and somewhat elitist (in a good way) lj makeup community. She's a good example of outrageous makeup, and "known", or so I thought, for her style...as much as for her voice and music, since hers is not like anyone else's. I was terribly terribly terribly dead wrong. With the many-o-many comments that were being made, each stating a similar; "omfg i LOVE Nina Hagen and i loooove her song 99 red balloons!!! it's my most favourite retro song i love the 80's!" There was no correction in sight amongst the gathering list of commenters declaring their love and 'hoping for cool points' knowledge of Nina. >This is Nina Hagen... [...follow links for outrageous photos...] doesn't even scratch the surface of all the looks, but i'd be here all year posting photos to almost accomplish that. she's deliciously fucked. >And now pay close attention. This is Nena, the singer of "99 red/luftballoons"... um...yeah... And i even got a photo of them together. not the same person! https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/stabbings/ninanena.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/stabbings/ninanena.j... >The bigger difference is in their singing voices actually. >Nena= nice, normal, regular chick singing voice. >Nina Hagen= is a vocal genius. studied opera and incorporates that in her insane variety of deranged sweetness, down to an extreme that makes all death metal bands sound like a choir of girl scouts with mints thins in their nickers. https://www.last.fm/music/Nina+Hagen/_/99+Red+Balloons https://www.last.fm/music/Nina+Hagen/_/99+Red+Balloons https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/87616/ https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/87616/ https://twitter.com/optiblu2013/status/1466506526831611906 https://twitter.com/optiblu2013/status/1466506526831611906 https://songsear.ch/song/Nina-Hagen/99-Luft-Balloon/1481506 https://songsear.ch/song/Nina-Hagen/99-Luft-Balloon/1481506 https://teenage.cz/texty/nina-hagen/-/99-red-balloons-99-luftballons https://teenage.cz/texty/nina-hagen/-/99-red-balloons-99-luf... Herman Brood, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich - Crocodile (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIjlxl-DLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIjlxl-DLI Nina Hagen New York New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc The closest she ever came to covering 99 Red Baboons was Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo: NINA HAGEN - Auf´m Bahnhof Zoo "Live" 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc 99 Red Baboons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-z_JV6wSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-z_JV6wSE http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/nana0.shtml http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/nana0.shtml

DonHopkins 4y ago

And Nina Hagen probably also got an extra $5000 royalties this month from the even larger number of people who immediately confused her with Nena. (Well deserved royalties, to compensate her for all the confusion!) https://auntie-anti.livejournal.com/576.html https://auntie-anti.livejournal.com/576.html >y'all look the same to me. >99 red balloons. Nina vs Nena: the continuing saga. >Nina Hagen= Nina Hagen. >Gabriele Susanne Kerner= Nena (nickname band name). >Yes, they are both german women who's music career heights were in the 80's, and their first "names" are very similar, but that does not make them the same person. >Nina Hagen= "The Mother of Punk". >Nena= some sweaty chick in a band that had one fluffy hit single, and yes, please know that i'm talking about "99 red balloons". psst...the german version is better. >Recently-ish photos of Nina Hagen were posted in a decent and somewhat elitist (in a good way) lj makeup community. She's a good example of outrageous makeup, and "known", or so I thought, for her style...as much as for her voice and music, since hers is not like anyone else's. I was terribly terribly terribly dead wrong. With the many-o-many comments that were being made, each stating a similar; "omfg i LOVE Nina Hagen and i loooove her song 99 red balloons!!! it's my most favourite retro song i love the 80's!" There was no correction in sight amongst the gathering list of commenters declaring their love and 'hoping for cool points' knowledge of Nina. >This is Nina Hagen... [...follow links for outrageous photos...] doesn't even scratch the surface of all the looks, but i'd be here all year posting photos to almost accomplish that. she's deliciously fucked. >And now pay close attention. This is Nena, the singer of "99 red/luftballoons"... um...yeah... And i even got a photo of them together. not the same person! https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/stabbings/ninanena.jpg https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/stabbings/ninanena.j... >The bigger difference is in their singing voices actually. >Nena= nice, normal, regular chick singing voice. >Nina Hagen= is a vocal genius. studied opera and incorporates that in her insane variety of deranged sweetness, down to an extreme that makes all death metal bands sound like a choir of girl scouts with mints thins in their nickers. https://www.last.fm/music/Nina+Hagen/_/99+Red+Balloons https://www.last.fm/music/Nina+Hagen/_/99+Red+Balloons https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/87616/ https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/87616/ https://twitter.com/optiblu2013/status/1466506526831611906 https://twitter.com/optiblu2013/status/1466506526831611906 https://songsear.ch/song/Nina-Hagen/99-Luft-Balloon/1481506 https://songsear.ch/song/Nina-Hagen/99-Luft-Balloon/1481506 https://teenage.cz/texty/nina-hagen/-/99-red-balloons-99-luftballons https://teenage.cz/texty/nina-hagen/-/99-red-balloons-99-luf... Herman Brood, Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich - Crocodile (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIjlxl-DLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIjlxl-DLI Nina Hagen New York New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc The closest she ever came to covering 99 Red Baboons was Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo: NINA HAGEN - Auf´m Bahnhof Zoo "Live" 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiscau0zJKc 99 Red Baboons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-z_JV6wSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-z_JV6wSE http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/nana0.shtml http://www.amiright.com/parody/80s/nana0.shtml