If you grew up in the 80s watching MTV like me, then you knew Nena and "99 Luftballons."

I came across this gem on YouTube - a 50 year old Nena performing at a festival in Berlin. Solid gold. She looks and sounds great.

That was awesome! I had a crush on her back in the day. After seeing that vid, I can confirm that I still do! Man she's beautiful and still sounds fantastic. Thanks for posting

Very nice!

Nice! Thanks for posting that. I'm in Germany on a trip now - that video could not have come at a better time! I like the German version better than the English one. It showed up in the movie Atomic Blonde if anyone saw it.

Just don't look too close, because she's facelifted to the hilt.

She recently had a bit of a comeback with new songs as well as redoing her classics. In the video to last year's "Genau jetzt" (right now) she showed up with her mother Ursula and daughter Larissa.



Of the redos, I liked her 2002 duet of "Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann" with Kim Wilde.



Speaking of Kim Wilde, I found her new take on "You Came" from 2009 extremely fitting. A couple years back she was hosting an 80s music show on a Berlin radio station; I would have listened to it even if she hadn't played a single song. Such a cute voice.

Back in high school the only thing people would talk about concerning Nena was her unshaven armpits on a live TV appearance. Philistines!

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Originally posted by mark123:
Back in high school the only thing people would talk about concerning Nena was her unshaven armpits on a live TV appearance. Philistines!

I was just gonna note that she shaved her pits finally.

Wow. She is just...hot. Love her face her body her voice her accent her delivery her movements her...exuberance. Reminds me of, oh, yeah, that video years ago.

She can't be 50 because that would mean that I'm...ugh.

Had a yuge crush on Nena back then. That song cracked me up though as I had just finished two years of German the year before and I didn't understand what in the hell she was saying other than being able to pick out the occasional word here and there. Thanks for nothing Mr. Lopp! You didn't teach me crap.

And it was used in "Grosse Point Blank", one of my favorite "fun" movies lol. Strongly agree with furlough, original German version beats the hell out of the English.

Agree on the Deutch version is best but did you know this song is about nuclear proliferation?

Here's a handy translation of the German version. Yes, I too prefer the Deutsch one.





The English version, 99 Red Balloons, with completely different lyrics, has a couple good moments however...