The song "99 Luft Ballons" has been covered by numerous bands, including 7 Seconds, Five Iron Frenzy, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, AFI, Goldfinger, Siobhan DuVall, NOFX, Angry Salad, The Fabulous Rudies, The Jetpack Escapee Scene, Coffee Shop Rumours and The Peter Pan Complex. In German it was covered by Beat Crusaders and by Goldfinger in English with a German verse. The German verse in the song is actually the next to last verse in the original German version, and it replaces the next to last verse in the English version (a humorous one involving Captain Kirk). However, in Polyphony Digital's "Gran Turismo 3" the song is sung in full English, including the Captain Kirk verse. The latter cover was featured in several films, including Not Another Teen Movie (2001) and Eurotrip (2004) as well as during various competitions in Nickelodeon's television movie "Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand" (2002). Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine have also covered the song on their I'd Like a Virgin 2004 album; this version actually contains gibberish lyrics sung in a pseudo-German accent in lieu of German lyrics. Draco and the Malfoys, on their self-titled debut album, cover the song, renamed 99 Death Eaters, with rewritten lyrics to suit wizard rock.
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darkrowanUpvote for the mixing in of the proper German lyrics
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That was good. How was his German, native speakers? Conan?
JAPRReally awesome cover. Possibly the best cover of this I've seen, including a rather amusingly bad cover by a Japanese pop rock band.
8636His German is flawless, no accent noticeable at all. Pretty amazing if he has been coached for this song and does not speak German at all...
gorgonheapJohn Feldmann is the lead vocalist and was born and raised in the US. Guess he just has a knack for German.
calvadosRawk!
EDIT: Ugh, guitar smashing. The only not-good thing about this vid.
maatcNice!
Here is the Wikipedia Entry for "99 Luftballons"
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Thanks vacs - cool.
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