Calling DJ (and all the Germans)

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Calling DJ (and all the Germans)

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You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we got

Its all over and Im standing pretty
In this dust we call a city

Nena wrote the song in German so how come the lyrics rhyme in English ?? Is it a straight translation from German to English or did she re write it.
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Similar sentiments, but re-written. I'm still wondering what "worry worry super-scurry" means!

We all had to sing the German version in German lessons at school, all these cringing 13 year olds wishing they could be somewhere else. The teachers thought they were really hip that they were using a song from the Hit Parade as a basis for a lesson.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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And would it have hurt her to shave her armpits for the video?! Confused the hell out of thirteen year old me.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:And would it have hurt her to shave her armpits for the video?! Confused the hell out of thirteen year old me.
She was sexy yet...
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BostonBeaneater wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:And would it have hurt her to shave her armpits for the video?! Confused the hell out of thirteen year old me.
She was sexy yet...
Yeah I don't recall noticing the armpits, or her shoes.
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revbob wrote:
BostonBeaneater wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:And would it have hurt her to shave her armpits for the video?! Confused the hell out of thirteen year old me.
She was sexy yet...
Yeah I don't recall noticing the armpits.
You're kidding, it looked like the Jackson 5 were hiding out in there.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Heston wrote:
revbob wrote:
BostonBeaneater wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:And would it have hurt her to shave her armpits for the video?! Confused the hell out of thirteen year old me.
She was sexy yet...
Yeah I don't recall noticing the armpits.
You're kidding, it looked like the Jackson 5 were hiding out in there.
Heck, I thought her armpit was hosting a Cream reunion.
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Heston wrote: I'm still wondering what "worry worry super-scurry" means!
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tepista wrote:
Heston wrote: I'm still wondering what "worry worry super-scurry" means!
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
I wish I had a chest like him circa '68.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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101Walterton wrote:You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we got

Its all over and Im standing pretty
In this dust we call a city

Nena wrote the song in German so how come the lyrics rhyme in English ?? Is it a straight translation from German to English or did she re write it.
It's a rewrite. For the English version she dropped the Nietzsche and Heidegger references and the line about bulletproof bras.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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Olaf wrote:
101Walterton wrote:You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we got

Its all over and Im standing pretty
In this dust we call a city

Nena wrote the song in German so how come the lyrics rhyme in English ?? Is it a straight translation from German to English or did she re write it.
It's a rewrite. For the English version she dropped the Nietzsche and Heidegger references and the line about bulletproof bras.
Weltanschauung.
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eumaas wrote:
Olaf wrote:
101Walterton wrote:You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we got

Its all over and Im standing pretty
In this dust we call a city

Nena wrote the song in German so how come the lyrics rhyme in English ?? Is it a straight translation from German to English or did she re write it.
It's a rewrite. For the English version she dropped the Nietzsche and Heidegger references and the line about bulletproof bras.
Weltanschauung.
Gemütlichkeit.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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Olaf wrote:
eumaas wrote:
Olaf wrote:
101Walterton wrote:You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we got

Its all over and Im standing pretty
In this dust we call a city

Nena wrote the song in German so how come the lyrics rhyme in English ?? Is it a straight translation from German to English or did she re write it.
It's a rewrite. For the English version she dropped the Nietzsche and Heidegger references and the line about bulletproof bras.
Weltanschauung.
Gemütlichkeit.
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