During the Cold War, Nena's guitarist Carlo Karges wrote "99 Luftballons" after seeing balloons at a Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin drift over the Berlin Wall, imagining them mistaken as a military threat, sparking disaster.
@arghkid just tried to buy your latest at Waterstone’s on Deansgate. It’s sold out. Glad it’s doing so well👍🏻😃. (Will order and pay an arm and a leg to have it shipped to Germany😂)
A bright pop melody hid a far more cynical edge when The Beautiful South released “Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)” in 1996. Appearing on Blue Is the Colour later that year, the song paired Jacqui Abbott’s lead vocal with Paul Heaton’s sharp observations about class, culture and social discomfort.
@Poesjen1973@KevinPCBFL We haven’t been to Cafe Rembrandt, will keep an eye out next time. I never by Stroopwaffels at the airport. I admit I‘m tempted but I know better😂
Clotilde d’Arc, a direct descendant of St. Joan of Arc’s brother Pierre, dressed as St. Joan during the annual celebration of her 1429 victory over the English at Orléans.