Bleagh, I am at a musical impasse for the moment it seems. I seem to be caught debating to myself as tho whether I enjoy the song "99 Red Balloons" better from the Nena version or the newer, Goldfinger version. Now, becauseI listen to songs andnot bands I really have not delved into their band's music aside from that one song but I suppose that would be a moot point anyhow. Regardless of other works the two bands have done, it is down to the Red Balloons to decide.

Well first off, I heard the Nena version before Goldfinger so my disposition could be a mix between favoritism and the fact that I've listened to it so many times Rock Band on Expert doesn't stand a chance. I am a huge fan of the synthesized instruments (at least I think they are) during Nena's version as well as the calmer, smoother tone of the whole song. This, when coupled with the lead singer's melodious and flowing voice, make for a very compelling force to drive my favoritism toward Nena, but then again the last few thirty seconds or so after the tempo has died down is probably the only short coming of the song because it betrays the wild, swinging feeling throughout the song. The song as a whole though, lacks the same variety of the counterpart versionas when I listened to both songs a few times via my headphones and it seems that the two earpieces are interchangeable during Nena's version and you never really miss any sort of rhythm or background bass drum that you couldn't hear in the other piece.

As mentioned just above, Goldfinger's version has some very keen parts in it when regarding the overall flow of the song when headphones are used and the whole electric rythem that if found throughout it makes for a more energetic experience. Whereas Nena tends to make me tap my foot and clack my fingernails to the beat, Goldfinger practically forces me to jump up from wherever I am and start dancing like a madman on caffeine. Despite the fact that I am generally like said madman anyway, this song simply brings out the inner need to simply throw my arms and legs around in spastic ecstasy. Some noticeable (hopefully) differences from Nena's versions are that A: The sing is a male. Whether or not that factor helps me sway toward one side or the other, I know not. I do know though that the gender of the singers does benefit the style of either version, with the cruder and loud male on the much more energetic and wild side and you can assume about his female counterpart from the paragraph above. B: The final verse before the rhythm dies down is completely in German. I do admire foreign music, andsome of my favorite songs are not in English however, I am unsure as to whether it entirely fits into the song although it DOES continue with the same intensity and vigor that the rest of the song created. Wait a second, isn't this whole song about the Cold War and the missile situation? Shouldn't it have been in Russian then? The song as whole is also longer, featuring two extra electric guitar bits before the first full tempo verse and in-between the 2nd and 3rd, both of which are very well preformed however; I tend to hear those parts as being a bit muddled unless I have headphones in at sufficient volume. One final factor regarding Goldfinger is that I discovered their version of 99 Red Balloons only yesterday so I could just be rather ecstatic about the fact that there is one more version of this already awesome song.

Meh, regardless of my posting of this message, I still have no idea in the world as to which version I prefer. I just know it is not the all German version; German is just a hard language to memorize song lyrics in. Although, I have had some great fun with Audacity in making the lead singer sound like she belongs at the microphone for a Japanese Pop band.

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