Wake for 99 Luft Baloons

Celestial Dung · Post by **Celestial Dung** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:11 pm

"Everyone's a super hero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk"

*A desert wasteland with assorted balloons and streamers. A thunderstorm threatens to overtake the sky line mountains. A wind rustles. Glitter is sprinkled on the dying cacuts. A corpse of a car has me on top dressed in finest of Sparkling rags.*

99 Luft Balloons was shot by Spaceballs. It's body flew up to the heavens where the lost tones exist solely to console the stars of their lonleyness. It's dying wail is still being heard in the Undying Lands where the sacred muses do nurse it's wounds.

I would like to speak on the strenth of duality. "99 Luft Balloons" was a bouncy song full of entergetic pop and manic hopping fanatics. A dance floor was created where ever it did play, a celebration when the opening lines of Nena whispered over the speakers. Underneath this celebration a sarcastic throat chocking on the culture of death.

The lyrics speak of a gun-ho apocolypse in the most celbratory of manner. Everyone wants to be the superhero that destory humanity sending us dow to hell with flag waving parades and marching songs until in the end there is nothing left save for a red balloon, a bomb of destruction.

This is why "99 Luft Ballons" worked as a station of art. It worked on the level of dance party hit and of philosphical warfare. When giving us a party potrayal of war it showed us the stupidity of war. The music corresponded with the satire of the piece.

"Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain"
Bob Dylan
"Not Dark Yet"

I remember me, Ben, and Chris hopping to this song. A rabbit song it was deemed entergetic and special. I remember old Lava days when the floor would rise up and greet the song the dancers arms flailing utnil the air was sliced with our sweat. I remember the bubbles born to correspond to the balloon imagery Above all under thing I remember the joy of boucning.

There are some of the opinion that he song was overplayed and run to the ground underneath our dancing feet. I'll give them their argument and respect it. For my own beliefs though I figure that as long as as song can capture the dance floor and hold it hostage until exhaustion sets it it stays. .

*A comet crosses the sky blazing red*

But I should warn you, art is immortal after all.

Cheerleader of the Damned · Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:51 pm

99 Dead Baboons~Tim Cavanaugh

Hello Bobby my old friend
It's good to see you once again
How's your mother,
How's your aunt,
How's your father's skin-diving suit
I've got something you should see
Back at my place, come with me
I've got some brand new furnishings
Plus 99 dead baboons

99 dead baboons
Sitting in my living room
Not too functional it seems
But quite a conversation piece
This one's Jake, that one's Dyna
There's big Ned in my recliner
No it's not a La-Z-boy
Can't ya see it's a dead baboon?

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

How they got here I'm not sure
Woke up one day, there they were
Luckily I've got a lease
Allowing pets, if they're deceased
I'm just glad they're not apes
Cos apes would clash with the drapes
No more napkins at my parties
Wipe your hands on a dead baboon!

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

Dead baboons are lots of fun
Playing water baloons I've always won
You can keep your dead giraffes and swine
I'll take dead baboons everytime
There's just one problem I have found
That's finding Purina dead baboon chow
But what a happy snorkling device
With 99 dead baboons

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

Mercurygriffin · Post by **Mercurygriffin** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:05 pm

*raises drink and pours it on the ground for the dead hommie*
see ya in 6 months fucker!

iblis · Post by **iblis** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 4:28 pm

Cheerleader of the Damned wrote:99 Dead Baboons~Tim Cavanaugh

Hello Bobby my old friend
It's good to see you once again
How's your mother,
How's your aunt,
How's your father's skin-diving suit
I've got something you should see
Back at my place, come with me
I've got some brand new furnishings
Plus 99 dead baboons

99 dead baboons
Sitting in my living room
Not too functional it seems
But quite a conversation piece
This one's Jake, that one's Dyna
There's big Ned in my recliner
No it's not a La-Z-boy
Can't ya see it's a dead baboon?

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

How they got here I'm not sure
Woke up one day, there they were
Luckily I've got a lease
Allowing pets, if they're deceased
I'm just glad they're not apes
Cos apes would clash with the drapes
No more napkins at my parties
Wipe your hands on a dead baboon!

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

Dead baboons are lots of fun
Playing water baloons I've always won
You can keep your dead giraffes and swine
I'll take dead baboons everytime
There's just one problem I have found
That's finding Purina dead baboon chow
But what a happy snorkling device
With 99 dead baboons

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

That is so cool.

karmakaze · Post by **karmakaze** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:00 pm

Cheerleader of the Damned wrote:99 Dead Baboons~Tim Cavanaugh

Hello Bobby my old friend
It's good to see you once again
How's your mother,
How's your aunt,
How's your father's skin-diving suit
I've got something you should see
Back at my place, come with me
I've got some brand new furnishings
Plus 99 dead baboons

99 dead baboons
Sitting in my living room
Not too functional it seems
But quite a conversation piece
This one's Jake, that one's Dyna
There's big Ned in my recliner
No it's not a La-Z-boy
Can't ya see it's a dead baboon?

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

How they got here I'm not sure
Woke up one day, there they were
Luckily I've got a lease
Allowing pets, if they're deceased
I'm just glad they're not apes
Cos apes would clash with the drapes
No more napkins at my parties
Wipe your hands on a dead baboon!

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

Dead baboons are lots of fun
Playing water baloons I've always won
You can keep your dead giraffes and swine
I'll take dead baboons everytime
There's just one problem I have found
That's finding Purina dead baboon chow
But what a happy snorkling device
With 99 dead baboons

Dead baboons
Dead baboons
Dead baboons

damn it you stole my post!!! i dled the mp3 last week.

Cheerleader of the Damned · Sun Jun 22, 2003 9:38 pm

[quote="karmakaze
damn it you stole my post!!! i dled the mp3 last week.[/quote]

Heh! What took you so long? I've had it for a couple years now!

junkie christ · Post by **junkie christ** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 1:48 am

wanna guess what mp3 im listening to now.....

Sir Diddimus · Post by **Sir Diddimus** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:33 pm

junkie christ wrote:wanna guess what mp3 im listening to now.....

Dancing Queen - ABBA :twisted:

Nexxus23 · Post by **Nexxus23** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 5:49 pm

Sir Diddimus wrote:
junkie christ wrote:wanna guess what mp3 im listening to now.....

Dancing Queen - ABBA

Dude... that's what I'm listening to...