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That synth siren at the start of Nena's track still sounds like an air raid alarm doing a victory lap, and in eighty four that was the whole point. Afternoon Lift keeps marching on toward Jukebox at six, this is Streamless FM.
A one word title, a synth riff that means business, and a Cold War singalong, that is a better pop song than most bands manage in a whole career, fight me on it. Nena's 99 Red Balloons is next on Afternoon Lift, here on Streamless FM.
Bec: Morning, Monday, parliament's back today and it is weird in there, properly weird, because Helen Haines isn't in her seat and everyone's noticed. Jeff: She's one of the good ones, independents keep the rest of them honest. Bec: Exactly, so security's tighter, the room's quieter, big shift in tone for day one. Jeff: Meanwhile Nena's about to count balloons, which is more my speed before coffee. Bec: Ninety nine of them, here on The Big Breakfast, don't think too hard about the geopolitics.
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