An hour of '99 Red Balloons'?
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NEW YORK (AP) -- They're kidding, right?
VH1 Classic will present a full hour of the English and German music videos for the 1984 hit "99 Luftballons," aka "99 Red Balloons," by German rock group Nena.
The music video presentation, to air Sunday (2 p.m. EST), caps off the cable channel's "Pay to Play for Hurricane Katrina Relief," which raised over $200,000 for Mercy Corps, a humanitarian relief organization.
Viewers could request one video to be played on VH1 Classic for every $25 donation. For a $35,000 donation, they could select an hour's worth of music videos from the 1960s through the early 1990s.
However, one viewer chose something different for his allotted hour, requesting continuous playing of "99 Luftballons," said VH1 spokeswoman Maura Wozniak.
"99 Luftballons" is a Cold-War era protest song that tells the story of 99 red balloons floating into the air, triggering an apocalypse when the military sends planes to intercept them.
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For 35K i can think of a lot better songs to be played over and over again... however, i suppose good for VH1 for sticking to their promise. It's a good cause and it's getting media attention so it's a good publicity stunt for the charity as well...
If you could have one song played over and over again for an hour - what would that song be? I'm not sure I could narrow it down to one song... but it'd more than likely be something springsteen... probably Jersey Girl...