99 Luft balloons -- to infinity...
 

An hour of '99 Red Balloons'?
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...

If I could have one video played over and over for an hour it would be November Rain by guns and roses

or Lay it Down by Ratt

I remember in 1986, when the Celtics won their 16th title (hmm, hasn't been one since then), WBCN played "We are the Champions" sixteen times in a row. I can't remember if I stuck it out through all 16 or not.

Also, I have a 3 year old, so frequent repetition of songs (and books) is very familiar to me. You said "If you could have one song played over and over again for an hour"; for me, it would have to be "If you had to have one song played over and over again for an hour". I don't have one yet, I'll report back.

So...for $35,000...some fine upstanding citizen chose to listen to one of the crappiest songs to have come out of 80's?
Now...correct me if I'm wrong, as I frequently am (just ask my daughter), but...couldn't he/she have just picked up a portable CD player, bought some 80's compilation CD or another, hit the repeat button, and been good to go? With a couple of bucks left over to pick a Members Only jacket, a pair of Le Tigre pants, and an Izod sport shirt at the thrift store?

Sky, by Ra

"Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Solleil)" by Yes - but then they'd only be able to play it twice (and a bit)...

Bill... 99 Red Balloons was hardly the *worst* song to come out of the 80s...

I wonder if they will alternate between the English and German version or also play live versions (Nena is still popular in Germany).

Or the Goldfinger version? I don't know if it had a video, but their cover kicked ass.

I remember waiting at a car rental office when Elton John's "Circle of Life" first came out. The radio station playing on the PA played it five times in a row to celebrate its release. Had Dante been there, he would've been inspired to add another level of hell to his Inferno. Good grief.

If I had to listen to the same piece of music for an hour, I would choose <i>4'33"</i> by John Cage.

Seconded. 99 Red Balloons was very overrated, but we're talking about the decade of power ballads and leg warmers. There's much worse than Nena out there.

As to the video, I've heard that they're going to be alternating between English and German, although I don't know about covers or live versions.

Is there a video for that? :-p