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  • loveeeeeeee.

    BTW Nice ugly doll in the background (:

  • The German version is vastly superior. It kind of loses the spark in translation.

  • ninty-nine war minister

    matches and gasoline canisters

    professing themselves to be smart people

    Already sensed loot

    Shouted war and wanted power

    Man who would have thought?

    That once it gets that far

    Because ninety-nine Balloons

    ninety-nine balloons

    it sounds better in german

  • luft in german means air, i dont know why all the american versions have red

  • @IncredibleEtableBaby

    because airballoon sounds silly and redundant.

  • So fucking awesome U r lyk so cool

  • Coooooooool geezer

  • I like it im trying to learn sign language, its hard ^.^

  • This is F**kin awesome!!!! I aint heard n seen somethin simulataneously that made me feel good n smile in a LONG time.... YOU GUYS ROCK in sTyyyyyllleee! Love iiiiit!

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  • Well done, dude!!! you use ASL very well :)

  • A lot of conflict a few months ago vv

    Im sad i missed it..

  • adorable! This made my day!

  • I still don't see why you had to leave the frame. My eyes were sad for a little. :( Lol.

  • :P Should've used the original version. Much better than this one.

  • 2:20 whered you go?

  • @FeDeXmAnIaC1 where do you think i went? 

  • @xcrippledhope i think you went and made a sandwitch or you went to the bathroom :)

  • ASL rocks

  • Some of your signs are not ASL, but rather SEE-Sign. Idk if you know the difference, but it's pretty big. In general though, you're decent. (: Nice video, great song.

  • Haha super cool :)

  • I'm trying to learn sign language and your videos help out a lot. I don't think I would've been able it learn it without you xD. So thank you :P

  • Even in sign language this song is still badass.

  • You're awsome, but this song sucks. The original is better.

  • THE FACE. 3:05 :D

  • still cant under stand germen

  • Nice avoidance of the German part... you could've taken the time to learn German Sign Language or, at the very least, translated it into ASL.

  • @DallasisaLeo That's why it says "ASL" and not "GSL" in the title. Take the video for what it is.

  • @iWearAmask That doesn't explain why he couldn't just translate that part.

  • @DallasisaLeo He was under no obligation to make the video in the first place, let alone translate a part that lasts about 30 seconds. He's perfectly at liberty to translate (or not translate) the song how he wants to. That's why I thought you judged him a little harshly.

  • @iWearAmask If you post a video of yourself on YouTube you open yourself to judgment. My opinion is perfectly valid, as is yours. I believe it was a little lazy to just walk away during the German part and it took away from the video. Would you like to have an endless and fruitless argument about whether that was the right thing to do? Honestly, I have better uses for my time.

  • @DallasisaLeo Hey Sunshine, since you seem to be the authority on German sign language, maybe you'll post a tutorial on how to sign the german part. I'm sure that everyone would appreciate you taking the time to teach us, especially since you are quick to label others as lazy-think of it as paying it forward. The world needs people like Blake, who are willing to put themselves out there, in spite of the negativity of others. "If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it."

  • @cheerldrn Actually, if I were singing a song in German (a foreign language in which I'm only intermediately proficient, so the equivalent, I assume, of ASL for this guy), and it had a small part that was in Russian (which I don't speak at all), I would take the time to learn the Russian part. As I said before, it's fully within my right to judge. Also, I didn't claim to know a damn thing about GSL. If you're going to get so worked up about my personal opinion, you're wasting your time.

  • @DallasisaLeo lmao - the German verse is the exact same as the last verse (99 Decision Street - 99 ministers meet, etc.) Therefore the ASL would be the exact same.

  • @Andydrummer2004 Uh... no it's not. The German part is:

    99 war ministers

    Matches and gas cans

    Thought of themselves as clever people

    Already caught wind of great spoils

    Shouted: "War", and wanted power.

    Man, who would have thought

    That one day it would come to this

    Because of 99 balloons?

  • @iWearAmask

    tanslation FYI :)

    "99 nights of the year with super high teck jet fighters

    everyone's a super hero, everyone's a captain Kirk

    with orders to identify, clarify and classify

    scramble in the summer sky. 99 red balloons go by"

    BTW, someone needs to learn German Sign Language (which, yes it exists. *watch Beyond Silence* and preform that part. wouldn't that be awesome?!

    one thing though, a lot of that was signed english, not ASL. it was very clear though ^_^ good job.

  • @Drummajorofdoom "Everyone's a hero, everyone's a Captain Kirk." I think I love you.

  • @xTsukiTsuki

    haha. That's my favorite line too.

  • @Drummajorofdoom That's... not a translation. Those are the English lyrics written (not translated) by Nena. The German version wouldn't rhyme if you translated it into English.

  • @DallasisaLeo I understand that, BUT, those are the English words that the writers wanted to use in that verse, therefore, in English, that's how the song goes.

  • @Drummajorofdoom What?? Yeah, that's how the song goes, but it's not a translation as you say it is. You said "translation FYI :)" before something that wasn't a translation.

  • @DallasisaLeo you're very picky, aren't you?

  • i love ASL!!!!!!!!!!!

    

  • are you deaf or hearing?

  • you have an Uglydoll!!!!! <3333 You're amazing!!!

  • you know they translated this to english wrong.... in german 99 luft balons translates to 99 AIR ballons not RED ballons

  • @negima900 "They" didn't translate it. Nena chose the lyrics 99 Red Balloons because Kevin McAlea (translator) needed three syllables and, while "Luftballons" makes sense in German, no one says "Air balloons" in English. Furthermore, German 99 has one syllable more than English 99. The color red was also chosen for it's symbolic and relevant meaning as a symbol for communism, I'd assume.

  • @DallasisaLeo Well thank you for correcting me... i wouldn't know about the red being a symbol of communism but it does seem to be very likely.

  • I just start to learn ASL recently, am hard of hearing. I can sign some simple words now. I joined a great deaf daing site, ----Deafornot dot c om----, and met some good deaf/HOH friends over there. They help me to learn ASL.

  • My mother love you, i'm chop liver. I'm awesome because i was born without speaking i couldn't and still can't :D praise us

  • This is awesome, I'm trying to teach myself to sign. : ]

  • Interesting.... and Very good.

  • i love this!!!!!:)

  • hahaha german signing fail

  • WOW That is Pretty NEAT,Thats Talent.. I Enjoy watching this,Thanx : )

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  • you are cute :) and Really good at sign language :)

  • Haha nice hippo in the corner man luv it <3 and you're pretty cute too ;) lol

  • @cantosprofanae

    That was uncalled for...

  • @iWearAmask well of corse it was, you obv didn't ask for it.

  • your soo good i almost saw an actual ballon float away at the end :o)~

  • this made my day. :]

  • you were such a nerd.

    you better still have my stuffed animal, if you don't i'm gonna come up there and kill you.

  • I STILL DO :D

  • @xcrippledhope good! come back to SoDak, right meow.

  • @lawlzhxc sad ass, he did it for the deaf

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  • awesome

  • GOLDFINGER !! okay you are officially rad now. ;P

  • ohrealllyy

  • yes =] goldfinger is th eshit

  • @xcrippledhope Yes really. We all love you blake!

  • @xcrippledhope you're really good at that singlanguage thingy! :)))

  • Haha thank you all :D

  • Awesome!

  • Dude ur so cool I wish I could do that (sign languge) lol ;)

  • you're so fun. i want to be your friend.

  • your adorable, <3(:

  • rawr that guy in the right lower corner looks like his interested :3

  • no lie, i so wanna meet you! i'm in love with asl since i started the class three years ago, and now you made me love it more. i wish I was as chill as you when i do this in front of class. awesome job (:

    oh, yeah... you're beautiful :x haha.

  • Thanks for this. I love this song.

  • i love this :)

  • omgzz ur epic :3 So ftw dude

  • mmm id like to break me off a peice of dat........ song i mean

  • this is my favorite video :) you're amazing!

  • Every1 comments on how cute you are... dont get me wrong, I agree. But you definitely got some competition in the corner. Hes so cute!! lol

  • LOVE it!

    Do you consider yourself to be fluent in ASL or highly proficient? (please reply)

    Even before I knew that you were hard of hearing and that you had a deaf family, I noticed certain tendencies indicative of ASL fluency, such as how comfortable and relaxed your signs are as well as the complete lack of hesitation when you sign. Usually in youtube videos you can see ppl hesitating with their signs. 

    Keep up the great work! People are definitely being entertained and educated!!

  • Haha, a little bit of both? I don't know, it's something that came with being raised in a deaf family.

    I was just lucky to be able to hear a little and do this stuff. :) just a mixture of two beautiful languages.

    Thanks, will do! :D

  • what was that? say again?

  • That's so cool that you know how to do this stuff!

  • so adorable!

  • SO GOOD!!!!! love love LOVE it!!!

  • i like the little animal in the corner haha

  • 'ats an ugly doll! they are soo adorable

  • It was actually made by one of my friends. :)

    Her very own homemade ugly doll.

  • that's even cooler!

  • That was awesome and your totally cute. Lol

    Hope i dnt offend you but i was jus wondering.. are you really deaf or did you just learn asl in like school or something?

  • He isnt deaf. He is hard at hearing and he has a deaf family.

  • Blake is hard of hearing, the only one in his family, and adopted ASL as his primary language. He is Deaf, as in he's involved with Deaf culture and whatnots.

  • Yup, i'm hard of hearing in a deaf family. :)

  • That was awesome and your totally adorable. Lol.

    I hope i dnt offend you by asking bt are you actually deaf or did you jus learn asl?

  • you have shiny hair :)

  • my 18 year old loves this song so i showed him this one he loves it

    he wondered how u wld do this one he is impressed :)

  • hun, not many people take the time to do such a thing, cool.

  • MY HERO!! i love this song thank you! Goldfinger is AWESOME!

  • the haircut matey!!

  • Oh my gooooodnesss. This guy is gorgeous. Great job :]

  • You're cute :) Great job!

  • Favorite!

  • VVV wow that guy is a dick! ur super hawt... it's not fair lol ur amazing love the vid... awesome song choice haha and the german lyrics r gr8 hha forget the haters they are jealous ASL is cool.. love you♥

    xoxoxox

    oh maybe do Mayday Parade - "Three Cheers For Five Years"? for me plzzz

  • oh my gosh great jobb!:)

  • im not trying to be rude i just want to know, are you deaf? Just a question. I really am not trying to be offensive if you are. Just wondering.

  • Love the song!

  • you're so cute i wish i could sign!

  • You are neat :] I like the ugly doll, haha.

    I really wish I could sign.

  • the fact that you cant listen is alsome

    lucky u

  • This is amazing. <3

  • Hey Grand job!! And Forget about those Haters!! I think You are BALLIN!! =]]

  • I love this song :) and the ASL was amazing, Im thinking about doing vids. like this ...

  • Good job:)

  • oh jeez. i really hope you're not that kid that called me a stalker cuz i was at my house when he came over to see my brother. it can't be. cuz he was curtis. from ohio. ugh. but you are really hot. and uhmazing. :]

  • he's kinda hot. :) but yeah it's great to be able to do asl to music. amazing really...

  • he is hard of hearing

  • does that mean that he is deaf?

  • No, he has bad hearing. He can hear, just not well, like old people kind of? His family is deaf though.

  • Woa is there a def relative in your familyy, cuz your hella good at this.

  • @marissaberrylove if u read his about me it talks about his family

  • Awesomeness D:

    Just Curious can you hear? like or are you just like amazing at asl or something. Either way great vid I subscribed and rated 5 :3 do you take requests?

  • See this is awesome because I have a best friend who is deaf and this is a great idea

  • omg, ur sooo amazing....ive watched all ur videos like 100 times nd i love them all....its ssooo nice of u to be doing this..lol <3

  • your really hot!

    marry me :) lol

  • Did you type all the German words or did you copy it off the computer ... it you did type it then wow!!!!

  • i belive we have the same taste in musiccc :)

    nevershoutnever & goldfinger thatss my stufff!

  • im going to put this simple

    i think you're amazing

    the end.

    =]

  • hey I was wondering if you had to wear hearing aides

  • Yeahr. Do you know the german version? 99 Luftballons- Nena?

  • Yah.

    But i can't sign in german, hahah.

  • Me neither, but I want to learn it.

    But whenever I try to do it, it looks like I'm action-dyslexic (I don't know if it means what I want to say!?) -.-

  • wow.. u are really good.. and u are really cute:)

  • guey...

  • the stufed animal in the backround is staring holes into blake. lol.the expressions blake they crack me up.

    ~me~

  • Your a good kid, remember that.

  • ok go addict?

  • ya, musicsismyaddiction was too long or something i can't remember, so i picked my favorite band, ok go, they did the dancing on the treadmill video, very few people know them further than that but i do and they're a great band.

  • @okgoaddict ok go are freakin amazing! gotta love what to doXD. im fairly sure all of their video clips are win!

  • oh and my computer took on a freak out as i was posting the comment... sooo ya i accidentally posted it twice.

  • is it considered copyright if someone was to copy the exact signs you use in this song?

  • mep thats a hard one xP

  • I know! and mister blake won't answer meh!!!

  • Great Video, I am fluent in SL, A friend of mine has cerebral palsy and that was the way we communicated, I learned at the age of 3.

  • Did you know that you got my learning asl, i'm 13 and i've wanted to learn for 5 years. and you motivated me. Thanks.

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  • wow ur sexy

  • great. I'm guessing you are deaf? Not Trying To Be Mean, It Was Great :D

  • He's hard of hearing