NEW YEARS SPECIAL! Scorpions "Wind of Change" REACTION & ANALYSIS by Vocal Coach / Opera Singer
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With New Years approaching, I figured we could all use some inspiration. What better way than with Scorpion's classic "Wind of Change"? The origins of this song are wrapped up in so much history between Russia and Germany before the fall of the wall that I urge everyone to go read about it. I am impressed my Scorpions, and cannot wait to not only break this classic down, but hear their new album that releases in 2022!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Scorpions perform "Wind of Change" for the very first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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I be never been the one to study lyrics and I suspect this his got political overtones. I first got into this band when I heard this track and then bought a cd of there rock ballads . I think they are the masters of rock ballads but I like their live albums , some a bit too heavy for me but some tracks like living for tomorrow and rock like a hurricane are brilliant.
I'm not very good with technology so I don't know how to order a t-shirt because I'm 65 and live in a care home. Keep on Rockin🤩😁❤️😚😃
You gotta react to the singer of At Vance winner takes it all, eye of the tiger , logic song or shout. Super powerful voice
Please please review, Your the voice, john Farnham. Us Aussies believe its “our” anthem.
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This song lacks the C part "and let your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say" which for me is one of the most striking lines in the song. I still remember when the wall came down and how it felt here in the west of Germany. My dad had this song on cassette tape in the car!
I went back through the video several times searching for that part and the solo after that. Annoying that there is this incomplete version after all, probably a kind of a radio edit version. Elizabeth should really give the longer version a chance as she was really disappointed that this one was so short, it really lacked that climax, and she sensed that despite not knowing.
My fav part of the song! Wished she listened to the full version.
I skipped through a second and third time. Because that part is the best for my taste. Never heard it without.
I felt this version was made shorter on purpose as a promotional video. It’s from the studio recording with fake crowd added.
@@j_freed Yeah, it was. I don't even think the instruments are live in this one.
We children of the 80's, we FEEL this song. Makes me sad to think how little further we have come since this brief moment of hope.
Agreed
Absolutely 🥺
100%
It was a magical night.
It actually feels like we took a lot of steps back.
I was in the US Navy when the wall came down. I cannot overstate the effect it had on me. All of a sudden, we could go to bed not wondering if the world would be there in the morning. A few years later I was in Europe, everyone was just filled with so much hope for the future, a weight had been lifted and everything was possible. It was amazing. This song brings me right to that moment, where the world was OK for a minute, and we were all one people, filled with the hope of Freedom.
It's weird that some people were german soldiers back then, absolutely certain that they wouldn't survive a war and still say the 80s were a better time than the 2010s.
WIND OF CHANGE thematizes the end of the Cold War and is so far the only No. 1 chart success of the Scorpions in Germany, although they are the most successful German band internationally.
With the turning hymn, the Scorpions created the world's most successful song from Germany to date.
The song was written on a night stroll through Moscow in 1989 during the Scorpions tour. The Soviet head of government Mikhail Gorbachev, architect of glasnost and perestroika, even received the Scorpions in 1991 in the Kremlin.
On November 6, 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and just under a month before the two parts of Germany were reunified, the Scorpions released their 11th album 'Crazy World' with the song Wind of Change, among other things.
The wall fell down in nov 1989 you're correct. I was in my history class when they broke the news to us. We were into the Cold War era funnily.
Why is that? Here in philippines since my childhood their songs especially ballads have been mainstays in radios and kara / videokes and boys love to learn them play on guitars
@@gray6071 They didn't release much of their catalog in common German, and in the 80s & 90s English language skills weren't as established in the general population. That likely affected their reach in their home country.
@@DrewNorthup tnx for info we filipinos benefited from them musically btw your english is very good happy new year
The Scorpions are true master's of rock ballads. I saw them live in the early 90's and they were outstanding. A precious memory I'll always cherish.
I was in the Army at Fort Gordon GA. When this song came out. Everything we studied for was the Soviet Union, Changed immediately. To live that moment, was indescribable. Felt like God wanted peace. This song was perfect for the moment.
Thanks for your service. I was stationed at Baumholder when the wall fell. November 9th, 1989. It was 20 days before my 20th birthday
This song is an anthem of my generation here in Poland...... I'm all in tears......Thank you, Elizabeth.
Because it started in Poland in June 1989
Yes, this song IS the inofficial anthem of the German reunification, and as a person from Eastern Germany, I've always had strong feelings about it. It's beautiful and will never fail to give me goosebumps - and that despite the fact that I'm too young to actually have real first-hand memories of the GDR. But I know from my family. And I feel it has lost nothing of its meaning - in fact, the lyrics feel so relevant today. Shame that the bridge is missing...And yes, Klaus has an amazing and very unique voice! BTW, this going to the second vowel of the diphthong might actually be a German thing in this case: German focuses on the second part of a diphthong while English tends to focus on the first part.
....and the fall of the Soviet Union of course. All looked very bright for the future at that time. Look where we have come today. And the West has it's fair share of destroying the future for so many people, it is not just the Russians recently...
I remember the wall coming down. People meeting each other who had been separated for decades. I always tear up.
Absolutely love your videos. It’s always great to see people discovering older music for the first time. You are adorable and clearly a beautiful person both inside and out.
I would consider his voice one of those with that haunting quality.
That haunting sound you can't quite put your finger on but just seems to resonate as something almost spiritual.
As a HUGE metal fan, I will always appreciate Klaus and the Scorpions!! Unbelievable band!!🔥🔥
This is such a great tune about an epic moment in European history.
I can't believe I just found this. I am so glad you did this reaction. I was a young mother when the Berlin Wall came down, and having seen it many years prior as a child the joy in my heart for the families reunited was almost overwhelming. This song so accurately expresses the sorrow for what had been and the joy and hope for the future. I still cry every time I hear it. It is indeed a perfect synthesis of emotion and technique. Thank you for evoking those memories and giving Scorpion such a beautiful heartfelt reaction.
They retired back in 2010. but not long after got felt a boost to keep going. Amazing band! together now for nearly 57 years!!
I saw Scorpions once some time ago and they are one of the best bands ever live. When they sang, " Wind of Change" , I distinctly remember being so emotionally moved that I could not help myself and I started to cry. I remember when the wall came down. I was 18 years old and even seeing it on TV was just emotional then....knowing how families were kept apart for so long because of that ridiculous wall. There was a sadness attached to that wall and when it came down...it was truly victorious and moving for anyone who witnessed this happening. Even to this day, when I hear this song, it still tugs at my heartstrings in a way no other song ever has.
My favorite Scorpions song. I've been a fan since the late 70's and saw them back during that time.
Great vocals and great guitar work.
This song is about the tearing down of the Berlin wall I believe.
This obviously is the studio version and not live.
i was a kid in west germany back in the 80s. half my family lived in east germany and i remember like yesterday how it felt to visit them. hours of waiting at the border, vigurous car inspections by the border military, driving to the local police presidium to register followed by at least another hour of waiting for documents (for a simple matter that usually would take 5 minutes) and then finally drive to my families place. the east germans weren't allowed to travel to germany with their kids, to reduce the risk of them fleeing to the west. so we mostly traveled to them. it was such a great moment when the berlin wall fell and all the borders opened. random people meeting in that moment just behind the border in west germany and people celebrating together.
Oh this song takes me back to when I was stationed in Germany in the late 80's. This song came out pretty close to the time when the Berlin Wall came down. I got to experience first hand the Wind of Change. It always takes me back in time. Great great song.
My dad served on the James Madison in the 1980s. This was a nuclear, warhead submarine that was made to COMPLETELY take out the U.S.S.R. just like we all knew that the U.S.S.R. had a few weapons to completely take out my country. I used to have so many nightmares of this nuclear war happening. I am sure that I wasn't alone. So, it was really nice seeing the Berlin Wall get taken down. It was also really nice hearing this awesome song when it came out. It was really, really nice serving in Germany. The people are awesome, there.
My favorite song, from the scorpions.
Watching you speaking and the facial expressions on your face is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Also, thank you for the videos you share. I love them.
This song still brings a tear to my eye, not because of the wall but the restored independence of Estonia on 20 August 1991 where my father was born and forced to leave as a toddler with his family back in the 40's after both Nazi and Soviet occupations.
I saw them live in Stockholm in September 1991 and that was the first time I heard the song.
Shalom! Good morning from NJ. Has anyone ever told you, your voice is so soothing! Your voice has that Bob Rose soothing. Plus, your reaction has sooo much feelings!!!!
Keeping in mind English is not Klaus's native tongue, the lyrics impress me all the more.
I was stationed in Germany from 88-90. Seeing people start to cross from east to west was amazing. So many emotions to experience at once. To this day this song touches me like few others.
Thank you for sharing your expertise and joy with us. It certainly has a way of brightening this old dog's day.
What I like most about your reviews it's that you are such an emotive person, besides being so knowledgeable.Very feminine, very appealing. Thumbs up
I think the higher harmony vocal part near the end of the song is actually Klaus as well being looped in on taped feedback. In the original recording, he does the higher vocal runs and harmonies near the end of the song. It most certainly has an authentic quality that ties in directly with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification.
Thank you for comment on this anthem of peace. I was a teenager when I saw the Berlin Wall falling down and then, when Wind of Change came out… and it totally blew my mind. As a musician I love to cover this song, not only for the beauty (that you also mentioned) of the vocal work, but also for the powerful message. This proofs that great music can transcend time and space and impact newer generations. Thank you for commenting on this amazing song..
As a long-time Scorpions fan I love getting a chance to experience their most popular songs again after listening to them hundreds and thousands times. They become something we take for granted rather than just enjoy and it's good to be reminded that the songs are indeed beautiful.
I have to say that I really hate the Pop-Show versions where they basically cut off the unique parts of the songs (the contrast between two different choruses in Still Loving You and the gorgeous guitar solo and the break and guitar solo from Wind of Change) to leave the parts that are seen multiple times in the song anyway, but I guess, that's not my decision to make. I've come to think of it as an insult towards the nature of the band - they play hard rock, they love their guitars as much as lyrics and oftentimes the guitar solo hides as much if a story as all of the lyrics - but, whatever. Especially considering the album and their comments about the album after WOC was released - Face the Heat.
Along with the other suggestions, there are, of course their 80ths, Rock You Like A Hurricane, No One Like You, Blackout, When The Smoke Is Going Down, but also notable songs from the earlier albums - We'll Burn The Sky, Sails of Charon, as well as more exotic ones like This Is My Song and In Search Of The Peace Of Mind - as it's gonna be 50th anniversary of their first release on 8th February.
Best wishes from Russia and thanks for such a generous New Year gift.
lm 53....and this song, still gives me chills. Change CAN happen.......CAN. lve seen them a few times, perfect....everytime.
Man I forgot how beautiful this song was Scorpions are awesome :-)
This song always takes me back to when I served in West Berlin 84-87
I was serving in the USAF when the wall came down (1989) and left 3 months before the reunification. It was quite a time.
I know this comment is two years old, but if you were not around when the Berlin Wall came down, this song is the closest you can come to the feeling of hope that came with the knocking down of the first sections of that wall.
For far too many decades, those of us who lived under the daily threat of nuclear war (heck, we were tested in school where the closest fallout shelters were and how to best avoid serious injury should a nuclear blast detonate ten miles away), that when the wall came down, a new sense of world peace and freedom filled the air. We could take a breath and live again.
This song is, to the people who lived in those days, THE anthem for the end of the Cold War.
As a westgerman, I had relatives in GDR. When the Wall came down, it was a miracle. I drove with my old VW car to Dresden, a few days after. Without having fear crossing the iron curtain Border , which was always a nightmare. I could meet my relatives, hug them, what a great moment! And then, East and West came close, thanks Gorbachov. That Song always brings That Time back to me. It was a magic moment in time. A dream came true. Scorps made themselves immortal. Greatest Rockband From germany. There will Never be a band like Scorps again.
I`m German and to me the unification was a miracle: Before that nification there should be the World War III which would be fought in Europe - actually on German ground. So there would have been no Germany after. But there were Reagan and Gorbatschov who killed all the opposing voices. That shouldn`d have been possible but it was. It was a miracle. And to this day I`m paralized thinking about that day. The Scorpions caught that moment perfectly. 🤘
Yes, it's one of those rare times when the politicians got it right. To think of a world with no Germany is well, unimaginable for me. As an added suggestion, watch the movie Atomic Blonde not in anyway real but just has such a vibe of the time with great music.
Margaret Thatcher strongly opposed unification. She used to travel with a 1910 map of Europe in her purse to show to people how big Germany used to be whenever anyone raised the issue.
But once Britain turned on her in early 1990, there was nothing left to stop it. Kohl got the job done in mere months.
@@SylviusTheMad Well, not only Germany`s enemies from the Warsaw Pact were against the reunion with the GDR, many of Germany`s friends very also against. All the more a miracle it was: a united Germany without a drop of blood shed.
@lex ora No, there will be not.
@lex ora Actually I live in the southeast part (Bavaria) but even in the middle or northeast the situation isn`t that bad at all that anybody should become frightened. There is absolutely no sign of civil war in Germany and there is not a shred of "evil" in German socialists (not even in the far out left-wingers!). And no, I´m not a left-winger, actually I`m conservative. And no, the GOP in the USA is not conservative anymore, THEY are now fascist.
When this song came out, there was such a feeling of peace throughout the world. At least that is what we thought. The Cold War was such a mainstay that when the wall fell and the USSR dissolved, it felt like a new world. This song encapsulated that feeling. Just hearing the song reminds me of those days of hopeful bliss.
As an American who served in the Navy at the time the wall came down was a huge sign of hope the cold war was ending. I so love that so many were in a way freed that day.
I remember watching the TV and seeing the protestors taking sledgehammer to the Berlin Wall. Something none of my generation ever thought we would see in our lifetime. At almost the same time, moves were begun to bring peace between the Israelis and the Arabs. The feeling was that, for the first time since World War 2, there was a real chance of peace in every part of the world. And this song was an integral part of the soundtrack of those times.
To this day every time I hear this song for a moment I am standing in front of the TV watching them tear down the wall and I am covered in goosebumps all over again.
Everything changed when the wall was torn down. Lives changed so quickly. There has been nothing like it since.
Two Great Songs that Haven't been reacted to by any reaction channel. STYX- The Best of Times/ The Scorpions-Believe in Love. Love to see it here.
I'm in tears 😢😢😢😢 good tears 😢❤❤
He's one of the best singers in the world
Now I need to go listen to some Scorpions! Love them!
I had just arrived in Germany when the wall fell. I loved my brief time there.
Love this song remember mtv showing the Berlin Wall falling playing this s song
This is the song of my childhood. I was only 4 years old when the wall came down, so have no memory of the Cold War. But ever since I heard it repeatedly in my childhood - the message have gone straight to my soul 🥰
I was 17 when this song was released in February 1991. We had a student exchange with a polish school that time. Grown up in West Germany in the 80s and in the Cold War, this is still a very special and emotional song catching me everytime I hear it, and the older I get the more it makes me cry. We should have captured the spirit of these times but we lost it on our way to the presence. This was a wonderful time of peace and hope. I will never forget the pictures of Germans from "the other side" crossing the border in their Trabis or by foot. Families found together after years of separation. All these tears of joy and all these bonfires everywhere. Growing up with two German states, this was quite impressive to me. It makes me angry, that we were not able to keep this spirit of freedom and brotherhood, so that today we have lost nearly everything we achieved in the nineties. The Cold War rose again and mankind seems to have learned absolutely nothing. In Germany we say: history repeats itself ☹️
"Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it" - Winston Churchill
this song was a daily ear worm for me for over a year, i would wake up with this playing in my head as if someone was actually playing it in my bedroom, my partner got so over stimulated by me unknowingly whistling this song, that now my entire household avoids playing this so not to trigger it again. and here i am i accident came apon this video haha! These days Ren Gills music plays in my head rent free when i wake up
I noticed you pointing out the vowels in "change". I think it's interesting and awesome how he stretches the words in a way that the a morphs to an e sound.
This song is like a spiritual laundromat, lol. An incredible tension that wrings out your soul, then leaves it hanging fresh and renewed in the warmth of the sunlight. That's probably a weird analogy, but that's what I got, and you guys understand my meaning, lol.
As an American, I haven't got a great point of reference here in my personal experiences, but despite that, and in part because of this song, I can imagine the impact. This is a powerful song.
Put yourself in that frame of mind, a people divided. On the other side of the wall there is family you haven't seen or heard from in decades, you don't even know if they're alive or dead in many cases. They could be 100 feet away and you'd never know, like being haunted by ghosts of the living. To think of how many people looked longingly to the east or west, and all the scenarios they would imagine, if only the wall would come down. Parents longing to see children who would have grown in their absence, had kids of their own. Young lovers who were separated, and moved on with their lives, always wondering if, one day in their old age they might reunite before they die, in some Evangalinesque fantasy. Millions of stories, millions of hopes and dreams, every one unique, but united by a common thread.
You'd think a metal band would focus on the rage, frustration and sorrow of those circumstances, but they left it as a subtle undertone. All they wanted was for that wall to come down. Such a small and simple ambition, but one they knew they had to make real, that their children might one day dream bigger and brighter than their parents ever knew how. There's a sadness in that, but the kind of sadness that breeds hope. This song is just perfection, it captures all of that. I hear the song, but to think of those who have lived it... incredible.
"ALWAYS SOMEWHERE" live would be a wonderful next song to analyze by the Scorpions!!!
It was the perfect song about freedom at these days. It carrys so much emotions until now! Today we need a further song like that!
I have to say that I hear "Scorpions" and immediately think "Rock You Like A Hurricane" - you have analyzed some of their best music-songs though one's Scorpions Experience is incomplete unless it includes "Rock You Like A Hurricane" - Ah, Winds of Change... I am old enough to remember the release of this song and to have seen the Wall Come Down.
On their first concert in Red Square after the Berlin wall came down Klaus Meine introduction was "Our people once invaded you with Hate, Gun, and tanks. We are invading you now with Love, Harmony, and Guitars" Then they played Wind of Change.
And for the high Harmony that would be Rudolf Schenker who formed the band and was the initial vocalist. Klaus Meine joined the band and was the studio voice of all Scorpions albums.
Great analysis of what Klaus was doing emotionally with his voice in this song. I never realized the nuances singers were trying to bring with the quality, loudness, and tone/balance of the voice.
I'm so glad she has joined the metal, Lach key kid, Gen x. Ranks. She is listening to history with so many of these songs.
She is quite amazing!!
This was te time ,where UDSSR open Ost germany.
This was a magik moment for Germany .
Scorpions was my first concert. Loved every second of it.
Such a strong memory when the Berlin wall fell and people divided in the middle of a city.. not country.. city.. could finally get back together. Big moment
Today on the radio I heard part of an acoustic show from the Scorpions, I had no idea they'd performed unplugged at any point much less recorded an entire album acoustic live. It's a whole other feel and very much worth a listen :D
I love that you use the word "Earworm" :D None of my native english speakers know what I mean by that. Im german and the word Ohrwurm was something they didnt know. :D It makes jsut so much sense :D
The Song ist not Over.........listen ready
Elizabeth, yet another good breakdown of a Scorpions song. The Scorpions have never written a song that doesn't have deep hook or "earworms" as you described (like that one btw). My first time hearing the Scorpions was Fall In Love on their Animal Magnetism album, I was 11. I know you have more Scorpions as I am working from your earliest videos to latest. I would recommend either of these songs Animal Magnetism, The Zoo, or Lady Starlight of their Animal Magnetism album. Thank you for your time and effort to bring these to us.
Send me an angel is still my favorite by scorpions.
I was there as an exchange student when I was 12 years old when the Wall fell
There is an amazing podcast about the possibility of where this song actually came from. Wind of Change - Crooked Media.
Oh yay, you have done this one! I'm glad the emotion is coming through whether or not you've had that experience of witnessing that situation, it lends credence to the fact that they did the song as well as they did, that it can be applied to pretty much that entire segment of time, with that hopefulness and that inherent sadness. I'm still say you should watch the music video at some point, it'll show how powerful the events were at the time. A lot of people probably already told you that the timing was such that technically the two events didn't necessarily line up, the song and the fall of the Wall... but those people are just being unnecessarily pedantic in my opinion. The point is not timing "being correct", or anything like that. The point is that the two things are now connected by emotional weight. The song represents that moment for a whole segment of people, and songs are about emotions and the attachment of emotions and events in memories to the music and the words; and for those of us who connect the two (understandably I think), the emotional connection between the song and the emotions of that moment and a lot of other moments right around there are not supposed to be severed by well-meaning, prissy "corrections". Because they shouldn't be. They are beautiful and wonderful and poignant, and anybody who wants to stomp all over that can shut the hell up. No offense. It's not about precision. Human emotions and memories are not precise; what they are is real and intense, and they create our internal reality... and that's what's important with music.
I skipped back and forth a few times thinking I'd missed her reaction to the bridge. That's a hell of a mood change missing from the song, I hope she hears it eventually.
I loved this video. Thanks so much for sharing! The Wind of Change is an amazing song, and one of my favorites. I think that the “official” music video for it would probably provide some context for the song lyrics (such as video footage of the Berlin Wall falling), but I didn’t know that the inspiration for the song came to Klaus while they were performing in Russia. Great historic insight for this song!
I did have a question for you about diphthongs. What you explained regarding a diphthong specifically as it relates to the word “change” confused me. I thought that a diphthong was when two vowels combined to make one vowel sound? But in this case, it’s actually the opposite, correct? When Klaus is singing the word “change,” he extends (or draws out) the word in a multi-syllabic fashion, creating multiple vowel sounds where there is only one vowel (the “a”). Would appreciate any insight you can share on this! Thanks again for sharing this one, and the timing was perfect for New Year’s and the notion of change.
My 1st real concert..
Scorpions had some truly remarkable songs, his voice is perfect for them!
I would love to see you do Dream On by Aerosmith. I believe you did a cover version by someone else but I'd love to see your thoughts on Steven Tyler hitting the iconic piece of this song!
Hey girl welcome to the best singers in the world
Idc what anybody says, Klaus is a very underrated singer, one of the best frontmen to one of the best rock bands of all time.
I wept the night that wall came down! Thank you!
November 9th, 1989, I came home from work to my father, a ww2 vet, calling me. He said "turn on the TV, now!, the wall is coming down!" I could tell he was crying. I will never forget that
It was something else. I was living in Berlin at the time, about 300 meters from the Brandenburg Gate. I was born and raised in Wyoming, but most of my family lived in East Germany - my mother was the only one who got out, mere weeks before the wall went up. She was also one of the last to come into the US through Ellis Island, which closed about 6 weeks after she came through.
@thomas ❤
I remember exactly where I was at that moment. My brother and me went up the Heidelberg castle and simply celebrated with everyone else who was there. Some alcohol might have been consumed (😉) and life was fantastic. Everyone in both the East and West were on the same page.
Elizabeth: "...I'd like this song to be longer."
Well, it actually IS longer. The solo is missing in this version. And it is very much worth listening to! This is the full version of the song: th-cam.com/video/n4RjJKxsamQ/w-d-xo.html
When his guitar, wants to sing
I noticed that the extra verse (and guitar solo) was missing as well. I'm really curious what her reaction to those lyrics would have been:
"The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say"
I think this is one of those lip synching, air guitar playing, made for TV pretend LIVE performances. It sounds exactly as you said, like the shorter, cut radio version of the song.
lol, she missed the best part! Calls for a remake of the video! :)
Legend
For us (Hungarians) this song means so much. And I think for all the people who lived behind the iron courtain.... (East germans,Czechs,Slovaks,Polish,Romanians,Bulgarians,etc...)
I've always loved this song. But 13 years ago I married a Bulgarian girl, who was 12 when the wall came down and 13 when communism fell in her country. This song carries so much more weight with her, than I could ever fathom. She cries tears of joy every time she hears it, regardless of the version. It wasn't just an anthem of German reunification. It was an anthem for an entire generation of kids, teens and young adults who emerged from behind the iron curtain to join the rest of their generation. We in the west have always had the view that we won the cold war, when in fact it was the people living behind the iron curtain who won. And this is their most cherished victory song. I work with 2 German ladies (they didn't know each other before meeting here in Canada 10 years ago) who were in their late teens/early 20s when the wall came down. One grew up in East Germany and the other in West Germany, and they both said they're just like my wife. They can never get to the end of the song without tears. And neither can their husbands.
Wish you all the happiness, from Bulgaria.
I spent the first 14ish year's of my life as an Army Bratt who traveled the world 🌎 living on 🪖 Army bases, on the Uncle Sam travel plan until 1986ish. And I remember being in west Germany and looking at checkpoint Charlie, from 2 blocks away. We couldn't get any closer because of the security risks/issues. I stared at it and the wall for what seemed like hour's. Then in my head I started concocting different ways to defeat this THING that was keeping families 👪 apart 💔! I remember the graphity on part's of the western side, and how part's went almost through buildings, then partly torn down to create a dead zone. Which is exactly what it sounds like... then watching 👀 the unification on live television 📺 was tearfully great...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠
@@KlockoFett to deface an artifact like a piece of the Berlin wall. Should be a crime like burning a church or something like that....smh...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠 as a side note, whoever set the wall up as a display, should have built a top type thing to keep it in the shade to protect it from the sun 🌞....
@@billallen4793 I agree. They should have made some sort of shelter from the sun and rain. I also agree it should be a crime. I suppose it is vandalism. It should carry "enhancements" based on what is vandalized, like how a speeding ticket carries "enhancements" when in a school zone.
That's so awesome God bless everyone.
As Gen X, this song hits me so hard in the feels. You had to grow up in the cold war to really comprehend how unbelievably powerful this song was and how much hope there was at the time.
I was born in 76, and seeing the wall fall on tv was a moment till this day I didn’t think I would see let alone Klaus. Every child that was born after the wall fell would no longer live under a surveillance state. This song meant everything to the scorpions.
@@MrDeengels '77 for me, but I remember seeing it on the news and thinking of how many families were being reunited in while the world watched.
Absolutely.
There was the Moscow Music Peace Festival in August of 1989, which is where Klaus literally followed the Moskva. In November, the Wall fell. Then the Scorpions released this tune, and then the USSR split up. It was all so fast. To quote another song- "I saw a decade end where it seemed the world could change in the blink of an eye".
@@darylsonnier658 Absolutely
Klaus Meine of the Scorpions is hands-down one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. Such a beautiful tone and vibrato. His ballads are priceless
Amen!
The ballads may be priceless but what about Virgin killers and another piece of meat? 🙃
@@Reddog7937 Absolutely! And China White.
And Dynamite
their ballads were always my favorites
Klaus is one of the most underrated rock vocalist of all time here in the USA IMO. Rock god angel voice.
Klaus Meine and Steve Walsh of Kansas should be considered to be amongst the 10-15 best male rock singers of all time - and yet almost no one ever mentions either of them in those lists. It baffles me
@@tomfabozzi6309 I don't like "competition" in Music or other arts! It's always a question of taste as well and there are SO many extremely gifted and exceptional singers in rock that you can only do a personal ranking (if ever - and I bet you'll have a huge pain to decide who you want to drop out of your top ten!). Anyway Klaus is and always was a perfect and charismatic singer, no doubt. But - I mean Gillan, Dickinson, Halford, Coverdale, Plant, Byron.... and your list is almost full already with just a couple of classic hardrock/metal bands. There were many more in rock (like Freddie Mercury, Steven Tyler or even Peter Gabriel) and dozens others to mention that emerged in the 90's or 2000's....
The entire band is. Most people only know their popular 80’s stuff but their 70’s out put is phenomenal.
@@wesbates1143 You said it right there, with Uli they were magnificent, in the 80´s they played anthems and sold out arenas, which was fantastic. I loved them in the 70´s 😊
The Scorpions were underated during their first years in Germany. I saw them live the first time in 1979 in Cologne. Just becoming popular.
I had the good luck to be stationed in Berlin in 1989 during the time when the Wall came down. This song evokes very strong emotions for many of us who experienced the collapse of the East German regime and joy of the people as friends and relatives from the East poured through the sudden new openings in the Wall. An amazing time and this is an amazing song that captures the mood perfectly. The two songs I always will equate to the Fall of the Wall are this, Wind of Change, and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" which seemed to be playing everywhere in the city at times. Amazing time in history! Thank you for visiting this song!
That must have been amazing.
I completely agree. I was in the Marines during the Cold War and this felt like our anthem for what we thought would be the end to the tensions. This sone with so many others reflected the mood of the times. Still takes me back to when we found out. After years on ship and being shadowed and buzzed by the Soviets, it felt like we had won the Cold War.
Absolutely brings me back there. I was stationed there as well when the wall fell and this song is definitely the anthem for that historical event and time!
I was in 7th grade in my History class lol nov 1989 when they broke the news to us. We were like "wut"? We're into the Cold War era funnily.
I was in college when the fall of the iron curtain occurred. I visited Berlin and some of the countries of the former Warsaw Pact a year later. This song and Jesus Jones, "Right Here, Right Now" are the 2 songs that bring me back to this wonderful time. Though "Wind of Change" is clearly the better song.
The Scorpions are masters of the power ballad. This track has such a deep message and deserves much more recognition than it gets.
Absolutely
Most underappreciated band ever. A career spanning over 5 decades, almost as long as the Stones. Klaus can sing sweetly or they can blast you and NOT in their native language.........And still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?????
@nancy ferguson The RRHoF is very US centric. Of course, it's a huge market, but there were quote some questionable inductees the last years. It's not that important.
It gets its due recognition, so you should just relax. :'D
You are not wrong.
This is definitely a shortened version. There’s normally another section and a guitar solo. I recommend searching out the full version if you haven’t heard it.
I'm a Cold War Vet that was stationed on the E/W German Border in the mid 80's. This song hit me the first time I heard it when the Wall fell. It's personal.
Crazy though, that David Hasselhoff was the one who was singing at the wall when it came down.
Amen brother.
i spent three years in Germany as a 4th through 6th grader in Fuerth in the mid 70's. Step dad was stationed at W.O. Darby Kaserne. We went to the border several times. Went back to visit in 90. Such a trip to see all the changes.
As a retired vet it is personal to me especially all the research that reveals that the 'Cold War' was a hoax to make the MIC all the money they could happily absorb. Deception is the way.
@@Mr196710 Nice Try CHOATE
They left out the Solo for Some reason, there is actually around a minute of the song that you didn't hear, with one of the best and most emotional guitar solos I have ever heard, so I suggest listening to the Non Live version as well
This version isn’t live like most Pop TV shows :-( - at least here in Germany. It’s a shame for great bands like the Scorpions, that clearly don’t need it, but a forced by the TV station
@@BruderTux I was going to say the same thing. This isn't live. Klause is singing his own back-ups and adlibs.
I still love the Scorps!
Not only the guitar solo gut also the beautiful bridge is missing:
"The wind of change blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say." => guitar solo taking
This bridge plus guitar solo is THE goosebumps moment of the entire song.
The song is just incomplete without. This must have been a radio mix here...
@@BruderTux There are two sides to it. Also the band has to accept to only lip sync and to pretend they are playing live to a tape recording... Probably the most legendary case, where a TV station invited a band and had to regret to have asked them to not play live, was Iron Maiden on a German live TV show back in 1986: The band appeared on stage but they made a lot of fun out of pretending playing live - so it was too clear to everyone that this was NOT played live. Very funny - but not for the TV station 😂: th-cam.com/video/lQnv7-roVbQ/w-d-xo.html (EDIT: have found a higher quality recording)
Yes, TV performance-they record a shorter version often for things like that.
This is a great, albeit truncated version of the studio recording, missing the whole incredible bridge section. Check out the studio version for the full experience. Let your balalaikas sing!
This is overdubbed
@@RoverWaters this is lip synced.
@@bluecheetah67 yes
Yeah, the bridge is awesome, and leading into the great guitar solo. One should listen to a live version.
As a person born in the USSR, this song really did signify so much for all of us. Now, looking at what is going in the world, makes me think all that was for nothing. Instead of getting closer, we are drifting farther apart…
Regardless of the actions of the few in power, we are still brothers. 🇷🇴🇦🇺
in order to fully appreciate the LIGHT of UNITY and brotherhood....we must 1st feel what it's like to be in the DARKNESS of separation and division...we live in a World of Duality....when people finally wise up and realize we are all part of one life/ one consciousness/one family...there will be peace
Trust that the pendulum will swing back eventually
we are closing in with each other these days. like the brothers we were always supposed to be.
A lot of things have begun to move in europe
we move again, in the wind of change
Oh well, because the same very specific people who created bolshevism are now running the US and EU. Doing the same thing over and over again. We were tricked a little bit at least. We got rid of (some of) the darkness but naively embraced the West like an angel of light. If only we had known it was the father of lies in disguise.
“Wind of Change” definitely captures a moment in time. I was stationed in W. Germany during reunification, and hearing this song again puts me right back there. Can’t wait to hear the full reaction.
I'm of the opinion that the CIA had written this and helped it take off. Just a conspiracy theory that I read and certainly sounds plausible enough. It would be one of the less dirty tricks the CIA pulled
@@xxHazzardousxx if the CIA did that I could forgive them. But seems highly unlikely. Seems too smart for them, I don't think they know anything other than assassination and plain, old sabotage... :D
@@xxHazzardousxx There's a podcast called Wind of Change that investigated the theory. It's intriguing and entertaining and I highly recommend it.
The song is kinda even further prophetic - Wind of Change - Fall of the USSR.
Americans do not manipulate us, they are our friends goddammit!
Klaus is/was a great friend of both Ronnie James Dio and Ian Gillan. One of those voices that keeps on giving. To capture the mood of Europe in the space of a few minutes was an incredible feat.
For those of us that were alive in this era and understand the meaning of this song.. it is very powerful.
His voice in “ No One Like You” is incredible as well. I feel Klaus is often underrated -his tone/clarity I feel because English isn’t his first language benefits.
Please give it a listen-
Also Klaus has maintained such a consistent quality for over 50yrs now.
too sad that this was the short version of the song. you should watch the original music video as well. first of all the used pictures add a lot to the song and second it includes an additional verse/bridge and a guitar solo (probably more important than the pictures)
The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say
this verse going into the guitar solo is basically my favorite part of the song (not saying the rest of the song isnt great as well but i am a sucker for a nice guitar solo)
Thanks for saying this for me. Plus the great solo!
@@Hildepedia yeah i remembered the solo as well and edited my comment already ;) almost forgot about the solo ^^
Exactly. Almost half of the song is missing in this version!
For me as a german a really important song. My mother has fled the GDR and was separeted from her friends and family for 30 years. This song expresses the emotions I had with the reunification. Thank you for doing this reaction. I know it will be great.
Another piece of music was more important to me: Beethoven's setting of Friedrich Schiller's "An die Freude" in his 9th symphony ... In a TV documentary, it was used to highlight the opening of the border between Hungary and Austria ... very moving, very impressive!
Неправильно GRD. Что это такое? DDR.
Понял! Это у Вас вместо немецкого так заставляют называть Родину.
@@alexanderstroganov8989 German Democratic Republic = GDR. DDR ist only the german version. GDR is international
@@christianbrecht4680 "Only the German version" is a bit strange when a German state is concerned.
You are absolutely correct Elizabeth. I can’t stop myself from whistling when I hear this song.
I feel the same way when I hear Dust in the Wind by Kansas, I can’t stop myself from singing along.
Love that one, too. Dust in the Wind was the first song I learned on guitar.
The other song that makes me whistle is “Patience “ by Guns and Roses
Scorpions even did a cover of Dust in the wind lol
Growing up as a Cold War kid, the 90's were such a hopeful time. As I've gotten older I feel like that hope has evaporated. This song was definitely a sign post pointing toward a post-Cold War world and the possibilities it held.
9/11 was probably the threshold that forced us all into a nosedive. its sad because I remember the 90's as a very young child and i remember it being a very happy time. everyone seemed almost content with life and where it was going. but of course we as humans can never let a good thing go on for too long. I'm disappointed in what we as humans are doing to each other everywhere. we live in the information age where we have anything we want to know at our fingertips, yet we are too stupid to learn from our past. I think some see it as a game, while many of us know exactly where we are headed if we maintain the status quo and there is legitimately no reason for us to go there. there's no reason to take this walk through hell. I sincerely wish for a time where the overwhelming sentiment is hope. the world needs that now.
And my my how the world has changed
I really feel you. Did "we" blow it? 30 years on it's hard for me to let myself off the hook. The whole world opened up for us all, east and west, but it proved all too easy to retreat to decades-old adversarial positions.
We have to share this song with our kids and beg them to do what we could not.
@@fireball676I'm so sad about the returning of the fascism all over the world. (he never has gone)
Greetings from Munich‼️😘