Man, those were the days. I'm german, we celebrated new year on top of the Berlin wall. Over night the damocles sword of nuclear destruction just went away, there was so much hope and positve vibes the whole decade after 89. Was a magical time in history.
YEa, the younger ones can't imagine what a hope full time this was. I remember very well, when i got called to come down and to look TV with the whole family, when the wall broke down and the border got opend. This was the first and last time i saw my father crying like a baby. Later i was sylvester 89/90 in Lithunia and we saw how the UDSSR broke in peaces. I was 20 years old so i remember all of it prity well. Sadly now days there are way to many politician who do not understand the worth of peace like Gorbatschow and Bush Sr.
The early 90s was a very hopeful time. The end of the cold war meant that everyone was excited about the future. Where enemies became allies. I would go back to that time in a heartbeat.
Man I’m German and whenever I listen to this song it touches me and I bet goosebumps everywhere. It’s about the Berlin Wall getting torn down our parents literally grew up with two divided Germanys and families got separated and people got killed for trying to overcome the wall. The scorpions are easily the best German rock band ever easily. They are lowkey on the same level as queen
The Berlin wall coming down was a very hopeful and happy time for western civilization. I was in 10th grade when this happened & i still fight back literal tears every time i hear and watch this video... especially in light of what's become of our western nations today. ..especially today. 🇺🇸
there is certainly a wind of change in the world today but it is not a hopeful message coming from it!! america is hell bent on taking the west into ww3, along with their lackey subordinates, britain!! history teaches us nothing! we have not learned from ww1 & 2! aligned with religion, they are the perfect deadly mix, which is the cause of so much hate & killing today!! nobody seems to want peace talks, only to prolong conflicts!! sadly, john lennon's song, 'imagine' was just a nice little song with lyrics which nobody heeded!!
This song, every time I hear this song, I remember her, and I remember us. I was drinking alone in a dark, smoky rock bar in West Germany. The year was 1990. I was barely 19 years old, the Berlin Wall had been down for just a year, our world was changing, and so was mine; forever. She walked in. Blonde hair in the black light. She looked lost, as if walking in was a mistake, as if she almost didn’t expect to find a bar behind the door. She was looking for something. And so was I. She passed my corner table as she wove her way to the restroom. I caught her glance once, and then again at me as she passed. Her lips never smiled, but her eyes told me otherwise. My God… she was beautiful. She was the kind of beautiful that a girl doesn’t even know that she is, and that just made her even more-so. I wasn’t letting this go. As she came back towards my table, I stood up, smiled, and asked her if she’d like to sit with me. “Thank you, but I need to be alone tonight” was her reply. I leaned in to her ear. She pulled her hair back as if to encourage whatever it was that I had to say. I almost whispered, purposely, to cause her to lean in closer, “I need to be alone tonight as well, so we might as well be alone together”. I finally saw the smile that matched her eyes. She sat down, and I sat down beside her. “Jason”, I offered. “Melanie”, a soft angel responded. I was still swirling from the smell of her hair from just moments ago. Just then, one of the waitresses that knew me by name stopped at our table. She asked Melanie if she’d like a drink, and Melanie looked at me. “Two Jack and Cokes, tall glasses, no straws, crushed ice please”, was my answer. Melanie smiled; I thought I might be in trouble. I hoped I was. The waitress looked at Melanie, Melanie smiled again and said “please”. After very little small talk, the conversations got deeper. Almost as deep as I was into her eyes by that point. I could see her soul, and it was just as beautiful as her face. What those conversations were, are forever for just me and her. Those are just ours. Something we had that the world never will. So don’t ask. Fast-forward several hours, the bar is getting ready to close. I knew the lights would be coming on soon, and I didn’t want this to end. And then this song… this song comes on. Melanie now has her head on my shoulder, the table is sticky with several empty glasses, just melting ice remaining, reminding us both that all things are finite, and that beauty, love, and life is about now, and it is all forever fading away. This song. You need to know what it is about for context. Once you understand that, you’ll better appreciate a teenage American soldier, and an teenage girl that grew up in east Germany holding on to each other. In the middle of this song, Melanie raised her head from my shoulder, looked into my eyes, and said, “I don’t like this world, I want you to take me away”. She kept staring into me, waiting for the answer. I took her by the hand as I stood up, she then stood up and faced me. “Let’s go”, was my answer. She smiled again and hugged me tightly; man… I can still smell her hair as I write this. It was the night before a 4-day weekend, I had a pocket full of German and American cash; God had planned this all out very well. We spent the next 4 days traveling around Germany together. We played in a fountain with children, we danced in the streets, we helped a little girl find her mother, we earned a fine dinner by helping a shopkeeper repair his door, we laughed, we talked, we held hands in silence for hours. For the first time in my young life I saw true beauty in this world. All reflected in her eyes. We went to museums, and we went to raves. We went to beer festivals, and we went to a movie. We were surrounded by millions of people one moment, and in the next we were alone together, making love high atop an old abandoned tower in a rainstorm. That thunder, that lightning, and that hard rain on that tin roof will never be forgotten. And then, the last day came. The guesthouse was quiet that morning. We filled our bags with things we didn’t need, in preparing to leave what we did. The train ride to her little town was a beautiful one. She pointed out things along the way from her childhood. Truth be known, I was staring more at her beautiful face reflecting from the window. There’s that smile to match those eyes. There’s the smell of her hair. The train slowed to a stop. We were there. I cannot remember the name of the town now. But, here 30 years later, I still remember that goodbye. She turned to me with that smile. She kissed me as I still to this day have never been kissed again. But then it ended. Like the melting ice in those glasses a few nights ago. She now had a tear in her eye. She softly said, “please, never forget me”. “I’ll sooner forget my next breath” was my reply. I walked her to the door of the train. She turned one last time, slowly put her little arms around me, and whispered something in German that I’ll never know, except for one of the words; “Liebe”, which I know means “love”. One last kiss, then she turned and stepped onto the platform. I watched her walking away, not looking back. Dear God I wanted her to look back. I returned to my seat. I’d never felt so alone in all my life. The train shuddered and began to move. I looked out the window, but now only seeing my lone reflection in the glass. Then I saw her leaning against the wall of the station. She was looking directly at me, watching me go; wiping away her tears. We’d forgotten to tell our souls to also say goodbye. The train continued on. The reflection in the glass stayed solitary, and blurred by tears. From the pain in my stomach and chest, I’d say that my heart was ripped out and left on that train station platform with her 30 years ago. Writing this made me smile again, and just now writing the ending made me cry again. So, no Melanie, I’ll never forget you. That promise has been kept. I love you too.
This became huge when the iron curtain fell and the Soviet Union broke apart into smaller countries. Around 1990. That was when they had the first ever AMERICAN ROCK CONCERT. They had "this Monster people of rock coming. Was the video of "Enter the sandman" by Metallica. It is the biggest concert in the world. Over 1.6 million people where there rocking to a huge group of hard rock bands from America. It looks INCREDIBLE!!!!😱😱😱😱😱
There was a lot of hope then. The wall came down. East Germany and East Berlin gone. USSR gone soon after. Czechoslovakia split into noncommunist countries. This song was played continuously.
The weight of history in this... I was born in 1982 so I didn't understand it at the time , but I understood from my parents that something important just happened, when the wall fell in 1989.
The very first time I heard this was while watching a Filipino cover band in Singapore. They nailed it, (including the whistle) I had been at sea so didn't get to hear it before that. I LOVE the Scorpions. I rock with them, but this my favorite song. 10/03/2017 Grand Sierra Resort Reno
This was such unique time and for a moment we all over here in Europe and especially here in Germany we thought we could dare to dream of a different world without endless wars and conflicts going on. But as we all know it remained nothing but a short lived dream and here we are in 2024 hearing about wars and rumours of wars, But as we can read in Matthew 24 this still is not the end but rather only the beginning of birth pains. Finally this glorious Gospel of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ shall be preached to every nation and only then the end will come! So let's be busy and work as long as it is called day for the night approaches where no one can work. Pray ye the Lord of the Harvest to send forth laborors into His harvest. And be prepared to be one of them. Blessings from Munich, Germany.
Today's generation doesn't realize the terror that we all lived during the 50's. 60's, 70's & 80's. The polarity that existed and the fear is always downplayed or forgotten. The JOY that was felt that day of the Reuniting of Germany & the families and culture was a celebration around the World Do you know what it feels like to feel 7 billon people celebrating in 24 hrs?
Check out "LOVE OF MY LIFE". Klaus Meine is an Insanely Talented Singer. And you got to Love a man that can whistle like that!! The Scorpions are Legend.
I heard this back when it was released, before it hit shelves, when radio stations were getting compilation albums to promote. I've heard it a million times since, seen dozens of reactions on UA-cam... But I'm turning up here, just to leave a like on the video and commend you on your choice of songs to react to.
We are at that point of no return in the world because everyone have hardened their hearts to one another and why do you all let the enemy win lets all love again !
With all the current world events and wars, this song is still relevant today. And good luck for reaching 100K subs. I'm one of them starting right now. Have a nice day.
Remember what was before the fall of the Wall in 1989. I Grew up in the Cold War. What is and what should never, as Zeppelin sung. It might come again.
Hello lovely lady! Love the Scorpions! They are the king of ballads, but can also go hard. Always Somewhere When the Smoke is Going Domn No One Like You China White We'll Burn the Sky Still Loving You In Trance Born to Touch Your Feelings Believe in Love Send Me an Angel Lonely Nights The Future Never Dies Loving You Sunday Morning Rock You Like a Hurricane The Zoo Can't Live Without You Dynamite Bad Boys Running Wild Don't Stop at the Top Alien Nation 321
Second time watching your reactions and love it. Keep it going and check out still loving you by scorpions. If you want emotion in rock check out pink Floyd comfortably numb pulse version it will blow your mind
I believe normal russians don't want war with Ukraine. Here is another version of this song reacted to by a lovely russian girl ua-cam.com/video/4FhfF8eeuLQ/v-deo.htmlsi=GctpfdGK4nh7JToW Hope you will like it, and know that we are the same, we don't want war. Love from Sweden
According to Wikipedia: The lyrics were composed by Meine following the band's visit to the Soviet Union at the height of perestroika, when the enmity between the communist and capitalist blocs subsided concurrently with the promulgation of large-scale socioeconomic reforms in the Soviet Union. Not about the end of the cold war.
@@mikemiller3069So you really mean that Perestroika had nothing to do with the end of the cold war? Do you really think they would put numerous references to the Berlin wall throughout the whole video and the unification of Germany without the song being about the end of the cold war? The ending of the cold war was pretty much the reason why even western bands were allowed to visit Moscow and play there. Clearly that time was a wind of change. If they aren't singing about the end of the cold war they simply made the video and lyrics to troll us all.
@@mikemiller3069I see, yes that was the year they started the construction of the Berlin wall to divide Berlin's occupation zones further. And stop people fleeing from the Soviet zone to the western.
A canção não fala sobre guerras na Europa e, sim, sobre um mundo dividido entre a liberdade/democracia e opressão/autoritarismo. Minha geração lutou pela democracia! É lamentável ver atualmente jovens defendendo a intolerância ao diferente e ao controle do cidadão.
Not a dry eye in Europe when that Berlin wall came down. Germany was reunited and many family members and friends could see each other again. De-nazification was more or less complete. Communist tyranny was on its way out at least prima face. So much hope for a better, more free Europe back then. This song is an amazing time capsule. Sadly, only a few years later, one of the largest exchanges of atrocities between the Serbs and the Bosnians happened in the 90s.
Man, those were the days. I'm german, we celebrated new year on top of the Berlin wall. Over night the damocles sword of nuclear destruction just went away, there was so much hope and positve vibes the whole decade after 89. Was a magical time in history.
YEa, the younger ones can't imagine what a hope full time this was. I remember very well, when i got called to come down and to look TV with the whole family, when the wall broke down and the border got opend. This was the first and last time i saw my father crying like a baby. Later i was sylvester 89/90 in Lithunia and we saw how the UDSSR broke in peaces. I was 20 years old so i remember all of it prity well.
Sadly now days there are way to many politician who do not understand the worth of peace like Gorbatschow and Bush Sr.
When that wall came down the whole world celebrated. It was truly a magic moment.
The early 90s was a very hopeful time. The end of the cold war meant that everyone was excited about the future. Where enemies became allies. I would go back to that time in a heartbeat.
Man I’m German and whenever I listen to this song it touches me and I bet goosebumps everywhere. It’s about the Berlin Wall getting torn down our parents literally grew up with two divided Germanys and families got separated and people got killed for trying to overcome the wall. The scorpions are easily the best German rock band ever easily. They are lowkey on the same level as queen
I witnessed it as an American Soldier in Germany. It was a sureal moment in time. One that I will never forget
The Berlin wall coming down was a very hopeful and happy time for western civilization. I was in 10th grade when this happened & i still fight back literal tears every time i hear and watch this video... especially in light of what's become of our western nations today. ..especially today. 🇺🇸
Hits u right in the feels...everytime
A time when we all thought there would never be war in Europe again...
so sad
there is certainly a wind of change in the world today but it is not a hopeful message coming from it!! america is hell bent on taking the west into ww3, along with their lackey subordinates, britain!! history teaches us nothing! we have not learned from ww1 & 2! aligned with religion, they are the perfect deadly mix, which is the cause of so much hate & killing today!!
nobody seems to want peace talks, only to prolong conflicts!! sadly, john lennon's song, 'imagine' was just a nice little song with lyrics which nobody heeded!!
We were very wrong
@@stege9979 that's the zionist jewish influence again!!!
Too bad the Russian government didn’t stay on board with that.
This song, every time I hear this song, I remember her, and I remember us.
I was drinking alone in a dark, smoky rock bar in West Germany. The year was 1990. I was barely 19 years old, the Berlin Wall had been down for just a year, our world was changing, and so was mine; forever.
She walked in. Blonde hair in the black light. She looked lost, as if walking in was a mistake, as if she almost didn’t expect to find a bar behind the door. She was looking for something. And so was I.
She passed my corner table as she wove her way to the restroom. I caught her glance once, and then again at me as she passed. Her lips never smiled, but her eyes told me otherwise.
My God… she was beautiful. She was the kind of beautiful that a girl doesn’t even know that she is, and that just made her even more-so.
I wasn’t letting this go.
As she came back towards my table, I stood up, smiled, and asked her if she’d like to sit with me. “Thank you, but I need to be alone tonight” was her reply.
I leaned in to her ear. She pulled her hair back as if to encourage whatever it was that I had to say.
I almost whispered, purposely, to cause her to lean in closer, “I need to be alone tonight as well, so we might as well be alone together”.
I finally saw the smile that matched her eyes. She sat down, and I sat down beside her.
“Jason”, I offered.
“Melanie”, a soft angel responded. I was still swirling from the smell of her hair from just moments ago.
Just then, one of the waitresses that knew me by name stopped at our table. She asked Melanie if she’d like a drink, and Melanie looked at me. “Two Jack and Cokes, tall glasses, no straws, crushed ice please”, was my answer. Melanie smiled; I thought I might be in trouble. I hoped I was.
The waitress looked at Melanie, Melanie smiled again and said “please”.
After very little small talk, the conversations got deeper. Almost as deep as I was into her eyes by that point. I could see her soul, and it was just as beautiful as her face.
What those conversations were, are forever for just me and her. Those are just ours. Something we had that the world never will. So don’t ask.
Fast-forward several hours, the bar is getting ready to close. I knew the lights would be coming on soon, and I didn’t want this to end.
And then this song… this song comes on.
Melanie now has her head on my shoulder, the table is sticky with several empty glasses, just melting ice remaining, reminding us both that all things are finite, and that beauty, love, and life is about now, and it is all forever fading away.
This song. You need to know what it is about for context. Once you understand that, you’ll better appreciate a teenage American soldier, and an teenage girl that grew up in east Germany holding on to each other.
In the middle of this song, Melanie raised her head from my shoulder, looked into my eyes, and said, “I don’t like this world, I want you to take me away”. She kept staring into me, waiting for the answer.
I took her by the hand as I stood up, she then stood up and faced me. “Let’s go”, was my answer. She smiled again and hugged me tightly; man… I can still smell her hair as I write this.
It was the night before a 4-day weekend, I had a pocket full of German and American cash; God had planned this all out very well.
We spent the next 4 days traveling around Germany together.
We played in a fountain with children, we danced in the streets, we helped a little girl find her mother, we earned a fine dinner by helping a shopkeeper repair his door, we laughed, we talked, we held hands in silence for hours.
For the first time in my young life I saw true beauty in this world. All reflected in her eyes.
We went to museums, and we went to raves. We went to beer festivals, and we went to a movie. We were surrounded by millions of people one moment, and in the next we were alone together, making love high atop an old abandoned tower in a rainstorm.
That thunder, that lightning, and that hard rain on that tin roof will never be forgotten.
And then, the last day came.
The guesthouse was quiet that morning. We filled our bags with things we didn’t need, in preparing to leave what we did.
The train ride to her little town was a beautiful one. She pointed out things along the way from her childhood. Truth be known, I was staring more at her beautiful face reflecting from the window. There’s that smile to match those eyes. There’s the smell of her hair.
The train slowed to a stop. We were there. I cannot remember the name of the town now. But, here 30 years later, I still remember that goodbye.
She turned to me with that smile. She kissed me as I still to this day have never been kissed again. But then it ended. Like the melting ice in those glasses a few nights ago.
She now had a tear in her eye. She softly said, “please, never forget me”. “I’ll sooner forget my next breath” was my reply.
I walked her to the door of the train. She turned one last time, slowly put her little arms around me, and whispered something in German that I’ll never know, except for one of the words; “Liebe”, which I know means “love”.
One last kiss, then she turned and stepped onto the platform. I watched her walking away, not looking back. Dear God I wanted her to look back.
I returned to my seat. I’d never felt so alone in all my life. The train shuddered and began to move.
I looked out the window, but now only seeing my lone reflection in the glass.
Then I saw her leaning against the wall of the station. She was looking directly at me, watching me go; wiping away her tears.
We’d forgotten to tell our souls to also say goodbye. The train continued on. The reflection in the glass stayed solitary, and blurred by tears.
From the pain in my stomach and chest, I’d say that my heart was ripped out and left on that train station platform with her 30 years ago.
Writing this made me smile again, and just now writing the ending made me cry again. So, no Melanie, I’ll never forget you. That promise has been kept.
I love you too.
We all cry listening to this 😢
This became huge when the iron curtain fell and the Soviet Union broke apart into smaller countries. Around 1990. That was when they had the first ever AMERICAN ROCK CONCERT. They had "this Monster people of rock coming. Was the video of "Enter the sandman" by Metallica. It is the biggest concert in the world. Over 1.6 million people where there rocking to a huge group of hard rock bands from America. It looks INCREDIBLE!!!!😱😱😱😱😱
Hear the great love bald from scorpions "Still loving you" or "send me an angel" , "Rock you like a hurricane" and more ...
There was a lot of hope then. The wall came down. East Germany and East Berlin gone. USSR gone soon after. Czechoslovakia split into noncommunist countries. This song was played continuously.
One of the best rock bands of all times...The Scorpion (German Rock Group)
The weight of history in this...
I was born in 1982 so I didn't understand it at the time , but I understood from my parents that something important just happened, when the wall fell in 1989.
Me and you alike.
The very first time I heard this was while watching a Filipino cover band in Singapore. They nailed it, (including the whistle) I had been at sea so didn't get to hear it before that.
I LOVE the Scorpions.
I rock with them, but this my favorite song.
10/03/2017 Grand Sierra Resort Reno
First time saw this song 1991 on Mtv when was 11 years old 😊😊😊listen almost every day
This was such unique time and for a moment we all over here in Europe and especially here in Germany we thought we could dare to dream of a different world without endless wars and conflicts going on. But as we all know it remained nothing but a short lived dream and here we are in 2024 hearing about wars and rumours of wars, But as we can read in Matthew 24 this still is not the end but rather only the beginning of birth pains. Finally this glorious Gospel of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ shall be preached to every nation and only then the end will come! So let's be busy and work as long as it is called day for the night approaches where no one can work. Pray ye the Lord of the Harvest to send forth laborors into His harvest. And be prepared to be one of them.
Blessings from Munich, Germany.
This song is so relevant to today.
When music is magic
Today's generation doesn't realize the terror that we all lived during the 50's. 60's, 70's & 80's. The polarity that existed and the fear is always downplayed or forgotten. The JOY that was felt that day of the Reuniting of Germany & the families and culture was a celebration around the World
Do you know what it feels like to feel 7 billon people celebrating in 24 hrs?
I remember doing nuclear drills in school, damn scared as hell!
well said. personally, i couldn;t agree more. thank you...that was awesome
Thank you For your Thruthfull words Mrs. Ashley Bryanna
Saw the Scorpions.....Unreal oh so great
Check out "LOVE OF MY LIFE". Klaus Meine is an Insanely Talented Singer. And you got to Love a man that can whistle like that!! The Scorpions are Legend.
the song was from 1990,,, andthe song can be for today all over again..
Old Brit here, we had hope when this came out but we didn't learn did we !
I heard this back when it was released, before it hit shelves, when radio stations were getting compilation albums to promote. I've heard it a million times since, seen dozens of reactions on UA-cam... But I'm turning up here, just to leave a like on the video and commend you on your choice of songs to react to.
Love your reaction, love your words.
That brief time in history we thought things might change then reality came rushing back.
We are at that point of no return in the world because everyone have hardened their hearts to one another and why do you all let the enemy win lets all love again !
Well said!!
With all the current world events and wars, this song is still relevant today. And good luck for reaching 100K subs. I'm one of them starting right now. Have a nice day.
Remember what was before the fall of the Wall in 1989. I Grew up in the Cold War. What is and what should never, as Zeppelin sung. It might come again.
always somewhere 🦂
We have to know history!
Awesome reaction.
Beautiful, reaction.
Reaction The group The Police, this song, Evert breath you take, Grammy The song year 1983. Thank.
My father at 18 was in West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift prior to the wall going up.
I was in Frankfort what a time I was there before an after the Wall!
Hello lovely lady!
Love the Scorpions! They are the king of ballads, but can also go hard.
Always Somewhere
When the Smoke is Going Domn
No One Like You
China White
We'll Burn the Sky
Still Loving You
In Trance
Born to Touch Your Feelings
Believe in Love
Send Me an Angel
Lonely Nights
The Future Never Dies
Loving You Sunday Morning
Rock You Like a Hurricane
The Zoo
Can't Live Without You
Dynamite
Bad Boys Running Wild
Don't Stop at the Top
Alien Nation
321
Nice, great reaction this was one of my Fav Metal groups of the 80's can you, if time permits; can you react to Scorpions "The Zoo"
and the earth is FLAT.
We had so much hope then, sadly we failed 😔
The great dummying down of our youth is so sad. The average kid today is about intelligent as a box of rocks.
No room For Hate, nomore war!!!!!!!!
Who's here before the Berlin wall fell?
... and the wind has changed to global storm
More likes it a button
Have you listened to AWB - A Love of Your Own yet? I’d love to see your reaction to that one!
Love your videos, keep them coming!!!
You should listen to Humble and Kind by Tim McGraw, it’s a very moving song and the video is epic!
Second time watching your reactions and love it.
Keep it going and check out still loving you by scorpions.
If you want emotion in rock check out pink Floyd comfortably numb pulse version it will blow your mind
U keep talking woman ❤
I believe normal russians don't want war with Ukraine. Here is another version of this song reacted to by a lovely russian girl ua-cam.com/video/4FhfF8eeuLQ/v-deo.htmlsi=GctpfdGK4nh7JToW Hope you will like it, and know that we are the same, we don't want war. Love from Sweden
DEUTSCHLAND!!!!!
this is why we need protect DEMOCRACY
This song is about the end of the cold war. The Berlin wall came down in 1989.
1990
According to Wikipedia:
The lyrics were composed by Meine following the band's visit to the Soviet Union at the height of perestroika, when the enmity between the communist and capitalist blocs subsided concurrently with the promulgation of large-scale socioeconomic reforms in the Soviet Union.
Not about the end of the cold war.
@@mikemiller3069So you really mean that Perestroika had nothing to do with the end of the cold war?
Do you really think they would put numerous references to the Berlin wall throughout the whole video and the unification of Germany without the song being about the end of the cold war?
The ending of the cold war was pretty much the reason why even western bands were allowed to visit Moscow and play there.
Clearly that time was a wind of change.
If they aren't singing about the end of the cold war they simply made the video and lyrics to troll us all.
@@hnorrstrom If I remember, early in the video it showed a time stamp of 1961 which was very much in the midst of the cold war.
@@mikemiller3069I see, yes that was the year they started the construction of the Berlin wall to divide Berlin's occupation zones further. And stop people fleeing from the Soviet zone to the western.
So yes you’d do a white dude?
A canção não fala sobre guerras na Europa e, sim, sobre um mundo dividido entre a liberdade/democracia e opressão/autoritarismo. Minha geração lutou pela democracia! É lamentável ver atualmente jovens defendendo a intolerância ao diferente e ao controle do cidadão.
Not a dry eye in Europe when that Berlin wall came down. Germany was reunited and many family members and friends could see each other again. De-nazification was more or less complete. Communist tyranny was on its way out at least prima face. So much hope for a better, more free Europe back then. This song is an amazing time capsule. Sadly, only a few years later, one of the largest exchanges of atrocities between the Serbs and the Bosnians happened in the 90s.
Hits u right in the feels...everytime