DAMN! WHAT A POWERFUL SONG & VIDEO! First Time Hearing Scorpions - Wind of Change Reaction!
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2024
- Brace yourselves for an unforgettable musical experience as we react to Scorpions' "Winds of Change" for the first time! Known for its deep meaning and iconic melody, we're ready to delve into this powerful song and its accompanying video.
🎸 About Scorpions: Scorpions, a legendary rock band, have been known for their impactful music and meaningful lyrics. "Winds of Change," one of their most famous songs, is celebrated for its reflection on political changes and its hopeful message during a pivotal time in history.
🌬️ In This Video: Join us as we explore "Winds of Change" by Scorpions. We're expecting a song that's not just musically compelling but also rich in historical and emotional significance. Expect reactions full of admiration, reflection, and our thoughts on how the song captures the essence of an era.
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I was in Germany when the wall fell and this song was played everywhere. It was the end of the cold war and the world was full of hope. And here we go again, so sad. Another beautiful song from them is Send Me an Angel, it's amazing.
So true❤
Thanks for sharing that, did the song come our before or after the wall fell?
I was born in 1982 so I didn't understand anything of what happened at the time, but I remember from my mom that something important just happened.
When my father was 19, he helped a young man named Wolfgang escape the East German border. He then called Wolfgang’s family and told them in German that their son is free. This song makes me think of that. ❤️
The band wrote this during a visit to Moscow in 1989. The previous year, they became the first hard-rock band to play in Russia, and they returned to play the Moscow Peace Festival.
didn't help much, obviously
Let's not get the people and the communist dictatorship mixed up!@@gentleZenTv
i don't think the song is anti russian!!
Yup, it was the huge deal that the wall came down to open up East Germany and more free travel. Seemed like the start to end communism but we know not totally. Now there is just Germany united.
Typical Americans and Canadians thinking that the USSR was ideologically Communist 😂❤
Communism is the belief in a stateless and classless society. The USSR was one of the most extreme forms of the state
This songs represents one of the biggest moments in modern history The Berlin wall / The iron curtain coming down
Beautiful post.
And I guess it aged badly regarding todays situation...
@@bugfisch7012 No. I feel like it is still a recent, present moment that is still developing to a positive future.
This song touch me deeply, thank you for your reaction. As a Cold Water Veteran I feel a sense of pride and deep sorrow when I hear this. I’ve personally seen the Czechoslovakian border during this time and how great it was to be a small part of making this change. My sorrow comes from the fact that we didn’t learn much as the world is so divided and also now the US is more divided than ever!
USN, 1969-1989. I play this on Xmas eve, it's my present to me.
Same here USMC 1976-1992. My father's first duty station when he joined the Army was West Berlin during the Airlift from '49-'51.
I too am a Cold War Vet who served in West Germany 1981 to 1983. I also served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm I Retired in 2001 after 20 years in the USAF. This song reminds me of my service
Yes. You would think that powers would learn, but they do not. With the US so divided, and being the strongest entity on the planet, for now, their next step could destroy us all. I am not American. I am Canadian. The world right now is a mess. Add Trump to the mix, and, sorry, life as we know it is gone. There are enough dictators right now. He will be another.
The wall fell November 9th, 1989. I watched it live on ABC's Nightline. I was 27 and even then didn't realize the full impact.
my parents sat me infront the tv and said "watch this its important" and then went to the wall.... i was 6 and thought its a strange new years. (but i also wondered where the animals are when we were on top these "look over the wall" towers ) xD greetings from berlin.
I'm from Russia, and this is one of my first favorite rock ballads. from the 1990 album ,, Crazy World ,, . at that time I was 14 years old , and the Rock music of the West was just beginning to penetrate to us . This video shows footage from the 1989 concert "Moscow Music Peace Festival", where such familiar bands as Cinderella , Skid Row , Mötley Crüe and Bon Jovi well as the Great and Terrible Ozzy Osbourne. So far, these are my favorite bands. .By the way, in 1991 I was at a Monsters of Rock concert, where AC/DC and Metallica were favorites. You made a video from that Enter Sandman concert. you can 't see me there , because I wasn 't near the stage ) . There was no strength to stand on my feet in such a crowd all day . The concert started at noon and ended late at night. when Metallica finished playing , it was already dark , and then after a long pause AC DC began to perform , and they performed , as it seemed to me , almost endlessly . But this infinity was the happiest in my life......I apologize for my English ) . I wrote it through a translator ..You are well done, and the most beautiful couple!!! good luck. With love from Russia! And Happy New Year!! . I wish you happiness and long years of joy, and good rock reactions))
Thank you! All the best to you too!
as a Russian, how do you see the current conflict with Ukraine? Everything about it is so wrong. I really believe it is not the Russian people , how on Earth do you cope?
I was in the Army in Germany from ‘86-89 in a tank battalion. This song is about the end of the Cold War, the Wall coming down, and the bitter sweet transition from one era to the next. In my 60’s now but this song still brings a tear to my eyes. I never dreamed I would see that change in my lifetime
Badly enough, we had to watch a transition into the other direction these years -.-
I joined a bit later, but '05-'10 FmAufklAbschn 921 + one year 5. Minensuchgeschwader (Heimatnah Kiel) ;)
At least I made the (golden) French-Fries Hut full as Navy Private =D
No it's not.
@@crimsonwizard2560 Well, it actually is. It was recorded in the upcoming of the breakdown of the SU in the height of Perestroika - and the cold war ended with it.
Well, Russia kind of restarted it in the 90's again, but that's another story ;)
I Thank you for your service to our "country"!!! For REAL !!
lm 54.....and l cry, always, with this song. ( lve seen them 4x....Perfection) America must Stand with Freedom and The Future of the Children. Mine also.
Send Me An Angel is another awesome ballad of theirs which is quite deep and meaningful too.
I couldn't get enough of this song when it came out. Over 30 years later and I still get emotional hearing it. Watching the wall come down live on TV is a moment I'll always remember.
I was stationed in Germany while in the Air Force from 88-93.... incredible time to be there, the Scorpions were my favorite band in highschool
As a veteran of the Cold War, 1976-1992, and the son of a veteran who was in West Berlin during the airlift in 1949-1952 this song has a deep meaning for me.
I grew up in East Germany, the former GDR. November 1989, when the Wall came down, was an incredibly exciting and emotional time for all of us in Germany. It was a time of new beginnings, the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany in October 1990. All this was only possible thanks to Gorbachev and his reform policies. Even though there were many hurdles and difficulties and the end of the Cold War was unfortunately not permanent, it is a major milestone in the history of Germany, Russia and Europe.
My brother was in Canadian military and posted to Germany twice . First time when wall was still up and second time after it was taken down . Many people of West Germany were angry that the East Germans were given so much while they were struggling .
The wall was on many heads at this time, but there were also many families who were finally reunited. It was the right path and time will silence even the last doubters.
Yes, I was stationed in Germany from 1986 to 1988, I just missed the wall coming down. I did see some of the border wall when it was east and west Germany.
I was in Germany when the wall came down and it’s correct to say that a lot of West Germans were angry about the wall coming down. It was a crazy time but it was the right thing to do in the long run…it should have never gone up!
The band comes from Hannover in Germany. They have more fans in the US, Russia and Japan, than in Germany. Wind of Change was insprirated by their concert in the olymic stadium in moscow. they were invited by Michael Gorbatchow, the last chairman of the communist party of the USSR. They felt the wish of change of the sowjet people, later the song becomes the hymn of the reunion of the two german countries. And the rest is musical history.
Thank you for your reaction. I hope you have an pecefull year 2024.
Greatings from Germany.
Great reaction!! This is such a powerful song/video - I honestly can't help but get a bit misty eyed every time I hear it.. Those of us that witnessed the fall of the Iron Curtain / USSR really felt the impact of this beautiful piece! It was so poignant coming from a German band, whose country, for years, divided East/West, but now the wall was coming down (as shown in the view of Postdammer Platz in the video). They understood the magnitude of what they were creating!
Unfortunately, we could use another 'wind of change' again...let's hope it comes! Peace!
Yes it means so much those of us pre wall coming down folks.
Brings tears to my eyes.
Now Russia is back at it.
😢 🇺🇦
SCORPIONS - " Blackout " 1982 and " Can't Live Without You " are two more super hits from their early Hard Rock years
Other Scorpions songs that are in the ballad type to do Always Somewhere, Send Me an Angel, Holiday, Loving You Sunday Morning. For heavier songs Rock You Like a Hurricane, Big City Nights, No One Like You, The Zoo, Animal Magnetism, The Sails of Charon
Any of those and more. To be honest, I'm burned out on people recommending this song for a reaction. I'm not sure if most of the recommendations are coming from people who are more fans of the song than the band, or just people who think it's the "most accessible" Scorpions song for new listeners. It's almost always this or "Still Loving You", but the Scorpions have so many good songs, and many of them are better than this, in my opinion. Let's broaden our selection, folks! Besides, the feel good message that people like about this song, it didn't really pan out for Russia, did it? ;)
The Wall came down in 89,,, I was there in the Army on border patrol when they began tearing it down,,, I was given a piece of it by a 13 yr old East German girl while she thanked us
I was lucky enough to be working in Anchorage AK ( 1990s) as medical coverage when they played 2 nights. Klaus is the only one I got to shake hands with, but seeing them play and "behind the scenes" was an experience.
That would have been awesome!
One of the most important songs in human history
Even if i was just a teenager back in 89 ,i stillunderstood this song power afterwards.
Scorpions are from Hannover. Greetings from Germany :) And you saw Berlin because they refer to the Berlin Wall falling on November 9th 1989
The Berlin Wall came down Nov 9, 1989. That was this song’s message.
Scorpions - "The Zoo" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I agree 100%
How the hell can you be an adult and hear Scorpions for the first time in 2024? How is it even possible?
billions people in the world, not surprising some didn't hear it before
Who are the scorpions?
When I learned of Scorpions, I thought them as a hard rock band only. Then I heard this song and was like WAIT, WHAT? This song made me cry the first time I heard it, and it only gets better the more you listen to it. The best part is? It's message never dies. Peace is always something to strive for. Kudos to you all for reacting to this, thanks
This song is The collapse of the USSR.There was a Moscow Peace Festival in 1989.It promoted understanding between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War[ This song was inspired by the festival.Bands like Motley Crue,Scorpions,Bon Jovi,& Ozzy Osbourne played this festival
Goosebumps!
The Zoo is just another bad ass song from this group you should do
This song is a snapshot of a moment in time. A moment when we, the Human Race, lifted up our eyes, and for the first time in nearly forty years, dared to imagine there might lie anything in our futures, besides nuclear oblivion.
Love the Scorpions. Sometimes hard for them to shine with so many great groups and artists at the time but did find their spot. We remember them today in 2024.
Count me in with many others that are requesting "The Zoo" as your next reaction. However, they have many other great songs as well.
Wind of Change was the song my parents first danced to, when they met at the disco, so without it I may wouldnt exist today. 😅😂
If you ever wanna cover some songs of unknown artists, feel free to watch a long to one of my songs 😉 But anyway, keep up the good work! 🙂
Best live sounding live Band
Hey
I was on the Border at Night on November 89..
I was 18 years old....and that is mooore then Goosebumbs(Gänsehaut)...
Greets from lower saxony 😊
Ultra famous track
I agree with some of the other comments I have read. You did lead a sheltered music life. The Scorpions were near the end of their career, it's true, and they were typically not known for ballads. This era, from 88 - 91, was. Just about every rock band, including my beloved KISS, put out a ballad and had voilah - the biggest hits of their career. Still Loving You was huge also but this far outdid what the band expected. The song was released in 1990 and was monumental in seeing the Berlin Wall go down finally uniting the people of Germany. Epic song.
Been a die hard Scorpions fan for a long time, and Klaus' voice still hits me in a very particular way. He never gets mentioned in "great" vocalists but, for me, he can strike a nerve as good as any. This vid reminds me of a new song form a band called Orbit Culture, a very heavy band and a very special band, with their song called While We Serve. The lyrics and video are very sad{and disturbing}and the music is just fire. Hopefully you'll chk out some Orbit Culture in the near future.
Fellow die hard Scorpions fan here. Klaus Meine's voice is so unique, no one can sing just like him. He does get mentioned amongst the "great" vocalists, but not nearly as much as he deserves. That voice cuts right through you. In my opionion he can absolutely hold his own against even a Mercury or Dio. Did you see the live footage of In Trance from 1978 they released on their channel just yesterday? Incredible. ua-cam.com/video/JsLq8HDkqNU/v-deo.html
I love scorpions and bought every album when they dropped. Great band.
Always loved the line,
"Where the children of tomorrow dream 'Awake' "
I did not know they were German. I've been listening to their music since '93. What a song!
I LOVE his voice
It brings tears to ones eyes when you witness just how brutal man has treated one another throughout these dark hallmark moments in history!
the sad thing for me is , it seems we are again at a new circle. humanity never learns. -.-
The Berlin Wall fell in late 1989. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 and the Russians got out of Germany and Eastern Europe at that time.
One of my favorite songs!!!thanks Phil and Sam 😊
I remember a lot of the events in this video 1st hand...very nostalgic for me😢👍❤️🎩
Love this song
Excellent song!
Beautiful song.
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 😎😎
I'm glad you said the guitar solo, captures the essence of the song, some other reactors did a live version that skipped it. Thanks for doing the nusic video, great reaction!
I remember a time when i wa this fit 194 cm, 85 kg and over 20 years of bjj, mma, muai thai and krav maga...averige about (including gym) 30hrs of training a week.now i have a more important mission last years, takaing care of my 2 boys and daughter with my wife. Still try to stay in shape but not like the old days. But seeing you remind me of my old days. And not in s bad way
History, my brother from Canada. Berlin was divided, they show Berlin because the wall was there dividing it between East and West Berlin. I was actually there a year after the wall collapsed, in the military. Went further East and saw fencing in the country area that was still upright, climbed into an old East German army guard tower. Very cool! Great song!
Having lived through the era, the song is still very powerful -- especially when you've experienced a little bit of what it was like before Glasnost, and nowhere as much as in Berlin.
I was 17 and on a school trip to (then West-)Berlin, back in 1973. The Youth Hostel we were staying at was in one of the not-so-nice suburbs; when we arrived, the first thing the staff told us was not to go into the park right across the street at night because someone had been knifed to death there just two days ago.
But anyway, we had to take the subway train to get downtown to the sights, and as the train tracks predated the building of the Wall in 1961, some of the stations lay underneath what was then East Berlin -- and not in use. The train would slow down to almost walking speed passing through those stations, and you could clearly see the East German military patrols on the platforms -- teams of two, full combat gear, semi-automatic guns at the ready, and an attack dog at their feet. They were there not only to prevent non-East Germans from getting off the trains but also to make sure that no East German jumped/climbed on to escape the GDR.
This was bad enough during daytime; a deserted, dimly-lit subway station is always depressing, but imagine coming home at night passing through -- spooky is too mild a word to describe those five minutes of slow driving, especially knowing that you were actually passing underneath the Wall and past the Bernauer Strasse, an address that had seen some of the most tragic moments of people making last-ditch attempts to flee almost total isolation by jumping out of 3rd-story windows, using knotted bedsheets ... all the clichés, really, and remembering that this had happened just a little over 10 years earlier.
So yeah, the song brings back a lot of memories. 🙂
I so love this song!! Brings back memories from my life, these guys are a great band performing great music!!❤
Thanks for all of your reactions guys!!❤❤
Klaus Meine (vocals) of the Scorpions was inspired by the band's first visit to Russia (then, the USSR) in 1988 and again in 1989... It was significant because they are a German band... and their grandparents' generation were the nazis of World War II that invaded Russia and killed 27 million Russians in the onslaught w/ tanks and missiles... And for a German band to come to Russia about 50 yrs later and win over thousands of Russian fans w/ their music in English was a miracle.
When the Scorpions were a local Hanover band in the 1960's, they were huge fans of The Beatles... a band that was banned in the USSR (as was rock n' roll music) in communist countries... For the Scorpions to be allowed to come and perform in the Soviet Union was another sign that things were changing in Europe significantly - even Soviet Premiere Gorbachev was a fan of Scorpions.
And finally, the (re)unification of Germany in 1990 was something to celebrate for Germans who were born and raised on either side of the Berlin wall, unable to reach out to their own people in East Germany (who were under communist rule).
It truly was the end of an era.
The Berlin Wall separated East and West Berlin. It was a physical wall that was guarded; people were killed trying to scale the wall. We were close, like brothers, makes me think of this, and what it must have been like to have been in Berlin when the wall came down. Killer band, killer song. Check out The Zoo.
Great Scorpions song!
The song and video are amazing.
This song reminds me of the time when my country, Latvia, gained independence from the USSR. 1989 was the year we all as nation stood together forming the Baltic Way and protested against the occupation. This song was huge back then and will always be part of the freedom movement.
GRANDE BANDA
GRANDES BALADAS
GRANDES MUSICAS
It's impossible to describe like describing color to a blind man what it was like here in Germany to actually witness how this wall that was seperating us 2 germanies for so long to come down and to see that seperation ending after so long. I grew up in the free, western part of our nation during the so called cold war and I always had been aware of a seperation that shouldn't have been in the first place. But what an emotinal event it was when finally that wall seperating us finally came tumbling down.
Great song and reaction,,,,,💥💥💥👍
The voice at the end is astronaut Sally Ride.
Such a pretty and powerful song ♥
I was stationed in Germany when the wall came down. It was a very special time to be there.
I can believe that. The Wall came down. Now what.
Excellent review to a very powerful song.
This song was played at the end of the Cold War when Germany got back together at one it was so emotional for us germans this song is the inofficial song of Reunion of Germany
How could people have not heard this song before?
Berlin wall came down in 1989, I was over in Germany from 86 to 88
" Polar Nights " - SCORPIONS 1976 🎸 this song has some of the very best heavy guitar riffs throughout the entire song and those drums too ,so very cool.
Sails of charon - great guitar.
Scorpion the band is from Hanover Germany 😮
This is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands. These dudes know how to make good music
Love this song so beautiful so powerful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I heard and liked this song a lot before I saw the video. The video definitely added a lot more emotion for me. You should check out “Rock you Like a Hurricane” or “The Zoo” next 😊
The Zoo 👍
Big City Lights as well. Three very good suggestions. All from the World Wide Live album.
une belle chanson d'espoir dans ce monde qui devient fou 😪👍
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. THRILLED to see this reaction!
One of those songs! That still makes me feel like I can sleep, without my finger on the trigger!
Huge Scorpions fan. I believe Hanover Germany. Also Klaus wrote this song I believe after they(A German band) played in Russia and of course the fall of the Berlin Wall
I always say this is a song you can't really truly understand and appreciate unless you lived and knew the times when it came out. There are a lot of songs that give me nostalgia, but this song is tied to an incredible historical event, so whenever I hear it that's all I can really think about.
👍🏽 all day
The song was about the Berlin wall being torn down. In Germany familys were split. You had part of the family trapped on the other side of the wall. The original vid was all about thevwall. Soneone changed it to be more world involving.
Looooooove this song
Back in the early 80s, Klaus lost his voice. He thought his singing career was over, but after two vocal cord surgeries and voice therapy, he came back with his voice as strong as ever.
Band is from Hannover =) Greetings from the heart of Bavaria =)
I love your channel and your reactions are spot on. The next Scorpions song you should react to is Rock You Like A Hurricane.
Yes, this is a German band, singing about the time around when the wall came down, as well as the demise of the Iron Curtain, which would lead to the reunification of their country. So, yes, this was a song with meaning.
When you mention the involvement of Russian influence in the song, at one point it seems to say "Let your Balalaika sing what my guitar wants to sing".
A Balalaika is a Russian musical instrument, similar to a guitar, mainly made out of wood.
Tease me please me is a banger
In 1989 a complete and utter balls up by the East Germans and Soviets allowed this brilliant moment in history. I watched with my wife. It was a great piece of history. This song , basically, had nothing to do with this. The song was about a concert they performed in Russia, and they moved about Moscow. It was just coincidental, rather than about the fall of the wall. Talk about good timing.
When this came out, I was 9 going on 10.
I remember hearing it all the time on the radio, back then (even well into '91!).
In fact, I kind of have an inside antic-dote I've kept to myself all these years..
Summer of '90, my parents take us to Bemidji, MN for an overnight hotel stay.
And on the way, naturally, the radio played this tune.
So whenever I hear this song to this very day, I can't help but think of the lyrics..
.. *Take Me, To Bemidji, Minnesota! On a Glory Night* . . .
Does it matter? What a beautiful song!
Great song, Very Moving Song.. ( Send Me An Angel) is another Awesome song to listen to.
The World Wide Live album is a must for anyone who calls themselves rock lovers. All songs are awesome. Adding to the suggestions already made, Dynamite is also a banger. Have a nice day, Phill and Sam.
One of the most profoundly stirring rock songs ever, so much that governments could learn if they would listen to these lyrics.
I was stationed in Europe in the years leading up to this. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall was a great opportunity for a lasting peace which unfortunately we wasted.
Do yourselves a favor and dig into older Scorpions. In Trance, The Zoo, Blackout, Holiday, Always Somewhere, When The Smoke Is Going Down, Loving You Sunday Morning, Dynamite, Arizona, China White, ...that will get you started 😁
Lech Wałęsa 👌🌞🤘🤘❤️