Hip-Hop Head's FIRST TIME Hearing SCORPIONS: "Wind of Change" REACTION

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  • @RikoScouse
    @RikoScouse 4 роки тому +294

    As a German I can honestly say, that this song sends shivers down my spine. All the emotions and events associated with this are just hauntingly mesmerizing.

    • @baddestpro9879
      @baddestpro9879 3 роки тому +3

      Kenne ich...

    • @cassu6
      @cassu6 3 роки тому +5

      Not a german but not far away from you lads... Such a incredible and touching song

    • @hartwigruppstahl7965
      @hartwigruppstahl7965 3 роки тому +1

      yeeeaaasssss thats what i was going to comment as well..beeing from germany i literally tear up like every time i listening to the song..having goosebumps the whole song..this is for real my all time favorite song..there are lots af great sonsgs out there and i enjoy lots of them considering them to be my favorite..or whatever but deep in the inside of my heart there is only space for this diamond of a song

    • @nicholasmangialardi1618
      @nicholasmangialardi1618 2 роки тому

      Is there a German version? I'd love to hear it 🇩🇪

    • @kh884488
      @kh884488 2 роки тому +4

      This song came out when I was in high school from 1989-1993. During that time, the Berlin wall came down, the Soviet Union collapsed and the cold war of 40+ years ended. At that time, the song seemed contemplative and cautious but also hopeful about the future.
      Now, 30 years later, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and seeds of a new cold war between western countries and Russia and China, this song makes me feel so sad. It seems that cycles of peace and hope never go on forever and will inevitably encounter these periods of senseless war and oppression.

  • @niklas7593
    @niklas7593 6 років тому +1501

    Scorpions - Still Loving You

    • @danielvomb98
      @danielvomb98 6 років тому +23

      YEEEESSS

    • @metalmcfly7312
      @metalmcfly7312 6 років тому +6

      2nd

    • @RGMUFC1
      @RGMUFC1 6 років тому +13

      Oh the song that caused baby boom in France in '85.

    • @yp1851
      @yp1851 6 років тому +4

      that's what I wanted to say :D I think it's even more intense :)

    • @slayerem
      @slayerem 6 років тому +13

      It's a beautiful ballad but i can't listen to that song anymore... brings back too many memories and they're not really happy memories... Rock you like a hurricane would be my other pick.

  • @aayammusic4584
    @aayammusic4584 4 роки тому +399

    This is not older metal bro.. It's timeless music I bet this song will be relatable till the end of the world

    • @bullet1544
      @bullet1544 4 роки тому +3

      So true man

    • @Proxima91111
      @Proxima91111 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @mgmeiaeventpromoter8426
      @mgmeiaeventpromoter8426 4 роки тому +5

      Yes it is old metal he's right. In that time, 80's we called Hard Rock to Metal bands as Scorpions, AcDc, Aerosmith, Van Hallen, Bon Jovi, Queen, Def Leopard, Led Zeppelin. Hard Rock was the lowest category in Heavy Metal degree. In the 80's the Hard Rock scene was "dying" to be replaced defensively by Heavy Metal in 90's. So today even to Hard Rock bands we are calling Metal. An example in 80's to bands like Metallica, Megadeath, Kreator, Destruction we didn't called Trash Metal we called them Speed Metal. Back to 80's, we didn't have power Metal, or Trash, or doom, grange, etc., we just had 4 categories of Metal scene, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal and Heavy Metal Symphonic.

    • @jesserousseau2740
      @jesserousseau2740 4 роки тому +1

      Well, ya

    • @laurakane2252
      @laurakane2252 4 роки тому +6

      I don't think they can feel it today. :( The birth of metal. A gold standard example of metal and the power ballad joining and becoming one lol . Mmm
      Its too bad our celebration didn't last very long as Communism is spreading again, like a plague. And I mean our as in MINE, my father escaped Communist Poland and I know what it is so for anyone wanting to @ me that I don't, don't bother.

  • @LorienCalanor
    @LorienCalanor 6 років тому +387

    To me Klaus Meine is one of the very best rock vocals in the rock history. He's a legend.

    • @ntscho_tschi1009
      @ntscho_tschi1009 4 роки тому +7

      For me as someone from Germany it's really cool because the Scorpions are originally from Germany but then moved to the US and became international Rockstars.

    • @montrelouisebohon-harris7023
      @montrelouisebohon-harris7023 4 роки тому +1

      Yess!! I think that he in Freddie Mercury are much better male vocalist than Robert Plant but tell that to so many Rock critics because they'll always pick Robert Plant every time. Wth?

    • @theobreil6713
      @theobreil6713 4 роки тому +2

      @@montrelouisebohon-harris7023 maybe because Robert Plant is just god himself ! I mean seriously how could you not put Robert as the same lvl as them ? Give me a good reason... Well i stop you now, there is not because he is definitly ONE of the greatest vocalist in the history of Rock N' Roll

  • @IIIAnchani
    @IIIAnchani 3 роки тому +38

    This song is liquified emotion. I'm crying every time I hear it.
    Greetings from Germany. This song means a lot to us over here. It meant overcoming errors from the past, becoming whole again, and despite I was born shortly after the reunion, this spirit is cemented in our people. It's reflected in this music, in the liberty loving techno of the 90s, the german nightlife, especially in Berlin, and all of that just spells hope, peace and foes becoming brothers. That's why I love my country with all its flaws and problems.
    All people can connect through music, and I really think if there's one chance for all people on earth to stop hating each other and work on common goals, it will be through music, not through conquest or anything else.

  • @kenshin5150
    @kenshin5150 6 років тому +369

    This.
    This song is the song of peace. The same level with "We are the Champion" as the song of sport.
    Scorpions write some of the most beautiful lyric and music in my opinion. They master of making sad guitar riff. Born to Touch Your Feeling,Holiday,Still Loving You etc.
    Not the kind of music you take to gym, but the kind you listen alone. Thank you for reacting this great song. Really take me back to chilhood time

    • @Robhoyle1
      @Robhoyle1 6 років тому +5

      Still Loving You, oh man those guitars on that track, Alex, listen, seriously, do it

    • @calipop_9253
      @calipop_9253 6 років тому +1

      Agree 100%

    • @Ballin4Vengeance
      @Ballin4Vengeance 4 роки тому +1

      And Send me an angel.

    • @soubhagyaa9587
      @soubhagyaa9587 4 роки тому +1

      We are the champions is a bit overrated imo

    • @angelosmakrygiorgos4362
      @angelosmakrygiorgos4362 4 роки тому +2

      Dude I agree with you but there is so much more into Scorpions than their ballads. They were actually pioneers of metal and have influenced many metal bands even ones like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Listen to songs like Blackout, Rock you like a hurricane, Alien Nation, Virgin Killer, The Zoo, She's a Woman He's a Man and many more. I'd actually suggest you listen full Virgin Killer, Taken by force and Blackout albums. They are one of the best hard rock bands ever. It's a pity to only recognise them for their ballads.

  • @LarkspeedNL
    @LarkspeedNL 4 роки тому +155

    if you think this song is powerful imagine being old enough, like myself, to remember all of the events depicted in this video as they were happening. To you this is history to me this was the evening news.

    • @papasilver78
      @papasilver78 4 роки тому +3

      @Gripen Draken I remember this very clearly. It happened Nov. 9, 1989, my 11th birthday when the Berlin wall came a tumblin down!!!!

    • @debojitrabha2502
      @debojitrabha2502 3 роки тому +2

      This must hit really different. I cant even fathom.
      I hope you are well and healthy in these strange times. Stay safe stay healthy.

    • @Petestanton
      @Petestanton 3 роки тому +1

      same ... powerful memories

    • @oscarmurillo5815
      @oscarmurillo5815 3 роки тому +3

      Yes. I remember. I was 17 and was stunned and glued to the news. The clouds parted and the future was so bright. It felt like witnessing the dawn of a new sunny day. I wish we had that still.

    • @mclovin7375
      @mclovin7375 2 роки тому +1

      it is history now but the cold war was a big burden for all of us, who lived trough this time. I was 19 when the wall came down and was in Berlin. The sentiments of the cold war are also captured in Stings "Russians" and Billy Joels "Lenningrad". Both songs highly recomended.

  • @grigoriorifiel
    @grigoriorifiel 5 років тому +118

    This song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. I served in Germany while in the Army from 1986- 1989. I saw Scorpions live as the headliner to The Monster's of Rock concert at the Nurnberg Zepplinfeld in 1988. This is the site where the Nurnberg trials took place and I watched from the podium that is in the old videos of where Hitler stood reviewing the troops. Standing there I couldn't help but think about the changes that had taken place in the world, and that was a perfect segway for the changes I was unaware of that were about to take place. In January of 1989 I pulled border duty at O.P. Alpha. Looking out the tower across the "iron curtain" was something that was overwhelming to my mind. I also made a couple trips through East Germany to Berlin and stood face to face with Soviet Soldiers. Even looking back it all it still seems surreal. I left Germany in May of that year but by the next summer the fall of the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union was the focus of the world. The first time I heard this song the magnitude of it all came into focus. It made me feel that in some small way I a part in it all, and maybe even just one note in this song represented me. That is the beauty of music! We all want to feel like we make a difference, that this all means something. When I heard this song it made me feel like in an insignificant way I contributed to something inconceivably huge. For that I am eternally grateful, because that feeling will be with me until the day I die.

    • @beckybexx01977
      @beckybexx01977 4 роки тому +3

      grigoriorifiel thank you for your service.😊💕

    • @candi_renee_28
      @candi_renee_28 4 роки тому +4

      I lived in West Germany 84-86. I was a kid 10-13. Loved this band. He needs to watch the peace festival they had in Moscow in ‘89 or ‘91?

    • @Zeljana93
      @Zeljana93 4 роки тому +5

      Thanks for sharing this

    • @udofrombt
      @udofrombt 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for your open words. I'm living in Germany, next to this old border (since 1970), but your experiance is much broader (with the soviets) than ours, to be honest

    • @grigoriorifiel
      @grigoriorifiel 3 роки тому +2

      @@udofrombt I was stationed in Wildflecken, and lived in Einraffshof-Shondra. I loved my time there.

  • @FreeOffers07
    @FreeOffers07 6 років тому +43

    I am a Iron Maiden boy but I can say with strong faith that this is one of the best songs so far in the history of music. 👏

    • @sarcasticconsultant378
      @sarcasticconsultant378 Рік тому +1

      Pure kitsch, just "Last Christmas" is more kitschy....
      One of the worst songs ever...But to be fair: Klaus at least hit's the notes not like Bruce Dickenson...

    • @jenskonig4027
      @jenskonig4027 Рік тому +1

      funfact: iron maiden did play as an opening act for scorpions

  • @lulyluly1763
    @lulyluly1763 4 роки тому +6

    just one word for this song... it was, is and will ever be a MASTERPIECE

  • @calipop_9253
    @calipop_9253 6 років тому +316

    I remember crying when the Berlin Wall came down. My uncle’s family was hosting a German exchange student at the time and he was heartbroken that he couldn’t be there. What a day for freedom!

    • @ronanrogers4127
      @ronanrogers4127 6 років тому +7

      Calipop _74 ...so much promise, only to end up with the overbearing EU and homogenisation of cultures

    • @verothon6530
      @verothon6530 5 років тому +9

      where were you when the wall came down? "I was in sandusly ohio with a host family."

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 5 років тому +11

      @@ronanrogers4127 hey, this song is meant to bring up the spirit of those days again. We don't need nihilism right now.

    • @Ozzy_2014
      @Ozzy_2014 5 років тому +4

      The EU is crumbling. People are waking up. Donald Trump, Brexit and it's party in the elections the isustainability of the EU without military dictatorship is open secret. They need a military and an unarmed population.

    • @martina2659
      @martina2659 5 років тому +10

      Finland should leave the union just because Fixit has such a nice ring to it

  • @Rqoiz
    @Rqoiz 6 років тому +79

    Helloween - I want out or Eagle fly free
    Another fantastic german band!

    • @AEMDESTINY
      @AEMDESTINY 6 років тому

      Rqoiz I want out 🤤🔥

    • @IvoryElvenson
      @IvoryElvenson 6 років тому

      Rqoiz ..YEAH, do Eagle fly free!! 😉☺

    • @antondzajajurca7797
      @antondzajajurca7797 6 років тому +1

      Lets go full length and request Halloween by Helloween ( full version of course ) ;)

    • @jaakiekko77
      @jaakiekko77 6 років тому +4

      Hell yeah, "I want out" is a masterpiece.

    • @chigorrio76
      @chigorrio76 6 років тому +3

      I’ve requested Helloween for the like 2 months and still nothing. They get no love :(

  • @ricrat510
    @ricrat510 6 років тому +323

    Klaus has one of the best vocals in rock, sounds the same live.
    We have seen them like five times since 1980.

    • @dylanzrim1011
      @dylanzrim1011 6 років тому +4

      Ric Rat just watched them last night. With def Leppard. Great show.

    • @selbystwo7529
      @selbystwo7529 5 років тому +1

      Respect 👍

    • @montereyharris1277
      @montereyharris1277 5 років тому +1

      Ric Rat yes, he does! He and Freddie Mercury along with Michael Jackson in the USA blow me away every time I hear their voices. Had Michael Jackson not told queen to release “ another one bites the dust” that album and song would have never gone quadruple platinum in the USA. It just goes to show what can happen when these wonderful musicians work together. The scorpions are an incredible band and this man’s voice brings me to chills❤️❤️

    • @CptSlow89
      @CptSlow89 5 років тому

      Miljenko Matijevic from Steelheart

    • @CptSlow89
      @CptSlow89 5 років тому

      J. Perry also

  • @johndoepker7126
    @johndoepker7126 4 роки тому +10

    I'm a 43yr old Army brat, dad did 24yrs an retired..I joined the USAF, did 10yrs. I witnessed the end of the USSR, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. This particular song is like an anthem to our family. Also happens to be one of moms favorites!!!

  • @luiscesarvianagomes970
    @luiscesarvianagomes970 4 роки тому +13

    I love metal, but Scorpions are one of the very very few bands that can give me genuine goosebumps.
    Not only from the awsome lyrics, the perfect voice and tone to the emotion that is palpable in this voice.

  • @dimitrisxlp1478
    @dimitrisxlp1478 6 років тому +45

    Hi Alex!
    Modern metal bands are cool but there's something about classic bands that you can't overlook! Scorpions are known for their power ballads. You get goosebumps from every single one of them. You could check out Still Loving You, Holiday, Send Me An Angel, but their most popular song is Rock You Like a Hurricane (definitely not a ballad).

    • @sugoruyo
      @sugoruyo 6 років тому +2

      James D jeez man these songs you mentioned are pretty much a masterclass in power ballad writing.

    • @wajahathasib25
      @wajahathasib25 6 років тому +2

      Still loving you is just fucking amazing! Still gives me chills to this day.

    • @sipenarekbecha7193
      @sipenarekbecha7193 6 років тому +1

      *No One Likes You* , *Blackout* , *You Give Me All I Need* , *When The Smoke Is Going Down* , *Always Somewhere*

    • @sipenarekbecha7193
      @sipenarekbecha7193 6 років тому

      @@sugoruyo check my list before too, bro

    • @alvaroulloa4756
      @alvaroulloa4756 6 років тому

      there is nothing like 70´s Scorpions, In trance, Virgin Killer and Taken by force pure heavy metal

  • @lovemetal4884
    @lovemetal4884 6 років тому +91

    *Wintersun-Sons of winter and stars (live rehearsal at Sonic Pump studios) remastered*

  • @maximus11400
    @maximus11400 6 років тому +354

    I was stationed in Germany in 1987-89 when the Berlin Wall came down. Kind of a scary time. Nobody had a clue as to what was going to happen. I was in an Armor Unit while serving. I was a M1A1 Tank crewman ( driver). Thankfully nothing bad happen when the wall came down. I've seen many concerts while in Germany. Proud to say I seen the Scorpions ( Savage Amusement Album) open for Metallica ( And Justice for All Album). One of my all time favorite shows. Scorpions have a ton of good songs. One of my favorite is The Zoo. Check it out!

    • @silverfiste
      @silverfiste 6 років тому +10

      I was there as well, Mainz-Finthen, went to Graf cold war on, left the field cold war over. Was a very strange time. Saw Monsters of Rock 1991 on FAAF, my barraks were just across the street from the stage.

    • @alburnett75
      @alburnett75 6 років тому +7

      I agree, The Zoo is one of the best Scorpions songs. I hate it when people only pick the radio hits. That usually tells me they aren't really die hard fans and never bought albums. We all know if the album is worth a shit then the best songs are going to the ones not released on the radio.

    • @PropperNaughtyGeezer
      @PropperNaughtyGeezer 6 років тому +6

      I was stationed in Germany in 1987-89 too. Armored reconnaissance unit Leopard 1A5. In retrospect surprisingly, we did not even have a higher alert.

    • @dylanzrim1011
      @dylanzrim1011 6 років тому

      So basically you were part of the mistaken order to open the gates? Kinda sucky way to end a war really.

    • @dylanzrim1011
      @dylanzrim1011 6 років тому

      There's no "good" way but still the confusion would've made the gate keepers borderline suicidal

  • @beanclay4154
    @beanclay4154 5 років тому +210

    Today's generation has never known a world with two Germany's

    • @iaraya
      @iaraya 5 років тому +15

      I do because my country had to face both of them in a world cup 😂😂.

    • @beanclay4154
      @beanclay4154 5 років тому +4

      @@iaraya lol

    • @teddypratama8086
      @teddypratama8086 4 роки тому +2

      Just two koreas

    • @outcxst1068
      @outcxst1068 4 роки тому +1

      Psyche bro what 😭

    • @susannewitt6112
      @susannewitt6112 4 роки тому

      @@teddypratama8086 Nice and Spice Korea? Who paid for the wall between them? Mexico?

  • @laurakane2252
    @laurakane2252 4 роки тому +2

    Love your reaction.

  • @tomscholtes5082
    @tomscholtes5082 6 років тому +482

    Please react to Rock you like a Hurricane by the Scorpions.

  • @claym3040
    @claym3040 6 років тому +129

    LAMB OF GOD- LAID TO REST

  • @jetalone02
    @jetalone02 6 років тому +18

    I'm from Russia and did not know that this song about the USSR. thank you. I learn a lot from your channel!!

    • @theactressdied
      @theactressdied 6 років тому

      So, you can understand English speaking person in the video , but you can't understand the lyrics of the song? Because the first words are making clear what Klaus is singing about...

    • @alvatoredimarco
      @alvatoredimarco 6 років тому +2

      Polka Dot. Wow, no need to be an asshole.

  • @amystreet5402
    @amystreet5402 2 роки тому +1

    I feel really sad here we are 2022 I just seen this reaction (not sure why it took me so long) and its like we have taken massive steps backwards . I still love this song. Thanks for the reaction

  • @BoolaBlue
    @BoolaBlue 5 років тому +5

    I can only imagine hearing this song again for the first time again. I remember when it came out and it blew us all away. Thanks Alex for letting me live vicariously through you.

  • @odysseas13
    @odysseas13 6 років тому +53

    Blind Guardian-Mirror mirror Or The bard's song (live)

    • @stavrosp2032
      @stavrosp2032 6 років тому +5

      Could be also Valhalla live

    • @odysseas13
      @odysseas13 6 років тому +1

      Sure.Excellent choice!

    • @jayce_1175
      @jayce_1175 6 років тому +2

      Valhalla live at Wacken would be dope af

    • @lino2048
      @lino2048 6 років тому +3

      Does it really matter? Have you ever heard a bad song from BG?

    • @odysseas13
      @odysseas13 6 років тому +2

      Anything from them would be a nice introduction to their music so it doesn't really matter my friend!You're right!

  • @IvoryElvenson
    @IvoryElvenson 6 років тому +179

    Hey Alex.. 😊 ..wir lieben Dich auch!! (..we love You too!!) 🙄
    Thanx a lot in the name of all the german Hefnerds for this special greetings!! We appreciate that!! ☺☺

    • @PortgasDdude
      @PortgasDdude 6 років тому +19

      Und ich bzw. wir wissen zu schätzen, dass du diesen Kommentar stellvertredend für uns alle geschrieben hast :)
      And I or we appreciate you for writing this comment representing all of us :)

    • @jasminwolf7412
      @jasminwolf7412 6 років тому +9

      Grüße aus Deutschland von mir! 👋🏼

    • @Oliver_1983
      @Oliver_1983 6 років тому +3

      @Ivory Elvenson Totaly on your side! Greatings to Alex from Germany!

    • @Mnemonic-X
      @Mnemonic-X 5 років тому

      Gorbachev is a fucking traitor.

    • @ObstagoonGuy
      @ObstagoonGuy 4 роки тому

      @@Mnemonic-X he has been the only Russian president without brain damage so far

  • @RoySFord
    @RoySFord 6 років тому +169

    Bruh!! Old school Mtv! Seriously you are diving into my summers in the 80s watching Mtv for three weeks straight!!

    • @szkcs
      @szkcs 6 років тому +2

      this song is not from the 80's :)

    • @SteveInTheOC
      @SteveInTheOC 6 років тому +1

      RoySFord same here. MTV all summer. The best time 👍

    • @patrickperry8951
      @patrickperry8951 6 років тому

      1990 is close enough

  • @sport1girl
    @sport1girl 6 років тому +9

    A couple years ago, I had my 7th graders analyze this song, it's one of my favorites. They loved it and I introduced some kids to a great group. After they analyzed it, I had them read an article about why the Scorpions wrote it. Love them. Enjoyed your video!

  • @griesi31
    @griesi31 4 роки тому +5

    Actullay Brings me to fears listening to this song and looking at the pictures as the wall came down. I was 14 years old, will never forget these happyness and joy.

  • @tuomas.l3206
    @tuomas.l3206 6 років тому +89

    Iron Maiden - Aces High

  • @rebelsatyr5362
    @rebelsatyr5362 6 років тому +40

    Gojira - Silvera! Great song!

    • @ThePaTuXi
      @ThePaTuXi 6 років тому

      I'd like to see Gift of Guilt live

  • @chrishanson6566
    @chrishanson6566 6 років тому +4

    I grew up when all of this happened saw all first hand and remember when this came out the emotional time when the Berlin Wall fell.... thank you for the memories

  • @terryr97
    @terryr97 6 років тому +102

    For all the young people (under 30?), this song meant so much more than you're seeing. You're watching snippets of the fall of Communist Russia! It was an amazing time. Like Pink Floyd playing by the Berlin Wall before that fell too!

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 5 років тому +6

      German here, born '97. Although I haven't been there, the scenes caught on tape were the people are finally free to go to the west always make me become emotional. Seriously this is always heartbreaking since you know you had relatives for whom it was a very special moment.
      Personally i always see the hope the people had during that time and it gives me motivation to try to change the world I'm living in for good.

    • @JM-350
      @JM-350 5 років тому +2

      I'm 35 and as many times as I've heard this song and seen the video, I never did my own research (yeah I know, DUMBASS) and had no clue is was in reference to what was happening at the time. But I guess the phrase, 'you learn something new everyday', wouldn't exist if it weren't true.

    • @bigmez83
      @bigmez83 5 років тому +1

      This is the song of dream of a better world, that unfortunately is going worst and worst. Is always actual

    • @joshstanton267
      @joshstanton267 5 років тому +1

      Oh I know bro... Romania. Born 1991.. Ceausescu and communist Romania. If the locals hadn't done a successful coup and killed him I'd have been in an orphanage and died at age 1 at best.

    • @elijahallen3318
      @elijahallen3318 4 роки тому +1

      Under 20. People under 20 well not understand

  • @clara_hp6254
    @clara_hp6254 4 роки тому +4

    Hi , I’m from Germany but I’m born years after all this happened. Still this song is impressive my grandparents and parents told me story’s about that time

  • @jordanandes2425
    @jordanandes2425 6 років тому +89

    You have to react to No One Like You by Scorpions. It's one of the songs they're known for and I know you'll love it.

    • @LittleRussian001
      @LittleRussian001 6 років тому +2

      An petty sure they are best known For Rock You like a hurricane

    • @cookieanarchy6
      @cookieanarchy6 6 років тому

      William Douglas Yeah, both that and this song.
      I hear those 2 songs most by Scorpions with a lot of other songs by soooo many other bands on the Rock Radio here in Denmark.

    • @Ozzy_2014
      @Ozzy_2014 5 років тому

      The other song to hear from 2012 their magnum opus Humanity!!

  • @yourchannel2567
    @yourchannel2567 6 років тому +105

    \m/ Alex, just like with Ronnie James Dio you get to listen to a singer that has actual talent and doesn't need a voice synthesizer. Great song. \m/ =D

    • @hrinionuwut8637
      @hrinionuwut8637 6 років тому +10

      I saw them live this year, and he sounded great

    • @yourchannel2567
      @yourchannel2567 6 років тому +9

      \m/ You gotta love a band that keeps going even after 50 years of making music. \m/

  • @gsmith7309
    @gsmith7309 5 років тому +29

    I was in West Germany from 1988 to 1990 I saw the Wall and when it came down the parties and the celebrations.✌✌✌✌✌

  • @davidrichter9505
    @davidrichter9505 Рік тому +1

    This song is a all time greats music masterpiece

  • @TP75-mit_dem_Stimmen_im_Kopf
    @TP75-mit_dem_Stimmen_im_Kopf 4 роки тому +3

    Even today I still get goose bumps and tears in my eyes when I hear this song. One of the best ballads I've ever heard.

  • @jessygt13
    @jessygt13 6 років тому +8

    Duuuuuude, I've been listening to this my whole life! It's one of my parents' all-time favorites, and mine as well. Makes me happy to see you liked it so much! A nice follow-up would be Under The Same Sun, it's in the band's following album and in that EPIC '94 World Cup soundtrack. :)

  • @SuperVezzeli
    @SuperVezzeli 6 років тому +53

    Klaus Meine is one the greatest! And Scorpions of course.

  • @billxen168
    @billxen168 6 років тому +63

    Rock You like a hurricane from scorpions next

    • @justtheshotgun
      @justtheshotgun 6 років тому +4

      Nah he's had to have heard that one before. If he's going to do Scorpions again I vote either The Zoo, Blackout, or Big City Nights.

    • @danieldyer8280
      @danieldyer8280 6 років тому

      @@justtheshotgun Ah man The Zoo for sure, but the live version!!

    • @billxen168
      @billxen168 6 років тому

      @@justtheshotgun he already heard enter sandman before he has to hear it. But yeah the zoo remastered edition or no one like you

  • @mattyb3780
    @mattyb3780 4 роки тому +1

    I used to listen to this at boarding school on repeat. Brings back so many memories. What a ballad.

  • @donnabussegibson2127
    @donnabussegibson2127 3 роки тому +1

    Love you Alex. Have loved Scorpions when bought their first album. Love them

  • @vaske9313
    @vaske9313 6 років тому +76

    Nightwish - Ghost Love Score ( Official Live )

    • @pyfsecret
      @pyfsecret 6 років тому +1

      The recipe for a metal addiction.

    • @myself9845
      @myself9845 6 років тому +3

      While Floor nails it, I still think that original audio is better.

    • @pyfsecret
      @pyfsecret 6 років тому

      You couldn't be more right. Although i have to say as a dutchman that Floor is absolutely killer.

    • @zdenekdolezal9646
      @zdenekdolezal9646 6 років тому

      From Buenos Aires is the best veesion of GLS. But he should try also Poet and the pendulum from Wembley and The greates show on earth from Tampre.

  • @jeffmachia53
    @jeffmachia53 5 років тому +7

    What I love about this particular channel is that I'm watching a younger person have the exact same reaction I had when I first heard these songs in the 80s and 90s. It's so great to see the appreciation for this type of music because it had such an impact on all of us who are over the age of 35...roughly.

  • @runtwer5700
    @runtwer5700 3 роки тому +7

    My family is German. They fled Germany during the end of WWII. What his band has done is incredible, closing the gap from the west and east. I've seen The Scorpions live once, and they were phenomenal. The didn't play this song, which was a shame, but a band coming from that time period, that place and doing what they've done. They're amazing. This song hits the feels.

  • @JLBeaugh
    @JLBeaugh 3 роки тому +1

    Little late on the comments, But I got to see the first concert of their "Wind Of Change" tour in Brussels, Belgium in the early 90's. Awesome band live....they sound just like their recordings...
    Got to see the Berlin wall come down as well ( have a piece of the wall still to this day).

  • @DMSG1981
    @DMSG1981 5 років тому +18

    And now imagine being at the wall when it fell, complete strangers fall into each others arms. Although, I was very, very young, I can still remember that day. #Berlin

  • @Noggx4Games
    @Noggx4Games 6 років тому +6

    everytime tears in my eyes when i see pictures from the "Mauerfall" (fall of the wall in Germany) its amazing how much energie and emotion in the peoples faces (sry for my bad englisch)
    cheers from Berlin Brrrrah

  • @yordanandreev9308
    @yordanandreev9308 6 років тому +108

    Metallica - Sad but true
    Rammstein - Ich tu dir weh
    Nothing More - This is the time

    • @x666xIronMaiden
      @x666xIronMaiden 6 років тому +4

      He will like Nothing More if he does it I think!

    • @yordanandreev9308
      @yordanandreev9308 6 років тому +2

      @@x666xIronMaiden I am sure he will like Nothing More

    • @ivanstepanovic1327
      @ivanstepanovic1327 6 років тому +4

      Rammstein - Feuer frei. That is so catchy...

    • @reaver2323
      @reaver2323 6 років тому +2

      He would love Nothing More. This is the Time is one of my favorite all time songs!

    • @aOldRustyTruck
      @aOldRustyTruck 6 років тому +2

      Nothing More - Sex & lies is another good one

  • @raynebeuaxdash5943
    @raynebeuaxdash5943 3 роки тому +4

    Klause does the whistling live during performances. It's incredible. Something so simple but so pretty.

  • @katalynsefox777
    @katalynsefox777 4 роки тому +1

    Best reaction I've ever seen, to goose bumps! This song is too perfect, congratulations Alex, you had a real emotion, I was thrilled when I saw that this song touched your soul!

  • @Halloween111
    @Halloween111 Рік тому +2

    This was such a personal song to me back then. Still is, actually. The Berlin wall fell in '89 and it shook the world. Then the first Gulf War started in '90. Being 17, there was a bunch of anxiety around if all of us were going to be finding ourselves up to our eyeballs in sand in some other country in a year. A year later, I graduated. A few months later I fell in love. A few months after that my heart was in shreds. There was so much change going on in the world and my life, and this song was a catharsis for all of it; the sad, the sweet, the scary, and the euphoric. I can look back at all of it now, even the most painful parts, with fondness now when I hear this song.

  • @crazykeeper8823
    @crazykeeper8823 6 років тому +16

    Damn I'm glad to see this. Thanks man I'm a big fan of scorpions. Stay awesome bro.

  • @IntenseGas
    @IntenseGas 6 років тому +40

    Alex! You have to try some Prog Metal
    Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon (LIVE score)
    Dream Theater - Pull Me Under

    • @nikhilprabhakaran4051
      @nikhilprabhakaran4051 6 років тому +1

      Doug Ray I've been tell this the whole time. Guess this punk is not interested.

    • @arikichu
      @arikichu 6 років тому +1

      A Nightmare to Remember... 🤘🤘🤘🤘 would be nice as well

  • @simonepeverelli883
    @simonepeverelli883 4 роки тому +14

    If you had lived those years, you'd understand better the meaning of that song! Hi from Switzerland!

  • @bazurk_dot_com
    @bazurk_dot_com 4 роки тому +1

    my buddy was the road manager for them. cool dudes.

  • @TheEmpress185
    @TheEmpress185 4 роки тому +4

    This song is a masterpiece.To me,as a central European,this is a part of our history.The uncertainty of tomorrow, the crave for freedom...

  • @planojag595
    @planojag595 6 років тому +30

    I remember being a kid and paying to watch the Moscow Music Peace Festival on pay-per-view. It was an epic concert with Scorpions, Skid Row, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, and many others showing Russians how to rock! Please react/review (if you haven’t already) to Wasted Time by Skid Row, November Rain by Guns n’ Roses, No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne, One by Metallica, Thunderstruck by AC/DC, Janie’s Got a Gun by Aerosmith, Get the Funk Out by Extreme, Dirty Love by Thunder, Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue, Little Fighter by White Lion, and Fallen Angel by Poison.

  • @uBoBaMnupa
    @uBoBaMnupa 6 років тому +7

    Scorpions - Yellow Raven, In Trance, When The Smoke Is Going, Still Loving You, Holiday, Always Somewhere...

    • @shiroyasha3808
      @shiroyasha3808 6 років тому

      In my opinion Living amd dying is better than in trance

  • @HellBrYnger
    @HellBrYnger 3 роки тому +4

    "the wind of change blows straight, into the face of time."
    since time is forever, they've played a literal timeless classic.

  • @annakolodzik9046
    @annakolodzik9046 6 років тому +7

    I love their music...their songs are so powerful. Greetings from Germany:)

  • @RamblingVlogger
    @RamblingVlogger 3 роки тому +1

    I want some jagerschnitzel!! Great reaction and a pure classic song

  • @badcovers3711
    @badcovers3711 6 років тому +73

    React to "Carry on my Wayward Son" by Kansas

  • @usernroll2525
    @usernroll2525 6 років тому +64

    SCORPIONS the best band in the world!!

  • @nekane6168
    @nekane6168 5 років тому +6

    aaa...scorpions... the kings of metal ballads.
    Scorpions - Still loving you
    The most beautiful metal ballad ever

  • @dacechasinghawk3910
    @dacechasinghawk3910 3 роки тому +2

    I totally forgot how powerful that build up is right before and how that guitar solo starts. I actually teared up, I forgot.

  • @davidrichter9505
    @davidrichter9505 Рік тому +1

    You make great reactions alex

  • @WingZero172
    @WingZero172 6 років тому +16

    In before the comments gets flooded with "Rock You Like A Hurricane" requests.
    Also, that was your first time listening to the subgenre of Hair Metal. Other great bands in the 80s Hair Metal are
    Twisted Sister
    Mötley Crüe
    Tesla
    Europe
    Def Leppard
    Bon Jovi
    Poison
    Cinderella
    Ratt

    • @puppapenny
      @puppapenny 6 років тому +2

      Cinderella
      Ratt

    • @WingZero172
      @WingZero172 6 років тому

      @@puppapenny thanks for the reminder

    • @sdrawkcabsiemansiht485
      @sdrawkcabsiemansiht485 6 років тому

      Dokken, Fastway

    • @Sbjweyk
      @Sbjweyk 6 років тому

      Scorpions is hard rock but okay…

    • @WingZero172
      @WingZero172 6 років тому

      @@Sbjweyk eh, true, but they were also a part of Hair Metal scene.

  • @webfish69
    @webfish69 6 років тому +69

    Holy Crap Scorpions are legendary bro. Anything off the Blackout album is GOLD. Try the album title song Blackout and prepare to level up Alex. ; D

    • @BlackSmokeDMax
      @BlackSmokeDMax 6 років тому +2

      Damn,haven't listened to that song in sooooo long. Gonna have to see if I still have the CD or even the tape somewhere.

    • @nsenoh4901
      @nsenoh4901 5 років тому

      Or love at first sting

  • @zachbohemian
    @zachbohemian 6 років тому +62

    Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane or Still loving you

  • @babylonkid
    @babylonkid 4 роки тому +2

    Man, the Scorpions have so many amazing songs. One of my favorite bands of all time. I first heard Wind of Change when I was in 5th grade, 89 or 90 I think and have been a fan since. As I got older Id buy their older albums and damn theyre such a talented band with amazing songs. Crazy World has 3 of my favorite songs. Restless Nights, To Be With You In Heaven (listen with headphones. the guitar work is phenomenal) , and Hit Between The Eyes.

  • @V01t2
    @V01t2 3 роки тому +1

    This song deserves a hat over the heart

  • @potato_salad9346
    @potato_salad9346 6 років тому +92

    React to:
    Batmetal
    Batmetal Returns
    Batmetal Forever

  • @БълхатаНаКоткатаНаНикиБанков

    Scorpions - When The Smoke Is Going Down, Still Loving You, Yellow Raven.

  • @Linkon313
    @Linkon313 6 років тому +125

    Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    • @torbeno96
      @torbeno96 6 років тому +3

      The live Version!

    • @blazejecar
      @blazejecar 6 років тому

      and make sure it's live

    • @Linkon313
      @Linkon313 6 років тому +4

      Live at Pulse 1994

    • @johnnylongtwig6398
      @johnnylongtwig6398 6 років тому +2

      Nooooo studio version. Your high af if you think live anything captures the sound of any song like the studio versions.

    • @blazejecar
      @blazejecar 6 років тому +2

      @@johnnylongtwig6398 if we were talking high hopes, I'd agree. But for comfortably numb, the live show adds so much to the song it more than compensates for the perfect studio sound

  • @I.am.Iain-81
    @I.am.Iain-81 3 роки тому +2

    I first heard this song in the 90s on a friends compilation album and it's given me goosebumps ever since 🤘

  • @IanCrouse
    @IanCrouse 6 років тому +1

    I'm back after a serious session of depression. Music always brings me back to reality. This song was one that kept me thinking about 'change'. Noone can live in the depths of depression and this song highlights what makes us see things differently.

  • @Kairheen
    @Kairheen 6 років тому +10

    White Lion - When the Children Cry
    Skid Row - 18 and Life to go
    Skid Row - I Remember You

  • @Fabian-Kun
    @Fabian-Kun 6 років тому +12

    Scorpions - No one like you

  • @isaiahbish6677
    @isaiahbish6677 6 років тому +22

    Still loving you or no one like you by the scorpions

  • @JasonSmith-gq4hb
    @JasonSmith-gq4hb 2 роки тому +2

    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.

    • @WriteChords
      @WriteChords 2 роки тому +1

      I resonate with your feelings. I wish you could have taken her with you.Stay blessed, Jason. Btw, I was 16 in 1990

  • @deanwinchester6033
    @deanwinchester6033 4 роки тому +2

    I remember listening to this song when I was a kid and I cried so much without even knowing what it was about...it is truly a masterpiece...

  • @joaocaldeira1002
    @joaocaldeira1002 6 років тому +57

    LINKIN PARK-FAINT!

    • @brunoguerson
      @brunoguerson 6 років тому +1

      I believe he said he knows LP

    • @joaocaldeira1002
      @joaocaldeira1002 6 років тому +2

      @@brunoguerson In a livestream I said to him to react to LP and he asked if LP was metal and a lot of people said that it wasn't wich is false

    • @brunoguerson
      @brunoguerson 6 років тому +1

      Oh, my mistake then

    • @joaocaldeira1002
      @joaocaldeira1002 6 років тому +1

      @@brunoguerson it's okay

    • @jimmyjam1710
      @jimmyjam1710 6 років тому +1

      If scorpions is metal then so is lp

  • @86jenjuan
    @86jenjuan 6 років тому +54

    Avenged sevenfold - afterlife PLEASE

  • @nobhill1991
    @nobhill1991 3 роки тому +1

    That's the wall coming down senior year!!! 1990!!!!

  • @rambowbizz
    @rambowbizz Рік тому +1

    Love the scorpions

  • @wiz9496
    @wiz9496 6 років тому +5

    I was in high school when this song came out. After years of fearing a nuclear attack, the cold war was ending. If they ever make a movie about it, this song had damn well be in it! This song did more than any ambassador, to end the cold war.

  • @danlrusso
    @danlrusso 6 років тому +11

    Hi Alex, another ballad by Scorpions that has a powerful sound to is is "Send Me An Angel"...worth checking out. :-)

    • @timbrown1790
      @timbrown1790 6 років тому

      Love the symphonic version of that song

  • @SteveInTheOC
    @SteveInTheOC 5 років тому +4

    Scorpions were huge! A perfect song for the times we were in. 👍

  • @brentcrude8565
    @brentcrude8565 6 років тому +1

    A timeless rock ballad classic. So glad you reacted to this. Still gives me goosebumps after all these years.

  • @julieford8788
    @julieford8788 5 років тому +2

    I forget how young you are sometimes. I’m so glad you’re listening to older music and loving it.!

  • @IntenseGas
    @IntenseGas 6 років тому +36

    Steel Panther - Death To All But Metal

  • @djrev1313
    @djrev1313 6 років тому +7

    welcome to my era of hair metal. some of the best metal / hard rock came out of the 80's and 90's.

  • @AnthonyLaMastra
    @AnthonyLaMastra 6 років тому +6

    I’m an 80s kid and I remember the fall of the Berlin Wall vividly. I’ve always loved that song! Also “Glasnost” was the Soviet Union’s eye opener to ideas of the United States. You could feel it all changing right then and there!

    • @bodar
      @bodar 6 років тому +1

      Yeah, but they just traded communism for oligarchy. Not that other countries are much better, but still. It's hard to feel so optimistic these days. -- a fellow 80s kid

    • @alvatoredimarco
      @alvatoredimarco 6 років тому

      bodar - America's been all about that oligarchy for a long time. It's not surprising Russia ended up with it too if they were looking at how we do things here.

  • @beckybexx01977
    @beckybexx01977 4 роки тому +2

    I wanna thank everyone for their service. I was just a kid during this time, but watching footage from then is just surreal. Peace.✌🏼😊

  • @linzombie8455
    @linzombie8455 6 років тому

    Man, I haven't listened to this in forever so thanks for reacting to it. I remember watching the berlin wall being broken down...just wow

  • @MetalHeadDudelml
    @MetalHeadDudelml 6 років тому +24

    MÖTLEY CRÜE - HOME SWEET HOME