I was asked to listen to Scorpions - Wind Of Change | First Reaction

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[@martinkopplow8392]

This song will be forever connected to an era of change and hope, when not even the sky was a limit. I only wish people had dared a little more change at the time. Then, we could have had more hope today, for it looks like the days of cold and even hot war come back onto us, because the wind of change didn't blow strong enough in the east, and calmed down to but a whimper today. Russia was not ready for a change. After the wall came down, me and some friends organized international sports events with competitors from all over the world, west and east. Everyone was positive and hopeful about their future in a free world, but I haven't heard of most recently, and I fear that many of those we partied with all night, are now at war, dead, displaced, or don't dare to speak their minds any more. Winds of change ...

[@KwisatzHaderach77]

@@martinkopplow8392So true my man. The problem is, each new generation born into prosperity has no perspective on what the hardships of war are like until and unless they've lived through it themselves, so after a couple of generations the horrors of it fade, and the flames of conflict and judgement against one another begin to stoke once again, until a build up and climax of violence reminds another generation of what really matters and what must be avoided at all costs, rinse and repeat. It's a cycle, in the 80's and 90's we were in the glorious peaceful era of the cycle, but it doesn't take a genius to look around at the youth of today and see how they invent problems to be angry about because there is no true enemy or hardship in their lives, and this drives our culture towards a unmotivated, self-centered generation with little more than disregard for the value of human life (including their own hence exploding suicide rates). By the time our children were teenagers, they believed "trying" was "lame", and people who strive are mocked and called names. Now they are in their 20's and 30's and I can promise you they would never be able to even get through boot camp much less storm the beaches of Normandy. Our nation is in huge trouble, and with it the world for if we fall, there will be no refuge from the one world government, military industrial complex, WEF world domination war-cult. Over 70,000,000 people perished in World War 2, which is more than all wars before and since COMBINED, yet I fear that will be a drop in the bucket compared to what is soon to come.

[@leewafer6583]

I was stationed in Germany during the mid to late 80s, every time I hear this song, I get chills, I was so happy seeing the wall torn down, and Germany united again.

[@sarahpagett9191]

So was my uncle who I visited while over there

[@TheDivayenta]

Where were you? We were in Ramstein.

[@bobsblues9944]

Tearing down that wall let the communist bastards infiltrate western Europe and take it . Its remarkable that Russia is now less of a totallitarian country than the EU .

[@leewafer6583]

Katterbach outside Ansbach @@TheDivayenta

[@grigoriorifiel]

Wildflecken FRG, 5/86 - 5/89.

[@irishgrl]

This song is epic. The fall of the Berlin Wall was so emotional, it represented the end of the Cold War….i can still hear Reagan’s voice saying TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!

[@reneeholcomb9952]

Yes, I remember it plain as day “ Mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall “

[@deniseduncan7363]

That was such a pivotal point in history.

[@KarenRennick]

Every time I hear them, there’s something so poignant and special about them. I saw them live… It was magic.

[@reneeholcomb9952]

@@KarenRennick , wow I bet it was amazing

[@sarahpagett9191]

It wasn't just bringing a end to the cold War it was a end to ww2 as well Germany was a great country and is now coming back

[@bob5074]

I went on a Baltic cruise and when we stopped in St Pertrsburg, the Scorpions played a free concert in palace square. Seeing them play this song in Russia and being a patriotic Gen-X with a German mother, was an emotional experience.

[@jrod112278]

This song makes me tears up not only because not only because it such a great song but it also represented the hope we all had after the fall of the Berlin Wall and in the end of the Cold War. There was such a sense of a more peaceful and better world. Wish I could go back to that time.

[@gagestandingready1472]

Gets me every time!

[@annak8666]

I feel this so much!

[@jeffjones6221]

Scorpions are a German band. Pretty good catalog of tunes...the zoo, black out, rock you like a hurricane....and more

[@madelineanabella6400]

I think Polo would like The Zoo And prob Rock you like a hurricane .

[@madelineanabella6400]

I don’t remember Black Out, but now I’m gonna go listen to it 😊🔔🔔🔔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jeffjones6221]

@@madelineanabella6400 enjoy!!!

[@marlew6629]

Pretty good catalog of tunes? They have a legendary catalog of tunes

[@danbal4185]

The best of the best of their catalouge is everything they've done between 1974 to 1984. Especially the four albums with Uli John Roth on lead guitar (the "white Hendrix") in the '70s, some of the greatest masterpieces in hard rock/heavy metal history.

[@annak8666]

There was so much hope in the 90s for a better world... I was 14 years old when the wall fell and had the privilege to feel free, enjoy good music and life. It scares me where we are now but I hope that times are changing again. Peace and Love from Berlin, Germany!

[@tinaboksa3642]

Gives me chills everytime I hear it.

[@CoastPropertyBuyers]

Was just thinking the exact same thing 🙏🏼

[@davenunyabusiness4893]

there is so much hope for a better future wrapped up in this song it almost makes me cry every time I hear it. We are so close, it all is balanced on the edge of a knife.

[@kerrythorn8575]

We were so close. I was in Germany when the wall fell.and now the whole world has gone crazy again. Breaks my heart.

[@ladyshar42]

and then it was locked behind a door and we are just looking through a keyhole at what might have been.

[@zwierzchnik]

This hits me hard. I was trying to get out of Germany the day the wall fell. It was mayhem. I had to fight to get to the airport. They closed the doors to the plane right in my face. The mood was riotous. I'll never forget...🥀

[@claireb9127]

This song brings back memories of the hope we all felt at the fall of the Berlin Wall, it was such a time of dreams for us all. Let’s all start dreaming big dreams again.

[@WoofHmmmmmmmm]

I remember this coming out about the same time I was old enough to pay attention to world events and thinking “Soviet Union fell. We won. I guess that means we don’t have to worry about war again.” Being young and naive was pure bliss.

[@Bill-fd8kt]

There was that feeling of hope like never before for the end of the cold war was real. The failure of a democratic Russia and our utter failure to help is the #1 wasted opportunity of my lifetime. So far. If we fail to defeat Trump the implications and impact will top this failure beyond imagination.

[@ReleaseTheQuackers]

I was in highschool when this amazing act of peace and unity took place. There was a German exchange student that year and she was at my house when these events came on the TV. She was so excited and neither of us held back tears. It truly felt like there was hope of peace in the world, but we all were wrong. This song reminds me of my dear German friend and the hope and happiness we felt on that day.

[@Pitt13]

This is my first time hearing this song and I immediately Loved It👏

[@stephenreiner1523]

My dad could whistle like that all day. I miss him.

[@danpullen451]

that whistling is a reminder of the German guards whistling as they patrolled the Berlin Wall

[@Enochulator]

i was living in vienna, austria when the wall came down. huge changes in the general tone of things at that time. this song was such an icon

[@dawnsmith3693]

Still loving you…. The best scorpion song!

[@PML78]

🤘🏽😎

[@danbal4185]

It's great but trust me Dawn, listen to their '70s albums and you will find at least 10 "power ballads" that are even better than "Still Loving You".

[@peterroumbas8805]

Still loving you still gives me goosebumps. Awesome song. No one like you is fun too.

[@sabrinapittsley2304]

An anthem of freedom

[@user-lc2vf7mh6l]

love the Scorpions...

[@scotthahn6666]

I have served with for years in the U.S.M.C. Szymon grew up in Poland under Communist rule. We used to drink together on base and listen to this song over and over. The other day this song came on the radio in his garbage truck in Chicago, Illinois. He took a picture of it and told Me that He still thinks of all those fun times 20 years ago. Keep up the great work!

[@Frostrazor]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[@emgex]

Thos is not just a song, this is an musical epic.

[@Robert-hk3gf]

I seen Scorpions in Germany 2 times. They blew my mind. They where so good Epic song about the falling of the Berlin wall. Love this song❤

[@haydendegrow945]

This song is one of the pinnacles of rock music. You cannot be a fan of the genre without loving this song and its deep meanings.

[@rongoldstein2689]

This is such a beautiful ballad from one of Rock’s greatest & long standing bands. Timeless music

[@rick5440]

Still a special song, after all these years. Brings back a memory of how much hope we felt, and a feeling of something new on the horizon. That cold war era contained a thread of hopelessness. I think we all felt it would end poorly.

[@debbyemerson3877]

I hate that this songs remains relevant because we can't seem to stop fighting each other. We *COULD* be so close like brothers 😢

[@kirkhall2099]

Scorpions have been cited as a principal influence on the 1980s hard rock and heavy metal scenes, including artists such as Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, Skid Row, Cinderella, Doro, Helloween, Hanoi Rocks, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

[@germankitty]

This song embodies something I never thought I'd see happen -- my country reunified. I happened to be in the UK when the first frontiers opened in 1989; somehow, that made it even more impactful and memorable. One of the best songs Germany has ever produced. Thank you.

[@michellereed3272]

Hands down, this is the best song from the Scorpions.

[@madelineanabella6400]

There’s some other ballads they have that r great. Still loving you. ( is that the Scorpions? ). I think it is but not sure

[@BlackGuardXIII]

@@madelineanabella6400yes, it is, and it’s great! 🙂

[@LordParticle]

No One Like You is another good one from them

[@Kontroversial88]

You must be high. They have at least 30 better songs.

[@BlackGuardXIII]

@@Kontroversial88 They do have a deep catalogue for sure. I like a lot of their older stuff more.

[@tanyawillow1]

Chills every time. Screams HOPE, wish we had some of that now 😢

[@kevinsattler6603]

A time of hope. Wish it would have changed more. But it's definitely a little better. Peace ✌️

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

yet in a way, it's now a sad song.

[@tiffanymichaels2429]

@@boblozaintherealworld3577 watching everything going backwards at high speed. The second cold war has come. I remember as a little girl watching The Day After and being terrified of a nuclear war. But then things changed when I was 14. The Soviet Union existed no longer. Freedoms were restored to many countries. And then in 1990 the demolition of the Berlin wall. A country once divided in two was united. Germany will remain united but threats of nuclear war between Russia, along with it's allies, against NATO is once more. It's heartbreaking. But the world is such a mess that it's not something people have the energy to worry about. I know I don't, I'm waiting for God to step in before we wipe ourselves out of existence. At least that's my hope. I know many think that's a ridiculous belief and I understand and respect their opinion. In the meantime I'm just going to do my best to love my neighbor and be kind and hopefully help and encourage others to do the same. Just wish more people respected and loved one another.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

@@tiffanymichaels2429 that's a good idea.

[@carolcoker9862]

Such a powerful song, God how I miss those days but Im so glad music never dies

[@JohnHazelwood58]

This song is huge! Very historical and emotional for many people! If you would have watched the live version, you would have seen many tears in the audience! Male and female! *cry

[@barfingobummergo]

Such a great song. One of my favorites, the voice with that slight raspy quality on some phrases just sends chills up my spine. This was a heartfelt song and without autotune to destroy the feel and emotion that are heartfelt by the whole band.

[@jynxd2083]

Went to this concert some 36 years ago for this album. Definitely one I'll never forget. I literally watched guys having fist fights (multiple fights) stop and put their arms around each other when this song started lol

[@hvitekristesdod]

I love this song!! My fave from Scorpions

[@Tempestas02]

I always get goosebumps listening to this song and thinking about all that stories my parents told me about what it was like being on the streets in '89.

[@billschafer9668]

Great German band!

[@christinaweinmangeriatrics1689]

I still get chills every time I hear this song. It was so powerful and the message behind it is just amazing. Families were divided for years between east and west Germany. Watching that wall fall is one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had.

[@gaiavenus]

Great pick and reaction! always puts tears in my eyes. This is what we need right now, is to come together no matter what. What a great song that we can still relate to today.

[@debiw8599]

This came out a few months after the Berlin Wall came down. When people heard this song from a, at the time, West German band, we all knew what it was about. The Berlin Wall went up before any of the band members were born, and I cannot begin to imagine their feelings as it came down. The Scorpions (as in 🦂) did another song similar to this one called "Under the Same Sun" that you might enjoy as well.

[@Bluetoothedshark]

We need songs like this to being us together again, the world, no, the power in the world is pulling us all apart right now, we the people are not the problem.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

This was HUGE, peace between two enemies and the wall coming down…what a beautiful tribute the Scorpions did, I’ve always loved this song and that whistle is stunning….the Nazi’s absolutely terrorized and destroyed so many

[@Gkprjustme]

I was in Germany 1986-1988 then back in 1989 was so glad the wall came down!!!! Was so sad to see it there. It came down after I got back. Like Nov 9 1989;is when they first started taking it down.

[@user-lc2vf7mh6l]

still loving you

[@loisrogers9042]

Terrific, emotionally charged song.

[@taxcafe71]

This is a beautiful song and so emotional, not only at the time of its release, but even now! It still makes me tear up. The Wall came down during one of my classes, my 1st semester of college .. a teacher announced it in class and we got to see it live on television. We were all crying, because the world had never felt hope over the end of the Cold War. We were still scared of nuclear war! This song was powerful because it spoke about us all being as close as brothers - especially after all the lies and deception from both sides of the Cold War fight. It was unheard of around this time, bc communism and the U.S.S.R. were still going strong at this time (the Cold War started soon after World War 2). I originally thought the Scorpions were a Russian band, bc of the walking down to Gorky Park reference, but then I learned they were German. It made sense bc of the fall of communism coinciding with the fall (tearing down by young people) of the Berlin Wall. I think the sound at the end of the song is supposed to be one of the Berlin Wall bricks falling to the ground. The Berlin Wall was a very emotional symbol because it separated East Berlin (communist Germany) from West Berlin (‘free’ Germany = western democracies).

[@vixter28]

Love Scorpions ! Saw them 2x !

[@TheDivayenta]

We were stationed in Germany when the Wall came down. David Hasselhoff was singing live at the wall. Germans love that guy.

[@germankitty]

Actually, we kinda don't? 🙂 Hasselhoff just happened to have released a song a couple years earlier, to moderate success, called "I've been looking for freedom", which seemed kinda fitting to play when the wall actually fell. Of course he was feted then, but to say that "Germans love him" is over-exaggerated.

[@martinkopplow8392]

Saying Germans love Hasselhoff is quite an exaggeration. He had a few teenage follower*innen back then, but otherwise he just accidentally happened and then rode the wave and cashed in on it.

[@meganega123]

Ich liebe den Hoff! Durch die Kraft seiner Musik hat er unser Land wiedervereint. Ohne Looking for Freedom kein Mauerfall

[@EverythingNoodles]

This is a song that always makes the colors of my imagination always gray, dim but feels very soothing to my heart. this is legend.

[@johnmurphy2987]

An epic song relating to a world changing event ✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@retired4365]

Great message that still needs to be heard every day until we get the peace we deserve.

[@FadedRose62]

One of my favorite Scorpions songs❤

[@487shawntower4]

Brought me to complete and utter tears! I lived this, the hope the faith , being so young! Then betrayal at every level, in every way!

[@danjohnson2986]

This song screams 80’s heavy metal talent

[@williamjones6031]

The very first time I heard this was while watching a Filipino cover band in Singapore. I had been at sea so didn't get to hear it before that. They killed it (including the whistle) LOVE the Scorpions. I rock with them, but this my favorite song by them. 10/03/2017 Grand Sierra Resort Reno 😎😎

[@Ashitaka2011]

Yessss!! My dad introduced me to the Scorpions when i was a kid and I've loved them ever since, one of my favorite bands fr ❤

[@johnharris6087]

It’s an anthem, pure and simple

[@Dread_Pirate62]

This song represented a brief time of hope in the world and then that hope faded.

[@JanetGibbons-dl3yy]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!❤

[@Boodieman72]

It's a classic song for the period that still has great impact today.

[@direlyon]

great moment of History...his voice so pure

[@barbelschneider500]

This is a german band, german history and a dream for our world.

[@415s30]

Oh man the Scorpions, I had some feels as a teen. I absolutely never cried myself to sleep to this

[@laetitiacavinato2554]

I miss that era when, from time to time, somebody would sing to mean something important. No surprise this song has over 1 billion views now, there's always someone in an occupied country or region who needs the hope it conveys.

[@Fallopia5150]

Great German band allowed to play in Russia. The Schenker brothers are both awesome., especially Michael with that flying V guitar!

[@pamouellette5344]

This song always gives me chills.

[@coyoboyo]

The wind of change blows straight. I love that lyric. All Pneuma to me!

[@TheJoshuaPimentel]

We watched history unfold before our very eyes

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

I'll see your "Winds of Change" and raise you "Humanity".

[@michaelbarr1411]

I was 9 when the wall fell in Germany. Shows the compassion for human life

[@foxies8340]

This song is about the fall of the Soviet union and the Berlin wall. This concert was in Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia. The Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Motley Crue, and several other groups all joined for the fiisrt concert by western artists allowed anywhere is the Soviet Union. Thus The Title " wind of Change".

[@jondonnelly]

These guys have so many great songs.

[@bonnielemenager4030]

The next song you should react to "Still Lovin' You". Simply amazing.

[@jamesmitchell233]

a song of it’s time. captured the zeitgeist. What an opportunity for a future of peace and shared prosperity, finding brothers where once we had been told there were enemies. viewed now from 2024, the whole experience is tinged by sadness at what has become of that hope for a better world.

[@DavidMiller-dt8mx]

The Scorpions were a great band, and this is really their most introspective track.

[@mjesusro3089]

El vídeo recoge los momentos más increíbles y esperanzadores de nuestra reciente historia. Imágenes reales de un enorme cambio en el mundo, un cambio que se sentía imposible pero que al fin llegó gracias al pueblo y los grandes líderes que había en esos años. El grupo Scorpions es alemán y lo vivieron de una forma especial debido a la caída del muro de Berlín.

[@jonrichardson4641]

I visited my brother when he was stationed in Germany. The wall came down a week after i left.

[@gabe8390]

Thanks. Klaus Meine the singer wrote the song after they performed for the first time in the Soviet Union in 1988. Today they changed the line: “Follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park.” to “Now listen to my heart / It says Ukrainia”.

[@Bearwolf.88]

You need to listen to the scorpions Rock you like a Hurricane just a rockin ' track feel good hard rock !!! Awesome reaction ... 🤘🔥🎸💯... 🦂🦂🦂🦂 Scor -pions ...

[@troygill4968]

The Scorpions are a German band although they sing in English. This song is about the fall of the Berlin wall and basically the collapse of the Soviet Union. As you can imagine as West Germans this had quite a profound influence. It's a song of hope and possibilities.

[@davidhumiston6500]

The scorpions are a group that you need to go down the rabbit hole...

[@hakbash7588]

When I had open heart surgery I asked the team in the OR to play some old school metal. They cranked up rock you like a hurricane. Love the Scorpions. ❤👍

[@larryjewell7048]

Retired USN, totally a Cold Warrior. This song hit me hard. T/Y

[@Flum666]

can you believe they actually got to sing this on the red square in Moskva in 1988 even before the wall fell

[@AuthorLaurieAnnSmith]

I love the Scorpions and this song is one of my all time favorite songs ever!! Thank you for another great reaction video! Their song "Still Loving You" is not to be missed.. absolutely phenomenal as is "Wind of Change".

[@shemanic1]

Superb tune, memories are made of this.

[@richardromney9205]

apon your realese today a nation lives or falls. it is not rasist. nor hate. power. is. love polo. you touched, our heart.

[@kimjacobs6038]

One of my all time favs!

[@PrairieMuffin]

It really was amazing what was going on regarding this song. I remember those days very well.

[@user-PeteBronxUSA]

Growing up in the 70s most of these clips I have seen and remember events. always get emotional amazing how far we come but yet so far to go…. awesome job with this Polo. Your reactions are top notch

[@nrdztx]

Oh man you’re in for a treat. Scorpions rock 🤟🏼

[@rogerosterberger4627]

Saw them in Japan at the budokan. Great concert.

[@Jinty92]

This takes me back. I bought this on cd when it came out. The video has even more meaning for me personally as my father, a German teacher, was photographed at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, East Germany 6 weeks before the Berlin wall was erected. An iconic video and song.

[@vernonbolinger9488]

Not a scorpions fan, but this is one of my alltime favorite songs.

[@CorinneDavis-g3c]

That was a day. People in the US don’t even know how that epic it was. I kinda broke down that day.

[@briansnider1235]

i remember the scenes on the news of the wall coming down.... people sledgehammering sections.... and the hope that everyone had in their heart that freedom was coming to millions. And largely it has... in germany poland etc.

[@mimmi-und-manni5253]

I was there that day, 1990. from the west side, we carried ppls up the walll , across the wall. loved your touch on this vid. the feeling I had and many had, f u for seperating us. we killed that wall.. some took advantage but imho thats how it should be. never get seperated likr that. liberty costs so much. glad Im still alive. I was a soldier then..

[@PatrickBrad-p1v]

I hooked up with a girl from Breman Germany back just after the wall fell while I was living in Miami... I was playing this song and we ended up on the beach for a week... Amazing time to be alive...