NEW YEARS SPECIAL! Scorpions "Wind of Change" REACTION & ANALYSIS by Vocal Coach / Opera Singer

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With New Years approaching, I figured we could all use some inspiration. What better way than with Scorpion's classic "Wind of Change"? The origins of this song are wrapped up in so much history between Russia and Germany before the fall of the wall that I urge everyone to go read about it. I am impressed my Scorpions, and cannot wait to not only break this classic down, but hear their new album that releases in 2022!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Scorpions perform "Wind of Change" for the very first time.
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Performed by Scorpions - Words and Music by Klaus Meine
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I definitely recommend watching the original video without interruptions. Here's the link: • Scorpions - Wind Of Ch...
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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[@Qmocean]

I've always loved this song. But 13 years ago I married a Bulgarian girl, who was 12 when the wall came down and 13 when communism fell in her country. This song carries so much more weight with her, than I could ever fathom. She cries tears of joy every time she hears it, regardless of the version. It wasn't just an anthem of German reunification. It was an anthem for an entire generation of kids, teens and young adults who emerged from behind the iron curtain to join the rest of their generation. We in the west have always had the view that we won the cold war, when in fact it was the people living behind the iron curtain who won. And this is their most cherished victory song. I work with 2 German ladies (they didn't know each other before meeting here in Canada 10 years ago) who were in their late teens/early 20s when the wall came down. One grew up in East Germany and the other in West Germany, and they both said they're just like my wife. They can never get to the end of the song without tears. And neither can their husbands.

[@thomasadkins4024]

November 9th, 1989, I came home from work to my father, a ww2 vet, calling me. He said "turn on the TV, now!, the wall is coming down!" I could tell he was crying. I will never forget that

[@matthewgarrison-perkins5377]

We children of the 80's, we FEEL this song. Makes me sad to think how little further we have come since this brief moment of hope.

[@erisen960]

For us (Hungarians) this song means so much. And I think for all the people who lived behind the iron courtain.... (East germans,Czechs,Slovaks,Polish,Romanians,Bulgarians,etc...)

[@vladislavmkrtychev8852]

As a person born in the USSR, this song really did signify so much for all of us. Now, looking at what is going in the world, makes me think all that was for nothing. Instead of getting closer, we are drifting farther apart…

[@cdlaino76]

Klaus Meine of the Scorpions is hands-down one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. Such a beautiful tone and vibrato. His ballads are priceless

[@dxcman1]

For those of us that were alive in this era and understand the meaning of this song.. it is very powerful.

[@chrislenz6634]

I was in the US Navy when the wall came down. I cannot overstate the effect it had on me. All of a sudden, we could go to bed not wondering if the world would be there in the morning. A few years later I was in Europe, everyone was just filled with so much hope for the future, a weight had been lifted and everything was possible. It was amazing. This song brings me right to that moment, where the world was OK for a minute, and we were all one people, filled with the hope of Freedom.

[@DennisfromMunich]

This song lacks the C part "and let your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say" which for me is one of the most striking lines in the song. I still remember when the wall came down and how it felt here in the west of Germany. My dad had this song on cassette tape in the car!

[@MoxieMike66]

I'm a Cold War Vet that was stationed on the E/W German Border in the mid 80's. This song hit me the first time I heard it when the Wall fell. It's personal.

[@Julian-ze4vl]

Elizabeth: "...I'd like this song to be longer."

[@Gregory7518]

The Scorpions are masters of the power ballad. This track has such a deep message and deserves much more recognition than it gets.

[@jbbya6040]

This is definitely a shortened version. There’s normally another section and a guitar solo. I recommend searching out the full version if you haven’t heard it.

[@billboyd9028]

I had the good luck to be stationed in Berlin in 1989 during the time when the Wall came down. This song evokes very strong emotions for many of us who experienced the collapse of the East German regime and joy of the people as friends and relatives from the East poured through the sudden new openings in the Wall. An amazing time and this is an amazing song that captures the mood perfectly. The two songs I always will equate to the Fall of the Wall are this, Wind of Change, and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" which seemed to be playing everywhere in the city at times. Amazing time in history! Thank you for visiting this song!

[@neanight222]

As someone who is from Germany I couldn't believe you had never heard this song, since it's so iconic here. It's played a lot on the radio, even to this day and every single person I know knows the lyrics by heart, no matter how old or young they are. The Scorpions started their career way before I was born, so I grew up with their music. I commented this already on your first analysis of them, but I think you would LOVE "Moment of Glory", the album they made in 2000 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. It's amazing, one of my biggest musical influences of my early childhood and one of my all time favourite albums to this day. 🖤

[@Frankincensedjb123]

If this was in '91, keep in mind that the Berlin Wall came down came down in '89 while the breakup of the Soviet Union was in '91. A very freeing and hopeful time.

[@finalangie562]

“Wind of Change” definitely captures a moment in time. I was stationed in W. Germany during reunification, and hearing this song again puts me right back there. Can’t wait to hear the full reaction.

[@MrNeofita]

I cried when I listened to your reaction to that particular song.

[@user-dj7jq5ir7f]

My experience growing up in W.Germany in the 60s as an army brat, son of an officer who had some privilege, led to my mom and I joining a tour to East Berlin, and I will never forget the crossing of Wall, our bus boarded, window shades all lowered, cameras confiscated, escorted to every destination, constantly under observation, all venues veted in advance,and after the museum visits, seeing the original cast of the play 'Hair', what's states with me to this day is the starkness and suppression of what was and is once again,a beautiful culture and people who have overcome so much it almost defies credulity!