Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser . It is about the wind of change blowing all over the world such as the fall of the Soviet Union, and close to home, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the future dreams of other world events like democracy coming to apartheid South Africa and many other nations, from the stranglehold of stronger powers. Wind of Change became an unofficial anthem for the end of the Cold War. Watch fullscreen. Now the song is set to become a musical. The "Wind of Change" that was blowing was the fall of the Soviet Union, which is what the song is about, but when the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, the song became the unofficial anthem for the German Reunification, an event that politically lasted from the fall Wall to the official reunification on October 3, 1990 (The Scorpions are a German band). During the first 1 minute and 50 seconds you’ll hear intro music and read stark statistics about the length of the Wall, the number of watchtowers, the length of other fencing, etc. For You Explore. Wind of Change Soul Music Series 28 The story of how German rock band Scorpions’ 1990s power ballad became an anthem for the end of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Wind of change - Berlín Wall. The Scorpions never imagined that their song Wind of Change would become the unofficial anthem of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Three months before the Berlin Wall fell, some of the biggest hard rock bands in the world, escorted by Soviet soldiers and KGB agents, took a boat ride down the Moskva River. The show was held in Berlin on 21 July 1990, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier. All recent searches will be deleted. It refer to the political situation in Russia but it will be later used as an hymn of the Berlin's wall. Log in. The Wall – Live in Berlin was a live concert performance by Roger Waters and numerous guest artists, of the Pink Floyd studio album The Wall, itself largely written by Waters during his time with the band. Scorpions’ ‘Wind of Change’: The Oral History of 1990’s Epic Power Ballad How the German hard rockers’ whistle-along hit became an anthem for the end of the Cold War Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on 13 August 1961.The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin. The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˈliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ] ()) was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Wind of Change became an unofficial anthem for the end of the Cold War. "Wind Of Change" did not become a hit until 1991. Wind of (off-key) change hits Berlin Wall For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. The link between this song and the fall of communism is not immediately obvious. The lyrics celebrate the political changes in Eastern Europe at that time – such as the Polish Round Table Agreement and fall of the Berlin Wall, the increasing freedom in the communist bloc (which soon led to the fall of the USSR), and the clearly imminent end of the Cold War. It also says in the song "An August summer night Soldiers passing by" & I know the Berlin Wall went up August 1961. Do you want to remove all your recent searches? No one had any idea that the Berlin wall would come down only a few months later. But then the lyrics begin and so do the images. In 1990, the Scorpions released Wind of Change, a power ballad celebrating glasnost, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the wave of political liberalism that swept through Europe in the late 1980s. This ballad was also written in Spanish and Russian. of the "Cold War"...or both? Kinda emo lol. The video shows a LOT of footage of soldiers & @ the end reads October 13th 1989 ( I think ) at the bottom & there's a simulation of a wall falling & family members embracing. Wind of change - Berlín Wall-+ Dailymotion. The "Wind of Change" that was blowing was the fall of the Soviet Union, which is what the song is about, but when the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, the song became the unofficial anthem for the German Reunification, an event that politically lasted from the fall Wall to the official reunification on October 3, 1990 (The Scorpions are a German band). "Wind of Change" rose to be the unofficial theme song of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, late in the summer of 1989. In 1990, the Scorpions released Wind of Change, a power ballad celebrating glasnost, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the wave of political liberalism that swept through Europe in the late 1980s. Scorpions - Wind of Change While the song celebrated 'Glasnost', then-USSR's decision to improve government transparency, the German classic rock band's iconic song is best known for the footage of the Berlin wall collapsing at the end, symbolising the moment when history was created.