Wind of Change
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Every
nation has a history; a long journey that allows it and its people to grow up.
Every history has its own bloody pages; ones that people want to erase the most
from the memory. Hence every history has its own glory pages; ones that people
will always cherish as a precious memory. Whether it’s bloody ones or glory
ones, they’ve made people what they are now, and they will always be a reminder
of what they were before and what they’ve been through; The Remembered and The Forgotten.
“The
world is closing in, did you ever think that we could be so close like brothers?
The future’s in the air, I can feel it everywhere, blowing with the wind of
change.” –Scorpions, Wind Of
Change
What
would it be like when a history is written in a form of song? Scorpions’
classic megahit titled “Wind Of Change” is probably the best example of that.
Released as a single on 1991, the power ballad song was written by Scorpions’
vocalist, Klaus Meine. In 1988, Scorpions became the first hard-rock band to
play in Russia, and they returned to Moscow in 1989 to play at the Moscow Music
Peace Festival. At this show, the band were inspired by the sight of thousands
of Russians cheering them on even though they were a German band. In an
interview, Meine said, “Everyone was there: the Red Army, journalists,
musicians from Germany, from America, from Russia-the whole world on one boat.
It was like a vision; everyone was talking the same language. It was a very
positive vibe. That night was the basic inspiration for Wind Of Change.”
“Wind
Of Change” is a kind of message soundtrack to the world’s most peaceful
revolution on earth; that what was stated by Scorpions’ guitarist, Rudolf Schenker.
As stated in Wikipedia, the lyrics celebrate glasnost in the USSR,
the end of the Cold War, and also talk about hope when tense conditions
arose due to the fall of Communist-run governments among Eastern
Bloc nations beginning in 1989. “I
follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park, listening to the wind of change. An
August summer night, soldiers passing by, listening to the wind of change.”
The Moskva is the name of
the river that runs through Moscow (both the city and the river are named
identically in Russian), and Gorky
Park is an amusement park in Moscow named after Maxim Gorky, a
famous communist writer.
“Take me to the magic
of the moment on a glory night, where the children of tomorrow share their
dreams with you and me. Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night,
where the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change.”
It’s a song about hope for a better and peaceful future; a brighter future for
the children and next generation. In order for that to come true, a change is
needed, a very big one; a revolution to end all wars and bring people together
to build the world. “Walking down the
street, distant memories are buried in the past forever.” The war is in the
past already, let it be buried. Let’s face the future while holding hands; a
future where all children can dream freely, far from war.
The
“Wind Of Change” single has sold millions of copies worldwide, making it one of
the best-selling singles of all time. Even until now, it holds the record for
the best-selling single by a German artist, and has become the signature song
of Scorpions. Before being released as a single on 1991, it appeared on the
band’s eleventh studio album titled “Crazy World”, which was released on 1990,
yet it gained a worldwide attention in 1991. Back in 1990, on the band’s very
own homeland, “Wind Of Change” became the unofficial anthem for the German
Reunification; an event that politically lasted from the fall of the Berlin
Wall in 1989 to the official reunification on October 3rd 1990. This song is as
old as I am, yet the feeling of peace and the spirit of freedom are never
fading from it. Fascinating, isn’t it? How a song could depict a history in it.
Indeed, “Wind Of Change” is a very special song, a one-of-a-kind; an
everlasting hits, a masterpiece.
“The
wind of change blows straight into the face of time, like a stormwind that will
ring the freedom bell for peace of mind.” –Scorpions, Wind Of Change
“I
follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park, listening to the wind of change
An
August summer night, soldiers passing by, listening to the wind of change
The
world is closing in, did you ever think that we could be so close like brothers?
The
future’s in the air, I can feel it everywhere, blowing with the wind of change
Take
me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where
the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change
Walking
down the street, distant memories are buried in the past forever
I
follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park, listening to the wind of change
Take
me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where
the children of tomorrow share their dreams with you and me
Take
me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where
the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change
The
wind of change blows straight into the face of time
Like
a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell for peace of mind
Let
your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say”
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