Not sure how you missed the biggest export out of Germany in the past 100 yrs. They formed in the 60s and the biggest band to ever come out of Germany. You have to remember they grew up in the early days of a divided Berlin. The had minor hits in the late 70s. There biggest hit Rock You like a Hurricane propelled them to international stardom
I'll never forget that day the people tore down that awful wall and the two sides were reunited. Even the East German guards were caught up in the intensity and joy of that moment. My mom and I were sobbing. ❤ And the Scorpions? Love them!
I agree with you that this is the best group from Germany, at least in my 70+ yrs. But to call them the greatest German export in a hundred years may be gilding the lily just a bit! 😅 Audi, Mercedes, Porche, Adidas, Puma, BMW, VW, Siemens, Hugo Boss.....?
@@allenruss2976 My dad had an Audi in the early 70s and it was always in the shop. I think he would've been stoked to just fill the damn thing with dynamite and light it up. 🤣 It was all Datsuns / Nissans from there on out.
@@MearasRex in 2009 I took my Audi to the dealership as was and traded in on a Toyota. Interesting fact about Hugo Boss. They designed and supplied the WW2 German uniforms. Can't fault them. Say no and die. Say no and hundreds of employees are jobless in a rotten economy. The average citizen was as appalled as we were with what was going on and doing the best they could. No sense penalizing and destroying them.
I think it was 1978 when I seen Scorpions on their first American tour as a guest band for Ted Nugent, along with Blackfoot. Scorpions exploded on that tour and has been making great music ever since.
Scorpions are a German band. The Berlin Wall was a huge part of history for anyone that lived through the rise and fall of that wall. My parents were born in Germany. I remember, as a kid, sitting with my parents, watching the Berlin Wall coming down on live TV. This immensely impacted my political and worldviews. The song itself covers the Berlin Wall and other events that you mentioned like Tiananmen square. Events like these are the Winds of Change for humanity.
The lyrics are mostly about locations in Moscow. The Berlin Wall was one of many events around the fall of communism. Humanity was able to reunite on a massive level during a period of just a couple of years 1989-1991.
The video for the song now came out well after the song since the song came out before the fall of the wall. It talks about stuff that lead up to the fall, but they didnt know yet that within about a year so much more would happen.
My dad was serving in the British Army in Berlin in 1961 when the Wall went up. I was Serving in the British Army in Berlin when the wall came down in 1989.
well it does. by any account: life expactancy rising. happiness rising. wars still going down, also if it seems different in the media. more education, 87% of installed energy in 2023 is regenerative,................
The RRHF is a joke, designed to bring tourists to Cleveland. Nightwish isn't in there, either. European bands (never mind the rest of the planet not being represented, either).
They're a German band singing what became the unofficial anthem of German reunification. No one who was alive when these events happened can help but be moved by this song.
I was about 20 years old when this came out. After growing up waiting for the missiles to launch in the Cold War, the Wall falling, and the fall of the Soviet Union was quite an event.
Not a mediocre song among them. I heard this song before ever seeing a video and didn't really try to find the message. I'm a music person more than into the lyrics. Although many times the words do "speak" to me. But first I have to like the music. It has to be "pretty". I'm hard rock,heavy metal all the way, but "pretty". Take a listen to Ronnie James Dio.
He wrote this song inspired by being in Moscow performing one of or the first rock concert in Russia before the Berlín wall fell, feeling the two sides comming together. They are a german band. Follow the mosqua (river in Moscow) down to gorky park, was him going for a walk and being inspired by "the wind of change" as he felt that humanity was comming together and the cold war was ending. I saw the documentary about it. We should really learn something from our past. I can't believe it's 2024 and wars are still going on!
I used to be able to whistle like that. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s everyone used to whistle. And if you spent 12 hours plus a day on a tractor you had plenty of time to practice. 😂
I had a roommate when I was younger that could whistle all kinds of songs and it sounded perfect. He used to do this song, and "Somewhere over the Rainbow", and "Simple Man" the best, but did alot of others too.
Good thing that I'm about your age because I'm pretty sure they have a whistling part in the Karate Kid in the background music and the Rammstein song I think you're talking about is "Engel" from their first album. The Scorpions had a lot of hits. My mother was a huge fan of them, which is why I know their stuff. I had my lighter up in the air for this reaction. Kept it old school, no phone light. You'll enjoy the rest of their music. Thanks for the content.
I was on a European bus tour in 1991 a few months after this song came out. As we drove over what used to be the boarder in Berlin, they blasted this song and we all sang. What an emotional moment. Cheers from Canada.
Song came out 2 years before that, so couldnt have been a few months. The wall didnt fall for quite a while still when this song came out, it was only retroactively deemed to be about the fall of the wall.
As a Cold War veteran like your father, this song brings up so many feelings to me. I wasn’t stationed in Germany but did spend 30 days there for a Reforger in the 80’s. I don’t really care what the actual meaning of this song is supposed to be, for me it’s about all the change that we all were looking forward to which really got into full motion the the Berlin Wall came down. Things were supposed to be so much better and they were for awhile but we have screwed things up again. I feel pride for my very small part in helping this change start, but a lot of sadness to see where we are today. I hope this song touches you and others so that maybe we can get back on track again.
This song encapsulated so well the feeling that every generation that came of age in the shadow of the cold war. The hope that never dies for an age of peace and love.
Can’t watch this without crying. Still. Little older than you BP, remember watching the wall falling. History in front of our eyes. Watching Reagan, Pope John Paul 2, and Gorbachev working together to take down USSR. Reagan, speech at the wall “ Gorbachov, tear down this wall!” Making nuclear bomb shelters in the late 80s! Now, this generation shouts for socialism and communism. So many died, sacrificed, people used and separated from family in Germany. USSR brutal to it’s own people. Poland was under brutal communism. For them to not know what it took to bring about the collapse is USSR! People were crying for freedom! The relief after this so palpable throughout the world!
Scorpions sang this song at the Moscow peace concert in the late 1980s before the 1990s moscow concert with metallica and others. The ussr was in its last years before all the countries became independent states and the borders came down.
Scorpions are from Hanover, Germany in the north. They were 70's, 80's, & 90's. You should do a reaction of Still Loving You. Klaus, lead singer, is a classically trained singer so his vocals are among the best ever in the rock genre.
Klaus Meine wrote the song in 1989 while visiting the USSR for the Moscow Music Peace Festival. It captures the feeling everyone had, at the time. Hopefull for a better future, but also melancholic. It was released in 1990 on the album Crazy World. There was a russian language version, too. One has to remember that while the USSR dissolved in 1991, after the failed soviet coup d'état, it was not a done deal. In 1993 a short war between the president and the house of soviets errupted, which lead to combat in the capital, with at least 147 dead. Scorpions sold over 100 million records. They are the biggest local german band, ever.
Klaus Meine, one of the top 5 best voices in rock history, IMO. Dude can sing! And he can still sing to this day. The group was formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolph Schenker, however, they're music didn't really take off until the 1980's, with hit after hit on all 7 of their albums. And yes, bro, if you want to take a trip into musical fantasy, you need to check out "Send Me An Angel" along with all their other hits. If you do, just make sure it's a live version. They are better live than the studio tracks.
I'll always remember a young Polish woman cry deep,heavy tears when she watched this clip... It hit her hard,so it hit me hard. Song of a moment that is eternal.
This song always brings tears to my eyes. I was in high school when the wall fell. I was friends with a German exchange student. She was at my home visiting when the tv broke the news of the wall. We cheered and cried together. I always think of Katja when I hear this song. There was a BIG hope for peace and it truly felt like a positive change was happening. Sadly, it wasn't true,..
This song is just pure history, and you can relate to it 30+ years later. Klaus Meine is still a great singer today. One of the most known songs by The Scorpions is Still Loving You. Glad you reacted to them, and please, consider to watching to other European bands (like Running Wild, Crematory, Hanoi Rocks, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Rhapsody / Rhapsody of Fire... The whistle in Rammstein is in the song Engel and it's performed by Richard Kruspe (one of the two guitarrists)
Was für ein wahnsinnigen Song... Ich bin 1985 geboren, ich habe diese Veränderung als kleiner Junge in Westdeutschland erlebt. Ich habe gefühlt, dass da etwas grosses passiert. Dieses Lied erinnert an die Zeit, an den kalten Krieg, an den Frieden. Gerade in der jetzigen Zeit ist dieses Lied so bedeutsam um zu zeigen, wie weit wir waren und wie jahrzehntelange Konflikte friedlich beendet werden können. Ich spiele dieses Lied meinem Sohn vor, erkläre ihm was vor 35 jahren passiert ist und auch er versteht und spürt mit seinen 12 Jahren diese tiefe Bedeutung des Liedes...Die Scorpions haben die Hymne des Friedens und der Menschlichkeit überhaupt gebracht. Diese Band ist unglaublich! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
The whisle is the hook of the song. As far as i know the song was written in 1989, when there was hope that the Berlin wall would fall and times were changing.
I was in 10th grade German class when Berlin Wall came down. I was so emotional when it finally came down!! When this song came out, it struck a chord with me. It meant so much.
This somg has been on my forever Playlist . In the song he talks about theier boat trip down the Moskva River down to Gorky Park. The song encompasses the fall of the Iron Curtin. The fall of the Berlin Wall and feeling of the Winds Of Change. The backstory on this song is so incredible and inspiring.
"Coffee stain on his head", haha, that was beautiful. This song tends to bring out a lot of emotion for everyone for whatever reasons they feel. Personally, it's close to being a sad rock ballad for me but the drums are enough to give the song energy which also makes me feel like it's a song of hope. A very unique mix of sadness and hope in my opinion.
Oh, YES - that whistle always evokes strong nostalgic feelings in me as well... like, it somehow encompasses a whole zeitgeist all on its own, that everyone was feeling at that time. So its a classic for that alone, which is - as you say - kinda shocking how fast it just 'gets you', ya know?
Ever noticed the iconic song that last for decade's All about despair but give hope for the future Wether it's war love or plant Yep grew up with this and soon as hear whistle you instantly know it Very smart wasn't anything like it at the time Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
The song was written before the wall fell, the video came after (but it was all right around that time). It was inspired by their first show in the Soviet Union, and the overwhelming response from fans there. It was in the time leading up to the collapse of the USSR, tensions were running high, but restrictions were getting more lax, so there was ominous, yet optimistic feeling all around. The song captured that feeling perfectly. Everyone at the time really resonated with this song, and the haunting whistle is a pretty good opening hook. It's hard to wrap your head around just how popular this song was at the time. My local radio station must've played it 10 times a day, which was unheard of before station consolidation... now all they do is play the same 20 songs on endless repeat, lol. But back then, that kind of repetition was nuts.
I grew up in the 80's in the USSR. Scorpions was one of the most popular bands in the USSR and this song was one of the most popular songs. Everyone in the Soviet Union knew this song. It was such a huge hit. This song is about the fall of the Communist block (many countries, Eastern Europe in general). The song is from 1990. Their other most popular hit was "Still Loving You".
My favorite from them is “The zoo” They have several great songs. I love that you said “we” retired and moved to Colorado. My son in law is in his 10th year in the Air Force. The first 4 years my daughter lived in Germany on base with him then McGuire Afb in New Jersey where they started their family. They are currently in Spain for 2 years. The families of those in the military are serving as well. Thank you to all of our troops and their families for your service ❤🇺🇸
Yes, families do serve! My dad was a US Navy aviator for 27 years. We moved every 3 years and sent him off to war (Vietnam) 3 times. I can usually spot a military brat. We are the ones that make friends quickly, but don't get too close, because we are gone just as quick. But, we are the first to stand and put our hands over our hearts for the National Anthem.
As a German being born in 1971 I will ever forget the time when I heard, that the wall came down. Probably one of the most emotional moments ever. The song wasn't written for that historic moment but became the unofficial hymn for the fall of the iron curtain. And as I am living in Hannover for nearly 35 years, I of course feel especially connected to this Hannover band.
Hi! For me this is an old worn out song that I don't really want to hear anymore. But seeing someone like you, who's never heard it before, react to it and realize what it's about is so nice and makes it even more special again.😉(I was born in 1969 in Germany). ✌
Regarding being lied to - try listening to the people from the region (I’m polish). The fall of the Berlin WAS a good thing. I was a small kid back then but the feeling of excitement was palpable during those years. The world was opening up, and it was awesome. We really did feel like children of tomorrow.
I'm offended that the subtitles say, "Nostalgic whistling." LOL The Scorpions first formed in 1965. My platoon sergeant kept a piece of the Berlin wall on his desk. He was in an infantry unit in Germany when the wall was torn down. Music had a huge impact on the fall of the Soviet Union. Moskva is a river in Moscow. Meine wrote this song after the band performed at the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989.
"Wind of Change" was our unofficial hymn at that time. It came out just at the right time. I remember the day when they announced that the Berlin wall fell. I lived in Bavaria, far away from Berlin, but we had relatives that lived in East Germany. We couldn't believe it. It happened so suddenly and fast.
Amazing lung capacity. I wish I could whistle like that for that long. This song made such an impact when the Berlin Wall came down. This was their final hit when power ballads were still at their peak on the radio.
These guys were German. The singer's name is Klaus Meine. I saw them when they toured to support this album. I was a freshman in high school. Our school song was Rock You Like a Hurricane" which was also by the Scorpions. This song is so powerful. It's songs like this, Beds are Burning (by Midnight Oil), and Right Here Right Now (Jesus Jones) that turned me on to the fact that history was being made around me. The fall of the USSR and the hope of ending the fear of nuclear war was powerful. It was why I studied political science. Sadly, it is my professional opinion that we have squandered the moment and history may well remember this as a brief window of optimism rather than an actual paradigm shift. The guitar player Rudolf Schenker started the band. He's an amazing guitar player.
it hits you because it like any other sound is a frequency that you your body tunes into...different frequencies have different affects on you, they can even heal you...felt good for a reason
You must also hear their song called "The Zoo". The Visualizer version is the official audio. The live versions are for those who have heard the song before, so choose the Visualizer version.
Back in the 60's and 70's if you were a Big Popular Group you could very well still be Popular many Decades later and today! The Band Scorpions started in 1965!
The Scorpios is the Badest Band EVER!!! "We'll Burn The Sky" and its story behind it are ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ❤🔥🔥 ❤🔥 🔥 They have a multitude of great songs!
Yes, this song/album came out in like 1990/91...somewhere along in there, and yes, this song is about the massive changes going on in the world in the late 80s/early 90s with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block/Warsaw Pact. As you probably remember, the aftermath of all that was pretty dynamic and crazy. We Americans were really spared a lot of turmoil that both Europe and the former Soviet Republics had to endure for the better part of the 90s. And we're still seeing the aftermath of all that with this current Ukraine War. But when this song came out, by the German band, The Scorpions, it hit like a ton of bricks and it spoke to a lot of people at that time. The world thought that we could finally be at peace after the Soviet Union and their brand of Communism fell, but alas, these bloody Commies are still fighting for their Unicorn-inspired Utopia. Oh, you asked what the Moskva was? Well, it translates to Moscow, however it was the name of flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was a guided missile battle cruiser, and the Ukrainians sunk it back in April 2022. Largest warship lost in combat since WWII.
The winds change and move the sands of time creating either dunes or oases. The changes are not made for us, but are influenced by us, and we must understand the changes to be in the right place at the right time to overcome and survive our own pseudoconfidence of existence.
Gorky Park by German band The Scorpions 1991 - The whistle is relevant but you're watching decades later it matters to all things life changing. Gorky Park was where he cold war spies met
Wikipedia-Wind of Change" is a song by West German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album Crazy World (1990). A power ballad, it was composed and written by the band's lead singer Klaus Meine and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. The lyrics were composed by Meine following the band's visit to the Soviet Union at the height of perestroika, when the enmity between the communist and capitalist blocs subsided concurrently with the promulgation of large-scale socioeconomic reforms in the Soviet Union.
A whistle means a person is happy, care-free just plain enjoying life or that moment in time. Yet behind the whistle you have unspeakable human tragedies playing out, thus the whistle becomes haunting and plays on your emotions in a different way. Put shortly it's a mindf**k, what you should be seeing you're not and alters your perception of a whistle. Great reaction BP
This song actually isnt about the Berlin Wall falling since it came out before it, but its about the things that lead up to the wall coming down. The video it now sports was made years later.
Likely considering that rammstein wasn't formed until 1994 which is 3 years after this song came out. But fun fact if i remember correctly rammstein formed in Berlin. Definitely came after the scorpions who formed in 1965. This is my favorite scorpions song. Also scorpions have so many banger songs too definitely a great rabbit hole to go down.
You sir are the beat reaction channel on the youtubes. Love your work, especially when you introduce the classics to the young artists you work with, keep up the great work of keeping classic music alive. Your next Scorpions song should be Hurricaine.
None of the band spoke English.Impressive!!Some years after a band member,can't recall who,lives in Cali and learned English.My nephew had4years German in Lex,KY and 3more at McAllister College, St.Paul. Says the basic are easy but really difficult that 3rd year College.Sorry I'm going astray. Appreciate and dig the vibe of the channel.
Not a bad one but they have much better songs.. Still Loving You, Blackout and Rock You like a Hurricane are really worth checking out. This came out six yrs after karate Kid. It's about the fall of communism
I've watched this video a number of times, but tonight was the first time I saw a Canadian flag, where the flags were at the end, when you mentioned being in Germany when the wall came down. As you might guess "I am Canadian" 🇨🇦
I heard this piece in 93. When I was sitting next to Father in the car. I was 5 years old. Since then, this song and the associations with it have never gone away, as much as this song can capture the soul.
“Still loving you” is a great track. So is “The Zoo, Rock you like a Hurricane, No one like you, Tease me Please Me, Rhythm of love or I can’t explain, which is my favorite song from them.) BP have fun with those song titles. 😂
I've been into this band since I was 8 years old in 1970. They came out in 1965. They are by far one of the greatest bands live and in studio ever. People are already mentioning a lot of the other great songs. I could name them forever. One i've not seen anybody react to is called send me an angel
The Scorpions are from the 80s. I remember when this song was released and it touched so many people's heart! I would venture to say none more than the families that were reunited when the wall fell.
Not sure how you missed the biggest export out of Germany in the past 100 yrs. They formed in the 60s and the biggest band to ever come out of Germany. You have to remember they grew up in the early days of a divided Berlin. The had minor hits in the late 70s. There biggest hit Rock You like a Hurricane propelled them to international stardom
I'll never forget that day the people tore down that awful wall and the two sides were reunited. Even the East German guards were caught up in the intensity and joy of that moment. My mom and I were sobbing. ❤ And the Scorpions? Love them!
I agree with you that this is the best group from Germany, at least in my 70+ yrs. But to call them the greatest German export in a hundred years may be gilding the lily just a bit! 😅 Audi, Mercedes, Porche, Adidas, Puma, BMW, VW, Siemens, Hugo Boss.....?
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 definitely better than Audi or Mercedes. Have you ever worked on them. Never again
@@allenruss2976 My dad had an Audi in the early 70s and it was always in the shop. I think he would've been stoked to just fill the damn thing with dynamite and light it up. 🤣 It was all Datsuns / Nissans from there on out.
@@MearasRex in 2009 I took my Audi to the dealership as was and traded in on a Toyota. Interesting fact about Hugo Boss. They designed and supplied the WW2 German uniforms. Can't fault them. Say no and die. Say no and hundreds of employees are jobless in a rotten economy. The average citizen was as appalled as we were with what was going on and doing the best they could. No sense penalizing and destroying them.
ANOTHER GREAT SONG!!! ❤ Send Me An Angel is definitely one of my favorites of theirs! 💙😇 🤍PLEASE do that one next!!! 🙏🏼
I think it was 1978 when I seen Scorpions on their first American tour as a guest band for Ted Nugent, along with Blackfoot. Scorpions exploded on that tour and has been making great music ever since.
I saw that tour. Fantastic
I saw that tour in Phx
This song always give me goosebumps ❤
Same, head to toe
Meeeee toooo ! It’s perfect fir the subject I could cry I have goose bumps also
Scorpions are a German band. The Berlin Wall was a huge part of history for anyone that lived through the rise and fall of that wall. My parents were born in Germany. I remember, as a kid, sitting with my parents, watching the Berlin Wall coming down on live TV. This immensely impacted my political and worldviews. The song itself covers the Berlin Wall and other events that you mentioned like Tiananmen square. Events like these are the Winds of Change for humanity.
Exactly! The start of unity for east and west Berlin to become one!
The lyrics are mostly about locations in Moscow. The Berlin Wall was one of many events around the fall of communism. Humanity was able to reunite on a massive level during a period of just a couple of years 1989-1991.
well said!
The video for the song now came out well after the song since the song came out before the fall of the wall. It talks about stuff that lead up to the fall, but they didnt know yet that within about a year so much more would happen.
My dad was serving in the British Army in Berlin in 1961 when the Wall went up. I was Serving in the British Army in Berlin when the wall came down in 1989.
A song from a time where we all thought the world was finally changing for the better.
It did for a while, but humans tend to forget things far too fast.
And here we are 😢
Yup. I had just been sent to Germany when the Wall came down--and this was the anthem.
Ain't that the truth. Still no peace. 😢
well it does. by any account: life expactancy rising. happiness rising. wars still going down, also if it seems different in the media. more education, 87% of installed energy in 2023 is regenerative,................
It is pure criminal that the Scorpions are NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! So effed up!
The RRHF is a joke, designed to bring tourists to Cleveland. Nightwish isn't in there, either. European bands (never mind the rest of the planet not being represented, either).
I agree. This song stands at #1 for me, and I think it always will. And I'm OLD, lol!
@@sandikorevaar4743 yes, you should also listen Still Loving You and Send Me An Angel....
Wait wtf how are they not??? It's literally the fuckin Scorpions dude
I agree!
They're a German band singing what became the unofficial anthem of German reunification. No one who was alive when these events happened can help but be moved by this song.
I can't listen without literally tearing up.
@@Ontheroxxwithsalt Same.
I was about 20 years old when this came out. After growing up waiting for the missiles to launch in the Cold War, the Wall falling, and the fall of the Soviet Union was quite an event.
Same. The wall came down the tear after I left Germany. I cry every time I hear the song.
Tears every time.
Scorpions - No One Like You - Rock you like a Hurricane - The Zoo - Big City Nights - Still Loving You - Send me an Angel
Scorpions were my favorite band in high school. Still AWESOME!
All great songs!
Holiday
Not a mediocre song among them. I heard this song before ever seeing a video and didn't really try to find the message. I'm a music person more than into the lyrics. Although many times the words do "speak" to me. But first I have to like the music. It has to be "pretty". I'm hard rock,heavy metal all the way, but "pretty". Take a listen to Ronnie James Dio.
Yes! Still loving you is such a good song❤ i forgot all about it
Still Loving You is probably my favorite Scorpion song! You need to check that one out! ❤
Same
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That is probably on my top 10 list of favorite songs of all time and that's a deferisfied list of genres
Awesomesauce
Indeed!
He wrote this song inspired by being in Moscow performing one of or the first rock concert in Russia before the Berlín wall fell, feeling the two sides comming together. They are a german band. Follow the mosqua (river in Moscow) down to gorky park, was him going for a walk and being inspired by "the wind of change" as he felt that humanity was comming together and the cold war was ending. I saw the documentary about it. We should really learn something from our past. I can't believe it's 2024 and wars are still going on!
Yes THIS!
This was so moving during the fall of the Berlin wall. East and West was finally able to embrace. Man, such a strong memory.
I tried to explain the feeling to young people. Could not come up with anything better than "it was a really big thing, believe me" 😄
I remember it too. It's so hard to explain, but it was powerful. Sadly, we've squandered it.
We are about to become what Germany was back then. Our country has no more patriotism and we have been invaded by people who hate America.
The song was released 2 years after the wall came down
Klaus has one of the greatest rock voices ever. Love Scorpions. Love FUQ Boyz reactions.
What's insane is that a human can whistle so perfectly...
Yes Ilse Werner😊
I can do it
The theme is completely different, but: "Focus - Hocus Pocus"
I used to be able to whistle like that. Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s everyone used to whistle. And if you spent 12 hours plus a day on a tractor you had plenty of time to practice. 😂
I had a roommate when I was younger that could whistle all kinds of songs and it sounded perfect. He used to do this song, and "Somewhere over the Rainbow", and "Simple Man" the best, but did alot of others too.
The whistle is the lead singer. He does it in concert and the crowd goes crazy!!!
One of their most famous songs is rock you like a hurricane. You will definitely recognize that song.
That was the first rock rift I learned on guitar using power chords after the obligatory 0-3-5 Smoke on the Water rift.
Good thing that I'm about your age because I'm pretty sure they have a whistling part in the Karate Kid in the background music and the Rammstein song I think you're talking about is "Engel" from their first album. The Scorpions had a lot of hits. My mother was a huge fan of them, which is why I know their stuff. I had my lighter up in the air for this reaction. Kept it old school, no phone light. You'll enjoy the rest of their music. Thanks for the content.
Yes, but surely the best song for hearing whistling must be Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry Be Happy. 😂
Engel is from their second album, but yes, that's the one.
I was on a European bus tour in 1991 a few months after this song came out. As we drove over what used to be the boarder in Berlin, they blasted this song and we all sang. What an emotional moment. Cheers from Canada.
Song came out 2 years before that, so couldnt have been a few months. The wall didnt fall for quite a while still when this song came out, it was only retroactively deemed to be about the fall of the wall.
As a Cold War veteran like your father, this song brings up so many feelings to me. I wasn’t stationed in Germany but did spend 30 days there for a Reforger in the 80’s. I don’t really care what the actual meaning of this song is supposed to be, for me it’s about all the change that we all were looking forward to which really got into full motion the the Berlin Wall came down. Things were supposed to be so much better and they were for awhile but we have screwed things up again. I feel pride for my very small part in helping this change start, but a lot of sadness to see where we are today. I hope this song touches you and others so that maybe we can get back on track again.
We need to clear out the millions who have no love for this country.
This song encapsulated so well the feeling that every generation that came of age in the shadow of the cold war. The hope that never dies for an age of peace and love.
Can’t watch this without crying. Still. Little older than you BP, remember watching the wall falling. History in front of our eyes. Watching Reagan, Pope John Paul 2, and Gorbachev working together to take down USSR. Reagan, speech at the wall “ Gorbachov, tear down this wall!” Making nuclear bomb shelters in the late 80s! Now, this generation shouts for socialism and communism. So many died, sacrificed, people used and separated from family in Germany. USSR brutal to it’s own people. Poland was under brutal communism. For them to not know what it took to bring about the collapse is USSR! People were crying for freedom! The relief after this so palpable throughout the world!
Scorpions sang this song at the Moscow peace concert in the late 1980s before the 1990s moscow concert with metallica and others. The ussr was in its last years before all the countries became independent states and the borders came down.
And now we are back where we started.. only worse..
Still Loving You is an iconic song by The Scorpions. ❤
It was a good 35 years, now the wind have chanced again.
Yes is changing again for communism and the worst.
Because Satan stirred it all up. They're trying to make the country marxist. 😭😠
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Ain't that the truth.
😢 true...
Amazing track!
Wind of Change is not just a song. It is a solid pillar of hope and love for humanity... and it applies to all eras, not just the 90's.
Scorpions are from Hanover, Germany in the north. They were 70's, 80's, & 90's. You should do a reaction of Still Loving You. Klaus, lead singer, is a classically trained singer so his vocals are among the best ever in the rock genre.
Klaus Meine wrote the song in 1989 while visiting the USSR for the Moscow Music Peace Festival. It captures the feeling everyone had, at the time. Hopefull for a better future, but also melancholic. It was released in 1990 on the album Crazy World.
There was a russian language version, too.
One has to remember that while the USSR dissolved in 1991, after the failed soviet coup d'état, it was not a done deal. In 1993 a short war between the president and the house of soviets errupted, which lead to combat in the capital, with at least 147 dead.
Scorpions sold over 100 million records. They are the biggest local german band, ever.
They formed in 1965, but they were most popular from 1978-1992.
they will be one of the headliners this year at the Wacken Openair. they are the great grandfathers of Rochester but still can rock a stage.
Klaus Meine, one of the top 5 best voices in rock history, IMO. Dude can sing! And he can still sing to this day. The group was formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolph Schenker, however, they're music didn't really take off until the 1980's, with hit after hit on all 7 of their albums. And yes, bro, if you want to take a trip into musical fantasy, you need to check out "Send Me An Angel" along with all their other hits. If you do, just make sure it's a live version. They are better live than the studio tracks.
I'll always remember a young Polish woman cry deep,heavy tears when she watched this clip...
It hit her hard,so it hit me hard.
Song of a moment that is eternal.
This song always brings tears to my eyes. I was in high school when the wall fell. I was friends with a German exchange student. She was at my home visiting when the tv broke the news of the wall. We cheered and cried together. I always think of Katja when I hear this song. There was a BIG hope for peace and it truly felt like a positive change was happening. Sadly, it wasn't true,..
This song is just pure history, and you can relate to it 30+ years later. Klaus Meine is still a great singer today. One of the most known songs by The Scorpions is Still Loving You. Glad you reacted to them, and please, consider to watching to other European bands (like Running Wild, Crematory, Hanoi Rocks, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Rhapsody / Rhapsody of Fire...
The whistle in Rammstein is in the song Engel and it's performed by Richard Kruspe (one of the two guitarrists)
There's No One Like you... Is a great one by Scorpions!!
Scorpions: Rock you like a Hurricane, Still loving you.
Another really beautiful song of theirs is Still Loving You.
That whistle gets me every time, especially when I’m in the car… pause
It's a tear jerker!
The Scorpions were founded under the name "Nameless" in 1965 in Hannover, Germany.
Their first album as "Scorpions" released in 1972.
Was für ein wahnsinnigen Song... Ich bin 1985 geboren, ich habe diese Veränderung als kleiner Junge in Westdeutschland erlebt. Ich habe gefühlt, dass da etwas grosses passiert. Dieses Lied erinnert an die Zeit, an den kalten Krieg, an den Frieden. Gerade in der jetzigen Zeit ist dieses Lied so bedeutsam um zu zeigen, wie weit wir waren und wie jahrzehntelange Konflikte friedlich beendet werden können. Ich spiele dieses Lied meinem Sohn vor, erkläre ihm was vor 35 jahren passiert ist und auch er versteht und spürt mit seinen 12 Jahren diese tiefe Bedeutung des Liedes...Die Scorpions haben die Hymne des Friedens und der Menschlichkeit überhaupt gebracht. Diese Band ist unglaublich! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Still Loving You will transport you too. His voice is soooo beautiful. And strong
I personally think Send Me An Angel shows off his voice far better, but both are amazing songs.
The whisle is the hook of the song.
As far as i know the song was written in 1989, when there was hope that the Berlin wall would fall and times were changing.
I was in 10th grade German class when Berlin Wall came down. I was so emotional when it finally came down!! When this song came out, it struck a chord with me. It meant so much.
This somg has been on my forever Playlist . In the song he talks about theier boat trip down the Moskva River down to Gorky Park. The song encompasses the fall of the Iron Curtin. The fall of the Berlin Wall and feeling of the Winds Of Change. The backstory on this song is so incredible and inspiring.
8:33 Moskva is a river in Russia and Gorky Park is a park in Moscow. (and Moscow is Moskva in Russian)
"Coffee stain on his head", haha, that was beautiful.
This song tends to bring out a lot of emotion for everyone for whatever reasons they feel.
Personally, it's close to being a sad rock ballad for me but the drums are enough to give the song energy which also makes me feel like it's a song of hope. A very unique mix of sadness and hope in my opinion.
Oh, YES - that whistle always evokes strong nostalgic feelings in me as well... like, it somehow encompasses a whole zeitgeist all on its own, that everyone was feeling at that time. So its a classic for that alone, which is - as you say - kinda shocking how fast it just 'gets you', ya know?
The Zoo, Still Lovin You, Big City Nights, No one like you, rock you like a hurricane..... The Scorpions got the hits!
Ever noticed the iconic song that last for decade's
All about despair but give hope for the future
Wether it's war love or plant
Yep grew up with this and soon as hear whistle you instantly know it
Very smart wasn't anything like it at the time
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
The song was written before the wall fell, the video came after (but it was all right around that time).
It was inspired by their first show in the Soviet Union, and the overwhelming response from fans there. It was in the time leading up to the collapse of the USSR, tensions were running high, but restrictions were getting more lax, so there was ominous, yet optimistic feeling all around. The song captured that feeling perfectly. Everyone at the time really resonated with this song, and the haunting whistle is a pretty good opening hook. It's hard to wrap your head around just how popular this song was at the time. My local radio station must've played it 10 times a day, which was unheard of before station consolidation... now all they do is play the same 20 songs on endless repeat, lol. But back then, that kind of repetition was nuts.
I grew up in the 80's in the USSR. Scorpions was one of the most popular bands in the USSR and this song was one of the most popular songs. Everyone in the Soviet Union knew this song. It was such a huge hit. This song is about the fall of the Communist block (many countries, Eastern Europe in general). The song is from 1990. Their other most popular hit was "Still Loving You".
My favorite from them is “The zoo” They have several great songs.
I love that you said “we” retired and moved to Colorado. My son in law is in his 10th year in the Air Force. The first 4 years my daughter lived in Germany on base with him then McGuire Afb in New Jersey where they started their family. They are currently in Spain for 2 years. The families of those in the military are serving as well. Thank you to all of our troops and their families for your service ❤🇺🇸
Yes, families do serve! My dad was a US Navy aviator for 27 years. We moved every 3 years and sent him off to war (Vietnam) 3 times. I can usually spot a military brat. We are the ones that make friends quickly, but don't get too close, because we are gone just as quick. But, we are the first to stand and put our hands over our hearts for the National Anthem.
As a German being born in 1971 I will ever forget the time when I heard, that the wall came down. Probably one of the most emotional moments ever.
The song wasn't written for that historic moment but became the unofficial hymn for the fall of the iron curtain.
And as I am living in Hannover for nearly 35 years, I of course feel especially connected to this Hannover band.
Hi! For me this is an old worn out song that I don't really want to hear anymore. But seeing someone like you, who's never heard it before, react to it and realize what it's about is so nice and makes it even more special again.😉(I was born in 1969 in Germany). ✌
Regarding being lied to - try listening to the people from the region (I’m polish). The fall of the Berlin WAS a good thing. I was a small kid back then but the feeling of excitement was palpable during those years. The world was opening up, and it was awesome. We really did feel like children of tomorrow.
WHEN THE SMOKE IS GOING DOWN PLEASE.... THAT GUITAR PICKING IS SO DAMN ADDICTED
Another song with iconic whistling in the intro, Civil War - Guns -n- Roses.
Patience...... Guns and Roses Axle whistles too
And “Breakdown”.
@@jennfontan188Exactly... Scorpions got an idea from GNR on PATIENCE... CIVIL WAR came after. But I love the whistle on both and Wind of Change 🤘🏽😎
I'm offended that the subtitles say, "Nostalgic whistling." LOL
The Scorpions first formed in 1965.
My platoon sergeant kept a piece of the Berlin wall on his desk. He was in an infantry unit in Germany when the wall was torn down.
Music had a huge impact on the fall of the Soviet Union.
Moskva is a river in Moscow. Meine wrote this song after the band performed at the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989.
This song never gets old. The video is so powerful. ❤ You need to check out more!
"Wind of Change" was our unofficial hymn at that time. It came out just at the right time. I remember the day when they announced that the Berlin wall fell. I lived in Bavaria, far away from Berlin, but we had relatives that lived in East Germany. We couldn't believe it. It happened so suddenly and fast.
Amazing lung capacity. I wish I could whistle like that for that long. This song made such an impact when the Berlin Wall came down. This was their final hit when power ballads were still at their peak on the radio.
Gives me goosebumps every time!! I have a piece of the wall too.
These guys were German. The singer's name is Klaus Meine. I saw them when they toured to support this album. I was a freshman in high school. Our school song was Rock You Like a Hurricane" which was also by the Scorpions. This song is so powerful. It's songs like this, Beds are Burning (by Midnight Oil), and Right Here Right Now (Jesus Jones) that turned me on to the fact that history was being made around me. The fall of the USSR and the hope of ending the fear of nuclear war was powerful. It was why I studied political science. Sadly, it is my professional opinion that we have squandered the moment and history may well remember this as a brief window of optimism rather than an actual paradigm shift.
The guitar player Rudolf Schenker started the band. He's an amazing guitar player.
Still loving you...Rock you like a hurricane...no one like you...send me an angel....no particular order...thier great.
it hits you because it like any other sound is a frequency that you your body tunes into...different frequencies have different affects on you, they can even heal you...felt good for a reason
You must also hear their song called "The Zoo". The Visualizer version is the official audio. The live versions are for those who have heard the song before, so choose the Visualizer version.
I agree 💯
Scorpions are timeless they started out in 65 and are still around today
Back in the 60's and 70's if you were a Big Popular Group you could very well still be Popular many Decades later and today! The Band Scorpions started in 1965!
Send Me an Angel is beautiful. I love these guys.
"Still Loving You" "Rocked You Like a Hurricane" next two. Both bangers
The whistle is hauntingly beautiful. That's why it's moveing you
Never imagined that this song/video could provoke such confusion in someone.. ..like you're lost in the wilderness
The Scorpios is the Badest Band EVER!!!
"We'll Burn The Sky" and its story behind it are ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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They have a multitude of great songs!
Indeed, my friend. They've lied to us about everything. 🎯
Scorpions
No One Like You
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Still Loving You
Rock you like a hurricane
With Berlin Philharmonic as well. I love that version.
Yes, this song/album came out in like 1990/91...somewhere along in there, and yes, this song is about the massive changes going on in the world in the late 80s/early 90s with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block/Warsaw Pact. As you probably remember, the aftermath of all that was pretty dynamic and crazy. We Americans were really spared a lot of turmoil that both Europe and the former Soviet Republics had to endure for the better part of the 90s. And we're still seeing the aftermath of all that with this current Ukraine War.
But when this song came out, by the German band, The Scorpions, it hit like a ton of bricks and it spoke to a lot of people at that time. The world thought that we could finally be at peace after the Soviet Union and their brand of Communism fell, but alas, these bloody Commies are still fighting for their Unicorn-inspired Utopia.
Oh, you asked what the Moskva was? Well, it translates to Moscow, however it was the name of flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was a guided missile battle cruiser, and the Ukrainians sunk it back in April 2022. Largest warship lost in combat since WWII.
The winds change and move the sands of time creating either dunes or oases.
The changes are not made for us, but are influenced by us, and we must understand the changes to be in the right place at the right time to overcome and survive our own pseudoconfidence of existence.
Gorky Park by German band The Scorpions 1991 - The whistle is relevant but you're watching decades later it matters to all things life changing. Gorky Park was where he cold war spies met
Wikipedia-Wind of Change" is a song by West German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album Crazy World (1990). A power ballad, it was composed and written by the band's lead singer Klaus Meine and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. The lyrics were composed by Meine following the band's visit to the Soviet Union at the height of perestroika, when the enmity between the communist and capitalist blocs subsided concurrently with the promulgation of large-scale socioeconomic reforms in the Soviet Union.
Rock you like a hurricane/ Still loving you/ there's no one like you
Scorpions go back to 1965! Amazing.
one of the best songs ever made!!!!
11:07 Scorpions came out in 1972. Rammstein came out in 1995.
The band actually formed in 1965, they changed their name in 1972.
Both bands are from Germany, the whistle by Rammstein is a nod to Scorpions.
A whistle means a person is happy, care-free just plain enjoying life or that moment in time. Yet behind the whistle you have unspeakable human tragedies playing out, thus the whistle becomes haunting and plays on your emotions in a different way. Put shortly it's a mindf**k, what you should be seeing you're not and alters your perception of a whistle. Great reaction BP
Scorpions are a German band...and yes it had to do with the fall of the Berlin Wall...live in Mannheim, grew up in Minnesota!
This song actually isnt about the Berlin Wall falling since it came out before it, but its about the things that lead up to the wall coming down. The video it now sports was made years later.
Likely considering that rammstein wasn't formed until 1994 which is 3 years after this song came out. But fun fact if i remember correctly rammstein formed in Berlin. Definitely came after the scorpions who formed in 1965. This is my favorite scorpions song. Also scorpions have so many banger songs too definitely a great rabbit hole to go down.
You sir are the beat reaction channel on the youtubes. Love your work, especially when you introduce the classics to the young artists you work with, keep up the great work of keeping classic music alive.
Your next Scorpions song should be Hurricaine.
Grew up listening to this music - Miss it so much in TODAYS music.
Theyve been together since 1964. Longer than a lot of marriages.
This is still one of the most beautiful songs
The scorpions are bad ass. Try their song the zoo.
None of the band spoke English.Impressive!!Some years after a band member,can't recall who,lives in Cali and learned English.My nephew had4years German in Lex,KY and 3more at McAllister College, St.Paul. Says the basic are easy but really difficult that 3rd year College.Sorry I'm going astray. Appreciate and dig the vibe of the channel.
Not a bad one but they have much better songs.. Still Loving You, Blackout and Rock You like a Hurricane are really worth checking out. This came out six yrs after karate Kid. It's about the fall of communism
One of the best bands on the planet.❤
I've watched this video a number of times, but tonight was the first time I saw a Canadian flag, where the flags were at the end, when you mentioned being in Germany when the wall came down. As you might guess "I am Canadian" 🇨🇦
I heard this piece in 93. When I was sitting next to Father in the car. I was 5 years old. Since then, this song and the associations with it have never gone away, as much as this song can capture the soul.
“Still loving you” is a great track. So is “The Zoo, Rock you like a Hurricane, No one like you, Tease me Please Me, Rhythm of love or
I can’t explain, which is my favorite song from them.)
BP have fun with those song titles. 😂
I remember when the wall fell. It was crazy to watch. Beautiful to see.
I've been into this band since I was 8 years old in 1970. They came out in 1965.
They are by far one of the greatest bands live and in studio ever. People are already mentioning a lot of the other great songs. I could name them forever. One i've not seen anybody react to is called send me an angel
The Scorpions are from the 80s. I remember when this song was released and it touched so many people's heart! I would venture to say none more than the families that were reunited when the wall fell.