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The song "Wind of Change" was written and released just months before the Berlin Wall was brought down and became hugely popular throughout the Soviet Union. It was written by lead singer Klaus Meine, who typically never wrote music for the group, and was inspired by a rock festival in Moscow where the band was surrounded by CIA and KGB handlers.
The song was written and released just months before the Berlin Wall was brought down and became hugely popular throughout the Soviet Union.
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The song "Wind of Change" was written and released just months before the Berlin Wall was brought down and became hugely popular throughout the Soviet Union. It was written by lead singer Klaus Meine, who typically never wrote music for the group, and was inspired by a rock festival in Moscow where the band was surrounded by CIA and KGB handlers.
The song was written and released just months before the Berlin Wall was brought down and became hugely popular throughout the Soviet Union.
At the time, a political leaning song was very out of character for Scorpions.
I just picture a bunch of scorpions.
It's not like Jethro Tull.
The Scorpions claim the song was inspired during a rock festival called the Moscow Music Peace Festival, where the bands were surrounded by CIA and KGB handlers.