The German band Scorpions already announced in 2022 that they will remove references to Russia from their song Wind of Change.
Klaus Meine considers the atmosphere in Europe rough. PDO
Iltalehti already reported in the summer of 2022 how the German band Scorpions announced that they would change the iconic Wind of Change lyrics of his song. The reason was found in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which is why the band changed their song to a reference to the Moskva river that runs through the capital of Russia, Moscow.
Now the band’s soloist Klaus Meine says in a recent In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine more about his decision to edit the song lyrics.
In the article, he tells how the original idea of the song was a promise of peace between East and West, which was cut short by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
– Hopefully, after the end of the war, we will be able to play a peace concert in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 is one of the turning points in European history. PDO
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The song was originally published in 1991 and is generally perceived to be about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It reflects a new kind of optimism after the end of the Cold War and the fall of communism.
According to Meine, the original idea for the song was born in Russia, so the song is sung “I follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park”, which is directly translated into Finnish “I follow the Moskva River to Gorky Park, listening to the wind of change”.
New words “Now listen to my heart, it says Ukraine” mean in Finnish “I listen to my heart, says Ukraine, waiting for the wind of change”.
So far, there is no updated version of the song from, for example, the music streaming service Spotify. However, it is performed in concerts and was heard for the first time during the band’s US tour.
Meine, the band’s front man, said already in 2019 that the world needs a new one Wind of Change -song, because the general atmosphere in Europe had become rougher in the singer’s opinion.
– The world is changing, but not necessarily only in a positive way, Meine commented to Der Spiegel at the time.
Source: Der Spiegel