SCORPIONS: Winds of Change
Posted on 04/12/2022 3:30:15 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
The end of the Cold War is sometimes dated November 9, 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. To be sure, there were important events leading up to this date, and others following. And, not everything proceeded peacefully.
Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, there were nationalist movements and radical Islamic terrorism within some of Russia’s client states. Then, Russia began to meddle in the affairs of what it considered to be its “near republics.” But, until the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it was thought that these conflicts were departures from an overall trend of reduced violence and increasing standards of living and civil liberties.
Now, we face the prospect of a new cold war.
The following top ten list of popular songs is designed to capture the angst of the (original) cold war period. The countdown reflects, variously, the chronology of the times, and the social impact of the songs....
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Firstbo r I thought I’d as well!
Yeah, I read the list expecting #1 to be “Right Here, Right Now”, and was disappointed.
In Living Color’s “Cult of Personality” could also be on the list.
Best of the bunch:
Revolution, Beatles (1968)
Back in the USSR, Beatles (1968)
Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire (1965)
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall, Bob Dylan (1963)
I grew up during the cold war.
I grew up with this music.
I’m a Vietnam war era veteran
I was crawling around Nukes
when I was 18 years old.
I remember this - the Democrats
stabbed Americans in the back.
They still do and they will continue
to do so.
My favorite of the tunes?
Der Kommissar, Falco.
Too much trouble to get the title right?
I’m a Vietnam war era veteran
I was crawling around Nukes
when I was 18 years old.
Thank you for your selfless and dedicated service defending our Great Republic.
From Planet of the Apes The Musical: Rock Me Dr. Zaius!
To close it out: Jesus Jones “Right Here, Right Now” from 1991.
PINK FLOYD: A Great Day for Freedom Those rockers sure like "freedom," but I think they are as politically naive as any. Sting, for example. Celebrations of weakness and such: they know the class that gives them cash.
Hadn’t heard that in forever.
Thanks!
I was gonna say “war, what is it good for.”
Then maybe the 99 Balloon song.
Yes too much trouble. Especially when I googled "Randy Newman Let's drop the big one" and half the threads came back with exactly that. Some with "Drop the big one" and one of the first page "Let's drop the big one now".
I don't know what the right title is, and don't particularly care. Anyone alive in the 70's knows exactly what I was referring to.
“War, what is it good for”. Is a great song.
But I have to disagree with it’s premise. Sometimes you have to go to war with evil. War is a horrible thing, but so is subjugation by evil.
I’m thankful I’m not growing up in a world dominated by Nazi’s. Instead I’m growing up in a world dominated by idiots. It’s far from perfect but it is a lot better.
Today Biden asked us to imagine a world where the tobacco industry was immune to prostitutes. (sigh)
Scorpions - Wind of Change. about the fall of the Berlin Wall
Marvin Gaye. What’s Going On. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t0xitQKNsQY
File this under GOOD Cold War Music!
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