Changing the world with music

ajblakejr

ajblakejr

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Hello

I found myself deep into YOUTUBE while digging up my life of one hit wonders.

It got deep. I was armed with a box of Kleenex and my mouse.

I could not decide if I wanted to start a thread with great groups accompanied by symphonies or music which accompanied social change.

Well, I will just let this thread morph into what it is...

I hope I can count on Texan to tell the story behind the music because I will be wiping my tears away.

Below is the reason for this thread.
It is hauntingly beautiful...
Scorpions - Wind Of Change - Gorbachev 80's Birthday Royal Albert Hall London.mp4 - YouTube
 
texan

texan

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ajblakejr said:
Hello

I found myself deep into YOUTUBE while digging up my life of one hit wonders.

It got deep. I was armed with a box of Kleenex and my mouse.

I could not decide if I wanted to start a thread with great groups accompanied by symphonies or music which accompanied social change.

Well, I will just let this thread morph into what it is...

I hope I can count on Texan to tell the story behind the music because I will be wiping my tears away.

Below is the reason for this thread.
It is hauntingly beautiful...
Scorpions - Wind Of Change - Gorbachev 80's Birthday Royal Albert Hall London.mp4 - YouTube
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It seems to me the story of westerner who has grown up throwing rocks against the Iron Curtain awaking one night while "Following the Moskva Down to Gorky Park" to realize that even the "Soldiers passing by" are just like him. "Like brothers." It was before the Russian Mafia, before the collapse of the Union and Chechnya, before September 11, when it seemed like maybe, just maybe, all the big troubles were about to be solved.

 
texan

texan

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"Wind of Change" is a 1990 power ballad written by Klaus Meine, vocalist of the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It appeared on their 1990 album Crazy World, but did not become a worldwide hit single until 1991, when it topped the charts in Germany and across Europe, and hit #4 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom. It later appeared on the 1995 live album Live Bites, on their 2000 album Moment of Glory, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and on their 2001 unplugged album Acoustica.
The band also recorded a Russian-language version of the song, under the title Ветер перемен (Veter Peremen) and a Spanish version called Vientos de Cambio.
The song is currently the 10th best-selling single of all time in Germany.
Worldwide, this single sold over 19 million copies, making it one of the top fifty best selling singles of all time. The Scorpions hold the record for the best-selling single by a German artist and band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_of_Change_(song)
 
ajblakejr

ajblakejr

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Toby Keith singing "American Soldier" as tribute to US Armed Services with the Boston Pops July 4th Concert 2010.

The faces of our American Soldiers singing along with Toby.
At 6:16, the soldier PROUDLY pointing to the flag of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA on the shoulderof his fatigues.

2010 Toby Keith Tribute.wmv - YouTube
 
texan

texan

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One that has brought tears to my eyes many times. It makes me want to stand at
attention and salute.
 
ajblakejr

ajblakejr

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texan said:
One that has brought tears to my eyes many times. It makes me want to stand at
attention and salute.
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Texan

It is because you are AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Once a soldier, active or retired, VFW or State Side for your tour, always a soldier.

And I will always say THANK YOU to our AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
 
texan

texan

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ajblakejr said:
Texan

It is because you are AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.

Once a soldier, active or retired, VFW or State Side for your tour, always a soldier.

And I will always say THANK YOU to our AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
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Thanks. Always an Airman (Air Force), Marine (Marines), Sailor (Navy), Coast Guard... then us Army
Soldiers. I put all above me, as without each other, we could not do keep the US free. There are those
who argue. Those who not agree. But only force stops evil men.
You can not stop those bent on evil with talk. Ask Israel. If you do not want a world view, only the
police help stop local crime and evil people. It is unfortunate. No town hall meetings, community
organizing will stop evil men and women. Only the potential that you will get caught and
arrested, or get killed stops them.

 
texan

texan

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Janis Joplin became the first woman to breech the barriers of the rising Hard Rock genre which was
dominated by white men.

 

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