Winds of Change

"Wind of Change" is a power ballad written by Klaus Meine, the lead singer of the German rock band Scorpions. It appeared on their 1990 album Crazy World, but did not become a worldwide hit single until 1991—just after the failed coup that collapsed the Soviet Communist party—when it topped the charts in Germany and across Europe and hit No. 4 in the United States and No. 2 in the United Kingdom.

Follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air
Can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past, forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a storm wind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Art has always been a powerful medium to express cultural discontent and unrest that stirs in the mind and soul until a gradual groundswell of action, reaction, and change begins to transform the landscape of the people and their beliefs.

It happens and is happening all over the world, not just in America.

The desire for freedom is a birthright that has been denied far too long.

The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي‎, ar-rabīˁ al-ˁarabī) is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both non-violent and violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010 and spread throughout the countries of the Arab League and surroundings. 

While the wave of initial revolutions and protests had expired by mid-2012, some refer to the ongoing large-scale conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa as a continuation of the Arab Spring, while others refer to the aftermath of revolutions and civil wars post mid-2012 as the Arab Winter.

By January 2015, rulers had been forced from power.

The protests have shared some techniques of civil resistance in sustained campaigns involving strikes, demonstrations, marches, and rallies, as well as the effective use of social media to organize, 
communicate, and raise awareness in the face of state attempts at repression and Internet censorship.

Many Arab Spring demonstrations have been met with violent responses from authorities, as well as from pro-government militias and counter-demonstrators. These attacks have been answered with violence from protestors in some cases. 

A major slogan of the demonstrators in the Arab world has bee:

Ash-sha`b yurid isqat an-nizam or
"the people want to bring down the regime"


There are literally 21 different types of references to change, including but obviously not limited to:

• I Ching Chinese classic text also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes,

• Impermanence, one of the essential doctrines or three marks of existence in Buddhism

• Menopause, informally described as "the change" or "the change of life"

• Metamorphosis biological change
  

And, while I know hardly anything about those 4 other than the last one was a novel written by Franz Kafka, the change about which I write here would be considered SOCIAL CHANGE. And, I could probably present a fairly good case as to how Kafka's story dealt with social change but let's save that one for another day.

Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change may include changes in nature, social institutions, social behaviors, or social relations. 

Social change is inevitable and actually lays down all the prerequisites for economic growth to take place which in turn causes more social change.

The Scorpion's lyrics in the Wind of Change ballad are profound as they seek and attempt to bond with the children of tomorrow who will share their dreams in creating a better world where the military serves the people rather than the people serving the military. And, even the soldiers know that they will share these winds as they hear their future in the air.

The lyrics speak of a storm wind that will strike people in the face and ring the bell of freedom as this wind surges through the land and throughout the minds and souls of the people. It is a victory that will be yelled and howled out everywhere... and, it will be a magical moment that will bury all memories of the past.

This wind of change is inescapable and will effect everyone all over the world just as the Arab Spring did and all other future events will... the wind is up and about and it is just a matter of time before it reaches you.

It is awful but true that those who have been suppressed by others are the ones whose words of longing and hopefulness are always found in the lyrics of music, poetry, literature, and art; but, there is no artwork created by those who do the suppressing trying to glorify what they are doing.

Perhaps that is why ALL art is so precious and beautiful. 

As an artist of social change myself, I hope there will never be a Wind of Change that blows through to eliminate the creativity of men.