Kisah Dibalik Lagu Wind Of Change Milik Scorpions: Tembang yang Menenangkan Pasca Tembok Berlin Runtuh
SEAToday.com, Berlin – Musik dan politik adalah dua unsur dalam kehidupan yang tak bisa terpisahkan. Salah satunya adalah lagu milik band rock asal Jerman, Scorpions yang merilis lagu “Wind Of Change”, terinspirasi dari gejolak perang dingin Blok Barat dan Blok Timur hingga runtuhnya Tembok Berlin.
Adalah vokalis Scorpions Klaus Meine si pencipta lagu yang mulai merasakan adanya perubahan ketika ia bersama bandnya tampil di sebuah acara musik di Uni Soviet pada Agustus 1989. Kala itu kekuatan reformasi GPD (Glasnots, Perestrioka, Demokrativa) sedang populer di negara yang kini dikenal dengan Rusia.
Scorpions yang berasal dari Jerman mendapat kesempatan tampil di Moscow Music Peace Festival. Padahal tak banyak band dari Eropa Barat boleh manggung di Uni Soviet. Meine pun tertarik untuk mengangkat adanya perubahan politik dunia menjelang tahun 1990.
Puncaknya adalah peristiwa runtuhnya Tembok Berlin yang memisahkan Jerman Barat dan Jerman Timur. Menandakan berakhirnya juga kekuasaan komunis di Eropa Timur yang dipimpin oleh Uni Soviet, perlahan kekuatannya melemah hingga mengalami perpecahan dan terbentuk banyak negara baru.
Lagu “Wind Of Change” Scorpions ditulis dengan lirik yang meneduhkan. Adanya harapan dan perubahan dunia menjadi lebih baik. Tembang yang menenangkan banyak orang saat mendengarkan. Belum lagi ada siulan di awal lagu seperti intro yang langsung membuat mata terbuka diiringi petikan gitar.
“Wind Of Change” menjadi salah satu lagu di album Crazy World. Scorpions yang dikenal sebagai band rock menyajikan musik berbeda di “Wind of Change” yang terdengar seperti pop balada.
Album ini bisa dibilang menjadi salah satu album tersukses Scorpions karena terjual sekitar 14 juta kaset pada waktu itu. Pesan dalam “Wind Of Change” langsung mengena di hati penduduk dunia bahwa jurang perbedaan mulai dihapuskan, saatnya berubah dan bergandengan tangan bersama.
Karena Uni Soviet tak bisa dipisahkan dalam penciptaan lagu “Wind Of Change”, Scorpions akhirnya memutuskan untuk memberikan sumbangan hasil rekaman lagu kepada Mikhail Gorbachev, pemimpin terakhir Uni Soviet. Seperti apa lirik lagu “Wind Of Change”?
I 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 closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close,like brothers
The future's in the air
I 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 fallow 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 stormwind 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.
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