Patrick heads to Naples, Florida, to find out why Doc threw a rock festival in Moscow instead of going to prison.MOSCOW, USSR, 1989: Klaus Meine, the lead singer of the Scorpions, has said for 30 years that the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989 inspired him to write “Wind of Change.” Bon Jovi, booze, Ozzy Osbourne, cocaine, fireworks, fist fights, the KGB -- Patrick takes you step by step through the wildest music festival in Russian history. Decades later, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe heard a rumor: the song wasn’t written by the Scorpions. Did the CIA write a power ballad that ended the Cold War? Made for an absolutely enjoyable listen.

I guess I “wanted" or “expected” the ending to be different but realized over a few days that the journey of the story provided more satisfaction than any ending could have.

Good job!As a child of the 80s I loved every minute. “Wind of Change.” An offbeat eight part investigationWind of Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify. I’ll be honest I initially wasn’t happy. Scorpions - Wind of Change with lyrics music by the Scorpions video by derKiller666 lyrics by magistrix I don't want any profit with this video! Such a great script. Among former operatives and leather-clad rockers, from Moscow to Kiev to a GI Joe convention in Ohio, it’s a story about spies doing the unthinkable, about propaganda hidden in pop music, and a maze of government secrets. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions.Thanks for listening to Wind of Change. Wind of Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify.

And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions.It’s 1990.

A heavy metal band from West Germany, the Scorpions, releases a power ballad, “Wind of Change.” The song becomes the soundtrack to the peaceful revolution sweeping Europe — and one of the biggest rock singles ever.

Both episodes are only available exclusively on Spotify.HANOVER, GERMANY, 2020: There is one last person Patrick needs to ask about “Wind of Change.” At a small hotel in sleepy Hanover, Germany, it is time to confront Klaus Meine about his biggest hit.MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 2019: On a boat ride down the Moskva River, Patrick starts to fear that this entire podcast could itself be CIA propaganda. "Wind of Change" is a power ballad by the West German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album, Crazy World (1990). It’s 1990. What A Day—what's happening, why it matters, and what you can do about it.You didn’t scroll all the way down here for nothing.NEW KEEP IT: EUGENE LEVY & CATHERINE O'HARA FROM SCHITT'S CREEK Best of Scorpions: https://goo.gl/dtfDmo Subscribe here: https://goo.gl/jQbFpy Music video by Scorpions performing Wind Of Change. According to some fans, it’s the song that ended the Cold War.Decades later, New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe hears a rumor from a source: the Scorpions didn’t actually write “Wind of Change.” The CIA did.This is Patrick’s journey to find the truth. Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify REMASTERED IN HD! The host weaved a great story. A heavy metal band from West Germany, the Scorpions, releases a power ballad, “Wind of Change.” The song becomes the soundtrack to the peaceful revolution sweeping Europe — and one of the biggest rock singles ever. Highly recommendMy dad loved a shaggy dog — my dad and I see the world really different. A lot of time investment for almost zero payoff - is the joke on me? Plus, a former CIA clandestine officer suggests there may be other musical acts still collaborating with the agency.Very good podcast. But something about the concert doesn’t add up.LENINGRAD, USSR, 1988: Patrick finds another person who has told an eerily similar story about the Scorpions and the CIA. Definition of winds of change : forces that have the power to change things — used generally to mean change is going to happen The winds of change have begun to blow. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. Wind of Change was released a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and became this anthem for the end of communism and reunification of Germany. I repeatedly recommended this podcast to family, friends, and co-workers.

The song was composed and written by the band's lead singer Klaus Meine and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. We’ve made two additional episodes of the show — a pair of stories that we couldn’t fit into the main season of the podcast, but are so wild we had to share them with you. But he won’t answer emails, so Patrick travels to a GI Joe convention in Dayton, Ohio to try to make contact. The Berlin Wall has just come down. The Berlin Wall just fell. Follow Wind of Change on Spotify to binge the full season. I waited with bated breath each week for the next episode. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse.

Or worse, Ksenia, his Russian fixer points out: propaganda by the successors to the KGB.CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1982: The Scorpions’ manager Doc McGhee has a secret past: he played a role in one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history, working with a smuggling ring that included CIA asset (and Panamanian dictator) Manuel Noriega.

But Doc didn’t serve a day.

I had to process the final outcome for a few days. Nearly everyone went to prison. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. The Berlin Wall just fell. Scorpions performing 'Wind Of Change' live at Hellfest in June 2015. It’s 1990.