The repression against the people after the 3 days was so strong that it started to make collapse the infamous wall, and the song became an anthem for the berliners when they reunited two years later.
I was a young soldier serving in Berlin and managed to go to all 3 days - it was amazing. I remember that Mattheus Rust has recently landed in Red Square and we had tee shirts made to wear and we got interviewed on German TV. As the evenings drew in I remember many families lighting Chinese lanterns with messages attached and watching them float from West Berlin, over the wall and into East. It still brings a tear to my eye today to think back to then. I never imagined the wall would come down in my lifetime - but being there for those three days when the city was united by it's division, I knew that one day it would. I went back a few years after the wall had come down - and walked through the Brandenburg Gate for the first time and cried. Berlin in just the best city I've ever lived in, or visited - simple as that ❤
One of the best bands of all time...and as a 6'5" guy myself, from 3:42 onwards is a mirror image of how I got kicked off the dance floor of my high school grad party😂
Even though World War 2 ended 42 years on this day, this feels like its ending credits. The old world of tyranny and the suffering of people, finally ending in true freedom, with the celebration of the heroes who sacrificed for those years on end.
Bei diesem Konzert vor dem Reichstag, unmittelbar an der Sektorengrenze von West-Berlin zu Ost-Berlin, war ich im Alter von 17 Jahren zu Pfingsten 1987 dabei. Heute bin ich 54 Jahre alt und bin nach wie vor ein glühender Bowie-Fan. David Bowie war einer der größten Pop- und Rockmusiker, die es jemals gegeben hat. Während dieses Konzerts, das von Ost-Berlin aus zu hören war, wurden Berliner Zuhörer jenseits der Mauer von der Ost-Berliner Volkspolizei brutal malträtiert, nur weil sie Bowies Musik hören wollten.
Bei diesem Song bekomme ich HEUTE NOCH eine GÄNSEHAUT ! Der TEXT IST SO SPITZE, wie KEIN ANDERER, gegen diese VERDAMMTE MAUER ! Ich weiß es noch GANZ GENAU: Im damaligen Ost Berlin standen sie bei DIESEM AUFTRITT VON DAVID BOWIE auch vor der Mauer und wurden DAFÜR VERPRÜGELT 🤕, VERHAFTET, EINGESPERRT !!! NUR, WEIL SIE ZUHÖREN 👂 WOLLTEN ! In Ost Berlin ! An der Mauer ! Die LINKE VERBIETEN !!!!! Mehr sage ich nicht. KOMMUNIST BLEIBT KOMMUNIST ! Was BESSERES WIRD NICHT DRAUS !
A message posted on the German Foreign Office's official Twitter account, reads: “Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall.11 Jan 2016
The most stellar Oils’ performance ever imo! The Oils made catchy songs like this that only Australians could understand pre-Google. The first MI song I heard was “Kosciusko" which is Australia largest mountain I just found out.
Nosé cómo esté video tiene menos de un millón de visitas.. Lejos son temazos de los Últimos 20 Año... No saben de música... grande Beastie boys 👏👏👏👏💯💯💯💯
The BIG UP!!! for DJ Mix Master Mike!!! In those days he was a pioneer of scratching and sound sampling where now it's the normal and in those days hardly anyone understood it sounded like from another world great respect. The Beastie Boys best funky rap in 90s 👏✊✌
