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There is an interesting podcast about that song that's also called Wind of Change. It investigates if the CIA actually wrote it.

But anyway...

13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)




13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)





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13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)




13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)

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13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)




13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
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13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
8. Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. Extra Terrestrial becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time and an international sensation)




13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
8. Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. Extra Terrestrial becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time and an international sensation)
9. Elton John - Ticking (shooting and robbery of a NYC bar.)


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13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
8. Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. Extra Terrestrial becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time and an international sensation)
9. Elton John - Ticking (shooting and robbery of a NYC bar.)
10. Neil Young - Ohio (the Kent State incident)


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13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
8. Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. Extra Terrestrial becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time and an international sensation)
9. Elton John - Ticking (shooting and robbery of a NYC bar.)
10. Neil Young - Ohio (the Kent State incident)
11. Sinead O'Conner & The Chieftans - The Foggy Dew (Easter Uprising, 1916, Ireland)





13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
8. Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. Extra Terrestrial becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time and an international sensation)
9. Elton John - Ticking (shooting and robbery of a NYC bar.)
10. Neil Young - Ohio (the Kent State incident)
11. Sinead O'Conner & The Chieftans - The Foggy Dew (Easter Uprising, 1916, Ireland)
12. Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great (the song title should be self-explanatory)




13 songs that were inspired by real world events (Mention the event)

1. Scorpions - Wind of Change (End of the Cold War, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, and the unification of Germany)
2. Primordial - The Coffin Ships (the Great Famine in Ireland)
3. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire (Post WWII - 1980's era)
4. The Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 (The Aberfan disaster)
5. Green Day - Holiday (the George W. Bush administration’s campaign for waging the Iraq War)
6. Phil Lynott - King's Call (Elvis' death)
7. EverEve - Kolyma (About the Soviet gulag in Kolyma where more than a million people died)
8. Neil Diamond - Heartlight (E.T. Extra Terrestrial becoming the biggest grossing movie of all time and an international sensation)
9. Elton John - Ticking (shooting and robbery of a NYC bar.)
10. Neil Young - Ohio (the Kent State incident)
11. Sinead O'Conner & The Chieftans - The Foggy Dew (Easter Uprising, 1916, Ireland)
12. U2 - Pride in the Name of Love (Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.)





@Torgo, yours is actually #13 so the next topic is yours to decide if you want....



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13 great songs with a city in the name (all different, if possible)

1. Tom Waits - Chicago
2. Aeternam - Damascus Gate
3. Fats Domino - Kansas City




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13 great songs with a city in the name (all different, if possible)

1. Tom Waits - Chicago
2. Aeternam - Damascus Gate
3. Fats Domino - Kansas City
4. X - Los Angeles

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