What is alphaville forever young about

I cant imagine the fear you felt. Beautiful, the way and the soul vindicated. Nachtrafe wow. As a kid born in 73' in the US, I never saw that of this song. Thank you for your insight. SoupNazi on August 15, General Comment This song was released during the cold war, and the lyrics, I'm sure, had stronger meaning then than they do now. It is not only a song about the dreams of youth, but also of cold-war politics and the overshadowing fear of a nuclear war.

There are several key terms that allude to this concept. Are you gonna drop the bomb or not. Sure, it's about wanting to live forever.

But it's also about trying to make the best of life amid the fear and paranoia of possible nuclear extintion. MrMarouka on September 29, Link. Also it should say "if this race is won" because if someone does "win" by getting their bombs off first, "turn our golden faces to the sun" is an allusion to a nuclear explosion which for a split second can rival the heat of the sun. Nachtrafe on May 02, I think there might also be an element of "Lets just get it over with" in there as well, like it's a wish to not have to live to old age knowing every day you could get snuffed out in a nuclear inferno.

There's also an element of making the most of what you've got now because it could so easily be gone. Finally there's an air of disenfranchisement to it with the line "We don't have the power". If there is a nuclear war, the people this song speaks for would not be the ones who asked for it. PassiveSmoking on April 01, Song Meaning Many people say how this song reminds them of a happy moment, when in fact this song is about the struggles of youth during the Cold War.

I did not live during the cold war so i have little insight on how it was, but I am a major history geek so I know quite alot. It seems like it's talking about that US and the Soviets should "get over" their differences. It talks about that people should live in the "now" and go out and make their dreams come true, as if it was their last day, which it might as well have been back during the Cold War. No Replies Log in to reply. One of the sweetest songs from back in the day Her little brother had died at 16 in a car accident.

She would listen to this song over and over. You have to be the outwards entertainer. As a musician you oscillate between thesetwo worlds.

A: When I am on tour, I take Cortisone. It is not very healthy and I cannot recommend it, but unfortunately, it helps quite a bit. When you are on tour, the older you get, the more fragile your voice gets. Alphaville songs are not that easy to sing. Bernard came up with the playback and the chords, and it had that trumpet part in it already. I took it home, really liked it [and] wrote the lyrics. Probably a little bit too commercial in the chorus.

The song came out and became a thing on its own. I have no explanation for it. It touches so many hearts, souls and minds because it seems to speak to every generation.

Or to every problem in the world. It has this fantastic title that I stole from Bob Dylan. But, hey, Rod Stewart did the same thing. A: Curiosity and obsession. There is always a corner and you want to know what is around that next corner. Click here for reprint permission.

Click to Read More and View Comments. Click to Hide. Joe Biden. White House. Donald Trump. On one hand in their youth they have to deal with issues such as the aforementioned.

But overall, the singer is idealizing the idea of being young. And as detailed in the second verse, youth to him is more of a mental state highlighted by freedom of expression and individualism. And the insinuation is that as people age, they lose such exciting qualities which make them unique. The first half serves as a criticism of living under the specter of the Cold War. And the second espouses the idea of youth, particularly from a mental perspective, being preferable to aging.

Being originally released on 20 September by the Warner Music Group, it served as the title track and third single from their debut album. Moreover since its original release, the band has regularly issued remixes and demos of this song. Indeed even when this track first came out, it did so in two different versions.