We catch up with Nena on a song that reflected both the 1980s\u2019 geopolitical tensions and the era’s underlying optimism – and took some inspiration from Mick Jagger<\/p>\n
It\u2019s West Berlin, 8th June 1982, and a ragged-throated Mick Jagger is more than ready for some post-show refreshment. Staring out at the mesmerised crowd assembled at the city\u2019s Olympiapark Waldb\u00fchne amphitheatre at the conclusion of an emotive, hit-spanning set, Jagger was surely conscious that playing here, in the still-divided Berlin, meant more than a usual show.<\/p>\n
For the Berliners in the seats of this Nazi-built open-air stage, this wasn\u2019t just an entertainment spectacle. Rock shows of the magnitude of those put on by The Rolling Stones were pointing toward a liberated future. Prefiguring that day, at the decade\u2019s conclusion, when the Wall finally fell. A day when the people of this detached city could come together as one.<\/p>\n
What Mick almost certainly had no conception of, was that he was about to directly influence the creation of a global smash hit song that perfectly bottled the hopeful spirit of Berlin\u2019s citizens – and the fundamental absurdity of the forces underpinning the prevailing Cold War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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