The entire world, before November 9, 1989, lived in a scenario that affected the serenity of the people.
It was the era of the Cold War, when East and West were divided, symbolically and materially, by the Berlin Wall, which fell on November 9, 1989.
Young people, in particular, felt the weight of that threat, which meant the arms race and fear of the atomic bomb.
And young people in Germany and throughout Eastern Europe were the most worried because everything in their daily lives reminded them of the precariousness of their lives.
Forever Young, a song by the West German band Alphaville, speaks precisely of the state of mind of these young people, forced to live with such fears.
This synth-pop piece was successful mainly in Europe, but has been remixed and re-proposed several times by the same band and is now famous all over the world.
There are also many covers that have helped it on this path.
Among all, let's remember the sampling of the piece by the American rapper Jay-Z for his song Young Forever in 2009, which also brought the original version back into fashion.
In short, a ballad that is always current, which speaks of love, but of the love for life.
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