Is there a decent sounding remastered cd of Fly To The Rainbow from anytime in the last 20 years.Or at least one taht's affordable.Is it just an lp that's intentionally neglected?Sounded quite good on Spotify but I was just reallising I didn't have a copy and thought I might remedy that but not seeing anything that seems to be a reasonable price.
Lonesome Crow is pretty good but I don't think it's the archetypal krautrock I once saw it described as. Nice in terms of stoner rock influence or heavy psych or whatever anyway.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
I just happened to order a cd of Fly to the Rainbow last week, so I will let you know. It was <$10
― Josefa, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
Do you know when it was from, which release. Seemed to be several releases that were around at rising prices and one that says it was from 1980.& only remasters I could see were from Japan or Russia, not sure if the latter of those was legit.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
Japanese remasters are always legit; Russian, basically never.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
"International Pressing" from RCA Europe. Says the release date is 1988.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
So I guess not a remastered one.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
feel like the Scorps -- who were massive in their day -- are the band from that era who've remained more niche than say Judas Priest or Iron Maiden or, later, Metallica -- which is a shame, the Scores at their best are fit to stand with those
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
"Pictured life" .. The violent cascade of tapping during the resolution of the verse... oh mannnn
― brimstead, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
Yeah I've been digging into '70s Scorpions lately and Uli Jon Roth is just incredible. Not to dis on Priest, but I think Roth is far more interesting than their guitarists. I've always dug Michael Schenker's playing too. Also I've noticed the Scorpions really tackled a wide variety of grooves in their time, e.g. that Latin prog thing on "I'm Going Mad," the punky groove on "Speedy's Coming," reggae metal on "Is Anybody There?" and on & on.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Update: my Fly to the Rainbow cd arrived, it's a German edition with a copyright date of 1983, which seems very early for a cd. Sounds pretty good.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
Listening to this podcast series which claims that Wind of Change was written by the CIA
https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/
Not exactly convinced so far (though it's possible), but it's entertaining anyway.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
An eight-part investigation!?
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I've listened to three episodes and let's just say it is already heading off on some tangents.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
the journalist seems legit:https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/patrick-radden-keefe
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it's a professional piece of work.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
I've also listened to the first three eps and agree that it's a little meandering, but I'm enjoying it. I mean, it's an 8-episode podcast series, so that's kind of priced into it. Keefe is a genial host, so I don't mind the journey.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:07 (four years ago) link
Finished this now! I was warned that it ended disappointingly, but don't really think so, nobody is expecting him to actually find out if this is true or not, surely?
Best part was how it took the main thing I disliked about it (how it worked as CIA or Russian propaganda at turns) and did a self-reflective episode about that which only just stopped short of cancelling the project.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 17 May 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
I see the Scorpions guy denies that it’s true?
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Sunday, 17 May 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
The last episode is based around an interview with him about the question, his denying it is completely inevitable, whatever the truth is, but the episode is still a good one.
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 17 May 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
Best part was how it took the main thing I disliked about it (how it worked as CIA or Russian propaganda at turns) and did a self-reflective episode about that which only just stopped short of cancelling the project
Agreed, I thought this was very well done.
― jaymc, Sunday, 17 May 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
Live-in-the-studio 1977 footage! Awe-inspiring guitar work from Uli, less inspiring singing from him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafqsAhjLnE
― smirr, smirr, smirr (Matt #2), Thursday, 9 December 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
Sick!!!!!
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 9 December 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
I can see all the lust in their face!
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
awesome
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 December 2021 23:37 (two years ago) link
They're back and here to help you...believe in ROCK!
The official tracklist for “Rock Believer”:1. Gas In The Tank2. Roots In My Boots3. Knock ‘Em Dead4. Rock Believer5. Shining Of Your Soul6. Seventh Sun7. Hot And Cold8. When I Lay My Bones To Rest9. Peacemaker10. Call Of The Wild11. When You Know (Where You Come From)12. Shoot For Your Heart13. When Tomorrow Comes14. Unleash The Beast15. Crossing Borders16. When You Know (Where You Come From) (Acoustic Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TllvFtkXMBE
https://i.ytimg.com/an/TllvFtkXMBE/5906302358515883603_mq.jpg?v=61dc6895
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 February 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
1. Gas In The Tank
This song will hopefully be about Klaus Meine's Panzer.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 14 February 2022 21:15 (two years ago) link
That list of songtitles actually reads like a Scorpions lyric.
― chip? (Matt #2), Monday, 14 February 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
"Rock believers" is actually a lyric from "Steamrock Fever" from back in 1977, could the endless well from which the Scorpions draw their lyrics be running dry?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 14 February 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
― chip? (Matt #2), Monday 14 February 2022 21:36 (one hour ago)
I’ve got roots in my boots, got gas in the tankI knock ‘em dead, I shoot for your heart I unleash the beast, it’s the call of the wildI’m crossing borders, this scorpion stings hard
When you know where you come fromThe shining of your soul is the seventh sunWhen tomorrow comes, when I lay my bones to restI’m a rock believer, a hot and cold peacemakerAn undercover agent for the wind of change
― kousenband, Monday, 14 February 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
*guitar solo*
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 February 2022 23:10 (two years ago) link
I love this band
like the cover, feels more classic Scorps than the graphic design is my passion photoshop shit they've had
"Rock Believer" is pretty good, I'm reasonably optimistic
I love that they show up in the Connie Plank doc, I forgot he produced their first stuff, but they weren't really as far from krautrock back then and I suppose there were only so many long-haired weirdos in Germany at the time
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 February 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
overall in general, I think Gen X always had a sort of fascination/condescending thing towards these old bands like ugh when are they gonna give it up? so corny blah blah blah
but now it's like in 10 years they'll be no one left, I think I see an average of about 2 notable musicians die every day
there will never be this again, no one will ever do this without massive ironic quotation marks around it a la the darkness or steel panther...or just be pathetic rock fantasy camp nerds like greta van fleet
these guys traveled the entire globe, played a very significant role in bringing western music to the soviet block, seen a million faces and they rocked 'em all like a hurricane
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 February 2022 23:53 (two years ago) link
My wife is not a hard rock/metal person in general at all but she absolutely loves the Virgin Killer album. The other day she told me she'd listened to it three times in 24 hours.
I tried the new album — I love the cover art — but there's just something missing. The songs all feel nine minutes long, somehow.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
Do NOT show her (or anyone) the original artwork for that one is my advice.
― chip? (Matt #2), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:08 (two years ago) link
I came to appreciate Scorpions through their Gold compilation, but there were zero good songs on that from post-1984 (although they were well-crafted). The compilation ends in 1993, and I assumed their stuff from then to now was just as uninspired.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
zero good songs on that from post-1984 um three wordsWINDS OF CHANGE
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
also ums otm, scorps the best to do it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 03:13 (two years ago) link
zero good songs on that from post-1984
Yeah, Love at First Sting is a hard cutoff.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 03:13 (two years ago) link
love the uli era immensely, in trance and virgin killer are insanely classic
― brimstead, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 03:15 (two years ago) link
um three wordsWINDS OF CHANGE
I was working in a van that only had an AM radio the summer of 1991, that was enough of that whistling for a lifetime.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:22 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkYksNzvspgthe chorus of "In Trance" is so majestic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:14 (two years ago) link
, in trance and virgin killer are insanely classic
Yeah, I like these + Taken by Force, which is probably the one I've listened to most.
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:58 (two years ago) link
Layered guitars on "Sails of Charon" are huge. I sometimes think that record is like an object lesson o how to record a rock band.
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:05 (two years ago) link
*on
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:06 (two years ago) link
highly recommend seeing Uli John if you can, he's still got it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
Uli's solo at the beginning is next level of human existence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5NOrYYV2s
― chip? (Matt #2), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
Are they and Judas Priest generally regarded as the "heaviest" bands recording in 1976 and 77? Rainbow was around and Motorhead were starting, I suppose...
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
UFO was pretty influential I think
Maiden and some of the NWOBHM bands were in their beginning club stages
Sabotage was 75 so I'd imagine Sabbath was still relevant
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link
Wow:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scco-tm2OwU
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
the front and then back cover of Animal magnetism knocked me on my lil 11 year old ass when I discovered it in the cutout bin… and that records "don't make no promises" is very funny, if the way it conveys confusion over gender shows the guys, or at least only Rarebell, who wrote the words, to be pretty dopey… I think you can love the band and acknowledge that they are cretinous in ways that non metal people liked to characterize metal people… like I don't think there is a self aware Rob Halford or Bruce Dickinson kinda or person in Scorpions…
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link