I have everything essential except Taken By Force. This needs to be corrected.
― Nate Carson, Monday, 8 December 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Uli era Scorpions is totally underrated.
― redmond, Monday, 8 December 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
steamrock fever is a jam
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 8 December 2008 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
The Sails Of Charon is one killer fucking song, and I have a soft spot for We'll Burn The Sky too. I find Monika Danneman's lyrics heartfelt and emotionally resonant, plus she ended up topping herself for added authenticity. Am I the only person on ilx who rates Uli's solo album "Beyond The Astral Skies"?
― Matt #2, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:31 (fifteen years ago) link
man, Taken By Force rules so fucking hard
― Plunge Protection Team, Friday, 23 January 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
In Trace is my afternoon jam today
― bitchtime cowards (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 12 June 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
that song kicks ass
i wish i had $ to buy more scorpion discs to blast in the car
― guammls (QE II), Friday, 12 June 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it true that Kalus Meine is a tranny chaser?
― thirdalternative, Saturday, 13 June 2009 08:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Taken By Force is the only important one I'm still missing. Need it!
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 14 June 2009 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
"Important" seems like an odd choice of adjectives with which to describe a Scorpions album.
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 14 June 2009 11:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Well Alex, in the heavy metal community, Uli John Roth is often considered part of the holy trinity of guitar gods along-side Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. That makes his last record with the Scorps pretty important.
Lots of folks only know their 80s ballads and will scoff at the idea that Scorpions were an incredible rock band in the 70s. The same is true of ZZ Top and Judas Priest. Arenas and synthesizers and $$ made them into entirely different beasts in their second decades.
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 14 June 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a dark day for everyone at ILM.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133950
― StanM, Sunday, 24 January 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
― Alex in NYC, Sunday, 24 January 2010 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Guess I'm gonna have to go see 'em when they tour.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Sunday, 24 January 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years.
This is going to be like the Kiss farewell tour isn't it? i.e. never-ending
― Ork Alarm (Matt #2), Sunday, 24 January 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I was thinking Sinatra retirement.
― Geoffrey Mujangi Bia-Curious (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 24 January 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
The new album is pretty good, actually.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, as far as Scorpions albums go. It isn't like album of the year or anything.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 March 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
never saw this cool japanese cover for tokyo tapes, not sure it survived past the original issue: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Tokyotapesalternate.jpg
― brimstead, Saturday, 10 May 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
steamrock feverscreaming rock believerssteamrock feverin L.A.
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 March 2016 20:49 (eight years ago) link
it's disgraceful that the only song in the steamrock canon is that song. i want more
― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Monday, 28 March 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link
steamrock >> steampunk
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 15:50 (eight years ago) link
So, steamrockers, is there a live version of "Virgin Killer" ANYWHERE?! Like recorded in the 1970s. Bootlegs preferred.
― bulbs in the VU meters of God (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 1 April 2016 10:01 (eight years ago) link
this is a dead link anyway but apparently they weren't playing the song on the Virgin Killer tour, so I don't like your chances :(
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/scorpions-may-1976-virgin-killer-tour-live-in-baden-baden-germany-109174.html
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 April 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
Man, that's CRAZY. It's an amazing song.
― bulbs in the VU meters of God (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 2 April 2016 08:52 (eight years ago) link
Seems bizarre to not have the title track of your new album in the setlist
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 April 2016 11:44 (eight years ago) link
maybe they forgot how to play it after they recorded it
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 2 April 2016 12:06 (eight years ago) link
Maybe Klaus couldn't hit those notes
― bulbs in the VU meters of God (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 3 April 2016 00:18 (eight years ago) link
Great Real Names
Herby Spamfritter – lead vocals (1968–1969)
― new noise, Sunday, 3 April 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
that's even better than herman rarebell
https://playitloudforever.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/herman-ze-german-and-friends.jpg
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 3 April 2016 02:33 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTGTCSGj30&feature=share
klaus looks like a sacha baron cohen character
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 June 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
Herby Spamfritter – lead vocals (1968–1969)― new noise, Saturday, April 2, 2016 8:01 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Herby Spamfritter is my favorite minor character in Gravity's Rainbow
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 29 June 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Early Scorpions with teenaged Michael Schenker and some bricklayer playing bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgD12JZuKNk
― Josefa, Monday, 8 October 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
you reckon those guys knew about Can? one almost thinks they did based on the above…
― veronica moser, Monday, 8 October 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
yep, there's an interview clip on youtube where either Rudy or Klaus talks (in German) about their early days and he namedrops all the big Krautrock bands
― Josefa, Monday, 8 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
An eight-part investigation!?
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:32 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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
I dunno, they never seemed to take themselves that seriously in a lot of ways. Always a lot of showbiz razzmatazz rather than the po-faced pretension the likes of Led Zep could sink into.
― chip? (Matt #2), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
i was today years old when i learned of uli john roth era Scorpions :D omg so good where have i been weee as i go down this rabbithole mr veg is wincing in anticipation
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 06:32 (two months ago) link
The Wire just reviewed solo Uli Jon Roth band Electric Sun l.p. Earthquake whichvi wasn't aware was in the area they covered.seems a pretty positive review too talking about sludge and improvisation and things.
― Stevo, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 09:24 (two months ago) link
it's so good! In Trance is a classic album
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:24 (two months ago) link
So classic!! In Trance is my favorite definitely. Robot Man! LONGING FOR FIRE!
― brimstead, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 18:31 (two months ago) link
All those Uli albums are great, but oh my he has a commanding presence on Taken By Force. Sails of Charon! We'll Burn the Sky! The Hendrix worship on Your Light!
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 23:22 (two months ago) link
Well goddamn! Lonesome Crow is a groovy hippy freakout maaaan. I dig!& michael schenker was only 16?christ
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 February 2024 02:26 (two months ago) link
yeah he was a crazy kidproduced by Conny Plank!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 February 2024 02:43 (two months ago) link
yes!! very cool. Quite a groovy little record overall but I dunno if i’ll return to it much? idkam now onto Fly To The RainbowWe are starting to go harder now. Drifting Sun? RIPS.
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 February 2024 02:59 (two months ago) link
Far Away???? wow <3
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 February 2024 03:11 (two months ago) link
Yeah I love how far out that album goes! Truly epic
― brimstead, Thursday, 15 February 2024 03:14 (two months ago) link
I get that Klaus is kind of a goofy (imo very loveable) character, and and the lyrics can be a little awkward or o_O at times but I really love his voice, and he's such a great a melodicist, and has such a natural feel for hooky/memorable melodies.
I love the Uli stuff but also the 80s pop metal period I think they were really an exceptional band in that era as well.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:19 (two months ago) link
this TV show is split up into individual songs on YT, Uli got the trap goin ham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV3asqGVTek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy7mBEpBpOY
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:26 (two months ago) link
klaus has an awesome voice, 100% agree
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 February 2024 17:50 (two months ago) link