Also classic because of a drag queen I once heard boasting of her conquests on a Los Angeles RTD bus, verbatim: "You like the Scorpions? You know the singer? I had intercourse with him."
― John Darnielle, Saturday, 29 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― your null fame, Sunday, 30 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Sunday, 30 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Just watching the video for "Big City Nights" on VH1 Classic, and it reminded me how goofily lovable the Scorpions were -- bad, thinning hair, choppy English, ridiculous song titles (how exactly does one "rock" someone "like a hurricane"? Hurricanes blow, they don't "rock"!), the bad puns, the zealous expressions of Teutonic Rock und Roll on the faces of Rudy Schenker and the excellently named Mathias Jabs! Such goofballs, but still so cool. And "No One Like You" and "Still Loving You" are both legitimately great songs!
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 12 February 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link
― fcussen (Burger), Thursday, 12 February 2004 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 February 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Saturday, 6 March 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― udu wudu (udu wudu), Saturday, 6 March 2004 19:52 (twenty years ago) link
I think they may have.
― earlnash, Saturday, 6 March 2004 20:27 (twenty years ago) link
I surprised myself with how much I got into Lovedrive recently. Some dude included it as a throw-in with the copy of Fly to the Rainbow I bought from him, which is what I was really after. But man, Lovedrive is great! "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Another Piece of Meat", "Coast to Coast" -- there are some good songs on there. I mean, I loved Love at First Sting as a kid but never heard the earlier stuff. I might have to pick up Animal Magnetism now..
But yeah, the Uli Jon Roth stuff is funny.
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 6 March 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 6 March 2004 20:35 (twenty years ago) link
The other two are a bit troublesome.
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 6 March 2004 20:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Roger in Mokum (Roger T), Saturday, 6 March 2004 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
(also, the song "virgin killer" - which appears on my weird, cheap-ass copy of "lonesome crow" - more than makes up for all of the evil they did in the 80s and 90s.)
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Sunday, 7 March 2004 07:02 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Sunday, 7 March 2004 07:14 (twenty years ago) link
They also get credit for the most un-PC album covers you can imagine. I was gonna post the Virgin Killer cover but it might get people fired or arrested. Instead, two oddball ones.
http://www.sleazeroxx.com/censored/lovedrive1.jpg
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000076KY.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
It was through growing up with the Scorpions that I came to understand that businessmen used bubblegum when fondling girls in their limos and that if you hypnotised a woman she would want to fuck a guitar - the big end of it, even.
― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 09:01 (eighteen years ago) link
First Scorpions album: Total amazing classic psych. Stands up well against anything else of that era. Truly worth seeking out if you love early 70s song-driven guitar psych.
― libcrypt, Monday, 21 July 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
True.
I also fucking love these Scorpions tracks: Steamrock Fever (where they invent a whole new genre) and the balearic-metal greatness of Coast to Coast.
― Raw Patrick, Monday, 21 July 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
What genre is that?
― Gorge, Monday, 21 July 2008 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/dec/08/internet
Wikipedia page censored in the UK for 'child pornography'The Internet Watch Foundation has propelled the UK into the forefront of the Internet censorship debate by blacklisting an image on Wikipedia as "a potentially illegal indecent image of a child under the age of 18." You may already have this one. It's a 1976 Scorpions album cover….Comments (84)Wikinews reports that British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations. The story says: Wikinews has learned that at least six of the United Kingdom's main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, amongst up to 1200 other websites. The filters appear to be applied because Wikimedia sites are hosting a Scorpions album cover which some call child pornography. The Scorpions are a German rock band who have used several controversial album covers and are perhaps best known for their song, "Rock You Like a Hurricane".The story says that the "major UK ISPs" are thought to be O2/Be Unlimited, Virgin Media, Easynet, Plusnet, Demon, and Opal Telecommunications (TalkTalk).The blocking has been prompted by the UK's Internet Watch Foundation, which has put out a statement today (Sunday). It says: A Wikipedia web page, was reported through the IWF's online reporting mechanism in December 2008. As with all child sexual abuse reports received by our Hotline analysts, the image was assessed according to the UK Sentencing Guidelines Council (page 109). The content was considered to be a potentially illegal indecent image of a child under the age of 18, but hosted outside the UK. The IWF does not issue takedown notices to ISPs or hosting companies outside the UK, but we did advise one of our partner Hotlines abroad and our law enforcement partner agency of our assessment. The specific URL (individual webpage) was then added to the list provided to ISPs and other companies in the online sector to protect their customers from inadvertent exposure to a potentially illegal indecent image of a child.The Scorpions album was released in 1976, so it's amazing to think that civilisation has managed to survive for more than 30 years (corrected), in spite of this evil in our midst.The IWF has not acted against Amazon.com or other sites that carry images of the original album cover (which has apparently been replaced by something much uglier), such as Google. Also, there are several other album covers to censor, not to mention paintings, books, movies and Shakespeare plays. Presumably it's just a matter of time….It should be noted that the cover in question is no stranger to controversy, and its use on Wikipedia has been under debate for some time. Gawker ran the story, Wikipedia Is Arguing Whether This Album Cover Is Child Porn, seven months ago, on May 9. But I didn't notice any American ISP's blocking access to Wikipedia.Of course, this IWF action has done nothing to stop real child pornography, which we all abhor. Also, even the people whose access to Wikipedia has been restricted will be able to find ways round it, if they can be bothered. What it has actually done is ensure that millions of people will go and look at the cover to see what all the fuss is about, when otherwise they'd never have suffered from "inadvertent exposure" to it.But it will be interesting to see the response. Has the IWF done the right thing, or has it merely damaged its own credibility? What else is being blocked because the IWF thinks it might be "potentially illegal"? What do you think?
The Internet Watch Foundation has propelled the UK into the forefront of the Internet censorship debate by blacklisting an image on Wikipedia as "a potentially illegal indecent image of a child under the age of 18." You may already have this one. It's a 1976 Scorpions album cover….Comments (84)
Wikinews reports that British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations. The story says:
Wikinews has learned that at least six of the United Kingdom's main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, amongst up to 1200 other websites. The filters appear to be applied because Wikimedia sites are hosting a Scorpions album cover which some call child pornography. The Scorpions are a German rock band who have used several controversial album covers and are perhaps best known for their song, "Rock You Like a Hurricane".
The story says that the "major UK ISPs" are thought to be O2/Be Unlimited, Virgin Media, Easynet, Plusnet, Demon, and Opal Telecommunications (TalkTalk).
The blocking has been prompted by the UK's Internet Watch Foundation, which has put out a statement today (Sunday). It says:
A Wikipedia web page, was reported through the IWF's online reporting mechanism in December 2008. As with all child sexual abuse reports received by our Hotline analysts, the image was assessed according to the UK Sentencing Guidelines Council (page 109). The content was considered to be a potentially illegal indecent image of a child under the age of 18, but hosted outside the UK. The IWF does not issue takedown notices to ISPs or hosting companies outside the UK, but we did advise one of our partner Hotlines abroad and our law enforcement partner agency of our assessment. The specific URL (individual webpage) was then added to the list provided to ISPs and other companies in the online sector to protect their customers from inadvertent exposure to a potentially illegal indecent image of a child.
The Scorpions album was released in 1976, so it's amazing to think that civilisation has managed to survive for more than 30 years (corrected), in spite of this evil in our midst.
The IWF has not acted against Amazon.com or other sites that carry images of the original album cover (which has apparently been replaced by something much uglier), such as Google. Also, there are several other album covers to censor, not to mention paintings, books, movies and Shakespeare plays. Presumably it's just a matter of time….
It should be noted that the cover in question is no stranger to controversy, and its use on Wikipedia has been under debate for some time. Gawker ran the story, Wikipedia Is Arguing Whether This Album Cover Is Child Porn, seven months ago, on May 9. But I didn't notice any American ISP's blocking access to Wikipedia.
Of course, this IWF action has done nothing to stop real child pornography, which we all abhor. Also, even the people whose access to Wikipedia has been restricted will be able to find ways round it, if they can be bothered. What it has actually done is ensure that millions of people will go and look at the cover to see what all the fuss is about, when otherwise they'd never have suffered from "inadvertent exposure" to it.
But it will be interesting to see the response. Has the IWF done the right thing, or has it merely damaged its own credibility? What else is being blocked because the IWF thinks it might be "potentially illegal"? What do you think?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Lonesome Crow slays.
― Carol Vorderman's Bukkake Sudoku (gnarly sceptre), Monday, 8 December 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't imagine doing a Dj gig without including some Scorps.
All my friends in California saw Uli a few months ago. Sadly, he did not come to the NW :(
― Nate Carson, Monday, 8 December 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
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
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 (three years ago) link
I see the Scorpions guy denies that it’s true?
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Sunday, 17 May 2020 21:59 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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
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