Scorpions: Classic Or Dud?

Man, that's CRAZY. It's an amazing song.

Seems bizarre to not have the title track of your new album in the setlist

maybe they forgot how to play it after they recorded it

Maybe Klaus couldn't hit those notes

Great Real Names

Herby Spamfritter – lead vocals (1968–1969)

that's even better than herman rarebell

https://playitloudforever.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/herman-ze-german-and-friends.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTGTCSGj30&feature=share

klaus looks like a sacha baron cohen character

Great Real Names

Herby Spamfritter – lead vocals (1968–1969)
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Herby Spamfritter is my favorite minor character in Gravity's Rainbow

Early Scorpions with teenaged Michael Schenker and some bricklayer playing bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgD12JZuKNk

you reckon those guys knew about Can? one almost thinks they did based on the above…

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

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.

I just happened to order a cd of Fly to the Rainbow last week, so I will let you know. It was <$10

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.

Japanese remasters are always legit; Russian, basically never.

"International Pressing" from RCA Europe. Says the release date is 1988.

So I guess not a remastered one.

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

"Pictured life" .. The violent cascade of tapping during the resolution of the verse... oh mannnn

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.

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.

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.

An eight-part investigation!?

Yeah, I've listened to three episodes and let's just say it is already heading off on some tangents.

the journalist seems legit:
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/patrick-radden-keefe

Yeah, it's a professional piece of work.

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.

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.

I see the Scorpions guy denies that it’s true?

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.

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.

Live-in-the-studio 1977 footage! Awe-inspiring guitar work from Uli, less inspiring singing from him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WafqsAhjLnE

Sick!!!!!

I can see all the lust in their face!

awesome

They're back and here to help you...believe in ROCK!

The official tracklist for “Rock Believer”:
1. Gas In The Tank
2. Roots In My Boots
3. Knock ‘Em Dead
4. Rock Believer
5. Shining Of Your Soul
6. Seventh Sun
7. Hot And Cold
8. When I Lay My Bones To Rest
9. Peacemaker
10. Call Of The Wild
11. When You Know (Where You Come From)
12. Shoot For Your Heart
13. When Tomorrow Comes
14. Unleash The Beast
15. Crossing Borders
16. 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

1. Gas In The Tank

This song will hopefully be about Klaus Meine's Panzer.

That list of songtitles actually reads like a Scorpions lyric.

"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?

That list of songtitles actually reads like a Scorpions lyric.

― chip? (Matt #2), Monday 14 February 2022 21:36 (one hour ago)

I’ve got roots in my boots, got gas in the tank
I knock ‘em dead, I shoot for your heart
I unleash the beast, it’s the call of the wild
I’m crossing borders, this scorpion stings hard

When you know where you come from
The shining of your soul is the seventh sun
When tomorrow comes, when I lay my bones to rest
I’m a rock believer, a hot and cold peacemaker
An undercover agent for the wind of change

*guitar solo*

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

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

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.

Do NOT show her (or anyone) the original artwork for that one is my advice.

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.

zero good songs on that from post-1984

um three words
WINDS OF CHANGE

also ums otm, scorps the best to do it

zero good songs on that from post-1984

Yeah, Love at First Sting is a hard cutoff.

love the uli era immensely, in trance and virgin killer are insanely classic

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

klaus has an awesome voice, 100% agree