Sorry, I should have told you. Been listening to this for 37 years. Saw them in Germany back in 83. Check out all their old stuff. It is very good and different.
Dark night, there is no light In the realm of the black magic man Soul's flight into the cold blight Of the destroyer's magic land Poor man, whose spirits are stronger They're the ones who will reign You're struggles are in vain Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood Soon black magic's dying You'd better start crying Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood Soon black magic's dying You'd better start crying Throw out your evil desire The dark king's kingdom is Made out of mire Throw out your evil desire The dark king's kingdom is Made out of mire Keep on for the kingdom of light There is no darkness, there is no night
Sounds like Dio here. Not just the singer, but the style of the band. Keep in mind I've only mainly heard Dio with Rainbow, so that's what I'm referring to.
Agreed! That's how I came to know about it a few months back. I'll do you a favor and recommend something I found last night in related videos, another great song of theirs, called "Polar Nights". I saw a video of them performing it live in 1977, and it features UJR on lead vocals as well. Very Hendrix-like.
Absolutely right! I love the older songs the best but then again, Lovedrive is one of the best albums. Michael Shanker is badass!! Fly to the Rainbow album is always my favorite album ❤💋
It blows my mind that he's not in the list of the most well known players. He came along at the right time for his playing, was doing the popular thing, was in a band people know, didn't wash out of playing, I guess some people just don't want to be a big name.
@@frankwren8215 To be fair, music critics and average listeners sadly don't appreciate art when they hear it. And I know music is subjective but it's still bullshit
Hahajajjaajaaaa! He had that Billy Squire marching stomp thing, or rather Billy may have seen this for inspo. Jk, rockin' out with disco boots has been around since boots went on feet.
It has so much to catch our attention...the guitars....the groove set up by the bass and drums...the vocals and lyrics.. I'm really digging the earlier Scorpions over their pop rock era...
Sweet child o mine....I know everybody has listened to it way to often and it has an High Annoying Love/Hate Factor........but that’s an Iconic Intro Lick and Nr 1 Hit. Remember when you heard it the First Time.
@@ericp.1508 when this was recorded we were listening to underground college radio playing the rare "lonesome crow" , we didnt hear fly to the rainbow or in trance till 1980. And this was in so Cal.
Fully admit, Rick Beato's channel brought me here today. I'm not really a fan of the Scorpions' '80s reverb-y production, but this song is dry as a bone and it ROCKS. That is one hell of an opening solo.
Alienart only his hair silly..klaus has no equal! Not to take anything from dio..mhes a legend in his own right..but klaus and the scorps..so many great songs
@@abdelabdellatif7100 Me too. A number of bands had a "comeback" or became big in the 80s (Scorpions, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, even Def Leopard) when they had older stuff that was way better.
If it took you this long to discover the 70s era of the Scorpions them you might not truly appreciate great music until at least you finally did discover this era and other great music like the 70s era of Judas Priest
Phat Meow There was an interview with Jimi Hendrix where he said, "There is a cat over in Germany who's doing crazy things with a strat. He's going to be something soon. His name is Roth I think. I only met him once." Uli was pretty young then.
Joshua Ibarra I think it was a metal masters documentary on palladia. Palladia was taken over by mtv2 and I'm not sure if they still play it. Everybody, ozzy, megadeth, and many others were crediting dio as a metal inspiration and dio only wanted to give credit to sails of charon and mostly uli.
He isn't the underrated one. It is Rudolf Schenker.. He and Malcolm Young must be the greatest Rhythm guitarists ever lived... Listen to that tight rhythm...All the recognition goes to Michael, but I think Rudolf is criminally underrated...
Uli is just an absolute MASTER of the craft. Look at him, just hanging back, so humbly relaxed and eyes closed while ripping out some of the most incredible, complex, beautiful shredding ever done by a man. No big ego and nothing to prove. Just at total peace, at one with his craft and the universe. It is truly astounding. We have so much to learn from him...
Can't tell you how much I love this performance. it's got the lot. Spandex leopard print pants, platform boots, camp dancing, killer tune, mad video effects., pointy guitars AND a gurning drummer God bless 1970's German top of the pops.
Great comment. I discovered Scorpions around this time via Tokyo Tapes but in those days there was no way of seeing videos like this. I saw them live for the first time in 1979 but by then Roth had left and they'd started to evolve into the slick hard rock band that brought them so much success in the 80s.
There's always that band or artist who are known for that one or 2 hit song until you dig through and find something WAAAaaaay more better than their greatest hit.
Their 5 albums before Lovedrive, when they started gaining popularity, are a bit overlooked, and mostly only cherished by us 70's hard Rockers who knew about them before they got popular. Check out "Speedy's Comin'", "Top Of the Bill", "They Need A Million", or "In Trance"..
I discovered this song by accident a few years ago. It became my favorite Scorpions song. What a f... Piece of art🤘. So ahead of it's time. Its definitely a hidden gem. At least for me.
And that's the way all rock n roll should be played. Nothing else maters when your in the moment even if the whole band has there instruments turned off and are miming the song. ROCK ON! 😄
Although he obviously plays rock and roll, he is NOT a rock and roller. He is a musician that plays rock and roll. Probably doesn’t make sense to anyone but me.
Ok first of all. This song is amazing. The most underrated Scorpions song in existence. Secondly. I strive to dance like that in any situation. Thirdly, that guitarist gives no fucks and rips you a new one at the same time. LOVE IT
This in my opinion is Scorpions in their prime. Before the commercial success of the early 1980s. Such an underrated band. A league of their own. Overlooked at the time by being put in a "Metal" category and overshadowed by bands like Black Sabbath and if you called them Hard rock then put on the back burner by titans like Led Zeppelin. Very unfair. Truly unique band that deserves much more credit.
For the love of all thats good...all their 80s stuff was wonderful....and NOONE compared to them live...stop doing what was always done...undermining and underrated their music...
@@fiercerahh Why? Roth himself said the direction they took was boring and that's why he went his own way. The band died when he left as far as I'm concerned.
@@brianh2787 Yea that was them at the perfect middle ground between late 60's/early 70's psychedelia and their later hard psych rock style. I went through all the albums of the Roth era and the only one that contained no skippable tracks was Lonesome Crow. At most I like half of any other album. That being said, there is at least one track that Lonesome can't touch and that is the Sails of Charon. Possibly the best rock solo I've ever heard.
You know about the Sky guitar, right? By his 20's, he had mastered the instrument so completely, he added a couple of extra strings and some more frets just to make it challenging. Truly remarkable.
Imagine having nothing but such a TV show with all the pop music, and then... once in a while something like THIS drops. And you think your head and your heart explode.
When I first heard and saw this song, I'd been playing guitar for over thirty years, and it was one of the biggest "A HA!" moments I've ever had, as it was when I realised that This HAS to be one of the pivotal moments in metal guitar history and most of the guitarists I look up to have been influenced by Uli John Roth. Uli is the quintessential TORCHBEARER. And his story about this song is just great. I urge people to go look for any interviews, and as much footage of this bloke playing guitar.
Es imposible escuchar esta cancion sin soltar una risa nerviosa por lo buena que es. La voz de Klaus, los solos del maestro Uli, el riff del comienzo, todo es perfecto. Scorpions es como Judas Priest, todos aman lo que hicieron en los 80s pero sus verdaderas obras maestras estan en los años 70s.
Coincido las grandes obras del sacerdote de los 70 cómo lo son sad wings of Destiny, sin after sin, Stained class, killing machine y el vivo unleashed in the eat son opacadas por las obras de los 80 y 90 cómo screaming for vengeance, defenders of the faith y painkiller. Lo mismo paso con scorpions sus grandes discos de los 70 cómo in trance, virgin killer, Taken by forcé , lovedrive y el vivo Tokio tapes fueron opacados por los de los 80 cómo animal magnetism, blackout, love at firs Sting , el world wide live y crazy world del 90
But it's the 5th mode of harmonic minor I believe...Close to Phrygian yes, but the natural 7th puts it in harm minor. and since the rhythm is in Bminor, the only logical scale is 5th mode of harm minor...
Not quite. He also uses the 5th mode of harmonic minor which has the major third not found in the phrygian. The major 3rd is key to this song and it's melody and the exotic sounding mood of his solos. He also throws in some notes in passing not in either mode. He's probably just using his ears not knowing or caring what is what, just what sounds good...a mix of classical and exotic
Lyrics: Dark night, there is no light In the realm of the black magic man Soul's flight into the cold blight Of the destroyer's magic land Poor man, whose spirits are stronger They're the ones who will reign You're struggles are in vain Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood Soon black magic's dying You'd better start crying Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood Soon black magic's dying You'd better start crying Throw out your evil desire The dark king's kingdom is Made out of mire Throw out your evil desire The dark king's kingdom is Made out of mire Keep on for the kingdom of light There is no darkness, there is no night
exactly.. me too.. i will never get over it. more than mindblowing .. the only one who iis on that solo nowadays is no other than Ritchie Falcon Faulkner of Judas Priest !! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🐾
Always loved this song. It's so unique, with a heavy metal middke-eastern funk vibe lol. Love watching Uli play, it's so effortless like he's hanging out on the patio having a smoke while belting out virtuoso guitar 🤘💥🤘
@@deletadoparasempre Maybe he did, but I'd bet not. I'm also giving this a shot. But I know in my head that I am not a guitar virtuoso by any stretch so I'm not planning on EVER sounding like that....
@Sentinel Scourge Not to discredit shell walsh's reply referring to a fairly modern usage of the term, but China White was most definitely heroin back when the Blackout album was made. As one source of reference, in Nikki Sixx's Herion Diaries book (circa 1987), he refers to high grade of heroin by that name many times. China White began being cut with fentanyl eventually, and now it has just become slang for fentanyl itself.
I'm 23, found this song by accident 3 years ago. Happiest mistake of my life! Periodically get this masterpiece stuck in my head now and the only cure is half a dozen listens
Norman Reedus posted this video on his Instagram page a few years ago which is when I first heard this song...Absolutely bad ass...instantly became my new favorite Scorpions song. It doesn't get played enough IMO, not even on satellite radio....
Found this last night. I've listened to it about every 5 minutes, for the last 24 hours. And when I'm not listening to it, my grooving like the drummer in this video, still feeling it. I feel like I was just born.
This popped up on my Instagram feed and I am so glad. this right here should be a bigger song than it ever was, or maybe it was and I just didn’t know of it but I know my metal from the 70s and beyond and this blew me away
Hahahah Eric!! This happened to me last night! I bet we saw the same vid on insta! It was just the beginning solo section. I had it playing on loop with an open jaw. Came straight to TH-cam to watch the full thing and I've been looping it on here too!
I always knew the Scorpions only as embarrassing, old rock grandpas that no one could take seriously even in the early nineties (when I was still a kid and heard this from my parents, for example). Every now and then, I read on the internet that the Scorpions were supposedly a really cool rock band, and I never wanted to hear any of it. I never took it seriously. Only the sheer thought of Klaus Meine gave me goosebumps of disgust. Now I stumbled upon this song by chance, and what can I say? My worldview has been shaken, and it makes me a bit angry and sad :(
Check out the song "In Trance" it's another classic. They shifted their sound in the 80s like a lot of bands and it didn't age as well as some of their 70s music. Also there was just a big backlash against metal/80s music in general in the 90s which has faded over time.
Wow, this one really makes the dopamine flow.. I can't seem to get sick of it. If ever there was a rock song that needs to find its way into a classic sci fi movie it's this one.
It's actually a 1977 release. It snuck in there a week before Christmas, I think it was. But it was actually recorded back in June '77 and Roth had already written the song years before. In other words, he's a genius way ahead of his time and still underappreciated to this day...
They have a lady in common, Monica Dannemann. Kind of heartbreak really, how she died. Uli thinks it’s suspicious. Her art is amazing, and her estate has Jimi’s old guitar(s). Uli got to play one, original strings, then said he had to stop out of respect
This is incredible! Uli Roth shreds and looks like he’s sleeping while he’s doing it. It’s that easy for him. This is such rare footage! And Shenker has the Flying V already. That guitar suits him so well! Good to see it finally! Thanks to whoever uploaded this and to TH-cam! 👏🏻🎸😎
I have a few points to make here on this video. #1 I grew up on rock in the 80's loved this group only due to what was played on the radio. (ZRock) Had I heard this song or even known about this song I would have been a much stronger Scorpions fan. #2 I just found this song in 2019 myself being 48 years old. #3 Uli Roth Is now my new guitar hero. This is the most smoothest flowing groove rock song that I have ever heard in my life. #4 This is my favorite song of all time. I am sad that I only found it now and not as a teenager. #5 Uli Roth should be up there with all of the great guitar legends and somehow I am only hearing of him now. #6 Thank god for youtube or else I would have missed out. Badass song! Repeat over and over!
Amen I know exactly how you feel I don't know how I missed this but holy shit what a song and a perfect video I have never seen anyone play such smooth guitar his picking hand floats over the strings he does it with his eyes closed to boot to show he is a true guitar God :-)
I recognized everybody and knew their first and last names, but this is something I've never seen so replayed it again and again. Sounds like a studio cut they intentionally synced to video, typical of the era. Bell bottoms. Musicianship of the 70s built the massive 80s. They all look the same. Uli has insane custom guitars. Herman hasn't changed. Legends.
I just discovered this song a month ago. I’m 41. Used to get beat up by my brother for stealing his mega death and Maiden shirts. He put me on to a lot of cool shit. I’m going to see him soon. And kick his ass for not knowing about this. I will headlock him and Clockwork Orange his ass into watching this video. “Look what you did!!! How’d you miss this?
@new , that isn't the point. The point is that the albums are so much better, but they didn't sell. While the newer albums, which aren't as good musically, sold in the tens of millions. Go figure..
Well it's always the case of critical acclaim vs commercial accessibility.... I got started on Scorpions from their commercial 80's stuff, then their 90's stuff put me off so much (Wind of Change onward), and then I listened to Malmsteen play Sails of Charon, it's that moment that I realize that the real magic of their music lies in the 70's period!
I’m just a fan of everything the Scorpions 🦂 released. I got into them in the 80’s and then bought their entire back catalogue. They are in my top 10 favourite bands of all time. I like the fact that every album has a unique quality all of its own. It’s worth bearing in mind that had they not been more commercialised in the 80’s then many of us would probably never ever have heard of them. Besides, why shouldn’t they have got to enjoy commercial success. They deserved it.
Why, in 30 years of existence on this planet, did no one ever tell me about this Masterpiece!?
Sorry, I should have told you. Been listening to this for 37 years. Saw them in Germany back in 83. Check out all their old stuff. It is very good and different.
@@freethinkerer definatly will!
You have been under a rock man.
I never knew it either and I’ve seen the scorpions 5 times .
Well, don't lose another 30 years and go listen to stuff like Granicus - Prayer and Leaf Hound album "Growers Of Mushroom"
Dark night, there is no light
In the realm of the black magic man
Soul's flight into the cold blight
Of the destroyer's magic land
Poor man, whose spirits are stronger
They're the ones who will reign
You're struggles are in vain
Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood
Soon black magic's dying
You'd better start crying
Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood
Soon black magic's dying
You'd better start crying
Throw out your evil desire
The dark king's kingdom is
Made out of mire
Throw out your evil desire
The dark king's kingdom is
Made out of mire
Keep on for the kingdom of light
There is no darkness, there is no night
Another Settlement needs your help thank you
Hi or what
Those are some heavy lyrics
Best lyrics ever 🤟🎼🤟
Anybody else hear "Black Metal Man"? 😜😈
That song never gets old
This is amazing. That blistering precision lead over that rhythm groove is hook, line, and sinker.
I wouldn't describe myself as a Scorpions fan in particular, but Taken By Force is truly one of my favourite albums ever.
I just ordered a Japan release to get the long version of this song on vinyl :)
the coolest band with original style
Nice prog metal dude just stars w a crazy solo... Song structure crazy too
One of the best. They are all so into it!
Masterpiece
ULI!!!
Thee Godfather
of Neo-Classical!
Awesome 😮😮
this is my favourite Scorpions line up
It took a guitar solo clip on Instagram to bring me here...flawless guitar...❤
classic hendrix tone. That strat is on FIRE!
What a tune. Uli Roth at his unbelievable best. Haters will say it is mimed and not played live.
Uli fucking won't...
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Космос на земле.
Sounds like Dio here. Not just the singer, but the style of the band. Keep in mind I've only mainly heard Dio with Rainbow, so that's what I'm referring to.
You cross me the river styx
The riff is honestly one of the coolest things I've ever heard. And the harmonic minor shredding, not one wasted note.
try also Highway Star from DP
@@tothandras1741 well Ritchie Blackmore is a legend
Ikr
He's got that voice that matches the rest of the crew
Its phrygian
Omg I'm just hearing this 1st time in 2024.. Awesome!!!!!!❤
It's still badass when I listen to it again
Have a good one
Me too! I was like, holy hell!!
@@ScottChase-f3r I'm 56 and just listened to this song a few days ago. And it's not like if I didn't know Scorpions. What a masterpiece!
What I would do to listen to this fucking masterpiece again for the first time!!
Enjoy
Ashamed that I've only heard this until a clip on IG came up. This to me, is superior to their more famous work. This is sublime.
Agreed! That's how I came to know about it a few months back. I'll do you a favor and recommend something I found last night in related videos, another great song of theirs, called "Polar Nights". I saw a video of them performing it live in 1977, and it features UJR on lead vocals as well. Very Hendrix-like.
Same with me man. It’s never too late though I guess! 😂
Same with me 😢
Same
Whoa the matrix brought me here too 😊
80s Scorpions is good, catchy arena rock. But 70s Scorpions is magical stuff. Heavy, dark, other-worldly.
Indeed.
Agree
Well said
100%
you'r right.
Glad to see people are still Discovering The Scorpions and Uli Jon Roth in 2024 .Guy is a frickn Legend.
I know one of the first great guitar wizards back in the early days😊
because of gentlemen by the name of Rick Beato
@@nomadwolfox2140 in which video does he mention it?
Legend?? HOW in the !#%$ did I miss this MUHFUGGIN BEEAAASSSTTT??? GUITAR GOD!!! GOT DAYUM! It's now in my playlist!!!
Man, that opening solo never gets old, such a badass piece of music right there.
You know it!
🤟😝🤟
I listening to it all the time. It’s great.
Man, that opening solo never gets old, such a badass piece of music right there.
@@jfk19780 ?
Funny how most people only know scorpions for "rock you like a hurricane " when they had earlier stuff like this that is just face melting awesomeness
Absolutely right!
I love the older songs the best but then again, Lovedrive is one of the best albums.
Michael Shanker is badass!!
Fly to the Rainbow album is always my favorite album ❤💋
gotta love rudolph schenker, but uli john roth was him.
@@huntsie I once saw someone wrote that Uli Roth has the “Power of the Turquoise “
Lol 🤘
My face melted discovering Uli Jon Roth era scorpions
Only Stateside. In Europe, and Japan, the Roth years are appropriately revered as they should be.
Uli Roth playing this solo in '78 has got to be one of the most metal moments in metal guitar history..
Uli for the win. Legendary guitar guru.
Almost as good as CC DeVille...lol
He's absolutely terrific. And he's just so calm while playing, just a smooth, cool cat.
Absolutely face melting
The solo was very much ahead of its time.
Roth has got to be the most underrated guitarist of the 20th century,..... phenomenal
It blows my mind that he's not in the list of the most well known players. He came along at the right time for his playing, was doing the popular thing, was in a band people know, didn't wash out of playing, I guess some people just don't want to be a big name.
VITO BRATTA (White lion) to Eddie Trunk " i could'nt live without that song"
@@frankwren8215 To be fair, music critics and average listeners sadly don't appreciate art when they hear it. And I know music is subjective but it's still bullshit
Uli Roth is a very underated guitarist!
Anyone ever see someone play it perfectly besides him?!!! There's a reason for it🤘
I love Uli John Roth’s calm, in-the-zone demeanor. Then, there’s his playing. No words for it.
Yes your right, just my boomer opinion!😂
Tranquilo .????
Ésta poseído , por él mismo !!! 😂😂
Siempre perfecto !!! qué placer oírlo !!! 🎸🎶
@@alglen9208boomer?
I'm 40, huge music nerd of all genres, and that opening solo is quite possibly the best solo I've ever heard in my life. No words is correct.
@@boomer9341 yes I'm old, been around awhile. I guess that's what we are called now a days.
Everyone else is looking all mean and aggressive
And Uli’s like: 😌🤚🎸🤙
And Klaus is like: 🕺
Oh yeah.....Uli is like.....I got this!
Hahajajjaajaaaa!
He had that Billy Squire marching stomp thing, or rather Billy may have seen this for inspo. Jk, rockin' out with disco boots has been around since boots went on feet.
Hell yes
Thats actually pretty accurate lmao
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There are a lot of phenomenal guitar solos. That said, Uli Jon’s solo in Sails Of Charon, in my book, ranks among the greatest rock guitar solos ever!
well said. can't agree more.
No has escuchado He is Woman, She is a Man .. el solo está exitante..
Scorpions Live At Grugahalle Essen, DE April 26, 1975 HQ Improved Audi
We'll Burn The Sky#1 Sails#2
I completely agree 👍
Agreed 120%. That tune w/the guitar solo is just unique and different from any other songs of any band even the Scorps. A class act of/and of its own!
This is one of those songs that after hearing it once, its never leaving your head lol. So ridiculously memorable.
Haha exactly, happened to me too. Saw it once on Instagram and now I can never forget it.
Seems like a lot of us fell down the same rabbit hole :D
@@ducky_lad THATS Exactly what happened to me lmao
Yep
It has so much to catch our attention...the guitars....the groove set up by the bass and drums...the vocals and lyrics..
I'm really digging the earlier Scorpions over their pop rock era...
What an EPIC F***ing RIFF! Why did it take me 48 years to discover this?
Yep! Same for me. Just found this yesterday. Uli is mesmerizing :)
Holy crap I just found this yesterday and I've played this video a hundred times.
Same here, even i’ve listened them when I was younger
Watch Richie Blackmore and Deep Purple.
Listen to their 70s albums they are this good my favorite is In Trance
uli john roth....one of the most UNDERATED guitar players ever
The bends at at end of that intro solo are simply unbelievable
What color is the sky on your planet? Uli was never underrated.
He really is.
The guy was a known guitar god🤣
Hahaha underrated... omg you are talking about a guy who is mentioned as a great influence from ALL the guitar gods of the 80s (and not only)!!
Diminished arpeggios 7 years before rising force came out. Jesus...
Uli was Yngwie before Yngwie
@@jordanforbes149 I love Poison In Your Veins by Yngwie Malmsteen.
I have absolutely no idea what the hell you just said, but damm right!!🤘🏻
Same guitar as Malmsteen too
@@jonathankoziol6573 i think yngwie uses a strat because blackmore use one
Legend has it Uli drew his astounding guitar abilities directly from the power of turquoise jewelry.
Best comment yet...
well we can all rest easy knowing its not humanly possible to shred in such a psychotic manner without some cosmic assistance
The stone shines into his third eye and the magic ensues
That doesn't surprise me at all
He just plays the guitar and I say he is the ULTIMATE guitar player! Guess I he was just little
Classic Hahaha, he must have.
There hasn’t an intro that can beat this song’s to date. Absolutely mind blowing!!
Have u listened sun in my hand? another uli roth epic work
Cool little outro as well! 👍
Ii agree
Face-melting guitar action
Sweet child o mine....I know everybody has listened to it way to often and it has an High Annoying Love/Hate Factor........but that’s an Iconic Intro Lick and Nr 1 Hit. Remember when you heard it the First Time.
If you didn’t know this was the Scorpians, you’d think it was Rainbow with Dio
I had to double check. Even the facial expressions...uncanny
one or two years apart but scorpions made it famous first.
Pretty sure Dio was in Rainbow
Yeah, until vocal dropped.
UUUH, No
Jesus...I can not get enough of 0:00 to 1:25. Groove and neoclassical. Mind blowing metal.
ULI FKn Crhist!
It's on constant repeat for me. Obsessed with this.
I agree with you Cosmo
psuengineer84 song basically ends at 01:25 for me
The note at 1:15 is tremendous.
I feel like I’ve been robbed of all the years I didn’t know about this video.
You have been robbed but at least you are here now.
It’s so satisfying to find it this late like that last fry in the McDonald’s bag.
You’re not alone
Taken by force eo álbum
amazing how many people dont know about this piece of PERFECTION!
That's because the radio stations only play their 80's stuff. Albeit good stuff, but tired of hearing it.
@@ericp.1508 when this was recorded we were listening to underground college radio playing the rare "lonesome crow" , we didnt hear fly to the rainbow or in trance till 1980. And this was in so Cal.
Fully admit, Rick Beato's channel brought me here today.
I'm not really a fan of the Scorpions' '80s reverb-y production, but this song is dry as a bone and it ROCKS. That is one hell of an opening solo.
@@ericp.1508 Actually heard this song in an East German radio in the early 80s
@@frisbeepilot same,thanks Rick
No one's saying anything in regard to Klaus' extraordinary vocals. His singing is so commendable.
Indeed, it is unbelievable.
I never noticed how similar he is to Dio before, or vice versa is you prefer.
Alienart only his hair silly..klaus has no equal! Not to take anything from dio..mhes a legend in his own right..but klaus and the scorps..so many great songs
The man is on fire....
you are right!!!! .......but the guitar part of Uli is from another world.
Man the scorpions 70s records were wayyyy too overlooked for how great they were, like this stuff is miles better than the 80s stuff they blew up off
unfortunately that's how it is and I completely agree with you.
@@abdelabdellatif7100 Me too. A number of bands had a "comeback" or became big in the 80s (Scorpions, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, even Def Leopard) when they had older stuff that was way better.
@@Christian-vq8rd Maidens first album came out in 1980 and they also peaked in the 80s but yeah I generally agree on this as well
Depends where... In Europe they were quiet the show.
If it took you this long to discover the 70s era of the Scorpions them you might not truly appreciate great music until at least you finally did discover this era and other great music like the 70s era of Judas Priest
Been listening to Scorpions since I was a kid but I was today years old when I discovered about this song wtf this is majestic
Anything from Roth years is a gem tbh
Majestic is the perfect word for this
same...and a whole year later for me after you posted 😄
Same. It seems to be a running theme. We all have been missing out.
I actually did a tour and album with Michael Schenker.
I feel so blessed to have been able to work with him
Trying to decide what's the best part of this video: Uli's solo, Klaus's platform shoes, or Herman's facial expressions?
Klaus’ Shoes + his dance moves + herman’s facial expressions + uli’s moustache
Or Klaus dance moves
Still the groove. That shit's eternal.
Tie.
Its a package deal
That first 1:30 makes my hair stand up everytime 😫❤️
Agreed
Me too. I read that only a small percentage of humans get goosebumps from music...
Uli was one of the most underrated guitar wizards of all time! he never got the credit due based on his skills when other lesser guitarists did!
Phat Meow
There was an interview with Jimi Hendrix where he said, "There is a cat over in Germany who's doing crazy things with a strat. He's going to be something soon. His name is Roth I think. I only met him once." Uli was pretty young then.
Ricky Spanish, Wow that's pretty mindblowing! There did you find that interview at?
Joshua Ibarra
I think it was a metal masters documentary on palladia. Palladia was taken over by mtv2 and I'm not sure if they still play it. Everybody, ozzy, megadeth, and many others were crediting dio as a metal inspiration and dio only wanted to give credit to sails of charon and mostly uli.
for example, kirk hammet sucks, but has way more recognition, so i am with you on that one.
He isn't the underrated one. It is Rudolf Schenker.. He and Malcolm Young must be the greatest Rhythm guitarists ever lived... Listen to that tight rhythm...All the recognition goes to Michael, but I think Rudolf is criminally underrated...
Uli is just an absolute MASTER of the craft. Look at him, just hanging back, so humbly relaxed and eyes closed while ripping out some of the most incredible, complex, beautiful shredding ever done by a man. No big ego and nothing to prove. Just at total peace, at one with his craft and the universe. It is truly astounding. We have so much to learn from him...
As if he saying, I can play it in my sleep
Eddie Von Grape You're the reason I put the guitar down. Hope you're happy with yourself...
@Mark Worley I was being sarcastic...
Absolutely right, he did something arrived in 10 years from that time, shredding in the seventies, amazing
I thought the exact same thing.
Can't tell you how much I love this performance. it's got the lot. Spandex leopard print pants, platform boots, camp dancing, killer tune, mad video effects., pointy guitars AND a gurning drummer God bless 1970's German top of the pops.
Great comment. I discovered Scorpions around this time via Tokyo Tapes but in those days there was no way of seeing videos like this. I saw them live for the first time in 1979 but by then Roth had left and they'd started to evolve into the slick hard rock band that brought them so much success in the 80s.
It checks all of the boxes 🤘🤘
It's amazing that this song came out in the 1970s. I've been fascinated by this music lately.
Watch Won't Get Fooled Again by the Who.
Finally, a lead singer who knows what to do with his arms.
That is hilarious! Great start to the work week...thanks.
Ummmmm Steven Tyler?
lol
Robert Plant would repeating singing BABYYYYY YEAA MAMA
Yes ,singers and guitars and solo ,this coool!!!!!
Nobody has EVER looked cooler playing a guitar
yes , yes.
and that's just the rhythm guitarist, hoppin' & boppin'!
Except maybe Ritchie Blackmore.
Amen :-)
Tony iommi looks fucking badass playing tho
There's always that band or artist who are known for that one or 2 hit song until you dig through and find something WAAAaaaay more better than their greatest hit.
I remember being introduced to the Scorpions in 76 and fell instantly in love, like I did w Judas, Ted Nugent, Zep.
There's about 18 years of way better hits.
See: Alien Ant Farm
Came here to say the same!!
Uli is a frckn badass!
Rudy's not bad too.
matt rtr . i love this song. scorps.
Friggin' banana hands!
Hell yeah he is.
SMOKEN... 👊😎✌🎸🎼
He makes it look effortless
Wtf? Dude this puts the Scorps on a completely different level. This is badass and I have never heard it. God damn i love the internet
They've always been on the level...just always and still massively and unfairly underrated
Never lose that enthusiasm, my bro. Made me laugh out loud, cause I get it. Uli is letting it be known, melting faces.
Hell yeah brother
Their 5 albums before Lovedrive, when they started gaining popularity, are a bit overlooked, and mostly only cherished by us 70's hard Rockers who knew about them before they got popular. Check out "Speedy's Comin'", "Top Of the Bill", "They Need A Million", or "In Trance"..
Drummer: I think I'm going get a heart attack, if I keep up this tempo
Uli: I think I'm going to fall asleep, if I keep up this tempo
🤣🤣🤣
I discovered this song by accident a few years ago. It became my favorite Scorpions song.
What a f... Piece of art🤘. So ahead of it's time. Its definitely a hidden gem. At least for me.
Er market, have loved it ever since!!!!
Saw them in the80'swithout knowing who they were and then ran into winds of change at the su
Uli Jon Roth was so much advanced for that time
Dude is playing those drums like his life depends on it
As he should, as he should
It's his job, so it actually does.
Herman Rarebell is a great drummer
And that's the way all rock n roll should be played. Nothing else maters when your in the moment even if the whole band has there instruments turned off and are miming the song. ROCK ON! 😄
I swear Uli is the most relaxed rocker I have ever seen. Amazing.
The most under rated guitarist ever. I love his playing.
Although he obviously plays rock and roll, he is NOT a rock and roller. He is a musician that plays rock and roll. Probably doesn’t make sense to anyone but me.
@@stormbringercoming8105 for me, it does!
@@stormbringercoming8105that makes perfect sense. Well put.
he was relaxed as one could prove by watching other live footages of him playing but this is playback for some TV show.
Ok first of all. This song is amazing. The most underrated Scorpions song in existence. Secondly. I strive to dance like that in any situation. Thirdly, that guitarist gives no fucks and rips you a new one at the same time. LOVE IT
Yes!!!! Agreed 💯
DUDE RIGHT NOW HE STILL PLAYIN LIVE SHOWS BRO GO SEE HIM IGHT NOW IN YOUR TOWN!!!
Lol
the most underrated song ever for me atleast
Your comment is awesome!
This in my opinion is Scorpions in their prime. Before the commercial success of the early 1980s. Such an underrated band. A league of their own. Overlooked at the time by being put in a "Metal" category and overshadowed by bands like Black Sabbath and if you called them Hard rock then put on the back burner by titans like Led Zeppelin. Very unfair. Truly unique band that deserves much more credit.
Well said. I agree
For the love of all thats good...all their 80s stuff was wonderful....and NOONE compared to them live...stop doing what was always done...undermining and underrated their music...
@@fiercerahh Why? Roth himself said the direction they took was boring and that's why he went his own way. The band died when he left as far as I'm concerned.
I couldn't agree more. "Lonesome Crow" alone is a masterpiece. I only care about pre-80s Scrorps...and they were at their peak then.
@@brianh2787 Yea that was them at the perfect middle ground between late 60's/early 70's psychedelia and their later hard psych rock style. I went through all the albums of the Roth era and the only one that contained no skippable tracks was Lonesome Crow. At most I like half of any other album. That being said, there is at least one track that Lonesome can't touch and that is the Sails of Charon. Possibly the best rock solo I've ever heard.
ULI FREAKING ROTH!
you Mean David Lee Roth!! LOL
Iv been obsessed with this song since I first heard it two weeks ago.
Uli Roth doesn't even look at his guitar, as if saying "shredding? I can do that shit in my sleep. Yngwie who?" :P
You know about the Sky guitar, right? By his 20's, he had mastered the instrument so completely, he added a couple of extra strings and some more frets just to make it challenging. Truly remarkable.
Thats right
D'une 00
BryanX 64 Yngwie paid great tribute to this song in 1996
Well this isn't really live, but he was (and still is) a guitar master!
Imagine having nothing but such a TV show with all the pop music, and then... once in a while something like THIS drops. And you think your head and your heart explode.
Pop's for gay, real men listens to classical metal
@@pau.c_himself Scorpions would be ashamed of you. I bet there are a lot of gay men who love classic metal and a lot of "real men" who love pop shit.
@@pau.c_himself so what about men who listen to rap/hip hop ? Are they doomed to destruction as well ? Lol
@@pau.c_himself do you know that Rob Halford of Judas Priest is gay?
日本でもロックは死にかけている、あにめとゲームの中でかすかに生きている。
この頃のスコーピオンズは最高や！👍
Let’s start the song with a 90 second killer riff.
Ok.
bruh i never know how good scorpions are back in those days. proggy and heavy
Me neither….this songs better than most classic stuff I’ve heard on the radio not sure why it never gets played
'72-'82🤟
When I first heard and saw this song, I'd been playing guitar for over thirty years, and it was one of the biggest "A HA!" moments I've ever had, as it was when I realised that This HAS to be one of the pivotal moments in metal guitar history and most of the guitarists I look up to have been influenced by Uli John Roth. Uli is the quintessential TORCHBEARER. And his story about this song is just great. I urge people to go look for any interviews, and as much footage of this bloke playing guitar.
Es imposible escuchar esta cancion sin soltar una risa nerviosa por lo buena que es. La voz de Klaus, los solos del maestro Uli, el riff del comienzo, todo es perfecto. Scorpions es como Judas Priest, todos aman lo que hicieron en los 80s pero sus verdaderas obras maestras estan en los años 70s.
Coincido las grandes obras del sacerdote de los 70 cómo lo son sad wings of Destiny, sin after sin, Stained class, killing machine y el vivo unleashed in the eat son opacadas por las obras de los 80 y 90 cómo screaming for vengeance, defenders of the faith y painkiller.
Lo mismo paso con scorpions sus grandes discos de los 70 cómo in trance, virgin killer, Taken by forcé , lovedrive y el vivo Tokio tapes fueron opacados por los de los 80 cómo animal magnetism, blackout, love at firs Sting , el world wide live y crazy world del 90
A master piece never tire of listening to to it.
This is one of my absolute favorite Scorpion songs. I am using it as an example of the Phrygian mode with my students. :) It's a classic.
But it's the 5th mode of harmonic minor I believe...Close to Phrygian yes, but the natural 7th puts it in harm minor. and since the rhythm is in Bminor, the only logical scale is 5th mode of harm minor...
Not quite. He also uses the 5th mode of harmonic minor which has the major third not found in the phrygian. The major 3rd is key to this song and it's melody and the exotic sounding mood of his solos. He also throws in some notes in passing not in either mode. He's probably just using his ears not knowing or caring what is what, just what sounds good...a mix of classical and exotic
70's Scorpions are a major revelation for me! Love it!!
'72-'82🤟
My jaw never ceases to drop when I hear that first arpeggio😱 Its like "oh yeah Im Yngwies daddy bitches!!"
Uli is really guitar master. Very amazing, he close his eyes and playing complicated riff...
Everybody who plays an instrument, with a feelable control, is easy able to close the eyes during playing after practising the same song enough...
Lyrics:
Dark night, there is no light
In the realm of the black magic man
Soul's flight into the cold blight
Of the destroyer's magic land
Poor man, whose spirits are stronger
They're the ones who will reign
You're struggles are in vain
Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood
Soon black magic's dying
You'd better start crying
Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood
Soon black magic's dying
You'd better start crying
Throw out your evil desire
The dark king's kingdom is
Made out of mire
Throw out your evil desire
The dark king's kingdom is
Made out of mire
Keep on for the kingdom of light
There is no darkness, there is no night
Can’t get over this song . Listened to it 16 times today. I can’t believe the groovy on this .. insane !
That riff is stuck in my head for forever
exactly.. me too.. i will never get over it. more than mindblowing .. the only one who iis on that solo nowadays is no other than Ritchie Falcon Faulkner of Judas Priest !! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🐾
Me too. So wonderful.
Totally agree
@@esmeraldakhan I saw Priest on the Firepower tour and Faulkner blew me away. He killed it
Always loved this song. It's so unique, with a heavy metal middke-eastern funk vibe lol. Love watching Uli play, it's so effortless like he's hanging out on the patio having a smoke while belting out virtuoso guitar 🤘💥🤘
His fingers effortlessly float lol...breaks the laws of physics heehee
Just discovered this song even though long-time Scorpions fan. What an awesome rocker!
I'm obsessed with this song I have to watch this video at least a couple of times a day!!!!! I am determined to learn it on guitar!!!!
did you get it on guitar?
@@deletadoparasempre Maybe he did, but I'd bet not. I'm also giving this a shot. But I know in my head that I am not a guitar virtuoso by any stretch so I'm not planning on EVER sounding like that....
That into solo, is fucking epic, I can't stop listening to it and watching it!
That drummer must have gotten some good stuff strait from Pablo Escobar.
Que!
@Sentinel Scourge Not to discredit shell walsh's reply referring to a fairly modern usage of the term, but China White was most definitely heroin back when the Blackout album was made. As one source of reference, in Nikki Sixx's Herion Diaries book (circa 1987), he refers to high grade of heroin by that name many times. China White began being cut with fentanyl eventually, and now it has just become slang for fentanyl itself.
Drop D • Herman was really the bad guy, the party man who lived Rockstar life to the full.
Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll!
Scorps for ever 🤘😎🎸
@@badmotorfinger2206 He was the party guy in the Scorpions even more so in the 80's he had all the hot women too 👌
The whole band partied hard. Legend goes the scorpions invented cocaine.
I discovered this yesterday and have watched it probably one hundred times since
It does something a little funny. I'm not sure what. Rat at the 'cane dispenser.
I'm 23, found this song by accident 3 years ago. Happiest mistake of my life! Periodically get this masterpiece stuck in my head now and the only cure is half a dozen listens
Or an all day marathon...I can do that lol
Three times this am 😂
check out IVE GOT TO BE FREE on the same album
Norman Reedus posted this video on his Instagram page a few years ago which is when I first heard this song...Absolutely bad ass...instantly became my new favorite Scorpions song. It doesn't get played enough IMO, not even on satellite radio....
Found this last night. I've listened to it about every 5 minutes, for the last 24 hours. And when I'm not listening to it, my grooving like the drummer in this video, still feeling it. I feel like I was just born.
This popped up on my Instagram feed and I am so glad. this right here should be a bigger song than it ever was, or maybe it was and I just didn’t know of it but I know my metal from the 70s and beyond and this blew me away
Hahahah Eric!! This happened to me last night! I bet we saw the same vid on insta! It was just the beginning solo section. I had it playing on loop with an open jaw. Came straight to TH-cam to watch the full thing and I've been looping it on here too!
This happened to me too!! 😂😂😂
i had an old friend ask me "you know that riff from sails of charon?" i was like no lemme see, now i dont play guitar anymore.
BITCHIN!!! SAILS OF CHARON IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS!!!
Machu Asno same here
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Yes ,with you understand
Me3
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OH, how I miss the days of the dynamic double leads!!!
They do create a certain mood, don't they.
I always knew the Scorpions only as embarrassing, old rock grandpas that no one could take seriously even in the early nineties (when I was still a kid and heard this from my parents, for example). Every now and then, I read on the internet that the Scorpions were supposedly a really cool rock band, and I never wanted to hear any of it. I never took it seriously. Only the sheer thought of Klaus Meine gave me goosebumps of disgust. Now I stumbled upon this song by chance, and what can I say? My worldview has been shaken, and it makes me a bit angry and sad :(
Check out the song "In Trance" it's another classic. They shifted their sound in the 80s like a lot of bands and it didn't age as well as some of their 70s music. Also there was just a big backlash against metal/80s music in general in the 90s which has faded over time.
This song rules and the guitar playing is awesome. And it has a Dio/Rainbow vibe all over it. This is a masterpiece.
and Rush for that matter
Wow, this one really makes the dopamine flow.. I can't seem to get sick of it.
If ever there was a rock song that needs to find its way into a classic sci fi movie it's this one.
this jam is almost too good to be true...
Scorpions in the 70s Is The Best 🤘🦂
There is simply nothing about this performance that isn't perfection.
The rhythm section is killing it. And those vocals, damn.
Listen to Carry On by CSNY.
Scorpions have alot of good song's.
@@estebanvaldez3632really crosby stills Nash and young. Not even in the same leaque
1978 the guitar playing solo at the beginning is considered the inspirational gold standard for heavy metal guitar playing in the 80's 90's and Beyond
Agreed! Amazing and so clean as well.
Uli and Frank Marino were the guitar heroes of that period.
Yeah me too listening. 4m Bharat. 🤘
sounds very baroque. one could easily think it's a guitar version of a classical music.
It's actually a 1977 release. It snuck in there a week before Christmas, I think it was. But it was actually recorded back in June '77 and Roth had already written the song years before. In other words, he's a genius way ahead of his time and still underappreciated to this day...
The thing about Uli is that Jimi Hendrix would talk about him before he started playing with scorpions
They have a lady in common, Monica Dannemann. Kind of heartbreak really, how she died. Uli thinks it’s suspicious. Her art is amazing, and her estate has Jimi’s old guitar(s). Uli got to play one, original strings, then said he had to stop out of respect
I find a lot of metal/shredder stuff a little boring. But this is soooo good.
the drummer fucking LOVED the opening solo, he knew they fucking nailed it.
This is one of their best songs. The drummer is intense ❤
This is incredible! Uli Roth shreds and looks like he’s sleeping while he’s doing it. It’s that easy for him.
This is such rare footage!
And Shenker has the Flying V already. That guitar suits him so well!
Good to see it finally!
Thanks to whoever uploaded this and to TH-cam!
👏🏻🎸😎
Schenker has been playing the v since the start
Uli is in fucking trance or something
@Brandon Hofmann
He must be because he makes it look so damn easy! Easy for him, impossible for me. I can’t shred like that.
I have a few points to make here on this video. #1 I grew up on rock in the 80's loved this group only due to what was played on the radio. (ZRock) Had I heard this song or even known about this song I would have been a much stronger Scorpions fan. #2 I just found this song in 2019 myself being 48 years old. #3 Uli Roth Is now my new guitar hero. This is the most smoothest flowing groove rock song that I have ever heard in my life. #4 This is my favorite song of all time. I am sad that I only found it now and not as a teenager. #5 Uli Roth should be up there with all of the great guitar legends and somehow I am only hearing of him now. #6 Thank god for youtube or else I would have missed out. Badass song! Repeat over and over!
Purchase all of their old albums, the first 10 or so. You will not be dissapointed
And do the same with Queen, they have quite the same story, starting as godlike underground proto-Metal masters, and ending as radio bitches...
Amen I know exactly how you feel I don't know how I missed this but holy shit what a song and a perfect video I have never seen anyone play such smooth guitar his picking hand floats over the strings he does it with his eyes closed to boot to show he is a true guitar God :-)
I recognized everybody and knew their first and last names, but this is something I've never seen so replayed it again and again. Sounds like a studio cut they intentionally synced to video, typical of the era. Bell bottoms. Musicianship of the 70s built the massive 80s. They all look the same. Uli has insane custom guitars. Herman hasn't changed. Legends.
I just discovered this song a month ago. I’m 41. Used to get beat up by my brother for stealing his mega death and Maiden shirts. He put me on to a lot of cool shit. I’m going to see him soon. And kick his ass for not knowing about this. I will headlock him and Clockwork Orange his ass into watching this video. “Look what you did!!! How’d you miss this?
70s Scorps much better than 80s Scorps.
And yet none of their 70s albums charted.
@new , that isn't the point. The point is that the albums are so much better, but they didn't sell. While the newer albums, which aren't as good musically, sold in the tens of millions. Go figure..
Well it's always the case of critical acclaim vs commercial accessibility.... I got started on Scorpions from their commercial 80's stuff, then their 90's stuff put me off so much (Wind of Change onward), and then I listened to Malmsteen play Sails of Charon, it's that moment that I realize that the real magic of their music lies in the 70's period!
I’m just a fan of everything the Scorpions 🦂 released. I got into them in the 80’s and then bought their entire back catalogue. They are in my top 10 favourite bands of all time. I like the fact that every album has a unique quality all of its own. It’s worth bearing in mind that had they not been more commercialised in the 80’s then many of us would probably never ever have heard of them. Besides, why shouldn’t they have got to enjoy commercial success. They deserved it.
@@sirrealist5897 80's