I was listening as recently as 2008 but unfortunately I gave all my vinyl away to my nephew who is a musician who somehow put my best stuff on computer.🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇸🇪👍🎸🇺🇲☮️🏴😁❤️
I seen him in 77 when he opened for AC/DC he played with UFO and they've been one of my favorite bands ever since He's been one of my favorite guitar players ever since.
I will never forget the first time the needle hit the vinyl on this album. Waiting so long between the release of Lovedrive and this. What magic. Schenker is still my all time favorite.
@@zeppmann9333 Yes. I believe he only played live for a few shows on the Lovedrive tour, London and Paris if I remember correctly, then quit and went solo.
Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg of UFO made some awesome songs together......But his 1st solo album showed all the doubters that Michael Schenker Group had arrived...UFO was never the same
Michel has without a doubt been my favorite since i was 11 years old .im 57 years now nothing has changed . Still love his music Hes one of my hero's .That will never change.
I had to learn this song for a jam in June 1984. The key was one note too high for my range but i reached it okay. We played three concerts together and it was a blast. Hello Stuart, Steve, Ian, Garry, Pritch and Andy Cooper.
Always an amazingly talented and gifted guitarist and when you see a flying v, he is the only one you think of using it......been lucky enough to see MSG a dozen time over the years....AWESOME
Every time I see that flying v it reminds me of Randy Rhodes too but Michael schenkers always been one of my favorite guitarists I seen him when he was with UFO they opened for AC/DC in 1977. $3 concert
If you've never seen Michael Schenker in concert, you're missing out on a fantastic show. I've seen him about 8 times now, and I've never been disappointed. Michael will stay after most times to chat, take pictures with the fans and sign autographs.
I'll always remember seeing Schenker in Manchester UK some time ago...after gig he was signing stuff and the staff said shh Mr. Schenker doesn't like loud noise...ehhhh ! Bloody good gig though !
This makes me crack up, sooo cheesy but I still like it. !! Memories, I used to play this song (guitar)in my first band circa 1982/ in 1982 this was already 'old' haha. kids man, are ridiculous :)
First Mike Schenker song I ever heard and still love it to this day! Man he has SO many great tunes I've not heard before wishing him much health and success!
Studio is Simon Phillips.. but i saw this With Cozy Powell on drums.The infamous Cow Palace, California. 1981. They did the whole record except Lost Horizons. THEN...Natural Thing. Too Hot. LIGHTS OUT. Doctor , Rock Bottom. UNBELIEVABLE.
I have not heard this song in at least 30 years. I searched it today because I suddenly flashed to that arpeggio group in his lead ...while I was playing..damn I was lucky to have experienced it. Thanks to Butch and all the cats at Dr. Music in Pasadena circa 76-85. We had some great times...but my hearing is fooked. I love you guys.
Great to see an actual video for this classic! I think the nurse is a Hipgnosis staffer or model - she appears on the back of Rainbow's Difficult to Cure, again as a nurse, from the same year, 1981.
🎸🙋♀️🎶Armed & Ready is still one of my all time favorite songs! Michael Schenker you’re a genius! Listened to all your songs over over & over! Covered this & for a long time opened my shows with Are You Ready To Rock? Great lyrics to get crowd going!
Schenker was a hero of mine during my love of Rock music.... guitar riffs that just made you want to play it over and over again... then seeing it done live just blew my mind away 🤘🤘
You know for me this very song was going to be prime indicater if weather or not Michael Schenker could still kick ass on that Flying V like he did on all those UFO albums especially the live, Strangers In the Night album that I wore out more than once from repeated playing and, well this song( and whole album it came off of) did prove that Michael could indeed still rip on the guitar. Love this record.
In the period metal hardly got on UK radio. It was the Tommy Vance show, one hour a week on Radio One or nothing on BBC, and it was worse on TV until MTV years later. Maybe the occasional play by John Peel. He could get away with playing anything, and wasn't bound by the BBC's playlist censorship whatever. There wasn't much room for German metal, after Led Zepp and Iron Maiden and Saxon and Thin Lizzy, just because of the shortage of airtime. I don't know how it was in other countries. And the music industry is unforgiving to old bands which weren't the biggest names on the planet, so people have to find out by accident or word of mouth.
Always loved Michael and UFO..and the scorpions..love drive is magnificent. I really like beware of scorpions..check it out..Always felt UFO was better with Michael...songs were better...
y was at the rainbow at this time, Simon was a studio drummer at that time he recorded it. It is only to compare the version of 2010 and 1981 mainly at the turn of the dish at the beginning of the song.
Hello 👋 susan How're you doing, it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness, All love to you and yours ❤️
Hello 👋 Marie How're you doing, it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness, All love to you and yours ❤️
You could place this song right in the middle of Judas Priest Stained Class album and I wouldn't be able to tell it was anyone else aside from a couple licks in the guitar solo that only Schenker could have done back 45 years ago.
Hello 👋 jay How're you doing, it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness, All love to you and yours ❤️
Few guitarists rocked the Flying V more than Michael Schenker and K.K. Downing. I know there are others who did but those two guitarists known for their love of Flying V's and using them to create some particularly masterful guitar work have made the most impression on myself.
Was only about 12/13 the first time I heard the great mans guitar n I knew from that point that the world of metal and rock was the only musical path for me!🤘
I used to play this song in my band (Razor Edge) in Cincinnati, Ohio back in 1982!!! Killer song...thank you Michael! (I see you will be in Cincinnati soon)! Fond memories playing this in my first band at 16! (Will you be playing this song when you come to Cincinnati)?? Thanks man! (Let's jam together! I have a studio in my home here in Cincinnati)! Just get in contact with me!
So many things about this record. Michael fires himself from UFO and the scorpions then suddenly he has a band and a guy named Gary comes out of nowhere and ever faithful Paul Raymond and voila. Personally my favorites off of this are Lost Horizons, Victim of illusion too
vocalist is excellent on this one
Gary Barden is great.
Who is still listening to this masterpiece "1980" album by "The Michael Schenker Group" in 2024! 🤘🏼🎸😎
I was listening as recently as 2008 but unfortunately I gave all my vinyl away to my nephew who is a musician who somehow put my best stuff on computer.🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇸🇪👍🎸🇺🇲☮️🏴😁❤️
Fr.. Nagaland. India. 2024
I remember my dad and uncle playing this song in their band. Early 80's.
Fuck yeah!
Oh yeah!!!!!
One of rock's best lead guitar players EVER.
I seen him in 77 when he opened for AC/DC he played with UFO and they've been one of my favorite bands ever since He's been one of my favorite guitar players ever since.
*-MSG Most Underrated Guitar Héroes In Metal History.....Rock On.*
I will never forget the first time the needle hit the vinyl on this album. Waiting so long between the release of Lovedrive and this. What magic. Schenker is still my all time favorite.
Was that when he left Scorpions?
@@zeppmann9333 Yes. I believe he only played live for a few shows on the Lovedrive tour, London and Paris if I remember correctly, then quit and went solo.
@@GrampsD63 oh sweet! Yeah man this stuff is wicked.
🎸🙋♀️My all time favorite guitarist too!
I'm glad he left the Scorps Schenker right behind Hendrix greatest RockHeroes 🐐 🐐
Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg of UFO made some awesome songs together......But his 1st solo album showed all the doubters that Michael Schenker Group had arrived...UFO was never the same
Les 4 premiers albums de Msg sont de grands classiques mais perso rien ne vaut UFO une légende
Wow, all these years and I never knew there was a video for this.
Dude I didn't know either
This was what I call "the fun times"
Same for me. At the same time it is not the best tune of this great album and it now looks old fashioned.
ME EITHER!!
@@Rhino1277HotRails I was just thinking the same thing.
This sounds exactly like early Priest and I like it.
Man, Micheal wrote some of the tastiest riffs and leads in rock guitar...Damn what a talent! Love this album!
🎸💁♀️Me too!
Michel has without a doubt been my favorite since i was 11 years old .im 57 years now nothing has changed . Still love his music Hes one of my hero's .That will never change.
Ditto to that and Amen Brother.
И мой любимый гитарист!
44 years later and I'm still groovin' on this album like I was when I first bought it in 1980 during my junior year in high school. 😎👍🏻
Me too I Graduated in 1981 Bought that Album ❤
Who is still listening to this 1980 album "The Michael Schenker Group" in 2023 🤘🏼🎸😎
Just found it via Spotify. Ripping track.
Still soul mate..... From Kerala, S. INDIA
Me! It’s me! 😊
We never able to graduate from MSG.
It'me. I have this vinyl too
Summer/Fall 1980 was killah. This album- Plus,Back In Black...Tomcattin'....On Through The Night...Blizzard...no mo' disco left on the planet.
And don't forget British Steel.
Schenker is a guitar God
I had to learn this song for a jam in June 1984. The key was one note too high for my range but i reached it okay.
We played three concerts together and it was a blast.
Hello Stuart, Steve, Ian, Garry, Pritch and Andy Cooper.
Always an amazingly talented and gifted guitarist and when you see a flying v, he is the only one you think of using it......been lucky enough to see MSG a dozen time over the years....AWESOME
Every time I see that flying v it reminds me of Randy Rhodes too but Michael schenkers always been one of my favorite guitarists I seen him when he was with UFO they opened for AC/DC in 1977. $3 concert
This song just sums up a better era of rock!
Smoking hot!!!!! And Schencker💥💥💥🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
i agree
Superb album too!
I want to go back
🎸🙋♀️🎶I want to go back too! ..when music was fun !
If you've never seen Michael Schenker in concert, you're missing out on a fantastic show. I've seen him about 8 times now, and I've never been disappointed. Michael will stay after most times to chat, take pictures with the fans and sign autographs.
I'll always remember seeing Schenker in Manchester UK some time ago...after gig he was signing stuff and the staff said shh Mr. Schenker doesn't like loud noise...ehhhh ! Bloody good gig though !
So true. That is how I got my autographed Concert photo of Michael Schenker.
I have a cassette of Gary Bardens singing a song called Shine a light that never got released, its superb.
I can't believe its 44 years since i bought this album after hearing it at my aunties house and still listen to it alot.
In my opinion, Michael Schenker, George Lynch and Ritchie Blackmore have the best guitar tone of all the hard rock guitarists.
Add Mr KK Downing to that list
And the Nuge.
Schenker highly best
Gary Moore deserves a spot too
And what about Eddie Van Halen?
We need a group like this to come out and kick our asses outta of the dullness of the new music we currently experience.
I think it's important to start any metal song with the lyrics "Ohhhh yeah".
This drummer also plays drums on Judas Priest Sin after Sin! Chech it out!!!!
...and with pretty much everyone else for the past forty years! Simon P rocks!
This is one of my favorites from MSG. Classic hard charging song.
💁♀️Yes!
Yup, this one I always played as a warmup, while unloading trucks for work. So much energy in his playing.
This makes me crack up, sooo cheesy but I still like it. !! Memories, I used to play this song (guitar)in my first band circa 1982/ in 1982 this was already 'old' haha. kids man, are ridiculous :)
I like Michael Schenker alot he's one of my favorite guitar players
やはり自分の中ではNO1ギタリスト👍かっこよすぎ😭
Im 53 and a big rock fan. How have I never head of this guy or heard this song before? Seems impossible.
Michael Shenker was one of the 2 brothers in The Scorpions in early days after he left he was in UFO.
First Mike Schenker song I ever heard and still love it to this day! Man he has SO many great tunes I've not heard before wishing him much health and success!
Always be armed and ready when you play schenker thru your speakers- never disappointing
only two guys and they are sounding like a whole band, incredible!
😆
=))
And a bloke flicking switches.
This whole album is fucking great
Fuckin' - A!!!!!
Album is on ebay
@@shannonstowe4331 actually special order the cd years ago and still have it! Victim of illusion one of the best songs on the L.P
Studio is Simon Phillips.. but i saw this With Cozy Powell on drums.The infamous Cow Palace, California. 1981. They did the whole record except Lost Horizons. THEN...Natural Thing. Too Hot. LIGHTS OUT. Doctor , Rock Bottom. UNBELIEVABLE.
Gary is amazing and Michael, well he's just pure adrenaline, the epitome of guitar God!
In my words
I have not heard this song in at least 30 years. I searched it today because I suddenly flashed to that arpeggio group in his lead ...while I was playing..damn I was lucky to have experienced it. Thanks to Butch and all the cats at Dr. Music in Pasadena circa 76-85. We had some great times...but my hearing is fooked. I love you guys.
This drummer also played on Judas Priest Sin after Sin in 1977!!!!!
This was one of the first riffs I learnt on guitar when I was 15. Bought the album. Amazing
Is this Gary Barden? Love it!
Great to see an actual video for this classic! I think the nurse is a Hipgnosis staffer or model - she appears on the back of Rainbow's Difficult to Cure, again as a nurse, from the same year, 1981.
Michael has been my inspiration over my entire career
Life shaping record. Victims, Lost Horizons, Into the Arena, ....., not a bad song on it.
💯
💁♀️I know!
I was eighteen when this burst onto the scene
A fucking thousand years ago.
2:10 He makes the guitar sing💯
One of the greatest songs that I can remember. And I know a few.
🎸🙋♀️🎶Armed & Ready is still one of my all time favorite songs! Michael Schenker you’re a genius! Listened to all your songs over over & over! Covered this & for a long time opened my shows with Are You Ready To Rock? Great lyrics to get crowd going!
I have the cassette. Played it so much it screeches! Love Michael Schenker -still my favorite guitarist!
Yupp... M s g.... One of my favourite group ... Micheal schanker...
Saw him in 82 at The Troubador with this iteration of the band. Great music👏 I’m told I had a good time😳
I hear the Doobie Brothers "China Grove" and Priest "Delivering The Goods". Great song!
thats Messed UP !! but dammit Yes....lmao at 59yrs young
Schenker was a hero of mine during my love of Rock music.... guitar riffs that just made you want to play it over and over again... then seeing it done live just blew my mind away 🤘🤘
Can't believe that I've been listening to the lp for decades and I'm just seeing this for the 1st time.
It's still so damn good so many years on. Just proves that great songs are timeless.
🎸💁♀️Agreed!
Exactly! 💯 🎯
I remember when this album was released, excellent debut album!
Are You Ready !! Here We Go Let's Moveeeee Guysssss
Have the albums and still listen after all these years. Woo hoo - great stuff!
You know for me this very song was going to be prime indicater if weather or not Michael Schenker could still kick ass on that Flying V like he did on all those UFO albums especially the live, Strangers In the Night album that I wore out more than once from repeated playing and, well this song( and whole album it came off of) did prove that Michael could indeed still rip on the guitar. Love this record.
Today
01/08/2024
44th year of this masterpiece
Man! This vocal performance! If you would have told me that Rob Halford accidentally stumbled into the wrong studio, I would believe it!
How does this not have 5 million likes???
MrPurpleManiac And ten times more views!!!
§ ....?
Billie Eilish - 'Bad Guy' has 882,194,731 views. This world is coming to an END.
Because he is from germany - like me
In the period metal hardly got on UK radio. It was the Tommy Vance show, one hour a week on Radio One or nothing on BBC, and it was worse on TV until MTV years later. Maybe the occasional play by John Peel. He could get away with playing anything, and wasn't bound by the BBC's playlist censorship whatever. There wasn't much room for German metal, after Led Zepp and Iron Maiden and Saxon and Thin Lizzy, just because of the shortage of airtime. I don't know how it was in other countries. And the music industry is unforgiving to old bands which weren't the biggest names on the planet, so people have to find out by accident or word of mouth.
やっぱりマイケル・シェンカーは僕にとって憧れのギタリストです。名曲は永遠ですね。
He have been my guitar god! I seen Super rock84 in japan! its Dr COZY!! So crazy guys band that never forget mine! MSG forever. I'm in JP.
I get to see Michael in a couple weeks. I haven't been this excited for a concert since the 80s.
MS is the goat
That's a drummer right there.
Always loved Michael and UFO..and the scorpions..love drive is magnificent. I really like beware of scorpions..check it out..Always felt UFO was better with Michael...songs were better...
I listened to this song driving from Nashville to California to watch the US festival back in 83 long live rock and roll
Hmmm…for the past 40 years as a fan, only now I know that there is an official video made for Armed And Ready. 😏😏
Me too, totally surprice , 💪🤘
the vocalist is just genuine. great music
Greatest guitar player ever---under rated god
Think how much better he'd be if he knew any music theory
Love this CD
YES! my Guitar Hero! Great Song. Iove it.
That ones for you dad rest in peace much love thank you.
Simon Phillips is a monster on this track
I did not know that he was on the track. I thought it was Cozy Powell.
y was at the rainbow at this time, Simon was a studio drummer at that time he recorded it.
It is only to compare the version of 2010 and 1981 mainly at the turn of the dish at the beginning of the song.
Gabriel Cestari Simon Phillips was also on the great Judas Priest album Sin After Sin
Gabriel Cestari Thanks for the info.
Simon Phillips kills it on a song on Ace Frehleys solo album called Rip It Out!
what great classic of hard-rock !!
Aged to perfection
Hello 👋 susan
How're you doing,
it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness,
All love to you and yours ❤️
Why Shenker is not in the hall of fame is beyond me.
Or Blue Oyster Cult.
Happy Birthday Micheal
I saw Michael his past Friday in San Antonio. It was awesome.
HOLY SHIT IM A SHENKER FAN BIG TIME NEVER SAW THIS OR THAT IT EXISTED..KILLER ...MSG 4 LIFE
Schenker makes the Luftwaffe sound like a flock of seagulls.
Picked up the guitar and happened to play this riff and had to hear the original again. Brilliant song and the guitar sound and riff is just perfect.
Luved covering this !!!!
Hello 👋 Marie
How're you doing,
it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness,
All love to you and yours ❤️
Found this song on a metal compilation tape 36 years ago and i finally found it great song.
You could place this song right in the middle of Judas Priest Stained Class album and I wouldn't be able to tell it was anyone else aside from a couple licks in the guitar solo that only Schenker could have done back 45 years ago.
Superb stuff
This dude rocks !!! Rewrote guitar god
Hello 👋 jay
How're you doing,
it's been a long journey, and I'm nothing without amazing fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness,
All love to you and yours ❤️
This song was alway hard on transmissions, at least the ones in my cars.
Few guitarists rocked the Flying V more than Michael Schenker and K.K. Downing. I know there are others who did but those two guitarists known for their love of Flying V's and using them to create some particularly masterful guitar work have made the most impression on myself.
Rock and metal never get old!!! Autumn of 2020!!
高校生だったなぁ。友人から教えてもらった。
当時の日本ではこんなPV？MV?があるなんて知らなかった。
アルバムジャケットとリンクしてるとこがいい！
Was only about 12/13 the first time I heard the great mans guitar n I knew from that point that the world of metal and rock was the only musical path for me!🤘
Michael always had a great melodic style great for rock!
🎸💁♀️💖Melodic is the word I’ve always used for him too! Incredible genius!
I used to play this song in my band (Razor Edge) in Cincinnati, Ohio back in 1982!!! Killer song...thank you Michael! (I see you will be in Cincinnati soon)! Fond memories playing this in my first band at 16! (Will you be playing this song when you come to Cincinnati)?? Thanks man! (Let's jam together! I have a studio in my home here in Cincinnati)! Just get in contact with me!
I love this strongly...with all its faults (as far as the video - the music is perfect;)
From a time when we were Kings...
I've love guitarist for sooooo long, I remember when song first played on the radio!!! BAD ASS
THE MAESTRO!!
This was a truly brilliant album of it's time. Not sure about this video though😉.
Cry For The Nations is one of my favourites👍
Guitar work and Drums on Lost Horizons...Into the Arena??
@@highwaystar3780 yes.
Another brilliant piece of music, and agree the drumming particularly outstanding.
Great Song!
So many things about this record. Michael fires himself from UFO and the scorpions then suddenly he has a band and a guy named Gary comes out of nowhere and ever faithful Paul Raymond and voila. Personally my favorites off of this are Lost Horizons, Victim of illusion too