Join host Pete Pardo as he runs down his top 10 songs from German heavy metal legends the Scorpions. Let us know your favorites in the comments section below!
In the 70s, there was still a stigma related to anything German or Russian. It's was pure prejudice. Also their record label in the 70's was RCA and they did a horrible job of promoting them. It wasn't till the Lovedrive album when they switched labels to like polygram or capitol records that they started getting better promoted. Then in 1982 when Blackout came out the song No one like you was on the radio every 10 mins. That blew them wide open in the US.
My top 10: 1. The Zoo 2. Loving You Sunday Morning 3. In Your Park 4. In Trance 5. Coast to Coast 6. Only a Man 7. As Soon as the Good Times Roll 8. Alien Nation 9. Passion Rules the Game 10. When the Smoke is Going Down
Hell yeah for Alien Nation! Face the Heat was very underrated. There was so many great songs on that album (7 of them): Alien Nation, No Pain No Gain, Someone To Touch, Under The Same Sun, Unholy Alliance, Woman and Daddy's Girl.
1. Well Burn the Sky 2. Blackout 3. Loving you Sunday Morning 4. Steamrock Fever 5. Dont Make no Promises 6. Sails of Sharon 7. Im Leaving You 8. Cant Live Without You 9. Falling in Love 10.Pictured Life
1. Catch your train 2.hold me tight 3.sail of charon 4.lifes like a river 5.we ll burn the sky 6.picture life 7.i m leaving you 8.speedys comin 9.in trance 10. Riot of your time
1. Blackout 2. Pictured Life 3. Now! 4. Catch Your Train 5. In Trance 6. No One Like You 7. Alien Nation 8. The Zoo 9. When The Smoke Is Going Down 10. Another Piece of Meat
i. LONGING FOR FIRE 2. In Trance 3. Catch Your Train 4. Sails of Charon 5.Life's like a River 6.They Need a Million 7.Fly to the Rainbow 8.Speedy's Coming 9.Pictured Life 10. Evening Wind
Interesting list. Discovered them at Animal Magnetism and like the same four you mentioned (Lovedrive, AM, Blackout, Love At First Sting). Also loved Tokyo Tapes, but never warmed up to the studio recordings of those song (Speedy's Coming and Polar Nights). My top 10: 10. Passion Rules The Game 9. Steamrock Fever 8. In Trance 7. Lovedrive 6. Always Somewhere 5. No One Like You 4. Coast To Coast 3. Don't Make No Promises 2. Arizona 1. Rock You Like A Hurricane
1 - Holiday 2 - I´m Leaving You 3 - The Best Is Yet To Come 4 - Big City Nights 5 - You Give Me All I Need 6 - You And i 7 - Loving You Sunday Morning 8 -We Were Born To Fly 9 - Can´t Live Without You 10 - Bad Boys Running Wild
Can't really put them in order but I'd select those. 1.Sails Of Charon 2. In Trance 3.Yellow Raven 4. Rock You Like A Hurricane 5.Blackout 6. No One Like You 7. Still Loving You 8. The Zoo 9.China White 10. Love On The Run
In no particular order: - China White - Animal Magnetism - Drifting Sun - Sails Of Charon - It All Depends - Dark Lady - Virgin Killer - Another Piece Of Meat - Can’t Live Without You - The Zoo
I know everything the scorpions have released. When I say everything ... I mean it...EVERYTHING!!! I'm 51 years old and I've been listening to them for 40 whole years! I have all the vinyls, tapes, bootlegs, cd's, maxi singles, posters, concert tickets and much more stuff's. So, my list is... 10. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind 9. Evening Wind 8. The Riot Of Your Time 7. Crying Days 6. China White 5. Crossfire 4. Animal Magnetism 3. We'll Burn The Sky 2. Fly To The Rainbow 1. The Sails Of Charon HM: In Your Park, Life's Like A River, I've Got To Be Free, Can't Get Enough, Polar Nights, Hold Me Tight, Fly People Fly, Humanity, Dark Lady, Lady Starlight, In Trance, Alien Nation, They Need A Million, Dynamite, Holiday, He's A Woman - She's A Man, Yellow Raven, New Generation, Catch Your Train, Far Away
I'm probably a little older than you are, but my favorites, like yours, come nearly exclusively from the UJR Era. I can listen to the Fly to the Rainbow album repeatedly and not get bored.
Never understood why their more recent offerings aren't more popular. Deep and Dark, Blood Too Hot, Your Last Song, Humanity, Love 'em or Leave 'em, Someday Is Now, You're Loving Me to Death, The Good Die Young, House of Cards, Gypsy Life, Catch Your Luck and Play, Aleyah, Mysterious, Wild Child, Stone in My Shoe, Girl... all those are awesome songs. Add in Miracle and the unreleased New Horizons as well. Best group of all time.
Love your channel, Pete! I also dig the Uli era of Scorps the most, although my introduction was Animal Magnetism in 1980. The guitar and vocal combination of Uli and Klaus was one of the very best ever in rock, on par with Page/Plant, Blackmore/Dio and Schenker/Mogg, IMO. And you are correct, as usual, when you ask (rhetorically) if anyone else was doing the stuff Uli was doing in the 70s. Along with Allan Holdsworth, Uli is the guy that made Eddie Van Halen stripe his skivvies, so to speak.
there once was a time when scorpions were creating some of the heaviest metal out there. this, your list represents. thank you. if you've ever read the lyrics to the sails of charon you'd know them to be positive, life reaffirming. your light, another taken by force track, perhaps even more enlightening, another underrated uli masterstroke
1. Sails of Charon (1977) 2. Drifting Sun (1974) 3. Your Light (1977) 4. Crying Days (1976) 5. They Need A Million (1974) 6. In Your Park (1976) 7. Sun In My Hand (1975) 8. Animal Magnetism (1980) 9. China White (1982) 10. Top of The Bill (1975)
Good list, also lost interest after Love at first Sting and my first was Blackout. .So here's a segway: awaiting the top 10 MSG songs which you're undoubtedly already working on ;)
This was a fun one and I couldn't leave post-Uli off: Top 10 Scorpions 1. In Trance 2. Pictured Life 3. Dark Lady 4. Speedy's Coming 5. Polar Nights 6. Lovedrive 7. Animal Magnetism 8. Far Away 9. Catch Your Train 10. Another Piece of Meat
I saw Scorpions in 1979 at the Nuremberg ,Germany Open Air Fest. Battle of the bands with Molly Hatchet, Cheap Trick,AC/DC and the Who! The Scorpions were probably at their best. I used to have it on reel to reel tape.
My list with The Scorpions would be, 1. He´s a woman, she´s a man, 2. In Trance, 3. We´ll burn the Sky, 4. Fly to the Rainbow, 5. Woman, 6. When the Smoke is going down, 7. Holiday, 8. Under the Same sun, 9. I´m leaving you, 10. Steamrock fever
10. In Trance 09. Polar Nights 08. As Soon As The Good Times Roll 07. Speedy's Coming 06. Blackout 05. Passion Rules The Game 04. Is There Anybody There 03. No One Like You 02. Hey You 01. Sails Of Charon
Great list. Ulrich Roth's work is amazing. Love Michael's work on Lovedrive. Jabs is great too. Liked Crazy World and then what happened. They just forgot how to write good songs. Scorpions are in my top 5-7 bands ever
My top 10: 10. Evening Wind (In Trance) 9. Speedy's Coming (Fly to the Rainbow) 8. Coast to Coast (Lovedrive) 7. Born to Touch your feelings (Taken by Force) 6. In your Park (Virgin Killer) 5. I'm Going Mad (Lonesome Crow) 4. Sails of Charon (Taken by Force) 3. In Trance 2. In Search of Peace of Mind (Lonesome Crow) And my Number 1 is.......... Lonesome Crow Honorable Mentions! (Lonesome Crow) Leave Me (Fly to the Rainbow) They need a Million (In Trance) Sun in My Hand (Virgin Killer) Catch Your Train (Taken by Force) We'll Burn the Sky (Lovedrive) Holiday (Animal Magnetism) The Zoo (Blackout) No one like You (Love at First Sting) Bad Boys running Wild (Crazy World) Wind of Change (Sting in the Tail) Raised on Rock Not too crazy with the other Albums, I like Unbreakable, but I haven't heard much of it.
I was driving home from work today listening to some Scorpions and thinking to myself that this would make a great top 10 list for Pete. I go on TH-cam and here it is being suggested to me, weird!
My Top 10 1-The Sails Of Charon 2-We’ll Burn The Sky 3-Loving You Sunday Morning 4-Another Piece Of Meat 5-Virgin Killer 6-Blackout 7-The Zoo 8-Slave Me 9-Always Somewhere 10-Animal Magnetism
Really good top 10.Yes,the Uli Roth albums of the 70's are their best.I had the unbelievable opportunity to see Uli play a number of those songs in your top 10 with the Scorpions in 2007,as a special guest.The best part is that we were on the side of the stage about 12 feet from Uli and hearing his blasting vintage Marshall.Was a dream come true to see him do this stuff with the Scorpions. Yes,Sails of Chairon had to be the highlight of all the highlights.
My faves are Virgin Killer and In Trance, but Blackout is also great fun. Virgin Killer, Catch Your Train, Crying Days, In Your Park, Longing for Fire, Dark Lady, Robot Man, Life’s Like a River, In Trance, Fly to the Rainbow... Magical, dark atmosphere. Yep, Sails of Charon is also great.
Good list, man! My top 10 is: 1 - We'll Burn The Sky 2 - In Trance 3 - The Sails of Charon 4 - Always Somewhere 5 - Pictured Life 6 - Yellow Raven 7 - Catch Your Train 8 - Bad Boys Running Wild 9 - Holiday 10 - In Your Park
Like #31 and no dislikes! I enjoyed this one greatly. I am not well-versed on the Scorps. I know about them but only from hearing their stuff that they overplayed the deuces out of back in the early to mid 80s...Rock You Like a Hurricane and that era. I once heard an early 70s tune by them and was blown away. A total jam! The musicianship kind of reminded me of Purple but even had some elements that Purple didn't. So, I used this one of your videos to check out your choices. I really liked nearly every one and will listen and add to my musical base. Thank you and enjoy the holidays!
Very late to the party. Limiting it to ten songs is tough. But.. 1. Animal Magnetism 1. Hold Me Tight 1. 20th Century Man 1. When the Smoke Is Going Down 1. Now! 1. China White 1. Another Piece of Meat 1. In Trance 1. Lovedrive 1. Always Somewhere
My top 10. 10. I'm Leaving You 9. Lovedrive 8. Bad Boys Running Wild 7. The Zoo 6. Can't Live With Out You 5. Rythm of Love 4. Believe In Love. 3. Coast to Coast 2. He's a Women She's a Man 1. Sails of Charon
10) Hit Between the Eyes (the only Jabs era tune I really like. First heard it in the movie "Freejack") 09) Robot Man 08) Is there anybody there? 07) Loving you sunday morning 06) Hell Cat 05) Polar nights 04) Another piece of meat 03) Lovedrive 02) Longing for fire 01) Backstage Queen
In no particular order 1)Loving You Sunday Morning 2)Lovedrive 3)Falling In Love 4)Only a Man(possibly my fave) 5)Can't Live Without You 6)Arizona 7)I'm Leaving You 8)Believe In Love 9)Lady Starlight 10)Pictured Life I think I need to check out those 70s albums I've heard so much about
5:38 this melody is not from Evening Wind, it's from Yellow Raven. Otherwise really cool list, I like the 70s Scorpions stuff very much. Check out my list if you want to.
10. Falling in Love 9. Catch Your Train 8. Can't Live Without You 7. We'll Burn the Sky 6. China White 5. Animal Magnetism 4. In Trance 3. Dark Lady 2. Top of the Bill 1. The Sails of Charon
Interesting choices. Longing For Fire has always been my #1. I grew up in Germany. Heard them in the 70s a lot and saw them in 1976. I do prefer the Matthias, more commercial era overall. Lovedrive through Love At First Sting is an impressive run.
@@vbassone What can I say other than MIND BLOWN. My uncle (more like a big brother as he is only a few years older than me) introduced me to bands like the Scorpions. He had tickets for a show not far from where we lived. It was general admission, and we were up close and personal. To say I was blown away would be an understatement. Not sure exactly what to tell you or what you want to know. The next time I saw them was on the Lovedrive tour. Matthias was impressive.
My top 10. 10. I can't explain 9.Coast to Coast 8.Believe in love 7.Evening Wind 6.No one like you 5.Always Somewhere 4.HEY YOU 3.Speedy's coming 2.Loving you sunday morning 1. Lady Starlight
My top 10: 10.Still Loving You 9.Moments of Glory 8.Fly To The Rainbow 7.Yellow Raven 6.Life's Like A River 5.Always Somewhere 4.We'll Burn The Sky 3.Evening Wind 2.Holiday 1.Lady Starlight
1. Make it real 2. Rock you like a hurricane 3. Loving you Sunday morning 4. No one like you 5. When the smoke is going down 6. Holiday 7. Always somewhere 8. Is there anybody there 9. Lovedrive 10. The Zoo
My top 10 10. Under the same sun 9. Send me an angel 8. Alien nation 7. No one like you 6. Can't live without you 5. Love will keep us alive 4. Still loving you 3. Rock you like a hurricane 2. Wind of change 1. Blackout Honorable mentions : The zoo, Pictured life, Stone in my shoe, Dynamite, Blood too hot, Humanity, No limit, Lovedrive, Steamrock fever, In trance, Lust or love, But the best for you, Borderline, Big city nights, Rhythm of love, Lonely nights, Maybe I maybe you, Lorelei, Backstage queen
My top 10 favorite Scorpions songs in no particular order are Lovedrive Still Loving You Can't Live Without You Make It Real Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep) In Trance Send Me An Angel Dynamite Loving You Sunday Morning The Zoo Honorable Mention: I'm Going Mad, Coming Home, Blackout, Holiday, Another Piece Of Meat, Steamrock Fever, No One Like You, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Animal Magnetism, I Can't Explain
A lot of great songs and some great guitarist over the bands time. Today 1) Life is too Short, 2) Wind of Change, 3) Blackout, 4) In Search of a Piece of Mind, 5) Holiday, 6) No Limit, 7) The Best is Yet to Come, 8) Delirious, 9) Pictured Life, 10) 321.
This is another tough one because Scorpions have many great songs but here are ten that I really love off the top of my head at this moment. 10. We'll Burn The Sky 9. Dark Lady 8. Alien Nation 7. Pictured Life 6. Animal Magnetism 5. In Trance 4. Blackout 3. Dynamite 2. Sails Of Charon 1. He's A Woman, She's A Man Honorable mentions Catch Your Train, Holiday, Lovedrive, Coast To Coast, I'm Leaving You, Another Piece Of Meat, Don't Stop At The Top, and many more.
Here’s my top 10: 10. Deep and Dark 9. Blackout 8. Holiday 7. (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame 6. Under the Same Sun 5. Believe in Love 4. Still Loving You 3. Lonely Nights 2. Rhythm of Love 1. Winds of Change Honorable mentions: Rock You Like a Hurricane Big City Nights Moment of Glory Follow Your Heart Send Me an Angel On My Way Home (with more listens, this one will move up the list)
great clip..one of my all time favorite bands..first song them on 79 Lovedrive Tour. ..and many times over. I also, prefer the ULI years...and finally got to see him couple years ago in Atlanta...playing all those Scorps early classics! Nice list..I see u enjoy the slower melodic ones. Let me add YELLOW RAVEN! and BORN TO TOUCH YOUR FEELINGS.
One of the great examples of a foreign hard rock powerhouse 1. We'll burn the Sky - taken by force 2. Lonesome Crow - title track 3. Can't live without you - blackout 4. Dynamite - Blackout 5. Still loving you - love at first sting 6. The Zoo - Animal Magnetism 7. Life's like a river - In Trance 8. Sails of Charon - taken by force 9. Holiday - lovedrive 10. Virgin Killer - title track
The Blackout album was my introduction to this band and I have never looked back since. Personally, I felt Love At First Sting was their last good complete album and could listen to nothing by them afterwards. Their 70s material was their best output!
My top 11 Scorpions songs of all time: 11. Virgin Killler 10. Catch your train 9. Picture Life 8. In traces 7. Speedy Coming 6. It all depends 5. I cant Explain 4. The zoo 3. Still loving you 2. No one like you 1. Rock you like A hurricane
1. The Zoo 2. Dynamite 3. Winds of Change (I was ten when this came out.... made me a fan) 4. No One Like You (the alt. Hurricane) 5. Sails of Charon 6. Now 7. Blackout 8. I'm Going Mad (when I heard this Era of Scorps, I got more respect for them) 9. Woman (weird, but catchy) 10. Bad Boys Running Wild (the opening guitar notes just put my head on a tilt)
Top 10 right now, first to tenth going down: Polar Nights Falling in Love Loving You Sunday Morning Another Piece Of Meat No One Like You Blackout Pictured Life Rock You Like A Hurricane Lovedrive Big City Nights Thanks everyone!!!
My Top 10: 1) Animal Magnetism 2) Holiday 3) China White 4) Still Loving You 5) They Need A Million 6) The Zoo 7) Born To Touch Your Feelings 8) Make It Real 9) We’ll Burn The Sky 10) Dark Lady
My list: 10. Alien Nation 9. Wind Of Change 8. Rock You Like A Hurricane 7. We Built This House 6. Still Loving You 5. Big City Nights 4. Lonely Nights 3. To Be With You In Heaven 2. Send Me An Angel 1. Rhythm Of Love
I really like some of the Roth era.....Speedys Coming, Pictured Life, In Trance etc, but my fave era is the early Jabs, especially Blackout. That said my fave Scorpions is a Michael Schenker track Coast To Coast.
1. We’ll burn the sky 2. Fly to the rainbow/ Polar nights 3. Sun in my hand 4. Drifting sun 5. Evening wind 6. Speedy’s coming 7. The sails of Charon 8. Far away 9. All night long 10. Yellow raven
Your list ist very good I agree with most of it Believe it or not: I just discovered Evening Wind because of you Thank you so much for this Greetings from Austria, my friend
Here we go ---> 10 - 1 Thank you Pete for zeroing in on a great rock band. 10. Steamrock Fever = way to kick off a kickass album! 9. Robot Man Don't love it like I used to but this grabbed me by the throat back in the 70s and I became a Fan. 8. In Trance A beautiful and powerful song 7. Virgin Killer My internal organs go crazy when I hear this song! 6. Crying Days Part horror movie score, part haunting love song 5. Polar Nights Drums come in on a cold wind - that's all I need. 4. Riot of Your Time Exquisite guitar work early leads into one of their best rockers. 3. Pictured Life "Sweet are the Days...Intoxication..." First half of their best one-two punch.. 2. Catch Your Train ...and this is the knockout shot! One of my fav albums of all time 1. The Zoo This comes on I crank it. If present company won't allow it, I go elsewhere to crank it. Simple as that. Honorable Mentions: Fly to the Rainbow and Speedy's Coming, Dark Lady (subtle as shrapnel), my old favorite= Life's Like a River, Backstage Queen, Rock You Like a Hurricaine, 20th Century Man,= a few others I forget by title but I lean heavily toward their earlier stuff.
Love the old Uli stuff. My first Scorps album was Lovedrive, though...so it holds a special place. Always liked "Bad Boys Running Wild" from Love At First Sting, too.
1. The Sails Of Charon 2. In Trance 3. When The Smoke Is Going Down 4. Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep) 5. He's A Woman - She's A Man 6. Another Piece Of Meat 7..Virgin Killer 8. Can't Get Enough 9. Still Loving You 10. Speedy's Coming
10. We’ll Burn the sky 9. The Zoo 8. Blackout 7. In Trance 6. Holiday 5. Coast to coast 4. I’m leaving you 3. Bad boys running wild 2. Pictured life 1. Loving you Sunday Morning
Saw the black out tour with rainbow opening awesome ! my top ten In Trance Virgin Killer Catch your train robot man rock you like a hurricane hes a women shes a man Pictured life Animal magnetism longing for fire Wind of change so many Honorable mentions so many great songs from a great rock band !
Patrick Nicolucci are you saying that RAINBOW opened for the Scorpions? When and where did you see that tour? I saw that tour in the summer of 1982 Cape Cod Coliseum and the line up was.... ROIT opening.....THE SCORPIONS in the middle...AND RAINBOW should have finnished the show but Blackmore was having a tech problem and stormed of the stage. We waited about 30- 40 after they announced that they were working on the problem and would be back out.....NEVER HAPPENED!! Only.saw 8 RAINBOW songs
Patrick Nicolucci But RAINBOW was the headliner... Cape Cod Coliseum was a great little arena...only about 5000-6000 seats including the floor.... General Admission!! Was only about 3500 people at that show?!?! Almost missed that show....car trouble...took a Greyhound bus then a cab... Made it in the nick of time......10 minutes before Showtime. After the show we walked back to the bus station, we got lost and we were walking on the highway and were stopped by a Mass. State trooper. He was real cool and ended up giving us a ride to a Howard Johnson restaurant which was 20 miles away from the bus station, but was the first stop on the bus route. The trooper even made a remark about smelling the weed we had on us. He told us he was just getting off duty and we were lucky that he just worked a 12 hour shift and was to tired to deal with it., even though he could have arrested us JUST for walking on that highway!! It was ALWAYS an adventure going to that arena!!!
Dang Pete, surprised you rated the ballads so high...(ya' big softy, gotta admit they are great tho'). Another dinosaur/geezer perspective list in no real order: Polar Nights Speedy's Coming Lonesome Crow Coast To Coast Sails of Charon Dark Lady Robot Man He's A Woman, She's a Man We'll Burn the Sky Night Lights...to be fair a few could be swapped w/ Rock you like a Hurricane, Action, (for its jazz like Rory Gallagher vibe from Michael Schenker), Pictured Life, Fly to the Rainbow and several others.
You mentioned We'll Burn The Sky at number 9, but I was really surprised to not hear you mention that the lyrics to "We'll Burn the Sky" were initially a poem written by Monika Dannemann, the last girlfriend of Hendrix, as a tribute to him after he died. Later, she became involved with Scorpions' guitarist Uli Jon Roth.
Sorry man, but "Love at First Sting" is still pretty damn amazing, especially "Still Loving You." I don't care if it was commercial. That shit is tight. Wore out my cassette of that. And Charon is pronounced like a "k," not as "sh."
U know ure stuff my favourite scorpions album is in trance aswell it's majestic has that vibe to it. And evening wind is one of my favourites of the album.
1)Rock You Like A Hurricane; 2)Big City Nights; 3)Blackout; 4)No One Like You; 5)Wind Of Change; 6)Holiday; 7)Make It Real; 8)We'll Burn The Sky; 9)In Trance; 10)Pictured Life
I got into the Scorpions, at least heard their name, when playboy playmates kept listing ‘Scorpions’ as one of their favorite bands. I guess that helped playboy sell some future issues. I was a janitor at a combo TV/radio station once. . .The DJ talked about meeting Jimi Hendrix. He def seemed to liked playing ‘Rock you like a Hurricane’. I remember once, he said, ‘it’s OK to vacuum’ we’re off the air. Then he went on air while i was vacuuming. He said, ‘we run a clean operation here’ haha.
Look folks , these are the Essential Top 10 Scorpions songs that are timeless . 1. Rock You Like A Hurricane 2. No One Like you 3. Still Loving You 4. Blackout 5. Love Drive 6. Animal Magnetism 7. The Zoo 8. You Give Me All I Need 9. Coming Home 10 . Winds Of Change
1. Animal Magnetism 2. Crying Days 3. Drifting Sun 4. Dark Lady 5. Sails of Charon 6. Pictured Life 7. Evening Wind 8. The Zoo 9. China White 10. Yellow Raven
70's era scorpions are so underrated. i dont know why they are never mentioned in lists of metal pioneers.
I know right? 70's Scorpions were fucking masters!
Probably because lots of people think they only did power ballads, or something stupid like that
@@Kongorlobo well when you make the best power ballads that’s what people remember.
In the 70s, there was still a stigma related to anything German or Russian. It's was pure prejudice. Also their record label in the 70's was RCA and they did a horrible job of promoting them. It wasn't till the Lovedrive album when they switched labels to like polygram or capitol records that they started getting better promoted. Then in 1982 when Blackout came out the song No one like you was on the radio every 10 mins. That blew them wide open in the US.
Uli's intro on Sails Of Charon is fantastic. It will always be #1 for me. Catch Your Train a close second.
My top 10:
1. The Zoo
2. Loving You Sunday Morning
3. In Your Park
4. In Trance
5. Coast to Coast
6. Only a Man
7. As Soon as the Good Times Roll
8. Alien Nation
9. Passion Rules the Game
10. When the Smoke is Going Down
Hell yeah for Alien Nation! Face the Heat was very underrated. There was so many great songs on that album (7 of them): Alien Nation, No Pain No Gain, Someone To Touch, Under The Same Sun, Unholy Alliance, Woman and Daddy's Girl.
@@Danimal77 Ship of Fools and Taxman Woman are strong, too.
@@Danimal77 how dont you include lonely nights? Its one of their best ballads
1. Well Burn the Sky
2. Blackout
3. Loving you Sunday Morning
4. Steamrock Fever
5. Dont Make no Promises
6. Sails of Sharon
7. Im Leaving You
8. Cant Live Without You
9. Falling in Love
10.Pictured Life
1. Catch your train
2.hold me tight
3.sail of charon
4.lifes like a river
5.we ll burn the sky
6.picture life
7.i m leaving you
8.speedys comin
9.in trance
10. Riot of your time
The album 'Taken by Force' is part of my DNA. I hear one track and I am 14 again. Instantly.
I love that about music. It's a time machine!
1. Blackout
2. Pictured Life
3. Now!
4. Catch Your Train
5. In Trance
6. No One Like You
7. Alien Nation
8. The Zoo
9. When The Smoke Is Going Down
10. Another Piece of Meat
i. LONGING FOR FIRE
2. In Trance
3. Catch Your Train
4. Sails of Charon
5.Life's like a River
6.They Need a Million
7.Fly to the Rainbow
8.Speedy's Coming
9.Pictured Life
10. Evening Wind
Interesting list. Discovered them at Animal Magnetism and like the same four you mentioned (Lovedrive, AM, Blackout, Love At First Sting). Also loved Tokyo Tapes, but never warmed up to the studio recordings of those song (Speedy's Coming and Polar Nights). My top 10:
10. Passion Rules The Game
9. Steamrock Fever
8. In Trance
7. Lovedrive
6. Always Somewhere
5. No One Like You
4. Coast To Coast
3. Don't Make No Promises
2. Arizona
1. Rock You Like A Hurricane
1 - Holiday
2 - I´m Leaving You
3 - The Best Is Yet To Come
4 - Big City Nights
5 - You Give Me All I Need
6 - You And i
7 - Loving You Sunday Morning
8 -We Were Born To Fly
9 - Can´t Live Without You
10 - Bad Boys Running Wild
The ending you describe at 5:38 isn't from Evening Wind....it's from Yellow Raven - YOU'RE WELCOME !
Can't really put them in order but I'd select those.
1.Sails Of Charon
2. In Trance
3.Yellow Raven
4. Rock You Like A Hurricane
5.Blackout
6. No One Like You
7. Still Loving You
8. The Zoo
9.China White
10. Love On The Run
In no particular order:
- China White
- Animal Magnetism
- Drifting Sun
- Sails Of Charon
- It All Depends
- Dark Lady
- Virgin Killer
- Another Piece Of Meat
- Can’t Live Without You
- The Zoo
I know everything the scorpions have released. When I say everything ... I mean it...EVERYTHING!!! I'm 51 years old and I've been listening to them for 40 whole years! I have all the vinyls, tapes, bootlegs, cd's, maxi singles, posters, concert tickets and much more stuff's.
So, my list is...
10. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind
9. Evening Wind
8. The Riot Of Your Time
7. Crying Days
6. China White
5. Crossfire
4. Animal Magnetism
3. We'll Burn The Sky
2. Fly To The Rainbow
1. The Sails Of Charon
HM: In Your Park, Life's Like A River, I've Got To Be Free, Can't Get Enough, Polar Nights, Hold Me Tight, Fly People Fly, Humanity, Dark Lady,
Lady Starlight, In Trance, Alien Nation, They Need A Million, Dynamite, Holiday, He's A Woman - She's A Man, Yellow Raven, New Generation, Catch Your Train, Far Away
I'm probably a little older than you are, but my favorites, like yours, come nearly exclusively from the UJR Era. I can listen to the Fly to the Rainbow album repeatedly and not get bored.
Never understood why their more recent offerings aren't more popular. Deep and Dark, Blood Too Hot, Your Last Song, Humanity, Love 'em or Leave 'em, Someday Is Now, You're Loving Me to Death, The Good Die Young, House of Cards, Gypsy Life, Catch Your Luck and Play, Aleyah, Mysterious, Wild Child, Stone in My Shoe, Girl... all those are awesome songs. Add in Miracle and the unreleased New Horizons as well. Best group of all time.
Love your channel, Pete! I also dig the Uli era of Scorps the most, although my introduction was Animal Magnetism in 1980. The guitar and vocal combination of Uli and Klaus was one of the very best ever in rock, on par with Page/Plant, Blackmore/Dio and Schenker/Mogg, IMO. And you are correct, as usual, when you ask (rhetorically) if anyone else was doing the stuff Uli was doing in the 70s. Along with Allan Holdsworth, Uli is the guy that made Eddie Van Halen stripe his skivvies, so to speak.
there once was a time when
scorpions
were creating some of the
heaviest metal
out there.
this, your list represents.
thank you.
if you've ever read the lyrics to
the sails of charon
you'd know them to be positive,
life reaffirming.
your light,
another taken by force track,
perhaps even more enlightening,
another underrated uli masterstroke
Uli Roth is a phenomenal guitar player but I never understood why Mathias Jabs is so underrated.
Mathias is an authentic virtuoso.
Probably cuz most people don't know of them until songs like nobody like you Rock You Like a Hurricane
because Mattias, (no offense here) is not in the same class as Uli / Michael.
1. Sails of Charon (1977)
2. Drifting Sun (1974)
3. Your Light (1977)
4. Crying Days (1976)
5. They Need A Million (1974)
6. In Your Park (1976)
7. Sun In My Hand (1975)
8. Animal Magnetism (1980)
9. China White (1982)
10. Top of The Bill (1975)
Good list, also lost interest after Love at first Sting and my first was Blackout. .So here's a segway: awaiting the top 10 MSG songs which you're undoubtedly already working on ;)
This was a fun one and I couldn't leave post-Uli off:
Top 10 Scorpions
1. In Trance
2. Pictured Life
3. Dark Lady
4. Speedy's Coming
5. Polar Nights
6. Lovedrive
7. Animal Magnetism
8. Far Away
9. Catch Your Train
10. Another Piece of Meat
Great top 10!!! Mine are very similar. Great band with an amazing 70s output
Hey you ,underrated song.nobody knows that song .Hidden gem!!!!
I saw Scorpions in 1979 at the Nuremberg ,Germany Open Air Fest.
Battle of the bands with Molly Hatchet, Cheap Trick,AC/DC and the Who!
The Scorpions were probably at their best. I used to have it on reel to reel tape.
I always really liked "Is There Anybody There?"
best raggae song ever
My list with The Scorpions would be, 1. He´s a woman, she´s a man, 2. In Trance, 3. We´ll burn the Sky, 4. Fly to the Rainbow, 5. Woman, 6. When the Smoke is going down, 7. Holiday, 8. Under the Same sun, 9. I´m leaving you, 10. Steamrock fever
10. In Trance
09. Polar Nights
08. As Soon As The Good Times Roll
07. Speedy's Coming
06. Blackout
05. Passion Rules The Game
04. Is There Anybody There
03. No One Like You
02. Hey You
01. Sails Of Charon
Your the 1st person I’ve watched on You Tube that gave some love to Lonesome Crow. Every one else hates it. I love it. 70’s Scorpions for me also
Great list. Ulrich Roth's work is amazing. Love Michael's work on Lovedrive. Jabs is great too. Liked Crazy World and then what happened. They just forgot how to write good songs. Scorpions are in my top 5-7 bands ever
My top 10:
10. Evening Wind (In Trance)
9. Speedy's Coming (Fly to the Rainbow)
8. Coast to Coast (Lovedrive)
7. Born to Touch your feelings (Taken by Force)
6. In your Park (Virgin Killer)
5. I'm Going Mad (Lonesome Crow)
4. Sails of Charon (Taken by Force)
3. In Trance
2. In Search of Peace of Mind (Lonesome Crow)
And my Number 1 is..........
Lonesome Crow
Honorable Mentions!
(Lonesome Crow)
Leave Me
(Fly to the Rainbow)
They need a Million
(In Trance)
Sun in My Hand
(Virgin Killer)
Catch Your Train
(Taken by Force)
We'll Burn the Sky
(Lovedrive)
Holiday
(Animal Magnetism)
The Zoo
(Blackout)
No one like You
(Love at First Sting)
Bad Boys running Wild
(Crazy World)
Wind of Change
(Sting in the Tail)
Raised on Rock
Not too crazy with the other Albums, I like Unbreakable, but I haven't heard much of it.
I was driving home from work today listening to some Scorpions and thinking to myself that this would make a great top 10 list for Pete. I go on TH-cam and here it is being suggested to me, weird!
Amazing band - Amazing songs😃👍
My Top 10 1-The Sails Of Charon 2-We’ll Burn The Sky 3-Loving You Sunday Morning 4-Another Piece Of Meat 5-Virgin Killer 6-Blackout 7-The Zoo 8-Slave Me 9-Always Somewhere 10-Animal Magnetism
Really good top 10.Yes,the Uli Roth albums of the 70's are their best.I had the unbelievable opportunity to see Uli play a number of those songs in your top 10 with the Scorpions in 2007,as a special guest.The best part is that we were on the side of the stage about 12 feet from Uli and hearing his blasting vintage Marshall.Was a dream come true to see him do this stuff with the Scorpions. Yes,Sails of Chairon had to be the highlight of all the highlights.
My faves are Virgin Killer and In Trance, but Blackout is also great fun. Virgin Killer, Catch Your Train, Crying Days, In Your Park, Longing for Fire, Dark Lady, Robot Man, Life’s Like a River, In Trance, Fly to the Rainbow... Magical, dark atmosphere. Yep, Sails of Charon is also great.
Good list, man!
My top 10 is:
1 - We'll Burn The Sky
2 - In Trance
3 - The Sails of Charon
4 - Always Somewhere
5 - Pictured Life
6 - Yellow Raven
7 - Catch Your Train
8 - Bad Boys Running Wild
9 - Holiday
10 - In Your Park
Like #31 and no dislikes! I enjoyed this one greatly. I am not well-versed on the Scorps. I know about them but only from hearing their stuff that they overplayed the deuces out of back in the early to mid 80s...Rock You Like a Hurricane and that era. I once heard an early 70s tune by them and was blown away. A total jam! The musicianship kind of reminded me of Purple but even had some elements that Purple didn't. So, I used this one of your videos to check out your choices. I really liked nearly every one and will listen and add to my musical base. Thank you and enjoy the holidays!
Rock you like a hurricane was my first scorpions song after that I became a fan I discovered scorpions when I was in high school
Very late to the party. Limiting it to ten songs is tough. But..
1. Animal Magnetism
1. Hold Me Tight
1. 20th Century Man
1. When the Smoke Is Going Down
1. Now!
1. China White
1. Another Piece of Meat
1. In Trance
1. Lovedrive
1. Always Somewhere
Great choices! Animal Magnetism, China White and When the Smoke is Going Down are in my top 5.
My top 10. 10. I'm Leaving You 9. Lovedrive 8. Bad Boys Running Wild 7. The Zoo 6. Can't Live With Out You 5. Rythm of Love 4. Believe In Love. 3. Coast to Coast 2. He's a Women She's a Man 1. Sails of Charon
10) Hit Between the Eyes (the only Jabs era tune I really like. First heard it in the movie "Freejack")
09) Robot Man
08) Is there anybody there?
07) Loving you sunday morning
06) Hell Cat
05) Polar nights
04) Another piece of meat
03) Lovedrive
02) Longing for fire
01) Backstage Queen
Loving the Scorpions albums of 70's and 80's. But haven't ventured past Love at First Sting either. So many favorites.
I know a lot of people think this tune is boring, but one of my favorite Scorpions songs is Lonesome Crow. Very jazz fusiony that one.
In no particular order
1)Loving You Sunday Morning
2)Lovedrive
3)Falling In Love
4)Only a Man(possibly my fave)
5)Can't Live Without You
6)Arizona
7)I'm Leaving You
8)Believe In Love
9)Lady Starlight
10)Pictured Life
I think I need to check out those 70s albums I've heard so much about
Tokyo tapes is one of if not the best live album ever. (Tied with Strangers in the night and On your feet or on your knees)
5:38 this melody is not from Evening Wind, it's from Yellow Raven. Otherwise really cool list, I like the 70s Scorpions stuff very much. Check out my list if you want to.
10. Falling in Love
9. Catch Your Train
8. Can't Live Without You
7. We'll Burn the Sky
6. China White
5. Animal Magnetism
4. In Trance
3. Dark Lady
2. Top of the Bill
1. The Sails of Charon
Interesting choices.
Longing For Fire has always been my #1.
I grew up in Germany. Heard them in the 70s a lot and saw them in 1976.
I do prefer the Matthias, more commercial era overall. Lovedrive through Love At First Sting is an impressive run.
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What can I say other than MIND BLOWN.
My uncle (more like a big brother as he is only a few years older than me) introduced me to bands like the Scorpions.
He had tickets for a show not far from where we lived. It was general admission, and we were up close and personal.
To say I was blown away would be an understatement. Not sure exactly what to tell you or what you want to know.
The next time I saw them was on the Lovedrive tour. Matthias was impressive.
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To be honest, I don't know. I don't remember the set list or anything. I do remember them being awesome. Uli was beyond phenomenal.
LONGING FOR FIRE has the greatest two guitar solos EVER recorded on tape. That is IT.
My top 10.
10. I can't explain 9.Coast to Coast 8.Believe in love 7.Evening Wind 6.No one like you 5.Always Somewhere 4.HEY YOU 3.Speedy's coming 2.Loving you sunday morning 1. Lady Starlight
In trance & virgin killer & taken by force has the best scorpions songs 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Love the Roth era but always drawn to animal magnetism. All great! So many to list.
My top 10:
10.Still Loving You
9.Moments of Glory
8.Fly To The Rainbow
7.Yellow Raven
6.Life's Like A River
5.Always Somewhere
4.We'll Burn The Sky
3.Evening Wind
2.Holiday
1.Lady Starlight
Pete, do you have the latest remastered cd versions or earlier releases of Scorpions?
1. Make it real
2. Rock you like a hurricane
3. Loving you Sunday morning
4. No one like you
5. When the smoke is going down
6. Holiday
7. Always somewhere
8. Is there anybody there
9. Lovedrive
10. The Zoo
He's a Woman She's the Man is my favorite 70's tune Pictured Life close 2nd.
My top 10
10. Under the same sun
9. Send me an angel
8. Alien nation
7. No one like you
6. Can't live without you
5. Love will keep us alive
4. Still loving you
3. Rock you like a hurricane
2. Wind of change
1. Blackout
Honorable mentions : The zoo, Pictured life, Stone in my shoe, Dynamite, Blood too hot, Humanity, No limit, Lovedrive, Steamrock fever, In trance, Lust or love, But the best for you, Borderline, Big city nights, Rhythm of love, Lonely nights, Maybe I maybe you, Lorelei, Backstage queen
My top 10 favorite Scorpions songs in no particular order are
Lovedrive
Still Loving You
Can't Live Without You
Make It Real
Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)
In Trance
Send Me An Angel
Dynamite
Loving You Sunday Morning
The Zoo
Honorable Mention: I'm Going Mad, Coming Home, Blackout, Holiday, Another Piece Of Meat, Steamrock Fever, No One Like You, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Animal Magnetism, I Can't Explain
A lot of great songs and some great guitarist over the bands time. Today 1) Life is too Short, 2) Wind of Change, 3) Blackout, 4) In Search of a Piece of Mind, 5) Holiday, 6) No Limit, 7) The Best is Yet to Come, 8) Delirious, 9) Pictured Life, 10) 321.
Another great list - thank you so much! We must be roughly the same age, as I can trace my love of Scorpions exactly like you. Great job!
This is another tough one because Scorpions have many great songs but here are ten that I really love off the top of my head at this moment.
10. We'll Burn The Sky
9. Dark Lady
8. Alien Nation
7. Pictured Life
6. Animal Magnetism
5. In Trance
4. Blackout
3. Dynamite
2. Sails Of Charon
1. He's A Woman, She's A Man
Honorable mentions Catch Your Train, Holiday, Lovedrive, Coast To Coast, I'm Leaving You, Another Piece Of Meat, Don't Stop At The Top, and many more.
Here’s my top 10:
10. Deep and Dark
9. Blackout
8. Holiday
7. (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame
6. Under the Same Sun
5. Believe in Love
4. Still Loving You
3. Lonely Nights
2. Rhythm of Love
1. Winds of Change
Honorable mentions:
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Big City Nights
Moment of Glory
Follow Your Heart
Send Me an Angel
On My Way Home (with more listens, this one will move up the list)
I've NEVER been able to rank ANY of the Scorpions songs except for my top 3 but absolutely love your choices!
Im learning a lot from you, Pete, keep doing great job
great clip..one of my all time favorite bands..first song them on 79 Lovedrive Tour. ..and many times over. I also, prefer the ULI years...and finally got to see him couple years ago in Atlanta...playing all those Scorps early classics! Nice list..I see u enjoy the slower melodic ones. Let me add YELLOW RAVEN! and BORN TO TOUCH YOUR FEELINGS.
Yellow Raven from Virgin Killer my # 1
One of the great examples of a foreign hard rock powerhouse
1. We'll burn the Sky - taken by force
2. Lonesome Crow - title track
3. Can't live without you - blackout
4. Dynamite - Blackout
5. Still loving you - love at first sting
6. The Zoo - Animal Magnetism
7. Life's like a river - In Trance
8. Sails of Charon - taken by force
9. Holiday - lovedrive
10. Virgin Killer - title track
The Blackout album was my introduction to this band and I have never looked back since. Personally, I felt Love At First Sting was their last good complete album and could listen to nothing by them afterwards. Their 70s material was their best output!
My top 11 Scorpions songs of all time: 11. Virgin Killler 10. Catch your train 9. Picture Life 8. In traces 7. Speedy Coming 6. It all depends 5. I cant Explain 4. The zoo 3. Still loving you 2. No one like you 1. Rock you like A hurricane
1. The Zoo
2. Dynamite
3. Winds of Change (I was ten when this came out.... made me a fan)
4. No One Like You (the alt. Hurricane)
5. Sails of Charon
6. Now
7. Blackout
8. I'm Going Mad (when I heard this Era of Scorps, I got more respect for them)
9. Woman (weird, but catchy)
10. Bad Boys Running Wild (the opening guitar notes just put my head on a tilt)
Top of the Bill, one of the best guitar songs of all time!
Top 10 right now, first to tenth going down:
Polar Nights
Falling in Love
Loving You Sunday Morning
Another Piece Of Meat
No One Like You
Blackout
Pictured Life
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Lovedrive
Big City Nights
Thanks everyone!!!
Lonesome Crow is my fav album....but I really love Pure Instinct and Eye ii Eye.....so melodic, so mellow and amazing production
My Top 10:
1) Animal Magnetism
2) Holiday
3) China White
4) Still Loving You
5) They Need A Million
6) The Zoo
7) Born To Touch Your Feelings
8) Make It Real
9) We’ll Burn The Sky
10) Dark Lady
My list:
10. Alien Nation
9. Wind Of Change
8. Rock You Like A Hurricane
7. We Built This House
6. Still Loving You
5. Big City Nights
4. Lonely Nights
3. To Be With You In Heaven
2. Send Me An Angel
1. Rhythm Of Love
I really like some of the Roth era.....Speedys Coming, Pictured Life, In Trance etc, but my fave era is the early Jabs, especially Blackout. That said my fave Scorpions is a Michael Schenker track Coast To Coast.
1. We’ll burn the sky
2. Fly to the rainbow/ Polar
nights
3. Sun in my hand
4. Drifting sun
5. Evening wind
6. Speedy’s coming
7. The sails of Charon
8. Far away
9. All night long
10. Yellow raven
Your list ist very good
I agree with most of it
Believe it or not:
I just discovered Evening Wind because of you
Thank you so much for this
Greetings from Austria, my friend
Here we go ---> 10 - 1 Thank you Pete for zeroing in on a great rock band.
10. Steamrock Fever = way to kick off a kickass album!
9. Robot Man Don't love it like I used to but this grabbed me by the throat back in the 70s and I became a Fan.
8. In Trance A beautiful and powerful song
7. Virgin Killer My internal organs go crazy when I hear this song!
6. Crying Days Part horror movie score, part haunting love song
5. Polar Nights Drums come in on a cold wind - that's all I need.
4. Riot of Your Time Exquisite guitar work early leads into one of their best rockers.
3. Pictured Life "Sweet are the Days...Intoxication..." First half of their best one-two punch..
2. Catch Your Train ...and this is the knockout shot! One of my fav albums of all time
1. The Zoo This comes on I crank it. If present company won't allow it, I go elsewhere to crank it. Simple as that.
Honorable Mentions: Fly to the Rainbow and Speedy's Coming, Dark Lady (subtle as shrapnel), my old favorite= Life's Like a River, Backstage Queen, Rock You Like a Hurricaine, 20th Century Man,= a few others I forget by title but I lean heavily toward their earlier stuff.
Top 5
1. Fly to the Rainbow
2. Well Burn the Sky
3. Hell-Cat
4. Suspender Love
5. Polar Nights
Love the old Uli stuff. My first Scorps album was Lovedrive, though...so it holds a special place. Always liked "Bad Boys Running Wild" from Love At First Sting, too.
1. The Sails Of Charon
2. In Trance
3. When The Smoke Is Going Down
4. Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)
5. He's A Woman - She's A Man
6. Another Piece Of Meat
7..Virgin Killer
8. Can't Get Enough
9. Still Loving You
10. Speedy's Coming
10. We’ll Burn the sky 9. The Zoo 8. Blackout 7. In Trance 6. Holiday 5. Coast to coast 4. I’m leaving you 3. Bad boys running wild 2. Pictured life 1. Loving you Sunday Morning
Holiday is my Favorite and should have been on a movie soundtrack !
Your Light is their most underrated song along with maybe I’m Leaving You.
Whole "Taken by force" album is underrated, despite at least few killer tracks...
Sails of Charon is my number 1 too! Such a metallic song, and the lyrics are metal as well!
Saw the black out tour with rainbow opening awesome ! my top ten
In Trance
Virgin Killer
Catch your train
robot man
rock you like a hurricane
hes a women shes a man
Pictured life
Animal magnetism
longing for fire
Wind of change
so many Honorable mentions so many great songs from a great rock band !
Patrick Nicolucci are you saying that RAINBOW opened for the Scorpions? When and where did you see that tour? I saw that tour in the summer of 1982 Cape Cod Coliseum and the line up was.... ROIT opening.....THE SCORPIONS in the middle...AND RAINBOW should have finnished the show but Blackmore was having a tech problem and stormed of the stage. We waited about 30- 40 after they announced that they were working on the problem and would be back out.....NEVER HAPPENED!! Only.saw 8 RAINBOW songs
Pete Piper 1982 new haven colosseum
The Blackout tour
Patrick Nicolucci But RAINBOW was the headliner... Cape Cod Coliseum was a great little arena...only about 5000-6000 seats including the floor.... General Admission!! Was only about 3500 people at that show?!?! Almost missed that show....car trouble...took a Greyhound bus then a cab... Made it in the nick of time......10 minutes before Showtime. After the show we walked back to the bus station, we got lost and we were walking on the highway and were stopped by a Mass. State trooper. He was real cool and ended up giving us a ride to a Howard Johnson restaurant which was 20 miles away from the bus station, but was the first stop on the bus route. The trooper even made a remark about smelling the weed we had on us. He told us he was just getting off duty and we were lucky that he just worked a 12 hour shift and was to tired to deal with it., even though he could have arrested us JUST for walking on that highway!! It was ALWAYS an adventure going to that arena!!!
Pete Piper Peter I’m sorry to tell you but no at this venue they opened for the scorpions
Dang Pete, surprised you rated the ballads so high...(ya' big softy, gotta admit they are great tho'). Another dinosaur/geezer perspective list in no real order:
Polar Nights
Speedy's Coming
Lonesome Crow
Coast To Coast
Sails of Charon
Dark Lady
Robot Man
He's A Woman, She's a Man
We'll Burn the Sky
Night Lights...to be fair a few could be swapped w/ Rock you like a Hurricane, Action, (for its jazz like Rory Gallagher vibe from Michael Schenker), Pictured Life, Fly to the Rainbow and several others.
Much closer to my list. Maybe throw in the title track from Animal Magnetism or The Zoo
Another great video. I would love to see Top 10 ELOY!
BACKSTAGE QUEEN!! Uli was the best guitarist in the 70's.
You mentioned We'll Burn The Sky at number 9, but I was really surprised to not hear you mention that the lyrics to "We'll Burn the Sky" were initially a poem written by Monika Dannemann, the last girlfriend of Hendrix, as a tribute to him after he died. Later, she became involved with Scorpions' guitarist Uli Jon Roth.
This is #1 on my list. Check out the live version from Waken. Simply perfect. th-cam.com/video/4EZRN_DkN0o/w-d-xo.html
Evening Wind is definitely #1 for me. It has to have one of the most beautiful guitar solos ever.
Sorry man, but "Love at First Sting" is still pretty damn amazing, especially "Still Loving You." I don't care if it was commercial. That shit is tight. Wore out my cassette of that. And Charon is pronounced like a "k," not as "sh."
I wore that cassette too, delivering pizzas back in the 80's.
U know ure stuff my favourite scorpions album is in trance aswell it's majestic has that vibe to it. And evening wind is one of my favourites of the album.
The Zoo is my favorite. I like the love drive-Love at first Sting era.
1)Rock You Like A Hurricane; 2)Big City Nights; 3)Blackout; 4)No One Like You; 5)Wind Of Change; 6)Holiday; 7)Make It Real; 8)We'll Burn The Sky; 9)In Trance; 10)Pictured Life
I got into the Scorpions, at least heard their name, when playboy playmates kept listing ‘Scorpions’ as one of their favorite bands. I guess that helped playboy sell some future issues. I was a janitor at a combo TV/radio station once. . .The DJ talked about meeting Jimi Hendrix. He def seemed to liked playing ‘Rock you like a Hurricane’. I remember once, he said, ‘it’s OK to vacuum’ we’re off the air. Then he went on air while i was vacuuming. He said, ‘we run a clean operation here’ haha.
Look folks , these are the Essential Top 10 Scorpions songs that are timeless .
1. Rock You Like A Hurricane
2. No One Like you
3. Still Loving You
4. Blackout
5. Love Drive
6. Animal Magnetism
7. The Zoo
8. You Give Me All I Need
9. Coming Home
10 . Winds Of Change
Love the Nevermore shirt. So under appreciated. Warrel Dane was a such an amazing singer. Loomis is the shit too.
1. Animal Magnetism
2. Crying Days
3. Drifting Sun
4. Dark Lady
5. Sails of Charon
6. Pictured Life
7. Evening Wind
8. The Zoo
9. China White
10. Yellow Raven
great vid man. superb stuff.
Best of "Ballads and Rockers" does it for me. I gave the seventies a quick run through but nothing stuck.
Great Band Germany...Hannover🎸😎👊