My high school's mascot was a hurricane, so you can imagine 1985-86 what the most popular song in school was... I also remember riding in the back of a pickup truck down International Drive in Orlando with the Scorps blasting trying to meet girls. "No One Like You" and "The Zoo" are a couple of faves, but they have so many great ones.
My introduction to the Scorpions occurred in 1984 when my first band's guitarist insisted we cover "Another Piece of Meat". Our guitarist was a huge fan of Michael Schenker and Matthias Jabs.
I used to listen to scorpions all the time in my adolescence because of my father. Made me get into UFO and other Michael shenker related projects. Definitely an early guitar influence for me. Sails of charon and china white I've always thought were great underrated scorpions songs. Thanks for this Geebz
Love at First Sting was playing on loop in the 80's on my dad's sound system! Along with Jethro Tull, King Crimson and Pink Floyd. Still Loving You is my favorite Scorpions song by far. Glad to see you again man!
When I was a teenager my dad listened to Scorpions and I fell in love with them. They were the band that got me into hard rock and metal. Some of my favourite songs are Alien Nation, China White, No one like you, The Zoo...
Love the Scorpions. Being of "advanced age" I have been enjoying their music for a long time. Seen them in concert a few times including once with Dio (who I got to go backstage and meet) and Deep Purple. It's good to hear someone do their older stuff. China White, In Trance and Coast to Coast are three of my favorites.
Awesome times with the Scorpions back in the 80's ,you are taking us on a time warp back when we all use to look forward to every w-end to cruise the main drag! Great throw back & review!..👍..😎
Scorpions was my first memorable rock experience 😁 I was gifted an mp3 by my sister for my 10th birthday and it came with 3 songs by default 😆 one of them was Rock you like a hurricane. Oh man.... There's a memory I treasure a lot, I was coming home from the grocery store, chewing gum and listening to that song... Morning sun shining bright... It was just one of those perfect moments, absolute pure joy. It's the little things...
I love the way you breakdown the songs composition, its unique compared to just about every other channel I've found, you do more than just show what notes they're playing. I'm 53 and I'm also hearing the older music I loved as a teenager a bit differently now.
"Blackout" is one of my favorites, too. I also really dig "Rhythm of Love" from "Crazy World" in '88. That was the first year I got to see them live. It was the Monsters of Rock tour with Kingdom Come, Metallica, Dokken and Van Halen. Those were the days.
The Scorpions is my all time favorite band. World Wide Live was the very first CD I purchased when CD's were fairly new on the market and few to choose from. I thought I was so cool having one of the early Sony am/fm Cd players, ahh the memories of my youth! It's not until fairly recently that I've gotten heavily into their early 70's stuff. I would love to see you do your breakdown on "We'll Burn The Sky" & "In Trance" those two would be Gold!
The Scorpions are definitely in my soundtrack of life for sure. I absolutely love them! ❤️ just off the top of my head my first three favorite songs are Lovedrive - Blackout - Big City Nights. I have most of their earlier music 🎶 in album form 💽 Thanks! Happy to hear they're a fave of yours too.🤘
I'm German, grew up in the 80s and 90s and make as much fun of the Scorpions as anybody. Well, and obviously have the "Crazy World" Album on CD. But there is a wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL podcast out there, called "Wind of Change". It really gave me a whole new appreciation of the band, their music and their humbleness. I'd recommend anybody to listen to at least the teaser of the "Wind of Change" podcast. The whole show is a blast. :)
This is up there with one of my favourite Scorpions tracks along with Loving You Sunday Morning,Can't Live Without You,Make It Real and the Sails Of Charon
Saw them live and had 12th row. Rushed the stage and got into the front! Awesome concert!! Still loving you is my favorite. I think. Too many good songs.
I remember my buddy showing up at my house with this record fresh from the record store back in the 80's. My dad had a bitchin stereo set up so that is where all new records were tested. Even my Dad was rockin out to it. Hard to believe that was 40 years ago, seems like yesterday.
My dad got me into listening to music and appreciating bands for who they are when I was real young, like maybe 6 or 7. He introduced me to a lot of old rock and blues/jazz, and thrown into the mix was Black Sabbath. I grew up listening to CD's front and back, over and over; but I never got to anything from Scorpions or that era of music. I played the freaking *CRAP* out of all the guitar hero and rockband games and remember playing _Rock You Like a Hurricane_ as well as all the other great singles, OHWonders, and anthems of rock & roll and metal. Picked up _Blackout_ from Scorpions a few years ago and love the hell out of it. Fantastic band, and truly a remarkable piece of rock history.
Number of the beast, piece of mind. Animal magnetism, loverdrive and holy diver played a huge part in getting me through those sucky teen years. 😄 we were lucky to have such killer music weren't we?
I saw then well over 40 years ago open for Ted Nugent in Phoenix AZ. I’m drawn more to their 70s catalog. The entire Lovedrive album would be at the top of my list.
Great song choice! I Really Dig SCORPIONS! Been a fan of their's since my sophomore year back in 1978. I've had the opportunity to see them Live 8 times. 6 here in the States and twice while stationed in Germany. Keep on Rocking Brother, Be Cool- PEACE ✌😎👊🇺🇲
Great video as always Geebz! When you get back around to the bands you've already done, if you decide to do another Mars Volta song I recommend giving 'Agadez' a shot. It's a truly unique song that I really think you'll dig the dynamics of. Take care.
Great breakdown, Geebz & cool to see you cover this, I almost grew up hearing to them & they remain one of my favorite bands for say their 1974-1984 decade especially...Very hard for me to pick one favorite single song, sorry....so I'll make it 10 favs if you don"t mind...:"Fly to the rainbow", In Trance", "Yellow Raven", "In Your Park", "Evening Wind", "Life's Like a River", "We'll burn the Sky", "Loving you Sunday Morning", "Black Out", "Dynamite".
Awwwww YES! There's a throw back for ya! I'm so excited to hear this again. It's been years. This was probably one of my favorites from them. That chorus is awesome
scorpions 1979 to 1995 were awesome, some of my favorite songs: Scorpions - Always Somewhere Scorpions - As Soon As The Good Times Roll Scorpions - Arizona Scorpions - Bad Boys Running Wild Scorpions - Believe in Love Scorpions - Blackout Scorpions - Dynamite Scorpions - Coast to Coast Scorpions - Crossfire Scorpions - Every Minute Every Day Scorpions - Lonely Nights Scorpions - Lovedrive Scorpions - Loving You Sunday Morning Scorpions - Make It Real Scorpions - Now Scorpions - Oh Girl (I Wanna Be With You) Scorpions - Passion Rules the Game Scorpions - Coming Home Scorpions - Under The Same Sun Scorpions - We Let It Rock.You Let It Roll Scorpions - When The Smoke Is Going Down Scorpions - You & I Scorpions - When You Came Into My Life Scorpions - China White Scorpions - Crazy World
Hey Key of Geebz! First of all i wanted to tell you that i really love your vids. I really enjoy watching you enjoy this music and the commentary you add adds to my enjoyment of songs, whether ive heard them before or not. The way you talk sound to me like a mix of technical and feeling and I think you found just the right mixture between them. I learn alot from your vids! Second i wanted to ask you if you could review "Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd" in my opinion(and music is just opinions ofcourse) this is one of the greatest songs ever written and i look at this song as art. The build up, the feeling everything is amazing about it. In my opinion ofcourse. Keep up the great work! I will keep watching. Stay true to your style man!
A legendary band and a gateway band to me. I fell in love with Iron Maiden around 1981 and they were all I listened to and then a friend introduced me to Love At First Sting, which had just come out. I think Rock You Like A Hurricane was the first track I ever heard. Over a course of a few months I collected their entire back catalogue. Favourite track is China White Honourable mentions; The Zoo Coast To Coast (Instrumental) Animal Magnetism Dynamite He's A Woman, She's A Man Holiday
I got a suggested band to react to. Insomnium-The Conjurer. A Finnish melodic metal band. This song has about 4 key changes. Excellent song. Very melancholic
You used the expression "soundtrack of my life". I can't tell you how many times I've used those exact words in commenting on classic rock reactions. I'm a geezer like you, but it's not just us old guys. These songs (ok maybe not this specific song) are part of the soundtrack of many much younger people's lives as well. I brought my adult daughter and son in law to an ELO concert and they couldn't believe how they knew almost every song! They had such a great time! This music is timeless in a way a lot of other music isn't; it will never die. Greatest era of music in human history.
Favorite songs are “The Zoo” and “Arizona.” My favorite memory is seeing them on the Monsters of Rock tour in 1988 with Van Halen and Metallica. I first heard them on a syndicated radio show called “The Continuous History of Rock n Roll” where they interviewed various bands and played their music. The song was “No One Like You” and I immediately had to find out who they were.
I heard Blackout (album) when I was 12 or 13 and the Scorps became one of my favorite bands. Those boys along with Dio and Maiden got me through my teenage years. There were other bands too, but those 3 were always my go to's.Favorites i tried to narrow down... Intrance, Holiday, when the smoke is going down, China white and winds of change. Great video, thank you. I would reccomend you check out Zakk Wyld. I Thank you child, well, anything off the Album' Book of Shadows' or in this River. You might be very surprised. Thanks again for the fun!
Love the content! A few songs you should check out / review: Trivium - In Waves; Trivium - Kirisune Gomen; Trivium - Betrayer; Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence - pretty much any Trivium song....new or old. Veil of Maya - Mikasa; Veil of Maya - Fracture; Veil of Maya - Overthrow Within the Ruins - Calling Card; Within the Ruins - Gods Amongst Men; Within the Ruins - Black Heart - very underrated band TesseracT - of Mind - Exile Erra - Hybrid Earth; Erra - The Architect
Scorpions had a ton of great music....huge fan of power ballads from the 80's....soooo, Still Loving You was one of my faves!!! I was born in 77....soooo, I grew up listening to the greatest music of all time.....80's!!!
My favorite Scorpions song is Arizona. I love how Matthias does mini solos throughout the song instead of just the basic guitar rhythm that most songs do. You get that in this song, Blackout, as well.
1989 aged about 13 waking through a big Dept store music section and they had a clearance on patches of what were considered more alternative bands. I paid 3 bucks for a huge full back patch which went straight on to the denim jacket and a small arm patch that ended up on a black baseball cap. What a little metal bogan I was. Shout to mum for the needlework 🤣
Scorpions, and most 80s music, reminds me of youth league bowling saturday mornings. Get my sets in with my team, have a burger fries and soda and play games in the game room for an hour or two. Then off to the afternoon matinee with friends.
In my opinion the addition of Matthias Jabs for the Lovedrive (1979) album was what galvanized this band. By that I mean, the first Scorpions I ever heard was the Blackout album back in '82. Anything before that was "back catalogue" to me. No disrespect meant but their sound didn't come together until they hired him. I love that you gave a shout out to the solo he laid down. It's excellent in every regard as you pointed out.
During my 51 years of life, I´ve surely had my Blackouts too ! Well, Lovedrive and Blackout were the first Scorpions LP´s I bought, they were already out, as I got my Scorpions awakening just before Love At First Sting came out. That is by the way still my favorite record from them. Don´t like so much of their couple of first records, their music started to mould for my liking around Lovedrive / Animal Magnetism. Favorite tune, well, for some odd reason, Don´t Stop At The Top from Savage Amusement, maybe because I got my driving lisence when it came out and it was just so cool to blast it from my car stereo, cool sounding album, that Savage Amusement. Love At First Sting is their best record to date, just above everything else they´ve done. Great song after great song.
My good man, Mr. Geebz, I once again humbly request Eluveitie - "Rebirth". I want to see your mind blown by one of the most complex compositions I have ever heard. Have a great day my man!
College friends had a band of this genre that were playing in a mall. They were asked after a couple of songs to play some more 'mainstream, pop' tunes. They came back on with this and then left the stage. Great opening riff!
In middle school the Scorpions were my favorite band. The other girls were listening to stuff like New Kids on the Block. This made me the "weird kid". No regrets.
I saw them supporting Rainbow on this tour, and they opened up with this. Their energy was amazing. I won't say they blew Rainbow off the stage, but Ritchie and co had to pull out the stops when they followed this. It was a great gig, with the late lamented Riot as the first band on (also excellent)
My favorite so g is also on Blackout. The song Dynamite. The lyrics are hilarious and the energy is high. Saw it preformed live in the Monsters of Rock tour in about 1987/88. Haven’t seen Candlestick Park shake like that except for the 1989 World Series earthquake
My favorite Scorpion songs are "No One Like You", "Still Loving You", and "The Zoo". "Don't Make No Promises" is my favorite among their lesser known songs. Played the World Wide Live cassette until it completely wore out.
TBT suggestions: Balls to the Wall - Accept; Stand And Deliver - Adam and the Ants; Heat of the Moment - Asia; Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet; Catch - The Cure; Shine a Little Love - ELO; Just What I Needed - The Cars. Pick a genre...
Scorpions are one of my favorite bands too (I was born in '85, the middle of their heyday). Favorite song? Hard to say, but Blackout is up there. I'm a guitarist and love playing this song, Rock You Like a Hurricane, and No One Like You. Matthias Jabs (and Uli Jon Roth before him) is a terribly underrated guitarist; not many have his penchant for riffs, melodic leads, and technical proficiency. I don't think any band combined metallic riffs and hard-edged rock with mainstream hooks/accessibility better, and they were astonishingly consistent across two decades: pretty much every album they released from Fly to the Rainbow in '74 to Crazy World in '90 was varying degrees of excellent, and I'd put In Trance, Lovedrive, Blackout, and Love at First Sting up there with the best of the era.
Would love to see you do Royal Blood. They're only a 2-piece, bass + drums, but they sound like 4 thanks to all the pedalwork on the bass, and they are hooky as hell. I think you'd really enjoy them from a production standpoint. Suggested songs: Lights Out Out of the Black Ten Tonne Skeleton Better Strangers How Did We Get So Dark?
Animal Magnetism, The Zoo, Blackout, China White, ... so many saw them in early '80s with Iron Maiden, Loverboy, and Foreigner. Great show, much better concert than you'd think with that lineup.
