The greatest hard rock band to ever come out of Germany. My first time hearing them was 1981 in Italy. When I listen to the Scorpions I have to play it loud.

@SilverFang2789

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Honestly, the only truly good rock band to come out of Germany. Can you really name any others (and I mean actual rock bands, metal bands don't count).

@DallasG83

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​@@SilverFang2789I think Accept was a German band.

@captaincapitalism264

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@@DallasG83 Definitely. But a bit more metal, of course. Both are awesome.

@Habeev07

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Def Leppard, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Zeppelin, Metallica, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Scorpions... Maybe my top-10 rock and roll bands of all-time.

@oscarfuentes5577

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Why The Scorpions didn't sing in German language?

Only hard rock band whose ballads I respected back in the day. They still hold up.

@jaquestraw1

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Same 👍

@lucypoopies

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Yes, Scorpions are unquestionably the kings of rock/metal ballads.

@brandonholmes8655

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Well said, Charles. To me, a Scorpions power ballad has substance. Nothing against other bands that did them, but it seemed Scorpions did them because the band all agreed to do them.

@unclefido6484

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Cheap Trick? The Flame. Arguably the best ballad.

@myfaceismyshield5963

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They never made those songs because producers or record labels wanted them to... and that's why they never made them sound like pop. They actually took their own songs seriously and that deserves respect.

I always liked the Scorpions. They were great in concert too!

Such a solid rock song. I would consider Klaus Meine to be one of the best vocalists ever…spanning all genres. For rock, atleast, he is up there at the top. His voice is still in great shape today!

@chrisa4695

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I would say all genres but definitely top 20 hard rock/heavy metal.

@uslegions2619

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Surprised to see you here. I thought you disliked metal.

@Amanda-md2yy

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@@uslegions2619 Oh hey, my first time being recognized from streams. I guess this officially makes me a regular 😂 I’m kind of talking out of my ass with my comment, I’m just basing it off of groups I have listened to before. I always say I don’t really like metal but I honestly don’t listen to metal enough to even have that be an accurate statement. Didn’t even realize Scorpions were considered metal. I just saw them as being hard rock. In my narrow view of metal, I just think of Iron Maiden, which I don’t listen to. I’ll give metal more of a chance one of these days. Might have to tune into one of B&L’s metal streams if those ever come back…

@uslegions2619

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@@Amanda-md2yy Yeah, Scorps were on the border of hard rock and metal. Metal is a lot more diverse than people think though.

@Amanda-md2yy

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@@uslegions2619 Gotcha. Oh I’m sure it is! I think I’d like some other metal groups that have a similar feel to Scorpions but just haven’t really looked for any. Hopefully a metal stream happens one of these days. Can’t stick to just 70s and 80s decade streams forever. I usually prefer the more themed ones anyway.

Scorpions have a lot of great songs. You should continue to react to them. Very catchy riffs and great solos.

Man- his voice and those guitar riffs are crazy good! Great song!

This album was a masterpiece beginning to end I got to see them live at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago insanely good show

In their heyday, they were the best live band period. Their stage presence was very original. Matthias was a beast. Flying split leg kicks, unbridled energy. They were the gold standard

Scorpions flirt along the hard rock/heavy metal razors edge. Regardless, they are great live & Klaus has an exceptional voice that is brilliantly complemented by the rest of the band! Klaus, Matthias, Rudy, Herman, & Francis defined '80's Scorpions!

They have some awesome songs from the 70s. In Trance, We'll Burn the Sky, Drifting Sun, Coast to Coast. Way more

@strqrt70

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Yes. The Uli Jon Roth years were the best

@aaronquinn4334

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I was lucky enough to get to hang out and jam with Uli Jon Roth about 4 or so years ago at a show that I got the pleasure of being in one of the opening bands for. He's such a sweet and awesome person

@13_13k

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Don't forget the incredible Sails of Charon, He's A Man She's A Woman, Dark Lady, Speedy's Coming, Robot Man, Hell Cat, Pictured Life, Another Piece of Meat, Lovedtive etc...

@ssRocker-nn3tp

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@@13_13k All great songs. 70s Scorpions were the best. Although, i like Blackout very much.

@13_13k

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@@ssRocker-nn3tp I'm a big fan of the Blackout album myself. Honestly, not much after that album has done much for me. I'm not a power ballad kinda man, and the direction their music started going had me losing interest more and more. I'm such a fan of the '70s stuff and the rocked with the release of Animal Magnetism, I think I was in 7th or 8th grade, maybe 9th grade. That album was hard and solid. Then Blackout did the same. They wrote well after that but I wish that Michael Shenkner would have become a permanent member. I think there would be even better music with his contribution.

I don't thing the Scorpions are metal I believe they are a hard rock band. The Scorpions have been killing it for decades, even their new album "Rock Believer" is pretty damn good.

This is the hard rock song that changed my life. Up to that point in 1982 I didn't have a music style of preference, just listening to my brother's stuff (Queen, The Cars, ELO, etc.) with mild interest. I heard this in junior high school playing in gym one day, and I was like "What is THAT??" Goose bumps, electricity in my soul, and a feeling of power I'd never known. I was hooked. Soon after I discovered them, Motley Crue, Ratt, W.A.S.P., Dokken, etc., and that was it: I was a metalhead (it'd be several years before I discovered Metallica & Slayer at the end of that decade). My brother kindly handed down his Van Halen albums to me, further cementing my metal & hard rock preference. But this song started it all for me, an experience I'll never forget. I enjoy many kinds of music now (new age, jazz, classical), but hardly anything does what metal does for my soul, it's difficult to explain.

I used to play this tape constantly. Still remember every word of every song. Sad they had been around over 13 years before this, but this was their USA breakthrough

Klaud Meine wrote this song about being away from his wife while touring. He is still faithfully married to his wife, Gabi Meine, since March 24th, 1976. Many of the Scorpions songs were written about her and his longing to be with her while on the road.

Scorpions are both metal and rock, damn this brought back memories of cruising around in the Trans Am as a teen.

@bighomiestevethemetalhead

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Is your name Billy Madison? 😝😝🤣🤣🤣🤣

@simonsteamyhead5738

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Never regarded Scorpions as Metal. Heavy Rock,Hard Rock but not Metal.

@jacqueline4514

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1981 Camaro Berlinetta here; manual, 8 cylinder 😂

My ultimate favorite Scorpions song. This song rocks. Love the opening and mid song solos, both are awesome. Back in the day, before the name Heavy Metal was used, the Scorpions were considered Hard Rock, like Aerosmith. The theme of the video was he was on death row, on his way to the electric chair, the prison was Alcatraz. The twist at the end was he was dreaming/nightmare about it. I consider the two solos in this song to be some of the greatest guitar solos in rock, while not technically difficult, they are melodic and fit the song perfectly. Stay Cool 😎 and… \m/ Stay Metal \m/

One of my favorite songs. The guitar solo is simply amazing.

This was the band and song that brought me to the hard rock side and I never looked back. I love all genres of music, but this band will always be my all time favorite.

Per Songfacts this was the Scorpions' breakout song in America, where it hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The band is from Germany, but had tremendous success in English-speaking countries, something that might have to do with their unusual perspective.

@jims1046

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It's called "blackout"

The 1-2 guitar punch of Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs in this band is legendary. Great band.

Great band!

You guys should react to more Scorpions… "Born to Touch Your Feelings", "Always Somewhere", "Lovedrive", "Holiday", "The Zoo", "Big City Nights", "Rhythm of Love", "Send Me an Angel", "When You Came Into My Life" 🎸🤘

Klaus had such a good voice.

This is a German band. Their main guitar player was Rudolph Schenker. Who’s brother Michael was the lead guitar player from a British band called UFO. A heavy duty rock ‘n’ roll guitar family!

@ssRocker-nn3tp

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Talking about UFO. One of the best 70s Classic Rock Bands. It,s time to do some UFO. Lots of great songs. To choose from. Rock Bottom, Lights Out, Love to Love, Mother Mary, Natural Thing, Let it Roll and lots more.

@MartinBryan

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@UCBnTRrVsE4VpGbkLMExqeTw Y e s

@hgianos65

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Michael Schenker group was awesome

❤ Scorpions is my all time favorite band. And their live performances are even better than the studio version. They really can bring it all and then some! I wish couch gang would someday cooperate enough to get some older stuff to the live stream. We'll Burn The Sky (Jimmy Hendrix last know Girlfriend wrote it about her love for him) & In Trance are two great Rockin Old Songs of theirs I wish you could hear!

@georgetourlos5840

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I got to sit on stage with Uli Jon Roth a few years ago while he played "WE'LL BURN THE SKY " then he let me play his SKY guitar back stage. Best most humble person I've ever known

Great choice,great band.....they have a very special track called "The Sails of Charon".....it's early-era Scorpions,the guitarist Uli-Jon Roth is regarded as one of the best....ever,but honestly, I can't recommend this track highly enough,it's worth a look to be sure

Scorpions Band is One Of Those Groups that Stand Out and Their Songs Have Powerful Vibes. 😊

The solo guitar work is out of this world on tracks like this (referring especially to the intro).

This was "our song" back in highschool for my girlfriend and I. We wore this tape out making out in my friends car all the time. It'll always have a special meaning to me. She's long gone, but the song remains one of my favs.

Saw the Scorpions and Iron Maiden on this tour. Such an incredible show. Klaus, Rudy and Matthias were on fire. One of my most memorable concert experiences. ✌️

I have seen them live in concert twice each time a sold-out show and they rocked it each time!!

Love the Scorpions! Cruisin back in the 80’s, windows down and blasting this up and down the strip

Scorpions - When The Smoke Is Going Down, Holiday, Always Somewhere, Yellow Raven, Born To Touch Your Feelings, Life's Like A River, In Trance, Fly People Fly...

@ssRocker-nn3tp

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Beautiful Ballads. Only Scorpions could make.

@georgetourlos5840

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All great choices. Your light Riot of our time In your park Polar nights Far away Fly to the rainbow Inheritance This is my song...... the list goes on and on

This is one of those songs that had great crunch and great melody!

Loved the Blackout album when it came out in high school.

One of the most underrated lead guitarists is Mathias! Klaus is one of the best singers in rock! The band is always outstanding and Rudy holds it all together! 🤘😎🤘

This is my Fave song by the Scorpions EVER!

Scorpions are always making very solid music . Rock you like a hurricane, the zoo

Seen them on the Love At First Sting tour Friday, August 17th, 1984 at the CNE Grandstand in Toronto, ON, Canada. They recorded many songs off this tour and brought out a double live album called World Wide Live.

Scorpions are underrated. The voice is spot on and the guitar/drums are good. they just never got the exposure as some of the other rocks bands.

Saw them live in 1990. The most leather I ever saw in one place.

Scorpions ROCK! Being a Scorpio myself I love them. Many good Scorpian songs.

WOW! Two excellent song choices! Good job! I absolutely love both of these songs!!!!!!!! ✌️❤️

hugely influential band. they also opened up the USSR and were pivotal in the changes which led to the fall of the wall.

Ah Scorpions. Very very nice sound on this one. Love it! I have this album on tape cassette. Blackout great album.🤗

Scorpions singer sounds just as good today as he did when they recorded that song 40 yrs ago.

I love Scorpions thier videos are crazy lol. I'm was a teen of the 80s.

I saw them in 1988 in Fresno California. One of the best shows I've ever seen. They were FLAWLESS. Vocals on point musically they were perfect. Some bands struggle to reproduce what they did in a studio, where your able to record every instrument separately and splice in sections into one song. These guys sounded just like the album live. A damn good live show. Rocked it hard for 2 hours. Top 5 all time.

Greatest Band out of Germany.. There song Wind of Change is very emotional and inspirational to me being that my parents were born there.

This is their best song! This, and Still Loving You.

This was a road trip must back in the day. Damn I miss the early 80s.

the Scorpions now starting to tour the USATuesday... in Detroit... their 56 yr... lead singer Klaus 73 he still sounds the same... !! and they put on 2 hour + concerts...

This is one of the songs and videos that got me into hard rock and heavy metal in the early 80s. I would always love to see this play on MTV.

I like to call Klaus "Der Meistersinger", because he's so good.

Drowning pool- Bodies hit the floor Smash mouth- walking on the sun Doobie Bros.- long train running All 3 pleeeeaaasse! 👍

Yes friends!

Yasss no one like you ❤️🔥🔥🔥 just wanna be loved by you.. with you I just wanna be looovvee by you 🏆❤️👏 🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️ no one like you 🏆🏆👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ yass

Their new album that came out the first of the year is great! Love this band!

I should have tried harder to see the Scorps live. I was in college at the time. My favorite is "Big City Nights". Rock on Brad & Lex

Saw them live in Germany around 1990 a band called Cinderella opened up for them I do remember it was quite the amazing concert and I managed to polish off a bottle of Malibu rum but I will never forget that concert and I believe it was in one of their hometowns. :-) :-) damn I'm getting old

That, my friends, is the powerhouse sound of 2 Gibson guitars. Mattias Jabs (lead guitar) is playing a Gibson Explorer, white with black stripes. The "Other Guy" (rhythm guitar) is playing Gibson Flying V. Both are "hardtail" or "fixed bridge" guitars. Most Gibson's are. Lex.... you shouldve returned the EVH for a decent Gibson. Pretty much any would be great. Joan Jett played a Gibson "double-cut" Les Paul among others. Fixed bridge guitars also do not have that locking nut up by the tuners. It's just a normal slotted nut that the strings simply go over and up to the tuners. That Floyd Rose, or "floating bridge" is a hard start for a beginner: tuning issues, string change issues, etc. AVOID THE FLOYD! A locking nut is a dead giveaway of something that might be a pain if youre not used to it. Keep rockin' Yall!

The best Scorpions song of all time.

I'm not really a hard rock fan but, I do like Scorpions. Their music and the lead singer's voice are great!

1982 I was 12 years old when this dropped loved it…..loved being a teen in the 80’s so much freedom and fun…class of 1988

when i was in the Military in the 80s they had a different music genre every night. i went to all of them but i got a lot of dances and more from rock night!

a great song by the scorpions. awesome guys

Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way" by specter general always reminded me of this song.

Another hit of Scorpions

Probably the third or fourth "riff" that I learned to play. One of the best "live" bands to go see back in the 80's.

They started the song strong kicking ass 🤘

We argh da scorpions! Guy has an incredible voice.

This song will always be 🔥

The thing about the Scorpions for me, I absolutely Loved them and I love to hear them. They are not on any of my playlists. Still it's nice to go back sometimes.... ❤️❤️✌️

Rudolf Schenker founded this band. His younger brother Michael played for the band UFO after leaving the Scorpians early on. They are both legends of the guitar in my opinion. I gave up asking for reactions to UFO , but those Schenker brothers are top notch. They kicked ass! Lol. Probably still do!

@michaelmichael1001

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Strangers in the night.... light's out, Doctor Doctor, Rock bottom. Michael Schenker is your favorite guitarists favororite guitarist. And Rudolf Schenker is top three of the best rythm guitarist ever, head to head with Hetfield, only surpassed by Brother Malcolm.... oh sorry, Yes to UFO, definitely yes to UFO.

@patches1589

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@@michaelmichael1001 Hell yes! Strangers in the Night is among my picks of the top live recordings ever! I still have my album. I've almost begged for reactions to UFO. Finally gave up. Lol. They were phenomenal with Schenker.

@ssRocker-nn3tp

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@@michaelmichael1001 Strangers in the Night. One of the best live albums ever made. Lots of great songs. To choose from. Especially, their 70s classics. 10000 times Yes.to UFO.

@ssRocker-nn3tp

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@@patches1589 Don,t give up. There are a lot of UFO fans. Worldwide.

Klaus Meine has an awesome voice.

This is my all time favorite Scorpions song. It represents to me what a true Power Ballad is, not the fluff with pianos and strings.

@reliantncc1864

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It can't beat "Wind of Change" for me, although it's definitely a great song. "Wind of Change" is just so much more meaningful with the fall of the Iron Curtain and the reunification of people who should never have been separated.

*This was on one of the three best Scorpion albums, Blackout. Those three are: Lovedrive__Animal Magnetism__Blackout*

Blackout was an album that had 100% bangers. I always considered them Metal myself.

Saw them live in Toronto last weekend. Absolutely amazing, they rocked it out big time

The Scorpions are definitely metal, early 80s metal but still metal.

best way to describe Scorpions is heavy metal love songs

The pride of Germany! "Animal Magnetism" and "The Zoo", next please!

Lmao Lex at 4:00. Love the stank face!

The view from the window was of Alcatraz. His dream was a death row walk (priest gives it away). This won't give you any answers but it might give you more to think about.

It took all of 2 seconds for Lex to get into this song!lol I love many Scorpions' songs, so full off passion!

Scorpions are always great. Tons of good songs to listen to.

Always loved the Scorpions. One of the better 80's band.

Nobody rocks at full tilt like the Scorpions 😜

Scorpions go back to 1972 when their first album was released. They've got so many great albums and songs

Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South florida! This is probably my favorite scorpions song. I still remember the first time I heard it. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!

I just seen the Scorpions the other day live in Toronto

Seen Scorps twice in Concert.. 30 years apart and they sounded great both times

Bad ass rock n roll!

awesome classis from the first guitar scream! 80's music videos were more about the director and the record company than any artistic ideas of the band on 99.9 percent of occasions. LoL There were LOTS of crazy out there videos in the day.. hahaha

Love the scorpions. Seeing them in Atlantic City next week!

One of the best bands ever!!! They have the very best ballads!

Conjugal visit power packed metal ballad..scorpions are definitely metal

Scorpion's guitar work is Amazing in this song, Mathias Jabs guitar sounds Bad Ass, Everyone wanted that sound. Such a good song.

About time!

They had a ton of hit songs !