I thought I'd 'grown out' of the Scorpions. That I'd never buy another album again but one listen to their new album with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra and I've changed my mind. It just blew me away!! I know they'll get slagged off for ripping off Metallica ( although in 'Classic Rock' Klaus Meine reckoned they had investigated the idea first) but taken by itself it is just excellent. Possibly even better than Metallica's. The material seems to lend itself over to the concept even better. The first track is a totally AWESOME version of 'Rock You Like A Hurricane' (Hurricane 2000) which is even better than the original. The ballads like 'Wind of Change' and 'Send Me An Angel' are perhaps the more obvious successes but who would have expected an instrumental, orchestral version of 'He's A woman, She's A Man' to rock like a bastard as much as this!! Just try it! Put away all your pre-conceptions and get a listen to 'Hurricane 2000' at least. I think you'll be impressed. But if it's a success, where do they go from here? http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2689#msg-2689Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:17 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2797#msg-2797 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2797#msg-2797
Im not a Scorpion fan but know a few of their stuff. Hurricane and Send Me an Angel are my favs. Atleast these guys have talent!


Justin]]> Songlover NoticeboardWed, 05 Jul 2000 20:43:06 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2765#msg-2765 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2765#msg-2765
Look, I used to dig the Scorps like probably most other people on this board. It's just that for the past couple of years, they've been trying to jump on every bandwagon out there.

Peter]]> Peter M. Bietenholz NoticeboardTue, 04 Jul 2000 16:51:29 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2752#msg-2752 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2752#msg-2752
You forgot about Uriah Heep on 'Salisbury', but that's not the point.
Like I said, I never expected to like, never mind buy, another Scorpions album ever again. And I appreciate what Peter has to say about the band's standing today. You would be hard pushed to find a less 'cool' band on planet Earth, but like I said in my first post, give it a try and then if you think it's a pile of shite then that's up to you.
However slagging both the record and the band without listening to it is both unfair and very blinkered. How many more bands might your pre-conceptions prevent you from hearing?]]> Surfpunk NoticeboardTue, 04 Jul 2000 03:56:16 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2731#msg-2731 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2731#msg-2731
Peter]]> Peter M. Bietenholz NoticeboardMon, 03 Jul 2000 16:58:23 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2710#msg-2710 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2710#msg-2710 John Q NoticeboardMon, 03 Jul 2000 06:42:22 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2697#msg-2697 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2697#msg-2697 Surfpunk NoticeboardSun, 02 Jul 2000 20:01:00 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2692#msg-2692 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2692#msg-2692 John Q NoticeboardSun, 02 Jul 2000 14:45:13 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2689#msg-2689 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,2689,2689#msg-2689
I know they'll get slagged off for ripping off Metallica ( although in 'Classic Rock' Klaus Meine reckoned they had investigated the idea first) but taken by itself it is just excellent. Possibly even better than Metallica's. The material seems to lend itself over to the concept even better. The first track is a totally AWESOME version of 'Rock You Like A Hurricane' (Hurricane 2000) which is even better than the original. The ballads like 'Wind of Change' and 'Send Me An Angel' are perhaps the more obvious successes but who would have expected an instrumental, orchestral version of 'He's A woman, She's A Man' to rock like a bastard as much as this!!

Just try it! Put away all your pre-conceptions and get a listen to 'Hurricane 2000' at least. I think you'll be impressed. But if it's a success, where do they go from here?
]]> Surfpunk NoticeboardSun, 02 Jul 2000 07:30:04 +1000