Thank you my friend for digging up all that info. My first scorpions song was I sails of cherone? My brother was into ufo and it came in his 8track. I believe. Same effect as whole lotta love or ice cream man or even renegade by stix. I was about 8 in would make me kina loose my mind. Was so good. The zoo was next. They opened for Ted Nugent going on after April wine. One of the top experiences in a lifetime of shows. Londome crow by the way was dark. My friends and I only played it on rainy days usually. Moody and hipnotic but decently part of our collection. Cheers Hi Clause
Yup, Sails of Charon (normally pronounced Kharon but the astronomer who identified the Plutonian moon named it to be pronounced Sharon after his wife's name - but I'm sure the Scorpions meant Kharon). That's an awesome song and one of the most metal songs on 1977 in my opinion. Ice Cream Man by Van Halen? I remember my friends not liking it, but secretly I did. I think it's really such a fun song! Scorpions, April Wine, and classic Ted Nugent. Sounds awesome! I've always liked Lonesome Crow's weirdness. It made me feel like part of an exclusive club since no one else I knew - no matter how much they professed to love Scorpions - had that album. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and memories!
Thanks for the overview. I only have Trance/Killer/Force/Lovedrive and I obviously need to rectify that so this was useful. My favourite from these albums is Sails of Charon. Boy is that one muscular riff! You mention the neo classical style in Uli's playing on this song but did you know that Uli quotes Duke Ellington's classic Caravan? He plays the motif twice starting at the one minute mark and its exotic flavour certainly fits in here. This year I have gotten into (into? I'm completely obsessed!!!) Blue Oyster Cult and something I noticed a couple of months ago was that Buck Dharma also quotes the Caravan motif very briefly in Moon Crazy from Mirrors at the 3.38 mark. Sorry if that's too much information! But it is such a cool motif.....I'm sure others have quoted it also. Really enjoying your channel.
@@NadirJones71 Well, I can’t say I know Caravan by name. But that is some cool trivia to know. When I have a moment to sit down at my computer, I will check those two songs and the Duke Ellington original. It happens sometime I hear something in a song I recognize but don’t know what the original is unless someone tells me. So thank you for pointing out this interesting musical fact!
@@musicisajourney Correction---the Buck Dharma Caravan quote actually starts with the long lead in note at 3.25 not 3.38. My old guitar buddy pointed out the Scorpions quote but I noticed Buck's on my own....I felt very pleased with myself! Hahaha...
Honestly, while I heard a few sogns from Blackout and Lovea t First Sting on the radio in the 90s, I only really got into Scorpions in the mid 20005, and it was the 70s stuff. i still only really love the 70s stuff, although I do think Animal magnetism and Blackout are pretty great in their own right. So, In Trance and Virgin Killer are probably my favourite Scorpions albums. I love Roth's guitar playing and love that they would try so many different things during that period. I even think the songs Roth sings are really cool. I think in the 80s they became more standard arena rock and my interest really falls off, personally. Lonesome Crow is for sure an interesting album. Maybe a part of why this album is linked with krautrock, aside from the simple fact of being from Germany in the early 70s, is Planck's production, which is really reverbed out and super psychedelic. It's possible that the band, given teh choice, would have done this album differently later on, but they were maybe pretty young and inexperienced in late 1971/1972. It is definitely a really fine record in its own right though. Also your story of trying to play Fly to the Rainbow for a friend who was just really bemused is great. Awesome video.
I pretty much have to agree with you, JM. I have always preferred the more versatile and inventive playing of Uli and what the Scorpions accomplished with him. I never minded his singing either, and it brought some nice contrast to the band's vocal area. Of course, I like a lot of the songs they did from Animal Magnetism to Love at First Sting. They have some great rockers and very nice ballads. But it's a different group almost. Uli's Hendrix influence and neo-classical approach to soloing just make the seventies output more exciting. I always thought Lonesome Crow was really a unique surprise in the Scorpions catalogue. It makes sense that it was nearly an entirely different band with a different concept and approach. When I learned that the band actually broke up once, it made more sense. There is a lot of interesting music on that album, but hard to swallow if you love the arena rock of the later years. Thanks for leaving a detailed comment. I enjoy reading the long ones!
I also like the reallya ctive rhythm section on Lonesome Crow. I suppose in a way taht might give it a bit more of a krautrock feeling too -- it's very groovy with percussion that's sort of unusual for most hard rock music. And the bass is nice and full and dancing all over the place. Speaking of baslines, I always thought the bass in "Longing for Fire" stood out in a really cool way. And as for ballads, "Yellow Raven" is one of my favourites. While I do like Animal Magnetism, I'm actually not a big fan of "Lady Starlight" personally. And you put so much nice work into these, and bring the bands' historeis across in an interesting way -- so I'll comment when i can! cheers...
@@DamnableReverend Yes, the drumming on Lonesome Crow does stand out. And that bass line in Longing for Fire always catches my ear. The music of the seventies had more flexibility and elasticity. Everyone had to do something interesting while not competing with others. The eighties brought more flash guitar and image and sound rather than actual playing style and technique, especially in the rhythm section which lost a lot of its interest in the eighties.
Thank you my friend for digging up all that info. My first scorpions song was I sails of cherone? My brother was into ufo and it came in his 8track. I believe. Same effect as whole lotta love or ice cream man or even renegade by stix. I was about 8 in would make me kina loose my mind. Was so good. The zoo was next. They opened for Ted Nugent going on after April wine. One of the top experiences in a lifetime of shows.
Londome crow by the way was dark. My friends and I only played it on rainy days usually. Moody and hipnotic but decently part of our collection. Cheers Hi Clause
Yup, Sails of Charon (normally pronounced Kharon but the astronomer who identified the Plutonian moon named it to be pronounced Sharon after his wife's name - but I'm sure the Scorpions meant Kharon). That's an awesome song and one of the most metal songs on 1977 in my opinion.
Ice Cream Man by Van Halen? I remember my friends not liking it, but secretly I did. I think it's really such a fun song! Scorpions, April Wine, and classic Ted Nugent. Sounds awesome! I've always liked Lonesome Crow's weirdness. It made me feel like part of an exclusive club since no one else I knew - no matter how much they professed to love Scorpions - had that album.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and memories!
Thanks for the overview. I only have Trance/Killer/Force/Lovedrive and I obviously need to rectify that so this was useful. My favourite from these albums is Sails of Charon. Boy is that one muscular riff! You mention the neo classical style in Uli's playing on this song but did you know that Uli quotes Duke Ellington's classic Caravan? He plays the motif twice starting at the one minute mark and its exotic flavour certainly fits in here. This year I have gotten into (into? I'm completely obsessed!!!) Blue Oyster Cult and something I noticed a couple of months ago was that Buck Dharma also quotes the Caravan motif very briefly in Moon Crazy from Mirrors at the 3.38 mark. Sorry if that's too much information! But it is such a cool motif.....I'm sure others have quoted it also. Really enjoying your channel.
@@NadirJones71 Well, I can’t say I know Caravan by name. But that is some cool trivia to know. When I have a moment to sit down at my computer, I will check those two songs and the Duke Ellington original.
It happens sometime I hear something in a song I recognize but don’t know what the original is unless someone tells me. So thank you for pointing out this interesting musical fact!
@@musicisajourney Correction---the Buck Dharma Caravan quote actually starts with the long lead in note at 3.25 not 3.38. My old guitar buddy pointed out the Scorpions quote but I noticed Buck's on my own....I felt very pleased with myself! Hahaha...
Love the Uli jon Roth era. Tokyo Tapes is killer.
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So many great live albums in the seventies. What happened back then?!
Honestly, while I heard a few sogns from Blackout and Lovea t First Sting on the radio in the 90s, I only really got into Scorpions in the mid 20005, and it was the 70s stuff. i still only really love the 70s stuff, although I do think Animal magnetism and Blackout are pretty great in their own right. So, In Trance and Virgin Killer are probably my favourite Scorpions albums. I love Roth's guitar playing and love that they would try so many different things during that period. I even think the songs Roth sings are really cool. I think in the 80s they became more standard arena rock and my interest really falls off, personally.
Lonesome Crow is for sure an interesting album. Maybe a part of why this album is linked with krautrock, aside from the simple fact of being from Germany in the early 70s, is Planck's production, which is really reverbed out and super psychedelic. It's possible that the band, given teh choice, would have done this album differently later on, but they were maybe pretty young and inexperienced in late 1971/1972. It is definitely a really fine record in its own right though.
Also your story of trying to play Fly to the Rainbow for a friend who was just really bemused is great.
Awesome video.
I pretty much have to agree with you, JM. I have always preferred the more versatile and inventive playing of Uli and what the Scorpions accomplished with him. I never minded his singing either, and it brought some nice contrast to the band's vocal area.
Of course, I like a lot of the songs they did from Animal Magnetism to Love at First Sting. They have some great rockers and very nice ballads. But it's a different group almost. Uli's Hendrix influence and neo-classical approach to soloing just make the seventies output more exciting.
I always thought Lonesome Crow was really a unique surprise in the Scorpions catalogue. It makes sense that it was nearly an entirely different band with a different concept and approach. When I learned that the band actually broke up once, it made more sense. There is a lot of interesting music on that album, but hard to swallow if you love the arena rock of the later years.
Thanks for leaving a detailed comment. I enjoy reading the long ones!
I also like the reallya ctive rhythm section on Lonesome Crow. I suppose in a way taht might give it a bit more of a krautrock feeling too -- it's very groovy with percussion that's sort of unusual for most hard rock music. And the bass is nice and full and dancing all over the place.
Speaking of baslines, I always thought the bass in "Longing for Fire" stood out in a really cool way.
And as for ballads, "Yellow Raven" is one of my favourites. While I do like Animal Magnetism, I'm actually not a big fan of "Lady Starlight" personally.
And you put so much nice work into these, and bring the bands' historeis across in an interesting way -- so I'll comment when i can! cheers...
@@DamnableReverend Yes, the drumming on Lonesome Crow does stand out. And that bass line in Longing for Fire always catches my ear. The music of the seventies had more flexibility and elasticity. Everyone had to do something interesting while not competing with others. The eighties brought more flash guitar and image and sound rather than actual playing style and technique, especially in the rhythm section which lost a lot of its interest in the eighties.