UFO is an English band, but yes Michael Schenker is German and joined UFO in 1973 and left in 1978 with guest-visits from 1993 to 2003. Phil Mogg is the awesome lead-singer… totally all over the register and you can hear every word he sings making this song a masterpiece 👌🏻❤️😃
Strangers in the Night is one of the greatest live albums ever!!! Lights out is a killer track. Also Iron Maiden is influenced by them and have the songs on before they come out to play live.
Schenker is one of the best guitarist. IMO. No one sounds like him. This album dont have a bad song on it. Strangers in the Night would be a great mix to react too. UFO is so Underrated. They never got huge in the States. The Michael Schenker Group has been around since the early 80's and Michael is still releasing great material today.
@Izzi Michaels , I saw UFO and AC/DC on the 23rd of November 1977 at the Coliseum in Knoxville TN. They were co-headliners, and on that night AC/DC played second, after The Motors and before UFO, and both UFO and AC/DC kicked ass, still one of the best concerts I've ever attended.
Fantastic British band. Michael Schenker is one of the greatest guitarists of all time and their live album is considered by many (including me) to be the best live album of all time.
UFO is from England. The guitarist, Micheal Schenker, is from Germany. I went to see these guys in 1977 because of this song opening for a band I'd never heard before, Rush. Rush became my favorite band during that show.
I was working in a record store in the early 80's and Phil Mogg came in at 2 in the afternoon, falling down drunk with a lady on each arm. He bought a load of blues albums and left. At 9pm the same day he was perfectly fine and sang wonderfully through their entire set.
@Izzi Michaels, While Covenant and Sharks are good albums, they just aren't on the same level as those previously mentioned, at least not in my opinion.
@Izzi Michaels I think Walk On Water is right up there with them, there's something special that happens in the studio, and on the stage, when Schenker, Mogg, Way, Raymond and Parker get together.
UFO is one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. They have influenced decades of musicians and bands. Sadly we have lost many of the band members recently but Michael Schenker (Guitar) and Phi Moog (Vocals) have continued to give us their life songs to this day.
This song is one of my all-time favorite gems that no one reacts to. The outro is so powerful - Schenker is the god of shredding. Glad you got to experience it. Schenker also has an amazing solo career with more great songs like Anytime, Never Ending Nightmare, Take Me Back and another gem no one knows about - Desert Song.
Assault Attack, Lost Horizons, Cry For The Nation's, The Dogs Of War, Into The Arena, Red Sky, Never Trust A Stranger, and so many more great songs from The Michael Schenker Group.
I was big UFO fan in the late 70's when I was in high school. They rose above much of the metal mediocrities at the time. I'm sure others have spoken of this but they were Brits, except for Schenker.
Michael Schenker is one of the most under rated guitarist ever. You need to listen to some more UFO. Specifically, Rock Bottom, Too Hot to Handle, Lights Out, and Shoot Shoot. Love your reactions btw.
They did not have violins on this song. That is their keyboard player providing that gorgeous accompaniment! In fact, that's one of the great things about UFO: they had one of the most Metal guitarists in Michael Schenker, one of the best vocalists in Phil Mogg, an outrageous Bass player named Pete Way, a great drummer named Andy Parker but also this great, tasteful keyboardist named Paul Raymond (who also played rhythm guitar)! The had the total package! The "Strangers In The Night" live album will give you a ton to "deep dive" on, trust me!
sorry, Michael, but i don't believe you! 😊 that would be the most amazing 'keyboard orchestra' i'd ever heard. and especially so for 1977. nothing at all against Paul Raymond's brilliance, or your own enthusiasm for his craft, but that is a real orchestra on this track. prove me wrong? cheers.
@@ericpottersadventuresinsou1146, you are right! I just checked and they did add string and horn arrangements on Love to Love. Paul Raymond's keys were also there but there are strings on the song. I stand corrected! Thank you!
Starting with " Phenomenon" , to "Force it" , to "No heavy petting" , to "Lights out", to "Obsession" , to "Strangers in the night", every single one of these albums is utterly spectacular and shows the insane progression of Schenker's guitar mastery! My favourite is No heavy petting, one of the most overlooked! The first Schenker era (the 70's) and the second Schenker era (the 90's) are the peak of this legendary band. All the rest is worth a listen too of course, but with Schenket they peaked in everything!
UFO is a British band. Michael started In the Scorpions with his brother Rudolph. I believe he was 16 at the time. This is way before the scorpions become famous. He played lead guitar on UFO’s most famous albums, lights out being the best known. He left them in 1979 and started his own band, MSG. You should check them out.
I agree that it is one of the best live albums . However , 45 years after listening to them i have concluded that many of their early studio albums have a lot of great versions of their songs
RIP Pete Way- Bass and Paul Raymond-keyboard/ rhythm guitar. UFO still rocking. Saw them on their 50th anniversary tour in Clearwater FL February 2020 just before the pandemic. True pros.
Incredible band! Lights Out is a great one but their Live album is legendary! Michael Schenker is a GUITAR GOD!! Wait to you hear more from this band. "Love To Love" is one of my favorites from them but...man oh man...wait until you hear the live version of "Rock Bottom". Ugh....incendiary only begins to approach THE FIRE.
It's been said that Michael Schenker wrote the most epic ,perfect solo of all time thru this song.Especially when listened to live ,on Strangers In The Night. As a solo artist ,he remains at 70 ,the finest ,fastest ,and creative artist ever.
The band is English but their former kick ass guitar player Michael Schenker is German. Thanks for covering this awesome band. I just wanted to add that we understand why you pause. Better safe than sorry and it would stink to have to delete a reaction that you worked so hard to record and edit. We enjoy your videos too much to lose you guys.
The live version on "Strangers in the Night" kills... Do yourselves a favor, and review this live album because it's probably the greatest live albums in rock history, certainly my favorite, and I'd guess there's a lot more people on your channel that feel the same way...
Hey Nick N Lex. Glad you got around to UFO. Great band from my teen years. Michael Schenker's brother Rudy is the rhythm guitarist for the Scorpions. Very happy you enjoyed this song and they have many more. Keep up the good work.
UFO got very little radio play other than college stations back in the day so no surprise you have not bumped into them. A huge influence band cited by members of Def Leppard, Iron Maiden and Metallica amongst others. Michael Schenker is a guitar god, Phil Mogg the vocalist and primary song writer & only original member as of 2019. A GREAT rabbit hole to enter....
UFO and BUDGIE are two of the most unknown gems of rock ! They have some of the best music in the rock world!!! Review more , there are so many great songs you have been missing!!
Hey kids... great job on this track! As stated by many others here before: the album “Strangers In The Night” absolutely rules as THE BEST LIVE ROCK ALBUM EVER!! (insert mic drop here). Keep rocking it.
UFO was a British prog-rock band. The guitarist was Michael Schenker, who is Greman. They toured with Rush during the 70's. A few other songs to check out include, Rock Bottom, Lights out, and Doctor Doctor
15 years old, standing in a field at the Reading festival, the lights go down, the opening of this song plays, in the dark it seems to feel colder for some reason- the song builds and as they hit the line of 'misty green and blue', blue and green spotlights hit the tons of dry ice they'd pumped into the field. Memories you just don't forget.
I discovered UFO in early 1980 when I was learning guitar. Schenker totally blew my mind. UFO was so killer with this lineup. This brings back so many memories.
Their bassist Pete Way just recently passed away... was a huge influence on Steve Harris and Nikki Sixx... was friends with Geddy Lee...UFO was a big influence on Metallica as well... They were from the UK except Michael Schenker... You should definitely check out the entire Lights Out and Obsession albums. Also Michael's solo work with his band MSG is also great. Michael has fantastic taste and bends like no one else.
Please make reaction to Diana Ankudinova! Diana’s a contralto gifted with naturally occurring polyphonic overtones. Diana's voice is like a rainbow of colors now and there's a pot of gold that's the gift at the end of the rainbow, and the rainbows being the various tones that and qualities that she has to offer through the song. Diana's polyphonic overtone sounding is indescribable happiness, delight and goosebumps. To perform all this with a contralto chest register, combining with a mixed and head register, ending each phrase with his own unforgettable yodeling technique, no one is able to perform songs, as Diana does.
The definitive version of this song is on their live album from 78 Strangers In The Night. Michael Shenkers solo is longer and more intense. Next do ROCK BOTTOM from that epic live album.
Favorite album is there 2nd album force it shenkers guitar tone is the best I've heard from any guitarist.my favourite guitar solo from this album is actually from the ballad try me.
Michael Schenker is one of the most influential guitarists who still is pretty unknown to the public. People know the players he has influenced but you get blank stares when talking about him. BTW he is the Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker's "little" brother, and had multiple stints at his older brother's band. I like both of them but I enjoy Michael's playing more. He's still going BTW, he's had multiple bands, most of the time it was the Michael Schenker Group, but there also was McAuley Schenker Group, Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock and similar iterations. They're worth listening to as well.
These guys go way back to the 70’s. A killer guitarist back when guitar solos were mandatory! I saw them with Blue Oyster Cult. Btw I am a splitting image of the guitarist in the Scorpions. I wish I could play like him! 🎸
This was and still is a Love song for my wife and I. When we were girlfriend & boyfriend, we broke up several times before getting it right. We saw UFO as the opening band for Foghat in concert in Chicago 1977.
Scorpions were the foundation of UFO and MSG (Michael Schenker Group) Rudolf & Michael Scenker formed Scorpions . UFO, Technically a British rock group, started around 1969 - Michale Schenker joined them in 1973 for their most productive period. This album (1977) also had hits "Too Hot to Handle" and the title cut "Lights Out"!
Hello guys Michael Schenker, from UFO, and Rudolph Schenker from Scorpions are brothers. I suggest "Let it Roll" from Strangers in the Night. One of Michael Schenker 's best guitar solos. You two will be very impressed!!!
Don’t be so hard on yourselves, now you get to discover new music at your young ages that you will enjoy your entire lifetime. Wait until you delve into UFO’s catalog, it will rock your world.
Rock your world is right, best unheard band of the last 50 years! Saw them 6 times, 4 with Michael Schenker on lead, once with Paul Chapman (the 4 albums he's on are also killer) and once with Vinnie Moore. They were always a tremendous show, some of the best I ever saw. 😎
Yeah, you can't know every single band there is. Especially in pre-Internet times it was a mere question of luck which band came to your attention. And I say that not only because I grew up listenting to Michael/McAuley Schenker Group without knowing that UFO even existed ;)
@@saschaschneider6355 my musical journey was mostly because of the influence of my friends and family. I discovered a lot of bands well after their debut albums. I think the only bands I remember hearing when they first hit the airwaves were Boston, Foreigner and Van Halen.
@@rcdolphin714 same here. I've listened to MSG because a good friend one day came over with a CD. I've started listening to DIO because I've seen a best-of album at a local store and liked the cover art... I didn't even know that RJD was the same guy who had taken over from Ozzy in Sabbath. Pre-Wikipedia days were weird.
I saw UFO in Yuma Az live late seventies early eighties . we jammed to all there albums on eight track and cassete in our cars. Still great music now I just blue tooth it to my home mega stereo from you tube and it is great again!
UFO is terrific. I saw them live around 1978. Strangers in the Night is one of the greatest live albums and you should very much enjoy going down the UFO rabbit hole. BTW, their first two album are more space rock but they became a hard rock band with some excellent ballads. They are still around but the singer talked about leaving before Covid but now it looks like they may stay together, at least for the time being.
Michael was in the Scorpions for only one full album and part l of another. From 1974-1979, he was with UFO and really took them from obscurity to superstardom. As far as that 80’s metal scene you talked about, Michael Schenker was a major influence on nearly every metal guitarist in the 80’s. Check his wiki page and you will see a list of about 35 guitarists, most of whom you’ve heard of, who list him as a major influence. And it isn’t just because of his play. He is the best metal guitarist ever, in my opinion, bit he also influenced ( And is still influencing) Metal stylistically. Michael popularized the Flying V guitar and most people who play one, even now were influenced either by him directly, or by someone else who was influenced by Michael. To this day, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth tells people he plays a Flying V because of Michael Schenker. By the way, Michael and several members of the Scorpions are from Hanover.
Great Briish band You must listen to Rock Bottom some prefer the live version but the epic studio one for me shows all of Michael Schenkers huge talent in all its glory with no fancy add ons or showing off to the crowd
They were popular in the mid late 70ts and in the 90ts reformed a couple of times if I remember , different phases over the years , Micheal Shenker was a very good guitarist . songs like Doctor Doctor and the like .I remember rockin out in my 66 GTO to this ...lol
The times you're referring too, sound like the times Shenker was with them but they were around since the early 70s and still active today. There are also a couple of good albums from Mogg-Way (singer and bass player) which could not be called UFO for legal purposes it's my understanding, but I am no expert.
@@VinE83656 Yes I listend to them a fair amount in say 1970 -78 period , so am most familiar to that era , Some of the Savoy Brown guys played with them also , don't know much about later eras .Moog and Way formed the group as hocus Pocus and changed the name to UFO in 69 or 70 . They were another one of those hard rock we listen to , could never hold a candle to Blue Oyster Cult though ...lol
@@lawrenceburchett7411 I like Blue Oyster Cult too, great band., especially the early albums. I’ve seen them both live but UFO just after Shenker left UFO. I wasn’t crazy about either band as much in the 80s. UFO later stuff was a return to form for me and has been very solid since.
My suggestions for future UFO reactions: Rock Bottom, Lights Out, Cherry, Only You Can Rock Me, Doctor Doctor, Mother Mary, Too Hard to Hot to Handle, Space Child or I'm a Loser. You cannot get wrong the a version from Strangers in the Night or just about any song off the Strangers live album.
LOL…….the whole time watching I keep thinking…wait til they get to the outro solo😳 My favorite UFO song…Michael is a legend in my book…and I’m a drummer !! Good job..love the channel
I've seen UFO with Chapman and later with Schenker. The first gig was brilliant, the second was one of the best I've ever seen, Schenker went off piste for couple of minutes on love to love, it was like being hypnotised, incredible.
UFO was way ahead of their time. They blew me away back in the 70`s and I will be a fan for life. Their reunion album WALK ON WATER is epic and a masterpiece. I highly recommend it!! Also their live album STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT is fantastic. This band deserves more exposure even though some members have passed away. They wrote some of the best rock music ever and it should not be over looked. Thank you for reacting to them.
You made my day. UFO, they are amazing. That several have already written, the livealbum Strangers in the nigth is one of the best album ever. Keep on rocking and have a nice weekend :)
UFO should be in the HOF hands down. They have had great guitarists throughout and the albums with Paul Chapman, who succeeded Schenker, have similarly great songs I recommend “ Profession of Violence “
Guys, stop apologising for pausing. We listen to you guys because we are interested in what you are feeling and what you think. If someone wants to just listen to the song then they can play it for themselves..... Didn’t really know UFO before this, had heard the name but not listened. On the back of this will go listen to more. Keep up the great work and please do loop back around to Caravan before too long and definitely check out Camel.
Force It is the peak UFO studio album for me, listened to this more than any other album and it's still exciting. Strangers In The Night is one of the very best live albums ever.
Hey Nick! Hey Lex! Thanks for doing that one. A little side note, I thought for years that song was called Misty Green and Blue 🙄. Welcome to UFO! I’m embarrassed to say though, I only know three of their songs; “Rock Bottom”, “Too Hot to Handle”, and “Love to Love”. Rock Bottom’s always been my favorite though. It just has this unforgettable guitar riff. Check it out, and you’ll see what I mean. Oh, and by the way, the guitar player is Michael Shenker who was in Scorpions early on with his brother Rudolph Shenker. And Rudolph is still with Scorpions since the beginning! It’s so cool watching people like yourselves discovering all these songs that I grew up listening to and to see you thoroughly enjoying them! Take care, see you soon! 🎸
I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the 1970’s and 80’s. They had a concert series called “Day On The Green.” I went to several of them. I saw UFO, Gamma, Santana, REO Speedwagon & Journey. I had no idea that UFO even played this song. I was pretty wasted at the time and was there primarily to see Journey. I saw other bands at Day On The Green such as Toto, The Tubes,
UFO is an English band, but yes Michael Schenker is German and joined UFO in 1973 and left in 1978 with guest-visits from 1993 to 2003. Phil Mogg is the awesome lead-singer… totally all over the register and you can hear every word he sings making this song a masterpiece 👌🏻❤️😃
Finally people are discovering the best band ever...They still tour live
Seriously man! Why these guys weren’t #1 in the US in the 70’s is a crock! Their catalog of killer songs is over 50
Strangers in the Night is one of the greatest live albums ever!!!
Lights out is a killer track. Also Iron Maiden is influenced by them and have the songs on before they come out to play live.
Agree 100% one of the best live albums EVER!
You got that right!!!
Absolutely, possibly my favourite live album, every track is better than the studio version
Absolutely "ROCK BOTTOM" truth!!! Killer live album!
@@glyngasson8450 Yes, this is the only live album I've ever heard where they top the studio version on every song.
Schenker is one of the best guitarist. IMO.
No one sounds like him.
This album dont have a bad song on it.
Strangers in the Night would be a great mix to react too. UFO is so Underrated. They never got huge in the States.
The Michael Schenker Group has been around since the early 80's and Michael is still releasing great material today.
They were huge in my record collection\m/
@Glenn Thompson, They were huge in Chicago. But yeah, they should have been as big as Sabbath and AC/DC.
Michael is King
@@1Phepsi i saw ufo back in the day, ac / dc was the opening act
@Izzi Michaels , I saw UFO and
AC/DC on the 23rd of November 1977 at the Coliseum in Knoxville TN. They were co-headliners, and on that night AC/DC played second, after The Motors and before UFO, and both UFO and AC/DC kicked ass, still one of the best concerts I've ever attended.
The solo in Rock Bottom live is epic in my opinion
That & the solo in Child in Time are the best two solos ever.
So many are- I love the solo in Im a Loser lon Strangers in the Night- Schenker just makes it talk
@@ZE4MC Totally underrated song and solo, I 100 agree
Not epic. It´s the one.
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Best ever! Right up there with the end of Free Bird
Fantastic British band. Michael Schenker is one of the greatest guitarists of all time and their live album is considered by many (including me) to be the best live album of all time.
UFO is from England. The guitarist, Micheal Schenker, is from Germany. I went to see these guys in 1977 because of this song opening for a band I'd never heard before, Rush. Rush became my favorite band during that show.
What a privilege!
wow, I have seen some great shows since '78, but UFO / RUSH in 77 is incredible, Cheers
Saw them in Chicago in ‘77 for the first time. Still a big fan!
Michael Schenker and Pete Way!!
Lights Out is a classic from UFO. These guys used to tour with Rush back in the 70’s.
Did see them with Rush in 1977 while they were supporting this album. One of my absolute favorite bands.
I guess the guys in UFO would refer to Geddy as Glee.
rush ans reo
I was working in a record store in the early 80's and Phil Mogg came in at 2 in the afternoon, falling down drunk with a lady on each arm. He bought a load of blues albums and left. At 9pm the same day he was perfectly fine and sang wonderfully through their entire set.
Strangers in the night live album is a must. The band is at there peak. A very underrated band.
Best band no one knows about. Lights out, Obsession, and Strangers in the night are all killer.
As are Phenomenon, Force It , No Heavy Petting and Walk On Water
@@1Phepsi what no sharks? no covenant? 🤔😆
@Izzi Michaels, While Covenant and Sharks are good albums, they just aren't on the same level as those previously mentioned, at least not in my opinion.
@@1Phepsi none of the reunion recordings measure up to the 70s schenker era in my opinion.
@Izzi Michaels I think Walk On Water is right up there with them, there's something special that happens in the studio, and on the stage, when Schenker, Mogg, Way, Raymond and Parker get together.
UFO is one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. They have influenced decades of musicians and bands. Sadly we have lost many of the band members recently but Michael Schenker (Guitar) and Phi Moog (Vocals) have continued to give us their life songs to this day.
This song is one of my all-time favorite gems that no one reacts to. The outro is so powerful - Schenker is the god of shredding. Glad you got to experience it. Schenker also has an amazing solo career with more great songs like Anytime, Never Ending Nightmare, Take Me Back and another gem no one knows about - Desert Song.
Assault Attack, Lost Horizons, Cry For The Nation's, The Dogs Of War, Into The Arena, Red Sky, Never Trust A Stranger, and so many more great songs from The Michael Schenker Group.
Desert song is a classic.....🤟👍....into the arena is too
One of the greatest band of ALL times! Their double live album Strangers in the night is a masterpiece as well as their studio album Obsession.
UFO in general, kick ass. This song, one if their best. 🎵🎸🎧👍
This song is a masterpiece. The riff to Rock Bottom is considered the best ever.
I was big UFO fan in the late 70's when I was in high school. They rose above much of the metal mediocrities at the time. I'm sure others have spoken of this but they were Brits, except for Schenker.
UFO was way ahead of their time. Best band and their Stranger's in the Night is the best live album.
Got to see them live 1/2 dozen times in the late 70's early 80's. So good being there....
There's a live version from the band Europe with a magnificent performance from John Norum. Just amazing.
Not a big fan of Europe at all but I have to admit Norum just smokes that lead at the end on that
So glad you guys loved this, just went to see Mr Schenker on Friday on his 50th Anniversary tour.........dear god, he still has it big time!!
Michael Schenker is one of the most under rated guitarist ever. You need to listen to some more UFO. Specifically, Rock Bottom, Too Hot to Handle, Lights Out, and Shoot Shoot. Love your reactions btw.
You MUST listen to Strangers in the night in its entirety. 🤘
I absolutely love see you guys experiencing the music I grew up with. ❤
What a wonderful track to review.
They did not have violins on this song. That is their keyboard player providing that gorgeous accompaniment! In fact, that's one of the great things about UFO: they had one of the most Metal guitarists in Michael Schenker, one of the best vocalists in Phil Mogg, an outrageous Bass player named Pete Way, a great drummer named Andy Parker but also this great, tasteful keyboardist named Paul Raymond (who also played rhythm guitar)! The had the total package! The "Strangers In The Night" live album will give you a ton to "deep dive" on, trust me!
Amen to all of the above brother👍👍
Strangers in the Night is the culmination of the best music and the best players in UFO history. One of the best live albums ever.
Paul Raymond was in Savoy Brown during the Street Corner Talking and Hellbound Train era. He did keys mostly.
sorry, Michael, but i don't believe you! 😊 that would be the most amazing 'keyboard orchestra' i'd ever heard. and especially so for 1977. nothing at all against Paul Raymond's brilliance, or your own enthusiasm for his craft, but that is a real orchestra on this track. prove me wrong? cheers.
@@ericpottersadventuresinsou1146, you are right! I just checked and they did add string and horn arrangements on Love to Love. Paul Raymond's keys were also there but there are strings on the song. I stand corrected! Thank you!
Let's hear more UFO ‼️🤟
There’s only one UFO album to listen to.. Strangers in the Night.. right up there as one of the best live rock albums of all time
Ummm no. Force It is very necessary.
Starting with " Phenomenon" , to "Force it" , to "No heavy petting" , to "Lights out", to "Obsession" , to "Strangers in the night", every single one of these albums is utterly spectacular and shows the insane progression of Schenker's guitar mastery! My favourite is No heavy petting, one of the most overlooked! The first Schenker era (the 70's) and the second Schenker era (the 90's) are the peak of this legendary band. All the rest is worth a listen too of course, but with Schenket they peaked in everything!
UFO is a British band. Michael started In the Scorpions with his brother Rudolph. I believe he was 16 at the time. This is way before the scorpions become famous. He played lead guitar on UFO’s most famous albums, lights out being the best known. He left them in 1979 and started his own band, MSG. You should check them out.
I agree that it is one of the best live albums . However , 45 years after listening to them i have concluded that many of their early studio albums have a lot of great versions of their songs
You all have about 30 more songs to go. Check out Try me with the strings.
Michael Schenker was on the Scorpions first album also his brother Rudof is still in the band
Such a beautiful song I saw them twice back in the seventies when I was 16 17 I'm 62 now and I still listen to them
RIP Pete Way- Bass and Paul Raymond-keyboard/ rhythm guitar. UFO still rocking. Saw them on their 50th anniversary tour in Clearwater FL February 2020 just before the pandemic. True pros.
Awesome band criminality underrated, very sad that Mogg and Schenker couldn’t get along.
I was at that show in Clearwater. The very next day they shut down concerts. Was very happy to make that show
another great band from the 1970's . Suffered a lot of hearing loss from listening to UFO
Incredible band! Lights Out is a great one but their Live album is legendary! Michael Schenker is a GUITAR GOD!! Wait to you hear more from this band. "Love To Love" is one of my favorites from them but...man oh man...wait until you hear the live version of "Rock Bottom". Ugh....incendiary only begins to approach THE FIRE.
Yes. Schenker's playing on the live 'Rock Bottom' is one of the best solos ever recorded. Top notch!
One of my favorite songs of all time. One of the most beautiful hard rock songs ever.
I saw UFO live back in the 80s in Milwaukee Wisconsin I remember it like it was yesterday. Great live band to see...
RIP: Paul Raymond, Pete Way, Paul Chapman.
It's been said that Michael Schenker wrote the most epic ,perfect solo of all time thru this song.Especially when listened to live ,on Strangers In The Night.
As a solo artist ,he remains at 70 ,the finest ,fastest ,and creative artist ever.
The band is English but their former kick ass guitar player Michael Schenker is German. Thanks for covering this awesome band.
I just wanted to add that we understand why you pause. Better safe than sorry and it would stink to have to delete a reaction that you worked so hard to record and edit. We enjoy your videos too much to lose you guys.
The live version on "Strangers in the Night" kills... Do yourselves a favor, and review this live album because it's probably the greatest live albums in rock history, certainly my favorite, and I'd guess there's a lot more people on your channel that feel the same way...
Me for sure, they were on another planet that tour, ripping riffs into eternity....
Great song. Much more to find from these boys. Rock Bottom, Lights Out and Shoot Shoot to name a few
More UFO, lights out, and many others👍🏻
Hey Nick N Lex. Glad you got around to UFO. Great band from my teen years. Michael Schenker's brother Rudy is the rhythm guitarist for the Scorpions. Very happy you enjoyed this song and they have many more. Keep up the good work.
UFO got very little radio play other than college stations back in the day so no surprise you have not bumped into them. A huge influence band cited by members of Def Leppard, Iron Maiden and Metallica amongst others. Michael Schenker is a guitar god, Phil Mogg the vocalist and primary song writer & only original member as of 2019. A GREAT rabbit hole to enter....
UFO and BUDGIE are two of the most unknown gems of rock ! They have some of the best music in the rock world!!! Review more , there are so many great songs you have been missing!!
Hey kids... great job on this track! As stated by many others here before: the album “Strangers In The Night” absolutely rules as THE BEST LIVE ROCK ALBUM EVER!! (insert mic drop here). Keep rocking it.
UFO was a British prog-rock band. The guitarist was Michael Schenker, who is Greman. They toured with Rush during the 70's. A few other songs to check out include, Rock Bottom, Lights out, and Doctor Doctor
"Lights out" and "Rock Bottom" are their top tier songs
But "Lights Out" is not that exciting in the studio version. It really comes out life. So much energy.
15 years old, standing in a field at the Reading festival, the lights go down, the opening of this song plays, in the dark it seems to feel colder for some reason- the song builds and as they hit the line of 'misty green and blue', blue and green spotlights hit the tons of dry ice they'd pumped into the field. Memories you just don't forget.
Check out their walk on water album, the return of Schenker, amazing guitar playing
One of the greatest live rock and roll albums ever.
Saw Michael Schenker, a couple of years back with MSG, still plays a mean guitar, definitely check out Rock Bottom.
They are a British band although Michael Schenker is from Germany.
When it's about Ufo, you should mainly check out "Strangers in the night". Their live album and also their best album
I discovered UFO in early 1980 when I was learning guitar. Schenker totally blew my mind. UFO was so killer with this lineup. This brings back so many memories.
I love how you guys stop in the middle of the song and praise it.. you're only half way!!!!
Their bassist Pete Way just recently passed away... was a huge influence on Steve Harris and Nikki Sixx... was friends with Geddy Lee...UFO was a big influence on Metallica as well...
They were from the UK except Michael Schenker...
You should definitely check out the entire Lights Out and Obsession albums. Also Michael's solo work with his band MSG is also great. Michael has fantastic taste and bends like no one else.
Please make reaction to Diana Ankudinova!
Diana’s a contralto gifted with naturally occurring polyphonic overtones.
Diana's voice is like a rainbow of colors now and there's a pot of gold that's the gift at the end of the rainbow, and the rainbows being the various tones that and qualities that she has to offer through the song. Diana's polyphonic overtone sounding is indescribable happiness, delight and goosebumps. To perform all this with a contralto chest register, combining with a mixed and head register, ending each phrase with his own unforgettable yodeling technique, no one is able to perform songs, as Diana does.
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I love listening to Diana's songs. Her voice is amazing and charming.
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The definitive version of this song is on their live album from 78 Strangers In The Night. Michael Shenkers solo is longer and more intense. Next do ROCK BOTTOM from that epic live album.
Favorite album is there 2nd album force it shenkers guitar tone is the best I've heard from any guitarist.my favourite guitar solo from this album is actually from the ballad try me.
Had this on 8-Track.
ufo strangers in the night one of the most underated live albums michael schenker is amazing!
Michael Schenker is one of the most influential guitarists who still is pretty unknown to the public. People know the players he has influenced but you get blank stares when talking about him.
BTW he is the Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker's "little" brother, and had multiple stints at his older brother's band. I like both of them but I enjoy Michael's playing more.
He's still going BTW, he's had multiple bands, most of the time it was the Michael Schenker Group, but there also was McAuley Schenker Group, Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock and similar iterations. They're worth listening to as well.
Saw them probably four times in the 70s. Great experience. Glad you got to discover them.
These guys go way back to the 70’s. A killer guitarist back when guitar solos were
mandatory! I saw them with Blue Oyster Cult. Btw I am a splitting image of the
guitarist in the Scorpions. I wish I could play like him! 🎸
I saw them with BOC in 1977, BOC was debuting their laser light show that tour, it was a transcendent night of hard rock brilliance!
@@vicprovost2561 that has to be the
same tour. The yr I graduated from high school!
@@dannycasson1551 Awesome show Danny, that was the best I saw either band. Legends both for sure, they could Rock like their lives depended on it.
This was and still is a Love song for my wife and I. When we were girlfriend & boyfriend, we broke up several times before getting it right. We saw UFO as the opening band for Foghat in concert in Chicago 1977.
Scorpions were the foundation of UFO and MSG (Michael Schenker Group) Rudolf & Michael Scenker formed Scorpions . UFO, Technically a British rock group, started around 1969 - Michale Schenker joined them in 1973 for their most productive period.
This album (1977) also had hits "Too Hot to Handle" and the title cut "Lights Out"!
Most underrated band of all time
And Thin Lizzy
@@powerage17 Loved Lizzy. Cold sweat is my fav ;)
Hello guys Michael Schenker, from UFO, and Rudolph Schenker from Scorpions are brothers. I suggest "Let it Roll" from Strangers in the Night. One of Michael Schenker 's best guitar solos. You two will be very impressed!!!
🙏🏼 thank you 🙏🏼 Lex & Nick! And thanks to the requestor!!! 🤘🏼 Totally digging listening along with y’all for my 1st too.
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One of my all time favorites growing up absolutely love this song it's a classic...
Don’t be so hard on yourselves, now you get to discover new music at your young ages that you will enjoy your entire lifetime. Wait until you delve into UFO’s catalog, it will rock your world.
Rock your world is right, best unheard band of the last 50 years! Saw them 6 times, 4 with Michael Schenker on lead, once with Paul Chapman (the 4 albums he's on are also killer) and once with Vinnie Moore. They were always a tremendous show, some of the best I ever saw. 😎
Yeah, you can't know every single band there is. Especially in pre-Internet times it was a mere question of luck which band came to your attention. And I say that not only because I grew up listenting to Michael/McAuley Schenker Group without knowing that UFO even existed ;)
@@saschaschneider6355 my musical journey was mostly because of the influence of my friends and family. I discovered a lot of bands well after their debut albums. I think the only bands I remember hearing when they first hit the airwaves were Boston, Foreigner and Van Halen.
@@rcdolphin714 same here. I've listened to MSG because a good friend one day came over with a CD. I've started listening to DIO because I've seen a best-of album at a local store and liked the cover art... I didn't even know that RJD was the same guy who had taken over from Ozzy in Sabbath. Pre-Wikipedia days were weird.
The live version from "Strangers In Night" is SO much better!
i have owned this album from its original release date and i always have a moment when i hear it, i am in tears now, i love this music so much
U.F.O are a British band and they are brilliant check out their live album strangers in the night
In the all time top 5 live rock albums IMHO, up there with Made In Japan, Live & Dangerous etc
@@glenngibbions at the moment I can’t make my mind up which is my favourite live album U.F.O Stangers or Humble pie rockin the fillmore
@@robertphelps1574 Humble Pie was awesome, great album!
I saw UFO in Yuma Az live late seventies early eighties . we jammed to all there albums on eight track and cassete in our cars. Still great music now I just blue tooth it to my home mega stereo from you tube and it is great again!
UFO is terrific. I saw them live around 1978. Strangers in the Night is one of the greatest live albums and you should very much enjoy going down the UFO rabbit hole. BTW, their first two album are more space rock but they became a hard rock band with some excellent ballads. They are still around but the singer talked about leaving before Covid but now it looks like they may stay together, at least for the time being.
I get the live album but Lights Out is perhaps the most underrated studio rock album of all time.
Don't believe for a second they or he never heard this song before with the Floyd & Hendrix posters behind them
"Too Hot to Handle" is another killer track off the same album.
Michael was in the Scorpions for only one full album and part l of another. From 1974-1979, he was with UFO and really took them from obscurity to superstardom. As far as that 80’s metal scene you talked about, Michael Schenker was a major influence on nearly every metal guitarist in the 80’s. Check his wiki page and you will see a list of about 35 guitarists, most of whom you’ve heard of, who list him as a major influence. And it isn’t just because of his play. He is the best metal guitarist ever, in my opinion, bit he also influenced ( And is still influencing) Metal stylistically. Michael popularized the Flying V guitar and most people who play one, even now were influenced either by him directly, or by someone else who was influenced by Michael. To this day, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth tells people he plays a Flying V because of Michael Schenker.
By the way, Michael and several members of the Scorpions are from Hanover.
Great Briish band You must listen to Rock Bottom some prefer the live version but the epic studio one for me shows all of Michael Schenkers huge talent in all its glory with no fancy add ons or showing off to the crowd
They were popular in the mid late 70ts and in the 90ts reformed a couple of times if I remember , different phases over the years , Micheal Shenker was a very good guitarist . songs like Doctor Doctor and the like .I remember rockin out in my 66 GTO to this ...lol
The times you're referring too, sound like the times Shenker was with them but they were around since the early 70s and still active today. There are also a couple of good albums from Mogg-Way (singer and bass player) which could not be called UFO for legal purposes it's my understanding, but I am no expert.
@@VinE83656 Yes I listend to them a fair amount in say 1970 -78 period , so am most familiar to that era , Some of the Savoy Brown guys played with them also , don't know much about later eras .Moog and Way formed the group as hocus Pocus and changed the name to UFO in 69 or 70 . They were another one of those hard rock we listen to , could never hold a candle to Blue Oyster Cult though ...lol
@@lawrenceburchett7411 I like Blue Oyster Cult too, great band., especially the early albums. I’ve seen them both live but UFO just after Shenker left UFO. I wasn’t crazy about either band as much in the 80s. UFO later stuff was a return to form for me and has been very solid since.
My suggestions for future UFO reactions: Rock Bottom, Lights Out, Cherry, Only You Can Rock Me, Doctor Doctor, Mother Mary, Too Hard to Hot to Handle, Space Child or I'm a Loser. You cannot get wrong the a version from Strangers in the Night or just about any song off the Strangers live album.
I LOVE Space Child! Its one big Schenker solo with a song thrown in!
Best song ever written - perfection.
I remember, i was 14 when this came up... 77 what a great time
You need to check out UFO's live album Strangers in the Night, its an awesome recording, there's not a bad song on the entire performance
I remember this song very well while going to university in the 70s. Another great band from the 70s!!😀❤
LOL…….the whole time watching I keep thinking…wait til they get to the outro solo😳
My favorite UFO song…Michael is a legend in my book…and I’m a drummer !!
Good job..love the channel
I've seen UFO with Chapman and later with Schenker. The first gig was brilliant, the second was one of the best I've ever seen, Schenker went off piste for couple of minutes on love to love, it was like being hypnotised, incredible.
UFO was way ahead of their time. They blew me away back in the 70`s and I will be a fan for life. Their reunion album WALK ON WATER is epic and a masterpiece. I highly recommend it!! Also their live album STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT is fantastic. This band deserves more exposure even though some members have passed away. They wrote some of the best rock music ever and it should not be over looked. Thank you for reacting to them.
Try the live version on "Strangers in the Night" which one of the best (hard rock / metal) live albums ever !!
You made my day. UFO, they are amazing. That several have already written, the livealbum Strangers in the nigth is one of the best album ever. Keep on rocking and have a nice weekend :)
Another of the bands that played our local civic center back in the 70’s. About 2500 seats, sooooo good. Only advantage to being 1/2hr from Chicago
Michael Schenker was one of the greatest guitarists of all time, he had his own group for a period from 1979. Wille.
UFO should be in the HOF hands down. They have had great guitarists throughout and the albums with Paul Chapman, who succeeded Schenker, have similarly great songs
I recommend “ Profession of Violence “
Guys, stop apologising for pausing. We listen to you guys because we are interested in what you are feeling and what you think.
If someone wants to just listen to the song then they can play it for themselves.....
Didn’t really know UFO before this, had heard the name but not listened. On the back of this will go listen to more.
Keep up the great work and please do loop back around to Caravan before too long and definitely check out Camel.
Love me some UFO; thanks for that !!!!
Absolutely love this song. Michael Schenker is a guitar god
Force It is the peak UFO studio album for me, listened to this more than any other album and it's still exciting. Strangers In The Night is one of the very best live albums ever.
Hey Nick! Hey Lex! Thanks for doing that one. A little side note, I thought for years that song was called Misty Green and Blue 🙄. Welcome to UFO! I’m embarrassed to say though, I only know three of their songs; “Rock Bottom”, “Too Hot to Handle”, and “Love to Love”. Rock Bottom’s always been my favorite though. It just has this unforgettable guitar riff. Check it out, and you’ll see what I mean. Oh, and by the way, the guitar player is Michael Shenker who was in Scorpions early on with his brother Rudolph Shenker. And Rudolph is still with Scorpions since the beginning! It’s so cool watching people like yourselves discovering all these songs that I grew up listening to and to see you thoroughly enjoying them! Take care, see you soon! 🎸
Doctor Doctor Awesome track
I grew up in the SF Bay Area in the 1970’s and 80’s. They had a concert series called “Day On The Green.” I went to several of them. I saw UFO, Gamma, Santana, REO Speedwagon & Journey. I had no idea that UFO even played this song. I was pretty wasted at the time and was there primarily to see Journey. I saw other bands at Day On The Green such as Toto, The Tubes,