These are the moments, which have cemented the Scorpions’ reputation as one of the rare bands rising far above the crowd.
There were many magic live moments some of them are captured on live albums, others on film and video recordings. The performance is documented on the epochal live album “World Wide Live”, which was the band’s final breakthrough in the US, for all time cementing their reputation as one of the planet’s hottest live bands.Īnd then there was the 1989 “Moscow Music Peace” festival, where the Scorpions ultimately conquered Russia, inspiring Klaus Meine to write the track that not much later became the theme song to the Iron Curtain’s final fall: “Wind of Change”. They’ve swept the board big time in Brazil in 1985 at the legendary “Rock in Rio” festival, when other German bands could at best dream of foreign countries. Pioneering achievements elsewhere as well: through very early concerts in China and Southeast Asia, they have opened doors for many other Western bands. In 1988, they were the first Western rock band to play sold-‐out shows five days in a row in the then still Soviet Leningrad. They have played thousands of concerts in all corners of the planet: in Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Moscow, Washington, Dubai, Paris or Berlin. No other rock band of their caliber after so many years takes to the stage as often as the Hannover natives. Another is their unabated desire to travel.
However, countless silver, gold and platinum awards are only one side of the Scorpions’ history. Incidentally, the latter was No.1 in seven countries! The complete inventory of worldwide gold awards is simply too extensive to be listed here. Additionally, “Sting In The Tail” (1991) and the single “Wind Of Change” (1991) were awarded platinum in Germany. Like in Switzerland and Canada as well, by the way. They deservedly received double platinum for it in 1991. In Germany, the Scorpions have sold more than one million copies of “Crazy World” alone – and with this, in the rock genre easily draw even with Nirvana (Nevermind), AC/DC (Back In Black) or Guns‘N Roses (Use Your Illusion I). Top Ten positions in the US Billboard 200:īillboard top hard rock albums (Top Ten only): Records sold worldwide: more than 100,000,000 unitsĬertified album sales in the four most important markets: 22 millionįirst album in the US Billboard 200: 1979 Lovedrive (#55) This makes the Scorpions the most successful rock band of Continental Europe by far.īelow, there is a small – far from complete – selection of further milestones from fifty years of Scorpions history: However, one number that should still be mentioned is more than 100 million records sold to date.
“Rock You Like A Hurricane” on its own was covered over 150 times by different musicians.Įxpressing a career like the one of the Scorpions in mere numbers is almost impossible. Countless bands, including the Smashing Pumpkins as well as Green Day, Korn, System Of A Down or Queensryche have covered songs by the Scorpions throughout the years. In these 50 years, they have become Germany’s, or rather Continental Europe’s most successful rock band, the living proof that not only VW, Mercedes or BMW are able to compete internationally, but classic rock music made in Germany as well. Please let me know if there are any errors, etc.50 years have gone by since the days the juvenile Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs wandered the streets of Hannover, which was just awakening from post war paralysis, with a barrow carrying their instruments and amplifiers.
SCORPIONS TABLATURES HOW TO
Here's how to put the parts together: Intro AAAAAB Verse 1 ABAB Arrive at seven, the place feels good No time to call you today Encores till eleven then Chinese food Back to the hotel again Small Solo Break AB Verse 2 ABAB I call your number, the line ain't free I'd like to tell you come to me And life without you seems like a lost dream Love, I can tell you how I feel Chorus: Always somewhere Miss you where I've been I'll be back to love you again (2x) Long Solo Break AAAA Verse 3 ABAB Another morning, another place The only day off is far away But every city has seen me in the end And brings me to you again Chorus Outtro AA - Note that the last couple of notes are played differently (arpegiate a C9 chord I think - e - b -3- g -0- d -2- a -3- e -) Note: The main effects used seem to be chorus on the verse parts (A & B) and heavy distortion on the choruses. If you use each character space as half a beat (4/4), it should work out about right (except at the ends of lines). I've tried to put some concept of time in by leaving space where a note is carried.