OFF: More on Amon Duul II, Scorps

[K Henderson]

Mr. Oates (I'm just going outside for a little while...I might be some time)
says...

>The scorps were way cool until 1979.  Anything after that was crap.

Well, I don't have any problem up to and including Blake-out (as I call it),
even though Matthias Jabs is a talentless hack and only about three or so
good songs were on each of those albums from '79-'82.  For me, just R.
Schenker's mindless rhythm guitar and Meine's male-pattern baldness, I mean
singing, notwithstanding his and esp. Rarebell's juvenile sexist lyrics, is
all you need to make a fun bit of air-guitar escapism.  China White and
Animal Magnetism are fun riff anthems.

>From 'We Lost our Sting,' or whatever that 1984 ballad-puking album was
called, onwards, they became a parody of a parody of themselves, since they
were a parody to begin with.

But anyway, as far as horrid power ballads go, they had to be inventive at
least once, didn't they? :)

Grakkl (FAA), who's got an extremely offensive Scorpions LP (cover) that
would probably get me arrested if the police ever searched my home that
thoroughly to come across it.  Which would get *them* arrested if you get my
drift.

P.S.  Is Taken by Force on CD yet?  I've *never* seen it!