OFF: More on Amon Duul II, Scorps

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

ah yes........but the Scorpions created one of the criminally unsung metal
anthems of all time in the form of the amazing 'China White' which has to be
their finest six minutes of steamroller, guitar-driven dynamic metal delight
in their entire career.
Andy G.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: More on Amon Duul II, Scorps


> 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!