“Through you I was so inspired”
One of the coolest Scorpions tracks ever. We’ll Burn The Sky‘s lyrics were penned by Jimi Hendrix’s last girlfriend Monika Dannemann, who was dating the Scorpions’ guitarist Uli Jon Roth. But weirdly, it wasn’t the Hendrix acolyte Roth that co-wrote the song with her. Move over Roth… and let Rudy take over! The Scorps’ other guitarist Rudolf Schenker put the lyrics to great use as an icy, eerie metal ballad with nice dreamy bits but also lots of electric and angular metal chonk. Not to be outdone, Roth makes his presence felt with plenty of stellar shred. Classic, state-of-the-art stuff for 1977. But ‘scuse me while I… burn this guy? Did they learn nothing from Hendrix?!
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Great tune, great era, great lineup. Great D-Funk approved positive review.
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I don’t want him coming here and telling me off
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Nobody does!
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Yes, Carter played with Moore, and several other people over the years. When he stopped playing with Moore he quit the rock business for a while.
I had known about UFO for a long time, but didn’t know much of their stuff, so I went mostly out of curiosity and was pleasantly surprised. Carter looked like a mod out of quadrophonia, but was really good as a hard-rock guitarist. Not knowing much about the lineup (except that Michael Schenker was no longer with them) I thought “yeah, he’s good, but he’s been doing this for decades”. Only later did I read that he substituted at the last minute.
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There is so much good early Scorpions material which many people have never heard of.
What other band has two guitarists in most of the top-100 or even top-10 polls? And Matthias Jabs is rather underrated by most people (but not Kirk Hammett).
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That comment wasn‘t clear. I didn‘t mean that Kirk Hammett is not underrated (I don‘t know), but rather that Matthias Jabs is not underrated by Kirk Hammett, who cites him as an important influence.
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There is a lot of early Scorpions stuff which many people have never heard of.
What other band has TWO guitarists in many top-100 or even top-10 lists?
And Matthias Jabs is underrated by many, but not Kirk Hammett.
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Great points! I think it gets overlooked how cool and important the Scorps were back then. And Rudolf is maybe underrated too? Really excellent rhythm player and amazing performer. Totally tireless!
Good to hear from you. Hope you’re doing good!
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Thanks. Yes, never been happier!
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Good stuff!
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Rudolf is an excellent rhythm guitarist. I think the only one I’ve seen who came close was Neil Carter. Interestingly, it was when he re-joined UFO after the death of another member and after he had been working as a woodwind teacher for 17 years.
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Good call. Never seen him but I know him from UFO. Was he in Gary Moore’s band for a while too? Talented guy.
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That comment wasn‘t clear. I didn‘t mean that Kirk Hammett is not underrated (I don‘t know), but rather that Matthias Jabs is not underrated by Kirk Hammett, who cites him as an important influence.
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Excellent track. I only know the forks in the eyes LP, the chewing gum boob LP and the dog and cock LP (great name for a pub by the way, The Dog & Cock). Are they all good?
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Yeah they’re all great. But the Roth stuff is the best I reckon. Though the artwork is even worse.
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When does Roth stuff end? and did he join Van Halen straight afterwards?
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This was the last studio album with Roth. 1977. Then he replaced Van Hagar in Sammy Hagar & The Waboritas.
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Was that before he was in a band called Chickenshite with that surfing alien dude?
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Way before. After he was in Ronnie Montrose though.
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Ewww!
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Let’s ask Micheal what he thinks of Rudolph today. U ask first Scott lol
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Schenker or Ladano?
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Hahaha MR MSG
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I’d hate to be at the Schenker’s at Christmas. They must just fight like cats and dogs.
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I think that would be a hoot lol to see two old rock dudes argue over guitar solos and playing
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Great guitar work on that one.
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That is an era of Scorps I need to dive in to. I’m more 80’s and forward and never went backwards with them. Big mistake I know. Cool song.
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Worth looking into. Kinda similar to going from 80s Priest to 70s Priest maybe? Love both but I listen to the Roth stuff the most.
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That is enough to sell me right there.
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Mmmmmm metal chonk.
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I like the Scorpions when they tried stuff out and this is one such track moving between clean tone arpeggios to hard rock riffs and even Metal like riffs. Almost progressive like in structure.
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Not the best Scorpions song I’ve ever heard, but I love the riff! Maybe it’ll just take some time getting used to. As a new hard rock/heavy metal listener, I’m more familiar with the commercial stuff.
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The earlier stuff is quite different from the more commercial Scorpions stuff. But you should check it out. There are songs like Pictured Life and He’s A Woman (She’s A Man) that sound more like the Scorpions you know.
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I have ‘Lovedrive’ currently. But I really want to check out ‘Tokyo Tapes’ since I heard some of the tracks sound better live.
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Yes, Tokyo Tapes is great!
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That’s what I’ve heard and ‘Sea of Tranquility’ (a music youtube channel) likes that live album too, so I trust their word!
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