Album: Scorpions, Love at First Sting, 1984
Best Track: "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Lasting Memory: I have promised innumerable people innumerable times that I would rock them like a hurricane simply by showing up or doing my job. I have always failed to deliver on the grandiose pledge.
So did the Scorpions on Love at First Sting.
"Bad Boys Running Wild"? More like Rum-Tum Tugger slinking through alleyways.
"The Same Thrill"? More like the same four chords I've heard in every other song you've played so far, only faster.
"Crossfire"? Maybe if I duck and cover my head, I won't be able to hear this song any longer.
But you know what? You would have to pry this album from my cold, dead boom box. I revel in the lameness and inanity. If that's a crime, lock me up and throw away the key.
Whatever auditory sins the Scorpions commit when they strive for the heavy side of metal, they more than atone for by including the powery-est of ballads like "Still Loving You" (see above) and "I'm Leaving You" on Love at First Sting. Those songs just tug at the heartstrings, or maybe someplace else.
Up Next: Sex Pistols, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, 1979 (UK import)
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