I must say that i was totally out of mind when i first listened to this, and i had to show it to all the people i met, even if they don't know Scorpions, they were all unanimous to say this rocks ! One good point, instead of the great drums, heavy and discret, the incredible rythmics, is the way the band is able to change the music genre in a few seconds, and the way the last part is sung, introducing background vocals. This is a well reprise, with some spanish guitar, maybe flamenco sounds, that is REALLY original. The manner of singing the first verse doesn't prepare us at all to the intensity of the chorus. Here it starts with the punch! The band is really ready to rock out the place, as if the first songs were just preparations. The other great surprise is Holiday : i used to know it as a real calm acoustic song. Sadly, we still ask for more, as for the end of the song, as they could have done it even heavier, with as much power as SLY. The vocals are really well synchronised, the background vocals are nothing but perfect. To get back to the song, we note that, in contradiction to the other songs until now, it has a really good end, just like Still Loving You. This is truly a good point, showing the growing maturity of the band, who explores musical genres, in spite of being hairy-metal bands forever. This live album performance, is not something new for Scorpions, cause they had already played with a philarmonic orchestra, and they have added some instruments like violin. A classic in live acoustic-philarmonic performances : slow introductions, with stops, and then a really attractive chorus that just keep playing in our heads. To say the truth, i didn't know the song before listening to the live. The really great surprise in this album, is Life Is Too Short. A good point, is the entering of the crowd into the live performance, with singings along the band and also introducting female background vocals. We could have expected a slow beginning then a real knock-off, this is what normally should have occured, but the band did it its own way, and they did it good. The acoustic predominance that we can feel is something that is repeated along the album. I used to listen a lot to the studio recording, and i really appreciate the additions of Matthis Jabs at the beginning. Unfortunately, not so many crowd interaction is present on this first track, but that's the case with Nirvana MTV Unplugged, which doesn't mean it's not coming forth.Īlways Somewhere is a really good acoustic re-interpretation of the song. The Zoo, except the improvised bluesy-intro, and the dominance of blues bends in addition to the vocals that fit well. Some performances are not really different from the studio recordings : The live performances here shows us that Scorpions is really a band who likes to do things good, when they decide to do it, and let's say they put the price ! Writing this review, i'm not a die-hard fan who owns every single album, but just a usual listener who owned a best of and who was deeply amazed and affected by this beautiful piece of art. You may think that this is a bad point for the band because the difference between rock bands is their ability to improvise or keep a live performance alive. I can truly tell that if we remove the background vocals, the crowd interaction, i will think this is a studio album. What "shocks" us the most is the almost perfect singing of Klaus Meine. In this review, i'll try to "judge" (the word is pretty loud !) the quality of the interpretation, meaning the quality of this live that Scorpions offered comparing to the studio albums. Writing a review, i guess, is a pretty tough job, specially when you're reviewing a live album!
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