Ob schnelle und harte Rocknummern wie „Speedy's Coming", klassische Rockballaden („Fly People Fly") oder Monumentales wie dem Titelsong (9:40) oder „Drifting Sun" (7:43), dieses Album bietet alles, was der Rockfan sich wünschen kann. Dazu kommt das erstklassige Songwriting von Klaus Meine und Ulrich Roth's unvergleichliches Gitarrenspiel.
When People think Scorpions they think "Rock You Like A Hurricane", they think "No One Like You", they think that german band that helped make the Berlin Wall collapse. They think of the MTV party rock they made in the 80s. Well forget about all of that and lets go back to 1974.
Most people don't even realize that Scorpions existed long before the 1980s, way before MTV and all of that hair metal garbage they have been oh so inaccuratly accused of spearheading. Infact the good ol' Scorps have been around since 65'. "Fly To The Rainbow" was their second LP that was released in 1974 and featured new axe wizard Uli Jon Roth and future prog rock drummer Jurgen Rosenthal. This might just be the weirdest, freakiest and downright most bizzare music Scorpions have ever commited to wax, and wouldn't you know this prehaps is the most mindblowingly creative effort of the band and prehaps of the early 70s. This is nothing like the Scorpions that would gain fame post 79, with big hooks and lyrics paying ode to sex, no, this is Scorpions in a full-blown psychedelic prog-fest. "Fly To The Rainbow", much like the first record "Lonesome Crow", has much in common with the burgeoning ambient Kraut Rock genre, with element of Hendrix-like psychedelia mixed in. And to top it all off, the record is concept, with all 7 tracks laying out one's struggle to "fly over the rainbow to freedom", which is an allegory of escaping intoWest Germany . Milestone ******(6)
Most people don't even realize that Scorpions existed long before the 1980s, way before MTV and all of that hair metal garbage they have been oh so inaccuratly accused of spearheading. Infact the good ol' Scorps have been around since 65'. "Fly To The Rainbow" was their second LP that was released in 1974 and featured new axe wizard Uli Jon Roth and future prog rock drummer Jurgen Rosenthal. This might just be the weirdest, freakiest and downright most bizzare music Scorpions have ever commited to wax, and wouldn't you know this prehaps is the most mindblowingly creative effort of the band and prehaps of the early 70s. This is nothing like the Scorpions that would gain fame post 79, with big hooks and lyrics paying ode to sex, no, this is Scorpions in a full-blown psychedelic prog-fest. "Fly To The Rainbow", much like the first record "Lonesome Crow", has much in common with the burgeoning ambient Kraut Rock genre, with element of Hendrix-like psychedelia mixed in. And to top it all off, the record is concept, with all 7 tracks laying out one's struggle to "fly over the rainbow to freedom", which is an allegory of escaping into
"Speedy's Coming" (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine) – 3:36
"They Need a Million" (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine) – 4:50
"Drifting Sun" (Ulrich Roth) – 7:42
"Fly People Fly" (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine) – 5:03
"This Is My Song" (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine) – 4:18
"Far Away" (Rudolf Schenker, Michael Schenker, Klaus Meine) – 5:38
"Fly to the Rainbow" (Michael Schenker, Ulrich Roth) – 9:40
• Klaus Meine - lead vocals
• Ulrich Roth - lead guitar
• Rudolf Schenker - rhythm guitar
• Francis Buchholz - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jürgen Rosenthal - drums, percussion Labels: Milestones, Startseite
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