With all the great Scorpions music out there, I’m almost ashamed to admit that my entry point was Rock You Like A Hurricane. Sure, that is a good song too but I tend to skip over that one most of the time. Maybe it is just a victim of being played to death. This album is full of great tracks and yes Rock You Like A Hurricane is one of them. It was probably the right choice to introduce many young Americans to Scorpions.
Do you remember the video for Big City Nights? That was a great compliation of clips that romanticised life on tour. It was fun to watch. Oh wait, scroll down at watch it. Unfortunately, I suspect that life on the road is not so glamorous, but it still makes me wish I was a globe trotting rock star.
I bought my copy of Love At First Sting at the Woolworth’s on West State Plaza. That was back when Woolworth’s had a record section and West State Plaza had a Woolworth’s. I don’t know why I remember that. Perhaps is was because of the alternate cover. I guess some folks felt that the cover you see pictured here was a little too risqué. So they issued a second version that just featured the band standing in front of a white back ground.
It was cause for confusion for me as I looked at the two Scorpion albums that had the same name, same songs but different covers. I eventually convinced myself that they were in fact the same record on the inside. So I had to choose which cover I wanted. Hmmmm? How can you turn down side boob?
Bad Boys Running Wild
Rock You Like A Hurricane
I’m Leaving You
Big City Nights