Yeah! They Still Rock!!

The Scorpions

Cousin-brother Ron and I snuck down to the first row, just behind the gates where the floor seats start.  Had a great view, much better than the tickets I bought online which were nosebleed high and off to stage left.

The best part was that the heavy set Mexicans around us that were totally into the music (yeah! totally!!) They were jumping around and shakin' and groovin' and bangin' there heads and yelling for more the entire show;  awesome!  Love those guys.

"Big City!  Big City Nights!"

While the crowd was smaller and heavier, The Scorpions seemed more relaxed than ever.
I guess when you've been in the same band since 1965, and you've sold millions of records, and played for some the largest audiences ever recorded, maybe there's not much that could throw you off your game.

Whatever the reason, they sounded fantastic.  Cousin-brother Ron and I saw MeatLoaf in Austin on Friday night and while it was an awful lot of fun, Meatloaf can't hold a candle to The Scorpions.
Klaus Meine can still hit all the high notes without really trying.  He was amazing.
Rudolf Schenker and Mathias Jabs can still shred and have aged well considering the rock lifestyle they've been living for 40 plus years.

Honestly, I have been wanting to lay down a few cliche's about '80's rock bands but The Scorpions don't deserve it.  They were great.  Full of energy and life and could actually hit all the right sounds whether it was "Big City Nights" off the Love at First Sting album or "Holiday" off of Lovedrive.

I know that all the cool kids are going to tell me I'm wrong, the '80s are gone (so glad), that The Scorpions are old and washed up and it's cheesy, and blah, blah, blah.....
I know that there's some hip band that recorded half a demo in their mom's basement before they all committed suicide by sucking on the tail pipe of a 1972 Buick Station Wagon because they were depressed when they found out that they would never grow up to be eagles, or carrier pigeons, or harp seals, or whatever, but honestly, The Scorpions brought it tonight and it was a hell of a lot of fun and I'm really glad that Cousin-brother Ron and I went.

"El Duece" - big loser last night

BUT, it was a tough night for "El Duece".  How is going to recover?
Only time will tell.......

<Cousin-brother Ron: Big Winner last night!

Would've loved to hear "Always Somewhere" and "When the Smoke is Going Down" - 2 ballad-y type songs but a couple of my favorites.

<<This is when they were playing "Coast to Coast" off the Lovedrive album.
They also played, Holiday, Blackout, Still Loving You, The Zoo, Is There Anybody There? (love that song - very different sound for Klaus, et al), No One Like You, Winds Of change, and several new songs that I wasn't as familiar with.