The Sails of Charon - Scorpions 1977 Uli Jon Roth Klaus Meine

The Sails of Charon - Scorpions 1977 Uli Jon Roth Klaus Meine. Interview and Music Video. I thought I'd include a little insight of the song from an interview found on the Scorpions channel.

[@dougcarson5202]

There is no song like this song anywhere else. Mystical, forward-thinking, brilliant, tasteful, and mega-heavy. This is one of the few songs I actually like to have stuck in my head repeatedly. Never get tired of it.

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

Rainbow's "Gates of Babylon" gives me a similar vibe . . .

[@kalvin3691]

@@TheGodsrighthandman Yes exactly what i was thinking.

[@jackmehoff915]

@@TheGodsrighthandman I guess it's called traditional metal now ..isn't fucking great !

[@Despzero777]

True ma brotha

[@jaycatanzaro2743]

@@TheGodsrighthandman Yes! actually it also has a stargazer feel too when Dio sings the "Where is your star? is it far?" part. I'd say this song is half Gates of Babylon half Stargazer. Uli's guitar playing is also really Blackmore influenced and of course the Hendrix vibe with the clothing and the white strat.

[@jalan6473]

Uli Roth was many years ahead of his time. One of the greatest technical players

[@ZzzzzzzxxxzzzYZ4]

He's touring North America this year!

[@wellblowmedown7645]

I must say. WOW. New to me.

[@mikeday6047]

@@ZzzzzzzxxxzzzYZ4 He's at Ramona Mainstage (Ramona CA) tomorrow night. I'm there!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

I was just thinking how he must surely have been a big influence upon Yngwi Malmsteen .

[@_zoinks2554]

agree

[@pauloesterle9823]

The thing I love about uli he didn't need a ton of distortion to make his point you can hear every single note so clean such a phenomenal guitar player

[@jensschettler1732]

Scorpions with uli was a whole different thing than the later band. It was awesome....

[@rbuthird]

I have a 14 year old son that is into thrash metal. He tried to tell me there was no shredding prior to Dimebag Darrel of Pantera (RIP). He heard Ulrich Roth and his mind was blown. This shit was WAY before its time.

[@mcfcguvnors]

now show him van halen, tommy emanuel & eric johnson :) good lad

[@totc6196]

It really is proto thrash with tons of feels abd hendrix DNA all over it.

[@smitty1647]

does he even know about 80s pantera or does he think their first album is cowboys from hell?

[@jojobar5877]

Michael Schenker

[@akidk1499]

Make him listen to Cacophony Friedman and Becker and there will be no more questions. ...

[@MetalizedButt]

The way he bobs his head and grooves, you can see it in his face he knows how fuckin good he is. One of the best ever, ahead of his time for sure

[@superflysoulbrother]

Right? When you know you know

[@creamcake7392]

Best era of scorpions too when Roth was with them. He was doing stuff few others were doing.. very technical but tasteful guitarist

[@alvinnelson7539]

Agreed

[@CarlFrreeland]

Yea I rhought that as well lol,......u just know that he knows he fuckin cool on that guitar,I've forgot about Uli, amazing haha

[@janicewilson6146]

This is Awesome!❤

[@sunlion8866]

Uli Jon Roth still doesn't get the recognition he deserves for the NEO Classical guitar movement that came along in the mid-eighties.

[@gerardguitarist]

This song is so good it's just ridiculous. Especially if you are a player. So perfect.

[@drew3865]

A lot of very incredible players cite Uli as a huge influence.

[@davidmohr1920]

Amen Brother :-)

[@grahameglinton5424]

Absolutely excellent song. 🌞

[@murraywoods7909]

Great song. Uli. Damn.

[@WalyB01]

Never hear it and i am blown away this is awesome stuff.

[@davebowden4010]

Its 2023 and I'm just now discovering how next level badass Uli was?!?!?!

[@ZENONWK]

Better late than never

[@jonathanquick5390]

Same bruh...

[@miquiztli7938]

Same here. So happy I found this, it reawakens that interest in something new

[@JoeCooper-b4t]

Cool, I was into them in real time, back in the early - mid 70's. Had started to play guitar in 1970, but I couldn't emulate Uli's licks, just sat there listening to the record in awe.

[@alexandertacka5812]

Me too, my guy.

[@gregg4164]

Uli was like " here hold my beer'

[@OGPokey151]

Hold my stein

[@jerseyforhawks]

Exactly, in '77!!!!

[@sainathnaidu]

@@Jenjoshstars2012 still better than shit today

[@bunkyspunkmeyer]

Testament actually did a decent cover of this song. The pre-80s Scorpions is a totally different band & is super underrated here in the States imo

[@djay6651]

I agree. There wasn't anybody else playing like this. I like how Herman is always so intense looking and Uli is so relaxed, even when he's tearing it up.

[@XI_Daisy_XI]

bunkyspunkmeyer I think I see a meme type thing with CC as your avatar?! Just curious, what is it?

[@bellmeisterful]

Testament version is killer

[@davidhartly9333]

ULRICH ERA WAS TE BEST!!!!!

[@somethinburnin]

And if I'm right it was James Murphy era of TestAmenT (The Gathering) not Alex Skolnick, even tho I know both of them heavily influenced by Uli

[@purplerainbow4790]

Uli Jon Roth...WOW. Mind-blowing!!

[@craigharrison5406]

Uli was one of the original shredders....an OG of shredders.

[@carl13220]

Yes, here you can hear how his style of playing had a huge impact on a very Young Yngwie Malmsteen back in 1977...

[@bautistagarais488]

One of the forgotten links of shred along with Blackmore imho. Before Eddie these two guys did a lot.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

...though I bet he would hate to hear the term "OG" used to describe himself.

[@Slicklickz]

It was the first time I heard sweep picking and diminished arppegios.

[@thegloomining1955]

God amongst shredders in my honest opinion

[@brandonbeard8638]

I just found out about this song and I have to admit I never knew the Scorp's rocked out like this. After hearing it I have a whole new respect for them.

[@adamw13]

as I just commented myself - I only recently discovered their 70s stuff - and it's all amazing. Blows me away. I had no idea until recently.

[@blistabliss]

Same

[@charlespancamo9771]

same. recently discovered that myself. The 70's stuff is epic and this song is the crown jewel of it all

[@paulwest1995]

@@charlespancamo9771 listen to Uli on "longing for fire," from Scorpions en Trance album. mind blowing solos and great song.

[@achillesalexander5327]

Why aren't The Scorpions in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? These guys are Incredible. The total package! Not just Uli Jon but everyone in the band are Great

[@ThanosGod1969]

Because the R&R Hall of Fame is a total effing joke. NWA was inducted before the Scorpions.

[@DM-zj8ij]

Because the R&R HOF is a piss stain and Scorpions are too good to be in it.

[@nashvilledaveb]

@@ThanosGod1969 also: Thin Lizzy: Not in; Ted Nugent, Not in....R&R Hall of Shame...Bravo for James Hetfield when he said at the mic on his induction "...Ted Nugent is not in the RR Hall of Fame?????

[@BSIII]

I wish people would stop hailing the HoF as some beacon of recognition. They put modern pop musicians in there, before putting real legends it. HoF is a joke, and always will be

[@Juki.227]

Because they are Germans!!!🤷🏾‍♀️

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

Uli Roth is a great master; a true innovator. The way his playing flows seemingly effortlessly is testament to his many years of work - and the innate talent no amount of work can attain. God, '70s Scorpions was so vastly superior to the 80s version, it's ridiculous. I loved the Blackout album, then they went right into the pop metal toilet...but hey - it made 'em rich.

[@actualzafra]

I love how chill he looks

[@alexfierro19]

The drummers face gestures are killer! U Roth is phenomenal! Real guitarists know his place in the Rock and Roll history books.

[@tedcabana]

Ahead of his time. An absolute master. Doing things long before Malmsteen, Van Halen, Rhodes, and all others. This was 1977. No one caught up to him till at least 1982. Al though, I do believe Blackmore was a huge influence on Uli.

[@deskducker]

Van Halen I came out in 1978....so Eddie was doing it roughly same time.

[@jaycatanzaro2743]

@Angie Barclay You can see alot of Blackmore in Uli. His speed looks and more... It's obvious

[@jaycatanzaro2743]

@Angie Barclay Uli Jon Roth said in the past that Blackmore was one of his influences... so I really don't what your talking about. Everyone else can agree with me and another of example is Uli's thick custom tremolo bar on his strat that was a custom job done for him he got that from Blackmore. Blackmore would do that to his strats in the early 70's. Uli's aggressive tremolo bar use also comes from Blackmore. Everything else comes from Hendrix. Uli's biggest influence was Hendrix. He always said it. That's where the white strat and his other big headstock strats come from, His body language on stage, his playing and more. There's no doubt that his biggest influences were Hendrix and Blackmore.

[@jaycatanzaro2743]

@Angie Barclay see that's what I mean lol. Blackmore started doing that on his strats in late 1969 early 1970 he was the first to come up with that idea. There's a lot in common between the two. Uli also played a black fender Stratocaster which is also influenced by Blackmore and Hendrix too not to mention the Marshall stacks as well

[@jaycatanzaro2743]

@Angie Barclay You're right they are both disciples of Hendrix both of them got the guitars the amps the playing and more all from Hendrix. But when it comes to the classical thing Blackmore was the first to introduce that into rock music with deep purple and was also one of the earliest shredders to do fast techniques and the speed long before Uli. He was the first guy that started doing sweep picking also long long before Yngwie Malmsteen and all of the other famous guys later on in the 80s and 90s

[@PGeorge61]

Man, I never get tired of this song! So unique. Just a shame when there is a poll for the "Best songs of all time..." You see the popular songs only. This song is so great....needs to be recognized as "one of the greatest songs ever recorded". Period!!

[@wbl5649]

This and We'll Burn the Sky

[@johnhendren2614]

I like "They Need a Million" off of Fly To The Rainbow about as much.

[@alanhusband9422]

The Scorpions were more musically challenged with Uli. After him they just became a metal pop band.

[@dmsailorman1965]

I concur.

[@patrickscalia5088]

Gotta disagree with you there. Up through at least the Animal Magnetism album they were still legit metal gods. With Blackout, they did produce a few radio-friendly cuts but it's hard to argue that Blackout -- with the grinding rhythm guitar of Rudolf Schenker -- is anything but a blistering metal cut. After that album I did slowly lose interest in their subsequent releases and all, they were definitely a metal-oriented pop group by then. But having been listening to the Scorpions since around the age of 13 -- I'm 60 now -- I love the band and would not begrudge them the commercial success they found in later years. Over the years the Scorpions had more guitar talent in it than any group ever had a right to. I still consider Rudolf Schenker the greatest metal rhythm guitarist who ever walked the earth, but Roth was always my favorite of the bunch. I never did understand why he left the band but they did go on to greatness with other guitarists. He and Rudolf Schenker were a great match, and this song is a great illustration as to why. Both of them are clean, precise, fast as hell, without ever a single misstep or flubbed note. And both are cool, relaxed, and make brilliant guitar work look easy. Both have always been class acts.

[@garycoates4987]

That riff is perfect, that solo is perfect,,

[@davidowen4426]

Roth's lead work is light years ahead of its time...a true innovator.

[@pvampman]

The original shred master dare I say? Unsung guitar hero that doesn’t get enough props

[@patrickmcgee8556]

yes....he is VERY underated

[@ZalMoxis]

Good to see Klaus and Uli hanging out..... great track and what a monster solo.... it has taken 30 years for this to gain some traction for Uli to be respected as a truly awesome guitar player.....

[@bigbrown1172]

Putting the guitar solo at the front of there songs is one thing that has always made them stand out

[@joeypolanco8754]

Every time I listen to Uli Roth he leaves me speechless ... 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@g3ultra]

I don't know what's more awesome...Uli's shredding, his effortless demeanor while shredding, or Klaus' dancing!🤘

[@belialearth]

All of it!!!!

[@TomPark1986]

His shredding is great...but his feeling is phenomenal.

[@totc6196]

The Hendrix Gene

[@craigrock8444]

Holy shit this is incredible!!

[@tonypowell250]

Fucking legends...love them!!

[@patkawasaki]

You got that right. A powerhouse.

[@jimmylipp3568]

John's rock's

[@davidjackson6152]

I saw them in Frankfurt, West Germany in '85.

[@wyzapple]

I can't stop watching this!😲

[@georgehering598]

I loved these guys when I was 14 yes. Never had u tube to see how much the artist s they were, unbelievable Roth was.

[@doraapostolou4285]

One of the first Epic Metal pieces?? One of the best Metal songs ever for sure!!! I must have heard it around 1980-81 first time, omG time really flies....

[@DrSweetshaft]

This damn song has been stuck in my head for 2 weeks.

[@davidlishin6455]

Uli Jon Roth !!!, Effortlessly plays mind blowing lead, way before his time. ..........Soo underrated omg hard Rock before u heard of this

[@tideslider664]

its wild because hes actually a classical guitar player

[@benscott8747]

Scorpions older stuff was genius!!

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

How could anyone give this a thumbs down?

[@maillana6009]

They're fuckin IDIOT :)))

[@PSYWARRIOR71]

It may have been Klaus Meine's gyrating.

[@minimo1965]

I have the same question who thumbs down this amazing song

[@oiyabastard7275]

Chris Davies. Just a few guys who are partying to hard and are jammin to this upside down

[@oiyabastard7275]

nineball26. Lol.bastages johnny dangerously

[@davidmohr1920]

Dare I say Rock Gods :-) Holy crap can the man play guitar I have never seen anyone play so smooth and effort less watch his picking hand it floats over the strings he makes it look so easy the whole band is on fire the vocals are unreal as usual drums pounding beautiful bass lines this is what Rock and Roll was meant to be I am Thankful for KZbin and these videos as I will never get to see them live.

[@kateyez4209]

I know exactly what you mean !!

[@davepiercy47]

There is no better example of what it feels like to own your craft and truly become one with it. Smooth. effortless, relaxed and exceptional somehow forged into one delivery..Simply Awesome..Legend...Godlike...

[@bpabustan]

Dave Piercy it takes lots and lots of discipline, patience and practice to pull of the guitar solo.

[@Supashamy]

This solo and lead guitar is perfection...so effortless. Most passionate solo I’ve ever heard is the 2 solos of pentagram’s 20 buck spin.

[@garyrock9639]

Wow nicely put your Wright effortless all most like he's born with all the skills from his mind to the guitar without even trying even playing with his eyes closed its all about the feeling I guess you can say he mastered his craft hats from years and years of practice to make it look that easy

[@davidmohr1920]

Amen :-)

[@erikpost1381]

Aside from mastery, not being plugged it makes the effortless look a bit easier too.

[@tonymingo179]

Uli a guitar God, what a player

[@mattaliberti1720]

This is freaking groovy! Those guitar lines are sick, the bass and drums are throbbing, and Klaus really brings it.

[@joshuaramirez]

Matt Aliberti brings what???? I mean he sings amazing but not really sure what is brought.

[@mattaliberti1720]

josue ramirez it's a figure of speech. Klaus also was "amazing"

[@ZalMoxis]

@@joshuaramirez the tight leather trousers he poured himself into....

[@TyTye]

Guitar lines are sick? I thought they were great

[@cumuluscloud3854]

Seems here we have some examples of lost in translation. 😊

[@artguti1551]

As a drummer born in the 60's, I caught on to UFO and the Scorpions in 1978. My favorite song to play at the time was "Speedy's Coming". I was 16 at the time...and our band was one of the very few that ever covered the Older Scorpions tunes. I played the Toyoko Tapes albums endlessly!

[@zoranhorvat9903]

when my fellow guitar players have argued with me about how original Yngwie is, I ask them if they ever listened to Uli Jon Roth...nuff sed!!

[@MrPrairigh]

Uli Jon Roth is truly an amazing guitarist, can't think of anybody to match his riffs, one of my favorites.

[@jondunmore4268]

It's funny how every other musician looks like they're struggling to keep up with these riffs, yet Uli just closes his eyes and relaxes through all the sturm and drang.

[@warborn_inc.]

He's such a massive talent

[@BillLarkinmusic]

Honestly, the sails of charon has got to be one of the coolest guitar riffs and a 'must learn how to' of all time. ( after purple haze ) Thank you Maestro!

[@victorsantiago5470]

uli jon roth , iconic metal guitar god of all time.

[@rrezeartgripshi3679]

he invented that way of playing the guitar , copied after from Yngwie malmsteen, Steve vai , Eddie van Halen etc.

[@Yngsatchvai]

After listening to alot of Uli as of late it's impossible tobdeny the influence he had on Yngwie. Yngwie even plays this live sonethimes!

[@Yngsatchvai]

I didn't even know playing at this speed was possible this early in the game. Yeah , this guy kicks ass!!

[@judasmetal80]

Yes he is a metal legend, and Scorpions have made fantastic metal to!

[@sotis1756]

I can give Them the Hard Rock pass. But definetly not "heavy" metal. Tony iommi is from The same period as Them a bit earlier tho there you can talk about metal

[@motoputz3201]

Oh man, the 70’s had some killer bands didn’t it? I’m so lucky to have grown up in this era, so damned lucky!

[@stevewilson2158]

From the killer intro...to the spacy vibrating lights.,to the western " on acid "ending...superb song!!!

[@rushpittsburgh4]

I love UJRs demeanor. He's just casually playing one of the most genius solos ever like "yea i wrote that shit". Epic.

[@straight2helll]

In my mind I can see Dimebag learning this song in his room ,with the walls covered with posters.

[@HoosierHothead]

straight2helll I hear a combination of Hendrix and Dime. It is magnificent!

[@ZalMoxis]

Dimebag Darrell was nothing but trash to Uli Roth.....he had no culture and an empty headed playing style.... i've never heard a solo yet to convince me otherwise... Q: Are you even aware of the technical capacity this solo exudes...??? D.D was a grade exponent of the "plentatonic" and the "Any Many Might be Major or Minor scale..... he'd never had known either which one it was...... One guy is all class and the other all crass.... you work it out....

[@straight2helll]

I was not comparing the two I was simply stating that I could imagine a young guitar player being influenced by Uli John Roth,you sound like your typical cork sniffing guitar snob you must own a Paul Reed Smith I am sure.

[@sunlion8866]

Was a lot more influential on both Yngwie and Kirk Hammett.

[@PracticaProphetica]

In the 70's, I was in my bedroom, with rock posters clipped from Cream magazines on my walls, playing this song at half-speed on an old record player that could play 33 albums at 16 speed, trying hard to figure the solo out. Never did get it!

[@vasantiago3038]

Dio, Klaus, Lawton (top vocalists) Uli Roth, Blackmore, Schenker (top guitarists). Pre shred Metal.

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

Despite my preference for Blackmore . . . Yeah, you got that in the right order. However, which Schenker?

[@AndoniOlea]

@@TheGodsrighthandman Both brothers, Michael and Rudolf

[@JAEZSC90]

I love his fluid playing, man so good. His right rist is relaxed, very inspiring. I was 11 when it came out. I'll never grow old of this music. best scorpions ever.

[@Metalwheel]

JAEZ indeed

[@robertfulton5569]

Like a nice matured rum, this just gets tastier with age. I might put Taken By Force on the hifi and pour myself a drink.

[@soundcreeps5371]

fluid hand movements like Stevie Ray Vaughn

[@shearn666]

At one with the guitar. Not often seen, especially to this degree. Hardly ever looks at the fretboard.

[@bautistagarais488]

That intro is insane and he plays it so smoothly lol .. what a freaking master!

[@COOOTER3]

I loved the first Scorpions albums the most. They Ulrich Roth and Michael Schenker, two excellent guitarist.

[@adamw13]

I grew up in the 80s, knew The Scorpions as a fun party metal band with the big hits like Hurricane, of course. I only recently went back and gobbled up all their 70s stuff, going all the way back to the first couple records, which were psychedelic ... and now I just hate myself for never having realized sooner how amazing their sh** was in the 70s. Holy smokes. My goal has been now to let everyone else like me know. I had always liked The Scorpions' for what I thought they were - but the 70s stuff blows me away.

[@OpethianDream2112]

Absolutely love this song when it came out and still today in 2019!

[@snurredingdong]

This will forevermore remain as something that affords us a moment of complete and utter amazeballnes,

[@facundomanuelsaravia9794]

The best Scorpion's song I've heard so far!

[@dong9514]

Try album Animal Magnetism. If you haven't heard it.

[@bellmeisterful]

Really? Go listen to the song Blackout.

[@ginavitrelli764]

Or even, Lonesome Crow, the whole album.

[@georgespottiswood4660]

The SCORPS would have been musically so different from what they became if Uli John stayed with them......maybe not so commercially successful but man! Musically, they would've been GODS!

[@danielgreen2788]

you can see how Rudolph and Klaus were already in the eighties and Uli was stuck in the 60s, incredible band

[@markcamp1]

Enter Mattias Jabs and pentatonic rock....

[@cyborgar15]

His guitar chops were in the mid eighties...

[@g3ultra]

His playing definitely wasn't stuck in the 60s!

[@whatndafukdadog3635]

One of the best Scorpion songs ever.

[@Mark-jw7to]

Uli took electric guitar to a new place, such an innovator. One of my favorite guitarist.

[@chrisgulbranson5867]

How have I never heard this before? Sooo gooooood!!!

[@Cat-hw1vh]

Genius, like Gary Moore also, Uli can play fast but with solos constructed so well. Not many guitarists can create solos that work on their own merits and can stand on their own as compositions. Brian May is another and so was Randy Rhoads.

[@ZalMoxis]

Nice Avatar

[@sergioponce1317]

Ty Tabor is another genius

[@TheTruckersFriend]

What a genius this guy is a true musician he knows his craft. Just wow!

[@burnthesky9602]

Uli .. the immortal legend !

[@judasmetal80]

Metal legend he is! I like the comment!

[@Robylazarus]

Uli Jon Roth, a Guitar God. Period!

[@drew3865]

Give me In Trance or Taken By Force over the popular MTV era Scorps ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Not that the 80s stuff was bad, but this was SO GOOD and ahead of its time.

[@robertfulton5569]

Booya Pickles !

[@jimrocker6027]

Loved the older albums!

[@donaldellis8952]

There are 107 thumbs down on this. Obviously they are suffering brain damage.

[@motoputz3201]

Donald Ellis a lot of brain damaged !

[@lefthandluke8923]

Or not enough! :) I'm with you, bro. This is incredible.

[@jimmyblair7597]

no shit....idiots

[@jonldavis]

maybe its the shoes

[@chocodiledundee1]

Agreed absolutely... Scorpions rocks

[@Metallian81]

The Scorpions, regardless of lineup, is the greatest rock band of all time.

[@markeast1574]

Uli Jon Roth is incredibly great as they come

[@goatretrogamer]

Do the kids now a days just know how bad ass this music is? Hey Axl, you owe Klaus royalties for the dance steps. Uli in beast mode

[@paulgalway2321]

Brilliant piece of music!!

[@DonnieRockett]

i thought the same thing about axl, lol.

[@jimrocker6027]

They don’t know and will never know. Lets teach them that there’s only one way to ROCK!!!

[@angelramos7543]

Thumbs up for Klaus Meine's dance moves.

[@thomasconrad2630]

Arguably the best (at least in some circles, if there is such a thing). Definitely a very inspiring Artist without a doubt, A true pioneer in terms of musical direction, Uli represents the guitar craft as well as anyone before or since,.. this is a masterpiece!

[@dawngentry5074]

Swedish God's blessings to you and your family are doing well and that you are able to get the money to you and your family have a good night 😴

[@mpactdesignmedia]

This entire album is a "lost" gem! The production was superb.

[@roadstomadness2335]

Just think these were the days were there were No Cell phones or computers just great Rock music. Today is a Sad world.

[@lonewizzard8456]

Uli. Confidendent and soulful vs cocky and arrogant. What a badass.

[@bluecollarwhiteboy3400]

40 years later........ :)

[@михаилпанин-н5щ]

Yes ,it s cool songs ,today in 2018 years ,volume very modern

[@user-dj2tl5hd5l]

Blue collar White boy oh wow.. I'm frickin gettin oldish

[@georgeexon1815]

The first time ever herd this song I was about 10 years old I was on my porch with my mom with a held radio jamming to 99.5 Kiss rock radio in San Antonio this song. blow my mind and it still dose long live rock and roll

[@eronacalloway9159]

104 people NEED Music ReEducation. This is how a REAL BAND PLAYS MUSIC.

[@XPBiGXP]

105 people and very much agreed.

[@eronacalloway9159]

Evil Robin..... grab yourself a Guitar and do better then. MOST critics Don’t Have Any Skills Anyway.

[@jimrocker6027]

You got that right!!!!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Scorpions were top of the heap long before they were considered top of the heap. "Taken By Force" is such a masterpiece of Teutonic metal. A brilliant swan song for Uli Jon Roth even though he was already checked out.

[@Greedusa]

Scorpions at the top of their game right here!

[@UnitedElectric]

This solo (not really a solo as it is completely through composed) is THE groundbreaking heavy metal solo. This was the most technical this laid down I'm hard music to that date. A landmark that raised the bar.

[@tinpenny4474]

Scorpions Taken By Force, I have that on record(and cd) Wow I'm getting old.

[@johnhendren2614]

R Tillermitch, yea me to. The album still looks like new also.

[@hellwarznewz]

ULI ULI ..... your the best since I discovered SCORPIONS in 1976

[@corporaterobotslave400]

WOW! I'd never heard this one before. What a smokin' riff! Makes ya wanna belly dance. Got to see them in '03 with Dio and Deep Purple.

[@thomasconrad2630]

"Makes ya wanna belly dance" hell yeah it does!( that line belongs on a t shirt) love it thanks brother!

[@mikecarson7769]

Uli is so relaxed and confident with everything, casually playing some the world's greatest guitar parts of all time

[@bennyandersen742]

amazingly cool playing style, best period of the band, by far

[@madbrad6282]

Still amazing. This is one of those songs I can’t get tired of listening to.

[@stevewilson2158]

Witnessing the best guitarist in the world....in his prime...

[@steves4533]

As someone who was only familiar with 80s Scorpions, this is fantastic to come upon.

[@rogeralvarez7926]

I remember back in middle school years in San Antonio Texas listening to kmac/kiss fm with Joe the godfather Anthony would always play this song along with speedys coming,he's a woman she's a man awesome early metal in the 1970s my favorite song was well burn the sky r.i.p godfather u are missed in San Antonio

[@kyogofurahashi]

complicated song effortlessly played by great musicians! crazy

[@scottmclennan6114]

That super compressed guitar tone is friggin’ great.

[@risingforce2903]

Uli Jon Roth has never been given the credit he deserves as one of the original innovators of neo-classical shred guitar. Thanks for posting!

[@bpabustan]

Anybody caught Uli Jon Roth quoting Duke Ellington's Caravan in the guitar solo?

[@MiserablePyre]

I've been trying to put a finger on that for weeks!! Thank you!

[@YaoEspirito]

Quoting Tchaikovsky and Ellington in the same cut. Real musicianship.

[@bpabustan]

@Victor Buford but he just did.

[@bpabustan]

@@YaoEspirito you can say that again!

[@tonypowell250]

Mind blowing...Uli was so way ahead of his time!

[@russellmcgurn4217]

Oh man, forget the radio friendly Arena Rock Scorps of the early 80s. This is soooooo good! Damn!

[@XI_Daisy_XI]

Why not both?! 🎉🎎🎊

[@guillermo3564]

+Russell Mcgurn I do hope you have listened to 'Tokyo Tapes'. The early Scorpions, doing what they would do best for their entire career, with Uli Jon leading the way. Plus, you get to listen to Klaus speak Japanese with that thick German accent. Bonus!

[@mariadoupis1755]

His idea created a song that is still love today, what a mastermind so much respect !.

[@SidLaw500]

One of the greatest guitar openings ever!