Wow….haven’t heard the nickname Lugnut in nearly as long as I last heard the Scorpions. I wonder how long Mitch had been holding that card in his pocket. That said, it’s nice to know that despite some of our divergent tastes in music during our formative years that each of our respective tastes seeped into the other’s subconscious.
Despite Mitch trying to be clever in referencing a nickname that was bestowed upon me by some of my HS soccer teammates (Go Rockets!) - the Scorpions actual pre-date the Lugnut era. We moved to MA just prior to the start of the 1986-1987 school year, and that nickname was born on a muddy soccer pitch.
However, Love at First Sting was released in 1984, capping off the excellent 4 album run of Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism, Blackout (probably my favorite of the Scorpions albums) and Love at First Sting spanning from 1979-1984, which was the period which I mostly listened to. So definitely not the Lugnut era - probably more the Dum Blum era.
In any case, glad to see this album getting the recognition it deserves. I have to admit when I first saw the email subject in my mailbox I thought…oh geez, here goes CJ trying to pitch another hard rock/metal band - this is going to go over like a Led balloon - but was surprised that both Mitch and Ken gave it the thumbs up.
I try to time my metal pitches carefully. Sometimes a good metal album is exactly what we need to shake things up. This was one of those weeks and Love at First Sting was the right album for the job.
I'm with you on those four albums you mentioned. My favorite among them can change on any given day. But, that's what made World Wide Live such a great record. It was basically the best songs from those four albums.
Bill Fidurko enjoyed the Lugnut reference. He sends his regards.
Wow….haven’t heard the nickname Lugnut in nearly as long as I last heard the Scorpions. I wonder how long Mitch had been holding that card in his pocket. That said, it’s nice to know that despite some of our divergent tastes in music during our formative years that each of our respective tastes seeped into the other’s subconscious.
Despite Mitch trying to be clever in referencing a nickname that was bestowed upon me by some of my HS soccer teammates (Go Rockets!) - the Scorpions actual pre-date the Lugnut era. We moved to MA just prior to the start of the 1986-1987 school year, and that nickname was born on a muddy soccer pitch.
However, Love at First Sting was released in 1984, capping off the excellent 4 album run of Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism, Blackout (probably my favorite of the Scorpions albums) and Love at First Sting spanning from 1979-1984, which was the period which I mostly listened to. So definitely not the Lugnut era - probably more the Dum Blum era.
In any case, glad to see this album getting the recognition it deserves. I have to admit when I first saw the email subject in my mailbox I thought…oh geez, here goes CJ trying to pitch another hard rock/metal band - this is going to go over like a Led balloon - but was surprised that both Mitch and Ken gave it the thumbs up.
I try to time my metal pitches carefully. Sometimes a good metal album is exactly what we need to shake things up. This was one of those weeks and Love at First Sting was the right album for the job.
I'm with you on those four albums you mentioned. My favorite among them can change on any given day. But, that's what made World Wide Live such a great record. It was basically the best songs from those four albums.
Bill Fidurko enjoyed the Lugnut reference. He sends his regards.
That’s great - I’m terrible with staying in touch with people. I don’t think I’ve spoken with anyone from HS in close to 30 years
Rockets (#2 seed) lost last night on PKs. Sorry, not sorry.
As I said in my response, I don’t hate metal. This band is really tight and the vocals are beautiful. There’s not much to dislike.
Winds of Change is a /great/ podcast! I don't want to give away too much, but I can't hear the song without wondering, just a little...
The podcast led me to create the following imaginary conversation in my head:
Person #1: So, what do you do for a living?
Person #2: I work for the CIA.
Person #1: Wow! So you do like espionage, special ops, back-channeling? Stuff like that?
Person #2: No, I'm a songwriter.
Person #1: Oh...
Lol. I would love to be a fly on the wall when some of these psyops ideas are thought up.