So the Scorpions are officially my favourite band, and this song is just exquisite. The way they contrast the intro, verse, and chorus is one thing that many bands unsuccessfully attempt to succeed in, but this song has exhibited that the Scorpions can do this style flawlessly. Believe in Love was released in 1988, on Savage Amusement, love that album title, and is a pretty standard Scorpions song, lyrics by Klaus Meine (vocalist), music by Rudolph Schenker (rhythm/lead guitarist). If you enjoy soft metal, then this song is the epitome of metal love songs, and Schenker does a fabulous job with the lead, I just love the sound. If you concern yourself with the meaning, it's pretty simple, love is worth pursuing, and maybe you can achieve that happiness that most spend their entire lives searching for, that's my take.
I thought about doing a post by a different artist, but I just got a new Scorpions album, and I couldn't resist. The Zoo, in my opinion, one of Scorpion's best. Though it never made it far on the charts, this song has depth and is very well written. Written by Rudolph Schenker(guitarist) and Klaus Meine(lead vocalist) , The Zoo was released in Scorpion's 1980 album, Animal Magnetism. Though it was never very popular, The Zoo is one of Scorpion's most acclaimed songs, and contains many appealing factors. The tempo of the song is heavy and ominous, giving it a supernatural and deadly feel. The guitar riffs are of notable factor in this song, being heavy and jagged, but at the same time melodic, catchy, and smooth. A very nice guitar solo in contained within it, being notably appealing to the most sensitive of ears, and powerful enough for the rockers and metalheads. This song is about a date, to put it simply, though it's not an ordinary date. It's a very cynical date, they walk along, and notice the streets around them to be a zoo, filled with wild and savage beasts, intent on demise. Yet the pair walk onward, feeding upon the misery of others. This might be a little dark of an interpretation, but hey, everyone's entitled to their own opinions.
Runaway, one of Jon Bon's most popular, was written in 1980, and was submitted into a local songwriting contest. After doing this, he was told to assemble a band in order to perform it. He hastily got a group together, and they were known as Jon Bongiovi and the Rest. This group was not the lineup for Bon Jovi, but rather a temporary group created to perform this immensely popular song. Richie Sambora caught up with Jon after a show, and requested for a position as the lead guitarist. Jon gave him a shot, and when they next met, Richie had the material down, he continued to become the official lead guitarist, and Bon Jovi was born. Released in their 1983 album "Bon Jovi", this song was their first hit. It became a huge sensation in the summer of 1983, and hit number thirty-four on the US Billboard top 100. This song has a very haunting intro, which ties in well with the lyrics, which are about neglect and prostitution. It's about a girl who has a father that gives her no attention, so she resorts to fleeing from that frontier, toward men that treat her the same way. From lack of attention and contact, she turns to prostitution, in order to please others, not thinking of her own distaste for how she lives.
