Believe in Love

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.

Coast To Coast

Instead of my usual vocal songs, I'm going with instrumental this time. I've recently stumbled across this song after not hearing it for a while, and I must say, it's intoxicating. the delicate smooth sensation is one like no other. It's a jam based song, but it does have the feeling of predetermined factors and ideas. The song starts out with a pair of distorted guitars, and shifts toward the fantastic with the addition of bass, drums, and later, a third guitar which brings the whole thing together. I posted a studio version here because I try and give the original, but I must say, the live versions are fantastic, and have that great messy feel to them. This song is the sixth studio album by Scorpions, Lovedrive, and it was released in 1979. This album marks entrance of the classic Scorpions feel that we know today, and this song in particular, is the feel that they kept going on later in their career.

Desire

Desire is one anthem of a song, speaking to all with its timeless message of wanting to rock, I'm sure most of us have felt that. It was written by Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Randy Castillo, and Lemmy Kilmister, and released on Ozzy's sixth studio album, No More Tears in 1991. The song reaches number seven on the US Billboards Top 100, and ninth in the UK. This song has a heavy feel to it form the drums, but in my opinion, the guitar isn't quite like the usual Zakk, and it seems off from what he usually does. This song doesn't have any hidden meanings within the lyrics, it's straight and to the point. This song is about Ozzy's desire to Rock And Roll!

Photograph

I know my last post was regarding a Def Leppard song, but I couldn't help myself. Throughout the day, this song has been playing inside my head, and I could not be happier, for this is one of those songs that I could listen to over and over without getting tired of it. Released in Def Leppard's third album, Pyromania, this song reach number one on the billboard's top tracks. I would love to categorize this song as a power ballad, but it's a little heavy to be one, and the vocals just don't quite match those of a power ballad. However, this song has a similar feel to it, and is one of my top Def Leppard tracks. This song is about someone that you just can't get your hands on, someone in your mind, your heart maybe, but they are not tangible to you, they are built up in your mind, due to you being unable to meet them and realize that they are human too.

Hysteria

This is one of my favorite song by Def Leppard, Hysteria. Reaching number ten on Billboard Hot 100 (the US standard for singles), and released in their 1987 album, Hysteria, is what many of us refer to as a power ballad, featuring heavy instruments and a ballad vocal style to it. This song features a classic rock drum beat, and a very clean guitar sound to it on the verse, which makes the chorus very prominent with a light distortion applied to a second guitar. This song is heavily layered, with many vocal tracks, as well as instrumental ones. This song is about wanting to be with someone so bad that it hurts, and you just have to know if they're with someone else, it's about excitement over someone so much so that you can't get them out of your head, and you obsess over them continuously.

No One Like You

This has to be my favorite Scorpions song of all time... The intro itself sends me into a rock n' roll coma, I have a thing for songs that go straight into a solo, but this is just the tops, the combination of the heavy drums and the high end guitar solo is just fantastic, and it really sets the stage for this fantastic song. To those of you who read this and decide not to listen to it, you're making perhaps the largest mistake you've ever made, for this song is a classic, and should not be forgotten. Written by the German metal band, Scorpions, this song was released on their eighth studio album, Blackout. Blackout was released in 1982, and this song reached number one on the US Billboards for rock tracks. This song was originally written in German, but I can't find the original anywhere, and, as a result of the translation, a lot of the song's meaning is lost, which is a little disappointing. But yeah! Great song, please listen.

Panama

This here, now this is quite the song. Written by the entire band, this hurricane of a song was released on Van Halen's "1984" album. This song entails quite a simple subject matter, girls and cars. One car in particular though, David Lee Roth(lead vocalist) saw a care race in Las Vegas, is was called Panama Express, Dave eventually purchased the car and now has the hood and bumper mounted in his hallway. This song features great guitar(which most would come to expect from Eddie), as well as the totally swank sound of Eddie Van Halen revving the engine of his Lamborghini. The guitar has the classic Van Halen style to it, which I really enjoy, and will sometimes make my hair stand up on end, I'm sure many of you experience similar feelings with music that you really enjoy.