1/16/2024 0 Comments Scorpions acoustica album![]() The tempo is a little faster than you’d expect, but still great. The violin I believe is handled by a cello here. Klaus handles the vocals perfectly and nice to hear the band actually do some covers. The percussion work on here is wonderful as well. They didn’t stray from the heart of this. Then we get the first cover and this one is “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas and I feel they nail this one as the guitar work is exceptional and sounds like the song. But it is another ballad, a little more uptempo at times, but still a ballad in this format. I think it could work in to a better studio version. The second new song is “When Love Kills Love” and I think it is another great song, the cello is a nice touch, but overall a little cheesy with the female backing vocals on the chorus. The biggest difference is the drums are pulled back and not as prominent, but it still works. The crowd is really in to this one, they’ve added more piano. The song was mostly acoustic and the album so fits naturally here. This is followed by “You and I” off ‘Pure Instinct’. With the bongos and the latin flair, “Holiday” feels like a sunny vacation at the beach. The chorus is really catchy which helps draw you in and as the song builds it just keeps getting better. I would really love to hear a studio version as this is really a great song. It is another ballad but it really shows the maturity of the band. First one up is “Life is Too Short” and this one brings some string orchestration. After this one we get the first of three new songs. Ballads usually work well in the acoustic setting and this one is no different. Then we get the ballad “Always Somewhere” and the crowd claps along and at times sings along, there are female backing vocals and Klaus sounds stellar. The set opens with “The Zoo” and it has this cool groove which is almost like ‘Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles. With all that, it made this a very worthwhile purchase to get all the songs we hadn’t heard before. And on top of that, we got a handful of great covers from The Cars, Kansas and Queen. We actually were treated to 3 brand new songs (four if you got the DVD). We got the biggest hits, no doubt, but that wasn’t all. The band also were great in giving us a few things extra on this release. They really went all out to bring a different experience and I would say it worked pretty well. They were Hille Bemelmanns, Liv Van Aelst and Kristel Van Craen. And to fill up the stage even more, there was a cellist, Ariana Acu and a group of female vocalists to help with backing vocals. James might have been on drums, but they also had a percussionist by the name of Mario Argandona. Christian was also the one who was the conductor and arranged the Scorpions songs for the Moment of Glory Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra album the prior year. On keyboards was Christian Kolonovitis who also helped the band arrange the songs for the acoustic set. The actually had three guitarists and the third was Johan Daansen which really fills the songs up with that acoustic guitar sound. Yes, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Mathias Jabs, Ralph Rieckermann and James Kottak performed, but they weren’t alone. The show was a little unusual for the band as it was just the normal guys. The album was released a few months later on May 14, 2001. From those 3 shows, the album called “Acoustica” was made. The band performed 3 shows at the Convento do Beato in Lisbon, Portugal in February 2001 and those shows were recorded. The Scorpions were in a mood to keep doing things their own way and after doing an album and touring the classically orchestrated Scorpions rock, they decided to strip it all back and do some shows acoustically.
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