Scorpions，蝎子，最负盛名的德国老牌重金属乐队。乐队成立于七十年代初，叱咤摇滚界三十多年，成员几经变迁离合，成就几多经典乐章。凌厉的双吉他和高亢清脆的主音，深情动听的歌词，饱含感情的演绎，极具摇滚魅力的现场，这些也许都不算什么不可或得的特质——之所以伟大，也许是因为那股不屈的摇滚精神，也许仅仅只是因为他们是：蝎子！
2001 年，Nuclear Blast Records 发行了一张向蝎子致敬的专辑：《A Tribute To Scorpions》，网罗了包括 Children Of Bodom、Stratovarius、Therion 等在内的一大堆美国德国的大牌摇滚朋克乐队来翻唱 Scorpions 的经典曲目，各有特色的乐队把“天蝎味”摇滚得光怪陆离、五光十色，非常之不同凡响！特别推荐一下最后一首，芬兰歌特金属乐队 To/Die/For 翻唱得非常带劲，痛快！
我从 CD Universe 搜得向蝎子致敬的居然有三张专辑。当然，封面各不同，根据曲目我认为应该是黑白这张，而不是一只蝎子钳着个音符那张，记得之前维博有得下载的。更新：专辑打包下载（解压密码：www.melodic-metal.com）by kwj。
提到蝎子的经典，我相信有两首是绝对毋庸置疑的：Still Loving You，依然爱着你，这才是我印象中铁骨柔情的极品，跟 Are You The One 的吉他效果有异曲同工之美啊，特别是主唱那把无可取代的声线嘹亮而干净，犹如狂风暴雨后的一抹艳阳，更像是上帝午后一觉醒来的天籁，动听；Wind Of Change，一首异常瞩目的政治性歌曲，乐队在莫斯科音乐界演唱出的时候，因此还受到了苏联元首戈尔巴乔夫的接见。这首词曲优美的摇滚歌曲并不普通，那把悠扬的口哨声前后呼应，就如一个在傍晚的广场上散步的士兵哼起了小调一般，令人叫绝！
两首经典分别出自蝎子的《Love At First Sting》（1984）和《Crazy World》（1990）。乐队在 2000 和柏林爱乐交响乐团合作的《Moment of Glory》更是掀起一股摇滚乐交响化的潮流；2001 年出了纪录葡萄牙首都里斯本的现场的不插电专辑《Acoustica》。时至 2004，乐队依然不折不挠不言老，推出了新专辑《Unbreakable》。下面是一些蝎子的歌，前六个连接的版本来自乐队 2002 年的精选集《Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions》/320 kbps。
Scorpions - Still Loving You [MV]
Music : Rudolf Schenker
Lyrics: Klaus Meine
Time, it needs time
To win back your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can bring back your love someday
I will be there, I will be there
I'll fight, babe, I'll fight
To win back your love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, only love
Can break down the wall someday
I will be there, I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall, so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
I'm loving you
Try, baby try
To trust in my love again
I will be there, I will be there
Love, our love
Just shouldn't be thrown away
I will be there, I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall, so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Yes, I've hurt your pride, and I know
What you've been through
You should give me a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you
I'm still loving you, I need your love
I'm still loving you
Scorpions - Wind Of Change [Live] [MV]
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change
The world closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close,like brothers
The future's in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change
Chorus:
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change
Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I fallow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change
The wind of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring
The freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say
Freeman (68)