This music video from the German group Scorpions has an old west theme that fits the song well. Send Me An Angel is Scorpions at their most soulful and showed audiences outside of Germany that the band was capable of much more than just singing about being rocking you like a hurricane.
This song was included on Scorpions’s 11th studio album, Crazy World. It was the 4th and final single to be released off the album and it went on to become one of Crazy World‘s signature tunes. While the song peaked at #44 at the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at #22 in the UK, it was a huge hit for the band in the rest of Europe. It was especially popular in Belgium, proving once again that Belgians just have better taste in music than the rest of the world.
Meiert Avis is one of those directors who has worked with everyone who is anyone. He directed many of U2’s early, acclaimed music videos. He later frequently worked with Chris Cornell and the Pretty Reckless and he directed the feature film Far From Home.
I know that I surely wasn’t the only one hoping this song and video would be about the movie and the television series about the aliens coming to Earth and becoming a part of the regular population.
Well, it’s not.
Instead, it’s about the reunification of Germany and the struggle of some to adjust to it. (The name of the song has a double meaning, as it’s about both a new world and human alienation.) It makes sense since Scorpions is a German band. This song appeared on their 12th studio album, Face the Heat, and is one of the few directly political songs to be recorded by Scorpions.
This music video from the German group Scorpions has an old west theme that fits the song well. Send Me An Angel is Scorpions at their most soulful and showed audiences outside of Germany that the band was capable of much more than just singing about being rocking you like a hurricane.
This song was included on Scorpions’s 11th studio album, Crazy World. It was the 4th and final single to be released off the album and it went on to become one of Crazy World‘s signature tunes. While the song peaked at #44 at the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at #22 in the UK, it was a huge hit for the band in the rest of Europe. It was especially popular in Belgium, proving once again that Belgians just have better taste in music than the rest of the world.
In America, Scorpions are best-known for Rock You Like A Hurricane. Big City Nights comes from the same album, Love At First String. In fact, it was the last single released from that album and the video is made up of footage that was shot while the band was touring in support of Love At First Sting. Though the song was never as big a hit as Rock You Like A Hurricane, the video was probably responsible for a lot of teenagers deciding to start a band in 1985. The main message of this video seems to be that if you want to get laid, even when you’re middle-aged and your hair is starting to thin, then you need to start a band. Of course, that was the message of most music videos of the period.
I think I’ve been saying that all day and it’s all because of a very catchy and classic hard rock song from my youth. It’s also the latest “Song of the Day” and marks another entry in the current series of great guitar solos.
“Rock You Like A Hurricane” by Scorpions was one of those rock songs during the 1980’s that really help propel a very good rock band into the next level of epicness (yes, that’s a word I decided is a real one). It was also a song that took advantage of the new visual media called music video to help market it to a much wider audience.
Many people tend to just fixate on the chorus of the song and tend to not remember the bulk of the songs lyrics. If they did they would realize it’s quite the raunchy bit of songwriting. The song is pretty much about someone looking to hook up and once partner has been chosen…well we know by the chorus how the encounter will develop and end up.
For a song about no-nonsense one-night stands it also has a classic guitar solo in the middle by lead guitarist Matthias Jabs that has been admired by listeners since the song’s inception. Jabs might not be as well known outside of the hard rock and heavy metal community, but his guitar playing talent was and is just as good as any of his contemporaries during the early 80’s.
Rock You Like A Hurricane
It’s early morning, the sun comes out Last night was shaking and pretty loud My cat is purring, it scratches my skin So what is wrong with another sin?
The bitch is hungry, she needs to tell So give her inches and feed her well More days to come, new places to go I’ve got to leave, it’s time for a show
Here I am Rock you like a hurricane Here I am Rock you like a hurricane
My body is burning, it starts to shout Desire is coming, it breaks out loud Lust is in cages till storm breaks loose Just have to make it with someone I choose
The night is calling, I have to go The wolf is hungry, he runs the show He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win On the hunt tonight for love at first sting
Here I am Rock you like a hurricane (Are you ready, baby?) Here I am Rock you like a hurricane Here I am Rock you like a hurricane (Come on, come on, baby) Here I am Rock you like a hurricane
Rock you like a hurricane
(guitar solo)
It’s early morning, the sun comes out Last night was shaking and pretty loud My cat is purring, it scratched my skin So what is wrong with another sin?
The night is calling, I have to go The wolf is hungry, he runs the show He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win On the hunt tonight for love at first sting
Here I am Rock you like a hurricane (Are you ready, baby?) Here I am Rock you like a hurricane Here I am Rock you like a hurricane (Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on) Here I am Rock you like a hurricane
Through the Shattered Lens 