Today is arguably the most important day in the lunar calendar -- the first day of Scorpio and the weekly calendar -- Hair Band Friday. To celebrate the confluence of these two monumental occasions, a Scorpions song seemed like the only logical choice. The Scorps are, without question, Germany's greatest rock export. Though they reached the height of their fame in the '80s, the band actually formed in the late '60s and released some fantastic hard rock albums throughout the '70s.
In the early '80s, they transitioned to a more mainstream sound, but while retaining their hard rock edge. 1982's Blackout album was the band's eighth studio album, and it was the first album they had that reached the Top 10 on the Billboard album chart. The song "No One Like You" was their first charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, though it only got up to #65 (it also hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart).
Top to bottom, the album is excellent, and my choice is the title track, which also happens to be the first song on the album. It starts off with a simple but effective guitar riff, and then it's just a great, energetic song from there. I've always like the interplay between the two guitarists, Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker. It's also a good pre-party song, or a morning after song, too, I suppose.
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