First scorpions film made for the big screen take a look back at their eventful history and report on one of their legendary unplugged concerts the band had actually planned to break up in two thousand and ten the scorpion started their big farewell tour dortch avila documented what happened after that in a major documentary film. Forever and a day the title of the first major film about the scorpions. In february twenty fifteen the band attended the World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival even after fifty years in the business the film was still Something Special for them. As well and its a whole new experience for us seeing the band on the big screen together with an audience and here during the berlin ali Film Festival its a special moment for us. On the moment. The camera crew followed the scorpions for three years the result is a one hundred minute epic on the commercially most successful german rock band ever with one hundred million records sold and countless world hits like still loving you. Along with spectacular live concerts the film shows some private moments as well. And it goes back to the beginnings of the nine hundred sixty s. And seventies and the first performances leading up to their global success. These are seen there are scenes from the first years are especially interesting who wants to hear about us playing sold out stadium concerts i assume that no one wants to hear about that anymore. Filming started in twenty eleven during the scorpions former farewell tour the camera crew accompanied the band on many appearances including throughout their tours of the us france and thailand in the end it was a challenge splicing together all the footage. I wanted to tell the stories that i found the most impressive often in the end i mainly looked for personal and entertaining moments moment. In twenty ten the farewell tour was planned as a goodbye to the world stages but along the way the musicians got so much positive feedback they changed their tune and said goodbye to the go by. The sleeve it was that in life we wrote the script a little because the film was meant to show a career at its end with the last concert. But as is often the case in life when you want to leave they wont let you but i became very the lessons. Of all who is now the head of d. W. s Culture Department was the one who came up with the idea for the first big documentary on the scorpions. From the start we had a big screen film in mind its always more exciting for the filmmakers and the audience to have big films to have big projects that are alternately fascinating and of course reach a much wider audience. With. The premiere party forever and a day is also a dream come true for the scorpions. This in turn i think its a wonderful film and. Course were talking about getting all of this positive feedback see a positive is read a book on. The amazing story of a group of young guys who set out to conquer the world of rock. Show premiering in berlin forever and a day showed in theaters around the world and is now also available on d. V. D. And the head of their farewell tour the scorpions recorded their seventeenth studio album staying in the tail shot to number two in the german charts the first hit in our pop exports scorpion special is a single release from that album and its called the good die young. You know the global. Holding of say. Has been found in. The. Family of. The san. Jose baez. The out. Oh. Wait. Wait. Would. You vote. Total load. So break. The scorpions mark their Fiftieth Anniversary with another highly successful album return to forever for the album they shook the dust off a number of older and previously unreleased songs some new tracks were added to the mix as well. We built this house was the first single released from the school paeans album return to forever it marked the bands fiftieth birthday and made it clear that the scorpions was still going strong and. This. Was music is a passion you cant just stop its probably the most important part of your life you cant just do something completely different tomorrow its not possible. They started recording the album in twenty eleven. The plan was to revive and complete some older and previously unreleased material. Lovely numbers from the eightys we had always said we would return to them one day we have always had an excess of songs you can only fit eight or nine tracks onto an lp there were always some that didnt make it to the album in the end. But as they worked on return to forever new ideas emerged so the final result is a mix of new windows. Because all the tracks have that unmistakable scorpion sound that stuck in our dot so what we have done is revive the magic of those years in the present day. That magic began in the mid nine hundred sixty s. When the young group came together near the city of hanover. Guitarist what ive seen here on the far right got a group together inspired by english bands they wanted to make it big like their idols the Rolling Stones on the small faces. Thats voters and so i was a times the early years where we were really ready to run the extra mile and that requires a lot of passion and enthusiasm. And shoved enthusiasm of playing. In the late one nine hundred seventy s. The scorpions conquered japan the u. S. And south america whether its monsters of rock or rock in rio they belong to the top acts at all of the major festivals in the 1980s. Was a song thats hard to say that was the fastest rise within the scorpions career before that it was steady and from then on it wasnt easy to go any higher. But it was always study up until that point and then all of a sudden we just shot straight up things we can look at shiloh. In one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the scorpions took the next step appearing for the first time in the soviet union. A year later they were at the moscow music peace festival. Around that time the winds of change their biggest hit was written it became an anthem for the political changes in germany and eastern europe. Does is this was what i was trying to express and wind of change was the hope that the world would change and that we that our generation and hopefully future generations too would live in a more Peaceful World and the cold war would end in. The late one nine hundred ninety s. What difficulty is for the scorpion classic hard rock had become less popular fans wanted to hear alternative rock scorpions concerts didnt sell out anymore. As businesses and musicians are very sensitive whether you want to or not you feel the mood out there and the feeling especially in the second half of the ninetys was that the music that we made the classic kind of hard rock was totally out old fashioned. Classic time out oafish. Discussions had to reinvent themselves they recorded the album moment of glory with the but then destroy the title track was the official song of the expo two thousand world fair in their hometown of hanover. As one against that was a special challenge to perform not just with any orchestra but with the berlin philharmonic and that gave us a big boost into the next decade. So were not all again. No the scorpion said going back to their roots and once again playing mainstream rock with Great Success their album return to forever stormed into the charts in no fewer than twenty four countries. Sports special naturally includes the scorpions greatest hits in one nine hundred eighty four they wrote rock you like a hurricane the band has produced several versions but true fans love the original. Way. The sky. Sound. Was. On. Fire and now more exciting facts about the scorpions in our extra segment. Last year the scorpions got a well known new member mickey became the new permanent drummer originally from sweden hed spent two decades with british hard rock pioneers motorhead until the remaining band members went their separate ways after the death of front man Lemmy Kilmister in twenty fifteen. Scorpions former drummer james contac had repeatedly made the headlines because of his drinking problems he finally retired from the band on health reasons. In may twenty sixth the first stepped in for james kojak on tour the fifty three year old is now. A real scorpion. Broke or. The success of the scorpions was harder but they can thank chance for their debut album in one nine hundred seventy one they took part in a band contest the first prize was a recording contract but the jury thought the five musicians from hanover were too loud so scorpions came in second. Question im going to. Take it. But four weeks later they got a phone call the winning band had split up so the scorpions took their place and recorded lonesome crow of the album debuted in one thousand nine hundred seventy two and has sold more than a million copies to date. The. One thousand nine hundred eighty one scorpion singer klaus miner wanted to leave the band was recording there a telegram blackout in the south of france minor developed medical problems with his vocal cords and started losing his voice he was frustrated and thought his career was over but keeping the scorpions together was more important his fellow band members convinced him to undergo surgery and extensive therapy a year later critics said his voice sounded better than ever. Everything from the vibrant world of pop music on facebook at d w music stories stars and the latest from the music scene. Join us in the universe of pop on facebook and send us a message we love hearing from you. The scorpions in our pop exports special in one thousand nine hundred four the band released one of their best selling albums of love at first staying which sold more than six million copies were now featuring the power ballad still loving you. A. Minute. Imagine the scorpions without electric guitars unthinkable think again in september two thousand and thirteen the band appeared in two unplugged concerts in the greek capital athens we put together some of the highlights for you. Germanys most successful hard rockers gone soft at their concerts for the m. T. V. Unplugged series the scorpions exchange their electric guitars to stick instruments. But that wasnt the only novelty for the rock icons. Because the biggest adjustment was definitely m. T. V. s request that all of the musicians on stage should sit down it makes sense since this isnt about a big show its all about the music. Music and. Perform the old classics along with new songs appearing in greece during the financial crisis was a conscious decision by the band. Idea was to say during a politically difficult time that its easy to party with your friends when theres something to celebrate. But its when youre down and out that you see who your real friends are thats why we said were going to athens you know what in. The band set off for the greek capital in september two thousand and thirteen. So were looking forward to athens. And the greek fans were already waiting. The venue was the look at betis amphitheater the stage for the first open air m. T. V. Unplugged concerts and the scorpions invited some guest musicians to join them. To understand the honest from the hamburg band revolver held the first thing he said was i grew up with your music rock you like a hurricane is one of my favorite tracks and the song id most like to sing with you. It is. Also on hand the singer of Norwegian Pop Group morton harkat. And morton was one of the first to agree to the project. So he chose wind of change and i think it turned into a very nice unusual version because he has a unique voice so it was just about. To. Land. Here earlier the band had been ready to retire but there was no talk of that anymore. In life and were starting over again. The unplugged project was like a fresh out of energy the fans reaction to the athens acoustic set was so positive that the musicians decided to take it on a european tour. And our export special on the scorpions with one of the most successful singers ever by a german. And wind of change from one thousand nine hundred one enter the charts in Seventy Eight countries enjoy and see you next time on pop export. Lol. Listening to. Ching. So just. Listening. You. Will close. But weve got to. Run. You just. Hit. Ching. Good shape. Driving. People with a chronic headache are also taking seriously especially women because they are only supposed to head ache for an excuse to get more rest. Which can have many courses. Good shape and thirty minutes. On the vast steps of central asia and expect dition in search of an ancient denizen of kazakhstan the saigon antelope. 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