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* ProgressiveRock: Had occasional run-ins with this during Roth's run, with the title track to ''Fly to the Rainbow'' being a shining example.
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* ImAManICantHelpIt: The narrator of "Only a Man" uses this as an excuse for why he sleeps with groupies while on tour despite being in a relationship.
-->''Well it's hard to say no''
-->''When you've done a good show''
-->''And they all want you to celebrate''
-->''Well I try to refuse''
-->''Try to make some excuse''
-->''But at this point it's mostly too late''
-->''Well it's hard to say no''
-->''When you've done a good show''
-->''And they all want you to celebrate''
-->''Well I try to refuse''
-->''Try to make some excuse''
-->''But at this point it's mostly too late''
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* ContemptibleCover: A few, most notably ''Virgin Killer''.
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* ContemptibleCover: A few, most notably ''Virgin Killer''.Killer'', to the point where the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversy overshadowed the album's content]].
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* PowerBallad: "Still Loving You", "No One Like You", "Holiday", "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Wind of Change", "You and I", "Send Me An Angel"...
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* PowerBallad: "Still Loving You", "No One Like You", "Holiday", "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Wind of Change", "You and I", "Send Me An Angel"...Angel", "Here in My Heart"...
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* CoverVersion: Big Mama Thornton via Music/ElvisPresley's "Hound Dog" and Music/LittleRichard's "Long Tall Sally" in ''Tokyo Tapes'', Music/TheWho's "I Can't Explain" for a collection album in the late 80s, {{Queen}}'s "Love of My Life", Music/TheCars' "Drive" and Music/{{Kansas}}' "Dust in the Wind", the latter three from ''Acoustica'', as well as half of ''Comeblack''.
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* CoverVersion: Big Mama Thornton via Music/ElvisPresley's "Hound Dog" and Music/LittleRichard's "Long Tall Sally" in ''Tokyo Tapes'', Music/TheWho's "I Can't Explain" for a collection album in the late 80s, {{Queen}}'s Music/{{Queen}}'s "Love of My Life", Music/TheCars' "Drive" and Music/{{Kansas}}' "Dust in the Wind", the latter three from ''Acoustica'', as well as half of ''Comeblack''.
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* RearrangeTheSong: What ''Moment of Glory'' was all about.
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* RearrangeTheSong: What ''Moment of Glory'' was all about. ''Comeblack''
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* RockstarSong: "Can't Live Without You" and "Coming Home." "Always Somewhere" provides another take, in which living on the road keeps the musician apart from his loved one.
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* RockstarSong: "Can't Live Without You" and "Coming Home." Home". "Always Somewhere" provides another take, in which living on the road keeps the musician apart from his loved one.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's ''Scorpions'' only -- no "The" in front.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's ''Scorpions'' only -- no "The" in front. There ''was'' an English band called "''The'' Scorpions" in the [=60s=], though.
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* StrictlyFormula: ''Unbreakable,'' in reaction to the bad reception its studio predecessor got.
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Unholy Alliance," from ''Face the Heat,'' is a criticism of Neo-Nazi parties in the modern world.
* WarIsHell: "Under the Same Sun."
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Unholy Alliance," from ''Face the Heat,'' is a criticism of Neo-Nazi parties in the modern world.
* WarIsHell: "Under the Same Sun."
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* StrictlyFormula: ''Unbreakable,'' ''Unbreakable'', in reaction to the bad reception its studio predecessor got.
* ThoseWackyNazis: "UnholyAlliance," Alliance", from ''Face the Heat,'' is a criticism of Neo-Nazi parties in the modern world.
* WarIsHell: "Under the SameSun."Sun".
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Unholy
* WarIsHell: "Under the Same
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** The final studio album(or so they say)
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-->''Move you legs legs, stamp your feet''
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* GrandFinale: ''Sting in the Tail'' was supposed to be this, but they ultimately decided to postpone their retirement.
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* HeavyMeta: "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "We Let It Rock... You Let It Roll", "Raised on Rock", "Can't Live Without You"
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* HeavyMeta: "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Coming Home", "We Let It Rock... You Let It Roll", "Raised on Rock", "Can't Live Without You"
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* RockstarSong: "Can't Live Without You." "Always Somewhere" provides another take, in which living on the road keeps the musician apart from his loved one.
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* RockstarSong: "Can't Live Without You.You" and "Coming Home." "Always Somewhere" provides another take, in which living on the road keeps the musician apart from his loved one.
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* AmbiguousGender: "He's a Woman, She's a Man", from ''Taken by Force''. Until the last refrain, of course.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: "He's a Woman, She's a Man", from ''Taken by Force''.
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* BadassGrandpa: Meine and Schenker.
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* BadassGrandpa: Meine Meine,Jabs and Schenker.Rudolf.
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* BadassGranpa: Meine and Schenker.
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* BadassGranpa: BadassGrandpa: Meine and Schenker.
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* ContemptibleCover: A few, most notably ''[[{{Lolicon}} Virgin Killer]]''.
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* ContemptibleCover: A few, most notably ''[[{{Lolicon}} Virgin Killer]]''.''Virgin Killer''.
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* {{Lolicon}}: The original cover of ''Virgin Killer'' featured a naked pre-teen girl. Naturally, [[MoralGuardians some people]] weren't pleased with this, so they had to change the cover.
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** Mercury Records replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
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** Mercury Records In America, Creator/MercuryRecords replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
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After the release of ''Sting of the Tail'', the band announced the closure of its activities following its subsequent tour. However, they changed their minds and put out a new studio album in 2015.
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After the release of ''Sting of in the Tail'', the band announced the closure of its activities following its subsequent tour. However, they changed their minds and put out a new studio album in 2015.
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* IntercourseWithYou: Many songs, like "Loving You Sunday Morning" and "Rhythm of Love". Mostly the lyrics aren't really explicit, but you can't help thinking about intercoursing to these songs.
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* IntercourseWithYou: Many songs, like "Loving You Sunday Morning" Morning," "Dynamite," and "Rhythm of Love". Mostly the lyrics aren't really explicit, but you can't help thinking about intercoursing to these songs.
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* ExtremeLibido: "Can't Get Enough" by the Music/{{Scorpions}} is all about the subject, [[IntercourseWithYou like many of their songs]].
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* ExtremeLibido: "Can't Get Enough" by the Music/{{Scorpions}} is all about the subject, [[IntercourseWithYou like many of their songs]].
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* ExtremeLibido: "Can't Get Enough" by the Music/{{Scorpions}} is all about the subject, [[IntercourseWithYou like many of their songs]].
-->''Move you legs stamp your feet''
-->''The language of your body''
-->''Is right now all I need''
-->''To understand you're ready for love (are you ready for love?)''
-->''I can't get enough''
-->''Move you legs stamp your feet''
-->''The language of your body''
-->''Is right now all I need''
-->''To understand you're ready for love (are you ready for love?)''
-->''I can't get enough''
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* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Rudolf Schenker
** TheLancer: Klaus Maine
** TheSmartGuy: Matthias Jabs
** TheBigGuy: Mikkey Dee
** TheHeart: Paweł Mąciwoda
** TheLeader: Rudolf Schenker
** TheLancer: Klaus Maine
** TheSmartGuy: Matthias Jabs
** TheBigGuy: Mikkey Dee
** TheHeart: Paweł Mąciwoda
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Rudolf Schenker sang lead vocals on "They Need a Million", "Hey You" and "Love is the Answer" (from ''MTV Unplugged: Live in Athens). Uli Jon Roth sang lead vocals on "Dark Lady", "Sun in My Hand", "Hell Cat" and "Polar Nights"
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* Mikkey Dee: drums (joined 2016)
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* [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Mikkey Dee: Dee]]: drums (joined 2016)
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* Mikkey Dee : Dee: drums (joined 2016)
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* Paweł Mąciwoda: bass (joined 2003)
* James Kottak: drums (joined 1996)
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* Paweł Mąciwoda: bass (joined 2003)
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*James Kottak: Mikkey Dee : drums (joined 1996)
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* LongRunnerLineUp: Type 2 variety for Meine/Schenker/Jabs/Bucholz/Rarebell (1979-1992) and Meine/Schenker/Jabs/Maciwoda/Kottak (2004-2016)
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* ProtestSong: Much in the same vein of {{U2}}, we have "Wind of Change", "Under the Same Sun", "Crossfire", "China White" and "Living For Tomorrow". The latter may count as the most triumphant example - it's a plea for unity and laying down arms, played live in Leningrad at the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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* ProtestSong: Much in the same vein of {{U2}}, Music/{{U2}}, we have "Wind of Change", "Under the Same Sun", "Crossfire", "China White" and "Living For Tomorrow". The latter may count as the most triumphant example - it's a plea for unity and laying down arms, played live in Leningrad at the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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** Averted with ''Taken by Force''. [=RCA=], presumably shell-shocked by then, changed it anyway to a [[MinimalisticCoverArt plain black cover]] with [[FloatingHeadSyndrome band photos]].
** Mercury replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
** Mercury replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
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** Averted with ''Taken by Force''. [=RCA=], Creator/RCARecords, presumably shell-shocked by then, changed it anyway to a [[MinimalisticCoverArt plain black cover]] with [[FloatingHeadSyndrome band photos]].
** Mercury Records replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
** Mercury Records replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
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* CoverVersion: Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" and LittleRichard's "Long Tall Sally" in ''Tokyo Tapes'', TheWho's "I Can't Explain" for a collection album in the late 80s, {{Queen}}'s "Love of My Life", Music/TheCars' "Drive" and {{Kansas}}' "Dust in the Wind", the latter three from ''Acoustica'', as well as half of ''Comeblack''.
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* CoverVersion: Big Mama Thornton's Thornton via Music/ElvisPresley's "Hound Dog" and LittleRichard's Music/LittleRichard's "Long Tall Sally" in ''Tokyo Tapes'', TheWho's Music/TheWho's "I Can't Explain" for a collection album in the late 80s, {{Queen}}'s "Love of My Life", Music/TheCars' "Drive" and {{Kansas}}' Music/{{Kansas}}' "Dust in the Wind", the latter three from ''Acoustica'', as well as half of ''Comeblack''.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band's debut album, Lonesome Crow, is straight {{Krautrock}} as opposed to rock music played by a bunch of Krauts.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band's debut album, Lonesome Crow, ''Lonesome Crow'', is straight {{Krautrock}} as opposed to rock music played by a bunch of Krauts.
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* RockstarSong: "Can't Live Without You". "Always Somewhere" provides another take, in which living on the road keeps the musician apart from his loved one.
* SexDrugsAndRockNRoll: Well, minus the drugs. Very well illustrated in "Now!".
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's Scorpions only - no "The" in front.
* StrictlyFormula: ''Unbreakable'', in reaction to the bad reception its studio predecessor got.
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Unholy Alliance", from ''Face The Heat'', is a criticism of Neo-Nazi parties in the modern world
* WarIsHell: "Under The Same Sun".
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: "Blackout" (the song):
* SexDrugsAndRockNRoll: Well, minus the drugs. Very well illustrated in "Now!".
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's Scorpions only - no "The" in front.
* StrictlyFormula: ''Unbreakable'', in reaction to the bad reception its studio predecessor got.
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Unholy Alliance", from ''Face The Heat'', is a criticism of Neo-Nazi parties in the modern world
* WarIsHell: "Under The Same Sun".
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: "Blackout" (the song):
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* RockstarSong: "Can't Live Without You". You." "Always Somewhere" provides another take, in which living on the road keeps the musician apart from his loved one.
* SexDrugsAndRockNRoll: Well, minus the drugs. Very well illustrated in"Now!".
"Now!"
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name'sScorpions ''Scorpions'' only - -- no "The" in front.
* StrictlyFormula:''Unbreakable'', ''Unbreakable,'' in reaction to the bad reception its studio predecessor got.
* ThoseWackyNazis: "UnholyAlliance", Alliance," from ''Face The Heat'', the Heat,'' is a criticism of Neo-Nazi parties in the modern world
world.
* WarIsHell: "UnderThe the Same Sun".
Sun."
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* SexDrugsAndRockNRoll: Well, minus the drugs. Very well illustrated in
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's
* StrictlyFormula:
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Unholy
* WarIsHell: "Under
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Kami o Shinjiru" (also available with a French chorus as "Destin") is all about this.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Kami o wo Shinjiru" (also available with a French chorus as "Destin") is all about this.
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* PowerBallad: "Still Loving You", "No One Like You", "Holiday", "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Wind of Change", "Send Me An Angel"...
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* PowerBallad: "Still Loving You", "No One Like You", "Holiday", "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Wind of Change", "You and I", "Send Me An Angel"...
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* ProtestSong: Much in the same vein of {{U2}}, we have "Wind of Change", "Under the Same Sun", "China White" and "Living For Tomorrow". The latter may count as the most triumphant example - it's a plea for unity and laying down arms, played live in Leningrad at the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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* ProtestSong: Much in the same vein of {{U2}}, we have "Wind of Change", "Under the Same Sun", "Crossfire", "China White" and "Living For Tomorrow". The latter may count as the most triumphant example - it's a plea for unity and laying down arms, played live in Leningrad at the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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* PowerBallad: "Still Loving You", "No One Like You", "Holiday", "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Wind of Change", "Send Me An Angel"...
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* ProtestSong: Much in the same vein of {{U2}}, we have "Wind of Change", "Under the Same Sun", "China White" and "Living For Tomorrow". The latter may count as the most triumphant example - it's a plea for unity and laying down arms, played live in Leningrad at the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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* ProtestSong: Much in the same vein of {{U2}}, we have "Wind of Change", "Under the Same Sun", "Crossfire", "China White" and "Living For Tomorrow". The latter may count as the most triumphant example - it's a plea for unity and laying down arms, played live in Leningrad at the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The band's debut album, Lonesome Crow, is straight {{Krautrock}} as opposed to rock music played by a bunch of Krauts.