The SCORPIONS have now put their most beautiful and most legendary ballads on a sampler and have topped it off with three recent ballad-like songs. Its title: “Born To Touch Your Feelings.” Which, as it happens, is the credo of Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Pawel Maciwoda, and Mikkey Dee as well as a song from the band’s beginnings. As Klaus Meine puts it, “The meaning of a ballad always goes deep. It’s not surprising that a song like ‘Wind of Change’ is received euphorically in the US these days. The fans don’t connect the song to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the iron curtain but rather to their current situation, the desire for change, and the hope for a world without nuclear threats and civil wars as well as the longing for peace.” As they were compiling the songs for their latest album, the SCOPRIONS were reminded of the timelessness of their ballads. It is not for nothing that they named the compilation after a song from 1977, “Born To Touch Your Feelings.” “Always Be With You” is the brand new song by Rudolf Schenker. A deeply emotional declaration of love, as well as a story of change, it’s no coincidence that the exceptional guitarist and composer wrote this song after the birth of his youngest son. “Melrose Avenue,” on the other hand, carries the name of arguably the most famous strip in Los Angeles and is the most recent song of Matthias Jabs. Its music perfectly captures the enchanting sense of life in California. Close your eyes, listen and start to dream: An invitation to an exciting trip to the West Coast of the United States.
