Scorpions - Savage Amusement (1988) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaus Meine - Lead Vocals Rudolf Schenker - Guitars Matthias Jabs - Guitars Francis Buchholz - Bass Herman Rarebell - Drums Produced by Dieter Dierks except "Don't Stop At The Top", "Passion Rules The Game", "Media Overkill", "We Let It Rock ... You Let It Roll" and "Every Munite Every Day" by Nigel Green and Scorpions. Backing Vocals on "We Let It Rock ... You Let It Roll" by the "Shouting Scouts" (Rudolf, Francis, Matthias, Herman). Special Thanks to Lee Aaron for teaming up with Klaus for backing vocals on "Rhythm Of Love" and also to Peter Baltes for singing intro vocals together with Rudolf on "Every Minute Every Day". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Don't Stop At The Top (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) 4:03 2) Rhythm Of Love (Schenker, Meine) 3:47 3) Passion Rules The Game 3:58 4) Media Overkill (Schenker, Meine) 3:32 5) Walking On The Edge (Schenker, Meine) 5:05 6) We Let It Rock ... You Let It Roll (Schenker, Meine) 3:38 7) Every Minute Every Day (Schenker, Meine) 4:21 8) Love On The Run (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) 3:35 9) Believe In Love (Schenker, Meine) 5:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Don't Stop At The Top (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) 4:03 You never take the easy way The wind is blowing straight into your face You never ever close your eyes For any trouble that may cross your way Chorus 1: There's no risk that you're not taking Not a mountain that's too high Spread your wings you're gonna make it To the best time of your life Chorus 2: Don't stop at the top (2) Touch the sky before you drop (2) You never make a compromise Your will has got the power that won't break You never say never to a challenge That will come along the way Chorus 1 & 2 Never stop! (2) Don't stop at the top Never stop! (3) Don't stop at the top Chorus (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Rhythm Of Love (Schenker, Meine) 3:47 Let's spend the night together I know you want it too The magic of the moment Is what I've got for you The heartbeat of this night Is made to lose control And there's something in your eyes That's longing for some more Let us find together The beat we're looking for Chorus: The rhythm of love Keeps me dancing on the road The rhythm of love Got the groove that hits the bone The rhythm of love Is the game I'm looking for The rhythm of love Is the heartbeat of my soul Let's reach the top together One night will never do An exploding shot of pleasure Is what I've got for you Why don't you close your eyes And let your feeling grow I make you feel the taste of life Until your love will flow Let us find together The beat we're longing for Chorus (3) Let us find together The beat we're looking for... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Passion Rules The Game 3:58 Stranded in this town My machine slows down To take me where the night begins I'm playing everywhere Loving here and there I always take the chance to win Drove a million miles Gambling rules my life I only stop to start again I reach out through the air Good luck is everywhere Can almost touch it with my hands Just a little luck tonight Will do and dreams come true Just a little luck tonight I can't stop the will That turns the ball of steel When passion rules the game, yeah yeah Ooh, I ain't got no control, when my heart's in flames Passion rules the game, yeah yeah Ooh, I ain't got no control, when my heart's in flames I'm a stranger in this town Live takes me up and down I'll break the score until I'm free Can't stop to roll the dice And in the morning light A girl like you is all I need Chorus 1: Don't you need some love tonight I do, yes I do Don't you need some love tonight How can we stand the heat When love is all we need Chorus 2: When passion rules the game, yeah yeah Ooh, I ain't got no control, when my heart's in flames Passion rules the game, yeah yeah Ooh, I ain't got no control, when my heart's in flames Chorus 1 & 2 Passion rules the game, yeah yeah Ooh, I ain't got no control, when my heart's in flames Passion rules the game, yeah yeah Ooh, I ain't got no control, when my heart's in flames ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Media Overkill (Schenker, Meine) 3:32 They're watching me They're watching you Taking all the world under control They make you laugh They make you blue In the end they try to eat your soul Chorus: Satellites transmit the latest thrill We can't escape the media overkill Chorus A purple flash The biggest crash Totally in tune around the world They take you high They take you cry We are at the point of no return Chorus (2) Over and over and over (2) Chorus (4) Over and over and over (2) Chorus (5) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Walking On The Edge (Schenker, Meine) 5:05 Welcome to a trip into my hurt feelings To the center of my soul You better bring a light to find the house of meanings In the labyrinth of yes or no Chorus 1: For you, life is just like chess If you don't make the move You'll lose the game like this Chorus 2: Cause you, you're walking at the edge You, you chose the way of love and pain You, don't you see the bridge I've built for you It's just one step to start again Welcome to a trip into my emotions To the language of my heart You're sailing on a river ... that becomes an ocean Which you can only cross with love Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus: Walking on the edge - and baby you're Walking on the edge Cause you, you're walking at the edge You, you chose the way of love and pain Walking on the edge - and baby you're Walking on the edge Cause you, you're walking at the edge (walking on the edge) You, you chose the way of love and pain You, don't you see the bridge I've built for you It's just one step to start again Chorus 2 Cause you, you're walking at the edge You, you chose the way of love and pain You... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) We Let It Rock ... You Let It Roll (Schenker, Meine) 3:38 We come to you through a storm of lightning To drive this place totally insane Another show that really keeps us fighting For what it takes to blow your mind away Hey you, you are ready for tonight Can you hear me now Let me hear you too We come to you through a wall of thunder Electrified by the sound of the guitars Hey you, you are ready for tonight Can you see me now I wanna see you out there Chorus: We let it rock, to free you energy You let it roll, come on get on your feet We letit rock, to feed your hungry dreams You let it roll, up to the ecstasy We come to you through a burst of fire Energized by the feedback of the crowd Hey you, are you ready for tonight Can you feel me now Can you feel the groove Chorus C'mon, c'mon people Yeah We let it rock You let it roll Chorus (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Every Minute Every Day (Schenker, Meine) 4:21 Well it seems that I was lost in intoxicated nights Following the trace of ecstasy With no future and no past Just the present was alive Like a prisoner chained on to a dream I was drowning in a feeling that obsession rules 'Till the morning kills the creatures of the night And I read your lipstick message on the mirror of the truth Now that you're gone I realize Chorus 1: Without you Life's like a song without music Without you This world won't be the same I need your love, every minute Need your love, every day I need your love, every minute Need your love, come back and stay Well I know that I was lost In the nightmare of my life Following the flash of fantasy In a feeling that exploded I'd left reality behind Addicted to the power of a dream Without you Life's like a road that leads nowhere Without you This world won't feel the same Chorus 2: I need your love, every minute Need your love (need your love), every day I need your love (need your love), every minute Need your love (need your love), come back and stay Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 Need your love ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Love On The Run (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) 3:35 I love you once Rock you twice My love's a gun that wants to talk tonight I kiss the lust Right from your lips The way it feels will hit you like a blitz Day after day (2) I rock the speed Night after night (2) Chorus: Love on the run Always loaded like a gun Love on the run Always loaded like a gun For love Turn outside in And inside out With me you'll find the kicks you've never found I kiss the pearl Right from the shell Until you'll feel what all these words can't tell Day after day (2) I'm burning free Night after night (2) Chorus (3) On the run ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Believe In Love (Schenker, Meine) 5:20 How does it feel babe To taste sweet revenge Do you want me on my knees How does it feel babe To let me feel your strength Don't be cruel, can't you see If you don't catch me now I can't stop falling down Just one more nigh and the devil's got my soul I need your love babe, don't tell me "no way" Babe I miss you so much more than words can say How does it feel babe To kill our destiny I swear I'm not gonna crawl oh no How does it feel babe To make a fool out of me How can you be so cold, be so cold Chorus 1: If you don't catch me now I can't stop falling down Just one more nigh and the devil's got my soul I need your love babe don't leave me this way Ooh I miss you, I miss you Chorus 2: Baby our love's got what it takes To give us one more chance to start once again Baby our love will find a way As long as we believe in love Chorus 1 & 2 As long as we believe, we believe Chorus 2 (2) Baby our love's got what it takes To give us one more chance to start once again... ------------------------------------------------------------------------