SCORPIONS - BORN TO TOUCH YOUR FEELINGS

BORN TO TOUCH YOUR FEELINGS

SCORPIONS

SONGWRITERS: KLAUS MEINE & RUDOLF SCHENKER

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ALBUM: BEST OF ROCK BALLADS

LABEL: SONY MUSIC

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1978

 

          Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine(vocals), Rudolf Schenker(rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs(lead guitar), Francis Buchholz(bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.

            During the mid-1970s, with guitarist Uli Jon Roth part of the line-up, the music of the Scorpions was defined as hard rock. After the departure of Roth in 1978 and short-lived reunion with Schenker's brother Michael, Matthias Jabs joined and, following the guidance of producer Dieter Dierks, the Scorpions changed their sound towards hard rock/heavy metal, mixed with rock power ballads. Throughout the 1980s the group received positive reviews and critical acclaim from music critics, and experienced commercial success with the albums Animal Magnetism(1980), Blackout(1982), Love at First Sting(1984), the live recording World Wide Live(1985), Savage Amusement(1988) and Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads(1989), which is their best-selling compilation album.

       Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads is a compilation album by German rock band Scorpions. It includes the most popular Scorpions ballads, with a brand new acoustic studio version of the song "Send Me an Angel", a new full band studio version of the song "Follow Your Heart" and two brand new songs "Melrose Avenue" and "Always Be with You" that were written specifically for this compilation.

I was born from the sound of the strings

For someone to give everything

To be a song just for your feeling

Close your eyes and I'll try to get in

To waken your heart like the spring

'Cos I was born to touch your feelings

 

Steal the time, take a song and be glad

Be free as the birds, don't be sad

Your time will come. I'll make you feel it

You're still young like the sun after rain

Follow the light, it's not in vain

And you will see I'll touch your feelings

 

You've got your songs, they are everyday

For a while, just the only way

To feel alright...

 

You were born just to lose or to win

To be someone's child in the wind

To live between your mind and feelings

Find your way, check it out, learn each day

Follow the light, it's not in vain

And you will see I'll touch your feelings

 

You've got your songs, they are everyday

For a while

Just the only way

To feel alright...