#Scorpions are my favorite band, so I’ve taken special interest in the new #WindofChange podcast by @praddenkeefe. In Ep. 3 he makes the argument that WoC was band’s 1st political-themed song and didn’t fit the mold. I wonder if he listened to Crossfire during research?

How could one make that argument with this song in the catalogue? And this came seven years before Wind of Change, on the same album as Rock You Like a Hurricane.

I’ll keep this thread going with stuff that makes me roll my eyes as a #Scorpions fan. Ep. 5 notes that “Virgin Killer” was the band’s “biggest” album up until ‘89. Not even close. But “Virgin Killer” just sounds the most alarming to help prove the point, right? “ #WindofChange

Also, in Ep. 4 it’s portrayed as a huge “ah-ha!” moment when the GI-Joe toy guy mentions the story about kids making bootleg cassettes. That story is told in From Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements, so it wasn’t really a big deal. #WindofChange