A to Z Challenge - 2020 - Zoo

We come to our final letter of the alphabet today!  "Z" is for "Zoo" sung by the Scorpions.  We saw the Scorps for the first time in 1982 at Day on the Green.  When we started going to concerts more regularly I had a goal to see all of those bands again.  With the exception of Iron Maiden we have!  I don't really care about Iron Maiden anyway -- a little too heavy metal for me.

The next time we saw the Scorpions was in 2012.  I've had this set of papers from Creative Memories for a long time.  I think it's really pretty.  

I have a stack of pictures an inch thick again so I didn't have time to scrapbook them all for today's post. 

This was kind of a spur of the moment concert.  I think we got our tickets four days before the show and I was excited to get them so close.  We were in the third-ish row!  A little off to the right of stage but still great.  They called the tour the Final Sting tour which might make you think they were not going to tour again.  Fortunately that wasn't true.  The opening act was Tesla, a band I was not familiar with but I did like some of their songs.  This page is not finished but I think you get the idea.  The card on top was something they were handing out at the door.  I keep ALL memorabilia - LOL.

They did in fact sing "The Zoo."  They are a very energetic band and it seemed like they were so close we could touch them. 

Here's the setlist from that show.  

These are a few of the other pictures I have to add.  

I think he's looking at me, right?

Their drummer at the time was James Kottak and during his drum solo, the stage lifted so he was high in the air.  

At the end, he took his shirt off and stood on his seat. 

Then turned around to show his back tattoo - and possibly his butt-crack?!     

A lot of the time the guys were right in front of us.  

I think they are asking for their picture to be taken don't you?

Rudolf Schenker is a character for sure.

Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker and Pawel Maciwoda.

And here is "The Zoo" from the last time we saw Scorpions in 2017.

I made it!  Do I wish I had been able to completely scrapbook each event?  Absolutely.  But I am also truly grateful that I had some transcription work come in.  Could I have spent less time embellishing each set that I did scrapbook?  Sure but then I wouldn't be satisfied with the results.  Am I thankful that I had some letters already finished a while ago or a few with less pictures?  You bet!  I enjoyed reliving these concert experiences as I was cutting and pasting.  With the current state of affairs, who knows when we'll be able to get up close and personal experiences like this again. 

I hope you have enjoyed this series.  I am very appreciative of all the kind comments and visits I've had from everyone.   Side note, I think I could do this one more time. There are at least 26 more entertainers we have seen that I have not showcased either in 2017 or this year.  Tesla, the opening act for Scorpions in this show is one.  Melissa Etheridge we've seen a couple times too and I haven't used her in either of the challenges.  Maybe if I start now... 

Rocktober Music Fest - 2019 - Scorpions Rock You Like a Hurricane

Day 2 of #RMF and my offering is the Scorpions, Rock You Like A Hurricane. 

We've seen the Scorpions several times, including the very first concert we went to as a couple way back in 1982!  It was a Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum and sadly I have no pictures from that day, but here is a scrapbook page I made.  I loved that T-shirt! 

I was looking for the scrapbook pages of the concerts we have been to in the last few years but it seems like I haven't made any!  That will never do.  Here instead are some pictures I took.

And a video:

Have a peek at the other Rocktober participants!  Happy Wednesday :)

June in Janet's World - #SLS - Song Lyric Sunday - Melrose Avenue

Jim, who has been doing a great job since taking over from Helen with hosting our Song Lyric Sunday fun fest has given us the prompt Avenue/Boulevard/Drive/Lane/Road/Street for today. 

I'm gonna choose Scorpions and "Melrose Avenue."

Melrose Avenue

Scorpions

I didn't know that I was waiting all this time for you
On Melrose Avenue
A Sunday afternoon
I saw you

With you I can fly to the moon
For never come back anytime soon
But the soft of dawn and the I really want

Let the sunshine light on you
The California's sky so blue
You drive me crazy
And there's no girl like you, like you
On Melrose Avenue

It had to resign
The changing of the lights
And I knew

That I take what I could get
And you're living where call vet
When you do

For you I will do anything
I'll write you a song on my old six string
We could go to Vegas
And I buy you a ring

Let the sunshine light on you
The California's sky so blue
You drive me crazy
And there's no girl like you
(There' no girl like you) like you
On Melrose Avenue

Let the sunshine light on you
The California's sky so blue
You drive me crazy
And there's no girl like you
(There is no girl like you) like you
On Melrose Avenue

Let the sun shine light on you
(On Melrose Avenue)
The California's sky so blue
You really turn me up
And there is no girl like you
(There is no girl like you) like you
On Melrose Avenue
On Melrose Avenue

Songwriters: KLAUS MEINE / Matthias Jabs

Melrose Avenue lyrics © BMG Rights Management Gmbh (Germany)

These are from the 2017 show we saw.

And the video.  

Hope you all have a great Sunday.  Take a listen to the other participants in the group too.

December Reflections - 2017 - Favorite photo of 2017

This is a tough one!  We've done so much stuff this year and I have taken some pretty good photos, if I do say so myself.  I'll try to narrow it down to my top 5, in no particular order:

The shot I got of the eclipse through double welder's glasses.  This was as close as we got to the total eclipse.  

The "new" drummer for Scorpions, Mikkey Dee.  This was during his solo and he really put himself into it.

I saw these legs sticking out from the window on Haight (or maybe Ashbury) Street when we went to see the Summer of Love in San Francisco.  I made my husband drive around the block so I could get a better view.  He's so good to me.

The splash of the San Francisco Bay on the rocks on one of my walks.  I'm a Pisces so I'm drawn to the water and this is an easy spot for me to get to.  It's pretty cold out now but I may get back out there.

The Fab Four.  I love the colors in their outfits.  If you have never seen them, I highly recommend it.

I know there are more photos that I love, but I am going to try my hand at a slideshow of the 365 picture project I did this year so I don't want to double up too much.

Do you have a favorite picture this year?  Tell us about it!

Oh Man, It's October - 365 Pictures

It has been a while since I shared my 365 pictures.  Here are a few in no particular order:

#255 - I think I'm going to use this for my new logo.  Does it make you smile?

#275 - We lost another great one with the passing of Tom Petty.  We were fortunate to have seen him twice.  This is from 2014.  Wish I had better pictures but at least I have memories.

#270 - According to WordPress I have 51 followers!  People like me :)

#264 - I have four scrapbooks documenting our yearly trips to Boulder Creek for the golf tournament.

#280 - I love how my phone tells me where I want to go next and how long it will take to get there :)  But what if I'm not ready to go home yet?

#269 - Cards I made for my Etsy shop.  Some already sold!  Better hop on and grab yours quick!

#266 - My daughter was showing me the "fun" things you can do with snap-chat.  Using this for my September selfie because it makes my face look thin :)

#267 - I love these marshmallow bits!  So yummy.

#271 - My first paycheck from Michaels.  Dream job #2.

#274 - Lots of crafting, not just cards being made in preparation for my Holiday Boutiques coming up next month.  Some of this is on Etsy too!

#276 - We found out my husband's heart beats too fast and irregularly.  I thought he was just in love with me.  Turns out this is a medical condition.  We are handling it.

#279 - Book #17 in my Reading Challenge for the year.  Interesting tale about the dreams writers have.  Looking forward to reading the one by Stephen King.

#278 - October's Full Moon through the trees.  

#265 - This is a mini-album I made for a friend of ours who was celebrating his 60th birthday.  He owns a boat and I thought this would be cute for him.

#277 - Went to the Scorpion's concert and fell in love with one of their songs we had not heard before.

#282 - This is the setting sun.  The sky is orange and hazy because of the massive fires about 60 miles north of us.  We could smell the smoke and our daughter going to college at Sonoma State was told to evacuate.  She is safe and her area is okay to go back to but the damage is horrific.  She said she felt like she was driving out of the apocalypse. 

Oh Man, It's October - Scorpions In Concert

We are down to our last two concerts of the year.  Last night was Scorpions at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.  Megadeth was the opening act.  I am definitely not a fan of metal bands but I do like the Scorpions so I figured I could tolerate Megadeth and if it was really bad, I could go to the back of the arena and get food or something.

The first thing we noticed was an increase in security.  We took our local transit to get to the arena and even walking in the Bart Station near the Coliseum I could see more security jackets.  Then, we had to go up a ramp to get to the doors and there was a security checkpoint there that had never been there before.  My bag was searched and they asked my husband to hold up his jacket.  Once we got to the doors, there was the usual bag check and going through the metal detectors.  Inside I could see more security than usual walking up and down the aisles.  Personally, I didn't mind and I didn't really hear anyone else complaining.

Security by the stage

Our concert selfie :)

I didn't know any of the songs Megadeth was singing but it was interesting watching the show they had on the screens and watching the crowd.  Here are a couple of pictures:

Someone needs to tell them that "death" has an "a" in it.

Most of the pictures I got of them were of the hair flipping variety.  

I couldn't tell you what any of them actually looked like because all I saw was hair.

I have no clue as to the significance of this...

Or this guy, although I'm sure a fan would know.

Then came the Scorpions.

Klaus Meine and Matthias Jabs

Still a little crazy but at least I won't have nightmares.

Rudolf Schenker

Pawel Maciwoda

And even though they are wearing hats, I can still see their faces.

Since we last saw them, they have replaced their drummer, James Kottak, because he had some substance abuse issues.  Mikkey Dee of Motorhead fame has replaced him and I must say he did a heck of a job.

At one point in the show his drum stand rises on a pedestal very high above the stage.  Each time he beats the drums, a picture of one of their album covers fills the screen until they are all up there.  Quite impressive.



They had a disco ball hanging down and it filled the arena with sparkles of light.

I love their logo.

This is the fourth time we've seen Scorpions, going back to the very first concert my husband and I ever went to together back in 1982.  They sang some new to us songs this show and one really struck my husband and I.  Today we did some research on it and OMG it is our perfect song.  We both agreed that it holds meaning for us.  Here it is...We Built This House, from the album Return to Forever from 2015:

I listened to an introduction that Klaus Meine did about the song and he said it was to show the longevity of their band as they have been together since 1965!  I think it tells the story of my husband and I.

The last concert we have scheduled is Bob Seger next month at the same venue.  It will be interesting to see if the increased security becomes a permanent thing or if time will ease the situation.  How about you?  Any end of the year concerts?  Ever get struck by a "new" song from an old band?  What do you think of We Built This House?  Love to hear from you.