SCORPIONS Try Sending Positive Energy With Their Songs

September 28, 2007

SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine recently spoke with The Hartford Advocate about how music has the power to move people to peace. "We know what impact music has, especially on a young generation, and we see, in all the places we go to, especially when you play concerts in the Middle East, like in Israel, or even in Cairo in front of the pyramids, you see how much music is connecting people," Meine explained. "And this is what we try to do with our songs — connect people and try to add something out there sending positive energy and bring[ing] the world to a better balance in the sense that hopefully we can all live together in a more peaceful world ... We saw the impact of music when we played in Russia in '88, '89 in the old Soviet Union, surrounded by KGB agents, and we saw the world changing right in front of our eyes, and we saw the Cold War end. Rock music definitely had a huge impact on the young generation in the Soviet Union back then — the world was changing. So we are always very optimistic that music has a very connecting, a very healing kind of effect."

On the group's collaboration with "Humanity - Hour 1" producer Desmond Child, Meine said, "To make an album with Desmond Child, it's also a decision when you want him as a producer, since he is such a legendary songwriter, of course you want him to be involved in the songwriting process as well. So this time that's probably what's really different from most of the albums we did — it was a collaboration ... and when Desmond came up with the concept and the idea of 'Humanity - Hour 1', we went along with it and it gave the record a red line, and I think it's not only an album with lots of attitude that has a powerful rock feeling, it's also an album that carries a message."

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