auwgg qe liinda qanciiOn chazz mii viida zOn lOz zcOrpiiOnz pff pff lOz amO lOz amO y en pOqas palabras lOz amO...!!! pff me hubiese gustadO haber nacidO en esOz tiiempOz auwgg...!!! aun asii lOz amO...
Jesus christ man...even given the shitty quality of the recording, this band sounds better live then 90% of today's groups...I don't care what genre. This guy fucking SINGS...he doesn't need auto-tune, he actually hits the notes. The guitar players don't screw up -- they play awesome solos. And this is coming from a dude in his 20's (me)...I wasn't even around for this shit when it was happening.
Hermann Rarebell proves he's a team player to 375,000 metal fans who couldn't care less. I would have told him to peel off the stickers or break down the kit. He owned the PA is all I can figure.
@leoantonio I was there. Priest was good, and I didn't know Rob was queer then either. In my opinion (just my opinion) Scorps was the tightest band. When they came on, it was like a set of 250,000 dollar set of Wilson's were fired up, versus a set of pair of swap meet speakers. Priest was next in line for virtuosity, I will give them that. My bad. They weren't 2nd rate. Realms of Death, my FAV song PERIOD. Is there a better DUAL solo??? EVER???
@TibetCorporation as i recall, the crowd was leaving in droves once it saw how drunk, stupid and disrespectful DLR was, nevermind that he can't sing a lick. he ruined it for VH plus a few hundred thousand people. the most disappointing performance i've ever seen by a headline band. PERIOD. Scorps showed what professional musicianship is all about. VH (specifically DLR) did not.
@TibetCorporation i'll agree with you on that point. eddie and alex were the best of the best as far a musicianship went. DLR not only ruined it for the fans, but he also tarnished the performance of his band members. his stupidity and ego are probably why he didn't last with the band, but i'm no rock historian, so i'm just speculating.
i love this band, but i can't stand such poser drummers, who have two bass drums set up, and never ever use the other bass drum. at least never in a song, only really half assed and in the easiest way possible during a "solo", like this guy.
@IceCreamAllTheTime lighten up kid, the drum kit is like a prop besides being a set of tools so it just looks cooler. Do you think all those Marshall cabinets and amp heads Mattias and Rudy have are real? Welcome to the entertainment biz kiddo...
@bornburied it's fine to have extra amps, but to have double bass and not use it at all, not so much. the only function it actually has is to hold up an extra tom or two.
I was there I was 16 years old :D , and the jets flying by just at the moment the scorps took the stage kind of set the tone in my mind that the scorps were the real headliners.
that whole valley was nice and clear, but all the people killed the grass and turned the ground to dust which you can see filled the air which renamed the US festival to the dust festival.
Stayed up for three days drinking a lot of beer, and doing a lot of drugs.
Actually, there were WW II era P-51 Fighters. I was there, too. But, "The Dust Festival??" I never heard that one. 2 points for you, & Yes, The Scorps Stole that show!
the scorps are the best band ever , and they didnt give up ever they sucked in the 60s & 70s yes they really didnt make it till the earlly 80s but they were doing it way before then , they toured for over 40 years no other band has ever come close
Wow,what memories.I remember parking 20 miles away and the buses never came so we just all started walking.We carried groceries and of course ,consumables.We paid 5.00 per head to catch a ride in the back of pickups.When we finally made it to the gate,there it was,a giant holding pen for all the ice chests and grocery bags.After carrying that all the way we had to throw it away.At least we got to walk in with our Bacardi and coke in our plastic cups,Whooya!!!
@coltsuperocean10 lol your a fuckin dumbass. Stop givin bear a hard time cause of his opinion. You go on to a video and start talkin shit about it, no one is gonna back you up. I hope you learned you fuckin cock sucker.
Some good bands were in thier infancy that day. some were seasoned and some were legends. 1 was even a train wreck waiting to happen. But the Scorpions were LOADED FOR Fk'n BEAR THAT DAY. Thew were unsurpassed.
I'm just happy the bands we knew and love in the 80's still tour. Motley Crue just came to Dallas a few weeks back. And it was an awesome show. Tommy Lee's roller coaster drum setup was awesome. I want to see the Scorps again. They sounded so tight every time I saw them in the 80's. Long live rock and roll.
the scorpions are pound for pound the best live band in heavy metal, Judas Priest is very close the best, but when I was 13 saw a poster for the US festival I thought about running away from home to go to this but with as a kid with no money forgetaboutit but the line up in 1983 was van halen, quiet riot, motley crue, ozzy, Judas Priest, Triumph, Scorpions, yea man, this is it at its peak and looks pretty good on you tube but would have been much better in person!!!
I don't like Scorpions! I believe that there so-called "great" songs, like Wind of Change or Still loving you, are really overrated! But 3:25-3:40 of this song are some of the best seconds of music I have ever listened to...
Just been watching a few of the 83 Festival vids and damn I wish I was old enough to have seen concerts like this. I was about 5 years old when this concert took place.
One of my favourite songs from one of the best bands ever....the live experience was awesome. I saw them in about 1989 and will never forget how brilliant the gig was and how much of a high I was on afterwards ( Music indiced high that is!!)
first concert i ever went to Scorpions 1982 and it would be great to come full circle and make them the last group i ever see in 2012! Scorpions Forever! no one better period!
one of the most talented bands ive ever heard personnaly.i wish i was born in the 70-90's so i wouldent have to listen to the crap the kids play in school
Ese dia estubo de poca madre , tengo apenas 15 años y odio haber nacido en 1996 cuanto deseo haber estado en ese festival 2 d mis bandas favoritas de toda la vida juntas judas priest y los scorpions larga vida a klaus meine y a rob halford
I wish i was there to see this concert and all the other great names that were out there that absolutly changed the word music. i wish i was earlier,i am ok with the new stuff like lady gaga but they are nothing campared to the names that will never be forgotten.GO BEATLES
@gottalovethesongs oh boy... beatles what? this is SCORPIONS and that beatles was way too far below ground zero tho i love to listen at least 2 or 3 of their song
Yes I was there. I was 20 years old now I'm close to 48 years old. The US Festival was held at Glen Helen Regional Park near San Bernandino California in the dessert, a very hot day, US Festival HEAVY METAL SUNDAY 1983.
The performers: Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Ozzy Ozborne, Judas Priest, Triumph, SCORPIANS and Van Halen.
It was and still is the best concert of my life ! I still live about a 3 hours drive from where the US Festival took place.
It's amazing to hear from someone on YouTube 28 years later, that also went to the US Festival. Seeing this video brings back some great memories. Yes that was the Woodstock of our generation and the best concert I've ever been too. We were lucky to have so many great bands back in those days.
@Bearcatt I'm so jealous! Really, i'm now 16 and a half, but how many times haven't I said' I wish I was born earlier' to see all those great bands! Scorpions, AC/DC and so many more! Must've been really nice!
@idontknowanname I can understand why you would be jealous. There is no doubt the late 70s to the late 80s produced some of the best, passionate, technical, guitar oriented music ever. I think 90s music was good, but not as good as the 80s. The early 2000s were ok with Chevelle, SOAD, Stained, AFI and more. I must say the late 2000s to now is producing the worst generation of music ever except for MUSE. Continued ...
@idontknowanname Let em say this. I am three times your age which is fine. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Make the best of your life, try to be happy and successful. Yes the time of my youth was simpler with great music. However life still was far from perfect, we had our trials and tribulations back then too. Things have changed alot since the 28 years this video was made. Some things for better or worse. Continued ...
@idontknowanname Some of the best changes are technowledgy. We didn't have the Internet, YouTube, Droids, I-phones , BlueRay, bigscreens TVs or Cirius radio back then. Without YouTube and the internet, no one would see this Scorpians video again. You can still have best of both worlds. You get to live with today's tech and you can still see most of the great 80s band today !
@flicfan416, Yes that was the ultimate event for sure. I have great memories and feelings of nostalgia watching this video and other videos from US Festival 83 Metal day. Back then I never imagined we would be watching and talking about this on the internet nearly 30 years later.
@Bearcatt ...no afraid not, Im far too young for that, Its you old cunts that like a bit of the backdoor action apparently! You seem to be the expert! hahahahaha You tell me? You seem to keep going on about it??
@coltsuperocean10, I see you are real brave behind the keyboard. Go crawl back under the rock you came from and get a life you loser. I'm done responding to your imature post.
@Bearcatt ...hahahahahaha you have been owned! In future dont try to be the smart guy if you are a retard!! YOU go crawl behind your rock you loser piece of fucking shit!! Dont hassle me me for no reason you sad bastard, remember that you started this, you fuckin loser!! You are a sad retarded loser, so another goodbye to another fuckin dickhead! Hahahahaha
@Bearcatt you got that dead on man, its probably the best time I've ever had when i seen them at ledgend valley in ohio they played the last outdoor concert there, good times got sunburned really bad but damn it was worth every stinging sensation.
Hey Bearcat! I am in your Corner, Too! You got my backing! Fuck that Hick & his Granny that can't function wiothout her Biscuits & Pot. I was @ that concert, too, & the WW II P-51's that Buzzed the Amphitheatre was Phoenominal! And if my Buddy, Axe, is out there, how are you, Bro?? "Gabby!"
@flicfan416 That was one of the best lineups ever and the best concert I've been too. And I've been to alot of concerts. There are other Monsters of Rock concerts, BIG one was in England , parts of Europe and Russia and well as the United States. There is no doubt that the US 1983 Metal Day concert was the ultimate.
I must be honest and say there is nothing that compares. It seems to be a real dry spell for good music.
Justin Bieber ? Lady Gaga ? I must be having nightmares.
@Bearcatt Don't get me started. People complained that the 80's were bad, some said that disco was the devil, but the new millenium has proven that Rock and Roll really can die
@Oospartan92oO Indeed I am lucky in many ways. However being born later means that you are young with your whole life ahead of you. Plus back then we didn't have all the great technology like we have today. =-)
@Bearcatt AHAH u're right ^^ But i would give my laptop, my smartphone and all those technologies to live this show, can't believe i miss it ^^, wathever we don't know what life keeps for us ^^. And u say that i still have life ahead of me, but when i look at this world, it seems there is nothing to hope or wait from it, u know like in the song "Humanity". But i'm not pessimistic, just homesick of a time i never lived. Thx for answered me ;)
@Oospartan92oO In all honesty I wouldn't trade those times and memories. We did have problems back then too. However I must admit the state of the world and future today does not look promising. I guess I was just trying to look at today's situation in a positive manner. Atleast we have YouTube to watch these great videos and communicate from anywhere in the world. Peace and God bless.
@cosmicpreachers2 Wow one of my contemporaries! That's cool that you were at the US festival too but I'm sorry the US police took your bootleg T-shirts. I use to buy bootleg and non bootleg T-shirts.
@Bearcatt im jealous of the time u and the other ppl who grew up in the same time just cause of music from reading the post above that sounds like an awesome concert i wish i was there (im 1997)
@ninjakawasaki13 Wow you are so young. You can still see some of these bands and other bands eventhough they are old, they can still kick some a55. lol
Needs more cowbell..
thabestpker5 5 days ago
Saw these guys in concert in Boston. The concert was second only to the rolling stones.
sashafrank123 1 week ago
They are a reason that make me proud to be a german!
SCORPIONS 4 EVER!
MrChrisTiger92 2 weeks ago
went to this show. wasn't a big scorpions fan until after i saw them.
wmosco 2 weeks ago
cow bell Rocks :) QC
Quaaludedude714 3 weeks ago
scorpions are total fckn bad asses fantastic musicians and yeah 16 people blow moose dick fckn clowns
nickyviola1 1 month ago
KAHL-EEEE-4-N-YAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MaidenUtah1 1 month ago
REAL music!!!
yameanbrov12tits 1 month ago
I think the Scorps always sound better live
magipausinifan 1 month ago
auwgg qe liinda qanciiOn chazz mii viida zOn lOz zcOrpiiOnz pff pff lOz amO lOz amO y en pOqas palabras lOz amO...!!! pff me hubiese gustadO haber nacidO en esOz tiiempOz auwgg...!!! aun asii lOz amO...
abigail48alem 1 month ago
@abigail48alem EXACTLY!!! of course i can't read your language, but it sure looks impressive!
alkimst13 1 month ago
Scorpians are the best sounding live band I have ever seen, always just FANTASTIC!!!
fletch2138 1 month ago
Scorps owned that night ! Look at their live videos from 2010-2011...they stll have it !!! Best band in the world in my book !!
cobias 2 months ago
3:30 MATHIAS JABS LOOKS LIKE AN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER GUITAR HERO!
CABJavito 2 months ago 2
Awww awesome solo!!!
luuserimus 2 months ago
Jesus christ man...even given the shitty quality of the recording, this band sounds better live then 90% of today's groups...I don't care what genre. This guy fucking SINGS...he doesn't need auto-tune, he actually hits the notes. The guitar players don't screw up -- they play awesome solos. And this is coming from a dude in his 20's (me)...I wasn't even around for this shit when it was happening.
surgeyX 2 months ago
"MORE COWBELL!!! MORE COWBELL!!!" says The Bruce Dickinson
TheKazdagi 2 months ago
They rock!!! I adore them!!!
hisonyab 3 months ago
Люблю вас ребятааааааааа =)
ladyjaneair 3 months ago
MORE COW BELL !!!!!!!! =D
sb3k97 3 months ago
the greatest song in the world by the greatest band in the world =)
sb3k97 3 months ago
needs more cowbell!!
both598 3 months ago
@both598 nothing wrong with cow bell. gives him something to do. you trying to ruin the song? You a van halen fan?
jogmas12 3 weeks ago
@ LetsPlayTheSeries im 20 and ya music these days does suck. Cant agree more.
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FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA WOOO IM 13 AND LOVE THIS MY GENERATION BLOWS THIS IS WHAT MUSIC S
LetsPlayTheSeries 3 months ago 2
Hermann Rarebell proves he's a team player to 375,000 metal fans who couldn't care less. I would have told him to peel off the stickers or break down the kit. He owned the PA is all I can figure.
432b86ed 4 months ago
SCORPS rocked the US festival. every other band was 2nd rate.
alkimst13 4 months ago 15
@alkimst13 Um, no. Judas Priest was not second rate, they fuckin killed it.
leoantonio 2 months ago
@leoantonio I was there. Priest was good, and I didn't know Rob was queer then either. In my opinion (just my opinion) Scorps was the tightest band. When they came on, it was like a set of 250,000 dollar set of Wilson's were fired up, versus a set of pair of swap meet speakers. Priest was next in line for virtuosity, I will give them that. My bad. They weren't 2nd rate. Realms of Death, my FAV song PERIOD. Is there a better DUAL solo??? EVER???
alkimst13 2 months ago
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1bloodcum 1 month ago
@alkimst13 You talk shit, Van Halen was the best of the US Festival!
TibetCorporation 1 month ago
@TibetCorporation as i recall, the crowd was leaving in droves once it saw how drunk, stupid and disrespectful DLR was, nevermind that he can't sing a lick. he ruined it for VH plus a few hundred thousand people. the most disappointing performance i've ever seen by a headline band. PERIOD. Scorps showed what professional musicianship is all about. VH (specifically DLR) did not.
alkimst13 1 month ago
@alkimst13 Van Halen had more instrumental skill, don't you think?
TibetCorporation 1 month ago
@TibetCorporation i'll agree with you on that point. eddie and alex were the best of the best as far a musicianship went. DLR not only ruined it for the fans, but he also tarnished the performance of his band members. his stupidity and ego are probably why he didn't last with the band, but i'm no rock historian, so i'm just speculating.
alkimst13 1 month ago
@alkimst13 Well said about David, great style, but he ruined it, I agree.
TibetCorporation 1 month ago
Where Harry Gave 'Em Hell, Klaus Gave 'Em Cowbell!
MaidenUtah1 4 months ago
i love this band, but i can't stand such poser drummers, who have two bass drums set up, and never ever use the other bass drum. at least never in a song, only really half assed and in the easiest way possible during a "solo", like this guy.
IceCreamAllTheTime 5 months ago
@IceCreamAllTheTime lighten up kid, the drum kit is like a prop besides being a set of tools so it just looks cooler. Do you think all those Marshall cabinets and amp heads Mattias and Rudy have are real? Welcome to the entertainment biz kiddo...
bornburied 4 months ago
@bornburied it's fine to have extra amps, but to have double bass and not use it at all, not so much. the only function it actually has is to hold up an extra tom or two.
IceCreamAllTheTime 4 months ago
@IceCreamAllTheTime You don't make sense. You must be in your teens.
bornburied 4 months ago
@bornburied i'm not a teen. anyway, i just don't really like this drummer anyway. played like a robot, extremely boring after taken by force.
IceCreamAllTheTime 4 months ago
@IceCreamAllTheTime No love for Herman Z German? I catch yer drift but it was the 80's and all about excess. : )
UsedNewsToday 4 months ago
16 People suck.
Panzerottoneone 5 months ago 22
@Panzerottoneone
You are Absolutely Right, My Brother or Sister, Pending on your Gender....."Gabby!"
Gabby9292K1 5 months ago
I was there I was 16 years old :D , and the jets flying by just at the moment the scorps took the stage kind of set the tone in my mind that the scorps were the real headliners.
that whole valley was nice and clear, but all the people killed the grass and turned the ground to dust which you can see filled the air which renamed the US festival to the dust festival.
Stayed up for three days drinking a lot of beer, and doing a lot of drugs.
Apple founders the Steves put on this event
L4zy1 5 months ago
@L4zy1
Actually, there were WW II era P-51 Fighters. I was there, too. But, "The Dust Festival??" I never heard that one. 2 points for you, & Yes, The Scorps Stole that show!
Gabby9292K1 5 months ago
Have u ever seen a live performance of this band that sucked?
I haven't so tell me where is it at?
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Pleez helpus we need to buy sum biscuis and weed my granny gets uptite without her biscuits and weed!
Sh*t that title wud make a good song!
darlamilf47 5 months ago
@darlamilf47 What...the...fuck....
ckaleader 5 months ago
the scorps are the best band ever , and they didnt give up ever they sucked in the 60s & 70s yes they really didnt make it till the earlly 80s but they were doing it way before then , they toured for over 40 years no other band has ever come close
timothyjordan1114 6 months ago
@timothyjordan1114 not true... what about the rolling stones and ZZ Top and Van Halen or Judas Priest... i could go on. ;)
BockwurstBob 5 months ago
@timothyjordan1114 And you've forgot Queen , the best band !
kolovsky08 5 months ago
@kolovsky08 nah scorps, maiden, def lep, and led zep, best bands ever
Bigrobkerr 5 months ago
@Bigrobkerr judas priest ;)
dades92 5 months ago
Wow,what memories.I remember parking 20 miles away and the buses never came so we just all started walking.We carried groceries and of course ,consumables.We paid 5.00 per head to catch a ride in the back of pickups.When we finally made it to the gate,there it was,a giant holding pen for all the ice chests and grocery bags.After carrying that all the way we had to throw it away.At least we got to walk in with our Bacardi and coke in our plastic cups,Whooya!!!
TheLordstim 6 months ago
@coltsuperocean10 lol your a fuckin dumbass. Stop givin bear a hard time cause of his opinion. You go on to a video and start talkin shit about it, no one is gonna back you up. I hope you learned you fuckin cock sucker.
tictac4949 6 months ago
@tictac4949 Thanks for backing me up. I did nothing to provoke this person initially.
Bearcatt 5 months ago
wow i was 13 and my brother was there when he was 21 thats crazy
alize70 6 months ago
16 dislikes? Obviously there are 16 crackheads on youtube. lol This is classic Scorpions!!
RNRRT 6 months ago
Some good bands were in thier infancy that day. some were seasoned and some were legends. 1 was even a train wreck waiting to happen. But the Scorpions were LOADED FOR Fk'n BEAR THAT DAY. Thew were unsurpassed.
Pjammer5 6 months ago
the scorpions are pro's at playing live. have you ever heard a metal band sound better live than on their records?!
midget6mafia 6 months ago
Texas Jam 198? yeah that good!
Texsun1359 6 months ago
Guitarist has fuckin sick awesome stage presence.
LordTaylorK 6 months ago
i wish i could get back in time to visit this fantastic festival
tebarovski 6 months ago
I'm just happy the bands we knew and love in the 80's still tour. Motley Crue just came to Dallas a few weeks back. And it was an awesome show. Tommy Lee's roller coaster drum setup was awesome. I want to see the Scorps again. They sounded so tight every time I saw them in the 80's. Long live rock and roll.
erickoenig1963 6 months ago
I was also there !!!? maybe? no I was. It was 4 days of PARTY...-----YEEAAAAAA
great people & excellant music
rdtiff 7 months ago
80s audio and video aside, they sound incredible. Lucky you who were there! Damn!
Hogeye1991 7 months ago
15 people got bit by a scorpion
nuni121 7 months ago
@nuni121 you're not funny
gabiloufi 7 months ago
@gabiloufi neither are u fag
nuni121 7 months ago
15 persons are idiots.
HazelSparks 7 months ago
I was there 28 years ago, HEAVY METAL SUNDAY!!!
MrMegaFredzeppelin 8 months ago
la mejor cancion
SirGonzalokiller 8 months ago
Right on ! It's great to see another one of my contemporaries. I wish there was another US Festival like the one in 1983. US Festival > Coachella
Bearcatt 8 months ago
i wasn't born at this time. but man look at the crowd at 00:29 !! are those yets opening the festival? damn!!
twessels 8 months ago
@twessels Jets did a flyby or flyover at the opening as the Scorps opened their set.
gspinkwrld1 8 months ago
look at rudolf schenker.. using his brother's michael schenker's flying V
SwedKarr 8 months ago
hell ya! i went to this i was 17teen i was liveing in hesperia!!!!!!!
TheBadjir 8 months ago
klaus meine is a hannoveranian. my girlfriend sat close to him in a restaurant. cool, what?
warriorsoul28 8 months ago
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gspinkwrld1 8 months ago
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@warriorsoul28 Klaus, Rudolf and Matthias are all from Hannover :)
gspinkwrld1 8 months ago
sometimes i wish i had been part of that generation^^
well can't have everything i guess.. i can still listen to the music tho :D
Keh0ol 8 months ago
This was my 17th Birthday - my Sister was there, I wasn't. ;( She bought me a shirt that I wore out during my senior year in HS.
longlivebytor 8 months ago
i was there it was monuMENTAL. i went to both festivals every day
biglarry395 8 months ago
im 11 and i lovveeee this band and whole lot of other grunge(the Who,pink Floyd ect;)
LonerGirl1234 9 months ago
Its there a DVD of the US festival 1983?
agony664 9 months ago
best band ever!!!!
evablackielawless 9 months ago
the scorpions are pound for pound the best live band in heavy metal, Judas Priest is very close the best, but when I was 13 saw a poster for the US festival I thought about running away from home to go to this but with as a kid with no money forgetaboutit but the line up in 1983 was van halen, quiet riot, motley crue, ozzy, Judas Priest, Triumph, Scorpions, yea man, this is it at its peak and looks pretty good on you tube but would have been much better in person!!!
zombietooth 9 months ago
300,000+ people..And,I swear,most of them were closer to the stage than I was..Oh..and it didnt matter..
trevLV 9 months ago
I WAS not even born, hell crap !
MoribondAlceste 9 months ago
I was there too, I was um, 18? It was awesome.
Taiette 9 months ago 2
Damn it was hot!
moviewrtr 9 months ago
jutstin bieber rocks
conet134 10 months ago
On the guitar... ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER!!!!
fon267 10 months ago
I WAS not THERE!
perigosobrauner 10 months ago
I WAS THERE TOO!!! and it was hot as hell I think the thermometer reached 110 degrees, I was 16.
tomatubo 10 months ago
No One Like You My Sweetheart, I Love You So... Te Amo Príncipe Esposo @Arthur938
jessikapolanco 10 months ago
*their (instead of there) silly mistake...
PhifaStyle 10 months ago
I don't like Scorpions! I believe that there so-called "great" songs, like Wind of Change or Still loving you, are really overrated! But 3:25-3:40 of this song are some of the best seconds of music I have ever listened to...
PhifaStyle 10 months ago
I WAS THERE !!!!!!!
leeri001 10 months ago
Matthias jabs pauroso !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DonatoGibson 10 months ago
Just been watching a few of the 83 Festival vids and damn I wish I was old enough to have seen concerts like this. I was about 5 years old when this concert took place.
b1naryd1g1t5 10 months ago
MORE COWBELL!!!
TheHeavy666Metal 10 months ago
One of my favourite songs from one of the best bands ever....the live experience was awesome. I saw them in about 1989 and will never forget how brilliant the gig was and how much of a high I was on afterwards ( Music indiced high that is!!)
rockkatie50 10 months ago
this video better never get fucking deleted. its awesome AND historic.
actually, i might kill vevo if they delete this
captaindourg 10 months ago
first concert i ever went to Scorpions 1982 and it would be great to come full circle and make them the last group i ever see in 2012! Scorpions Forever! no one better period!
CUINHELL23 10 months ago
one of the most talented bands ive ever heard personnaly.i wish i was born in the 70-90's so i wouldent have to listen to the crap the kids play in school
johnreptiles1012 10 months ago
@johnreptiles1012 Same as I always say! ;-)
idontknowanname 10 months ago
Ese dia estubo de poca madre , tengo apenas 15 años y odio haber nacido en 1996 cuanto deseo haber estado en ese festival 2 d mis bandas favoritas de toda la vida juntas judas priest y los scorpions larga vida a klaus meine y a rob halford
joselulo1 10 months ago
Absolute favorite song from Scorpian. Boy does it bring back memories.
shivag73 11 months ago
Will there ever be another US festival?
Fakadeband 11 months ago
They rocked in bangkok!!! The most fun and memorable concert i ever witnessed
Im 14
thepofmetal 11 months ago
@TatianasAwesome West Germany
Nightwolfthewise 11 months ago
MORE COWBELL KLAUS!
ChicagoCubs1060 11 months ago
I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL KLAUS!
ChicagoCubs1060 11 months ago
I was there, i was 17, i was about 10 feet from the stage.
Something i will never forget!!!!!!!
WIZARD66orSO 11 months ago
I'm so jealous, my dad was there to see it after his first year of college
mikeman10 11 months ago
best band ever!
kruptM 11 months ago 3
WOW LOVE THIS SONG!
joselitoqwerty123 11 months ago
I wish i was there to see this concert and all the other great names that were out there that absolutly changed the word music. i wish i was earlier,i am ok with the new stuff like lady gaga but they are nothing campared to the names that will never be forgotten.GO BEATLES
gottalovethesongs 11 months ago
@gottalovethesongs oh boy... beatles what? this is SCORPIONS and that beatles was way too far below ground zero tho i love to listen at least 2 or 3 of their song
fromBaracatan 11 months ago
@sidneywatts42
Many things were better in the 80's.
Bearcatt 11 months ago
custa a acreditar que isto aconteceu no ano em que eu nasci....27 anos depois ainda faz sentido...fdx...eu tenho de ir dormir...ou a bem ou a mal:((
luisfilipe1983 11 months ago
there is no one like u scorpions
MrMcmcc 11 months ago 2
I WAS THERE !
Bearcatt 1 year ago 32
@Bearcatt
B******* (that's a no funny joke =D)
TheMaiden41 11 months ago
@TheMaiden41
Yes I was there. I was 20 years old now I'm close to 48 years old. The US Festival was held at Glen Helen Regional Park near San Bernandino California in the dessert, a very hot day, US Festival HEAVY METAL SUNDAY 1983.
The performers: Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, Ozzy Ozborne, Judas Priest, Triumph, SCORPIANS and Van Halen.
It was and still is the best concert of my life ! I still live about a 3 hours drive from where the US Festival took place.
Bearcatt 11 months ago 65
@Bearcatt
I was there too! What a wild show. This was the Woodstock of our generation. The Scorpions completely stole the show and blew VH away IMO.
truedog1 11 months ago
@truedog1 ,
It's amazing to hear from someone on YouTube 28 years later, that also went to the US Festival. Seeing this video brings back some great memories. Yes that was the Woodstock of our generation and the best concert I've ever been too. We were lucky to have so many great bands back in those days.
Bearcatt 11 months ago
@Bearcatt sooo jealous...
MrJJModern 11 months ago
@MrJJModern LOL Sorry about that. Atleast you can still see it here !
Bearcatt 11 months ago
@Bearcatt I'm so jealous! Really, i'm now 16 and a half, but how many times haven't I said' I wish I was born earlier' to see all those great bands! Scorpions, AC/DC and so many more! Must've been really nice!
idontknowanname 10 months ago
@idontknowanname I can understand why you would be jealous. There is no doubt the late 70s to the late 80s produced some of the best, passionate, technical, guitar oriented music ever. I think 90s music was good, but not as good as the 80s. The early 2000s were ok with Chevelle, SOAD, Stained, AFI and more. I must say the late 2000s to now is producing the worst generation of music ever except for MUSE. Continued ...
Bearcatt 10 months ago
@Bearcatt Yeah 90s are ok, but like you say, it doesn't beat 80s^^
idontknowanname 10 months ago
@idontknowanname Let em say this. I am three times your age which is fine. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Make the best of your life, try to be happy and successful. Yes the time of my youth was simpler with great music. However life still was far from perfect, we had our trials and tribulations back then too. Things have changed alot since the 28 years this video was made. Some things for better or worse. Continued ...
Bearcatt 10 months ago
@idontknowanname Some of the best changes are technowledgy. We didn't have the Internet, YouTube, Droids, I-phones , BlueRay, bigscreens TVs or Cirius radio back then. Without YouTube and the internet, no one would see this Scorpians video again. You can still have best of both worlds. You get to live with today's tech and you can still see most of the great 80s band today !
Bearcatt 10 months ago
@Bearcatt Well if you put it that way, you're right!^^ I'm enjoying every single 80s video!
idontknowanname 10 months ago
@Bearcatt
I was there too!!! I was 14 years old....it was my very first concert!!! And I agree, it was thee best concert of my life!!!! ROCK ON!!
bigmommasmith 10 months ago
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Bearcatt 10 months ago
@bigmommasmith ROCK ON!
Bearcatt 10 months ago
@Bearcatt Dang! that must've been the concert of a life time!!! thats freaking awsome you saw them ALL live!
xXMusicXIzXLifeXx 9 months ago
@xXMusicXIzXLifeXx Yes it was the best concert of a life time! Rock On!
Bearcatt 9 months ago
@Bearcatt That lineup gave me high blood pressure. Thats not a metal concert. Thats a gathering of the Titans.
I hate to get all "my generation blows" right now, but come on, can anything REALLY compare to that concert you just described?
flicfan416 9 months ago 17
@flicfan416, Yes that was the ultimate event for sure. I have great memories and feelings of nostalgia watching this video and other videos from US Festival 83 Metal day. Back then I never imagined we would be watching and talking about this on the internet nearly 30 years later.
Bearcatt 9 months ago 13
@Bearcatt ...its very good gay rock bands are promoted. Scorpions are Germanys greatest gay rock band
coltsuperocean10 6 months ago
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Bearcatt 6 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@coltsuperocean10 ----- If this is true are you one of thier boyz ? Hahaha ! you've been owned.
Bearcatt 6 months ago
@Bearcatt ..you tell me? You seem to know a lot about it!! hahahaha, no, you just got owned!!
coltsuperocean10 6 months ago
@coltsuperocean10 , This is all news to me. You're the one that brought it up to begin with, so I figured you were the expert.
Bearcatt 6 months ago
@Bearcatt ...no afraid not, Im far too young for that, Its you old cunts that like a bit of the backdoor action apparently! You seem to be the expert! hahahahaha You tell me? You seem to keep going on about it??
coltsuperocean10 6 months ago
@coltsuperocean10, I see you are real brave behind the keyboard. Go crawl back under the rock you came from and get a life you loser. I'm done responding to your imature post.
Bearcatt 6 months ago
@Bearcatt ...hahahahahaha you have been owned! In future dont try to be the smart guy if you are a retard!! YOU go crawl behind your rock you loser piece of fucking shit!! Dont hassle me me for no reason you sad bastard, remember that you started this, you fuckin loser!! You are a sad retarded loser, so another goodbye to another fuckin dickhead! Hahahahaha
coltsuperocean10 6 months ago
@Bearcatt you got that dead on man, its probably the best time I've ever had when i seen them at ledgend valley in ohio they played the last outdoor concert there, good times got sunburned really bad but damn it was worth every stinging sensation.
l1onh34r7 5 months ago
@l1onh34r7 It's great that you got to see the Scorpians in thier last outside venue, It's sort of like love at last sting.
Bearcatt 5 months ago
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Bearcatt 5 months ago
@Bearcatt
Hey Bearcat! I am in your Corner, Too! You got my backing! Fuck that Hick & his Granny that can't function wiothout her Biscuits & Pot. I was @ that concert, too, & the WW II P-51's that Buzzed the Amphitheatre was Phoenominal! And if my Buddy, Axe, is out there, how are you, Bro?? "Gabby!"
Gabby9292K1 5 months ago
@Gabby9292K1 Thanks Gabby, I appreciate the backup. I wish there could be another concert like this again !
Bearcatt 5 months ago
@flicfan416 That was one of the best lineups ever and the best concert I've been too. And I've been to alot of concerts. There are other Monsters of Rock concerts, BIG one was in England , parts of Europe and Russia and well as the United States. There is no doubt that the US 1983 Metal Day concert was the ultimate.
I must be honest and say there is nothing that compares. It seems to be a real dry spell for good music.
Justin Bieber ? Lady Gaga ? I must be having nightmares.
Bearcatt 7 months ago
@Bearcatt Don't get me started. People complained that the 80's were bad, some said that disco was the devil, but the new millenium has proven that Rock and Roll really can die
flicfan416 7 months ago
@flicfan416 Say it aint so, but you might be right about the new millenum proving that Rock and Roll can die.
Trying to look on positive side, about the only thing I like being produced today is from the band Muse.
Bearcatt 7 months ago
@Bearcatt god bless iwas there too i am 43 now along time ago stiil remember it
MrVANJR 9 months ago
@MrVANJR God bless you as well, you are still a youngster, lol, and remember ... There's no one like you.
Bearcatt 9 months ago
@Bearcatt YOU're a lucky man i' was born fucking to late, it sucks ^^ SCORPIONS rules until the end of time =)
Oospartan92oO 8 months ago
@Oospartan92oO Indeed I am lucky in many ways. However being born later means that you are young with your whole life ahead of you. Plus back then we didn't have all the great technology like we have today. =-)
Bearcatt 8 months ago
@Bearcatt AHAH u're right ^^ But i would give my laptop, my smartphone and all those technologies to live this show, can't believe i miss it ^^, wathever we don't know what life keeps for us ^^. And u say that i still have life ahead of me, but when i look at this world, it seems there is nothing to hope or wait from it, u know like in the song "Humanity". But i'm not pessimistic, just homesick of a time i never lived. Thx for answered me ;)
Oospartan92oO 8 months ago
@Oospartan92oO In all honesty I wouldn't trade those times and memories. We did have problems back then too. However I must admit the state of the world and future today does not look promising. I guess I was just trying to look at today's situation in a positive manner. Atleast we have YouTube to watch these great videos and communicate from anywhere in the world. Peace and God bless.
Bearcatt 8 months ago
@Bearcatt I was there as well and I am almost 48! I was the one selling bootleg t-shirts that got confiscated by the US Police.
cosmicpreachers2 8 months ago
@cosmicpreachers2 Wow one of my contemporaries! That's cool that you were at the US festival too but I'm sorry the US police took your bootleg T-shirts. I use to buy bootleg and non bootleg T-shirts.
Bearcatt 8 months ago
@Bearcatt I was 20 when I was there as well. What a day!!!
clbaumer 8 months ago
@Bearcatt Oh my god that is a sick lineup
gklue 7 months ago
@gklue Yes it was a day to remember !
Bearcatt 7 months ago
@Bearcatt im jealous of the time u and the other ppl who grew up in the same time just cause of music from reading the post above that sounds like an awesome concert i wish i was there (im 1997)
ninjakawasaki13 7 months ago
@ninjakawasaki13 Wow you are so young. You can still see some of these bands and other bands eventhough they are old, they can still kick some a55. lol
Bearcatt 7 months ago
@Bearcatt I WASN'T BORN AT THIS TIME! :D
Bieroern 7 months ago
@Bieroern At least you can see it here on YouTube. Plus you can talk with those who were there.
Bearcatt 7 months ago
@Bearcatt Hell Yeah!
Roxas4200 7 months ago
@Roxas4200 ROCK ON !
Bearcatt 7 months ago
@Bearcatt were?
skyninjakiller 7 months ago
@Bearcatt where were you?
skyninjakiller 7 months ago