SCORPIONS – Taken By Force Documentary Part III Streaming

Scorpions recently launched a series of documentary videos for Taken By Force. The band introduces the story behind the making of the album from a very personal perspective. The third part of the documentary has been uploaded and is available below. Scorpions 50th Anniversary editions were released on November 6th.

Taken By Force tracklisting:

“Steamrock Fever”
“We’ll Burn The Sky”
“I’ve Got To Be Free”
“The Riot Of Your Time”
“The Sails Of Charon”
“Your Light”
“He’s A Woman – She’s A Man”
“Born To Touch Your Feelings”
“Suspender Love”
“Busy Guys”
“Believe In Love”
“Midnight Blues Jam”
“Blue Dream”
“Born To Touch Your Feelings”

Documentary Video Part 1:

Part II:

Part III:

The new fully authorized Scorpions documentary, Forever And A Day, is wrapping up its theatrical run and will come to DVD, Blu-ray, and digital platforms on November 27th (in German with English subtitles). The movie takes a look at the German hard-rock legends’ long career, while focusing on the band’s Final Sting trek, which initially was intended to be a farewell tour.

As the film shows, during the 2011-2012 tour, the band members were so energized by the response from fans that they decided to scrap their retirement plans. Founding Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker says that if you watch Forever And A Day, you can see the veteran rockers come to the realization that they weren’t ready to call it quits.

Schenker explains, “Seeing all these old fans, the new fans coming, everything was sold out, and getting told by the fans what the music means for them, then we more and more”, understood that the time wasn’t right for the band to retire.

Among the interesting career highlights covered in the movie is the Scorpions’ historic 1991 visit to the Kremlin in Moscow to meet Mikhail Gorbachev. The band presented the then-Soviet president with a gold record for its hit ballad “Wind Of Change”, which celebrated the end of the Cold War.

Describing “Wind Of Change” as “the soundtrack of the most peaceful revolution on Earth,” Schenker says The Scorpions’ visit with Gorbachev was “something very special” since they were the first, and possibly the only, Western band ever invited to the Kremlin. He adds that The Scorpions are still friendly with Gorbachev, who makes an appearance in Forever And A Day commenting about the group and the impact of “Wind Of Change”.