Scorpions, "Stone In My Shoe"

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Since I've been covering music from 1986 and 1991, one of my audio friends cracked, "What, no love for 1996?"
I think it was late summer/early fall 1996. My then-girlfriend, ACS, was living in Pacifica, mere blocks from the ocean cliffs. I don't know what we were doing, but on the way to her place, we stopped off at the Stonestown Tower Records. There, we found what appeared to be a new Scorpions album, Pure Instinct. The glib ACS rattled off one of her semi-jokes that the album cover was how she pictured us.
Well, in that post-grunge year, non-grunge acts had to come out with A+ material, or be completely ignored. It's not that the Scorpions were lazy or insincere. And yes, the album does include some power ballads. It's just that, on Pure Instinct, the material is just.....average. And in those days, merely "average" didn't cut it. Thus, Pure Instinct did not sell, and no one knew or knows about it.
Pure Instinct did not move me and ACS. However, her favorite song was "Stone In My Shoe." Actually, as we shopped for speakers in the $1500 range, some NHT floorstander (2.3A?), by being focused, arguably did the best job on "Stone In My Shoe."
But anyway, if you enjoy looking under rugs, couches, and rocks for under-the-radar music, you'll find the Scorpions' "Stone In My Shoe" from the 1996 archive.
-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Edits: 09/04/16

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Topic - Scorpions, "Stone In My Shoe" - Luminator 18:36:49 09/04/16 (5)

RE: Scorpions, "Stone In My Shoe" - fantja 14:24:07 09/05/16 (4)

Different strokes... - Prisoners 12:15:50 09/06/16 (3)

Udo! - semuta 21:54:57 09/06/16 (1)

He's on tour soon... - Prisoners 22:03:32 09/06/16 (0)

RE: Different strokes... - fantja 14:52:22 09/06/16 (0)

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