Humanity Hour I

When I heard that the Scorpions were going to be putting on a concert at Ft. McCoy, I went ballistic. If you would have seen me you would have thought I had just won the lottery. Along with the Scorpions, Alice Cooper would also be performing. Not often do you see two huge name bands playing in little cities like Sparta, Wisconsin (where Ft. McCoy is located). If you’re wondering why I was so excited about seeing the scorpions, it’s because they are my favorite hard rock band.

I made my friend Connor go with me because not a lot of other teenagers are huge fans of the Scorpions. The only song he knew of the Scorpions was “Rock you Like a Hurricane.” He liked more of the newer hard rock as in stuff like Avenged Sevenfold. That was, of course, before we went to the concert. My mom went along too because she has been a fan of Alice Cooper her whole life. My cousins, my uncle, my sister, and my sister’s boyfriend also went along.

Me, Connor, and my cousin Tyler were able to sneak through the crowd until we were about 50 feet from the stage. Alice Cooper played a two hour long set list starting with “No More Mr. Nice Guy”, and ending with “Schools Out For Summer.” Alice Cooper puts on a great show on stage. It is like a play only with blaring loud music. After Alice Cooper was done, we started sneaking up closer to the stage. By the time my favorite band took the stage, we were 20 feet away. Being this close, it didn’t make sense looking at the jumbo screens because it would be smaller than the real thing.

The Scorpions Started out their Humanity Hour I tour with my favorite song, “Tease Me Please Me.” It was the sweetest thing I had ever seen. I can’t listen to that song without thinking of the concert. About 20 seconds into the song Connor turned to me and said “Holy….” I couldn’t hear him but I knew what he was saying. Like Alice Cooper, the Scorpions played a huge two hour long set list. They played all of their metal hits dating back to the 70’s, along with 3 new hits off of the Humanity Hour I album. They wrapped up their smashing loud concert with the rock anthem “Rock You Like a Hurricane.”

After the show I asked Connor what he thought about the concert. He said it was 10 times better than the bands he was seeing at the La Crosse Center. The thing I find funny is that after the show, he was listening to my type of music. His favorite band was the scorpions, and just months later we were on the road to Madison to see the bad boys of Rock N’ Roll, Motley Crue.