02.17.12
Scorpions zum Klo
The Scorpions, the German pop metal band cosmically famous in the mid-to-late Eighties, have just issued Comeblack, an album of covers. Most of which are total crap. However, a redo of the Small Faces “Tin Soldier” is worthy, if in a special way. And I’ve set up the blog post so you can see how I mean it.
The Scorps “Tin Soldier,” with Klaus Meine singing, “I’m a little tin solder that wants to jump into your fire” and more, is — well, so very gay. And I mean this in a good way, think Village People and camp, so to speak.
I’ve set this up so you can see this version of “Tin Soldier” as the soundtrack for the trailer to Taxi Zum Klo, an old and rather charmingly amusing foreign movie about life in gay Germany.
For this to work, now — achtung (!), turn the sound on the first YouTube video to off. It’s called muting.
Now start the trailer. Then quick start the Scorpions tune in the lower embed. Ignore it, easy to do, and watch the trailer with the new music. (The trailer is only 1:35, enough to get the feel. But if you want, since the Scorps tune will still be playing, haul the trailer track button back into replay.)
Wunderbar!
Taxi Zum Klo, Taxi to the Toilet, herein as Scorpions zum Klo.
I could have stripped the music from the original movie trailer and overdubbed the video with the Scorpions track. But using this method, there’s no need to mess with the original owners with a new upload.
Still, I love the results and I hope you’ll appreciate it in the spirit intended. I like the movie and the tune.