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Rock Anthems Revived: Scorpions’ World Wide Live (1985) Revisited

As heard in its original arrangement on ‘Animal Magnetism’ album, ‘The Zoo’ sounded like a somewhat plodding exercise in going nowhere fast. But after a few years of concert manipulation, the song, previously notable primarily for Matthias Jabs’ talkbox solo took on a new life and power never hinted at before — culminating in this definitive version from 1985’s ‘World Wide Live.’