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Jumping All Over the World

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The page is misleading: This is only a single disk CD. Even though it says that in the product description, the page shows two disks worth of sample mp3s, leading people to believe this is a 2-disk CD. It is not. It only contains 13 songs. If you're going to buy it, make sure to look up ELSEWHERE what tracks are on it.

Scooter is a German band, that produces mostly techno music, more particular Scooter's music has been particularly described as "happy hardcore". This album was released in 2007 and has two CD's. The first CD consists of the regular edition and the second CD contains some live performances as well as some interesting covers of songs.
Scooter is one of my favorite techno bands because of their happy hardcore music. Happy hardcore is characterized by fairly fast beats with (usually) pianos/synthesizers carrying the melody. Many people consider it a relative of "Rave" music. A distinguishing characteristic separating happy hardcore from Rave music is that rave music is more `concerned' with rhythm, bass beat, and repetition. While happy hardcore has more of an emphasis on melody and vocals. Happy hardcore thus lends itself fairly well to covering songs, discussed with CD2. What makes Scooter interesting is that the lead singer H.P. Baxxter will sing/rap (in English) over these beats/melodies in a very unique way.
Jumping all over the world is Scooter's experimentation with "Jumpstyle" techno an extremely close offspring of happy hardcore (the distinction between the two styles is a fuzzy one). Jumpstyles main difference from Happy Hardcore is a slightly slower beat (150 beats per minute compared to about 170 beats per minute). The first CD starts off in an noteworthy fashion with a Luigi Boccherini's String Quintet in E and an overlaid automated voice (probably not LPC) providing the definition of Jumping. The rest of the songs have very solid beats with a lot of higher pitched melodies with vocals on top. It is interesting to note that in `Whistling Dave' they sample some old Nintendo (NES) sounds and incorporated them into their music.
H.P. tends to use a lot of reverb (and on occasion some substantial echo) with his vocals, giving his lyrics a grander, fuller, and more epic sound. His lyrics although not conventional ("3 AM/The Painted Cow/..../Its not a bird/Its not a plane/It must be Dave, who's on the train" lyrics from Nessaja) work very with songs and keep pace with the intensity of the rest of the song. On occasion they sample audiences singing to their pieces and incorporate them into their studio versions, which again adds an epic quality to their songs.
The second CD is Scooter having fun to every degree. They sample and/or do remixes of many classic songs include, Shake Shake Shake (shake your booty), The Logical Song, Walking in Memphis, and Rebel Yell. These songs work so well because Scooter takes the original melody of the song, gives it a digital sound and adds beats and synthesized tones on top (as well as sometimes speeding up the overall rhythm of the song). One of the most fun songs is "I'm Raving" which is a cover of Mark Cohn's Walking in Memphis. In this cover Scooter maintains the melody, adds much faster beats, and drastically changes the lyrics ("Put on my raving shoes as I boarded the plane").

if your into hard dance music like progressive house/techno/trance/hardcore/german house then this is what you wanted his name is scooter and is the original techno dj from germany this is his greatest hits double cd i am a dj and play alot of his music i would rate this cd 5 stars out of 5***** this is a hott! cd and i always get requests for his music and where they can buy it thanks amazon. yours truly
DJ. BILLY DAY FROM NEW JERSEY.

Scooter as any other band greatly depends on each individual's appreciation factor. [...]

I will not go to the lengths of debating whether "...Because here's the secret; people who buy Scooter records are IDIOTS..." is a proper /valid statement. What I will say is this - for me this was a backtrack to the teen years. I happened to like it than and have a soft spot for it now. And when i do want to feel nostalgic I have higher quality bigger, and better speakers now. :)

As far as to Curmudgeon's comments go - too bad you have to reserve to calling other people "idiots" because their taste might disagree with yours. If you have nothing useful to say - stop insulting others, especially in the public forum.

Just to throw some numbers there to counter the intelligence burst by Curmudgeon

Scooter was dominating the charts for a long time - they
Sold over 14 million records + internet piracy
Have earned 80 gold and platinum awards
Are considered the most successful single-record German act with 20 top ten hits on their résumé
top 20 UK singles in 2002-2006
...And the list goes on...

So there are some 14 million people at the very least that like what they hear.

Dear God, what did we do to deserve Scooter? What terrible deed has modern man committed to bring on this terrible wrath; an onslaught from a band that, by all that is good and holy, should surely have been a one-hit wonder, but instead have survived and bombarded us with track after track that ALL SOUND THE SAME.

Let me explain, to those blessed few who have escaped the tone-deaf dirge that is a Scooter song. Scooter are, shudder, a German techno band, and there are basically two songs that this lot have (if you don't count the unintentional hilarity of the slow "rock" song "I Was Made For Loving You Baby", where the singer walks around with a guitar, pretending he even knows what one is. He might as well be carrying a surf board). Anyway, there is the Standard Scooter Song - that being a repetitive, heavy beat with the singer basically shouting random things for three minutes. Then there is the Sampled Scooter Song (something that has seen them gain some success in the UK), and that is a repetitive, heavy beat with the singer basically shouting random things... with a chorus from an old song shoved in but with the vocals replaced with something you'd get from sucking a helium balloon.

And that, my friends, is IT. If you don't believe me, check out their videos on the net. You almost expect to see the singer blushing as he churns out the same identikit drivel time and time again and still getting away with it after all these years. Yes, the singer is beginning to look a bit like a wax droid nowadays, but the formula, and the songs, are still exactly the same.

But HOW do Scooter get away with it? Surely someone, somewhere must have realised that this talentless band of chancers have flogged their one trick ponies to death? Surely someone who buys Scooter records must have caught on by now? Well, see, there in lies the problem.

Because here's the secret; people who buy Scooter records are IDIOTS.

Take a listen to some of their songs. Are you telling me there's someone with intelligence listening to that? Are you telling me that someone who actually likes MUSIC would own a Scooter record? Or have you, like me, come to the conclusion that Scooter can peddle the same garbage year in, year out, because the people who listen to it are either pilled out their empty heads or too stupid to realise they're being fooled in the first place?

That people are still listening to this instantly dated trash in the year 2008 is beyond depressing. Pray the Curse of Scooter is lifted soon.