This is 1985, Whitesnake replaces Def Leppard at Rockn in Rio, what a performance, what a song, John Sykes, one of the most incredible guitar solos in hard rock history, simply majestic.......
Brutally fast right and left techniques..with a singing vibrato he done for a solo,is a tough work to do.. What a beast.. You are still the best songwriter,guitarist of Whitesnake..period.
Amen to that and David Coverdale went through some bad ass players Steve Via but I don't think those dudes played a Les Paul like that last time I saw anyone spread one was Tom Sholts well Joe Bonamosa
There ain't no such thing as the "world's best guitar player" , but if someone points a shotgun to my head and demand me to answer who it is I'd say John Sykes.
Damn! I wish John Sykes stayed with Whitesnake! If only their ego's would have realized back then that they could have created so many more amazing songs together.
@David Topchiev ...hehe, you're right, Dave. And, what is interesting, Mr. Bailey is much much more progressive musician than everyone else on the stage ( no matter if he plays chords or does any solo ) He is a good flute player, too. (Richard's years with Magnum. You can hear his great playing) Cheers!!!!
My first time watching this performance. John Sykes is phenomenal. I wonder what they were fighting about for them to break up. I don’t think white snake ever had a better guitarist and John Sykes.
Estou quase em prantos em relembrar esse momento, saí de São Paulo para assistir esse grande festival, hoje com 54 anos, muito feliz de ter vivido tudo isso.
Na primeiríssima noite do Rock in Rio I, realizei logo um dos meus grandes sonhos em relação a sons de Hard Rock!!! Ver ao vivo a fantástica música "Crying in the Rain" com a super banda WHITESNAKE!!! E o melhor de tudo, com a banda ainda no auge, com a excepcional formação de David Coverdale (vocais), John Sykes (Guitarras), Cozy Powell (Bateria), Neil Murray (Baixo) e Richard Bayley (Teclados). A performance foi realmente alucinante e a platéia delirou completamente. Foi um dos grandes shows do festival. Tão excelente que o assisti em 2 noites!!! :D :D :D
Long live Lew Al for realising there is ALWAYS something different and interesting just round the corner - might be a really fucking long corner that seems straight, but when you look back you see the truth. Hold on Friend, it's always worth riding it out.
fuck that, Sykes is way better than EVH. EVH is waaaaay too over-rated imo and honestly he is not that great of a guitar player there are so many players better than EVH but just my opinion!!
You're entitled to your opinion even though its very ignorant. He's the most influential and innovative guitarist of our time along with Hendrix. EVH single handedly reinvented the guitar and popularized so many tricks, sounds, products. Ask any guitarist of the 80s who's the biggest influence and everyone mention EVH including JOHN SYKES and you can hear that in his style. I prefer words like innovative and influential because BETTER is a subjective useless word.
for me personally, it's johnny marr of the smiths. i know it's a completely different musical style from what sykes and eddie were doing but he did get a lot of british kids to realize that there's a lot more to the guitar than just power chords and riffs.
2:45 you can see Coverdale motioning he cant hear himself to the side of the stage. Then saying ‘fuckin hell’ or something similar. Not a bad performance. Sykes is epic especially as he rarely uses his little finger. Just goes to show you that you don’t need to go to school to be a terrific guitarist. So much fire and passion. David was struggling to stay In key. Probably due to some monitor issues.
ya he is definitely flat on the vocals and the keyboards are to loud john sykes is a amazing player but like you said it could be a lot to do with monitor issues
Listening to this is the best evidence to support David's decision to ditch keyboards in favor of guitar. The keyboard in this performance turns a heavy hitting song into a wedding reception performance.
...enter John Sykes,WS started evolving from a heavy blues rocking band,to a hair metal institution...Mel Galley and Bernie Marsden were great...but DC understood that time was right to ride on the hair metal wave that soon would become a fllood,powered by fresh-born MTV...!
The best camera angles of a masterpiece guitar solo. Also, the Gary Moore live blues camera work is incredible, too. John' tone and vibrato can make a grown man cry.
melhor som de guitarra que ja ouvi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o bordao da corda E faz UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! nada se compara a esse som !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man it's a shame my generation of guitar players doesn't know who John Sykes is. He directly inspired James, Dave and Kirk. What a fucking beast of a guitar player and so far ahead of his time.
I know most of you love the song as much as I do. But we all know which is the greatest part of this performance, so here you have 4:16 thank me later ;)
So underrated. No one has heard of him. No other guitarists think he's one of the all time greats. Never been covered in any magazines, or played with any big bands. Never toured the entire freeking planet. Yup. He is underrated for SURE!!!
How do you play lead & rhythm guitar at the same time? Sykes manages it. Always thought he was a massively underrated guitarist (and vocalist, watch Blue Murder videos if you doubt me).
In-ears weren't really invented and popularized until the 90's or so. But yeah, they make a world of difference. Particularly on loud stages like this.
This is 1985, Whitesnake replaces Def Leppard at Rockn in Rio, what a performance, what a song, John Sykes, one of the most incredible guitar solos in hard rock history, simply majestic.......
Ditto! Fortunately I was in this concert. Historic performance.
Estava lá
And Cozy Powell on drums, legendary
Virtuoso john sykes, blue murder lo demuestra
Def leppard its for kids , this is a true damn band , coverdale , sykes , powell , Murray pfffff cant come close to!
John Sykes: Beast Mode
Even in Tygers of Pantang I can easily tell Sykes' playing from the other guitarist.
Best Whitesnake line-up. Sykes at his peak - absolute legend.
This was 1985. Sykes had not yet reached his “peak.”
Lejos la mejor alineación
John sykes 🎸 un virtuoso
Restrospetive picking al 100%john sykes
Blue murders, recomendable
Every song Sykes re-made for Whitesnake was better than the original . This one and Here i Go Again
John Sykes is a beast!
Yep 🥰 !! I enjoy this 💌 !!
The last note of the first guitar solo.... Fuckkkkkkkkk
"Featuring John Sykes on guitar, while the rest of us look meekly on" Quite right, indeed...
With John Sykes on guitar, Ho needs another guitar player? Best Guitar solo EVER!
Haw about Vandenberg?
@@genepoli6233 I liike him, too, but haven't heard him in years.
Brutally fast right and left techniques..with a singing vibrato he done for a solo,is a tough work to do..
What a beast..
You are still the best songwriter,guitarist of Whitesnake..period.
“beast” 😂
Yeah I can play the guitar. I know all about virtuosos, and trembalos, and arpeggios
Amen to that and David Coverdale went through some bad ass players Steve Via but I don't think those dudes played a Les Paul like that last time I saw anyone spread one was Tom Sholts well Joe Bonamosa
Bernie Marsden
Coverdale and Sykes is the BEST combination in the Havy Metal history
My fingers hurt just watching this ....but my ears are happy
Cozy Powell on drums is massive Power and timing. Best 4 drummers in the world easy
I believe is Ansley Dumbar, not Cozy Powell. Can someone confirm?
I noticed the drums were Yamaha so that would be Cozy...Ansley played Ludwigs at the time...Ansley joined not long after this show...
@@zeegroonet This is 1985 and Cozy Powell is the drummer. He's name is on the bass drum heads.
I still prefer tommy aldridge
@@zeegroonetNO
To see John Sykes incredible guitar solo makes U wonder how far can a man go with a guitar
There ain't no such thing as the "world's best guitar player" , but if someone points a shotgun to my head and demand me to answer who it is I'd say John Sykes.
Absolutely.
I couldn’t agree more! 🔥
The sun is shining, but still raining in my heart! I was 23yo and was there! Thanks UA-cam!
I was 15 and also there. 👍😁🤘
I was 3 yo and I was home with my mom taking care my newborn brother :-)
Oh my God!
Eu tinha 16 anos e estava lá também!! Puta show
Damn! I wish John Sykes stayed with Whitesnake! If only their ego's would have realized back then that they could have created so many more amazing songs together.
I sure wish John and David could’ve gotten along. There’s no telling the greatness they could have achieved together instead of a part.
My God…. Sykes is Amazing !!
DC’s biggest mistake was firing John Sykes!
John Sykes is one of the best guitarist in Rock. The man is unbelievable and influenced me.
Cozy Powell monster of drums, adore his style!
Hi Katya, me too! Love him! 💘
Cozy really nails it here man. Exciting stuff.
@David Topchiev ...hehe, you're right, Dave. And, what is interesting, Mr. Bailey is much much more progressive musician than everyone else on the stage ( no matter if he plays chords or does any solo ) He is a good flute player, too. (Richard's years with Magnum. You can hear his great playing) Cheers!!!!
@David Topchiev hahahaha, good one 'bout guitarists, hahahaha
Likewise
Cozy Powell & John Sykes in Whitesnake - that was the bomb!
Guitar god John Sykes....Great Master of outrageous vibrato....God bless you bad boy! 💖
Holy shit! Sykes vibrato is next level.
Michael 1962. It’s like he took Mick Ronsons vibrato to the next level.
Sykes kills it!
Yes 💗 I agree with you !! I love his solos 🥰 🤘 so awesome !!
Sykes is a monster.
Sykes is the man
Indeed. 👍
Sykes has the baddest tone. So awesome
RIP Cozy Powell.
great drummer
John sykes is amazing.
Coverdale Sykes Powell Murray...una sociedad que nunca se debería haber separado...fue la mejor época de Whitesnake
Cozy Powell R.I.P.
This song should be carved into one of the pillars of Hard Rockl!
John Sykes. WOW
I cannot think of any word to express how excellent Sykes' playing.
whitesnake-to me the best lineup DC had. Mr Lord being the only missing ingredient!!
that line-up would've ruled destroyed every other band out there.
My first time watching this performance. John Sykes is phenomenal. I wonder what they were fighting about for them to break up. I don’t think white snake ever had a better guitarist and John Sykes.
Estou quase em prantos em relembrar esse momento, saí de São Paulo para assistir esse grande festival, hoje com 54 anos, muito feliz de ter vivido tudo isso.
Também estava lá, com 15 anos de idade.
Eu tb fui!!!
John is legitimately BETTER than the record LIVE! Respect!
John Sykes is the best thing that ever happened to Whitesnake.
Sin duda el mejor aporte en guitarra y composición 😊
Which songs by Sykes, exactly are superior to best Marsden period songs?
Marsden was the best!
really hairblowing fantastic incredible guitar solo of John Sykes
John James Sykes
Neil John Murray
Colin "Cozy Powell" Trevor Flooks 😭
David Coverdale
And
Richard Bailey On 🎶🎼🎵🎹🔥👊💪😎🤘
now that is a line-up. that would've ruled rock for years and no one would've been on their level.
I was there, I was 16!! To this day I get emotional and tears fall watching this video!! I miss it so much!!!
Probably one of the best Hard rock line up ever!
Cozy Powell is great in whitesnake.
REST EASY COZY,
we all miss ya!
Sykes is just perfect!!!
Apesar do Whitesnake ter tido ótimos músicos em suas formações, está formação com o fantástico John Sykes na guitarra é a melhor na minha opinião.
Com certeza man
Sem dúvidas!
John Sykes fantástico guitarrista.
Na minha opinião nem Steve Vai bateu John Sykes
Great White🐍 / Great Show / Great Musicians 👉 Coverdale / Sykes / Murray / Powell / Bailey🎸😎👊
some people are just disgustingly talented
No shit. His accents blow my best phrases away. I don't even think I know how to play the guitar anymore after watching this.
Na primeiríssima noite do Rock in Rio I, realizei logo um dos meus grandes sonhos em relação a sons de Hard Rock!!! Ver ao vivo a fantástica música "Crying in the Rain" com a super banda WHITESNAKE!!! E o melhor de tudo, com a banda ainda no auge, com a excepcional formação de David Coverdale (vocais), John Sykes (Guitarras), Cozy Powell (Bateria), Neil Murray (Baixo) e Richard Bayley (Teclados). A performance foi realmente alucinante e a platéia delirou completamente. Foi um dos grandes shows do festival. Tão excelente que o assisti em 2 noites!!! :D :D :D
No auge 😊
Listening to this solo stopped me from suicide. Long live rock and roll and for the many lives it saved
Long live Lew Al for realising there is ALWAYS something different and interesting just round the corner - might be a really fucking long corner that seems straight, but when you look back you see the truth.
Hold on Friend, it's always worth riding it out.
@@OriginalDarkMark i appreciate you very much
John Sykes..nuff said .
2:44 - DC signalling to the techs he can't hear shit, followed by 'FUCK!' lol.
Holy shht, listen to that tone @9:30 , and this is live. Sykes is KIng.
Brutal....just brutal. In my mind JS was the #2 rock guitarist of the 80s just behind EVH.
fuck that, Sykes is way better than EVH. EVH is waaaaay too over-rated imo and honestly he is not that great of a guitar player there are so many players better than EVH but just my opinion!!
Caleb Bartlett Here here mate! I love EVH...but his guitar playing didnt make up for 1/2 the initial record sales.
You're entitled to your opinion even though its very ignorant.
He's the most influential and innovative guitarist of our time along with Hendrix. EVH single handedly reinvented the guitar and popularized so many tricks, sounds, products. Ask any guitarist of the 80s who's the biggest influence and everyone mention EVH including JOHN SYKES and you can hear that in his style.
I prefer words like innovative and influential because BETTER is a subjective useless word.
EVH is a pussy next to Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, John Sykes, Alvin Lee, and a number of others.
for me personally, it's johnny marr of the smiths. i know it's a completely different musical style from what sykes and eddie were doing but he did get a lot of british kids to realize that there's a lot more to the guitar than just power chords and riffs.
2:45 you can see Coverdale motioning he cant hear himself to the side of the stage. Then saying ‘fuckin hell’ or something similar. Not a bad performance. Sykes is epic especially as he rarely uses his little finger. Just goes to show you that you don’t need to go to school to be a terrific guitarist. So much fire and passion. David was struggling to stay In key. Probably due to some monitor issues.
ya he is definitely flat on the vocals and the keyboards are to loud john sykes is a amazing player but like you said it could be a lot to do with monitor issues
😂💖
Coverdale , Sykes best of the best. Together, unstoppable but personality clash. Don't let that stop you ! Compromise and be great.
Listening to this is the best evidence to support David's decision to ditch keyboards in favor of guitar. The keyboard in this performance turns a heavy hitting song into a wedding reception performance.
Killer vibrato and pinch harmonies!!!!!
Good times!! What a fantastic freaking rock band!!
D++++++ isso era o Rock in Rio!!!!!!!
yes!!..with john sykes playing his burning socks!!
I Was there 👉 first Rock in Rio...1985🎸😎👊
Caralho John skyes e um animal na guitarra
a lenda
Para mim, o maior guitarrista de todos os tempos...sou rockeiro há 42 anos, e não vi ninguém tocar como ele. Logo, concordo completamente com você!
Monstro demais
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Oh cozy Powell !!!!!!!!!!!!
What a performance by John Sykes 🤘
Shreded the shit out of that guitar..
...enter John Sykes,WS started evolving from a heavy blues rocking band,to a hair metal institution...Mel Galley and Bernie Marsden were great...but DC understood that time was right to ride on the hair metal wave that soon would become a fllood,powered by fresh-born MTV...!
Whitesnake, e ozzy osbourne, foram os melhores show's do rock in rio
man... Sykes was just a beast
The best camera angles of a masterpiece guitar solo. Also, the Gary Moore live blues camera work is incredible, too. John' tone and vibrato can make a grown man cry.
I was there man. they freaking rocked the venue. what a great memory
Immaculate guitar!!! OMG!!!
Chills , Beautiful Music 🎶
Watching this again...
I definitely detect "the scream of the butterfly"!
Stratospheric performances! Kudos🎉❤❤❤👏👏👏
"Deus" da guitarra!!
lendário
John Sykes is incredible in guitar fabulous 😍 love it
melhor som de guitarra que ja ouvi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o bordao da corda E faz UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! nada se compara a esse som !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sykes is god level.
Excellent John!
Eu estava lá em 85 !!! \m/
Man it's a shame my generation of guitar players doesn't know who John Sykes is. He directly inspired James, Dave and Kirk. What a fucking beast of a guitar player and so far ahead of his time.
Sykes. 🎉 What a talent.
My oh my oh my goose bump
I know most of you love the song as much as I do. But we all know which is the greatest part of this performance, so here you have 4:16 thank me later ;)
No doubt about it!!
amazing song and amazing solo
Coverdale, Plant, and Rod Stewart are probably the most charming lead singers of the UK.
@@Jeffrey-dr5ji He's from Highgate London England
I stand corrected!
@@Jeffrey-dr5ji You are a gentleman.
Very cool!
What i never heard this solo great
John is a showman 👌🎶🤘💝😊🎠🦢🌻👌
A reason why i love music
Um dos melhores guitarrista man
Gosh Sykes is a beast! So underrated. I love the first Blue Murders album.
So underrated. No one has heard of him. No other guitarists think he's one of the all time greats. Never been covered in any magazines, or played with any big bands. Never toured the entire freeking planet. Yup. He is underrated for SURE!!!
Bless you for bringing this to us. From my soul to all that rock the night away still (of the night and more!)❤❤❤
Somebody get that guitar a cigarette!
🤣
How do you play lead & rhythm guitar at the same time? Sykes manages it. Always thought he was a massively underrated guitarist (and vocalist, watch Blue Murder videos if you doubt me).
His guitar playing is up there with Micheal Schenker to my ear.
❤️
Imagine calling someone underrated that most guitarists hold in their top 10.
it's hard for ANYBODY not to shine under queen's lighting rig or through their PA, but whitesnake always brought the sauce.
Sykes on firé
It sounded like David couldn't quite find the correct place to be due to lack of monitor volume . He needed ear monitors .
In-ears weren't really invented and popularized until the 90's or so. But yeah, they make a world of difference. Particularly on loud stages like this.
Esta música e linda demais,,,
John has bright 🌞 beautiful hairs , gorgeous 💖🥰 Sykes
Percebe se nesse show que ele tava trabalhando e aprimorando o que viria ser o melhor solo da história do rock "Crying in the rain 87" 👏👏👏😍