Nobody will mention them, but a shout out to Neil Murray, Ainsley Dunbar, and John Sykes, who actually play on this track. Neil Murray does a phenomenal job on bass.
@@colrhodes377 ... yep. I mean the original members of this 1987 album who were then abruptly fired after making it, never to tour on what they made together.
Met Mr coverdale back in the late 80's in my local pub, he was staying in a posh hotel in the town while playing a few nights at a venue, cardiff i think, recognised him and went over to just say thanks for all the music over the years, invited me and a couple of mates to have some beer with him, one of the nicest people i've ever met, talked and drank with him for over 2 hours, great bloke, fantastic singer
Guy I worked with went to the pub in his village one night and Ronnie Wood came in. Was staying in a castle hotel and wanted to have a few drinks someone normal. Said he was a lovely guy and everyone got photos with him. People say you should never meet your heroes but most famous people are nice. The arseholes are the exceptions for the most part.
I loved Whitesnake in the 80's but I was a teen in the 90s and kinda shunned the 80s for the last 20+ years. Looking back a lot now I'm digging stuff I didn't like in the 80s. Good times
Best comment award for throw back reference in a 🎥 movie. You have won🎉. 🏆 Tell him what he's won Clark. A dinner for two at Dee's Nuts. The best Nuts in La. Followed up with desert at the famous Warrents. Where the famous Cherry Pie is served hot.
One of the best breakdowns in rock history. The sudden drop, then that slow build. Sykes was a helluva guitarist. Love his Blue Murder project as well.
Blue Murder is awesome. Valley of the bloody Kings!!! The middle section and the re-entry into the verse is AWESOME. John Sykes, what an incredible musician.
I was a teenager through the 80's so I am very biased. I remember when this video came out on MTV. I love 80's music and miss MTV and Headbangers Ball.
Some things are objectively true, and this vocal coach proves that to all of us by assessing and breaking down the vocals. The 80s had insanely talented vocalists, and had so many of them. 🤍
I, for some reason, remember this more from late night on Night Tracks, in the heat of the summer. MTV, Friday Night Videos, and Night Tracks all seemed to complement one another, different focus I think.
I remember vividly when I first heard this album. My friend and I already were fans of Whitesnake, but one day my friend came bursting into my room with a new copy of this album saying "you HAVE to hear this!!" He put it on, and from first song to last, I sat there with my jaw on the floor. This is the PINNACLE of that era's production and sound. Unfortunately, everyone tried to be the "next Whitesnake" after that, and 80's "hair metal" became a parody of itself. The whole album has everything you would want from this era: heavy riffs, plenty of shredding guitar, big arena sound, and David's amazing vocals. The videos were the icing on the cake. John Sykes was deliberately brought into the band to "modernize" their sound. Originally, Whitesnake were a bunch of older English blues-rock players - all very accomplished and wonderful players, but very "old-school" for the day. David wanted the modern, aggressive guitar sounds to try and bring American success to the band, re-releasing 1984's "Slide It In" with Sykes adding his guitar to it prior to recording this one. Sadly, due to internal infighting, the recorded lineup was sacked, and David hired an MTV-friendly lineup, which put on GREAT live shows. They were all fantastic musicians, but future Whitesnake albums did not capture the lighting in a bottle that the 1987 release did.
I must say Elizabeth, you have really changed since I first started watching your videos. It seems like rock and metal have opened your mind to really appreciate life. Keep up the good work MANY of us love your work, enthusiasm and how you analyze music. I grew up in the 60's with rock and metal but you have shown me how to appreciate it in a whole new way! John.
Joe Elliot of Def Leopard envied Coverdale's voice. After a long, difficult day recording with Mutt Lang, Elliot went down the hallway and heard Coverdale at work and told him that he wished he had his voice. Coverdale was flattered and invited him to go partying where they both got really drunk together.
Elliot really benefitted from Mutt Lange doing that constant layering. When you hear a Def Leppard vocal (later ones), it sounds like 100 layers, with about 70 of them being Mutt Lange's voice in it, too. Pour Some Sugar on Me is a perfect example of it.
There's a bit more to that story too. Joe was doing take after take and getting tired. David walked in with 2 girls on his arms, nailed it in 1 take and walked out!
R.I.P. Miss Tawny Kitaen. Her appearances in Whitesnake videos helped elevate the band into the stratosphere with her sexy, mysterious, fierce, elegant presence and otherworldly beauty. The guys wanted her, and girls like me wanted to BE her. A true 80s gem!
As I mentioned above, I saw the concert for this album on the night of my 16th birthday, and that was also my first concert, but I'm 53 now. And it's still a great memory to this day. So glad my mom made that my birthday present from my parents, even if I had to go with my brothers (one older, who was our chaperone and had just gotten married a couple weeks earlier, and one who is a year younger).
That's awesome. You're right, where does the time go? I took my daughter to see Boston when she was 13. That would have been around 2000 or so, and she's now 37. We still go to concerts together, saw Greta Van Fleet and Nightwish in the last couple years. Hopefully you can still go see live music together, it's a great way to keep the bond.
@@Snakehead1964 Thanks for the recommend. Dude is incredibly down to earth but manages to retain the mystique. Classy, huge intelligence, and can also roll around in the gutter. Just became a big fan.
SO many incredible Whitesnake songs to be heard, but Love Ain't No Stranger will ALWAYS hit me hard from the second it comes on. Also Slow An Easy is not only ULTRA sexy but just oozes Coverdale's charisma and that VOICE!! 🤘😝🤘
Not a lot of people remember that David Coverdale replaced Ian Gillen in Deep Purple. He has an incredible voice. He also formed Coverdale Page with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
@@francisseidel8014when Glenn Hughes was in Trapeze, there was apparently (I'm not a massive fan so haven't got much by them) a note in a song that even he couldn't reach, so they asked a fantastic local (i.e. Midlands, UK) singer to get it instead.
Coverdale is an amazing singer with a massive hits catalog, love the Whitesnake and his time in Deep Purple, but thers something bugging me in his voice. While the other giant you mentioned he replaced - Ian Gilan is probably the singer with the most insanely good smooth voice quality in his whole range. Deep Purple have not even remotely bad lineup, but mark 3 gave us some amazing songs Burn, Stormbringer, Keep on moving, Mistreated, Soldier of fortune.
John Skyes was masterful. Despite Whitesnake in this era being somewhat "looked down upon" by fans of heavier metal, Sykes is absolutely blistering on this album. His tone, his chord selection, the shred .. its all there and perfectly summed up in the brilliant solo section of this track. Just a classic.
Sykes was wicked on this album! And he can sing his butt off too. Look up his live performance with Mendoza and Sykes sounds as good or better than David singing this song
@galadrielwoods2332 I'm referring to *my* narcissistic delight in another generation enjoying the music of my childhood. Idk if you simply don't know the definition of narcissism, but that certainly fits -- or if you took some kind of personal offense.
according to history, Cov had surgery on throat nodules a few months before recoding vocals for this album. The other guys in the recording band were moaning about him taking too long to get to the vocals. When he DID get to them, he did everything in one or two takes and then fired everyone and replaced them before going on tour. Brutal way to treat each other.
According to Sykes (the guitar player who was co-writing this stuff with Coverdale), ol' Dave had problems delivering when it came time to doing vocal tracks. Sykes called it nerves on Dave's part. Regardless, Coverdale stuck to his "throat problems" line. The delays caused issues. Sykes side of the story isn't as glowing for Coverdale as Coverdale's version of the story. lol
@@ch3nz3n Yeah I've read that too. The fact Cov delivered live though on that 87 Tour....I don't know how much I believe Sykes either. It's a shame they never patched things up cos the writing and guitar on that album are unmatched. It's a perfect album.
Neil Murray did a super in-depth interview with Rolling Stone back in 2021 that's worth seeking out. Here's part of what he had to say about it: "All the backing tracks were done within six weeks in the fall of ’85. After that, I’m on a different continent and David and John take an absolute eon to do the vocals and all the guitar tracks and they use all kinds of different studios. It ends up costing an absolute fortune. What happened is we’d be on a wage in virtually all these situations. There wouldn’t be any royalties being paid. None of us, at that point, were earning anything from back albums. When our wages suddenly got stopped in April ’86, Aynsley immediately left."
Another great example of 80s pop metal , I completely wore out this cassette in the tape deck of my car in 87, R.I.P. Tawney , you were great in videos, I even remember her hosting America's funniest videos for a short time back in the day lol, rock on Elizabeth 🤘.
First concert I ever went to was Whitesnake with Great White opening. It was great. I was probably 13/14 at the time. Jack Russell telling stories and belting out great songs. Whitesnake had just gotten huge. What an amazing time to grow up.
@@MSgt_D After that show my brother and I were hooked. We saw a lot of concerts after that, back when they were affordable. $20 a ticket. Brittany Fox/Kix/Ratt, Skid Row & Bon Jovi, Warrent & Motley Crew, LA Guns & Def Leppard, Queensryche & Metallica (amazing), White Lion & AC/DC (7th row center), Megadeth & Iron Maiden (4th row center - couldn’t hear after that show), Ozzy and whoever opened for him (I was really sick for that show), Cinderella & Poison (I think there was a third band for that one), Faster Pussycat/Slaughter/Kiss. And the tickets were so cheap. I miss the 80s. That was a blast.
Just to say......I was 18 when this song came out. And Tawney Kitaen? Oh Lord! Every guy I knew thought she was smokin' hot in all these videos! There's 3 off this album that have her in it. So this is your trifecta! Love all your reactions, but certain bands just hit different for me. Usually the bands I took my hard-earned allowance and rode my bike to Hastings on release day and bought.
Given his age, and the amount of rasp/gravel he put on everything……… Coverdale still sounds pretty good. I think he’d make a great guest for the channel…….. and he’d probably do it! He’s usually quite funny, and is a treasure trove of experience/knowledge
The woman you see in the video is Tawny Kitean. She was the girlfriend of lead singer David Coverdale at the time. She was in a couple of movies in the '80s, especially "Bachelor Party". She also was in other music videos of Whitesnake, "Is This Love" and "Here I Go Again". She passed away in 2021. Also, Whitesnake was very big in 1987 when this album came out. It's SOLID from start to finish. "Crying in the Rain" is amazing, but of course besides this son, "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" were the biggest hits. Amazing band.
Both Crying in the rain, and Here I go again, had been on previous Whitesnake albums. The original ones are much better. Don't fall for the hairspray and slick production , Whitesnake used to be a much better band.
They're not even considered like a true Heavy Metal band ala Metallica, Slayer etc, but man that guitar riff and the voicing on the guitars is so freakin' heavy on that intro. Soooo good.
True, they're a hybrid. They get lumped in with Hair Metal, and I get it, but they're generally heavier than most hair metal. But not as hard as what we normally consider heavy metal.
@@dave30076ehhh they aren’t much harder than bands like crue or leppard! They are certainly heavier than bands like poison tho but I do think they are def hair metal, not saying it’s bad by any means like I love this song but it isn’t nearly on the heavy level of bands like slayer, megadeth, Metallica, etc
the word "MILF" is NOT one I exptected to hear in this channel. But it made my day. Also, Sailing Ships from Whitesnake is a great one to continue to appreciate David's vocal abilities
Fun fact: Coverdale in his hay day were referred to “one take Dave”. Def Leppard once were recording in the same studio as Whitesnake and the producers asked if they should go and watch them record and Joe Elliot said “go and watch one take Dave? No way”
I think Elizabeth's pregnancy hormones are now Whitesnake fans. In all honesty though, I really appreciate how you decode each song from vocals to rhythm and everything in between. It helps me gain a new appreciation for each song, especially the ones I grew up with and related to on an emotional and animalistic level. Keep up the great work.
When you analyzed Need You Tonight, you said your viewers called it the sexiest video ever. I disagreed and said it was Still of the Night. So glad you're watching it!
I agree wholeheartedly. It's the only Whitesnake song on my best/favorite playlist.. It's also the best one to do your best Coverdale impersonation to.
The whole album captures a moment in time in the late 80's hard rock scene. The guitar work is insanely good, and so are the lead vocals. It's still a favorite in my collection. The music is timeless and it is showcases musicians in their prime. I didn't realize until years later, but the band name pretty much sums up their music, the double entendre that it is.
By the way. On the recording it's actually... John Sykes - guitar, bowed guitar Neil Murray - bass guitar Aynsley Dunbar - drums Don Airey - keyboards Between the recording and the video Coverdale fired the entire band.
Fron everything i have read... not a bowed guitar.. keyboards were used for the cello. At the time of filming SotN Adrian and Vivian didn't even know the song.
Coverdale did the guys wrong, but their replacements were no joke with former Dio guitarist Vivian Campbell, former Vandenberg guitarist Adrian Vandenberg, and former Ozzy Osbourne bassist and drummer Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge.
Man, when this album came out in 1987 I was 16 and this was a must have! I ended up purchasing the tape another three more times as copies got worn out, destroyed, borrowed, or stolen! Then two more times when I switched to CD. This kind of music has style, integrity, musicianship, and an ability to continue to rock new generations! 🎸🤘🏼
Those shows like that are just garbage. I have a classmate who made it pretty far, but he didn't have a "sob story" to support him. No rising from the depths of poverty or anything like that. They love a good story.
Ainsley Dunbar is seriously underrated. His discography is phenomenal, yet he is mostly unknown. As are the Appice brothers. Each of the three are easily in my top 10 for rock percussionists. You can't go down the Coverdale rabbit hole without listening to some Deep Purple MkIII. Replacing Ian Gillian was a daunting task, but David relished the task. Try Stormbringer, or for a chilling ballad Soldier of Fortune...both from the album Stormbringer (my favorite DP, by the way)
Aynsley Dunbar is my favorite drummer. He has played with so many artists and, contrary to a lot of the most popular drummers, his playing doesn’t sound the same. Plays to fit just right into each song. If you want to hear some of his best drumming, check out the first 3 Journey albums…pre-Steve Perry.
@@stevefitzgerald5183 Early Journey is so good. So, so different than most modern Journey fans are used to. No Perry, much more progressive, sounded a lot more like the roots in Santana (Neal and Gregg)
@Ooofaa-Maa I'm struggling to remember who they opened for the first time I saw them. I think it was Motley Crue, possibly the spinning drum set cage thingy. It was either Des Moines, or Cedar Rapids, IA. I went to so many concerts that they are starting to all run together in my mind. My uncle got Tawny's autograph at one of them. She was in the sound booth area hanging out.
I really appreciate you choosing this particular Whitesnake song to analyze. While this one got its fair share of radio play and was played fairly heavy in MTV's rotation at the time, it paled in comparison to songs like Is This Love or Here We Go Again, the more pop oriented and radio friendly type songs. This and Crying in the Rain were my two favorites from this album, and Slow and Easy was another Whitesnake favorite from an earlier album.
While all my friends were dressing like Madonna, I went for Tawny. Her hair was more glorious than mine but I had a 25 inch waist so her fashion and stilettos were perfect for me. It was so fun to dress like that. Miss it.
I have been down an 80's rabbit hole all week and then this pops up! I never understood the draw of reaction videos until this type. So cool to see someone experience something for the first time. Especially, when it is something you've known of and loved for years.
I asked Kirk this in live chat about a year ago, he said he'd look into it. Hold on to my heart, mean man, rebel in the FDG, The real me, or FOREVER FREE ❤❤❤
My wife, who's a David Coverdale super-fan, loves this song, especially the lyrical elements. I love the song for the break and through the guitar solos for the really awesome musicality. The song speaks to a wide range of audiences.
The bow is a prop - the cello-esque sound is in fact generated by sliding the volume knob in and out on the guitar whilst set to a delay/echo effect and hammering on the fingerboard on the neck of the guitar (no plectrum/pick) is being used
@@zepsaint9891 Page had been known to play guitar with a bow, on specific occasion, albeit rarely - Dazed and Confused and Whole Lotta Love - this is a music video, mate - no-one is actually playing here lol
I should think that one would have to not only be extremely talented to sing this, but have supreme confidence in the lyrics and their ability to deliver them with such conviction.
So awesome you found this track. Still of the Night is top 20 greatest hard rock songs ever. It was HUGE in 1987. And Coverdale is a natural deep baritone!
I worked as a light tech in the late 80's for a lounge act called The Kidz and they decided to take on this song and it was one of the coolest songs to do lights for. It was always a crowd favorite!
This song and this band was on repeat in the 80's when their big hits came out, I remember that time vividly. This was at the height of hair metal and still to this day I love this song.
Jimmy Page pioneered playing electric guitar with a bow on Led Zep's classic "Dazed And Confused", 1969. Trust me, it sounds *nothing like* the strings sound in this track. The guy bowing his guitar in the video is just putting on a bit of theater.
@galadrielwoods2332 Nice! So much great stuff was born in the 80s. Yeah, lots and lots of cheese, but metal got a solid foothold in society. Right after that I discovered Power Hour on Much Music (I'm Canadian) and my tastes veered away from hair band stuff and I became a full thrash loving hairbag. :)
The guy with the pink guitar is Vivian Campbell. Before this he was the guitar player in Dio and currently he’s in Def Leopard. He’s always worked with great singers.
This song is hands down one of my favorits of all time, his voice and just everything about the sing are just so good, awesome reaction been waiting for this one lol hope your new year is going great
Such a good song. The Scottish gentleman mr Coverdale makes it justice. Crazy range and richness. Speaking of richness - check out his speaking voice from back then...
The bow on guitar was first done by Jimmy Page in 1968. Whitesnake has been doing great blues music before. With songs like " Ain't no love in the heart of the city" and "Walking in the shadow of the blues" that gives you so much depth of this band. Tommy Aldridge on drums is so fantastic. The whole line up here is great but then they get Steve Vai in the next album. Vivian Campbell is here but leaves after this album to join Def Leppard.
Probably where you should have started with Whitesnake. FYI, there's no guitar being played with a violin bow, it's Alan Pasqua playing a synthesizer. He teaches jazz studies at USC now.
Given the flatter radius of a guitar's bridge, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to play the string parts heard with a bowed guitar. It's definitely synthesizer strings with Adrian Vandenberg miming it in the video. And yes, I realize the song credits John Sykes with "bowed guitar," but as others noted it would sound nothing like bowed classical instruments. Not sure what he actually did with a bow, if anything (not to knock Sykes, he's a killer guitarist, I just think this is hype).
Saw this tour and the one after and they were just so good live... definitely one of the best voices of rock, period with a fantastic band around him on both studio and live shows... they went through a lot of changes over the years, but always had a fantastic mix of musicians.
@@robertgreen6433 Yep, opening for Crue, October 1987 in Phoenix, they played two nights back to back! Next tour i saw them on in 1990 they were the headliner and Bad English was the opener.
Another great review EZ!! Did not know you enjoyed this type of music. As others have said older Whitesnake like "Slide It In" and "Slow an' Easy" not to mention "Love Ain't No Stranger". I can't remember which Whitesnake songs you have reviewed, but many good ones. Who knew EZ was such a closet smokin hot song/video reviewer!!! I did really appreciate your comment about simply listening to the song WITHOUT seeing the video. It definately allowed you to use your own imagination. Cruised Speedway many of weekends with Whitesnake blaring out my car with windows down. Especially if you did not have cable or MTV to watch the video. Rock on EZ!!!! ;-)
You were asking "where were their minds and what story was being told during the instrumental?". My take on it is David was probably trying to get some rest or sleep (he has a sleep mask or cloth over his eyes while lying down in the video) and as he is resting (or trying to sleep), the thoughts of hot steamy Tawny gradually bubble from subconscious thoughts about her and gradually the thoughts of her get more and more pronounced and to the forefront of his brain no matter what he is trying to do and then of course he's back to full throttle and the thoughts of her are 100 percent in the forefront of his brain and the song explodes into full joy and excitement.
I love this channel, and have for a long time. I would really like to see you just watch/listen straight through, then a second time with the stops and comments. So much feel and flow of a song is lost with the stops and rewinds and restarts. Cheers!
This is to avoid copyright strikes and be able to argue fair use protection justifiably. Every reaction channel on youtube has to do it, unfortunately. The ones that don't do it enough find 90% of their content get blocked and then get tired of fighting the BS. Then their channels stop uploading or disappear altogether. Be happy Elizabeth does what she does and appreciate it for what it is.
Yep. There are waaaaay too many stops in this. No idea how she can get an appreciation of the song when she's barely listened to more than 5 seconds without stopping.
An 80's metal classic. My first rock concert at age 13 was the tour supporting this album in 1987. Needless to say I was blown away. Reaction here was extremely entertaining:)
David Coverdale's vocals was once compared to Robert Plant, but in my opinion, his vocals were so much stronger. And Tawny Kitaen, beautiful !!! RIP Tawny 😢
You are correct! David Coverdale is and always has been a better pure singer than Robert Plant. Not that Plant is bad, I just always thought that Coverdale always being accused of a "copycat" was unfair.
David Coverdale used to live 5 miles away from where I lived. Yes he's from Lancashire UK. He used to smoke 20 cigs a day. And still has a powerful voice.
A great way to appreciate David´s incredible deep voice is listening to any of the songs of the "Stalkers in Tokyo" live acoustic album. Just David, and Adrian on a acoustic guitar, playing in front of a very small crowd.
Nearly 38 years after being released this single song remains as my "perfect" rock song. Just beautiful. I was 15 when it was released and at 53 I still get blown away by its perfection. I consider this to be Whitesnakes very best song among all of their excellent music. It just energizes me.
Nobody will mention them, but a shout out to Neil Murray, Ainsley Dunbar, and John Sykes, who actually play on this track. Neil Murray does a phenomenal job on bass.
John Sykes is a crushing tone master
Ainsley is in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame with Journey. John Sykes was with Thin Lizzy. Awesome resume all the original band members had.
@dangrissom7367 The original members were Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden, Jon Lord, David Coverdale, Neil Murray, and Dave Dowl.
Such a badass lineup.
@@colrhodes377 ... yep. I mean the original members of this 1987 album who were then abruptly fired after making it, never to tour on what they made together.
The 80s were a great time to be in high school with this as a soundtrack.
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Amen
88 gradhere. Preach brother.
The 80's was a great time to be in my late teens thru mid 20's. I loved it, And I still live for it.
This came out about the same time I got my driver's license. Spent many hours cruising back roads at night with this cranked to 11...
RIP Tawny Kitaen 🫶
Girl of my dreams circa 1986. Little did 16-year-old me realize that she was *way* more woman than I could possibly have handled! XD
@@matthbva Now I have to watch "The Perils of Gwendoline" again after so many years in between. Cult classic
My lifetime love for readheads were kindled by these videos in HS.
100% certified smokeshow. Sadly she had major mental health issues.
Came to the comments to see if that was Tawny Kitaen.
Met Mr coverdale back in the late 80's in my local pub, he was staying in a posh hotel in the town while playing a few nights at a venue, cardiff i think, recognised him and went over to just say thanks for all the music over the years, invited me and a couple of mates to have some beer with him, one of the nicest people i've ever met, talked and drank with him for over 2 hours, great bloke, fantastic singer
So cool!
That's so cool
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Guy I worked with went to the pub in his village one night and Ronnie Wood came in. Was staying in a castle hotel and wanted to have a few drinks someone normal. Said he was a lovely guy and everyone got photos with him. People say you should never meet your heroes but most famous people are nice. The arseholes are the exceptions for the most part.
This is a cool story!
Welcome to being a teenager in the 80's! What an amazing time to grow up.
Amen!!!! I'm 55 and I wouldn't trade those memories for all the youth in the world!!!
@@mrgraham5521 I would. This song brings back so many memories of alcohol, hair and stupid.
The 80’s were the best of times for sure 👊🏽😁
I loved Whitesnake in the 80's but I was a teen in the 90s and kinda shunned the 80s for the last 20+ years. Looking back a lot now I'm digging stuff I didn't like in the 80s. Good times
Yeah it was...
It seems like Elizabeth has never had a bad day. Her enthusiasm is so inspiring!
"I am feeling Tawny, I can't Kitain myself". Thanks Garth!
"Kitaen".
Ffs, he's playing her name for the joke... 🙄
It wasn't that complicated 😅
Best comment award for throw back reference in a 🎥 movie. You have won🎉. 🏆 Tell him what he's won Clark. A dinner for two at Dee's Nuts. The best Nuts in La. Followed up with desert at the famous Warrents. Where the famous Cherry Pie is served hot.
One of the best breakdowns in rock history. The sudden drop, then that slow build. Sykes was a helluva guitarist. Love his Blue Murder project as well.
I'm glad someone else mentioned Blue Murder. Valley of the Kings is a favorite. Epic, much like this one.
Blue Murder! Love Mr. Sykes and company and man his playing and vocals are amazing
Blue Murder is awesome. Valley of the bloody Kings!!! The middle section and the re-entry into the verse is AWESOME. John Sykes, what an incredible musician.
I was a teenager through the 80's so I am very biased. I remember when this video came out on MTV. I love 80's music and miss MTV and Headbangers Ball.
Headbangers Ball is still on Friday Nights at 9:00 PM PST for a couple of hours. Fun to flashback occasionally.
Some things are objectively true, and this vocal coach proves that to all of us by assessing and breaking down the vocals. The 80s had insanely talented vocalists, and had so many of them. 🤍
I, for some reason, remember this more from late night on Night Tracks, in the heat of the summer. MTV, Friday Night Videos, and Night Tracks all seemed to complement one another, different focus I think.
I remember vividly when I first heard this album. My friend and I already were fans of Whitesnake, but one day my friend came bursting into my room with a new copy of this album saying "you HAVE to hear this!!"
He put it on, and from first song to last, I sat there with my jaw on the floor. This is the PINNACLE of that era's production and sound. Unfortunately, everyone tried to be the "next Whitesnake" after that, and 80's "hair metal" became a parody of itself.
The whole album has everything you would want from this era: heavy riffs, plenty of shredding guitar, big arena sound, and David's amazing vocals. The videos were the icing on the cake.
John Sykes was deliberately brought into the band to "modernize" their sound. Originally, Whitesnake were a bunch of older English blues-rock players - all very accomplished and wonderful players, but very "old-school" for the day. David wanted the modern, aggressive guitar sounds to try and bring American success to the band, re-releasing 1984's "Slide It In" with Sykes adding his guitar to it prior to recording this one.
Sadly, due to internal infighting, the recorded lineup was sacked, and David hired an MTV-friendly lineup, which put on GREAT live shows. They were all fantastic musicians, but future Whitesnake albums did not capture the lighting in a bottle that the 1987 release did.
I always wondered what happened to Whitesnake. They were SO GOOD that it seemed wrong for them to just fade away like that.
I must say Elizabeth, you have really changed since I first started watching your videos. It seems like rock and metal have opened your mind to really appreciate life. Keep up the good work MANY of us love your work, enthusiasm and how you analyze music. I grew up in the 60's with rock and metal but you have shown me how to appreciate it in a whole new way! John.
I second this statement!!
Joe Elliot of Def Leopard envied Coverdale's voice. After a long, difficult day recording with Mutt Lang, Elliot went down the hallway and heard Coverdale at work and told him that he wished he had his voice. Coverdale was flattered and invited him to go partying where they both got really drunk together.
And they are good friends ti today...
That's fucking awesome
Elliot really benefitted from Mutt Lange doing that constant layering. When you hear a Def Leppard vocal (later ones), it sounds like 100 layers, with about 70 of them being Mutt Lange's voice in it, too. Pour Some Sugar on Me is a perfect example of it.
@@Snakehead1964and they're both Yorkshire boys too. David to the North and Joe to the West.
There's a bit more to that story too. Joe was doing take after take and getting tired. David walked in with 2 girls on his arms, nailed it in 1 take and walked out!
I can't wait until you hear their early stuff.
Love Ain't No Stranger
Slow An' Easy
Slide It In
Go back further to, Walking in the shadow of the blues, from Live in the heart of the city. Also, Ain't no love in the heart of the city
Or my favourite Wine, women and sing. That rock/blues sound is killer
@@MrCforsYes!
" Give me a rock'n'roll band with a mean dirty blues guitar"...
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Ain't No Love, In The Heart Of The City is an incredible song...
Come an' Get it, Would I lie to You, Love Hunter, Ready and Willing.
R.I.P. Miss Tawny Kitaen. Her appearances in Whitesnake videos helped elevate the band into the stratosphere with her sexy, mysterious, fierce, elegant presence and otherworldly beauty. The guys wanted her, and girls like me wanted to BE her. A true 80s gem!
I took my daughter to see WhiteSnake for her 16th birthday (1st concert) it’s hard to believe she’s now 47 years old. How time flies…!!!
Very cool
As I mentioned above, I saw the concert for this album on the night of my 16th birthday, and that was also my first concert, but I'm 53 now. And it's still a great memory to this day. So glad my mom made that my birthday present from my parents, even if I had to go with my brothers (one older, who was our chaperone and had just gotten married a couple weeks earlier, and one who is a year younger).
They were one of my first bands to see in concert as well, but I saw them when I was 12 in 1988, and I will be 49 this year.
You Sir, are a very cool Dad 👍
That's awesome. You're right, where does the time go? I took my daughter to see Boston when she was 13. That would have been around 2000 or so, and she's now 37. We still go to concerts together, saw Greta Van Fleet and Nightwish in the last couple years.
Hopefully you can still go see live music together, it's a great way to keep the bond.
You should ping Mr. Coverdale and discuss vocals with him. He's a tremendous interview.
One of his best: ua-cam.com/video/O4bLJpVOhY0/v-deo.html
+1.
and his speaking voice is very different from what you'd expect based on his singing voice.
His experience having vocal surgery is definitely of interest to this audience.
@@Snakehead1964 Thanks for the recommend. Dude is incredibly down to earth but manages to retain the mystique. Classy, huge intelligence, and can also roll around in the gutter. Just became a big fan.
Speaking as someone with zero guitar experience, I can guarantee you that the hip thrusting is 100% necessary when playing this song.
Awesome 😊😊😊 lmao
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Any Whitesnake song, really.
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SO many incredible Whitesnake songs to be heard, but Love Ain't No Stranger will ALWAYS hit me hard from the second it comes on. Also Slow An Easy is not only ULTRA sexy but just oozes Coverdale's charisma and that VOICE!! 🤘😝🤘
Not a lot of people remember that David Coverdale replaced Ian Gillen in Deep Purple. He has an incredible voice. He also formed Coverdale Page with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
Actually, Coverdale and Hughes both did lead vocals. Hughes is the one signing the really high parts.
Coverdale Page was a missed opportunity. Two huge egos eventually imploded
@@francisseidel8014when Glenn Hughes was in Trapeze, there was apparently (I'm not a massive fan so haven't got much by them) a note in a song that even he couldn't reach, so they asked a fantastic local (i.e. Midlands, UK) singer to get it instead.
The official press release when he left Deep Purple said that he left because ‘he was tired of screaming his head off’ 😂
Coverdale is an amazing singer with a massive hits catalog, love the Whitesnake and his time in Deep Purple, but thers something bugging me in his voice. While the other giant you mentioned he replaced - Ian Gilan is probably the singer with the most insanely good smooth voice quality in his whole range. Deep Purple have not even remotely bad lineup, but mark 3 gave us some amazing songs Burn, Stormbringer, Keep on moving, Mistreated, Soldier of fortune.
John Skyes was masterful. Despite Whitesnake in this era being somewhat "looked down upon" by fans of heavier metal, Sykes is absolutely blistering on this album. His tone, his chord selection, the shred .. its all there and perfectly summed up in the brilliant solo section of this track. Just a classic.
Yep. Too bad the band dynamics weee so bad because Sykes really should’ve been on the tour. Adrian did great tho.
Sykes is amazing. He went on to form Blue Murder after leaving Whitesnake. His guitar work and singing is so good. Check out their song “Jelly Roll.”
Sykes was wicked on this album! And he can sing his butt off too. Look up his live performance with Mendoza and Sykes sounds as good or better than David singing this song
"Oooh it went deeper"
Thats what she said
Lol!!!
Bravo sir.
I came here looking for a comment about that line. Was not disappointed...
That has to be clipped up into a meme
He's a four octave baritone! His vocal range covers B1 to A5.
You should hear his voice when he simply talks....Lord David Coverdale! DARLING
Our innocent Elizabeth is growing up! 😂
Amazing that people in 2020s are still growing up to music from the 80s. Such a nostalgic delight, albeit narcissistic too.
@@denniscarney5249 It is not narcissistic to want everyone to know and appreciate music that was from before they were born.
@galadrielwoods2332 I'm referring to *my* narcissistic delight in another generation enjoying the music of my childhood. Idk if you simply don't know the definition of narcissism, but that certainly fits -- or if you took some kind of personal offense.
Thank you for reacting to this 😊
according to history, Cov had surgery on throat nodules a few months before recoding vocals for this album. The other guys in the recording band were moaning about him taking too long to get to the vocals. When he DID get to them, he did everything in one or two takes and then fired everyone and replaced them before going on tour. Brutal way to treat each other.
According to Sykes (the guitar player who was co-writing this stuff with Coverdale), ol' Dave had problems delivering when it came time to doing vocal tracks. Sykes called it nerves on Dave's part. Regardless, Coverdale stuck to his "throat problems" line. The delays caused issues. Sykes side of the story isn't as glowing for Coverdale as Coverdale's version of the story. lol
@@ch3nz3n Yeah I've read that too. The fact Cov delivered live though on that 87 Tour....I don't know how much I believe Sykes either. It's a shame they never patched things up cos the writing and guitar on that album are unmatched. It's a perfect album.
Neil Murray did a super in-depth interview with Rolling Stone back in 2021 that's worth seeking out. Here's part of what he had to say about it:
"All the backing tracks were done within six weeks in the fall of ’85. After that, I’m on a different continent and David and John take an absolute eon to do the vocals and all the guitar tracks and they use all kinds of different studios. It ends up costing an absolute fortune.
What happened is we’d be on a wage in virtually all these situations. There wouldn’t be any royalties being paid. None of us, at that point, were earning anything from back albums. When our wages suddenly got stopped in April ’86, Aynsley immediately left."
Another great example of 80s pop metal , I completely wore out this cassette in the tape deck of my car in 87, R.I.P. Tawney , you were great in videos, I even remember her hosting America's funniest videos for a short time back in the day lol, rock on Elizabeth 🤘.
First concert I ever went to was Whitesnake with Great White opening. It was great. I was probably 13/14 at the time. Jack Russell telling stories and belting out great songs. Whitesnake had just gotten huge. What an amazing time to grow up.
That was probably 1988. I saw them at Mississippi State University on that tour; great concert!
Not seeing Great White live is one of my few regrets.
@ Jack Russell was awesome. The guy had so much energy and was just a storyteller. Kept the crowd pumped and they were just the opening act.
@@MSgt_D After that show my brother and I were hooked. We saw a lot of concerts after that, back when they were affordable. $20 a ticket. Brittany Fox/Kix/Ratt, Skid Row & Bon Jovi, Warrent & Motley Crew, LA Guns & Def Leppard, Queensryche & Metallica (amazing), White Lion & AC/DC (7th row center), Megadeth & Iron Maiden (4th row center - couldn’t hear after that show), Ozzy and whoever opened for him (I was really sick for that show), Cinderella & Poison (I think there was a third band for that one), Faster Pussycat/Slaughter/Kiss.
And the tickets were so cheap. I miss the 80s. That was a blast.
Yeah. That was in 88. I saw that tour in Philly. Awesome show.
Just to say......I was 18 when this song came out. And Tawney Kitaen? Oh Lord! Every guy I knew thought she was smokin' hot in all these videos! There's 3 off this album that have her in it. So this is your trifecta! Love all your reactions, but certain bands just hit different for me. Usually the bands I took my hard-earned allowance and rode my bike to Hastings on release day and bought.
She was on the cover of Ratt’s album a few years before too.
Bobbie Brown was smokin' too! 😁
Yeah, senior year of high school. I graduated in 87.
Really hope you do Slow and Easy at some point. That’s always been my favorite vocal performance from David and favorite Whitesnake song in general.
No open flame in chat please. Hairspray is HIGHLY flammable 🔥🔥🔥
Especially Aquanet. That stuff could have been used as rocket fuel
Final Net, extra hold. I'm a veteran of the hairspray wars in the 1980s.
This comment wins the Internet today.
Also keep a look out for those ceiling fans!
🧙🏼♂️🇬🇧I just got my beard caught in a clockwork Thomas the Tank engine 🚂 ...does that count or is that just me Kirk and ZZ top.🧙🏼♂️ 🥴😂😂
Awwww - Tawny Kitain RIP - man I loved growing up in the 80s,
Given his age, and the amount of rasp/gravel he put on everything……… Coverdale still sounds pretty good.
I think he’d make a great guest for the channel…….. and he’d probably do it! He’s usually quite funny, and is a treasure trove of experience/knowledge
He gives wonderful interviews!
Coverdale always to me had one of the best voices and very under appreciated
The woman you see in the video is Tawny Kitean. She was the girlfriend of lead singer David Coverdale at the time. She was in a couple of movies in the '80s, especially "Bachelor Party". She also was in other music videos of Whitesnake, "Is This Love" and "Here I Go Again". She passed away in 2021.
Also, Whitesnake was very big in 1987 when this album came out. It's SOLID from start to finish. "Crying in the Rain" is amazing, but of course besides this son, "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" were the biggest hits. Amazing band.
She was also on the cover of the first 2 ratt albums. Self titled and out of the cellar.
Raquel Welch's daughter.
Both Crying in the rain, and Here I go again, had been on previous Whitesnake albums. The original ones are much better. Don't fall for the hairspray and slick production , Whitesnake used to be a much better band.
@colrhodes377 So you preferred the word "hobo" to "drifter"?
@grilledspaghetti No. I prefer the original version by the real Whitesnake.
They're not even considered like a true Heavy Metal band ala Metallica, Slayer etc, but man that guitar riff and the voicing on the guitars is so freakin' heavy on that intro. Soooo good.
True, they're a hybrid. They get lumped in with Hair Metal, and I get it, but they're generally heavier than most hair metal. But not as hard as what we normally consider heavy metal.
@@dave30076ehhh they aren’t much harder than bands like crue or leppard! They are certainly heavier than bands like poison tho but I do think they are def hair metal, not saying it’s bad by any means like I love this song but it isn’t nearly on the heavy level of bands like slayer, megadeth, Metallica, etc
John Sykes is still one of my favorite guitarists ever!! His band after Whitesnake is called Blue Murder and it’s an amazing album 🤘🏻💥🔥🙏🏻💯
Super under appreciated guitarist
the word "MILF" is NOT one I exptected to hear in this channel. But it made my day. Also, Sailing Ships from Whitesnake is a great one to continue to appreciate David's vocal abilities
Fun fact: Coverdale in his hay day were referred to “one take Dave”. Def Leppard once were recording in the same studio as Whitesnake and the producers asked if they should go and watch them record and Joe Elliot said “go and watch one take Dave? No way”
Ha, I just made a comment about this, and then realized you had already mentioned it. 😎
I think Elizabeth's pregnancy hormones are now Whitesnake fans. In all honesty though, I really appreciate how you decode each song from vocals to rhythm and everything in between. It helps me gain a new appreciation for each song, especially the ones I grew up with and related to on an emotional and animalistic level. Keep up the great work.
When you analyzed Need You Tonight, you said your viewers called it the sexiest video ever. I disagreed and said it was Still of the Night. So glad you're watching it!
My all-time favorite 80s metal song. No matter how many times I hear this, it still charges me up.
Sykes solo on this song is legendary. So much in just a few seconds...just incredible. \m/
Been waiting years for you to do this song! Coverdale is the man!
Best one by them imo is Sailing Ships, because of both Coverdale's amazing vocals and insane Steve Vai guitar parts
I agree wholeheartedly. It's the only Whitesnake song on my best/favorite playlist.. It's also the best one to do your best Coverdale impersonation to.
My favorite of theirs.
The whole album captures a moment in time in the late 80's hard rock scene. The guitar work is insanely good, and so are the lead vocals. It's still a favorite in my collection. The music is timeless and it is showcases musicians in their prime. I didn't realize until years later, but the band name pretty much sums up their music, the double entendre that it is.
By the way. On the recording it's actually...
John Sykes - guitar, bowed guitar
Neil Murray - bass guitar
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Don Airey - keyboards
Between the recording and the video Coverdale fired the entire band.
aynsley dunbar from journey ?????
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Yeppers
Fron everything i have read... not a bowed guitar.. keyboards were used for the cello. At the time of filming SotN Adrian and Vivian didn't even know the song.
Sykes is in the video.... but he also got fired shortly after
Coverdale did the guys wrong, but their replacements were no joke with
former Dio guitarist Vivian Campbell, former Vandenberg guitarist Adrian Vandenberg, and former Ozzy Osbourne bassist and drummer Rudy Sarzo and Tommy Aldridge.
Man, when this album came out in 1987 I was 16 and this was a must have! I ended up purchasing the tape another three more times as copies got worn out, destroyed, borrowed, or stolen! Then two more times when I switched to CD. This kind of music has style, integrity, musicianship, and an ability to continue to rock new generations! 🎸🤘🏼
I was 22 and this rocked the rock clubs
Elizabeth should be a judge on The Voice!
NO! She is so much more than that commercialized offal!
Those shows like that are just garbage. I have a classmate who made it pretty far, but he didn't have a "sob story" to support him. No rising from the depths of poverty or anything like that. They love a good story.
Ainsley Dunbar is seriously underrated. His discography is phenomenal, yet he is mostly unknown. As are the Appice brothers. Each of the three are easily in my top 10 for rock percussionists.
You can't go down the Coverdale rabbit hole without listening to some Deep Purple MkIII. Replacing Ian Gillian was a daunting task, but David relished the task. Try Stormbringer, or for a chilling ballad Soldier of Fortune...both from the album Stormbringer (my favorite DP, by the way)
Aynsley Dunbar is my favorite drummer. He has played with so many artists and, contrary to a lot of the most popular drummers, his playing doesn’t sound the same. Plays to fit just right into each song. If you want to hear some of his best drumming, check out the first 3 Journey albums…pre-Steve Perry.
as Amy did some great work on the Jefferson Starship records that he was on.
I think he did some work with Frank Zappa too. 😊
@@stevefitzgerald5183 Early Journey is so good. So, so different than most modern Journey fans are used to. No Perry, much more progressive, sounded a lot more like the roots in Santana (Neal and Gregg)
I saw them live back in the day. I'm old.
Saw them twice locally...I'm 77.
Whitesnake/Motley Crue, Nassau Colliseum 1986/ 87? Tommy Lee's rotating drum kit? Awesome
Great White opened for Whitesnake, 1988-ish, Indy, Market Square Arena. Is a parking lot now.
@@mavfin8720 I saw them on this tour in the Texas leg. Great White would be a good study here.
@Ooofaa-Maa I'm struggling to remember who they opened for the first time I saw them. I think it was Motley Crue, possibly the spinning drum set cage thingy. It was either Des Moines, or Cedar Rapids, IA. I went to so many concerts that they are starting to all run together in my mind. My uncle got Tawny's autograph at one of them. She was in the sound booth area hanging out.
I saw Whitesnake play this live at the Glasgow Apollo and thought the balcony was going to come crashing down on my head. Absolutely brilliant show.
I really appreciate you choosing this particular Whitesnake song to analyze. While this one got its fair share of radio play and was played fairly heavy in MTV's rotation at the time, it paled in comparison to songs like Is This Love or Here We Go Again, the more pop oriented and radio friendly type songs. This and Crying in the Rain were my two favorites from this album, and Slow and Easy was another Whitesnake favorite from an earlier album.
While all my friends were dressing like Madonna, I went for Tawny. Her hair was more glorious than mine but I had a 25 inch waist so her fashion and stilettos were perfect for me. It was so fun to dress like that. Miss it.
I love WhiteSnake and good morning from freezing Winnipeg..-35C
Same in Kenora
That main guitar riff still holds up. Sykes continues to be an underrated guitar player.
Great liveband and great musicians, seen them live 8times through the years and they always delivered✌️🙏😁
Awesome way to warm you up. DAVID COVERDALE would be an epic guest to interview.
I have been down an 80's rabbit hole all week and then this pops up! I never understood the draw of reaction videos until this type. So cool to see someone experience something for the first time. Especially, when it is something you've known of and loved for years.
I can't stand reaction videos, but analysis videos by someone with talent are educational.
Whitesnake/David Coverdale is the KING of double entendre!
I give David 1a status. That award easily goes to Steven Tyler and Aerosmith.
When will you ever give Blackie Lawless a listen? W.A.S.P. was one of my favorites!
Absolutely second this.
@@Martin-jk2ng Yeah - amazing voice!
"The Idol" or "Hold on to my Heart" would be a great starting point for Blackie's great vocals. Cheers!
I asked Kirk this in live chat about a year ago, he said he'd look into it.
Hold on to my heart, mean man, rebel in the FDG, The real me, or FOREVER FREE ❤❤❤
Always surprised he survived the 80s.
My wife, who's a David Coverdale super-fan, loves this song, especially the lyrical elements.
I love the song for the break and through the guitar solos for the really awesome musicality.
The song speaks to a wide range of audiences.
The bow is a prop - the cello-esque sound is in fact generated by sliding the volume knob in and out on the guitar whilst set to a delay/echo effect and hammering on the fingerboard on the neck of the guitar (no plectrum/pick) is being used
Not to a certain J Page it isn't .................... 🙂
It is actually a synthesizer on this recording
@ erm, no - it’s obvious you don’t play guitar - apologies
@@zepsaint9891 Page had been known to play guitar with a bow, on specific occasion, albeit rarely - Dazed and Confused and Whole Lotta Love - this is a music video, mate - no-one is actually playing here lol
I know you're mostly about analysing vocal performances, but that middle part is one of my favourite instrumental sections ever!
@matthewgclarke. Same for me! I absolutely adore that breakdown!
Coming out of that solo back into the main riff is just so badass
I should think that one would have to not only be extremely talented to sing this, but have supreme confidence in the lyrics and their ability to deliver them with such conviction.
So awesome you found this track. Still of the Night is top 20 greatest hard rock songs ever. It was HUGE in 1987. And Coverdale is a natural deep baritone!
That's a GREAT vocal performance by my man DC!
I worked as a light tech in the late 80's for a lounge act called The Kidz and they decided to take on this song and it was one of the coolest songs to do lights for. It was always a crowd favorite!
So 80s, soooo good
Give quite a bit to go back and visit for a few days.
You've got to get Mr. Cloverdale on for an interview.
But make sure to never call him Dave, it’s David or Mr. Coverdale. He goes mental if called Dave and will end the interview immediately.
Oh my!!!! FINALLY! The best one of the trilogy!!! This one not only gives me chills, but puts me in a baby-making mood!!! ❤❤❤🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@michellepetrillo2235 i see you like kitty's, me too if your in the mood.. LoL 🤣 🐺
This song and this band was on repeat in the 80's when their big hits came out, I remember that time vividly. This was at the height of hair metal and still to this day I love this song.
Jimmy Page pioneered playing electric guitar with a bow on Led Zep's classic "Dazed And Confused", 1969. Trust me, it sounds *nothing like* the strings sound in this track. The guy bowing his guitar in the video is just putting on a bit of theater.
RIP Tawny Kitaen, every 80's boy's massive crush
Anyone else want to hear Heart: Who Will You Run To? Such amazing vocals and guitar!
Whitesnake Whitesnake was the first cassette I ever bought. Love it! :)
Damn I'm old!
🤍🤍🤍 Mine was Mercyful Fate Curse of the Pharaoh. 💙❤🧛♂
@galadrielwoods2332 Nice! So much great stuff was born in the 80s. Yeah, lots and lots of cheese, but metal got a solid foothold in society.
Right after that I discovered Power Hour on Much Music (I'm Canadian) and my tastes veered away from hair band stuff and I became a full thrash loving hairbag.
:)
The guy with the pink guitar is Vivian Campbell. Before this he was the guitar player in Dio and currently he’s in Def Leopard. He’s always worked with great singers.
This song is hands down one of my favorits of all time, his voice and just everything about the sing are just so good, awesome reaction been waiting for this one lol hope your new year is going great
Such a good song. The Scottish gentleman mr Coverdale makes it justice. Crazy range and richness. Speaking of richness - check out his speaking voice from back then...
The bow on guitar was first done by Jimmy Page in 1968. Whitesnake has been doing great blues music before. With songs like " Ain't no love in the heart of the city" and "Walking in the shadow of the blues" that gives you so much depth of this band. Tommy Aldridge on drums is so fantastic. The whole line up here is great but then they get Steve Vai in the next album. Vivian Campbell is here but leaves after this album to join Def Leppard.
Probably where you should have started with Whitesnake. FYI, there's no guitar being played with a violin bow, it's Alan Pasqua playing a synthesizer. He teaches jazz studies at USC now.
And the idea of playing guitar with a bow is taken from Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin...
@@george.kollaros Ya, and it sounds *nothing* like acoustic strings, *at all.*
Given the flatter radius of a guitar's bridge, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to play the string parts heard with a bowed guitar. It's definitely synthesizer strings with Adrian Vandenberg miming it in the video. And yes, I realize the song credits John Sykes with "bowed guitar," but as others noted it would sound nothing like bowed classical instruments. Not sure what he actually did with a bow, if anything (not to knock Sykes, he's a killer guitarist, I just think this is hype).
@@kengoach Pure theater.
@@george.kollaros Who took it from Eddie Phillips (guitar player of The Creation)
This song really introduced the band to the masses. The next album with Vai on lead guitar is amazing.
Saw this tour and the one after and they were just so good live... definitely one of the best voices of rock, period with a fantastic band around him on both studio and live shows... they went through a lot of changes over the years, but always had a fantastic mix of musicians.
Were they opening for Crue during the Girls Girls Girls tour when you saw them on this tour ? They were when I saw them .
@@robertgreen6433 Yep, opening for Crue, October 1987 in Phoenix, they played two nights back to back! Next tour i saw them on in 1990 they were the headliner and Bad English was the opener.
@@danjmcs Was at the 2nd show at Veterans . Small world
@ Hah, that's awesome, no kidding on small world. Saw some great shows at The Madhouse on McDowell!
my favorite song from the Whitesnake, especially this atmospheric instrumental part with violin and guitars joining after, so captivating
Tawny was also the model on the Ratt - Out of the Cellar album. An 80s icon
Another great review EZ!! Did not know you enjoyed this type of music. As others have said older Whitesnake like "Slide It In" and "Slow an' Easy" not to mention "Love Ain't No Stranger". I can't remember which Whitesnake songs you have reviewed, but many good ones. Who knew EZ was such a closet smokin hot song/video reviewer!!! I did really appreciate your comment about simply listening to the song WITHOUT seeing the video. It definately allowed you to use your own imagination. Cruised Speedway many of weekends with Whitesnake blaring out my car with windows down. Especially if you did not have cable or MTV to watch the video. Rock on EZ!!!! ;-)
Brilliant playing by Sykes. His guitar sound helped redefine many late 80s players.
Coverdale was never guilty of lyrical subtlety.😂
You were asking "where were their minds and what story was being told during the instrumental?". My take on it is David was probably trying to get some rest or sleep (he has a sleep mask or cloth over his eyes while lying down in the video) and as he is resting (or trying to sleep), the thoughts of hot steamy Tawny gradually bubble from subconscious thoughts about her and gradually the thoughts of her get more and more pronounced and to the forefront of his brain no matter what he is trying to do and then of course he's back to full throttle and the thoughts of her are 100 percent in the forefront of his brain and the song explodes into full joy and excitement.
I love this channel, and have for a long time. I would really like to see you just watch/listen straight through, then a second time with the stops and comments. So much feel and flow of a song is lost with the stops and rewinds and restarts. Cheers!
This is to avoid copyright strikes and be able to argue fair use protection justifiably. Every reaction channel on youtube has to do it, unfortunately. The ones that don't do it enough find 90% of their content get blocked and then get tired of fighting the BS. Then their channels stop uploading or disappear altogether. Be happy Elizabeth does what she does and appreciate it for what it is.
Yep. There are waaaaay too many stops in this.
No idea how she can get an appreciation of the song when she's barely listened to more than 5 seconds without stopping.
An 80's metal classic. My first rock concert at age 13 was the tour supporting this album in 1987. Needless to say I was blown away. Reaction here was extremely entertaining:)
RIP Tawny K. I saw them in 1987 with Bon Jovi. One of the best concerts ever!
Probably Mötley Crüe, they didn't tour with Bon Jovi
For several years running in the mid late 80’s, Whitesnake ruled and you couldn’t go more than an hour without seeing a video of theirs on MTV.
David Coverdale's vocals was once compared to Robert Plant, but in my opinion, his vocals were so much stronger. And Tawny Kitaen, beautiful !!! RIP Tawny 😢
You are correct! David Coverdale is and always has been a better pure singer than Robert Plant. Not that Plant is bad, I just always thought that Coverdale always being accused of a "copycat" was unfair.
You are only scratching the surface of the 80's great music.
David Coverdale used to live 5 miles away from where I lived. Yes he's from Lancashire UK. He used to smoke 20 cigs a day. And still has a powerful voice.
He's from North Yorkshire
Perfect piece of 80's rock. What a masterpiece. 😊
A great way to appreciate David´s incredible deep voice is listening to any of the songs of the "Stalkers in Tokyo" live acoustic album. Just David, and Adrian on a acoustic guitar, playing in front of a very small crowd.
My favorite on that one is SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
Love David Coverdale! His singing voice is amazing, but his talking voice is amazing too!
It's weird, when I think about great rock bands I usually forget about Whitesnake. Then when I'm reminded I kick myself and think OMG YES.
I used to be embarrassed they were my first CDs purchased, but that holds up!
@TheCharismaticVoice One of the greatest hard rocks of all time and most underrated.
Coverdale Page (David with Jimmy Page); Don't leave me this way, Shake my Tree, etc. so many great ones on that album!
Nearly 38 years after being released this single song remains as my "perfect" rock song. Just beautiful. I was 15 when it was released and at 53 I still get blown away by its perfection. I consider this to be Whitesnakes very best song among all of their excellent music. It just energizes me.