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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: FELINEGUITARS on October 31, 2006, 01:22:21 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_wSAKoaN2I
Great video clip- David Coverdale's voice seemed so much better back then.
Sounded less like Tarzan!
And John Sykes on guitar too !!!!
i love it when DC comes on after Sykes' solo spot to sing Soldier of Fortune
This was when Whitesnake had just one guitarist during 1985
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John Sykes is fantastic
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:D That has to be the most out of place guitar spot i`ve ever seen !!
Love Whitesnake but to be honest not with Sykes or Vai `87. I allways loved the original & still imho the best Whitesnake of Lord, Paice, Galley, Moody, Coverdale, Murrey.
Sykes was better in Lizzy & as a solo artist. Nice find Johnathon.
:D 8)
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such grit in his playing! but still very fluid....
i never even heard of john sykes before the Cold Sweat was released, now hes one of my favourite players.
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The Ready and Willing/ Come and get it lineup was my fave too and seeing M3/Company of snakes is always a great treat
I find it interesting that David's voice is so much better IMHO back then
He had to have surgery during the recording of 1987- speculation exists as to whether it was a deviated septum or too much cocaine or just the kind of problems singers get.
Compare his version of Crying in he rain here to the recent version and you can easily see that his voice was much richer and deeper back then
I think he has had to relearn to sing post operation and its not the same voice- must be tough on him
Seems to have had a lot of plastic sugery since as well
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:D That has to be the most out of place guitar spot i`ve ever seen !!
Yes agreed - although Doug Aldrich needs to also take some taste lessons
His solo spot was of the I can play faster than you and that makes me more of a man kind of thing - makes you long for Mickey Moody's slide solo
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:D That has to be the most out of place guitar spot i`ve ever seen !!
Love Whitesnake but to be honest not with Sykes or Vai `87. I allways loved the original & still imho the best Whitesnake of Lord, Paice, Galley, Moody, Coverdale, Murrey.
Sykes was better in Lizzy & as a solo artist. Nice find Johnathon.
:D 8)
Great line up- great song
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LuV-Rw4H-wA&mode=related&search=
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David Coverdale aged well..
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John Sykes is fantastic
...Coverdale always had a voice when John Sykes was in the band though, so what's so special about this one? lol!
It's still played much more like the original so the guy who left a comment saying '85 is right... or '84... and Coverdale's hair was darker and not a full poof perm yet.
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Love Whitesnake but to be honest not with Sykes or Vai `87. I allways loved the original & still imho the best Whitesnake of Lord, Paice, Galley, Moody, Coverdale, Murray.
Nah, Bernie Marsden was better than Mel Galley! But yes, they were much better in the old days, when Coverdale used to get all pompous and say they were a Blues band, not a Metal band. Now they're a Hair Metal band... :roll:
I do like John Sykes, but I don't think he's ever been in a really great band (yes, Lizzy was a great band, but not by the time he was in it!).
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:D Yep i stand corrected Bernie Marsden was great in Whitesnake. As for Sykes i actually agree i dont think hes ever been in a really good band But his solo stuff is really good to be fair. As for Lizzy he really helped modify them. They were completley out of touch & were sounding badly dated. Sykes Metalfied them & Thunder & Lightning is a stonking good album & is beyond any doubt one of Lizzy`s finest moments.
:D 8)
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As far as Whitesnake goes my fave is the Moody & Marsden era - followed by Sykes.
Love BOTH versions of "Slide It In" -the USA remix with Sykes guitar is a bit more metal and an indicator of what would come with 1987 but the Moody & Galley version is nice too
Hated the Vai era as Steve Vai has no place in Whitesnake - would love to have heard Slip of the tongue with Vandenberg playing it ( as he wrote all the songs and injured himself prior to recording them)
Warren De Martini was somewhat out of place on the Greatest Hits tour and by Restless Heart it wasn't really Whitesnake as much as Coverdale gone solo in some ways
Starkers In Tokyo was interesting though
Current lineup kind of perpetuates the 1987 tour with 2 hotshot hired guns on guitar but no emotional connection to what they play
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Have you seen the Starkers in Tokyo Live DVD?
Only Coverdale and Vandenberg performing for a vary small invited audience. I ordered it from Brazil as I'm such a nut about the band.
It's worth a look as it really presents the music in the most stripped down of fashions. Vocal + Acoustic.
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Am I going crazy, or was Viv Campbell in Whitesnake for about 5 minutes at the time Sykes left and Vandenberg joined?
(Around the time he was playing/advertising the Kramer Nightswan, I think)
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Viv was in WS for a the videos and tour following 1987 album. That was the return to the twin guitar set up favoured by Coverdale.
Coverdale has said that having Campbell and Vandenberg on stage was like a wild west shoot out every night - no love lost between them and both enjoying much acclaim as guitar heros out for the big time.
The reasons for him being pushed out of the band were cited as his nagging wife and poor song writing ability - the truth is who knows?
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Thanks for that info Dave, glad I wasn't imagining it! :wink:
Campbell has never struck me as much of a songwriter, but then Old Cov tends to monopolise the writing, so he really only needs someone to chip in the odd idea. Seemed to work OK in Dio.
I always suspected Viv's "solo" band Trinity didn't take off because the material wasn't turning out strong enough, but maybe they couldn't get a good record deal or they just hated each other. As you say, who knows?
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As far as Whitesnake goes my fave is the Moody & Marsden era - followed by Sykes.
Love BOTH versions of "Slide It In" -the USA remix with Sykes guitar is a bit more metal and an indicator of what would come with 1987 but the Moody & Galley version is nice too
Hated the Vai era as Steve Vai has no place in Whitesnake - would love to have heard Slip of the tongue with Vandenberg playing it ( as he wrote all the songs and injured himself prior to recording them)
Warren De Martini was somewhat out of place on the Greatest Hits tour and by Restless Heart it wasn't really Whitesnake as much as Coverdale gone solo in some ways
Starkers In Tokyo was interesting though
Current lineup kind of perpetuates the 1987 tour with 2 hotshot hired guns on guitar but no emotional connection to what they play
Yeah I agree. Most the Vai era was bad, but I don't blame Vai for that as I do poor songwriting.
I do not think I have ever heard the UK version of Slide It In, but I would like to.
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Yeah I agree. Most the Vai era was bad, but I don't blame Vai for that as I do poor songwriting.
I do not think I have ever heard the UK version of Slide It In, but I would like to.
I think that is the only time I've ever heard that said! Vai just about ran over each song with a steamroller of avant guard shred!
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I think that is the only time I've ever heard that said! Vai just about ran over each song with a steamroller of avant guard shred!
"Weaving sonic tapestries from Hell" was how Coverdale described it (you have to imagine it in that cod Shakespearian accent of his).
He got the Hell bit right, anyway.
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Vai just has a tone and a technique and sound that just doesnt sit in a blues based context well - it's all too Zappa-esque
I rather liked some of the songs on Slip of the tongue - (Sailing ships, judgement day, now you're gone) & a few were similar to previous Whitesnake stuff - cheap and nasty etc
There were some interesting moments like wings of the storm which was epic in some ways
The remake of foll for your loving is best overlooked - VAi's tone was just so wrong and the solo swamped the song. A million miles away from the Hammond organ driven original- no soul!
I just would love to hear that album played by guys with Les pauls (apart from the clean or acoustic bits) , no floyds and a bit of feel and restraint.
Good heavy rock stuff!
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I seem to remember seeing an interview with Coverdale at some point during the big-hair period - he came over as being really 'camp' - was this just my imagination?
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I'd say "theatrical" more than "camp", but I know what you mean. :D
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I was expecting more hairy-chested Tarzan and less Julian Clary...
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:D Yep its true Coverdale & WS did get very camp in the end !
And yes Johnathon his voice did change quite a bit after his operation.
:D 8)