Author Topic: Whitesnake with Sykes & when Coverdale still had a voice (Read 7651 times)

FELINEGUITARS · « **on:** October 31, 2006, 01:22:21 AM »

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

JamesHealey · « **Reply #1 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:08:13 AM »

John Sykes is fantastic

jt · « **Reply #2 on:** October 31, 2006, 11:41:22 AM »

: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)

DeanS · « **Reply #3 on:** October 31, 2006, 12:15:07 PM »

gwEm · « **Reply #4 on:** October 31, 2006, 12:47:07 PM »

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.

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #5 on:** October 31, 2006, 12:54:11 PM »

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

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2006, 01:01:58 PM »

Quote from: jt

: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

DeanS · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2006, 02:57:48 PM »

Quote from: jt

: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=

cnotold · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2006, 06:56:33 PM »

David Coverdale aged well..

fps_dean · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:39:09 AM »

Quote from: JamesHealey

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.

Philly Q · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:29:02 AM »

Quote from: jt

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!).

jt · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2006, 11:54:31 AM »

: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)

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:00:02 PM »

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

Afghan Dave · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:17:54 PM »

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.

Philly Q · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2006, 05:57:17 PM »

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)

Author Topic: Whitesnake with Sykes & when Coverdale still had a voice (Read 7651 times)

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