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Whitesnake was David Coverdale's band after being the lead singer for Deep Purple (1973 - 1976). Though Still of The Night, Here I Go Again, and Is This Love were their biggest hits (radio-wise), you've got to listen to Slow an' Easy by Whitesnake. It's BY FAR their best, in my opinion. You guys are 100% on target with the Robert Plant comparisons. At the beginning of Slow an' Easy, you may even think it is Plant singing. Coverdale actually went on to create an album with Jimmy Page (Coverdale • Page) in 1993. A&A ROCKS! You guys have amazing insight into the music you react to, despite not growing up during the time it was released. BEST MUSIC REACTORS ON TH-cam!
Plant used to call DC “David Coverversion” ... 😁
Slide It In album has some of the best blues riffs on it and David's vocals are off the scale!
Coverdale
Tommy Bolin
" Come Taste the Band " (75)
Track- Dealer 🔥
Pre Slide it in Snake is the best
1) Northwinds
2 ) Come & Get it
3) Till the Day I Die
4) Saints and Sinners
@@DarkeningSkies1 Earky Coverdale is his best and most original (77-82)
Slide it in and The 87 album is the Zep RIP off material .
This isn’t your average hair band this is talent
it's hard to imagine "talent" and "hair band" in the same sentence -- even the best hair band 😄
@@alexjbennett1017 MOST "HAIR BANDS HAD/HAVE A TON OF TALENT. Do you homework bud....
@@Rich-jd9up You're right. They are talented. They might be creative. They choose to play music that is defined by cliches. So the thing is, they're commercial. Which rubs me the wrong way. I was riffing off off the comment, just having fun. My bad. My apologies.
The core of what are now called “hair bands” (makes me think of ponytail holders) or “hair metal” is the 80s glam metal scene.
A lot of bands have been shoved under the label who were never glam bands. Nobody thought of Whitesnake as glam back in the day (Coverdale’s visual makeover and horrendous blond hair notwithstanding). I think they’ve been lumped in as a hair band largely due to the radio/chart success of Here I Go Again, and Is This Love?, which are not their strongest songs, or even close.
@alexjbennett1017 go pick up a guitar and try to play hair metal. Those dudes were ALL uber talented.
Spit it Out, Slide It In, Love Ain’t No Stranger, Guilty of Love, Slow and Easy, Give Me More Time, etc. Basically the entire Slide It In Album
Great album. Not a bad song on it
Before that
1) Northwinds
2) Come and Get it.
3) Saints & Sinners
@@brandoncohen3160 Could not agree more. Slide It In, phenomenal album. Every song killer.
Slide It In live at Donnington with Vandenberg & Vai!
Love Ain't No Stranger is their best, imo. All are certified T-Top Trans Am cruising bangers.
A & A
You guys did a reaction to Deep Purple “Burn” a couple of years ago. This is David Coverdale the same lead singer only a decade later. He was 22 with DP and a complete professional when this came out.
John Sykes is a beast. His playing and tone on this whole album is just tasty.
For a Gen Xer, this is 80s Nostalgia Level = MAXIMUM
God I love this great big ball of cheese.
So. Much. Fun.
Too true and same. RIP Tawny Kitaen.
I wish i could go back. The 80s were a great damn time!
Poison is a ball of cheese, Whitesnake is pure musical talent.
B+? This is why reviews from children shouldn't be taken seriously. This song is a masterpiece.
You MUST do “Crying in the rain” from their 1987 album. Absolutely nasty guitar riffs and one of the most incredible guitar solos IMO. John Sykes is completely underrated.
Sykes is pretty unknown for most people, even fans.
I was reading through all these comments WONDERING, "When the HELL is anyone going to tip a hat to John Sykes?!?!" Thank you Matt!!
The BEST thing Coverdale did was bring over John Sykes from Thin Lizzy!! Sykes OWNED this!! He's ALWAYS been underrated & he let EVERYONE know who the hell John Sykes is, when he joined Whitesnake. I'd put Sykes up against ANYONE who played the Ax in the 80's.
John Skyes = Legend
With 80s hair bands watching the music video is an essential part of the experience.
Hope you do "Crying in the rain" (from the 1987 Whitesnake album) by Whitesnake. It contains one of the best guitar solos ever, it's out of this world!
The one on this 1987 Whitesnake , not the older one in 1982 on the "Saints An' Sinners" album !
CRYING IN THE RAIN is a bad ass song. Love this jam. Great guitar work too
CRANK IT UP LOUD
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Yes. I have that album with crying in the rain. I need to dig it out tomorrow!
@@stephanechamberland8486 holy smokes the guitar solo is straight fire
There is a version of Crying in the Rain played at Rock in Rio 1985 with Sykes on guitar which is astonishing
Gotta love that huge guitar sound of John Sykes. Here I Go Again is by far their most popular song, but not their best, imo. I'd go for Slow n Easy, or Love Ain't No Stranger.
I have to agree with you about Here I Go Again. I always preferred the early version of that song from Saints and Sinners to the one from this incarnation of the band. It had more of a bluesy feel to it. I also agree fully about John's sound, I still consider his band Blue Murder to be one of my favorite bands of all time.
@@RedDawnRocker Agreed, that first Blue Murder album is killer.
In this song Sykes plays with a violin bow in his solo. It sounds fantastic.
Here I Go Again is so friggin overplayed that I really dislike the song now!
Slow an Easy and Love Ain't No Stranger are hardly ever played these days and retain their greatness.
“Slow An’ Easy” is a worthy Whitesnake experience. There’s a 72% chance you’ll like it more.
IMO, best song by Whitesnake. The guitar on that is simply SICK!!
I agree... Slow An' Easy is the best. Been a favorite of mine for years, ever since I first heard it.
Only 72%?😁❤
Good call
Love Ain't No Stranger
Lunatic Fringe by Red Ryder kinda came out of nowhere also, but got a LOT of airplay on rock stations in the 80s.
Probably my favorite 80s song. One of them at least.
Good song!!
Great song
I think this is one of the best 80’s rock tunes. I would LOVE this on the show
Lunatic Fringe is a good song, and a shameless imitation of Pink Floyd, imo. It's okay to be both.
Guys - I Can’t believe you have never heard any Whitesnake before! You need to listen to more from this great band! Here I Go Again, Is This Love, Fool for Your Loving - So many classics!
Agreed with Fool for your Loving. Slide it in is a great one too.
This was considered a great song in the 80s. It was very popular.. I remember hanging out with my friends and listening to it and singing ‘In the Still of the Night’
The guitarist on the recording is John Sykes. He was also on their Slide It In album, and he was briefly in Thin Lizzy at the end of their run (on the "Thunder and Lightning" album). As a fan of this channel for a while, I think you guys are more likely to enjoy "Slide It In", "Love Ain't No Stranger", or "Slow and Easy" off if the Slide It In album than you are "Here I Go Again". Other good tunes off the '87 release are "Bad Boys" and "Give Me All Your Love". Here I Go Again occupies the middle ground between power ballad and banging rocker.
Her I go again the 1982 version is more bluesy than the 1987 version where it's more hair metal
Don't forget Tygers Of Pan Tang.
@@electricwizard3000, I was trying to stick with something they had heard of and with which they had some experience. If only they did some ToPT, that would be awesome.
Listen at 4:50. Sykes using a violin bow on his lead solo...
Ah yes the great John Sykes 👍
Can't separate Whitesnake from their videos with Tawny Kitaen writhing on the hood of a Jaguar...
I absolutely agree with Alex. This a big time banger!!! No way a B+, but of course everyone's entitled to their opinion. Like Alex said, there's definitely MANY ear candy moments in this song.
All I have to say is John Sykes is a monster on the guitar.... 🎸..this is what real rock music sounds like....
Ya check out his slo band blue murder, valley of the king and jelly roll are superb. Videos are also great.
"Here I go again" is their most popular song, but Ihere's some others: Walking in the Shadow of the Blues' [Live]; 'Lovehunter' ...'Slow an' Easy' ...'Crying in the Rain' ...
'Love Ain't No Stranger' From 'Slide it In' (1984) ...'Fool For Your Loving' From 'Ready an' Willing (1980) ...'
“Slow and Easy” is great and definitely along the same vein as “Still of the Night.”
SLOW AND EASY. hell yeahhhhhh. Bad ass jam. Love this song. Love the guitar work too. . Oldie but goodie here
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Walking in the Shadow of the Blues is my favorite Whitesnake song
'Fool For Your Lovin' From "Liv In The Heart Of The City " is the one. As a Bass Player our band played that and everyone rocked and danced. Early '90s were good times.
The 80's personified. MTV. David Coverdale in tight leather pants. "Here I Go Again", "Fool For Your Lovin'", and their ballad, "Is This Love". RIP Tawny.
Here I Go Again & Fool for Your Loving were redone. Origibal versions 100% Snake existed long before Coverdale jumped on the hair band bandwagon.
@@jgsrhythm100 Early bluesy Whitesnake with Jon Lord and Ian Paice was amazing. The whole Ready an' Willing album is great
@@filipstefanovski155 Yes Yes 100%!!!!!
here I go again
@@mischiefmanaged444 yes! Classic.
Crying in the Rain has one of the most insane guitar solos. John Sykes shreds his ass off in a prime example of 80s overindulgence.
The guitarist used a violin bow during the solo. David's voice. A++
No, that was just a visual gimmick for the video. It was Sykes just palm muting the guitar part while it was doubled by the keyboards.
"Is This Love?" is the absolute best use of Davis Coverdale's voice.
The beauty of Andy & Alex is they play the whole song through. No interruptions .💋💋✌🌻🌻
David Coverdale was also a lead singer for Deep Purple
If you want the full Whitesnake/Zeppelin experience you need to do "Slow an' Easy". David Coverdale at his Costco Robert Plant peak.
@emikeblog this is priceless 😆
The idea Whitesnake/Zeppelin experience makes my brain bleed.
@@mikep6222 Coverdale / Page th-cam.com/video/hw2YuJPw5EM/w-d-xo.html
"Slow an' Easy" has a great Costco Robert Plant feel with simple, cool slide guitar & a catchy chorus. It's a great 80's guilty pleasure of a song for me. Andy - You're gonna feel uncomfortable singing this one with your bros, too. LOL!
SO uncomfortable! ha
Are you familiar with earlier Whitesnake 77-82?
1) Northwinds 77
2) Celebration 78 🔥
3) Saints & Sinners 82
"Costco Robert Plant," LOL. Plant himself once called him "David CoverVersion." He's still a fantastic singer and frontman, though.
. That only applies to late 80's Coverdale.
His earlier material(before jumping on Hair Band bandwagon ) sounds nothing like Plant,Check Northwinds circa 77!!
Check Deep Purple (with Tommy Bolin)
Circa 75. track " Dealer '
Coverdale & Bolin (Deep Purple) on the album"Come Taste the Band"...excellent all the way through! Check out "Love Child", or "You Keep On Movin'". I was just thinking the other day, A & A haven't done nearly enough Deep Purple! What about "Fireball", "In Rock", "Who Do We Think We Are?"...much better albums than "Burn". Hear us, A & A, Deep Purple deserves more attention!
This whole album is 🔥 top notch production with big 80s drums and guitars 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
1987 is one of the greatest rock/metal albums of all time, without a shadow of doubt. Simply epic start with this track, and listen to how brilliantly "Children of the Night" concludes it. Incredible.
I’m curious if you’ve reacted to Queensryche? Eyes Of A Stranger? Spreading The Disease? Anything from their Operation Mindcrime album? It came out about the same time as Whitsnake.
YES!!! Geoff Tate and Queensryche were my absolute favorites back in the day. Amazing music and stories. My personal favorite is Walk in the Shadows from Rage For Order. That album is fricken amazing
omg all the Queensryche please!! so good
For me, it's definitely Jet City Woman, and surprisingly, their cover of Dalbello's Get Close. Both are incredibly *sexy* songs - a rare commodity.
They should take a leap of faith and make Mindcrime the Patreon album of the month
@@tswanstrom2000 I’ve suggested this last year. I’ll be shocked if they actually did.
One other comment: I can’t believe that you haven’t hit REO Speedwagon yet. Don’t do them at the height of their popularity when they leaned a little too top 40, but instead at their peak rock/blues in the 70s. Gary Richrath was a smoking guitarist.
I recommend starting with something off their live album, You Get What You Play For (they also have some of the best album titles). My favorite song off that album is probably 157 Riverside Avenue or Golden Country, or you could go with the iconic Riding the Storm Out. But be sure to do them from this live album.
They would go crazy over the golden country guitar solo. Roll with he changes would also be an awesome one to react to
Golden Country would be awesome!
Golden Country live. That guitar solo by Gary Richrath is smoking!! RIP Gary.
yeh agree i have the live double vinly and tuna also good record but live one is there best one and two good 70srock records but never see in local indie stores found tuna at indie not expensive live at antique store 10 12 maybe nice condition booth was selling vintage audio gear not many records so lucky to get dont see in indie stores either goodd price for double also
Was never a huge Whitesnake fan, but I'll admit this song blew me away when it came out. One of the few tunes from them I never get sick of. Not sure what it is about the fade out, but it still gives me goosebumps for some reason. Sykes guitar just shines on this. Sorry Andy, gonna have to strongly disagree with you on this one bro. lol
I had forgotten just what a great singer David Coverdale was at his peak!
The cassette deck in my car wore out this album when it was released and I was in high school. This song has such a great drop coming out of the bridge into the solo. That part alone puts Still of the Night into the upper category of my favorite 80s fare. Yes, they are a very Zeppelin style band, but a lot of bands were like that back then and weren't anywhere near as good.
Oh I loved this song…remember rocking out to it back in the day. All the girls thought this had a very sexy sound to it. We loved how you could hear Dave Coverdale breathing during parts of it. 😜
WOW, there doing a 80's rock band; crazy; let see how bad they tear this band apart, me I like Whitesnake; plue I wonder if they know that David Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976.
When Deep Purple was past their prime
"HERE I GO AGAIN" Is a Genuine Masterpiece and I Never get Tired Of listening to it!!
I’m surprised with Andy’s B+ since he’s always been the one leaning towards guitar heavy riffs.
If you love heavy guitars you have to love this. Some of the best guitarist have played in White Snake.
BTW, David Coverdale and Jimmy Page released an album together in the early 90’s. It is quite good.
I understand Andy’s reasoning- this song seems to jump all over the place in a very poor attempt at sounding like Led Zep.
This band isn't very good, and one thing doesn't always lead to another.
Quite good? That`s a bit of an understatement IMHO.
WHITESNAKE:
"Crying In The Rain" (1982 original studio version) , is my favorite. It's more raw and bluesy.
I agree with you Andy when a song looses your groove it becomes a B+. "Here I Go Again" was overplayed but I wouldn't mind hearing your opinion on it. It's still a fun song.
This was a fun reaction! Another song from the same year you might enjoy is “Rock Me” by Great White. Alex, you mentioned the similarity to Led Zeppelin. It was no secret even back then that they were full-on channeling Zeppelin in this song, which was a huge hit. I remember reading that Jimmy Page said he wished he had written it. Page, of course, later went on to collaborate with David Coverdale. There are other great Whitesnake songs for you to check out. But even more, I’d love for you to react to songs from Robert Plant’s incredible ‘80s solo catalog:
“Burning Down One Side,” “Far Post,” “Other Arms,” “Big Log,” “In the Mood,” “Little by Little.”
Yes Plant’s solo stuff was great. I always think that “Burning Down One Side” was the last Zeppelin album.
@@drewwin794 it definitely sounds as if it could have been!
Big Log as an exemplary example of 80s Plant. 29 Palms for 90s Plant.
@@johnhughes3214 absolutely, yes! “29 Palms” is outstanding!
"Here I Go Again" is an absolute anthem. Short but sweet guitar solo by Adrian Vandenberg. More commercial, without a doubt, but a must listen, nonetheless. Listen to the version from the 1987 self-titled album (sometimes referred to as "Here I Go Again, 1987), not the one from the 1982 album Saints and Sinners.
Terrible song. Weak Zeppelin imitation. The music makes no sense.
Original " Here I Go Again" 82 way way more Soulful. Original _pre 87) Snake 100%
@@jgsrhythm100 You're correct. The 82 version was more soulful, but the 87 version has much better guitar work and improved lyrics.
@@johnhughes3214 Didn’t they only change one word. Changed hobo to drifter
@@marksimpson1991 All of Whitesnake's catalog can be accused of being a Led Zeppelin rip-off. Still of the Night is more of a Led Zeppelin rip-off than Here I Go Again. By the way, there are worse things than being compared to Led Zeppelin.
I'm 65 yrs old. This was the music of my day. Favorite song EVER!!!!!
Finally - somebody covering Whitesnake!! I adore David Coverdale's voice.
I'm so burnt on Whitesnake that I skipped to the comments at the end. Costco version of Robert Plant...classic, I spit iced tea. Thanks for that one. Good song, cliched but fantastic vocals, great guitar. The amazing part is they're still touring and they still look the same. Edit: I'm going to throw this out there one more time. Guys, you need to hit Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. So many songs were influenced by their sound.
And please start with Devil with the Blue Dress On or Jenny Take A Ride, not something less than the biggest hits
David Coverdale
Tommy Bolin
Deep Purple " Come Taste the Band" (75)
Track - Dealer. 🔥
Blows this away
Love Jenny Take A Rde BTW !!!
This was my 171-upvoted pick that lost to Dio a few months back for 80s metal banger....Lead singer is David Coverdale from Deep Purple- two other bandmates are from Ozzy Osbourne's band....hence the kick ass- non-hair metal sound....the cheesy video with the "sex police" coming after Coverdale and his girlfriend would have given some era-context
'What's that Ram Jam song?' Black Betty will always be the only answer to that question
Girls back in the day definitely thought this was an A+, it's just late 80s sexy with a small side of smarmy, which, honestly, was required for 80's sexy.
Another good one is "Crying in the Rain." It and "Here I Go Again" were older cuts from the album *Saints and Sinners*, re-recorded for the 80s. Thanks for keeping up the great work on your channel. Cheers!
I think Whitesnake is the Kevin Bacon of 80's music. Example: link Quiet Riot to Jane's Addiction.
1 Rudy Sarzo played in Quiet Riot before Whitesnake.
2 Steve Vai was also in Whitesnake
3 Steve Vai played with David Lee Roth
4 David Lee Roth played with Van Halen
5 Sammy Hagar was in Van Halen and later Chickefoot
6 Chad Smith was in Chickenfoot and is in the Red Hot Chili Peppers
7 Dave Navaro was a member of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and was in Jane's Addiction.
Took me 1 more than the Kevin Bacon thing but I'd still.
Kiss Gets convoluted. Mark St. John was on the Kiss album Anamalize. Prior to that he was in a band White Lion with David Donato. David also had a short tenure in Black Sabbbath. Here we could go the easy route back through Ozzy but we won't. Dio was Ozzy's successor. Dio was in a band with Ritchie Blackmore called Rainbow. Ritchie Blackmore was also in Deep Purple who's 3rd singer was David Coverdale. As we previously established David Coverdale was a founder of Whitesnake...
Lastly Randy Rhodes played with Quiet Riot and Ozzy, Zakk Wylde played with Ozzy, Zakk Wylde appeared with My Darkest Days, Ludacris appeared on My Darkest days track, Lucacris appeared on Justin Bieber's Baby...
I'm right fond on the 80s hair band era. 😁
I was in my 30s then, good times!
There was something for everybody in the '80s I turned 30 in '86 and I still enjoyed a good headbanger if done well.
@@aileenturrietta7553 I have 2 years on you, I turned 30 in '84. You are 100% correct the 1980s radio played something for everyone.
@@gidget8717 I still haven't been able to get them to do JC Mellancamp. In my opinion he was the most consequential artist of that decade and beyond.
@@aileenturrietta7553 I can agree with that. Well with anyone that didn't live in urban areas anyway. He was the voice of the rural experience in the 1980s for sure.
One of my faves from that era. Used to speed skate like hell to this song
Whitesnake was an 80s corporate product -- Led Zeppelin homogenized, pasteurized, and produced for mass consumption on MTV. No one can say this is a Great Work of Art, but as disposable radio pop fun, it works.
Bingo!
We have a winner!
Hmm...someone who does not know Whitesnake at all quite obviously ...or only as of Slide it in like most narrow-minded Americans who don't care about what's going on in the rest of the world. First of all they started in the 70s, were successful already before getting known in the US in the 80s and 2ndly they are still around. That much for "was an 80s product".
@@Utubemop their 70s stuff was garbage liked only by narrow-minded parochial Brits lmao
Umm okay... their three albums from the 70's are nothing like their 80's rock.
They had 7 albums before this one
Definitely not 80s manufactured corporate rock
Great song. Classic 80's!
When someone mentions hairbands, my first thought is Whitesnake. A whole lotta posing going on here.
Andy - Indeed, you don't have to defend yourself; keep giving your honest impressions. By the way, I can give you the name of a good dozen songs 7 to 10 minutes in length that are worth the listen; they do indeed have a reason for such a length.
The fact that they give such honest opinions is one of the things I love about this channel.
@@allisonreed7682 Absolutely!
For a great progressive rock song with a similar title, try "In the Dead of Night" by UK, featuring the great virtuoso guitarist Allan Holdsworth and an all around all-star band. Not having heard Holdsworth is a big gap in your musical journey. He is the favorite guitarist of many great guitarists.
Best guitar solo of the 80ies for sure. Maybe ever. But I like Allan even more for his phenomenal chord work.
@@maxxkarma He was always "reaching for the uncommon chord."
Allan Holdsworth, a God amongst men, decades ahead of his time
David Coverdale (Whitesnake vocals )
Tommy Bolin / Deep Purple
" Come Taste the Band" (circa 75)
Track- Dealer 🔥 🔥
Blows this away!!!!!!!!!!--
As good as Blackmore era Purple 100%
Anything Bolin blows this over-produced tune away
@@flyingburritobro68 woohoo!!
100%
Gen-X here....
One of Whitesnake's master creations. Long Duration Song: Yes. Realize the times were different back then. Instant gratification wasn't the "thing" and we actually immersed ourselves into the songs. We took the time to feel the message, not just listen.
The way Whitesnake builds the energy up and doesn't leave the listener hanging is true talent.
It's definitely missing from today's trash .
Trust me, there were no grannies at a Whitesnake concert unless they were showing their t*ts! You sweet boys missed out on so much! The 80s kicked ass! 🤘🏼🔥🥁🎸
Custom written "Arena Rock", every audio trick in the book used to maximum effect. The MTV video with the one and only Tawney Kitaen, RIP, helped this song go BIG.
written to be performed live, not to be downloaded...ahhhh, those were the days
There’s no way you HAVEN’T heard “Here I Go Again” in a bar or a movie - it’s one of the most popular songs from the 80s!
If you decide to hit it, do the “radio” version that starts with just keyboards. I remember the album version being different and not as good.
Put Some Sugar on Me (cover) is being used in a new Pure Tea Leaf commercial. It always make think that in the '80's using a hair or glam rock song would never have been considered.
Just as a heads up, as I think they do a lot of these episodes using a streaming app that starts with S (youtube keeps deleting my comment whenever I name it for some reason), I think they actually wanna go with the 2018 remaster there instead. Because the one labeled "radio mix" on that app is the one that doesn't start with the keyboards and just starts with the palm muted guitars.
You got it backwards. The radio version has female background singers and EXTRA keyboards that neuter it. The album version from 1987 is the better one.
@@dusty3913 No, that's not the radio version. The one you're talking about with the female backing vocals is the original version of the song from 1982 off their Saints & Sinners album. There's actually 3 version of the song. That one from 82, the 1987 album version off the Whitesnake titled album. And then the radio version based off the 87 recording that doesn't start with keys at all.
The 1987 album has the keys intro, but doesn't have the female backing vocals and has much better production on it to the 82 version. That's the one we're saying Andy & Alex should do.
@@moonlitegram that’s still a studio version. Not a “radio” version. Sometimes artists create radio versions of their studio cuts that are altered. If the version we’re talking about (sucking) is from the Saints and Sinners album, we’ll…no one cares about it really. It didn’t hit in America. They’re better off watching Tawny Kitaen maul the Jaguar-you know, to be sure they got the right version 😃
This is one of the hairiest hairbands ever..... their tour was sponsored by Aqua Net
I always greatly preferred the late ‘70’s- early ‘80’s Whitesnake with Jon Lord on keyboards, Ian Paice on drums, Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody on guitars and a highly underrated Neil Murray on bass. Great live album with that lineup “Live in the Heart of the City”. Later albums everyone but Coverdale was gone and they fell into that cheesy mid-late 80’s sound
Sykes had a great guitar sound -- from the same era you should listen to Dokken "Without Warning/Tooth and Nail" George Lynch had a great sound too.
You can pick out an Ansely Dunbar drum lick. Sounds like the drums on Wheel in the Sky by Journey
What a lot of people fail to realize is that the guitars on this entire album was done by the legendary John Sykes, who left abruptly before the records release. In the video, I believe that was Adrian Vandenburg and Vivian Campbell, who'd later go on to join Def Leppard. To understand the virtuous nature of John Sykes, you must review his trio band Blue Murder. That self titled debut album was amazing. Showcasing his underrated vocals and axe prowess.
John Sykes on guitar - say no more. That riffage and his tone are both enormous.
Yes, they need to react to John's band, Blue Murder - Jelly Roll or Sex Child would be amazing reactions.
For 80s rock, Def Leppard was one of the best! Please react to Photograph or Foolin', these are awesome songs you will not regret !!!
There are definitely some gems in this genre of over-produced, 80’s, shimmery “heavy metal”, but as someone who grew up in the 80’s and was obsessed with these bands, I don’t feel that this music has stood the test of time all that well. I like it more for nostalgia than I do for its actual importance in the history of rock. Like modern hip hop, this was more about the image and the vibe than it was for the ingenuity of the music, imo.
I agree with everything you've said, except that consider White Snake a "hair metal" band.
Well said. Of the hair metal bands, imo Whitesnake has probably held up the best.
100%. It was sure a fun time to grow up in musically, at least our pap got matched out youthful energy. Wait, one more edit - one can play pool to this, can't do that well with modern pop rock sounds
“Take me down slow and easy” is the song you should have started with
I was surprised to see this song pop up. I didn't know it was on A&A's radar. I'm glad they did a reaction.
Always loved it just for being a kickass banger. It was one of those songs that when it came on the radio the
volume went up to 10 automatically! Coverdale was a hell of a singer. Good reaction, guys. Best line of the year -
"Costco version of Robert Plant". I'm with Alex on this one...I can groove on this song anytime it pops up. A+ banger!
My favorite Whitesnake song, though "Here i Go Again" was my class song. I love songs with tempo changes. And I love the section of playing the guitar with a violin bow. And David Coverdale in his prime was absolutely one of the great rock singers and front men.
There are no wrong answers when doing a reaction. That being said Andy is 12% wrong on his B+ rating. All the reasons for a minimum A for this song were expressed by Alex. Maybe I’m the one who’s wrong here? hahaha
Cheers!
12% wrong?! You’re right, shoulda went B. 😝🤣
@@andyandalex ok ok .., hahaha
@@Matt..G I’m teasing haha, if I was wrong it’s definitely by about 12%, you are on the dot sir
This is what you'd call an EPIC BANGER. Hard to believe there was a time you could have a 6+ minute heavy metal song on pop radio and all over MTV. Other songs to check out: Judgement Day, Crying In The Rain (1987 version,) Bad Boys, Love Ain't No Stranger, Slow 'an Easy, Love Will Set You Free, Trouble Is Your Middle Name, Walking in the Shadow of the Blues, Fool for Your Loving (1980 version)
There’s some live videos not that old and by golly Coverdale still has the chops! And looks about the same 40 years later he always had a rough look anyway, thanks again guys!
Bands nowadays wouldn’t dare try to write and perform at this level.
Ah, Whitesnake. This was a huge hit. And respresentative of what helped usher in grunge. Glam rock, cock rock, whatever you want to call it, my generation was tired of the shallow songs about nothing but sex, et all. Nirvana blew it all up & changed everything.
With that said, still patiently waiting for an Alice in Chains reaction. You won't be disappointed!
grunge, so overrated!, disco lasted longer! And I'd argue it was the final nail in the coffin for rock as no one wanted to listen to sad depressed twenty somethings whine about how miserable they thought their life was.
@@allisterfiend_2112 It's not how long you last in popularity, it's what you do while you're there, and grunge brought back real stakes to rock. It also brought in alt rock to the mainstream, for better or worse, and that still exists. As for disco, people will always love to dance, whatever you want to call it.
grunge, disco, glam. I love all of it+
Ehh, speak for yourself. Saying “generation” is a little extreme don’t you think? Maybe “a certain segment of the population” I’d believe.
@@ronmexico1975 No, all things considered, generation fits best. I saw it, was part of it, and it was way more than something cultish.
This was my very first CD ever, to go with the first PORTABLE CD player that weighed like 8 pounds with the battery!
Try Bang Your Head (Metal Health) by Quiet Riot. 🤘🏻
Slick Black Cadillac would be better one to do.
Battery? As in singular? Cause I’m pretty sure my first portable CD player I had to take out a small personal loan to afford the 29 C batteries it took to run it for a 1/2 hour if you had no outlet to plug up into… Hahahahahahaha Omgoodness what a run down memory lane this was for some reason 🤷♂️
@@jbrewer8941 The battery was the same width and length as the CD player. Maybe 6” x 6”. It was a beast!
Ah, Whitesnake brings back memories... My band played "Love 'Ain't No Stranger". But my favourite song of theirs was, and still is: "Guilty of Love" from the same album (Slide It In). Great straight ahead rock and roll in the style of Thin Lizzy. Its a bop, banger, all of the above.
Two words: Tawny Kitaen Totally missing out (and I am mean totally missing out) by not watching the Whitesnake/Tawny Kitaen music video trilogy. Andy: your rating will instantly increase
Tawny would definitely sway their ratings. RIP to the ultimate MTV Vixen.
So true!! I was thinking that they need to watch the video for that one - Tawny was amazing!
Great guitar work by John Sykes on this song. Too bad he exited the band just before recording of the album was completed.
The peak of late 80s hair! A cut above the average rock band that came out then.
I love that you guys actually react to songs instead of pausing every few seconds like pretty much every other reaction channel.
Andy feels a little uncomfortable when Costo Robert Plant gets too seductive. 🤣 Here I Go Again is their big hit. Slide It In, Is This Love, Slow An' Easy and Fool for Your Loving are also good by them.
Every stripper was swinging around the pole to this one! Still a killer tune.
I personally investigated and can confirm that statement 🙄
@@anthonytice3028 me too! It was a tough assignment, but I'm glad there were those among us that cast fear aside!😅😅
That was where I first heard Whitesnake!😂
Glad you guys like this the middle section of this Whitesnake song, A&A! 🎶💖🎶 Cheers! \|/
This was my late night I4 back to Tampa song on repeat. Kept me singing along. Whitesnake in concert was always a jam.
I'm surprised Alex gave this an A+. This is the definitive eighties cheese rock. The gated snare. Massive reverb and high gain metal guitars. He normally doesn't like those eighties rock cliches.
Honestly might just be I like zeppelin so much it’s fun to hear them translated to the 80’s
@@andyandalex Yeah well Zeppelin didn't make any records in the eighties so we'll never know what they might have sounded like. Of course Robert Plant continued making records and some of them were pretty cheesy sounding. The eighties was a weird time for music. Big drums. Big hair and big shoulder pads. A lot of the seventies bands went along with the flow. Some faired better than others. Whitesnake actually started in the seventies but went all in on the big eighties production sound. Some of the alternative bands like R.E.M. resisted and made records that today have a timeless sound to them. And then came the nineties backlash and grunge.
Agreed. Just a terrible song.
@@andyandalex Alex, you've got to hear the song "Get It On" by Kingdom Come from 1988 to hear a late 80s version of Led Zeppelin.
Check out Round and Round by Ratt if we're going hair metal.
I'm here for the analogies. Cheers, Andy! Great one today.
David Coverdale was the same singer on Deep Purple Burn and many other Purple hits. He's still around with Whitesnake.
Original Whitesnake 77-82 before
David Coverdale (Deep Purple Burn)jumped on the hair band bandwagon in 87 hiring all new members.
Check David Coverdale - Northwinds circa 77. His best track 100%
Blows this away!!!!
Also David Coverdale. & Tommy Bolin
Deep Purple " Come Taste the Band" circa 75
Track-" Dealer" 🔥
Come Taste The Band is so good as are many of the early Whitesnake albums such as Lovehunter, Ready and Willing and Live In The Heart Of The City
@@anthonytice3028 Yes, Yes !!!!
@@anthonytice3028
How about
Coverdale - Northwinds circa 77
In my opinion his best track!!!
@@jgsrhythm100 I’ve got everything up to slip of the tongue on vinyl. Another of my favorites is Starkers in Tokyo
@@anthonytice3028 Woohoo!!!
Late 70s early 80s When the singer David Coverdale left deep purple, whitesnake was the best before they got glam
I agree. I.like glam Whitesnake but the grittier, bluesier Whitesnake was def around Slide It In. I personally love this album. Have been listening to it since it came out when I was in junior high.
That’s a great reaction. If you programmed an AI bot to write an arena rock song, it would spit out a Whitesnake album!
Ironic in a way, since Coverdale would go on to play with Jimmy Paige... those were pretty great underrated concerts. He wore his Robert Plant, and Zeppelin, love right on his sleeve his whole career.
I got so sick of Whitesnake back in the day. Radio played the hell out of them. 😂
I think B+ isn't a bad grade. It may have been one of the better songs in its genre during its time. It sounds decent. But if I never heard it again, I don't think I'd miss it.
It's also quite derivative of better works.
WHAAAAAA?!?! lol All time jam!
I get chills when I hear this song. Love it.
Years ago Robert Plant said that people in England referred to David Coverdale as David "Cover version". lol