Whitesnake

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I love Whitesnake.

I hate that they are grouped into the "hair metal" debacle, because there is so much more to them than that.

I am presently listening to the "Trouble" album and it kills. David Coverdale was awesome in Purple and is even better in Whitesnake.

I have all of their albums up through the atrocious Slip of the Tounge.

Sidenote: People really never should have hired Steve Vai to play in their band. He really only works well on his own.

Subject: Re: Whitesnake Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:14 am

I've only ever heard the radio stuff, but it always seemed way better
than like Poison, BJ....etc... Seemed heavier. And I'm a sucker for
rough/scratchy vocals, so, I always really liked his vocals
too........along with Bryan Adams (WAIT, DID I JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD,
SUNNY BEACHES!!!!)
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Whitesnake is a great band, I finally saw them live in 2002, way past their glory days of the 80's, it was great show but it most focoused on 1984-1988 catlog. but it was cool to hear them open with " Burn" that was a surprise along with them throwing in a little bit of "Stormbringer" at the tail end of the song. Also during the show they did "Aint no Love in the heart of the city" which was their signature song in Europe and my favorite Whitesnake song " Walking in the Shadow of the Blues", great show and Coverdale was still powerful.
Favorite album has to be " Slide it In" the American version or "Trouble" , unfairly lumped with hair bands of the 80's , image wise they fit in but they were at lot more musically inclined than most of those bands.

Subject: Re: Whitesnake Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:16 pm

Was only really familiar with their 80s hits and a few of their older stuff. However, I have the new one, Good To Be Bad (special edition), and I really like it. I know I need to get more Whitesnake albums and I will do so later down the line, maybe start with a greatest hits album or double live album.
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I would highly recommend Here I Go Again : The Whitesnake Collection. It contains remastered all the songs off Slide It In, Whitesnake, And Slip Of The Tongue. It also has some bonus tracks. I see it cheap at a lot of online places.

I have basically become a big fan of Whitesnake through Good To Be Bad and now going backwards through their catalogue. Next up on the to get list is Snakebite and Lovehunter (which I'm guessing I'll never find cheap). I also have to say I really like Slip Of The Tongue.

Subject: Re: Whitesnake Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:32 pm

Slide It In is easily my favorite Whitesnake disc. Of course, it's the one I discovered them with...
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I like 'em. Unlike most of the responses here, I actually like Slip of the Tongue.
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Subject: Re: Whitesnake Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:45 pm

Heart of Metal Age : 33 Joined : 04 Aug 2008 Posts : 571

Actually I'm the guy who puts the Ting and Tang into the WallaWalla Bing Bang.
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Subject: Re: Whitesnake Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:26 pm

Did you also write the book of Love? Very Happy