Let's get that out of the way first. If you only know Whitesnake from "Still of the Night" or "Here I Go Again," here's one to broaden your horizons. It's a deep-ish cut, very early 80s, with a bit of 70s keyboard hangover clinging on.
Which is great.
I am tired of conversations about genre. I shouldn't be I suppose, considering I wrote a book about one ... but I am. I just can't wade into anymore conversations about what is or isn't sword-and-sorcery.
This song is something of the reason why.
Is Whitesnake heavy metal? I mean, maybe? Maybe not?
It doesn't matter.
What matters is, is the song good. Does it rock? Does it get your head nodding?
Answer--yes. David Coverdale is killing it.
What matters about a story is, is the story good? Does it move you and keep the pages turning? Get that down first, let geeks like me sort out where it falls.
Genre is a vague signpost. If someone is a Bon Jovi fan or a Scorpions fan, Whitesnake is pretty dialed in to that. Very safe referral.
But even for Maiden and Priest fans like me, this is awesome.
Happy Metal and Hard Rock Friday.
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I gave up on Whitesnake decades ago. About the time Morbid Angel appeared and I found Bathory. Of course Slayer begin to suck after the first five albums and the rest of the supposed "Big Four" were never really vicious enough for me. And then Entombed and Dismember figured into the scene with Sepultura and many others.
That's some heavy shit man. Do you agree with me that Whitesnake's early stuff was good? Giving up on them seems to imply you liked them once...
Early Whitesnake and early Ian Gillan solo material was good for what it was, hard rock. I started competing in powerlifting in the late 70s, ran college track, did Olympic lifting for a few years and by the mid to late 80s was doing powerlifting and strongman. The music needed to match the amount of weight be lifted. At the time I was lifting weights to metal, I hosted a college radio program that played R.E.M. on regular rotation with Husker Du, The Replacements, and The Pixies. Of course, when The Jesus and Mary Chain and Echo & The Bunnymen hit, the game changed. When Life's Rich Pageant by R.E.M. was released, I had gotten a promo copy from the band a few weeks before the official release and I think we played it straight through about a dozen times over on the station. To this day it is still my favorite album all time. Of recent memory, I like The Eightfold Path by Dead Shrine alot and Let It Burn by Nebula and the albums King Of The Road and California Crossing by Fu Manchu. I try to limit the metal to the gym only. If I am reading blogs I listen to ambient music lke Ugasanie, Nothingness and Glog. I also really like Bong(UK), albums Stoner Rock etc.. I probably have 1000 albums burned to disc. I do not go to live shows anymore but I would go see The Hives if they were close. The last live show I went to was Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys eight years ago. It was okay. I've seen Morbid Angel three times, Deicide twice, and about 25 years ago I went saw all the Polish bands, Behemoth, Decapitated, Hate and Vader. Good show. Are you familiar with the band Grey Wolf from Brazil? Go look them up on Metal Archives and look at the similar artists, especially the ones from Brazil. Lots of Conan themed music. Cheers.
https://in-the-fog.ru/ You can find some of the bands like Grey Wolf here. Use Google translate if you do not speak Russian. The site is safe, I have been on it for about seven years. You may to download a 7 Zip extractor to convert the files for Windows Media Player. Windows 11 will work with 7 Zip. I got a new computer last fall and I had to install it.
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