Pre-1984 era Whitesnake pretty underrated in the USA?

The Batlord · 02-04-2022, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Yep. It was the whole package that mattered and you take the crappy tune or two and try and justify it by saying stuff like "They're just showing their vulnerability" and then promptly throw up some devil horns.

But the whole package was bombass riffs and attitude.

Plankton · 02-04-2022, 05:33 PM

lol butt hole

I cant erase history.

The Batlord · 02-04-2022, 05:37 PM

You're right, you can't.

SGR · 02-04-2022, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

That song bops though.

Well, it's certainly better than Starry Eyes

The Batlord · 02-04-2022, 06:52 PM

You go ****ing eat a bowl of poop. "Starry Eyes" is 10/10.

SGR · 02-04-2022, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You go ****ing eat a bowl of poop. "Starry Eyes" is 10/10.

Well damn, at first I thought you said bowl of soup.

Now I'm hungry.

DinoDavid · 02-05-2022, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Texas Boy

You are entitled to your opinions, but I don't see things the same way as you. I find the whole 80's Whitesnake to be much better than post-High'n'Dry Def Leppard, the 80's Aerosmith(in terms of quality Pump is a mile behind either Slide it in or Ready an' Willing), post-Blackout Scorpions(they became so damn lame) and all the 80's American hair metal bands.

Isn't Whitesnake a hair metal band though?

DinoDavid · 02-05-2022, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

It's a very similar line of thinking with Kill Em All and everything after. The 80's metal head thought SATD was too polished but they also started showing their glam and commercialistic side with that album, which really killed it. The ritualistic chant of the title track was like a slap in the face. Yes, we were all weird. Such is the mindset of the 80's metal head. Of course the music will resonate differently in a completely different era, so I can only speak from experience my friend.

Very odd since their music is generally said to be extremely polished(even todays music isn't as polished as that), a lot of cases of lexicon reverb(I knew this since the Lexicon is very popular in the 80s soo much that the gated snare drum from the 80s that we know came from the use of the lexicon combined with the gate on the snare drum) for example is everywhere in their songs, and this polish nature of the song obviously causes the production to date specifically to the 80s as that kind of production went out of style since Nirvana's Nevermind, no songs today as far as I know made use of the lexicon.

Queen Boo · 02-05-2022, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

That song bops though.

Seriously that take confused me.

Can't say there's a single track on Screaming for Vengeance I don't like, it's probably my favorite metal album of the 80s.

SGR · 02-05-2022, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo

Seriously that take confused me.

Can't say there's a single track on Screaming for Vengeance I don't like, it's probably my favorite metal album of the 80s.

I was more referring to the track being a "vulnerable" moment in an album filled with belters. Not saying it was a crappy song.

I don't know what the **** was wrong with me as a teenager, but I used to hate Bloodstone. I was so ****ing dumb back then. Well, I'm still dumb, but I'd like to think I'm getting less dumb with age.

I'd agree, there's no track I don't like from Screaming, but it does have weaker moments relative the rest of the album (Pain & Pleasure / Fever mostly). My Dad, a big Priest fan, grew up listening to them, remains adamant that British Steel is a better album but I think he's wrong (British Steel has much lower lows than Screaming). I also think Defenders is criminally underrated. Such a complete album.

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