Whitesnake - Walking in the Shadow of the Blues

[eldyyy90]

I just love David's hair on this concert!

[fendercrazy1]

I love this song but not this version. It’s very sloppy and they mowed right over the groove. The lineup with Neil Murray and Ian Paice was much tighter on this song and had a much better groove.

[lordflanderwell]

sorry bout this...i love WS but if u look closley at 1.57,the words "all along"...this has been tampered with in the studio afterwards.not a truely live performance.shame.

[xsfghxtrfjh]

@lordflanderwell it's backing vocals from the band dude

[bessadale]

@lordflanderwell no shame, there is no studio tampering here. It was Mel Galley's backing vocals.

[livemusicloverLyn]

@lordflanderwell Its a shame you think that the version was tampered. No way man, just listen to the drumming, DC etc. It is a genuine rough live recording. Thats whats soo good about it!

[zeckwing]

David Coverdale - man with the golden throat.....

[davordel1]

I missed this for a week. Came to Reading festival one week later ... what a mistake I made ...

[TheVmexlorer1]

WHITE SNAKE IS MY FAVORTE BAND AND I GIVE LIFE FOR THAT BAND

[jwtiko]

apaixtos eisai bre!!!

theos!!!!

coverdale rules!!!!

[RockJim72]

Cozy Powell - An amazing drummer (RIP Cozy)

[cenicunited]

how people can dislike whitesnike

[trangstaman]

Wow! They're really in hurry to get of the stage.

[unicyclepeon]

damn this is cool. I didnt read the text so as soon as it started I knew I saw moody (the hat) but then i saw Cozy and I was like WHOA must be from right before the american version of slide it in came out. Sure enough. Dang this is so cool.

[HeyMrISI]

hey there,

can me anybody tell whats happens between 1:53 and 1:57

who sings ????

[cenicunited]

@HeyMrISI he sings

[cyreander]

every one loses when he gets old.. we owe david more than just listen to his old records... even if (!) he was worse I´d support him, for the glory he gave to my youth once !

[cviticka]

HOT!

[TylerKilledYou420]

O so great to hear this tune again get me some more with Mickey Moody like take me with you on 12 string greatest show i ever saw and still the greatest show on earth

[excudebat]

Powell legend

[artpimpjulz]

Donington 91 and 2009!

Both awesome - But would love to have seen them before the LA makeover.

[maidofneworleans]

@artpimpjulz ,

[MarinStoikov]

Micky Moody is still here :-)))

[tet1963]

I was there, great show, Coverdale had a great band and good blues rock songs rather than the naff hair metal of the mid to late 80's

[squier78]

A long time ago, far, far away, there was a times when u have watch MTV because music instead big tits... Cheers for good times! \o

[Alexandroshredder]

Dave Coverdale... THE GOD SINGER!!

Even now, 58 years old, he has the same charm and groove of the beginning....simply GREAT!

[Alexandroshredder]

Dave Coverdale...THE GOD SINGER!

[pappysmp]

Phenomenal performance!!

[theyorkshirewhites]

David Coverdale..best frontman ever..he made Mick Jagger look like Will Young.

2nd best..Freddie Mercury.

[GrandmasterBL]

as far as I remember, the original version is played by a drummer named David Dowle.

That was the " V8 engine" at the backround.

[zgolijan]

I agree, blues are played nice & slow. Like sex, slow & easy. Some people just don't get it. I feel, it's a shame cause it's just like the new lineup, to hard & fast. Some women like it "slow & easy", get boys. It's like premature ejacu....

[IQriousIRoq]

The "Live In the Heart of the City" Whitesnake line-up is the definitive one. LEGENDS

Good luck to Coverdale if he's still out there doing it, but he's already proved you can get players like Steve Vai amongst others and still come nowhere close to the line-up above.

[bessadale]

@IQriousIRoq I agree completely. For me Whitesnake will always be David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. A MONSTER band.

[rocky7bobo]

the best version of this song is from the album Live in the Shadow of the Blues...just perfect

[luckydeviltje]

I think you mean " live in the heart of the city" double cd !!

Anyway i think you are right !!

[dxvolt]

WHITESNAKE \m/

[stejam58]

Not a great version - far too fast, and Cozy's style is clumsy compared to Ian Paice's easy swing. They were at their best in 1980 - in my humble opinion:-)

[JayBird018]

no way man! have you seen the live recently?! they fucking kick ass!

[stejam58]

Going watching them in June! The current Whitesnake lineup is the best since the Ready and Willing days, I agree - but I still prefer the old band - personal taste, as I'm not a big fan of heavy metal. I prefer my rock to swing!!!!

[UpInSmokeHq]

Download festival here we come!!!!!

[SabuPtolemy]

I loved Cozy with Rainbow but he was HORRIBLE with Whitesnake. He rushed all the songs and has no groove whatsoever compared to Ian Paice.

[Nastybutzky]

Yea he rushed the songs a bit (the mid tempo tunes the most) but his playing really impresses me.

Crying In The Rain (the versions from 1984 and 1985 with Sykes only) with Cozy playing the intro is just marvelous!!!!!!

[Nastybutzky]

I think Cozy played so fast with Whitesnake 'cause he came to 'snake from MSG and he played really fast metallic songs with Schenker.

[Jimmy220594]

i was there in 83! i was young and now always so happy to listen them!

Clotilde "Black.Weadow" from France!

long live rock'n roll!

[josleim]

A banda Whitesnake do início dos anos 80 final dos 70 na minha opinião foi insuperável nos palcos. David Coverdale dava um show à parte (estava em forma), junto de seus dois guitarristas (Micky e Barnie) e Neil Murray bombando com o Ian Paice e ou Cozy Powell. Mais tarde, guitarristas tais como Mel Galley e John Sykes tiveram certo brilho também. A modernidade do Whitesnake dos dias atuais não bate com os bons tempos do bom rock dos anos 70 ou 80 (havia ritmo-blues, músicas marcantes

[Valmorel1]

A banda Whitesnake is fucking marvelous my friend.

[TwistedMindCroatia]

Man....... These guys kick ass!

[PurplePath]

That you can call HAIR! :D

[aabbaabcd]

that you can call DRUMER

RIP COZY POWELL

[SJ970]

Many people have said the 2004 dvd was overdubbed. Iam sure it was

[shaharz666]

no it was not, you are an idiot.

and if you would listen to whitesnake on the 2008 tour, you would know what you are saying

[shaharz666]

and you sickdrjoe , your comment isnt worth reading, you dont have the slightest idea about singing, i wish i can meet you sometime and hurt you, people like you make me sick.

[sickdrjoe]

It's nice that you want to hurt me to avenge your feelings, Fan Boy, but if you want to believe in 55-year-old singers with wider range and more endurance than 30-year-olds....you go right ahead, Fan Boy.

After all... that's why you're Fan Boy!

[shaharz666]

i am a fan boy indeed, just got back from a concert by david, still has the great voice and a wide range, like he always had.

and to all the idiots who thinks that the dvd was overdubbed or whatever, i was on the second raw on that hammersmith concert, no overdubbing was needed, because they sounded like gods.

[sickdrjoe]

When he humped the mic-stand, did you close your eyes and pretend he was humping YOU, little Shaharz?

[shaharz666]

yes! how did you know?

[StanleyEisen91]

my favorite whitesnake song.. i love whitesnake from snakebite to slide it in.. they're still great but the magic is gone..

[pilot2308]

Great show...Micky Moody, the magnificent Cozy Powell on the drums, David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden and Jon Lord....is that Bob Daisley plaing the bass?? Great song from the Lovehunter album. Thank you for posting this gem! Miss those days...:-))

[sooperkula]

It's Mel Galley on guitar, and Colin Hodgekinson (or however you spell the name) on bass.

Still, an awesome line up, Cozy Powell is my favourite drummer, and Coverdale is my favourite singer! :P

[pataisias]

.....Back when whitesnake was great...then they became too 80s...

[tomysevilo]

Whitesnake es uno de los mejores grupos de la historia. Sin embargo me decepcionaron con el 1987,que no deja de ser un buen disco y John Sykes un fuera de serie.Creo que en ese momento perdieron un poco el rumbo. Al que le interese meterse de lleno en este grupo que se compre:Whitesnake The early years 1978-1985. Resume,para mi,la epoca mas brillante de ellos.

[osmocetiri]

here i go again is the besto song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but and this is very good

[marcusmalmros]

cozy powel rip...

i miss you at the drum sets.

and my favorite on hammond Jon lord.

come back for a last tour with purple'and come to malmö or ystad again

[schnibblehausen]

Looks like half the early lineup is gone - I guess this is when Coverdale started switchin' band members a lot!

I worked this out on guitar and realized it's the "Smoke On The Water" chord sequence with a different rhythm! Guess David was nostalgiac for his purple days.

[graemo]

was at this concert brilliant band very good live

[velasir]

impresionante cancion,la mejor epoca de whitesnake

[k9maxie]

RIP Mel Galley

[ratbatblue555]

It´s Jon Lord on hammond.

[babissnake]

u lucky bastard!!!!!u were there???i'm gonna cry!!!!i wish i had your age,so i could see whitesnake in the 80's.....

[BillieGuitar91]

R.I.P.

[Antoblackterror]

who rip???????????????????

[BillieGuitar91]

Mel Galley (March 8, 1948 -- July 1, 2008) was an English guitarist and a former member of the Hard rock bands Whitesnake,

[Antoblackterror]

thank you

[BillieGuitar91]

nP ^.^

[BassmanFromDenmark]

i can play that song on bassguitar and guitar

[AnystiKa]

what cd is this song??

it's great!!

[surimourdios]

if you mean from which cd is it,is it from 'Lovehunter'(1979)...kick ass...

[lorenabh66]

DAVID COVERDALE YOU´RE THE BEST!

The best voice, the best look, the best everything!!!

Can´t wait to see Whitesnake on May 6th in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

[guwapoakotalaga]

the greatest hard rock band ever!

i love coverdale!

[praga29]

Eureka!Walking in the shadow to..Peru!!

Coverdale in Lima on May 20th with us!!

[Andronichuk]

What does he say?

Its like a coverdale catchphrase, but I can never fully understand it...

"....on fire" Sounds like Jesus, hahaha

Anyone know what it is?

[RSVforMe]

"Here's a song for yahhhh",,,, It was his 'catchphrase' said in a sort of phoney Cockney twang.... If you get their early live recordings it's clearer; Hell, I love this song, but this version's a bit too pacey for my liking. Great to see their early stuff up here tho. Nice One :-)

[AnjaMariaS]

I'm in the crossfire...

and it was a long time ago. David doesn't look or sound like this anymore and I don't think Cozy or Mickey are around either. I haven't kept up with 'Snake the last few years, so please inform me if I'm wrong.

Way back... David was so great... Mistreated is awesome!

[IztokKoler]

Hes better every year!

[sheesalookerr]

I have always thought it was "Jesus on fire"? Is this wrong?

[maximan255]

hehe, I thought the same thing...

buts hes saying "Here's a song for ya" in a corta cockney accent.

Saw him live about a week ago, alot clearer when I saw him live :P

[toddzilla79]

Tommy Aldridge joined in 1987 but did not play on the self titled album. He joined for the tour as did Viv Campbell, Vandenberg and Sarzo. Not one of them on the album.

[slagbum]

I hate vivian cambell, what a fucking cock saying what he said about dio.

[diveflix]

Best Whitesnake song, IMHO. Best lyrics from David. Concert was a rush. Kind of farewell of the Old Snake, if you think about it. Thanks for sharing!

[leroy25764]

Great singer!

[CALMAN642]

I love the blues, They tell my story, If you don't feel it you can never understand. So many times I thought about it And now I know just what it means to be a man. Everyday I realize you can see it in my eyes I never wait, or hesitate. 'Cos I love the life I live, I'm gonna live the life I choose, You gotta understand I'm walking in the shadow of the blues.

[SabuPtolemy]

Nope, Tommy joined WS in '87 - that's why he is in the 'Still of the Night' video for example. Coverdale fired the whole line-up that recorded '1987'(Sykes/Murray/Dunbar) and got Vandenberg, Campbell, Sarzo and Aldridge for the videos and tour.

[bloodpollution]

A little too fast. I like this song more bluesy...but, the energy they used to have was really contagious.

[SabuPtolemy]

The problem is that Cozy Powell was completely the wrong drummer for this version of Whitesnake who were still very much blues rooted at the time. Cozy doesn't swing like Ian Paice, for ex., and he simply bashes through the tunes and plays too fast (there are other examples of this on YT). Cozy never was a feel but a power drummer. That approach worked with Rainbow and Sabbath but not Whitesnake.

[worcesterwombat]

so true, Cozy was great, but Paicey *plays* the drums, he doesn't just *hit* them!

Paicey forever!

[worcesterwombat]

yeah, too damn fast - takes away the whole feeling of this song

[MONSTERSPROWINE]

donington 1983

[TarheelReb]

Good video, with DC still in his prime. Some transitions, such as Cozy Powell on drums. Nice.

[du1002]

The frontman in action!

I like the fast pace, though.

[magomusiikki]

One of their best tunes!!!! In fact they didn`t have the bad tunes at all, all are good stuff!!!!!

[theaxis2000]

well... towards the end they got kinda sterile, but the early stuff, like this one, with moody/marsden were outstanding. i personally thought it was sad what they became towards the end, but i guess thats just my opinion cause they sold a whole boatload of albums later

[captaincrashpr]

Yeah, I was there too. Great day - Dio, Twisted Sister etc, Whitesnake were BRILLIANT Cozy's drum solo had helicopters swooping over the crowd....really good gig! they did an awesome version of Mistreated with a bit of Soldier Of Fortune thrown in...wonderful!

[theaxis2000]

are you sure it was cozy... cause as i recall by the time they were headlining, at least here in the states, cozy had been replaced by tommy aldredge(formerly of black oak arkansas)

[RomulusRomulus111]

O bixo tem uma presença de palco fudida!

Essa música foi cantada muito rápida.

[RomulusRomulus111]

Onde houver uma boa batera e uma boa banda, lá estará Cozy Powell!

[baschten]

"Eeers a song for ya"

[bridie05]

love this video i was there back in the 1980,s

it was about 11pm at night camped out for about 3 days it was only £15 to see 6 bands whitesnake was top of the bill

[AlegouveiaII]

i didn't like so fast like it

[Betitka]

David Ccerdale is very good lead siger. I like him!

[kondurperu3]

Coverdale rocks!

[scottishjim]

Wow, Monsters of Rock @ Donington. Ha Ha I was there :)

[SharpeyN]

I don,t believe you - I did not see you there.

[sjmaatta]

This is great in its own way (kinda in preparation for later metal years) but Cozy Powell murders it. Cozy was a great drummer, but old-style 'snake should swing as well as hit hard. Ian Paice was the man. As well as Marsden, Galley is just not in the same league.

[johnnybgoode2007]

I hate Coverdale's on-stage anticsm, and sometimes he seems to be channeling Robert Plant (especially the look), but all in all, he's a great singer.

[purpendicular69]

what you want him to do johnny, just stand there and sing??

he may look like Plant but he's better , check youtube for coverdale and plant doing led zep songs..david does them far better.

[johnnybgoode2007]

Hmph. Maybe it's just my inner shoegazer, but the dick thing he does with the mike is really off-putting.

[johnnybgoode2007]

Okay. I just watched the vid for Here I Go Again 87, and this is WAY BETTER! Blues-rock >>> hair metal.

[deki6838]

The good old days.Whitesnake died for me after 1987,what a crap album

[saxonprince]

Yeah ! they really died before 87 but at least moody marsden keep it going they are still superb.

[macmess]

i miss sykes!

[Diostillrocks]

Sykes is not in this video.

[euanstrrocks]

well if u mss him so much go see him performig with the reformed thin lizzy on this years tour.

[scragnut]

This is Whitesnake at their best - I was there !

Great atmosphere - great concert!

[themule66]

Awesome post, just got a bootleg DVD of the entire set, was there that day, Wow! Whitesnake, Meat Loaf, ZZ Top, Dio, Twisted Sister!!! Remember DC telling the crowd that it would be the last time they performed 'Mistreated'! I still had hair too!

[imsoglad1]

I was at this gig fucking awesome

[CanadianOCrusher]

two words. KICK ASS!

[funkmasterflex28]

yeah this is way too fast it loses something at this tempo

[pbltube]

It loses that "Blues" feeling. Still rocks though!

[nelsongigante]

Coverdale singing like a god,a great song and Cozy smashing out the drums.Good times

[owenpetard]

I remember having this concert on VHS way back. This version of the track is a bit quick for my taste, though. Hodgkinson is a superb bass player, far better than Murray, although the earlier line-up with Murray & Marsden was undoubtedly the best version of Whitesnake. After this, we had the ridiculous posturing and slick production of the American Whitesnake...

[worcesterwombat]

I agree. In fact old DC's hair is already getting out of control in this performance, in preparation for the US glam/hair days :-( The pace is far too quick for the song to have its full effect.

[hilalpompa]

David Coverdale and Whitesnake with one of their top-notch performances. I'd prefer Neil Murray on bass though.

Another reason why this line-up is better than the Sykes times.