XYZ - Souvenirs

[PurrfectTiming]

one of my favorite songs of all time ... XYZ were never just an 80's band, these songs were melodic and soulful...and I can honestly say this one changed my life.

[Sharknezz]

Just bought this CD, possibly the best CD i own, not kidding.. XYZ ftw!! So damn underrated! Hopefully my band will be succesful if we try hard enough, gonna bring the 80's back! Long live hair metal <3

[78GoldCoast]

KNAC was the best station period!!!!

[80smetalking3]

@ZeFMJ thanx for the heads up... great song!!! I dont give a shit if there french...american....or anywhere in between... just surprised i didnt know after 20 years of listening to them!! slow me down was cool!! thanx for te post XYZ has been one of my favorites!!!!

[FallenAngel58]

WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILEE, *cool as ice* yeah

[80smetalking3]

@ZeFMJ fuck they are from france???? 20 years loving this band and never knew!!!!!

[ZeFMJ]

@80smetalking3 check the video out at /watch?v=1JnC8OGAcuU

That's said, the origin doesn't really matter... anyway, that shouldn't be what makes you like or dislike a band. But for once american people enjoy music from french guys (even if they are now more american than french) ^^

Btw, they realeased another, rare album also called XYZ before this one that's worth a listen, especially the song Slow me down.

[ZeFMJ]

@80smetalking3 I've just uploaded Slow me down. You can find it on my channel if you like.

[80smetalking3]

im from the east coast.... we had 89.5 pirate radio out of seton hall univ... we all knew the rep of knac 3000 miles away.... shit half the bands i listend to wore their shirts!!!

[80smetalking3]

you HAVE to listen to this song on vinal!!! that last note echoes around the room!!! digital compression on cd kills the effect

[Wishiam]

XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ!!

[Dalleyne11216]

As I travel back in time, to play for keeps and make you mine.. Still sends chills through me..rock on dudes.

[Melee54]

@Dalleyne11216 That's my favorite part of the song...Hits home.

[mindcrime2010]

can never forget these guys, i started listing to rock coz of them!!!

[ZeFMJ]

I still have their EP from 87 when they was still playing in France, 2 years before they moved to the US. I can't believe they didn't get any recognition from french people, their music is great.

[pecoslalremsanga]

XYZ for  Rock souvenirs....

[michael17415]

songs like this tell a story

[Sneekatoek]

great song.. great record from a very very underrated band terry has such a soulful voice somewhere between paul rodgers and jeff keith and eric can't think of his last name from mr. big.. thank you guys for your creativeness and contribution of great soulful songs.

[DanielHamer]

pure masterminds....

[evo161]

pure AOR Ballad , one of the best

[bagnato11]

i saw them open for alice cooper on the trashes the world tour they where great i was 17 at the time

[cherilyn9]

My fave of Terry's songs and xyz..

[BarisandDepp]

i love you Keith!!!! This song means so much more to me now!!!! i know why u love it. i know u love me and i love you!!!! we've waited so long to be together ...lets not lose it again!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!

[cherilyn9]

Thierry always sings magically, since the beginning in the 80's..

I remember him well..

[BBQkrewe]

HOLY SHEEPSHIT!!!!

this guy has some PIPES!!!

XYZ FUCKIN' RUUUUULES!!!!!

[defleppard741]

awesome ballad its my personal favorite to be honest next to After The Rain (also by them lol) and Heaven by Warrant

[sweetslade4]

Great song....

[JohnAkaJ]

Awesome song

[JohnAkaJ]

Don Dokken produced these guys. He did a phenomenal job.

[ktvegasdrummer]

Great band! I met the drummer at Mi/Pit.

Paul was really cool. I let him use my drum kit when we opened up for him.

[bayhorse01]

Hey dude,

Long live Tawn (the leather nun).

[bayhorse01]

105.5 FM KNAC Pure Rock. Long Beach, CA. USA

The bitchinist radio station of all time bar none.

They helped bands at clubs and had local talent night. And had the balls to play G&R and Mettalica when no one else would.

[purerock1055]

@bayhorse01 well said man, best f'kin radio station ever...

[OneDownServer]

@bayhorse01 The Bitichinist!

[fireburningat72]

A kick ass band and a great song.....honestly, they deserved much more exposure.

Terry Ilous is an incredible singer and XYZ really does make their mark!

[aledocamburi]

Great song..and Glenn Hughes (ex-Trapeze/Deep Purple/Black sabbath/Gary moore...)makes a backing-vocal in this song

[sweetmelodies89]

3:24 gosh that note is insane! I saw these guys last night in Stockholm, Sweden and they totally rocked the place to the ground. So tight, and the singer still hits most of the high notes! Terry and co you rock!

[erockbox]

hey kiss fan .... listen to the last note terry hits and youll understand why its so low. my bro and i did sound for these guys @ the mad monk and could hear this note slam across the street at dodger dogs!!!! this is 1 bad mother fu@#@# of the year!!!! enjoy erock.........

[luvandwar34]

I'll be damned, I've never heard this song, and I thought I'd heard every 80s ballad. This is a damn fine song.

[woodsjos]

to bad that music was dying when they came out there a great band!

[KISSFAN1970]

Why is the volume on this song lower than the rest of the songs off this cd??

[GrandiosaTilFrokost]

Brilliant!

[Judezki]

This is great song, too bad that XYZ is so underrated band, their 2 first album are great.

[tyrantsbane]

great ballad

[looksthatkill99]

it means examine your zippers and is there anyone who can upload acoustic version of "never too late"? that is anohter xyz ballad

[patkeating97]

That singer is crazy good!

[bonniekeeth]

i was reading smitchix response to this video and he said that gillen was gone. Now i know why we never got any thing else from these guys. damm shame. only the good die young

[dwarrior100]

I liked "Roll of the dice" . It is a very hard hitting track...

[Canadiancouple]

This ain't no Jimmy Page! I don't hear it. This is some other glam band and not the zep/yes combo

[hello2helloween]

Nice ballad and powerful voice

[joejoefireguy]

This song is fucking awsome,,,they are missing some lyrics on the cd,,,that is diffrent from the lyrics printed in the cd.

[poondawgy]

XYZ? Does it mean Ex Yes Zepplin? I don't hear Jimmy Pages riffs anywhere.

[RikMan1025]

different xyz..old 89s metal band

[nagaich2r1]

awesome band ... Thankx Don Dokken for giving us another great band.

[Pascalzheimer]

UNDERATED !!!!!!

[BBQkrewe]

@Pascalzheimer BLAME GRUNGE

KILL GRUNGE

it's grungy.

[ZeFMJ]

@Pascalzheimer

Hard rock from France has always been underated

[BadBoyofRock]

I wore the shit our of XYZ tape because of this song :)

[Memoryburst]

I broke my tape player playing this tape in it so much when I was in high school!! RW/FF way too much! Good times though back in 1989.

[AndyCockran]

Awesome song by a very underated band!

[bonjoviandreagirl]

AND STILL IS:)

[mvbl]

nice music.

used to hear a lot around 2002-2003.

[longlatao]

nice ballad

[Whitecat713789]

I love this song when I play my cd this is one I program to listen to atleast 2-3 times ITS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SONG!

[JBxWinters]

i have another version of this song... ill upload it later...

[PEDROCLASSIC]

Once i walked across the sky found a dream in your eyes and then rain came along...once i slept upon the clouds ignoring all my doubts now im back where i belong........

[PEDROCLASSIC]

"Now the sun you blew apart left a rainbow in my heart to save our promises...now my future is the past and i'm gonna make it last endless memories...i have traveled back in time to play for keeps and make you mime...all i get is souvenir...close enough to taste your smile....CLASSIC!!!!!

[paobj22]

I love this song

[PEDROCLASSIC]

mark sounds like DON DOKKEN. DON produced this album.sriously.

[PEDROCLASSIC]

correction:mark isn't the vocalist but llouis fontaine is

[HardRockerGirl]

Re-correction: The singer is Terry Ilous ;)

[PEDROCLASSIC]

oh yeah.thanks for noticing."i have travel back in time to play for keeps and make you mine

[JoeyTroy]

Man...what a voice this guy had. Blew away any of the singers back in that time. Too bad they were stuck in the background.....

[PEDROCLASSIC]

BADLANDS was another badass group that many people didn't know about.this band is underrated.RAY GILLEN was an unknown star but man this guy had the voice.

[MoCatt]

Badlands was great too man. Sorry for the OT post but it had to be said

:P

[PEDROCLASSIC]

yea a lot of people didn't know them at the time.they know jake e. lee from ozzy.i saw them at the shoreline in 1989 with cinderella,bullet boys and winger.talk about talents BADLANDS had it all.jake is awesome.RAY and JAKE is to ROBERT and JIMMY PAGE...GILLEN died of AIDS in 1993 at the age of 32.RIP

[semitar6]

I agree, Badlands was a great band that got little attention. Too bad, I would of loved to hear more.

[smitchix]

few could sing like Gillen, That guy had pipes that only God could provide. He was tremendous. Left us way too soon.

[theunknownknows]

I didn't know there were other versions. Great tune.

[gilad201]

such a voice! amazing song!

[1BLOFELD1]

best song on the album, truly awesome

[Pascalzheimer]

thanks for that one !

[encagedangel]

Wow I thought I heard every version of this song. awesomeness!

[punzy1]

thats cuz u heard all the other versions off of other albums and demo's ... this is the original version off there first album ... much much better ... no crappy keyboards and stuff in this one ... also, inside out is the best version on this album too ;)

[encagedangel]

i love you too :P

[billandandy]

76 seconds into the song and this sounds like the only version I've ever heard in the last (nearly) 20 years.

[Brucey6666]

Wonderful song !!!

and Terry Hilious is fantastic!!

[slcbartender]

illious. the first album is their only album! classic!

[PEDROCLASSIC]

NO. they made a follow up album called "HUNGRY" In 1990.

[reallyboardstiff]

the lead singer has a new song out called you got to believe

[ShredbangersBall]

i love that last high note from the singer, "where i'm holding you for awhile, just for aWHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIle!"

[giantrobot9000]

Me too...I used to rewind it just to hear that. Great song...nice to hear after all these years.

[slcbartender]

just for a whhhiiiiiilllleee

[ShredbangersBall]

oh yes, i can't believe my search came true!

great band, album, song, beautiful vocals...

i had lots of fun learning this guitar solo...

[bensmom1327]

i seen them in atl ;and they rocked me

[motleycrue24]

ya the singer gots very unique voice

[angeldownmetal]

true rock ballad, the lead singer has one powerful rock voice, these guys where one of the genuine hard rock bands from the 80s \m/

[alexkeyboards]

Wonderful song, great band!

[reallyboardstiff]

i allways hear glam rock hair bands? what the fuck! i would say great music nothing else.but as for the most of the new bands shit rock seems to work.

[sirwilliam0524]

The beginning of this sounds like the beginning of Warrant's Blind Faith, or maybe the other way around. Both great songs, though I haven't heard this one in frickin' years! Thanks to whoever posted it.

[broken588]

this song brings me way back we used to do a cover of it one of my fav solos to play forsure the whole freakin song just takes you away

[purerock1055]

this song is an awesome practice session for any guitar player from the acoustic parts to the solo, it will test a large number of guitar playing skills, highly recommended.

[martingrebing]

One of the best power ballads from the fading 80's

[purerock1055]

i have to agree bro...this song is beautiful from start to finish. i love the solo, Mark Diglio is brilliant with solo/song construction.

[dalejr88412]

@purerock1055 well they had a very great teacher don dokken don found them produced them

gave the the greatesed chance in the word and they did asome i love this song thank don dokken

what hell of a hair metal band and a asome producer

[thekid47]

@martingrebing

I also agree - they had 3 great ballads on this album.....they should have been bigger than they were......awesome band