Episode 285: White Lion Wait Year 1987. English Version

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00:00:35 - Keep listening to classic rock salt tiger on your gratophones, Spotify and pocket cats.

00:00:41 - This band was formed in 1983 by Danish Mike Tramp, vocals, former member of Mabel, and

00:01:07 - Vito Brada, former member of Dreamer, who after several failed attempts, joined bassist

00:01:12 - Felix Robinson and drummer Dave Capose.

00:01:15 - This song belongs to the album Pride, released in 1987.

00:01:21 - Pride is White Lion's second album, at the time of the heyday of American Hard.

00:01:25 - The face of a lion appears on the cover, with a serene gesture of waiting towards prey, in immaculate white tones.

00:01:32 - Can you imagine the stage set of the band, with the backdrop behind it, and that lion's eyes lighting up it was produced by Michael Wajner who produced Metallica's

00:01:42 - Master of Puppets. With this album, White Lion intended to carve out a space on the scene and achievement. The work of the guitarist Vito Brata, a student of Eddie

00:01:52 - VanHillen but with more melody, is very good. With Wait another great hard rock song is scored with strength and feeling laying the foundations of the band's own sound. Wait how could it be otherwise is a typical love song with the opening voice of Tramp, and then enter a song at half time.

00:02:08 - The voice and the guitar make the song something great.

00:02:13 - This song was the first single from the album and MTV, in regular rotation almost 6 months after its release.

00:02:20 - The song is a ballad of great power and tells the story of someone who is suddenly taken from you, and you cannot bear that loss.

00:02:26 - You feel cheated because you never had enough time to truly love him.

00:02:32 - One of the best ballads of the year and another great solo by Vito.

00:02:35 - This tells us...

00:02:36 - And if you just, you know, doing that and you can say, you know, and start hearing a melody in your head that somebody would be singing, well, when it comes up to doing a lead, he's not singing anymore.

00:02:47 - Like, for instance, for the weight solo, like, I have to turn this on and make noise now.

00:02:52 - You know, I wanted to go...

00:02:56 - You know, to start the solo.

00:03:00 - And then, you know, I heard the note, that was it, right here.

00:03:04 - So that's when you add another word, you know, the little shaking and the little subtleties.

00:03:13 - But originally you hear, and it's like, that's a melody, Mike could have sang it.

00:03:19 - And that's, you know, I piece it together.

00:03:21 - From Rock Glatics.

00:03:49 - Wait just a moment and tell me you're right

00:03:56 - Cause I can show you love as if you won't deny

00:04:03 - I said wait

00:04:05 - I said wait

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00:04:25 - I said wait

00:04:27 - I said wait

00:04:29 - Wait

00:04:31 - I said wait, just come on and try once more

00:04:38 - Cause babe, I need to hold you like I did before

00:04:46 - So if you go away, I know that I will fall

00:04:53 - Cause there's a place inside my heart that tests me

00:04:57 - Hold up, hold up, hold up, oh baby

00:05:04 - Wait, wait, I never had a chance to lie

00:05:10 - Wait, wait, if only our love could show you

00:05:17 - Wait, wait, I never want to be without you

00:05:24 - Wait, wait, no one ever had a chance to love you

00:05:30 - Now all you wanna say I love you for a long time

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00:06:24 - Wait, I've never had a chance to love you

00:06:29 - Wait, wait, if all your love could show you

00:06:36 - Wait, wait, I've never wanna be without you

00:06:43 - Wait, wait, now I've never had a chance to love you

00:06:50 - Now all I want to say is I love you

00:06:55 - Baby, I love you, baby

00:07:00 - Oh, I know I had a chance to love you you