Awesome Reaction To Savatage - Strange Wings 

Savatage never got the fame or recognition they deserved. Absolutely awesome band to see live back in the day. Cris Olivas RIP was one of the most unhearalded guitarists to ever grace an album. In my opinion, he was one of the 4 or 5 best rock guitarists of all time. Jon Olivas, his brother , awesome vocalist obviously, went on to even greater fame and fortune with Trans Siberian Orchestra.

There isn't a bad song on this album

I love Savatage! RIP Criss Oliva! He died this day in 1993. Killed by a drunk driver.

SAVATAGE - Hounds!

My junior high school memories....talented and RIP chis oliva

Savatage is the best power symphonic metal in USA and in the world. For quality of composition and technical players.. The best album in '80 Guitar ballet , A street a Rock Opera , in the middle of the ' 90 was . For me Dead winter dead, The wake of Magellan...

Fun fact: Ray Gillen (Black Sabbath, Badlands) is background singer in this song, he had such a cool voice and high tone, one of my favourites. Which transitions into me requesting you should do Badlands - High wire or The Last Time. Awesome band which included former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake Lee. They were kinda like Led Zeppelin on steroids and if Zeppelin would keep doing music in the late 80's that's what it would sound like in many ways.

That cover art is by Gary Smith. His work is phenomenal. He has provided artwork for other Savatage albums, as well as the "Sava-spin-off" band Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO), and others.

"The Mountain King.... He's guarding shit." Good one there, dude. Cheers from a Sava-Fan (since 1989) from France!!

Btw, because you asked, TNT, the meaning of the song is basically this. Savatage was a heavily metaphysical band. IE, most of their songs were about magic. Strange Wings is about meeting an otherworldly lover, and pursuing her to the ends of reality. Yes, this happens in the other planes, occasionally.

They have a song called Sirens, it's short but hard and I play it when I play COD

My favorite savatage song by far, so epic and emotional

I took a picture with Jon Oliva in 2000 in cleveland..that picture won me total VIP treatment for hours b4 the TSO show began. champagne, food,got to hang out with Sava members and current TSO members..stood beside Russell Allen Zak Stevens Jeff Plate list goes on and on..and of course Caffery..great pic guys..love when you do them together!!

Summers rain was on gutter ballet check out that song!!

Ray Gillen on backing vocals. Fire!!!!!

Ray Gillen from Badlands (R.I.P) does the backing vocals. Great voice.

Savatage Rules. Do Hounds

R.I.P. Criss Oliva \m/

i love that your channel gives so much love to bands like Savatage , megadeth , Cash , VH .

Hi Man , this álbum is absoluty Power for ALL ! Amazings songs , Full álbum is ART !

My favorite is..Streets. A rock opera..by Savatage, if you ever have the chance listen to whole album, and listen to the story play out. It’s incredible !

Him: "What Savatage song should I check out next?" Me: Yes

Savatage is freakin' fantastic and this album is my fav' of them ✌️😎👍 cool reactions

Saw Savatage live in little club in Philly in 87, their singer does live what he does on system. Gotta say u made my day feeling this kick ass song!!!!

love this song! my favourite of that album

An excellent song! Cheers!

To be honest, I think the woman was supposed to be more other worldly. Glad you liked this. I think this is the best song on this recording. I always wondered why I liked this song so much, then I put it together. If you have ever heard the Scorpions, you will know what I mean when I say that this song starts with a Scorpions style guitar run. It is very similar sounding to the beginning of Rock You Like a Hurricane. They also, had a guest backing vocalist on this song, Ray Gillen from Badlands. Savatage’s producer, Paul O’Neill was also producing Badlands at this time (1987) and I think he had something to do with that. Other good songs on this album are Legions and Devastation. This was the beginning of Savatage’s turn to a Prog Metal sound. Check out all the CD’s after this. They are among their best. The CD’s are, Gutter Ballet, Streets, Edge of Thorns, Handful of Rain, The Wake of Magellan and Poets and Madmen. Understand that this is the same band who invented and form the basis of Trans Siberian Orchestra. The whole band plays in it. TSO is more accessible, but Savatage is heavier.

Summer's Rain gets me every time!

OMG!!! I love this song. I would never think someone would react to it. Jon Oliva's voice is amazing here. If you haven't done Gutter Ballet yet it should be next.

I know the song hall of the mountain king. This song sounded great, I am going to have to check out the whole album

I forgot how much I loved this song. The singer Jon is the lead guitarist Cris’s brother (killed by a drunk driver) so there is a special musical chemistry with this band. You should check out When The Crowds Are Gone. I want that song played at my funeral...

City beneath the surface

Nice review video of an awesome song and album. Thanx, guyz

She is a angel.

A couple members of Savatage went on to be founding members of the Trans Siberian Orchestra, if you've heard of them. Much more well known. The cool thing about this video I'm linking is that this is actual footage of a lights setup a fan did at their house. TSO liked it so much, they bought the footage and made this the official music video for the song. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pWBjl-jPcVM.html

Great review! Love you guys!

Stange reality from savatage is just another great tune

Very awesome, Hall of the mountain king is one of my favorite songs from them guys. Great reaction my friend's ❤️

You may like Fates Warning, if you are diggin' Savatage.

Bad ass band bad ass tune keep up the good work T !

This song reminds me of Judas Priest's Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver. Love it!

Savatage, Dead Winter Dead

The Doc was a metronome, the heart beat of the band...but if ya want gritty.."when the crows are gone"..probably johns best effort

savatage-- Sirens

Wow I found you from reacting to gamma ray and check out your channel to see savatage! Great

The album is Hall of the Mountain King. The first cut off side two, which immediately precedes the title song “Hall of the Mountain King, is called “Prelude to Madness”. It is taken from the actual symphony Hall of the Mountain King.

your video arrived here in Brazil, very good

This track came from 1987 "HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING".

Atop a black winged mare, casting a wicked stare

Savatage o melhor 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Nice licks and vocals

you talk about the album cover my buddy gary smith is the best airbrush artist. & he the one that did all their album covers after fight for the rock plus he was the drummers roommate Steve walcholz

I would like you to react to their lyrics, the most amazing band in history, simple as that

Hall of the mountain king one of best Savatage album. For me the masterpiece of masterpiece is the wake of Magellan

Read on if you're brave enough...Lol, I love me some Savatage, and as "corny," and "hair band, radio-ready" as this one is, I actually like it...a lot. Been on my stay-list for three decades plus...and, the girls always liked this one too. (Lol, I have a little personal bet going on with myself about which on of the reaction channels I'm subbed to is gonna be the first to dive headfirst into the "Hair Bands" of the 80's and 90's and REALLY do some in-depth reactions to em...most have checked out a few songs. But, I'm talking about taking the gloves off for a weekend or something. Despite it's deserved, and sometimes undeserved reputation, a lot is "next level" playing skill and vocals. Gonna be interesting to see who's brave enough lol...I think it'll be interesting to see what comes out of the woodwork on that one too...and you self-proclaimed "hardcore" Metal fans, of which I'm certainly one, that claim you don't listen to the stuff? Lol, you're lyin. C'mon, there's NO shame in that.) But, if you dig this, check out "Standing Alone" by White Wolf...I think most would like it.

Savatage!!!!

Nineteen eighty seven -- Feel it!

Love Jon Oliva

Savatage - Sirens is my favourite )

If the music godz had ever been fair, this song should've been Savatage's mainstream "breakout" hit back in 1987/88. They had already cracked into the MTV 'Headbanger's Ball' world with their first single/video from this album, the title-track "Hall Of The Mountain King", which we all know and love. But if they had followed it up with "Strange Wings" as their 2nd video/single, with it being a much more radio-friendly, melodic song, I believe that they could've actually broken out more into the mainstream back then, because of the huge popularity of "hair metal" on MTV at the time. But instead the band/management decided to go the "heavier" route and chose "24 Hours Ago" as their 2nd single/video, which while still being an all-time classic metal song in it's own right, it only helped to shore-up their popularity in the metal "underground" scene at the time (Metallica, Megadeth, etc.), and didn't help them breakout any further into the mainstream or onto radio. So I always felt that it was a bit of a missed opportunity, because even though Strange Wings was sent to radio as their 3rd single, it didn't have an MTV video behind it as well, which bands really needed back then to help break into the mainstream - and so unfortunately it didn't get much radio airplay. Back then videos routinely cost over $100,000 to produce, so until an artist reached certain sales levels, record companies were reluctant to fork out the cash to fund and push a video at MTV - usually a metal band had to have gone Gold already (500,000 sales) before they got to do a 3rd video for an album. Savatage were able to get respectable sales of over 250,000 at the time, but it still wasn't enough for the record company to help push them to that next level, with more video and marketing support. The record biz was definitely a wicked game, and sometimes timing and choice of video/single was everything to catch the attention of viewers on MTV (and subsequently, listeners on radio). But I truly believe that Strange Wings could've been a mainstream hit for Savatage back in 1987/88 if they had made a video for it - alot of times Fate can be cruel for truly talented artists...

Sorry, I'm back, manly ballads check out WASP cries in the night, Widowmaker, sleeping in the fire

Love your reaction vids man, just watched The whistler reaction vid, you would love wish it was true or oh darling by The White Buffalo.

i love your reactions .. you definitely need to do more old savatage .. like i believe (not believe) scream murder .. the dungeons are calling by the grace of the witch . power of the night . etc .. etc . face it they are all good ..

Hay check out Y&T lipstick and Leather and Summer Time Girls you just had to live it was Great

Cool song. 💖

There was...is ?....a Black band performing Heavy Metal, named Death. The Bad Brains, a Black, Punk era band, gave us the phrase, Mosh Pit.

A rock ballad you say? Possibly a Gutter Ballet or maybe a Rock Opera...?

the guy seems to enjoy it, she - is looking on her watch 😆 the real metal heads 🥴

Please check out Raven - Hung Drawn and Quartered. British 80's band. Never got the credit they deserved. Like ACDC on Roids. You guys will like it! Name is Kevin.

24 Hours Ago

F'N Savatage!! 🤘 I

Warriors from the Power of the Night album is frikkn EPIC.

Please react to Gods of Wrath by Metal Church.

Not my favorite by them, but very '80s, lol. Your next dive into Savatage should be "Gutter Ballet." But that's just my opinion, they have many great jams! Good to see you both, catch ya next time!🤘😎

And to imagine that "Strange wings" is one of the "weaker" songs on this album.... "hall of the mountain king" is just such an eternal classic.

Kno this is year old, don't c much explaining songs meaning as u asked. She's a woman, possibly a mystical being, maybe not, but she's enchanted him to that point, it says it, "she's still a mystery in her arms I long to b", it's a huge compliment, the depth of this chic has enchanted him, she doesn't just walk or glide she flies. She's a real woman who has enchanted a real man

Scream until you like it..... W.A.S.P.

Maybe she's got strange wings is like she moves in mysterious ways?

Olivas are Kings

Killer album. Research thier history.

Just wait till Christmas TIme..........Then you can do TSO reactions.

Love to watch you 2 the way you play off each other is great. Another couple of savatage songs you may want to check out is when the crowds are gone and believe. Also trans Siberian orchestra is basically made up of some of the members of savatage awesome Christmas music originals. Due to the way you two seem to be on camera there’s a couple of videos I think you’d like on RU-vid check out Forever and God only knows by The Beach Boys live in Japan 2012 Forever made my 30 year old daughter cry simple but the lyrics and harmonies are amazing

Criss Oliva... Guitar God, criminally underrated and ignored by the so called guitar aficionados. 🖤🖤 I love that he turned down Dave Mustain's offer to join Megadeth giving the job to second choice Marty Friedman (no disrespect to Marty as he is faultless and an absolute monster of a player who probably suited the job better).. Rip to such talent that we lost at only age 30 🤘🏻🤘🏻

I would like to see you guys check out Raven - Hung Drawn and Quartered.

NOBODY reacts to Savatage. Well done 👍

The horns are up

Lmfao. Love this. I bleed this stuff hard. I guess Latinos didn't have a clear Direction if whether or not we should like rock or urban stuff, old school Mexican guys liked rock n roll

Not similar to Savatage at all but I need someone to react to some Cry Of Love. Kelly Holland had an incredible voice. Maybe "Bad Thing" or "Peace Pipe" or "Carnival".

Please react to Jesus Saves by Savatage

That's on power of the Night

Chance

Please react to Mudkicker by Skid Row.

Gary is the king more Savatage

A band I think you'll really like that totally has this 80s vibe, even though they're modern, is Enforcer. Check out the song "Undying Evil". You'll be hooked. I know I was. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5EExbLCeUnI.html

Still no thumb down :)

Please never call Savatage 80s rocks again. Thanks for reacting to Savatage, really fun Reaction to Savatage though.... Respect

Meatloaf meets metal

This song is based on a dream that Jon Oliva had about a blonde woman with wings riding a horse and every time he would get close to her she would disappear.

Savatage - Legions people dont know the good songs i apologize for these fools.

Love Savatage..... but they have lots of better songs