First Time Hearing Great White - “Save Your Love” Reaction | Asia and BJ 

Oh man.. my teenage years!! THIS was ONE of our MANY power ballads! Loved it then, now and always-💖💙

This song gets me teary eyed. It seems like he is trying to persuade his girl to stay with him. And the ending feels like she rejected him. If a guitar solo could cry, that’s how it would sound. Brilliant song from Great White.

Asia needs to do a cover of this song!

Mark Kendall on the guitar. Really great player. Very underrated.

Great White has another great song called, Lady Red Light, incredible kick ass song, they also have another Bluesy song "House of Broken Love", you want to hear incredible guitar work, "House of Broken Love", my request for the next Live is Great White, " House of Broken Love" incredible song

Probably my favorite '80s ballad...it's just...wow. Jack Russell absolutely KILLS on this track. Such an amazing "love song"

I am so grateful to have grown up in when I did. Graduated in '87 and went to so many concerts!

Love Great White. Jack Russells voice is amazing. And Mark Kendall’s guitar is so bluesy.

just an incredible band. many years of great tunes but not remembered for their contribution to rock, but a sad disaster that caused so much heartache. Rock On, Great White!

The definition of a power ballad that's something a lot of the hair bands of the 80's succeeded at in so many amazing ways.

This is and always will be one of my all time favorite songs. Great white was a great band and what happened to them is so tragic

Wife here...Honestly.., I really feel this band didn't get the recognition they deserved during the Glam Rock/Hair Metal era..I Love this song and many others..We saw them a few years ago at House of Blues..ABSOLUTELY AMAZING..With poor Jack Russell on crutches!!!..along with another band member.., They themselves said they were "Rockers on Rollers"..Bless them!!..Asia..as for my experience..,Sometimes a Guitar hook is first...Yes ..,Like Jam sessions then words start coming along..The Lead Guitar is Very Important in a Rock Band!!❤

Damn yall making me go back to high school memories. 🤘💜 Asia I bet you could your spin on this sing. You should try

The song is wriiten and the music is made to complement the lyrics. This is perfection

Great song! It makes me happy to watch people enjoy music forgotten by radio stations.

Yes ma’am exactly, the solo is free form over an already prepared rhythm and built upon.

My guitar teacher Tim Calvert of "Forbidden and Nevermore" always said. Make sure the solo tells a story and has conviction and depth. RIP Tim C. 🕊

Nothing better than a 80's power ballad

Hey Asia and BJ!! Love your reactions! Much more Great White please? "Rock Me ", "House Of Broken Love", "Love Is A Lie", "Call It Rock and Roll", "Old Rose Motel", "Face The Day", so many great songs to choose from, ✌️ ☮️ 🎸🎵❤️ Much love from SETX!!

Ahh my heart feels again...what an era for music.....!!😊 Each instruments are recorded separately....then mixed together...but everyone has to play in time so it fits...theres so much going on with this.k8nd of music....guitar solos are built to fit the songs mood....but are usually the free flow of emotions for the song...like people that free flow with words...thats what each note in a solo is....a free flow of notes...i hear conversations in guitar solos....its a different way to hear music and i think the best way.... its such an amazing way to express...

You have to hear "Rock Me", if you haven't already.

Mark Kendall is so underrated from the 80’s. One of my favorite 🎸

Anyone in a band can come up with a riff or a beat, and then someone else in the band can add to it... layer by layer, a song is born. That's just one way of many different ways to do it. Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie, plays every instrument, writes the music, and the lyrics, records, and produces... then show the people that will perform with him how to play the guitar, bass, keyboard and drum parts. Wolf is basically a one man band... which is another way to go about it.

I am a rock musician. How it usually works is someone in the band comes up with one riff. The band plays it and we see what we come up for the next one. Sometimes it's the whole band sometimes just two members.

Real musicianship. Great reaction

Asia would kill it doing a cover of this song.

They do something like this. Guitarists, drummers, bass, keyboard players etc., particularly good ones, can play for hours a day with the band, and on their own. They find good riffs that they record, or write down. Lyrics are typically, but not always written by the vocalist. In some bands they all write lyrics, or share in writing. Then they usually end up doing some rewrites as they build the song. Then when they record the song or album, that's when a producer gets involved.

Damn...yall killin it tonight back to back to back great tunes.......lovin it. keep puttin in the work.....luv you guys.

My favorite Great White song! I saw them in concert back in 1988. They opened for White Snake and both bands were so good. Love the 80s!!!

This is a very underrated, talented group. You might like other songs by them like the angel song, House of broken love, Rock me & she only. He also redid in hunters once bitten twice shy. Bluesy guitar sound, and the guitarist is really good. Yes, different people have different styles of writing songs in a lot of your best songwriters seem to write on piano, but I grew up, riding with me and the bass player and the drummer. Sometimes me and the singer would come up with songs, and then mix the drum and bass in. Then in the studio, you have to consider how many guitar players you have because sometimes if you have one player, they have to play the rhythm and then come back and record the lead over it. They often did that for guitar harmonies as well. As far as writing a lead guitar riff, for me, I always wanted to play the background rhythm over and over and over again until I came up with the perfect lead to fit that particular song. I would usually make a recording of it and play it in the background while I developed my lead, Or whatever you feel like would be the best fitting pattern and tone.

Psycho City was my favorite. Put that CD in on road trips and shortened them up considerable. Starts out with Psycho City, followed by Step on You and your 15-20 miles down the road. Then, songs like Old Rose Motel, and The Big Goodbye, and your at your destination before ya know it

Many good songs, rabbit hole to jump in

Great White is another awesome band from young adulthood, Fabulous Song.

"House of Broken Love" by Great White

We do have jam sessions. We also write in our bedrooms and bring them to the band. Great guitarists know how to take the changes in a song and kind of 'sing' another melody over those changes. But it is very improvisational at first inception of any song.

Usually a song is written with guitar rhythm and vocals. Then in the studio you lay the drums first (or drums and bass guitar together) then the rhythm guitar goes on, then the vocals on top of that. Guitar solo and the backup vocals are typically added last. You do not have to record the exactly this order but it’s typical. Debut albums are usually pretty complete when the band goes in to record. These songs have been written and played together for some time while hoping to get a record deal. The next album often times is written on the road while the band is touring, to support their debut album. The second album songs may or may not have ever been played as a band before recording them. Many 2nd, 3rd album songs are finished while they are in the studio. Including all the music and writing much of the lyrics.

Oh my heart. This reminds me of someone I loved in 1987 and it's bittersweet.

From what I have heard, the process of creating a song varies. Sometimes someone has a lyric and they work to put a melody to it. Sometimes someone has a riff and they see what they can do with it. For a lot of rock songs they leave a space in the song for a solo and it is up to the soloist to make it work. There is normally rehearsal to work out the kinks or sometimes to flesh it out.

About the song writing, Asia !! For the most part, there's basically 2 different ways to write a song ( music then lyrics or lyrics then music). One way would be like Elton and his lyricist ( Bernie Taupin). Bernie will come with some lyrics or even a poem, and when he's done he gives them to Elton to come up with the music ( if i remember correctly, their never even in the same room while putting the song together). The other way usually happens with someone who plays an instrument!! Either they'll hear a sound or rhythm in their head ( and they'll have a recording device near them and they'll hum it or play a snippet on to the recorder so they dont forget). Then they'll build and build on it, then bring it to the band. And usually the last 2 additions are the drums and the solo. Which most of the time the guitarist has a recording of the basic structure of the song, which he'll bring home and will just start trying different sounds and stuff (i trying to keep this short, so we're calling it "stuff" lol). And since 95% of your average rock songs is Verse Chorus Verse Chorus then solo... so you already know where the solo is going!! Now the guitarist just has to "blend" in the solo. Again, I'm trying to keep it short and not get too technical !! But i think you'll get more of the whole "picture" now

Solos usually come after the rest of the song is written and the band knows it and the lead guitarist usually comes up with it after the song is heard by the band. There's usually a main song writer in the band, tho a lot of bands all of the members contribute to the writing

Rock Me, Mista Bone, House of Broken Love,Lady Red Light, Face the Day

I first heard this song when a friend played it in March 1987. I immediately loved it. This song is incredible even though my favorite ballad by Great White is Angel Song. That song is way underrated. I dare say that is a deep cut. They rarely play it live because they usually play Sae Your Love and you can only have so many slower songs. There is a version where Jack Russell sings it live and it is somewhat recent, but it is not common.

Great White very underrated. Seen them several times and was picked out by Jack Russell on 2 different occasions to sing with them!

Asia, I could just sit and stare at your beautiful smiling face aalll day..... you're a lucky man BJ. I love seeing you guys enjoy the music of my childhood, though I never was a Great White fan. Looking forward to the next reaction.

This song was my last dance song at my wedding 20 years ago! I always tease my husband because I think it's a song about cheating...lol. his voice is my top 5 favorite s. ❤

Great White had some awesome songs!!!

I come up with a good riff add drums and bass for rhythm then lyrics when i lay down the lead solo i try to keep it with in the rhythm of the song. But thats just the way I work, I’m sure others have a completely different formula.

Great White the "Angel song", and LA Guns "Crystal eyes", are two songs that I think you both would absolutely enjoy

Very little machines used to build a song back then, at least for the great bands. Just great writing, great musicians, great vision, and great talent.

To answer your question on how songs are put together, it depends on the band. Most lay the drums and bass first, then the main guitar riff gets put to it. Finally, the lead guitarist will add flourishes and perhaps a guitar solo and the drummer will decide where he wants to put any drum fills, based on his rhthym. But others have done it different. For example, with The Who, Keith Moon usually played the drums to that song after the rest of the music was pretty much complete, which is pretty unorthodox, but leant to Moon's unique drumming style because he could play the drums with a lot of melody to them, similar to a guitar or a piano.. Yet others will come up with a guitar riff first and build the song around that, a la Deep Purple. It's really about inspiration more than anything though. That's my take on it. I'm not in a band, but I've played with countless people (I'm a drummer) and a lot of stuff gets 'born' from simply jamming together and feeling each other's style out.

Goes like this for me. Guitarist puts together a good string of chord progressions that sound good and the rest of the band can feel and get into. Then you structure the song the way you want certain parts to ascend or descend , say for the guitar intro, the solo space and outro. Unless you already have lyrics in mind for the song the vocalist usually comes up with some lyrics. You lay all the parts down on tape or digital. then give the guitarist some time to mess with the space he is allowed to solo in. Sometimes the notes come right away and sometimes it has to take longer to get a feeling to come through and sound the best it can. Me personally, i love writing original music. Peace.

One of my all-time favorite songs. Sing it at karaoke all the time.In my band we do Tock Me as well

When writing a real song, it usually starts out with a single guitar or piano playing a basic chord structure and a melody (or not). Sometimes it is the chorus that creates the rest of the song. At some point, lyrics are added. There's no special point when an instrumental solo is formed. Maybe a player will already have one in mind, or he/she sits down over the instrumental section and just plays until something comes together. The writer(s) will try to create a "hook" that is the part of the song that keeps you coming back There is no one way to write a great song, and a lot depends on the talent of each individual involved. There are some bands who can play great but who can't write hits. Then we had the Beatles, who were average musicians, but wrote GREAT songs.

metal bands are mostly misunderstood in the world of music but if you approach it with a certain point of view you'll discover something very interesting. think of any and i do mean ANY classical artist or composer, then imagine that music being played through an electric guitar, bass, and drums . metal is basically a scaled down version of classical music. the solo's that would normally be played on violins for high notes are the lead guitars, various types of drums are played in 1 drum kit by 1 person, base and rhythm guitars play the low tones that build the backbone of the rhythm. the vocals are just another instrument in the band. back in the day an orchestra had anywhere from 30 to 100 people to amplify the sound to make it loud enough to hear every note, now we have amplifiers that can crank it up. As for Asia's question about the writing process, it varies. sometimes a song can be written around a riff or rhythm from the guitar and lyrics written after, sometimes the lyrics are written before but the writer usually has some kind of rhythm in there head of how they want it to sound. lead guitars do not write the solo until the songs are almost over and they get a feel for how the song as a whole sounds. sometimes the song may not even need a solo, it all depends on how everyone in the band feels about what is there. usually there could be almost 5 to 10 different variations of the solo before honing it down to the final outcome.

Great White - Freedom Song !

“I like the slow build”, yea, Great White were the best at that! You guys need to listen to LOVE IS A LIE if you haven’t already. Best Slow build of any of their songs and my absolute favorite power ballad from them. Been watching your movie channel for a long time & just realized you had a music channel tonight. Looks like I’ve got some catching up to do 👍

@Asia and BJ As to your inquiry about fleshing out a rock song ...... the truth is that it could happen in any of the ways you described it. The lyricist could inspire the musicians or the musicians could inspire the lyricist. It most often comes about as the result of a jam session where someone will pick up on a particular portion of that and flesh it out into something everyone else can contribute to. A lead guitar player could be just fiddling around with something and the lyricist will (I've done this myself) ask about the mood he is intending and begin writing from that point. More often than not though a song is built either by adding lyrics to a chord structure or adding a chord structure to a set of lyrics. One essential thing that is necessary for these things to come to fruition is that all participants must be willing to give and take until the song is finalized.

depends.... sometimes the wrds are there, and the sound is built around it. other times the melody is there or just a riff, and it inspires the words.

GREAT SONG ! and thanks for the Reaction!!!

Great White…. Extremely underrated.

Sometimes the words come first and you build the music around it and sometimes the music comes first and you write the words to it. There are many ways that a song comes together. Sometimes it’s written in parts or collaborations with others to make the song. That’s what great about music in the past.

One of my favorite songs. Thanks for reacting to it.

Yall feeling those 80's love ballads Yo!! Hey from Princeton Town yall!!!

My 1989 prom theme - good times !

If you havent already check out House of Broken Love by Great White. If you like the way Save All Your Love builds, you will like this one as well. The 1st 1:40 is all about that lead guitar. It just drives..

Great White are Amazing Through The Tragedy's And All And Jack Russell Is Amazing You Should Here There Led Zeppelin Tribute band was amazing and yeah some solos are set!!

Underrated. I think it’s probably because of their cheeky first tune. They are definitely a more serious band and of course they were on a collision course to tragedy. 😢

Nice...yall did the full version.

Great band, incredible guitarist Jack Russell...so recommend "House of Broken Love"

The smell of hairspray is strong with this one!

I think it's cool u guys do this I grew up with all thease classics

Some songs are worked on and practised for months , some songs happen in 5 minutes and improvised , and you do just go for it .. to me my guitar is my voice so its just like putting words to music or a beat ..let it flow..

👍🎶👏👏💙💖 Nice song!🎵

I remember that they did a secondary version of this song that paid homage to my favorite heavy metal radio station from back in the day living in L.A. KNAC was the only station that would play all heavy metal especially under ground, not radio friendly songs. Good times.

Se these guys back in the day at the Bronco Bowl. You guys remember the Bronco Bowl ?

Desert Moon is another great white song you guys should check out

Metal Power Ballad at its finest

Deep Purple, Child In Time.

They do the guitar track after the vocals

From the interviews I have seen usually the lyrics come first. an the the music is structured around them

Awesome group

Just for laughs Asia and BJ should react to the song "Bertha Butt Boogie" by Jimmy Castor (1975). It's on RU-vid.

Please Asia do a cover of this song.

I used to be able to play this on guitar all the way through, solo and everything. Might re-learn the rhythm

Underrated 😢 Band

They have no idea how real music is made, that's crazy. Music is a reoccurring chord progression within 1 key. The solos are scales within the same key as the chord progression.

U guys gotta play; I've been lonely too long by The Young Rascals.

There's an amazing updated version by Jack Russell's Great White and the video is as sad as the song.

Definitely gotta do "House of Broken Love"

You need to watch great white and the song is Rock me

read about the station nightclub fire that killed the guitarist

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Take a pole Asia and and let your audience choose one of the many songs you guys have feathered. BJ can do back ground vocals. ❤❤ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

you have to admit --- rock produces some of the best ballads ....

Check out the songs Rock Me & House of Broken Love.

Check out "Rock Me".

Asia- you should definitely find a 80’s rock Ballard to cover.

If you like this one, next should be Is This Love by Whitesnake.

Yup that slow build. Power Ballads. =) Most rock bands then had the formula 2 hard rock songs, then a power ballad. Some were reluctant to record a power ballad but the addition made them some more $$ and women in the audience. LOL

The usual recording industry "required" power ballad that bands were made to do on every LP release back in the 80's and early 90's.