Jon Oliva, Criss Oliva and Paul O'Neill: the best songwriting team in history! The world needs more Savatage! #Savatage #SavatageForever #JonOliva #CrissOliva #PaulONeill
One of the most beautful power ballads ever. I hope Savatage remains Savatage and not a lonley Jhon Oliva. Ofcourse in the memory of Chris. Whom we love and miss dearly. We love you guys. Please keep making music for all the dreamers, loners, burners, outcasts, depressives and people who love music in general. Thank you SAVATAGE ❤
savatage has to be the most underrated metal band of the '80s into the early '90s. i knew the moment i heard jon's piano playing and singing, that unmistakable sound of savatage so well founded on brother criss' guitar work, and that astounding lyrical content, that this band MADE you sit up and pay attention. one only has to listen to trans siberian orchestra to hear the continuance of this colossal presence.
I have so much respect for Chris Caffery, and I think he is awesome. But, man.... I SO wish Criss Oliva was still around. He was truly a gifted musician. One of the rare players that could write a complete song. Nasty riffs, and superb solos with soul and feeling that were always a perfect fit. He deserves to be mentionsed along with greats such as Randy Rhoads, Van Halen, Dimebag, Zakk Wylde, Brian May, and David Gilmore.
Caffery is a seriously versatile player. He is willing to play what ever you need him to play, just a natural talent. Criss Oliva requires no introduction, he was a legend
Adam Wagner He ruined his voice for a while, & had to stop singing for a year! Then, he had to take voice lessons to learn to sing properly. He does sing on many tracks of the TSO albums, but has formed another band, Jon Oliva's Pain.
yeah i'm aware... I think Savatage should have split after Jon left and reformed when he was ready to come back. Good to see another Jon fan though... rock on brother
Adam Wagner Lol! Yes, Jon is the backbone of Savatage, TSO, & JOP. He has a great range, from that throaty growl to those high, crystal notes. He said Savatage will always exist in TSO, but I wish he'd get out on the stage & do at least a few numbers with them!
Osama Abdel Latif This chorus is also in the song "Believe", done by Savatage & then Trans Siberian Orchestra (The band that Savatage eventually became, after "Christmas Eve, Sarajevo", from "Dead Winter, Dead" became a super hit)
Savatage - one of the greatest yet most underappreciated (mainstream) metal bands of all time. Though they morphed into TSO and had great success, nothing would be getting a chance to see a full set of Savatage one more time.
I'm turning 50 in a couple years and I can relate to the lyrics "I dont know where the years have gone memories can only last so long...", and I got seriously into Savatage when a friend of mine was about to throw away the tape which contained this song, I wish so much I could go back to those days and make things right around 1990
that was the shirt that was available at the Criss Oliva 10 yr tribute show in Tampa in 2003. I was there, and am lucky to own one of them. I wear it with pride!
It saddens me to see it without criss oliva. But he lives on through the music. This song without a doubt is a heart wrencher. So beautifully and skillfully written like so many songs that Savatage had written. When Jon Oliva performs these it makes me wonder what he feels emotionally not seeing his brother there like he once did.
It heavily bothers me that I wasn't even born when Criss was taken. He is my guitar god without a doubt and I base my style on his playing, all from Sirens all the way to Edge Of Thorns. R.I.P Criss.
When he died there was no internet. So although I was already a fan (at the age of 10, thanks to older brothers) I had no idea what transpired. When I finally inherited all their albums (my brothers moved to other music) I played them incessantly. I understand you though and am happy that people born later on can appreciate them equally. It speaks volumes about the quality of their music.
I'm a huge fan of Savatage and heavily influenced by Criss' playing as well. I was in my early twenties when he died and it was like a punch to my gut when I found out.
I missed WAY too much. I wish it would have been written in bold black print on my very first TSO cd.. 5 years Ago. Still would have loved to see Criss while he was still alive of course. The world will never know what could have been......miss you Criss
I am embarrassed to admit that this is the only song that I ever really listened to from this band. Caught it on Head Bangers Ball back in the day. And now keep coming back to it from time to time on RU-vid. Such an amazing composition.
How can a band like this finish their fabulous trip. This band was probably the best one in the world. Love you guys. Please return, and come to Romania. I want my children to see tou in concert
I saw these guys play twice live in there hay day. Man just mind blowing talent. I was fortunate to see the original cast with Chris and company. including the beast "Doc" on drums!! Wow he gave me chills live. If you guys ever saw the original line up you know what I mean. I was shocked when I heard about Chris. Savatage music was always very original. It had almost a Beatles - Metal - Phantom of the opera feel to it. Just super cool. Never heard anything like it to this day. Love you guys always if you are out there!! ROCK ON !!!!
One of the world´s best hardrock / rock opera band! So sad they´re no more! They´ve been superior! Thank god the Mountain King is still alive and rockin´! ;-)
this is 2002,almost 9 years after Criss passed away. the guitarist here is Christopher Caffery,who actually was the original second guitarist of the band when this song came out back in 1989.
The lead singer is Jon Oliva, and he's the lead singer, keyboardist for T.S.O., founder of Savatage (with his brother Criss Oliva R.i.P), Doctor Butcher (with Chris Caffery), and T.S.O with Paul O'Neill, and Robert Kinkel.
Thanks for the upload!! I was at this show and it was amazing, they dedicated Believe to one of our friends that night with her parents in the audience..very moving memory
