Avenged Sevenfold Presents Breakdown: "Save Me" - Part 01 of 02
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- M. Shadows calls the writing process for “Save Me” a disaster. See why in Part 1 of its Breakdown
Directed & Edited by Rafa Alcantara
Produced by Alex Reese
& TWENTYFOURCORE Productions - Hudba
And this is why Save Me is one of their best and most underrated songs ever. An absolute masterpiece.
Extremely underrated
Better than overrated
I think the only reason it's not more popular is because it's so long. It's probably my favorite song of their's period
💯💯
Adrian FM it’s better than the shit they have now. I fucking love save me. One of the best they have
"This one was a f*cking disaster. It was all over the place." Why are their best songs like this lol?
Exist is also all over the place lol
@@woodenhoe because jimmy old boy
A little piece of heaven xD
@@woodenhoe Exist is all over the universe... aparently.
The best things aren't easy
Mr. Portnoy is the real chameleon, he can fit in every band.
He can play on Genre
ya but the person itself is a drama king lol that's why he doesn't get permanent contract with them
Very true
@@arifind5308. What kind of drama does that mean?I really don't know
@@kartomarmo2462 , beritanya simpang siur, ada yang bilang Portnoy keluar dan milih band yang lebih sibuk manggung saat itu,
Ada yang bilang Portnoy ingin menggantikan the rev,
Ada yang bilang Portnoy gak setia sama dream theater yang notabene band yang dia bikin,
Portnoy sendiri bilang ingin membantu a7x menyelesaikan album tanpa the rev,
Tapi dia juga membantu a7x tour.
Nah fans dream theater gak terima dan pengen Portnoy balik ke dream theater kalo rekaman di a7x selesai, tapi dia gak balik lagi.
A7x juga bingung, kalo Portnoy jadi drummer tetap, apa kata fans dream theater atau netizen?
Padahal Portnoy udah pas di a7x, tapi tanpa ambil resiko tinggi, a7x merekrut drummer lain yaitu arin setelah album nightmare dan tour nightmare bersama Portnoy selesai.
Tapi Portnoy gak balik lagi ke dream theater,
Padahal sebenarnya dia juga udah ngisi drum di band2 lain tapi balik lagi ke dream theater.
4:28 when syn says Jimmy's name and Matt's face lit up. That was such a genuine moment I hope we all appreciated lol
Pure nostalgic bliss
🥺
Happens again at 6:16
There's a specific way that Matt's face lights up when he talks about/remembers Jimmy, you can see it all the time once you notice it and it's wholesome AF.
Even better watching videos from _before_ he passed and thinking to myself, "Hey, that's the look Matt usually has when he's talking about Jimmy, what's making him smile like that right now?" and then realizing he's looking directly at Jimmy right then. 😄
More bands need to do videos like this!
I think some bands would just embarrass themselves cause they have no where near there production level and number of tracks and textures that sevenfold work for
@@fatalvision2this is true! A7X’s music is often more complex than people give them credit for
this is simply the best Avenged Sevenfold song. awesome to see some footage from the studio during the recording process.
No way this is their best song..look out at some songs off city of evil record.
@@Hzim007 I still think this is their best song to date. Yeah sure City of Evil is their greatest album in a whole, each songs is different and feels colorful, but this song still hits me so hard, especially with Jimmy's passed. Great arrangement, great lyrics, and also great drum from Jimmy's favorite drummer mr. Portnoy. All I can say this song is masterpiece and put some special place for me.
jame hetfild nah this is top song, ive literally heard everyy A7X song
As DT fans, I agree with you. I got a lot DT vibes from this song.
I love hearing them talk about Jimmy because you can tell they were legit friends and not just band mates. I love that these guys just seem like normal people in these videos.
of course they are, they all grew up together
The photo in the Nightmare album 😭 rest easy, Rev, you were and STILL are very much loved.
Avenged Sevenfold isn't a band, it's a group of bestfriends playing music
The vocal harmony at 04:21 is so damn beautiful and haunting!
Only Jimmy could've come up with that.
Utter rubbish
you guys seemed so happy and nostalgic with this one!! thanks for the video!
I can't take you seriously with that profile picture 😂
Just love that they did this song. So many people (including me) have been requesting it from the beginning. Shows what a great band this is!
Your profile pic though. Hahaha
Whatever you say, Thanos...
Lol watch out for Ant-Man
Man, this song is INSANE! So much going on. A true Masterpiece!
4:21. Wow glad to hear Rev wrote those vocal harmonies. I love that part so much. Rev was such a genius. This song is a masterpiece, and one of the best Mike Portnoy songs ever.
Literally the band went downhill after Rev died
@Outcry_ They've changed, but I wouldn't say they went downhill. Nightmare and Hail to the King are both amazing records, and The Stage and Life is but a Dream are both amazing prog metal records.
@@Outcry_ They didn't, they just went forward. They probably realised their classic formula wasn't working anymore because Hail to the King was an abysmally stale and uninspired album, they just decided to let go of their metalcore, hardcore, heavy metal roots if necessary and embrace a more progressive style.
Which was always within their songwriting before, it was never assumed as a general tone of any album before the Stage
@@Outcry_ you’re speaking from ignorance …. they have progressed so much while still keeping their staple sound … The Stage and LIBAD have so much Rev influence it ain’t funny and was a natural progression to where they were heading even if The Rev was still alive , if you disagree then you didn’t really know them anyway … the only blight in the catalogue is HTTK but I think the band then was truly lost without The Rev and his input
I can feel the guys get emotional when they talk about Jimmy. I can't imagine how heartbreaking losing him was for them. It's so sad. =(
Mike is such a MVP for stepping up and helping out a7x after the rev passed
Besides being a good friend to the band, I bet he probably felt honored being able to express/explore the musicality and mind of the rev... probably some big and very strange shaped shoes to fill but from what you hear in the album, it was definitely out of love for his friend
It's just sad that DT left him alone, replacing him with another "Mike".
If that "Mike" sucks then Mike will come back, but "Mike" also doesn't suck and fits the band well.
Fathi Rizqi Ananda He left Dream Theater himself... And I don't think Manginis first name correlated to his replacing.
@@XFTFX portnoy left dream theater because they just had to many giant egos(including portnoy himself). Mangini's chemistry with the rest of dream theater, especially Petrucci and Rudess is much better than Portnoy's
Of course you're talking about Portnoy. But I find it funny that we also see Mike Elizondo, the album's producer, in this video. That Mike is a legend in his own way, check him out.
Amazing song. Jimmy had the mind of a music genius, and props to Portnoy for following the genius' through process.
No wonder they went downhill after he died 💔
A weird mind but so fucking cool! That's why make so special his works and genius songs! R.I.P Jimmy
@@yeahbuddy666 the stage was/is still really good in my opinion, but I've always loved more proggy weird stuff
@@yeahbuddy666 Hmm going downhill? I don't think so. Their style definitely changed ever since that album, but they are not going downhill.
Well to be fair, mike portnoy is the most adaptive drummer in the world
So Jimmy contributed a LOT that explains its masterpiece
RmNaNtCbScRrN basically everything before he passed away he did the majority of it and even a bit of stuff after he died they used I.E. this and fiction but everything was from jimmy lyrics beat everything.
@@dedo7326 The Rev didn't do the majority of things before he died. I'm not saying he wasn't involved or something like that; I'm saying that all the members of A7X contributed a lot during their songs, but of course, The Rev had his masterpieces(In which, in fact, he did the majority), like A Little Piece of Heaven.
NUK3CY4N1D3 :v no what I was saying was most of the revs parts were don’t or at the very least a basic outline a lot of it was redrummed by mike but it was most of what the rev already did and a lot of the songs they did as a group the rev cane up with and they had to figure out how to acually make a guitar part from a drummers head.
@@dedo7326 Oh, Sorry for misunderstanding.
@@dedo7326 Not true. Jimmy died before they finished this song. They literally said in this video that his demo lasted up until the first pre-chorus and they had to figure out a chorus and the rest of the song
10:03 - the best part of the video, Matt's voice, Syn's guitar and Jimmy's chorus, even i'm on the other side of the screen i could feel that warm nostalgia, thank you so much, guys
Finally the wait is over. Thank you a7x. This song has been so much personal to me. My goto song in lonely times.
Same here
@@xavisobrino9235 Count me in as well here.
This and All Things Will End for me
God can come in to play in lonely times!
Yes!!!
Please touch on Diamonds in the Rough songs. (Until the End, The Fight, Dancing Dead, Demons, Crossroads)
Also, these songs as well: Victim, M.I.A., Trashed and Scattered, Blinded in Chains
Demons is fucking amazing! I love this song so much!
Do you realized guys that diamonds in the rough songs is not available in spotify? Anyone can answers why?
Crossroads is fucking amazing too!
Crossroads!
@@afif_sz cause it was an extra cd that came with the dvd "live in the lbc" I'm thinking it was only meant to be a bonus when you bought The DVD but Matt tweeted a while ago that it isn't on Spotify for a reason🤔🤔🤔
6:36 Just saving this here...
This was my favourite one already, but this video makes me love it even more.
its very much like a pipe organ, ya kno?
I truly think Mike did more than record drums on a record for them…he helped release a killer fucking record, and potentially dug them out of what must’ve been a horrible time for the band. Props to all of them for carrying on
I'm so fucking stoked we're getting a breakdown of this song. I legitimately think it's one of the best songs they've written. Wish it got more recognition.
One of the best songs EVER written
True one's recognise real masterpiece 😁
Please do "4:00 am" too. We need more of this breakdown.
*There comes a day when we all find out for ourselves that once we have the words to say, there's no one left to tell* .
This hits me hard, especially listening to it in my college dorm.
JustEPIC I agree! I do not understand how 4 am did not make an album? I just discovered it by having a7x on Spotify one day, and it suddenly came on. I think it is absolutely fantastic.
@@hgjeitanger they didn't even include it in their "all-songs-playlist" even the covers are in there, guess they forgot about it ._.
I've thought about those lyrics so much. It really makes you want to strengthen the bonds of your relationships
the solo is just mesmerizing, the sweeping arpeggios at the beginning are brutal, there’s no guitar cover that shows it perfectly
This song gets me nostalgic af
5:30 its actually so sad to think about this. I cant imagine the grief they felt and still may feel a bit.
Jacob Sullivan yea that part killed me...
this video is just as long as original "Save Me" song
Exactly
Props to Portnoy, absolutely killed it with this track
most def
He really did. It felt like the rev never left.
"Save Me" was the greatest conclusion to an album ever. After the first listen, I didn't think anything could come close to the epicness of "Fiction," but I was wrong.
Lost it All was the conclusion on my CD. :)
all of their closers are total cumblast moments
Check out learning to live by Dream Theater
I could listen to them talk about this for hours. Amazing song, a masterpiece. Definitely a favorite.
I think my favourite thing about these Breakdown videos is getting to hear about the process and journey of them from the beginning. Hearing these anecdotes adds so much in the way of creative texture- and not to mention it makes me so happy to see you guys looking back with such excitement and fondness despite the struggles and pain which came with this specific record. My favourite band for so many reasons beyond just the music.
It's honesty an honor to get these insights into you guys' writing process! Absolutely love every single breakdown episode!
Matt’s harmonies could be a song in themselves.. 🤟🏼👌🏼
Agreed!!!
Absolutely
This song was playing when I got into a bad car accident. Still gives me the chills thinking about it.
Thank you so much for uploading a breakdown of this song! Arguably one of the greatest song you guys have ever written. Cant wait for part 2, love you all and hope you are enjoying your time off from touring at the moment!
*Save Me* and *Victim* were my favorite songs out of Nightmare album. Glad to see one of my favorite song of all time got a breakdown BTS!
Nah danger line and God hates us are better but I respect your opinion
@@Scorpian-oi4xp yeahh i love em too, but its just mu favorites out of them haha
I love every single song in this album, but save me is the most.
this song is a masterpice, my favorite from the nightmare album... after this episode i think i love it even more. can't wait for part 2! :-)
Totally agree
It's so awesome that we're getting a breakdown of an older, non-single song. I'd love to hear them talk about Second Heartbeat or And All Things Will End next!
My favorite song from you guys to this day. Love it so much. Very cool that you're sharing this with us, thank you.
The Rev is so genius in every way. RIP #foREVer
Omg please add this to your 2020 tour setlist
The Dream Catcher omg agreed!
Brooks could definitely play it.
@ATG IMM Oh trust me, M. Shadows voice will be as good as new when they start touring again.
Agreed.
@@jacobmonday9795 Oh hell yes he can!🤘🏻
Major chills at 9:16. One of my all time favorite Avenged songs.
Bro fr
Dude yes
You guys rule!
I am thankful you guys have started this series and invited us into this whole other side of avenged. It’s so cool to sit here and learn about this stuff too. Great series! Rock on! 🤘🏼
Those vocal harmonies definitely sound awesome, it's great to hear it in details!
It's funny how the song you guys had the most trouble making are the "Fans Fav". Hopefully we can see a breakdown for:
Sidewinder
Victim
Exist
Coming Home
Creating God
Blinded in Chains
That just shows that hard work is worth it in the end
Yes i'd love a breakdown of Sidewinder. Easily one of my favs off CoE
God yes, I agree with all of these songs lol. It’s so fascinating and fun seeing all of this sort of behind the scenes stuff along with them looking back and discussing various things.
Syn's little smerky grin thinking about the chords and harmonies shows how dedicated and happy he was with how it came out.
Thank you so much for making this. Honestly this is my favorite song from this album.
Man I fuckin love this series!!! The mix between the analysis of the song and the story behind what they went through to write it, amd the memories!!!. It's just amazing
Do Buried Alive, one of the few songs that's in E standard, i really need to see.One of the best intro's ever written.
That's arguably their best song ever written
My favorite song ever not just by them. The classic intro, the blues verses, the hard rock chorus, the melodic solo and into the heavy metal ending half is a perfect song for some soul mixed with heavy.
@@chrisrodsa210 That's literally what Jimmy said himself.
Almost identical to Fade to black, sanitarium, one, the gay that never comes ;)
@@chrisrodsa210 bro you say that on a save me video...
I found these guys through my channel a couple of years ago. I can't TELL YOU how much love I have for these guys. R.I.P. Jimmy!
This was super cool, guys. Apologies for just now seeing it. But, whatever it’s worth…it was worth the wait. 😊❤
Please release all the master-tracks officially!
It's nice to hear you guys talking about Jimmy again, would be cool to hear some of his un-used vocal tracks:)
*all* of his un-used vocal tracks
He actually had some vocals in the calm breakdown of the song which is cool.
@@williamrobbs he also says the word skull at the beginning lol
@@SkateratDay15 I knew that. In the lyric book on the CD it was covered in red. So I figured that was Jimmy
I keep forgetting how genuinely nice these guys are compare to the music they make
Its just so cute but also gives you that warm feeling in your heart knowing they're doing what they love doing
An honor seeing this footage of the song's time in the studio. Very special song and material was written those days. Would love to see more of this series with other pieces of work you have tackled. Higher, maybe?
this song SAVED my dad from drug addiction. I read the lyrics to him in the hospital, hoping it would save him. It did and since that day has been sober for 8 years.
Mark Saltrelli It is amazing what music can do to change peoples lives. I love reading comments like this. Best of luck to you and your father.
Please do a breakdown on 'Chapter Four' too, Thank you!
Just seeing the guys break this down its absolutely amazing I've always wanted to see all the bare bones of this song. It's so beautiful and sad at the same time. This will always be one of my favorites from them
I really appreciate you guys doing this, thank you so much for this bonus content
I love that you guys still managed to get footage of the process back then even during such a difficult time. You guys are so inspiring. 💕💕
I'd love to see Blinded in Chains or Second Heartbeat
Except 2nd heartbeat might be a little difficult for them because they were in Hopeless records. And apparently anything made by hopeless records you will get copyrighted on the spot. Even the first 10 seconds of Unholy confessions will get anybody copyrighted
@nicoloco9974 I know. I'm confused just as well. I have a separate channel where I do Anime Music Videos and I tried a million different ways to do it with Unholy confessions. Yet I still got copyrighted on every single one. Even tried one in Drop B
@nicoloco9974 true. And I tried. It didn't work. And if you look up waking the fallen, it's all on the Hopeless records channel. I looked at all the A7X videos and there is nothing with it
@nicoloco9974 nope, hopeless record has the author rights of the song
@@williamrobbs how about most of the song when they're still in Warner Music and currently they're in Universal Music (Capitol Records)?
It’s so heart warming when you reminisce about jimmy and the inspiration y’all got from him to put y’all songs.
I love these because they really help me appreciate the layers each song has. I’m not a musician. I have no idea what half of the terms they’re using mean, but just being able to hear this broken down into a bunch of different parts so you can really analyze and appreciate how much really goes into it is awesome. Kudos A7x, you guys rock
And thank you very very much for this footage! It's been to this date only in my head how the recording of nightmare was like, crazy
This song is so special to me. For a long time I considered it my favorite of all time. Really happy to see you guys look back on it so positively.
This song hits home. One of my favorite songs, still gives me goosebumps when I play it.
I've been waiting for this song to covered since the start of Breakdown and I'm so glad it's finally happened
Someone also noticed that the video has 10:56 and the song Save Me also have 10:56? That's awesome haha
Only 1 sec different
So happy I signed up to see this. Love this song so much
Guys I literally can't put into words how amazing this is to watch. This has been my favorite song from you guys since I first heard Nightmare years ago, and I've always been flabbergasted by how underappreciated this song is. I've recently spent literally weeks and finally learning how to play it after all these years, and due to the length and complexity (and my limited skill set), it's been a real challenge, but I'm taking real pride in being able to play it as well as I can thus far. This video of watching you guys dissect every other little bit and telling the story behind it is really giving all the part and piece I'm learning whole new special meaning. Hearing the isolated tracks is REALLY interesting too. It really brings out tiny little intricacies that I never noticed before. This really was a fascinating treat to watch. I cannot wait for part 2!
I always come back to this. One of my favorite songs of all time… wish you guys would play it live
Didn't know the rev worked on this one. The violin strings sounded evil in a good way. What a treat!
The rev wrote a lot of the songs on Nightmare 🤙🏼
I believe Jimmy is credited for 5/11 songs on the album from what I've seen. (Welcome...; Natural...; Tonight...; Fiction; Save Me)
But I'm sure every single song on the album has something from Jimmy's mind played in it. The album as a whole is pretty much a tribute to him.
Most powerful lyrics I've ever heard. This song got me through really tough times ❤
When Syn says ''towards the end of his life'' I lost it. Clearly, after watching this video you can only say that Jimmy was a fucking genius. I wish he could've seen the final result. So sad to watch the ''behind the scenes'' knowing he was gonna die not long after... foREVer.
This just shows they pay attention to our comments, literally almost every breakdown episode ppl were asking for a Save Me breakdown and here it is! We appreciate it guys, much love!
Not Ready to Die or Critical Acclaim pretty please ?! :)
Critical Acclaim is AWESOME
Well they've already done critical acclaim in the dvd they released. Other than almost easy, given how much of that was written by jimmy, i doubt they'll showcase any other songs from that album since it's all pretty much documented and picked apaet already.
I'm pretty sure the episodes are all already filmed. The guys are wearing the same clothes in several of them, so they probably filmed them all in a period of a few days.
Carry on
One of the best Sevenfold songs, crazy to see how crazy of a mess it was!
One of the greatest songs A7X has made. I especially love hearing the vocal parts broken out. Thanks for taking the time to break it down.
The Rev is the reason why i fall in love with music, Avenged Sevenfold was the very first band i fall in love with. After i knew he was gone, i didn't eat, didn't go outside for two weeks. It's like another soul have left my body, i wish that i could visit his grave. One day i'm sure i will
Me too
So will I. If I get the chance to visit Huntington Beach one day, I’ll sure do that.
Your absolute best song, so happy you chose to do this one!
So glad you guys are doing save me!
I absolutely love that they post stuff like this and happy hour. It’s so cool being able to see them interact and tell stories
Absolutely love this tune!!! Its a total masterpiece in my mind!! Deffo one of my favourites!! Thanks for sharing it guys!!!
I love this! This videos truly show how much you love what you do!
Mike Portnoy) Life is so unfair. Thx for your work in a7x.
Hearing them talking about Jimmy the way Syn was is nice. This song is so legendary. And seeing that Syn especially knows a lot about in depth music makes me appreciate them more. He has a great ear
these breakdowns are a true show that they don't just release garbage, they release quality and while some songs may not even be good there is still absolutely a massive amount of passion and quality in these songs
Thank you for covering this song finally! 🙌.. I am a little bitter there isn’t more videos of jimmy demoing this song.. 😭
One of my favouritee songs, you can really feel a lot of emotion in this song. Not just because of the circumstances they were in whilst recording it, but the true nature of the songs themes and the way its composed. Got to be in their top 5 of all time. Also you really get the PROGy feel with the long winding intro and the length of the song (hmm funny how Mr. Portnoy played on it xD).
my favorite song!! thank you so much!! looking forward for part 2
I love the breakdown videos man! Very enjoyable!!!!!
Amazing video.. was nice to see some nightmare footage!! Thank you for sharing❤
Please never stop doing these
One of my favorite songs from you guys. Keep doing what y'all do best!
Really really really really cool shit!
Can't wait for part 2 with the solo and the outtro!
This song got me through some hard time. Love it. Thanks so much for this video
God bless you guys for facing the pain of Jimmy's absence and the hole in both the band and yourselves time and time again, and never saying "its too hard" or "i cant go there". The fact you do "Fiction" live is a testament to the MASSIVE FUCKING NUTS A7X let swing. \m/ Oh, and "I Wont See You Tonight pt 2" or "Eternal Rest"... por flavor. Hell, how bout a breakdown of Retrovertigo, or even just footage of Jimmy rocking out to Stubb A Dub (you know theres GOT to be footage of that!)
You guys have always been my favourite band. When I first saw you live in 2011 (I was thirteen) you played Save Me and claimed it was the last time you'll play it live. I felt so blessed to experience such a stunning performance. Always foREVer lml
One of my favorite A7X songs. Loved this episode. Can't wait for part 2!
I really wish they would have a violinist with them at their concerts. Violins, pianos, and other weird instruments not normally used for metal are such a big part of the appeal of the album versions of their songs.
Literally my favorite song. Literally my favorite BAND. You guys are too awesome for words ❤️
I believe this song is their magnum opus. So pure and original. So much emotion.
@@Innawoods7614 agreed. They did him justice
@@bobbii makes me nostalgic when I listen to this album. So much went on for me as well in those years.
The Rev was the man who got me into drums and A7X was the band who got me into rock music. I wouldn’t be the musician I am today without you guys and The Rev. I need to catch you guys live again soon.
Awesome！ I've been waiting for it.