He quit because his dad had an illness in the mid 1990’s that required a lot of hands on care and he wanted to be there to help the family. Tour and recording would have made that impossible. Then In 1997, he injured his left wrist and that made making the moves up and then the guitar neck very painful. Guy was absolutely one of the dry best rock guitarists of the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
I'm 57 years old...DAMN I MISS THE 80's!!! DAILY!!! Vito Bratta makes playing lead guitar look so effortless...❤ If I were asked to caption Vito, it would read, "Who me??? On this old thing??? Awwww...that's so sweet of you to say...🥰 Thank you..." ~APRIL LIPKE
Vito's playing always on another level. He understood being able to compose heaviness, melody and technical brilliance with emotion. Not everything had to be about shredding but each note needed to mean something, have a sense of feeling to it. This solo always brings emotion from me as it's encouraging, hopeful, calls to the heart and tells a story of battling for goodness in the world. That's what I hear every time I listen to it. I never get tired of it and it doesn't drag on nor meander or become gratuitous. It is in all sense of the word, perfect.
If vito came first than EVH he would get praise like eddie, but ofcourse without eddie we cant have vito, vito music is heavily inspired from evh and randy rhoads
I’m just discovering this solo somehow. They play hair nation on satellite radio at my work occasionally (which I love compared to all the other stations they play) and have heard this a few times but it took me some work to figure out who the band was and what song it was. I had heard of Vito before but hadn’t listened to too much of him yet.. But getting to the point.. This is a perfect solo! Melodic with the perfect amount of shred. I must learn it!
Me Very awseome and very understed band an to think they did the transformes sound track or was that lion lion either way love this band and this song. would listen to this over modern metal or the sorry excuse there of anyday.
This is the most perfect solo I've heard in my life. It is creative and musical as hell and has the perfect balance between complexity and understandability. And I'm saying this as a musician with 30 years of experience.
Vito Bratta will always be an enigma and a guitar genius. He turned our world upside that summer with next level understanding of the fretboard and musicality. And then he abruptly walked away on his own terms. Simply fascinating, and so inspiring.
@@wulfnesthead8788 CDs' were available in 1982. Japan cranked them out. Do you think America would have wasted any time knowing the big money that could be made from them?
I did the same thing for Christmas. I bought WhiteSnake's Slip of the Tongue, and White Lion's Big Game for my roommate, and his girlfriend. They both tussled for the WhiteSnake, and my roommate came out on top, and his girl got that dejected little sad face of hers. But I told her to give the White Lion a twirl. Told her there were a few surprises she had in store to listen for. This song was one of them! She loved her music. She saw Stevie Ray Vaughan in concert shortly before he left this world.
I think this is one of, if not the greatest guitar performances of the 80’s - great artistry, beautiful melody, while at the same time technically difficult. It’s a real shame that Vito dropped out of the business and we’ve not really seen anything from him since.
@@ec-uploads he was right, Vito Bratta was underrated by the unsilent majority of people.Most people think that When the children cry or Wait we're their only songs.only true fans know how good Vito truly was.
Vito not only has stunning technique, but his choices of modes and solo construction elicits different emotional responses. It's easy to make a solo sound angry, harder to make it sound sad.This solo for example is whimsical, uplifting and happy without being simplistic and goofy.
Vito's playing is so melodic, creative and flawless and also with shreddy parts ♥ Best and most underrated guitar player in the world. Wish I could see him live so bad :/
Daniella Rocks well Daniella met him, jammed and partied with him before the show at the Albany Civic Center.. Albany Ga. 1991 great and very humble guy 😎
You are a very classy girl with great taste..vito was terribly underrated..just check out some of the comments in this section about him from complete morons..there really are some stupid people in this world..and then they have children of their own...thats not a good thing
In this year of 2020,a horrible year,i Lost my dad in april,this song helped to going through anxiety and depression,through struggles and battles that were Lost,this gem helped me to recover,rise and never give UP even in dark moments,rise again little fighter,i believe in me and i believe in you !!!🙏
White Lion will always be one of my favorite bands. My parents bought me the guitar, in my profile pic, after I played this song on vacation in a music shop in Florida. I picked my head up and see like 10 people watching me play it. They applauded. One of my favorite musical moments. It was like 25 years ago. I played the guitar today and still consider them one of my biggest influencers ever. Very emotional
I'm a drummer but Vito inspires me more than any musician. That solo is a perfect blend of technicality and melody. Still my favourite solo, unbelievable.
Well, there was hard rock bands, and then there was White Lion, Warrant, White Snake, and Poison. Soft rockers who managed to fuck up an entire decades worth of music.
We lost Eddie Van Halen. The rock world needs Vito back on the scene. I could only imagine how awesome Eddie and Vito would have been if they recorded something together. It would have been WILD!
Vito walked away on his own terms. Mad respect. The world loses, selfishly, as his talent was obviously remarkable. I'm just glad he gifted us with what he did.
Vito will always be the question mark of 80's guitarists. He burst on to the scene, put the world on it's ear with "Wait" and then thankfully graced us with this... thank you Vito...
I remember first hearing this song when I was a kid, recording it on video. Years later, it came back to me, and I was able to hunt down the CD it was on. Then I was once again kind of forgot about it for years, only for it to come back to mind again recently. Rediscovering old favourite songs is like catching up with an old friend in many ways. I remembered every word and every note. Now it's permanently on my favourites playlist where it belongs.
Same here. I remembered it on the radio in the early 90s. Back then I didn't know who sang it but recently found it on Spotify and remembered the lyrics too. You're right.
if memories could bleed, i'd be an empty man,... though that summer's memories sting like hell... i can't blame it on the music that played the soundtrack to each hot night. white lion was there every night that summer,... so thanks white lion...
Vito was a monster player. Unlike other cats of this time who were simply Eddie clones, Vito took the techniques of Van Halen and went somewhere fresh with them. This is one of my all-time favorite guitar solos, it is the sound of pure joy. Amazing.
The fact that so many of us are talking about Vito’s raw talent and song writing skills decades later speaks volumes on his impact to the music world. Ok, it doesn’t need to be a high pressure situation like a white lion ‘’event’ but there has got to be a way to get this guy writing and performing again on some level.
I feel so bad for these guys because they had talent but rose at the end of a crescent wave that was the end of the 80's that we all miss and love. - You don't wanna see the first draft.
.This song really hits home with me. I was a incubator baby because I weighed 4 lbs 6 oz, and was not eating. I also had a very rare condition called Russell Silver Syndrome which my body grew bigger on the left side than the right. When I was diagnosed with this, I was one of fifty in the whole United States that doctors knew had it. I'm 61 now and been through so many accidents and suicide attempts and over 30 medical conditions that I am really the ultimate LITTLE FIGHTER. Thank you White Lion.
Gotta say, I used to mock this song in high school and now that I listen to it again I’m sad I missed all the cool things going on in this tune. The pre chorus is cool, the bass players note and rhythmic choice descending during the chorus is unusually and yet so subtle so you almost miss how neat it is. The vocal part part on the bridge before the solo is really cool and I didn’t realize what a beast Vito was on that solo. Post solo breakdown adds to the great arrangement. Sad I didn’t appreciate this song when I was young.
Duuude, i love a lot of glam stuff but I always missed white lion purely because of the name! Now listening again properly... holy shit, these tubes kick ass, catchy as hell and the musicality is 10/10, holy fuck vitto rips, the little fills and melodic lines in his rhythm playing are so one of a kind!
Incredible guitar playing. So amazing. Even most of people said, Vitto is a copycat of Eddie, but for me, Vitto has his own originality. His playing is so epic and that melodic of every note he played, I think no other guitarist plays like that.
Vito was the very best original Ed derivative, of which there were levels and levels. NO crime in any of it. Ed re-worked how the instrument was played and presented. I could not state Vito's prowess with more respect. I know that sounds phony, but it's not. I imagine a few ridiculously talented musicians emulated Mozart. Vito did this beautifully and with great style. Vito was gorgeous in his own regard. Beautiful playing from the first I heard from him. Loved his music.
White Lion could have easily been on Stewart's shirt in Beavis & Butthead. But, Winger deserves this honor BIG TIME! In retrospect this song is pretty good!!
I discovered WL in 1985-86 and listen to them everyday for years until around 1992 as I grew up from just listening to music. Playing guitar since 1985 I never learned any WL songs or riffs as I never thought I was good enough to even try. Now looking back my playing is much the same and so influenced by Vito as his voicing note choices were like evh but with his own choice of notes which I absorbed heavily. Thank you Vito and EVH KINGS!!!!
Vito Bratta, one of the greatest guitarists EVER.
Wonder why he quit
He quit because his dad had an illness in the mid 1990’s that required a lot of hands on care and he wanted to be there to help the family. Tour and recording would have made that impossible. Then In 1997, he injured his left wrist and that made making the moves up and then the guitar neck very painful. Guy was absolutely one of the dry best rock guitarists of the 1980’s and early 1990’s.
He quit from the embarrassment of these songs. Don’t let anyone tell you anything else.
I'm 57 years old...DAMN I MISS THE 80's!!! DAILY!!!
Vito Bratta makes playing lead guitar look so effortless...❤
If I were asked to caption Vito, it would read, "Who me???
On this old thing??? Awwww...that's so sweet of you to say...🥰 Thank you..."
~APRIL LIPKE
Same,at least we got to live it
@@noneyabeeswax3200 Yes, yes we did! ❤
~ APRIL LIPKE
🤘🏻😈
I’m 50-right there with you!!!
57. Still going strong...💪🏿 💪🏿 💪🏿 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
Vito's playing always on another level. He understood being able to compose heaviness, melody and technical brilliance with emotion. Not everything had to be about shredding but each note needed to mean something, have a sense of feeling to it. This solo always brings emotion from me as it's encouraging, hopeful, calls to the heart and tells a story of battling for goodness in the world. That's what I hear every time I listen to it. I never get tired of it and it doesn't drag on nor meander or become gratuitous. It is in all sense of the word, perfect.
El arquitecto de los solos
He sure did!!!
There's a few "perfect" songs out there, this is one them! This band has at least 2 more. Lady of the valley and When the Children cry..
If vito came first than EVH he would get praise like eddie, but ofcourse without eddie we cant have vito, vito music is heavily inspired from evh and randy rhoads
I’m just discovering this solo somehow. They play hair nation on satellite radio at my work occasionally (which I love compared to all the other stations they play) and have heard this a few times but it took me some work to figure out who the band was and what song it was. I had heard of Vito before but hadn’t listened to too much of him yet.. But getting to the point.. This is a perfect solo! Melodic with the perfect amount of shred. I must learn it!
Hands down, one of the best solos of the 80s glam era. So good.
Really not Eddie?
😢
@@Aldorodriguez-ls9kw One of the best! Eddie, bar none... RIP
„Without a weapon in your hand,
You came to fight our war.
They took your life, but didn’t know,
That you would never die.“
Started listening to White Lion in the latter 80's. Still listening in 2020! Anybody else?
Watched from afar as they started to bring down the entire 80's rock and roll industry by selling out with their soft rock.
Yes.... Me!
me!
Yes,I do. He composed and arranged very beautiful riffs. From Thailand.
Me Very awseome and very understed band an to think they did the transformes sound track or was that lion lion either way love this band and this song. would listen to this over modern metal or the sorry excuse there of anyday.
Being a teenager in the 80's was the best! The music was exceptional!
I spent every single teen year in the 80s;.. Was so much fun abd betetr than 2023
80s , 90s and the early 2000s is the greatest generation... I'm from 90s 😘💕
there was a lot of crap as well. Just didn't pass the test of time. Like what will happen with later years music.
@@davidlucithmoshAIit was a great time to grow up! I was born in 90
it sure was miss those times
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to play an 80s guitar solo. 2:48
I think these guys will disagree...
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One of the hardest guitar solos ever... ❤vitto brattta
@@mcl2098 damn straight. and its timeless..
and even after it being so long after your comment
definitely one of the best ever in my opinion
@@AB-80X why would eddie van halen and slash disagree?
Who's listening to White lion in 2024
🤘Me!
😎Here 🚶🏻♂️We🚶🏻Are!!🤍🦁
me..right now
Me !!
i am and i still have all my long hair !
RIP Rainbow Warrior. What a great song to pay homage to the ship sunk in 1985. Thank you, Mike Tramp and Vito Bratta, for writing this!
Yes, RIP Fernando Pereira
Vito Bratta... One of the better guitar player I've ever heard...
Oh yes
vito who ?? Have you heard randy rhoads ritchie blackmore etc...
The best
i think so
@@akiszisiis2612 he said one of the best. Not the best ever...
This is the most perfect solo I've heard in my life. It is creative and musical as hell and has the perfect balance between complexity and understandability. And I'm saying this as a musician with 30 years of experience.
Vitto is right up there with Eddie,George, Nuno.He was amazing!!!
@@larryhogan3609 He "is" amazing.
Amen 🎸
Vito Bratta will always be an enigma and a guitar genius. He turned our world upside that summer with next level understanding of the fretboard and musicality. And then he abruptly walked away on his own terms. Simply fascinating, and so inspiring.
I find that their knowledge of social events and causes, before social media existed, even more impressive. R.I.P. Rainbow Warrior
Remember buying this cd in 1989 when I was 14.. Now I’m soon to be 47 and still listen to it,..and have in my car😁
I just popped the Greatest Hits cd in again today. I have three albums on cassette, believe it or not.
You had a cd in 1989?
You were *way* ahead of the times.
@@wulfnesthead8788 CDs' were available in 1982. Japan cranked
them out. Do you think America would have wasted any time
knowing the big money that could be made from them?
I did the same thing for Christmas. I bought WhiteSnake's
Slip of the Tongue, and White Lion's Big Game for my
roommate, and his girlfriend. They both tussled for the
WhiteSnake, and my roommate came out on top, and his
girl got that dejected little sad face of hers. But I told her
to give the White Lion a twirl. Told her there were a few
surprises she had in store to listen for. This song was one
of them! She loved her music. She saw Stevie Ray Vaughan
in concert shortly before he left this world.
89 i was listening to Whitelion in Hospital (headon with drunk driver in for 2 months) as i previously recorded my records on tape.
I have commented before but Vito Brava is unheralded. We need you back Vito!
Still remember the white Lion -KISS concert in '88. We were within 10 feet of Vito on the floor. Great Show
I met the whole band in Birmingham Alabama when they were opening for Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation tour.
I think this is one of, if not the greatest guitar performances of the 80’s - great artistry, beautiful melody, while at the same time technically difficult. It’s a real shame that Vito dropped out of the business and we’ve not really seen anything from him since.
I'm glad he did. I loved him and glad he left before stardom destroyed him like it does everyone.
Yup. Back in the day when people had to have actual talent to be famous.
@Teutonic Nobility Vito was never underrated. He was well respected then and today. Source : I was there.
@@ec-uploads he was right, Vito Bratta was underrated by the unsilent majority of people.Most people think that When the children cry or Wait we're their only songs.only true fans know how good Vito truly was.
Best song of the 80"s!
One of the most underated hard rock bands of the 80's, an arguably one of the best. Genius, pure genius!! Vito Bratta rocks!!
These guys were talented. More so then the one hit wonder people thought they were. Like badlands
One of the best solos in the rock's history! And great theme.
Guitar solo pure gold
Totally agree
LOL
I mean it's good but it's generic 80s hair metal guitar...
@@CollectorsCorner777 cmon dude, vitto is one of a kind in my opinion, totally different then his contemporaries, including evh
Vito doesn't get get the credit he deserves....damn good guitar player!!
He was yes, very melodic, his playing literally made me happy at school which i hated lol 1985-90
Totally agree and what happened to him?
Jose Fernandes , 👍👍👍
Jose Fernandes “The Happy Tapper!”
Very talented with a great sound...
STILL MY FAVORITE
I want this played at my funeral, because Amazing Grace doesn’t guarantee entry into Heaven.
Vitto is incredible what a total genius, a god of guitars
Totally what a solo!
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1 st century
So underrated, Sad!!!
Yeah he's up there with George Lynch, Eddie Van Halen, & Warren Demartini
Shout out to Gregg Diangelo, one of the most underrated drummers in rock. Always in the pocket and letting everyone else get the glory
Great drummer and super cool dude in general.
No doubt.
👍🏼🎼💐
This song will always remind me of my childhood sweetheart and then my wife, who died fighting cancer, and even then defying it.
summer of 89 baby, young and free!!
Vito not only has stunning technique, but his choices of modes and solo construction elicits different emotional responses. It's easy to make a solo sound angry, harder to make it sound sad.This solo for example is whimsical, uplifting and happy without being simplistic and goofy.
Ummm......Montrose, Bolin, Vai, Satriani, Marino, Beck, Scholtz, Johnson, Van Halen, Buchanan, Santana, Liefson, Howe, Clapton, Page, Gilmore, Von, Rhodes, Schenker, Blackmore,.......WHO IS VITO? WTF?😂❤
Vito is a legend. The most melodic guitarist i've heard. Please Vito, come back!!
Vito's playing is so melodic, creative and flawless and also with shreddy parts ♥ Best and most underrated guitar player in the world. Wish I could see him live so bad :/
Daniella Rocks well Daniella met him, jammed and partied with him before the show at the Albany Civic Center.. Albany Ga. 1991 great and very humble guy 😎
His solos sang a song all within themselves.
You are a very classy girl with great taste..vito was terribly underrated..just check out some of the comments in this section about him from complete morons..there really are some stupid people in this world..and then they have children of their own...thats not a good thing
@@saturnmars7845 Haha. That's one of the best comments I've read in a long time. 100% true.🤟
Yesss!
What a Great Player !👍👍👍
One of the Best Solos i Had EverHeard
In this year of 2020,a horrible year,i Lost my dad in april,this song helped to going through anxiety and depression,through struggles and battles that were Lost,this gem helped me to recover,rise and never give UP even in dark moments,rise again little fighter,i believe in me and i believe in you !!!🙏
🙏❤✌
Hell yeah ❤ never stop fighting
What a crisp, powerful and melodic piece of art! Their music will always stand the test of time.
White Lion will always be one of my favorite bands. My parents bought me the guitar, in my profile pic, after I played this song on vacation in a music shop in Florida. I picked my head up and see like 10 people watching me play it. They applauded. One of my favorite musical moments. It was like 25 years ago. I played the guitar today and still consider them one of my biggest influencers ever. Very emotional
I'm a drummer but Vito inspires me more than any musician. That solo is a perfect blend of technicality and melody. Still my favourite solo, unbelievable.
kirwan1414 right , got unique style !!
Vito broke with many paradigms, he used steinberger guitars, his way of playing, his solos ... Was a good musician..
Ya me too.. I'm a drummer ( ajozzing band ) , but I love vito who's inspiring me ..
Right on, from another drummer!
It is an amazing solo so unique . beautiful choice of notes
Damn! That guitar solo - nothing like it! Vito's one of the all time greats.
I miss White Lion!!!. What a great age for music. The best hard rock bands are from this age. White Lion Forever!!!!
Well, there was hard rock bands, and then there was White Lion, Warrant, White Snake, and Poison. Soft rockers who managed to fuck up an entire decades worth of music.
@@AB-80X Whitesnake and White Lion aren’t soft rockers
I once read in a magazine interview, this song was originally written as a tribute to the environmental organization Greenpeace. ❤
A ship named Rainbow Warrior, precisely
Why vito not famous., he briliant
We really need a White Lion Reunion! Take my 💰 money!
One of the best pop metal songs of the 80's. Really pumps you up to fight the world!
THE GUITAR SOLO IS AMAZING
A Voice for ALL the Children!
Hello beautiful. How are you doing ?
That solo guitar part is unbelievable.
This is why I love CZcams, you find things you completely forgot about and can relive your youth. Rock just ain't the same since the 80s. Class
Preach every word in your rocking finger tips ✊🏽🤘🏽
L-I-K-E-W-I-S-E!
Same!!love this song and then usually what utube throws my way next i like too lol. LONG LIVE THE 80's!!!
The way that harmonic fades into the melody at 3:15 is just glorious. Set up for the grand finale. Perfection
one of the best guitar solo in the history of rock
Absolutely agree
To me my favorite is Angus young acdc is my number one band
First, Mikes outfit 😊. Vito sounded like he was trying to contain an exploding guitar, not milking out the sound. Tight band.
Such a tasteful solo, by Vito. One of my favorites.
Vittos' guitar solo! Man this guy had talent pouring outta his ears!
Basically the whole song is a guitar solo and it blends perfectly.
That's why so many aspiring guitarists try to cover all of Bratta's work on the entire song. Rich and immortal.
We lost Eddie Van Halen. The rock world needs Vito back on the scene. I could only imagine how awesome Eddie and Vito would have been if they recorded something together. It would have been WILD!
I think thier harmonics alone would blow our ears, and im totally ok with that lol
Vito is almost the anti-Eddie. I would love to tap into a brief second of what goes on in Vito's brain musically... effing amazing...
Vito walked away on his own terms. Mad respect. The world loses, selfishly, as his talent was obviously remarkable. I'm just glad he gifted us with what he did.
Vito will always be the question mark of 80's guitarists. He burst on to the scene, put the world on it's ear with "Wait" and then thankfully graced us with this... thank you Vito...
@@ginorivas5196 aq
I remember first hearing this song when I was a kid, recording it on video. Years later, it came back to me, and I was able to hunt down the CD it was on. Then I was once again kind of forgot about it for years, only for it to come back to mind again recently. Rediscovering old favourite songs is like catching up with an old friend in many ways. I remembered every word and every note. Now it's permanently on my favourites playlist where it belongs.
Same here. I remembered it on the radio in the early 90s. Back then I didn't know who sang it but recently found it on Spotify and remembered the lyrics too. You're right.
The most melodic guitar solo I have heard!
if memories could bleed, i'd be an empty man,...
though that summer's memories sting like hell...
i can't blame it on the music that played the soundtrack to each hot night.
white lion was there every night that summer,...
so thanks white lion...
❤❤❤
Vito was a monster player. Unlike other cats of this time who were simply Eddie clones, Vito took the techniques of Van Halen and went somewhere fresh with them. This is one of my all-time favorite guitar solos, it is the sound of pure joy. Amazing.
I think Greg How was much more innovative but less well known.
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this solo is indeed impressive and fresh
I like Vito's solo in this song because it sounds like his own creation but you can also hear the EVH influences like the tapping part
Vito always plays with his heart and it shows in his solos especially in ballads
Which in essence would make him a eddie cline also.
The fact that so many of us are talking about Vito’s raw talent and song writing skills decades later speaks volumes on his impact to the music world. Ok, it doesn’t need to be a high pressure situation like a white lion ‘’event’ but there has got to be a way to get this guy writing and performing again on some level.
Still badass...nothing like this today.
Vito was such a brilliant, melodic, self-possessed guitarist.
Still listening in 2024 ! Anybody else ? 😊 White Lion on forever !!! ✌️🤘😊👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I wish all of you all the best, friends !!!
Anyone listening to this in 2021? I love you ❣️❣️❣️❣️
Just that little change in playing the verse at 1:55... A little detail that stuck with me as a guitarplayer ever since.
Vitto was an incredible guitar player who understood how to control his tone in a performance and skill!
I feel so bad for these guys because they had talent but rose at the end of a crescent wave that was the end of the 80's that we all miss and love. - You don't wanna see the first draft.
Vito , Mike , Greg, James putting new music. A dream for many people around the world. Right?
Vito Bratta is a genious!!!...he must be in the top 5 of the greatest guitarrist ever!!
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This band had some top notch musicianship , i´ll always be a fan of their work
Phoenix van der Weyden Yeah.........
.This song really hits home with me. I was a incubator baby because I weighed 4 lbs 6 oz, and was not eating. I also had a very rare condition called Russell Silver Syndrome which my body grew bigger on the left side than the right. When I was diagnosed with this, I was one of fifty in the whole United States that doctors knew had it. I'm 61 now and been through so many accidents and suicide attempts and over 30 medical conditions that I am really the ultimate LITTLE FIGHTER. Thank you White Lion.
God bless you, and I think you meant White Lion.
God bless you
Thank you, and yes White Lion which I did correct.
Rocking that headless Steinberger : timeless
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Who's listen in 2019 🤔
Me, every day
Me
Me!
Not even the creators !!
Count me in
They don't rip solos like this anymore... Best era ever!
2021 and still can't stop falling in love with this song
Started listening to White Lion this year. What a amazing band ! I love the sound, melody, and guitar play !!
Welcome! so awesome…Been listening since 1989 😊
@@murraymiller4321 Thank you for your comment. I will continue to listen to this band until dead.
Enjoy.
Gotta say, I used to mock this song in high school and now that I listen to it again I’m sad I missed all the cool things going on in this tune. The pre chorus is cool, the bass players note and rhythmic choice descending during the chorus is unusually and yet so subtle so you almost miss how neat it is. The vocal part part on the bridge before the solo is really cool and I didn’t realize what a beast Vito was on that solo. Post solo breakdown adds to the great arrangement. Sad I didn’t appreciate this song when I was young.
Duuude, i love a lot of glam stuff but I always missed white lion purely because of the name! Now listening again properly... holy shit, these tubes kick ass, catchy as hell and the musicality is 10/10, holy fuck vitto rips, the little fills and melodic lines in his rhythm playing are so one of a kind!
I know.Many songs I listened to when I was young I didn’t appreciate,but now that I’m older I realize what talent it took.😆👍
"growing up you don't see the writing on the wall" - Man in Motion
You truly missed it brother...as for me brings back memories of high school ...
The bassist, Mike Lorenzo, is now with Megadeth.
Incredible guitar playing. So amazing. Even most of people said, Vitto is a copycat of Eddie, but for me, Vitto has his own originality. His playing is so epic and that melodic of every note he played, I think no other guitarist plays like that.
eddie van halen himself said vito was the only one who came up with anything original in the 80s
Sublime guitar solo!!
Oh yes! Started listening in Germany in 88. Vitto is still a master to me
This and Symphony of Destruction. Best guitar solos ever.
The solo is literally a masterpiece of melodic transitioning. Genius
Saw White Lion open for Cinderella at a small college ( University of North Carolina Wilmington) the intimate indoor setting made it a great concert.
Martin Honan...wow never thought I'd hear that name again much less come across you on CZcams...hope all is well my friend....Tony Stamp
@@tonystamp9251 Dude what is up ?
I'm not on social media I'll have someone look you up. Definitely want to catch up dude!
Vito was the very best original Ed derivative, of which there were levels and levels. NO crime in any of it. Ed re-worked how the instrument was played and presented. I could not state Vito's prowess with more respect. I know that sounds phony, but it's not. I imagine a few ridiculously talented musicians emulated Mozart. Vito did this beautifully and with great style. Vito was gorgeous in his own regard. Beautiful playing from the first I heard from him. Loved his music.
I agree. Well stated.
Great tune. The 80's were so damn good. 👌
The best guitarist of all times...but still don't understand why underrated.
I miss this band so much😩
Vitos playing is just so liquid and crystal clear. While never losing emotion.
That guitar work in the pre-chorus is pure Heaven.
That tone is pure heaven. A Steinberger? Holy fuck.
Such a shame these guys didn't bigger props. Musically tops.
This should have 20M views, not 2.6
White Lion could have easily been on Stewart's shirt in Beavis & Butthead.
But, Winger deserves this honor BIG TIME!
In retrospect this song is pretty good!!
I’m chronically ill and this song helps me to not feel so weak..
This should be in the Smithsonian for the solo alone.
Dude that solo was composed by a great musician. Great writing
This is not a solo, this a classical music masterpiece
I discovered WL in 1985-86 and listen to them everyday for years until around 1992 as I grew up from just listening to music.
Playing guitar since 1985 I never learned any WL songs or riffs as I never thought I was good enough to even try.
Now looking back my playing is much the same and so influenced by Vito as his voicing note choices were like evh but with his own choice of notes which I absorbed heavily. Thank you Vito and EVH KINGS!!!!
The glam hair and the stage presence don't do justice to the exquisite talent that was Vito Bratta. He is a modern-day Paganini on the guitar.
September 2021 check in. A true masterpiece. Drums. Riffs. Solos. Vocals. Well put together regardless what year.
Still listening in 2021. Their music is timeless. Not to mention the impeccable Vito Bratta
Vito Bratta is one of the most underrated guitarist's of all time!!! They were a phenomenal band live. His guitar riffs and pull off our second
Of all the guitarist and soloist never ever have I come across like him
I will always love you Bonny lebeau I remember this song back in the day EVEN WE ARE NOT TOGETHER NOW this song will always ours !!! 1989 !!
And that's how a guitar should be played Master Vito is truly one of best player of this century.
Best solo of the 80s. Change my mind...
Not even gonna try, Vito is one of my favorites...
Lourenço Branco nah.... push comes to shove EVH since the intro to mean street isn’t a “solo” per se
His solo on Wait is just as good! All his stuff was great!
@sijjiin Vito was probably the greatest melodic guitar player during the 80s up until 1991 there last album main attraction
These guys were as talented as any band from that era. Much respect. 🤟
But they didn't sell well. It's a pity.
@@noctiscaelum9075 double platinum and a platinum album. About as good as you could ask for in late 80's.
I rember buying this to fck with at 14yrs old! The 80's...I survived an stil do it like I always have!
i'm looking at the drummer's face looks like he's enjoying the solo while killing it on drums.