Whitesnake vs Rainbow
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Topic: Whitesnake vs Rainbow
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: Whitesnake vs Rainbow
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 09:43
A blasphemous question.  But which one do you enjoy more?
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 09:47
I love both bands, though only to a certain point in their career (i.e. before they became commercial, radio-friendly acts). However, I'd have to go for Rainbow, due to the presence of the God of Guitar himself, Ritchie Blackmore.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 09:49
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Is this a serious question? If I even thought about saying Whitesnake, someone would have to have me committed. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 09:57
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even only considering the first five albums, Rainbow
But I must say Whitesnake aged better ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 09:58
So your answer is Whitesnake? |
bhikkhu wrote:Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 10:06
I wouldn't, HT... I used to be a major WS fan in the early '80s, before they became hair-metal with "1987". At that time they were a fantastic hard rock/blues act, which put out an excellent live album in "Live...In the Heart of the City", as well as some excellent studio albums. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 10:31
I heard much worse hair metal than Whitsnake - I don' t really think they can even be called that eiother, but I'll play along. That Zeppelin sound, however stolen it was, was pleasant and not noisy like Leppard, Crue, WASP, Sister, Bon Anchiovi etc..
But I like better their first career for sure. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 11:15
You've got me confused. I don't consider Whitesnake "hair-metal". How can one compare Whitesnake to bands belonging to this genre: Poison, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and other immitators of these bands. Nevermind...
Do you consider Whitesnake 1987 and Slip of the Tongue as BAD albums?
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 11:20
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If I have to hear Coverdale, let it be with Deep Purple's 'Burn'. My favorite DP album!
By the way I voted Rainbow. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 11:33
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Rainbow hands down
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 11:35
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Rainbow get my vote.(Especially for the Dio era)
Whitesnake had two excellent albums with "In the heart of the city" and "1987"
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 11:45
Sorry for bringing up the 'hair metal' thing - of course I don't think WS belong to the same category as those awful bands you just mentioned, although they're often lumped together with them. As to those two albums, I rather like '1987', while I find 'Slip of the Tongue' somewhat repetitive and boring, with Steve Vai standing out like a sore thumb. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 12:39
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Has to be Rainbow, though their JLT era does nothing for me whatsoever. Still, the Dio era of the band is completely untouchable. 'Rainbow Rising'...doesn't get better than that.
As for Whitesnake, I never felt Coverdale was pushing himself in the same way he did in Deep Purple. Lots of solid albums, but no truly great one apart from '1987' imo.
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Posted By: purpleblues1
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 12:55
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Having been re-listening to early Whitesnake ( Moody-Marsden era), they have dated, but not as much as Rainbow studio albums- but in terms of live albums, Rainbow fight back with "On Stage" , still in my collection....but overall, for sheer entertainment, and having witnessed them over 5 times from late 70,s thru to mid 80's, I think the 'snake get's my vote However, both band leaders lost the plot in the 90's and onwards- coverdale did his best Robert P_lant impression before coming to his senses, whilst Mr Blackmore seems to have undergone some form of brainwipe - witness "Blackmore's Night" ,tights and all- with no evidence of a tongue any where near his cheek. To open the debate- where do Gillan fit in this equation? my favorite DP offshoot!! 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 13:00
Gillan were great at their peak. It's a pity Ian disbanded them in the early Eighties, although of course I am more than happy that DP reformed after that. They had one hell of a great keyboard player in Colin Towns, and both their guitarists were more than worthy of note. Of course, Janick Gers is by far the most famous of the two, being the third axe in Iron Maiden - but Bernie Tormé more than held his own on such classic albums as "Glory Road", "Mr Universe" and "Future Shock". |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 13:03
| I enjoy both, but prefer Rainbow. |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 15:14
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I love both but early Whitesnake wins it for me! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 15 2006 at 15:27
At last one vote for Whitesnake.
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: September 16 2006 at 16:48
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Rainbow - but only for the Dio stuff.
"Live... In the Heart of the City" is a fantastic live album - almost up there with "Made in Japan". ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: spo1977
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 15:31
| The only Dio Rainbow album I really think is great is Rising. The first Rainbow is dull and Long Live Rock & Roll has its moments of inspired and uninspired in my opinion. I did like the Grham Bonnet cd and I think Joe Lynn Turner was allright. I liked Whitesnake in 1987 and a few of their previous works. Good solid rock. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 15:38
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Lets see: the classic rock of Rainbow or the hairmetal cheese of Whitesnake.
That's a tough one! -------------  
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 15:59
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I can't say I am a Whitesnake expert, but come on. You couldn't avoid it in the '80s. They were just as cheesy as the other bands. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 17:14
Whitesnake - hair metal cheese?!
that's an exaggerated statement. What Whitesnake album have you listened to reach such a conclusion? |
Posted By: Filmdirector2
Date Posted: September 17 2006 at 17:19
| I'm going to have to say Rainbow. |
Posted By: mdorovich
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 21:23
| Hey guys... I am a big fan of both rainbow and whitesnake... I always thought whitesnake was cheese metal until I looked deeper. I was just discussing this with my friend who is an accomplished jazz drummer and a big fan of progressive music and metal. He said that he saw whitesnake live in their prime and to this day it was one of the best performances and most talented bands he has ever seen. They had a world class lineup of seasoned, top notch musicians, at one time including Steve Vai. He said that people who don't understand often laugh when he says that... I thought they were cheesy too, except for one or two songs, until I recently heard 'Crying in the Rain' and also 'Love Aint No Stranger'. Anyone who has any interest in progressive rock or metal or _any_ kind of intense, blues driven music has to hear these songs... then try to tell me they are cheesy. I used to judge them by their appearance... it never occured to me that they could be mind-roastingly stellar musicians. Don't know about the Rainbow comparison but also a stellar band there. To me 'Stargazer' is one of their all-time greats, also a complete mind-roaster. Cheers and happy hunting. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 04:32
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I can't say that I'm a huge fan of either (although I have had albums by both bands at one time or another); but, anyone who thinks Whitesnake was cheesy 80's metal needs to listen to Slide It In. Cozy Powell's amazing drumming on "Slow And Easy" still astounds me. R.I.P., Cozy.
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 04:39
ha ha ha
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Posted By: rudderhead
Date Posted: March 06 2008 at 11:59
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Rainbow (all their albums are good). But I also like Whitesnake and dont I think 1987 sounds commercial at all. They may have a few ballads but the rocksongs are much louder than anything the old Whitesnake did. People only call them a hairband because of the image. I dont see whats so wrong with a lot of the so-called glambands anyway. Bands like Motley Crue, WASP, Cinderella, Ratt, KIX made perfectly normall heavy metal and they sound hard as nails. People just dont like those bands because of the image not because of the music. I think they sound much more HM than those lame thrash bands of the same period like Slayer and Metallica. Thats cheesemetal |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: March 06 2008 at 12:10
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true, noone can question the quality of the first 4 Whitesnake LPs.. but, Rainbow's first 3 are far more groundbreaking and, IMHO, better... power metal owes big to 'Rising'... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: rudderhead
Date Posted: March 06 2008 at 12:26
| I dont see what Rainbow has to do with powermetal. Powermetal is bands like Hammerfall, Conquest of Steel or Jag Panzer I dont think that sounds anything like Rising. Dio may have some fantasy-lyrics but the music he makes is just ordinary blues-based hardrock. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 01:15
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 13:16
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Not a blasphemous question at all... Rainbow by a bit... three first albums are masterpieces |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 13:49
Whitesnake. Hah!. 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 14:44
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I'm no fan of Rainbow but I know all their line ups and studio albums.
The question seems simple, which one do you enjoy more, well does this answer your question.. 
I'm a big fan of Lovehunter, Ready an' Willing and Come an' Get It. I'm the only one of the family that discovered Whitesnake 'prog' part. Really awsome. Due to I love Mk 3 and 4 this is the result why I like Whitesnake blues/hard rock era. Having Jon Lord, Paice and Coverdale. Really great. Especially Ready an' Willing recomended to all if you haven't heard it. From Rainbow the only album that I enjoy entirely is the debut. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 14:51
Duh!! Listen to their first 4 albums, they're great. Well you can only really enjoy them if you're a MK 3 and 4 DP fan. Really cool and great. Especially Ready an' Willing, i recomend you to order it, you'll thank me. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 15:04
What "hair-metal cheese" are you talking about? Not even 1987 and Slip of the Tongue can be considered as hair metal. Does it sound like Motley Crue, Ratt, oison or Bon Jovi to you?
Your classic rock of Rainbow stops in 1978 because after that, not even I, less pretentious/demanding than many of you, cannot digest the Graham Bonnet and the JLT albums anymore (and i used to like those albums once).
All in all, i find Whitesnake's music more consistent than Rainbow's.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 15:10
In all honesty, yes it does...with album titles like 'Slide It In' it can hardly be considered much else....I'm sorry, but Rainbow (esp the Dio era) were far superior to Whitesnake....  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 15:14
so just the title of that album makes the classification as "hair metal" right?
and that album is just hard rock with a bluesy influence. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 15:23
Sorry Cristi but I agree that since Slide it in to Slip of the Tongue Whitesnake was already totally glam metal (hair metal). But I voted Whitenake even though, having such an album like Ready an' Willing, none Rainbow album can compare. Then we have Trouble, Lovehunter and Come an' Get it really good to. I can't take Dio's voice, just in very few dosis like in their debut, and maybe but maybe n Heaven and Hell. Then Bonnet and Turner's era has some good songs but nothing special, and much less prog. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 15:25
Jared, I'm sorry, but this time you're wrong ... I know both the album in question (and those before it) and stuff like Poison and Motley Crue, and I assure you they have nothing in common. I hate hair metal, but I do like old Whitesnake quite a lot. Album titles have often little if anything to do with the music within.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 07:32
DIO's Rainbow!  ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 15 2008 at 12:16
Coverdale's Whitesnake! |
Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: October 01 2008 at 14:26
| Rainbow is really good band.They both are bands from the ashes of Deep Purple,but I don't like Whitesnake.Rainbow is much better for me. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 02 2008 at 08:24
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I like both. Both bands had a string of very strong albums, followed by some relative dross, but when weighed up, I think the Whitesnakes dross was worse than Rainbows.
So Rainbow has the vote.. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: October 03 2008 at 02:55
| Whitesnake had a few goodies, but when Dio was with Rainbow they were unstoppable. |
Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: June 02 2010 at 07:52
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Rainbow!!! Love the first 3 albums, but I think that this one is really great too:  ------------- ] 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 02 2010 at 08:29
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Tough choice, I guess Rainbow, which I know better and listened more often. but Whitesnake sure has some great albums. totally loved Slippery When Wet
sorry this was a slip of the tongue. obviously I meant 1987
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: June 03 2010 at 04:59
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Rainbow for me. I always felt that Whitesnake were merely a vehicle for David Coverdale's posturing. ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 03 2010 at 10:14
 The one with colours.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: June 03 2010 at 10:18
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Wow now that's an old poll...
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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: June 03 2010 at 22:21
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Well, Steve Vai's riff in "In the Still of the Night" alone gives Whitesnake a fighting chance.... ...but yeah, Rainbow wins relatively easily. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Pelata
Date Posted: June 04 2010 at 15:28
| Easy pick for me....Dio-fronted Rainbow by a mile... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 12:29
Vai didn't play on that album
; how do you get informed? |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: June 09 2010 at 16:33
Yeah, Steve Vai played on the following album, Slip of the Tongue not the s/t which features Still of the Night.
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