Avenged Sevenfold - TRAX Podcast: "Save Me" (Episode 17)
Avenged Sevenfold - TRAX Podcast: "Save Me" (Episode 17) with tags avenged sevenfold, a7x, m. shadows, zacky vengeance, johnny christ, synyster gates, jimmy "the rev" sullivan, nightmare, save me
Deep dive into the song which punctuated a new beginning for Avenged Sevenfold when life as they knew it was over.
‘Save Me’ is a therapy session wrapped up in complex musicianship and lyrical poignancy, with Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan at its heart.
Hear how a mishmash of elements transformed into something so epic, it could only be an album closer.
00:00 – Intro
2:50 – Was this Jimmy’s final song?
4:16 – Save Me is a mishmash of parts
8:50 – Jimmy’s Influence on the song
11:04 – The end of ‘the cut and paste’ period
16:31 – Was this the start of prog leanings?
19:31 – The Ozzy Osbourne influence
22:57 – The Dream Theater influence
26:22 – Challenging Mike Portnoy in the studio
33:06 – Starting the song with the bass?!
36:14 – Lyrical analysis with M Shadows
39:34 – The role of whispering
40:38 – ‘Skull’
45:03 – The Bad Men demo
48:13 – ‘Tonight we all die young’
52:41 – A sense of hope within ‘Save Me’
55:52 – Was it always destined to end the album?
59:52 – Bringing ‘Save Me’ back into the live set
1:04:19 – Outro
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