Whitesnake - Slide It In (1984) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Coverdale - Lead Vocals John Sykes - Guitars Mel Galley - Guitars, Vocals Neil Murray - Bass Jon Lord - Keyboards Cozy Powell - Drums Produced by Martin Birch. Mixed by Keith Olsen for Pogologo Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Slide It In (Coverdale) 3:18 2) David Comment 1 3) Love Ain't No Stranger (Coverdale, Galley) 4:10 4) David Comment 2 5) Guilty Of Love (Coverdale) 3:23 6) Slow An' Easy (Coverdale, Moody) 6:08 7) David Comment 3 8) Gambler (Coverdale, Galley) 3:59 9) David Comment 4 10) Need Your Love So Bad (Little John Willie) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Slide It In (Coverdale) 3:18 You talk to much, Never saying what's on your mind, It's written on your face An' in the words you hide behind... I know what you want, I can see what you're looking for, I know what you want from me An' I'm gonna give you more... I'm gonna slide it in Right to the top, Slide it in I ain't never gonna stop... Slide it in Right to the top, I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, Slide it...in, baby... Sometimes you seem Just like a stranger to me, But, all the games you play Make it so easy to see... You're looking for love, Tho' you try to deny, The things you put me through Tell me what I've got to do to you... I'm gonna slide it in Right to the top, Slide it in I ain't never gonna stop... Slide it in Right to the top, I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, Slide it... You talk too much, Always treating me so unkind, I know what I've got to do To get me some peace of mind... I'm gonna slide it in Right to the top, Slide it in I ain't never gonna stop... Slide it in Right to the top, I'm gonna slide it in, slide it in, Slide it in Right to the top... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) David Comment 1 * What happened was we finished the album in Europe and we were all delighted with the way it came out. However, the American record company said it was sounding European and not sounding American. Even when I said, "I am European", they said, "However, we'd like it to sound American", so I gave them carte blanche to remix in the U.S., on the condition that I could include John Sykes, who'd recently joined Whitesnake, and Neil Murray, who recently re-joined Whitesnake, and they got what they wanted. In essence, the difference is that you can hear the voice a lot better, and you have John Sykes and Neil Murray playing on it, whereas on the European mix, you don't have them. * 'Slide It In' is more of a tongue-in-cheek. It's about one of the aspects of the games people play in relationships and it regularly... I think a man and a woman can have terrible arguments and things, and particularly a woman can keep going on and on and on about it, and the only way I think I've ever found to remedy that situation is to get "anatomically conversant", thereby being inspired to write a song called 'Slide It In'. It's actually not about bananas. * 'Love Ain't No Stranger' is a song about some personal mistakes I made in my life, an attempt for me to analyze, for the reasons behind it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Love Ain't No Stranger (Coverdale, Galley) 4:10 Who knows where the cold wind blows, I ask my friends, but, nobody knows... Who am I to believe in love, Oh, love ain't no stranger... I looked around an' what did I see Broken hearted people staring at me, All searching 'cos they still believe, Oh, love ain't no stranger... I was alone an' I needed love So much I sacrificed all I was dreaming of, I heard no warning, but, a heart can tell I'd feel the emptiness of love I know so well... Love ain't no stranger, I ain't no stranger... Love ain't no stranger, I ain't no stranger to love... Can't hold the passion of a soul in need, I look for mercy when my heart begins to bleed... I know good loving an' I'm a friend of pain, But, when I read between the lines it's all the same... Love ain't no stranger, I ain't no stranger... Love ain't no stranger, I ain't no stranger to love... So who knows where the cold wind blows, I ask my friends, but, nobody knows... Who am I to believe in love, Lord, have mercy, love ain't no stranger... I was alone an' I needed love So much I sacrificed all I was dreaming of, Can't hold the passion of a soul in need, I look for mercy when my heart begins to bleed... Love ain't no stranger, I ain't no stranger... Love ain't no stranger, I ain't no stranger to love... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) David Comment 2 * Just a very simple and honest love song, which ... my daughter asked me, "Daddy, how can you be guilty of love?" and unfortunately I couldn't give her an answer. It's just an own-up song that I tried to be clever with words on, very simply. But it is just basically a very simple love song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Guilty Of Love (Coverdale) 3:23 I believe my love for you Is a love that will last forever, An' I'm here to testify I'm a prisoner of your heart... Baby don't you believe When I tell you I love you That I really mean it, Don't you walk away, Don't turn your back on me... I'm guilty of love, It's a crime of passion... Guilty of love, An' there's no doubt about it, no doubt about... I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty in the first degree, I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty in the first degree... I can never forget all the times When I took what you gave me for granted, So I stand accused An' I plead guilty to the crime... You can lock me away if you want Just as long as your arms are around me, An' I won't mind If you throw away the key... I'm guilty of love, it's a crime of passion... Guilty of love, An' there's no doubt about it, no doubt about... I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty in the first degree, I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty of love, I'm guilty in the first degree... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Slow An' Easy (Coverdale, Moody) 6:08 You keep on pushing, babe, Like I've never known before... You know you drive me crazy, child, An' I just wanna see you on the floor... I wanna superstitious woman An' se got a superstitious mind... I can't see you, baby, I can't see you anymore..no more, You keep on loving me Like I've never known before... I wanna superstitious woman With a superstitious mind ... an' I don't mind... My heart is beating faster, babe, It's beating like a big bass drum... You know you got me speeding, child, Faster than a bullet from a gun... You're a superstitious woman An' I got a superstitious mind ... an' I don't care... So take me down slow an' easy, Make love to me slow an' easy... I know that hard luck an' trouble Is coming my way, So rock me 'til I'm burned to the bone, Rock me 'til I'm burned...to the bone... I don't care about, oh, I don't care about love...no more... The way you keep abusing me Oh, I can't take no more... I wanna woman She got a superstitious mind... So take me down slow an' easy, Make love to me slow an' easy... I know that hard luck an' trouble Is coming my way, So rock me 'til I'm burned to the bone, Rock me 'til I'm burned...to the bone... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) David Comment 3 * 'Slow An' Easy' is a kind of Whitesnake track which we arranged as a kind of modern rhythm & blues vehicle. We structured the arrangement Cozy Powell at his dynamic best. This song has been accepted all over the place. It's like a new Whitesnake anthem. We'd delighted, but the essence of Whitesnake is to try and accomplish modern blues in an '80s context. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Gambler (Coverdale, Galley) 3:59 I've been a gypsy For a thousand years, A victim of circumstance... I go wherever my destiny calls, I'm caught in a game of chance... I stand on the outside Looking at love, I wanna get inside... I stand on the outside Looking at love, Just trying to get inside... No fame or fortune, No luck of the draw, When I dance with the Queen of Hearts... A jack of all trades, But, a loser in love, It's tearing my soul apart... Still I stand on the outside Looking at love, I wanna get inside... I stand on the outside Looking at love, Just trying to get inside... The jack of diamonds An' the ace of spades Try to use me, and abuse me... It seems the dealer Won't give me a chance, I'm a victim of circumstance... So I stand on the outside Looking at love, I wanna get inside... I stand on the outside Looking at love, Just trying to get inside... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) David Comment 4 * 'Gambler' is an exercise in lyrical obliqueness, trying no to be so straightforward in words, not using words like "spit it out", which is pretty straightforward. On 'Gambler', I just tried to be a little more poetic, and I'm delighted with the way that came out. * Well, I don't know about 'interesting incidents'. I think every day in the studio is pretty interesting, but there's one song that's going to be on this collection, called 'Need Your Love So Bad' which I recorded in what was originally John Lennon's house, in England. Now, Ringo owns the house, and on the grounds of this estate was a lovely little chapel which has a very wheezy old organ, and we went in there and I had this idea for an old blues song to rearrange it, and John Lord played this church organ, and I sang in the actual chapel. And I'm delighted that it's going to be included, because it's a very important song to me. The other thing was that when recording in Munich, seeing how beautiful Munich was - I used to live in Munich many years ago - I was motivated and inspired to return to live there, which I've recently done. So, all in all, it has been a rewarding experience altogether. * It's an old blues song which I rearranged, and it's a very important personal statement to me. We treated it completely different to the original, and made it ours. It's one song that I don't think the Japanese people will have heard, and it's very unusual. It features John Lord playing church organ and I'm singing in the chapel, which is not often included in any kind of rock'n'roll LP. However, I think Whitesnake embraces a little more than just hard rock, and this is a very, very close personal statement and I hope people enjoy it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Need Your Love So Bad (Little John Willie) I need someone's hand to lead me through the night Need someone's arms to hold and squeeze me tight When the night begins, I'm at an end Because I need your love so bad Need some lips to feel next to mine Need someone to stand up and tell me when I'm down When the lights are low and it's time to go That's when I need your love so bad So why don't you care and bring it no home to me Run it on to me, baby, baby So it can return to me Try a little tenderness, still trying to remember Because I need your love so bad I need someone to talk to me at night Don't want you to worry, baby I know we can make everything all right Listen to my plea, baby Bring it to me cause I need your love so bad Because I need your love so bad ------------------------------------------------------------------------