Avenged Sevenfold - TRAX Podcast: "Save Me" (Episode 17)

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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 Life Is But A Dream... https://a7x.lnk.to/libad Tour dates and tickets: https://www.avengedsevenfold.com/tour A7X World exclusive merch available here: https://a7xworld.com Follow A7X: Website: https://avengedsevenfold.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AvengedSevenfold Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avengedsevenfold Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheOfficialA7X TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avengedsevenfold Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Rkfded Discord: https://discord.com/invite/avengedsevenfold #AvengedSevenfold #Nightmare