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

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