Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve Sarajevo (Rosie O Donnell show)

12-9-97

[@andreguitarronerone5297]

Paul has passed on rest in peace and thank you for the music.

[@Badazz69Camaro]

Thank you Savatage. .. RIP Chris Oliva too

[@crusheverything4449]

@@Badazz69Camaro - Criss Oliva.

[@Eva-pn1yi]

It's one of TSO's earliest if not the first appearance as a band which basically is Savatage in tux. The fact that Paul O'Neill brought Criss Oliva's gargoyle guitar on TV said a lot about this group of fine people, about their emotional connection...May those two jam in heaven now.

[@HunterRouth]

Yeah that was sick he brought that guitar.

[@shannonflahertycardo1163]

I will never forget my first introduction to this was hearing it on the radio fresh after its release and just being shook. Forever one of the best.

[@JustinHolinski]

They've got all the Savatage guys here. Caffery, Pitrelli, Middleton, Plate, Oliva, Paul O'Neil and Bob Kinkel. Edit: Missing Zak Stevens

[@ellisonlowrimore7751]

You might be the only other person that saw that! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@bkspeck]

No vocals? No Zach.

[@Mark_Demaline]

Zak appeared on scene shortly after this.

[@adrianwagner336]

ssshhhh!! its a big secret!! the same guys and the same music that nobody paid attention to under the name Savatage is now selling out arenas each year all across 'merica just by changing their name - sshhhh!! 😄

[@adrianwagner336]

@@ellisonlowrimore7751 naw he has SOME company 😋

[@mahone.]

i have been looking for the SONG for over a decade .. i feel shivers down my spine and a lump up in my throat .. so Nostalgic

[@adrianwagner336]

it is available in places that sell cds 🤔

[@g1as]

i can't believe its THIS OLD and it still amazes me omg...this is now my fav. Orchestra

[@richnagy2536]

Tazyfay P

[@vincentjoubert5514]

Is mark wood one first violin

[@crusheverything4449]

@@vincentjoubert5514 - Mark Wood freakin’ RULES!!!!!

[@429thunderjet2]

@@crusheverything4449 yup, don't think he plays with TSO anymore though :( He did a little gig with the high school orchestra & band at our little way up north town. Amazes me he even came! He was demonstrating his new custom violins with electronic pickups n stuff. Pretty cool.

[@crusheverything4449]

@@429thunderjet2 - I saw Mark Wood make a guest appearance with Tony Harnell and Mark Reale’s band, Westworld, on a cover of Alanis Morissette’s Uninvited in 2002, I think. I met him afterward and he was so gracious and cool! If you’re not familiar with Westworld, check out their three studio albums, Westworld, Skin and Cyberdreams for some of the best melodic hard rock out there!

[@DrewBlanton1959]

I was the one that actually captured this clip on VHS, then had it put on DVD. That's from Channel 15, the ABC affiliate in our area (Myrtle Beach SC).

[@adrianwagner336]

many people owe you a BIIIG THANK YOU for that!

[@suziephillips2320]

The song was written by Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neil, & Criss Oliva!! The band was call Savatage & they rocked the Tampa, FL rock clubs!! Sadly, on October 17, 1993, Criss was killed & his wife Dawn was critically injured. There was a days long roxk festival called Livestock Festival in a small town just north of Tampa, FL, called Zephyrhills. Some of the town did not want to have the Livestock Festival. It would bring drugs & booze to Zephyrhills. Jon & Dawn were headed north on Hwy 301. The male person who killed Criss & badly injured Dawn was a drunk driver, but this 7 time DUI convict was going to his job. He had a BAL of .294!! Cars were parked along either side of 301. The drunk was also impatient with the traffic going south. He tried to pass the people in front of him and slammed head on into Criss & Dawn!! He was eventually convicted of DUI #8!! He was found guilty of DUI & vehicular homicide etc. and spent an entire 18 months in prison!! Eighteen months for causing the death of Criss!!??!!?? The death just broke Criss' brother, Jon! Criss' beloved wife Dawn was never the same. So much pain that never healed. On January 11, 2005, Dawn joined Criss in heaven!! Paul O'Neil has passed too. You can google Criss' name on you tube to watch and listen to Criss play that guitar!!

[@crusheverything4449]

Actually, Christmas Eve (Sarajevo, 12/24) was written by Jon Oliva, Paul O’Neill and Robert Kinkel, a couple of years after Criss was killed.

[@BiggestKornFan1993]

These guys are always a treat to see in concert!! My first show back in 2013, I thought the concert would be 1hr and 30 just like any concert but they play for 3 hours which still blows my mind

[@anthonyfesta1224]

The whole concept founded and based on legendary Metal Band SAVATAGE!!

[@johncraven7864]

I don’t think that audience was prepared to get their faces melted this hard

[@kahrhoshe]

Because, SAVATAGE!

[@markedly1013]

Agreed!

[@crusheverything4449]

They weren’t, but they LOVED IT!!!

[@danyallehoward2873]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@matthewpaluch777]

The Original lineup!!! This was before the band was split into East/West coast versions. I will never forget seeing the first couple of years of this awesome group. Back then it was about the music and the story behind it. It definitely was magical!

[@Badazz69Camaro]

RIP Chris Oliva, and did you see Jon Oliva on the keyboard in back.... awesome singer. . Long live Savatage...

[@matthewpaluch777]

@@Badazz69Camaro Yes! I have all of Jon's music, he's a genius! SAVATAGE - "HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING" (HD) Official Video kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CuoH-fhNCKjbM

[@crusheverything4449]

@@Badazz69Camaro - Criss Oliva.

[@adrianwagner336]

yup those theater performances were a special thing for sure - as were the BLN theater performances a little later on

[@pmasmuth]

Have seen TSO several times. Always a great show !!!!

[@roberthaag7124]

I saw them in Reading pa one year I love there music from then on

[@johnnyg7606]

So many legends on stage together. Al with facial hair, Paul without...Mark Wood, Jon Oliva....Epic...

[@Wisegirl4u]

My favorite holiday song! They rock 🤘🏼❤️💕🎶🌲

[@stephenlennartz3466]

I saw TSO for the first time just a couple days ago Thursday, December 26th (2019) in St. Louis. SPECTACULAR! Honestly the lights were a bit over the top but that's one of the trademarks of their shows--lasers, smoke, fire, snow, multi-screen video, rising/descending light clusters and musician platforms, etc. Almost like there is more focus in the lighting and effects than the excellent music. No complaints here just still in analysis mode of an amazing show. Highly recommended. As a musician/performer myself it's very interesting the diverse crowd they attract: young and old, blue jeans and teeshirts to tuxes, families to rockers. Pretty cool model for success. Very memorable evening!

[@AJTHEMAN74]

Just saw them live lastnight and they played it exactly like the studio version.

[@DTzerb]

Jon Oliva in tux, priceless :)

[@theDude-fv]

HAIL to The Mountain King !!! :)

[@robertsimpkins563]

I like to see more videos of this band

[@michaeldfigueiredo9307]

I really love this song lot

[@BlackieNuff]

This must be from their earliest beginnings (1995/1996). Most of the line up is the guys from metal band Savatage. When it comes to "spinoffs" of music, the TSO spawning from Savatage is one of the best. If not THE best.

[@AnthonyStJames]

The info says 12-9-97.

[@mytuberforyou]

Disagree, I think if Chris Caffrey had stuck around after Dead Winter Dead they could have made one more of the theme albums they were notorious for, I was always hoping they would rock something along the lines of Operation Mindcrime. I feel the transition to TSO killed that, and a lot of the originality. Too much orchestra, not enough rock n roll.

[@deangawley1913]

@@mytuberforyou He did. He was there for Wake of Magellan and Poets and Madmen, both of which were concept albums.

[@crusheverything4449]

@@deangawley1913 - Poets was a very loose concept, unlike Magellan.

[@matthewotremba9230]

never watched an episode of that scary womans show

[@angelus_solus]

Neither have I...hahaha.

[@giannawest7374]

me either

[@crusheverything4449]

I’ve watched exactly 3:44 of one of her shows.

[@StratoSph3re]

and steve harris on the first violin :P awsome tune and performance \m/.

[@crusheverything4449]

You’re obviously joking, but actually it’s Mark Wood. He makes and plays his own line of electric violins. The brand name is Vyper. He rips like a lead guitarist on his own records and it’s insane!! Check him out!

[@loayanas]

Yep..and the second player looks like james Hatfield

[@detroitpolak9904]

I’m ex-Catholic, and this still makes me believe than any contemporary Christian music.

[@rogeliocabrera7464]

Savatage forever!!

[@Kristinapedia]

My son’s school just did this song for their winter concert. It wasn’t as fancy but it was good.

[@dannytaylor6725]

Fantastic. Gets better every time I hear this.

[@Mark_Demaline]

DTzerb the tux on jon o. is Priceless gotta love his sign language a the end of the piece

[@makoisupreme]

advance merry xmas and happy new year, 2020!! hands up october 2019!!

[@angelus_solus]

Ah, yes. Song #12 from the Dead Winter Dead CD by Savatoge. Damn, does THIS ever bring back memories.

[@michaelmitchell629]

I Am from Dead Winter Dead rocks.

[@Everettescottortiz]

FUN FACT. As a die-hard Trans Siberian Orchestra fan, I'm pretty darn sure this is probably the only time the eight original members of the band performed together!! Or at least were seen performing together live on a stage: Paul O'Neill (guitar/leader), Jon Oliva (keyboard/leader), Al Pitrelli (guitar), Robert Kinkel (Keys), Chris Caffrey (Guitar), Johnny Lee Middleton (Bass), Jeff Plate (Drums), and original string master Mark Wood. I would say the very first 1999 tour when it was just one touring group but even then O'Neill and Oliva weren't on stage.

[@embryo66]

Hi, thanks for the info. And I have a couple of questions... do you know why Robert Kinkel stopped to work with TSO after 2009? And now that Paul O'Neill passed away, who is the decision-maker of the band? Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli? Do you think they will plan new studio releases in the future?

[@davidgaddis6753]

Tso would have been so much better if Criss Oliva was still here. Steve kill drums walshotlz was playing as well with tso. That's the original

[@davidgaddis6753]

@unrepeatable raddish first this is savatage, not rush. Criss Oliva would have made tso so much better. Have you listened to Savatage before and Criss olivas's riffs. It's something amazing. The original members are Jon Oliva Criss Oliva, Johnnie Lee Middleton and Steve walsholtz.

[@davidgaddis6753]

I am a die-hard savatage and tso fan. I will always follow them

[@anthonyfesta1224]

E O SAVATAGE!!!! Rest In Peace Criss Oliva💔🎸🎶🎼🎵

[@DD-ls5pi]

Anyone else notice Mark Wood? 🤘

[@crusheverything4449]

YES!!! First violin, baby! Mark rules!!!

[@danielconklin7061]

Beautiful music!!!

[@scottcarter3118]

Love you guys

[@anthonyfesta1224]

Used to see Savatage at The Brandon Pub Tampa back in the Day.

[@mikebritcom3171]

played their first gig in the roller skating rink on 19 in Tarpon Springs

[@crusheverything4449]

Lucky dog!!

[@MarkBlumenthal1]

The song. First released by, as, Savatage,(band), Dead winter dead (Album) 1995. AMAZING CD

[@theretiringbarber]

Amazing !

[@agonyofsorrow1349]

Savatage! I love this song. Actually this album (Dead Winter Dead) is good!

[@edb6690]

It isn't Savatage it's the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Yes a couple members from Savatage are there, it is a new band. They added it to their debut Christmas album, Christmas Eve and Other Stories. It was fantastic performed live for the years they did it.

[@whitcheywoman]

@@edb6690 TSO was started by John Oliva, so yea, Savatage. He's a close personal friend

[@billyreynolds4749]

@@whitcheywoman - you know Jon Oliva?? Me too! I used to roadie for him!

[@deangawley1913]

@@edb6690 no actually it's the whole band. Johnny, Jon, Al, Jeff and Chris are all there.

[@whitcheywoman]

@@billyreynolds4749 Yep, sure do. Partied with him plenty of times. My brother used to be in Nasty Savage. Partied with a lot of Tampa bands :D

[@rodrigoicarvalho]

Wonderful song!!!

[@samuelw3295]

Awesome!! I didn’t know Alice Cooper played the violin.😉

[@isotubies]

Ha! That's exactly what I was thinking!

[@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825]

But Alice does play harmonica, and very well.

[@Astrochronic]

Funny note about this preformance....the violin players in the back are there just for show. They are not even miced. Almost all the backing strings are synth on the album.

[@bnkundwa]

We have to remember Sarajevo.

[@hollowjack8711]

1:07 - Why does the James Hetfield play violin ?

[@jonasbalonas5962]

The audience and Rosie had no idea what awesomeness was about to transpire...

[@gaillonpierre6883]

Savatage one of the few metal band able to mix it with symphonic

[@druge]

I wish they would still do it like this. You can't actually see the musicians anymore.

[@Dakan17]

I love that Paul O Neil is playing Criss Oliva's Gargoyle guitar .

[@crusheverything4449]

Yes!! And I love that you spelled Criss’ name correctly!! 🤘🏼

[@Dakan17]

@@crusheverything4449 well, He's my favorite guitar player and the fact that he has past... It's only respectful to at least spell his name correctly. I see that alot people spell it wrong .

[@crusheverything4449]

@@Dakan17 - Yes, which is why I wanted to say I appreciate you spelling it correctly. If fans want his name to live on and be honored, they should at least spell it right. Btw, I think Criss is the best metal guitarist of all. Take care, man!

[@CloroxBleach-pd7dr]

My school is having a concert with mark wood and we gonna play this

[@rezakarami-fard1125]

Who's here after watching the Christmas episode in the season 8 of The Office? :))

[@jgs2307]

i love how this is just savatage with paul O´neill on stage minus zak all in tuxedos

[@gerripetress8168]

BRAVO! BRAVO!

[@perlaarmas9880]

Al Pitrelli ❤️‍🔥

[@cybo9977]

There are two guitarists, Lead and Rhythm Them: Excuse me?

[@Eyrothath]

Original line up was truly special..

[@TheRealMtnDewMike]

My plan is to learn this song before Christmas of this year on my guitar

[@adrianwagner336]

hope it has worked out well and maybe you went on to learn a few more - they have MANY and not only Christmas type songs

[@ruthannh.3188]

Love it

[@elteescat]

Wow the idiots with the cameras were treating the guitarists like they were nothing! Geez! At least what little I saw of Chris he was looking very dapper in that cute bowtie!

[@elteescat]

@diascrive lol. I'm 49 years old. I grew up before VHS. I'm also aware that this is an old video and I happen to be friends with Chris Caffery on Facebook. I was simply amused that the camera crew showed so little interest in the guitar players. If you wasn't so quick to jump on somebody and act like a know-it-all you might've understood what I said.

[@elteescat]

@diascrive you came at me about growing up with cellphones and like I don't understand how cameras work. Now you say I'm attacking YOU.

[@KEYSERSOZE1965]

Almost 20 years old.

[@theDude-fv]

actually this song it's much older, back in 1995 originally released by Savatage( the current members of TSO )

[@raymondmanansala5647]

Funtastic group

[@cuzimryte7011]

What was that thing introducing them? Has sasquatch actually made its debut?

[@usfanlovesjiwoo1978]

One of these year I'm going to see them live. So hard to get tickets, they sell out in the blink of an eye.

[@AnthonyStJames]

Saw them 12-22-18, going back for more next week on the 21st. Expensive tix, but these days I only go to 1 or 2 concerts a year - so that's fine.

[@crew233shep]

You should I promise you won't be disappointed friend I saw them last month awesome show.

[@anthonyrodriguez625]

seeing TSO is on my bucket list, this is me and my sons favorite Christmas song.i actually how to play it on the guitar. We've been wanting to see them in concert for a long time. Hopefully it'll happen. These guys are awesome

[@guitarmusic524]

Dad gum it,!!! At 1:22 they’re panning the camera to THE WRONG GUITARIST! It’s the guy on the right that has the high wailing stuff! Camera operators…geesh!

[@ElCLos73]

I know this is really late but the middle guitarist is playing on the late Cris Oliva's (RIP) guitar???

[@bachrocktheamericahatersan5799]

Carlos Navarro that's TSO founder and brainchild Paul O'Neill who died a couple of weeks ago.

[@Dakan17]

Yes , Paul O Neil is playing Criss Oliva's Gargoyle guitar !!

[@pamperfilio-pd2ct]

Wow

[@DavidCTFender]

I never thought I'd see Alice Cooper playing the violin.

[@sinisterspawn]

all the violin players have mullets

[@gergalurg]

I will be seeing these guys on their Beethoven's Last Tour.... free!!!

[@adrianwagner336]

that was a GREAT show as well i hope you enjoyed it!😄

[@dietboi]

dude! they had alice cooper AND james hetfield in their orchestra? only joking. great performance!

[@veetube75]

You forgot Robert Plant.

[@PiercingMetal]

That was a good one....

[@edward336]

Completely started by Savatage!

[@morgemou]

It is is not TSO without these members and Mark Woods.

[@cashmandrummer2917]

Jesus loves you!!!!!!

[@lukasdillinger4984]

Should rename TSO to Vampire Redux ... and how I luv them Vamps!

[@fusionshredder520]

The violinist looks like Steve Harris

[@michaelmitchell629]

I miss Savatage

[@jamalsalem6989]

paul is using criss' famous "Gargoyle" guitar

[@maryannewilliams6506]

I love tso

[@dancerelle5020]

This is what Santa Claus listen to!!!!!

[@LaughinLoneStar]

The lead guitarist jams at the forefront of this song but never a fucking camera on him.

[@NS9213]

Savatage!!!!

[@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203]

Savatage rules.

[@vladtepes97]

too bad the director had NO idea where to point the cameras.

[@altostratus1837]

1:05 Steve Harris on violin

[@Everettescottortiz]

Stooge lol that’s Mark Wood but he does look a ton like Steve Harris. Even now that he’s older!

[@susanhamercheck2379]

@@Everettescottortiz Mark Wood is awesomely talented. Saw his Mark Wood Experience and actually met him. He's a very nice man.

[@crusheverything4449]

@@susanhamercheck2379 - I’ll second that! I saw him guest at a show by Tony Harnell and Mark Reale’s band, Westworld. Mark is super-talented and a really humble, warm person.

[@_P0tat07_]

Looked like Alice Cooper on the violin 🤣

[@JdDiehl]

+Greg Enright HOW?????? do you see them for free?

[@sinajakelic]

worst director ever. completely ignored the lead guitarist

[@thomascastrovillo9256]

Its savatage

[@michaelmascolo3161]

Ding fries are done x4 I gotta runx4. I work at burger king making flame broiled whoppers I wear paper hat. Would you like an apple pie wit datx2

[@BretNor]

I wish these guys would do something other than just Christmas music.

[@michaelshields7777]

BretNor Check out their rock opera cd, Beethoven’s Last Night.

[@ryanm8373]

Check out the band Savatage. Its a lot of the members of TSO doing metal. Came way before TSO

[@crusheverything4449]

Try their CD called Night Castle, too.

[@johnjacobjingleheimer-schm8283]

The producer has no clue what to film here. The camera operators are doing their jobs, but the producer has no clue whoch performers to cover during the highlights of the performance. No wonder the show went off the air. Terrible host, terrible producer.

[@frankhassell6066]

SAVATAGE

[@rozalenastar5944]

rosie odonnell, the most uninteresting dispicable talkshow host in history. And distastful. she has freaking Trans siberian orchestra on her show and she is so shallow and bland about it. Show some love and respect that they even graced your stage with their presence

[@michaelvielhaber9342]

Rozalena Star how was she distasteful in this clip? She was in it for like 10 seconds.

[@tigerguy1013]

Sorry but this song is horrible without lasers and lights going crazy

[@angeldrivera24]

Haha you like the real show eh?? 😃 This song is amazing either way but its so much better with light shows like lasers and fire.

[@tigerguy1013]

@@angeldrivera24 you’re not wrong. My issue is the first time I heard this from beginning to end was during the 2021 tour and that’s what I’ve become accustomed to the most

[@harrykuheim6107]

Well I wondered what happened to this Bitter Lard Ass's Show...

[@Astrochronic]

Downvote ONLY for putting that horrible cow in at the beginning...and end.

[@bachrocktheamericahatersan5799]

RIP Paul O'Neill🌹🎸 FO Rosie O'Donnell🖕🏿🤢

[@michaelfigueiredo8729]

i really love this song lot

[@robintraina217]

love it