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Watched the flick and was just floored at how awesome of a guitar player he was. Also, floored at how well he has handled his illness. What an amazing man and a great attitude to have! Really makes you look at your own situation and see how things probably aren't that bad in comparison.Kapo_Polenton":3oypkqrv said:Agree to disagree .. no point in arguing... all I meant is that Vai's stuff with DLR is some of his best but Becker's stuff goes above and beyond. Way more chops, picking, swing, shred. It does it all. Listen to "showtime" or the solo on "Drop in the bucket" shezam ! But again, that's everyone's preference. Vai is a good player but not amazing. A lot of smoke and mirrors there for me with effects and legato. (and orgasm faces lol)
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A good cover for sure! Especially solo during that funky bass breakdown..
To be upfront, I never really listened to his stuff before seeing the film. I had a Cacophony tape back in the day and probably listened to it once or twice. I loved Yngwie and Gilbert, but by the time Marty and Jason were coming out with their stuff, insane shred kind of bored me. Not that I could even approach being able to do it myself lol
The music in the film that intrigued me was the clips from DLR era Becker. I will say the songwriting suffered from usual DLR solo syndrome (some good stuff, some dated as hell stuff ; even for the time). I really don't dig female backup singers in a "hard" rock context and many songs confirmed this opinion for me. That being said, dude was a MONSTER with a capital M. Like a lot of the previous posters pointed out, he had a lot more going on than just the face melting stuff. The fact that we could not have more of his playing to marvel over is truly a shame 
TL;DR version=Watch the movie. It's great.
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