sandman
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Live at The Astoria London DVD
Random Hero
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sandman31774":34ekwncx said:
Yup.
Love that performance, but isn't the end part overdubbed? I think his guitar was massively out of tune after the stunts and he overdubbed the chords
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Anonymous
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Steve Vai has been assimilated by the Borg!! Resistance is futile!
SkyhighRocks
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My fave CD by far is Passion and Warfare
mrp5150
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I just picked up a Bad Horsie wah pedal. It sounds great. 
redrol
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how the hell was he playing stuff towards the end... amazing performance...
JTyson
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RememberLaughter?":1awp6bqr said:
Digital Jams
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Love it up till the crazy shit, not into that part.
mrp5150
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Digital Jams":1q3060ac said:
That's the best part.
mentoneman
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what in the...
he looks like an acalpulco wristwatch repairman on shrooms...all he needs to complete the package is some dolphin shorts and a pair of rollerskates...next stop venice beach.
who in the world is his style consultant?????
the guy is constantly wearing ridiculous things, he dances like a scarecrow with rheumatoid arthritis, and his facial gestures allude to a sordid trist between a lithuanian ferris wheel operator, an economy bottle of listerine, and a wayward goat.
doesn't anyone with an iota of sense hang out with him?
but honestly the tone was pretty good in that one
peaveyT60
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what harmonic overtones there, especially the gay ones around the 5:00 mark. killer playing and cool laser thingies, but did he have to ride his guitar like that?
Bob Savage
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SgtThump":2vd32utd said:
I think so too.
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Meathead
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The feedback parts didn't match up to the way he was moving the guitar, for sure that was either dubbed in later or he performed it live to a prerecorded track of feedback. Still entertaining though.
PeteLaramee
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Does anyone else notice how Vai "wrangles" at about 2:55? He must have just watched "Clerks."
Digital Jams
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mentoneman":yylvg6u7 said:
what in the...
he looks like an acalpulco wristwatch repairman on shrooms...all he needs to complete the package is some dolphin shorts and a pair of rollerskates...next stop venice beach.
who in the world is his style consultant?????
the guy is constantly wearing ridiculous things, he dances like a scarecrow with rheumatoid arthritis, and his facial gestures allude to a sordid trist between a lithuanian ferris wheel operator, an economy bottle of listerine, and a wayward goat.
doesn't anyone with an iota of sense hang out with him?
but honestly the tone was pretty good in that one
While supporting many of the guys that you enjoy by giving them a label he needs to tour alot to pick up the revenue slack
Your boy captain tooth decay could learn a thing or two from the prince of darkness
The smashing guitars with a face full of cheap wine smears is getting old 
Fashion?????? Your boy's ripped sneaks were buried with Cobain
How was his fashion consultant.....Vince 2 tooth on 2nd and Broadway?!?!?!?!?!!?
Mentoneman OWNS!!!!
King Crimson
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carlygtr56":3e902n6t said:
What's his fat ass accountant trying to do starting at ~1:24? WTF is that mess???
I don't know...Vai is just a typical '80s poser.
mentoneman
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Digital Jams":5bxcb1z8 said:While supporting many of the guys that you enjoy by giving them a label he needs to tour alot to pick up the revenue slack
Your boy captain tooth decay could learn a thing or two from the prince of darkness
Fashion?????? Your boy's ripped sneaks were buried with Cobain
How was his fashion consultant.....Vince 2 tooth on 2nd and Broadway?!?!?!?!?!!?
Mentoneman OWNS!!!!
yes.
but once upon a time, he used to be Edward Van Halen.
frank zappa got it right the first time when he told vai "boy you can play, but your tone sounds like a ham sandwich."
someone really should have recorded the eatum and smile tour for a live album because his live tone and playing was amazing with sheehan back then.
unfortunately, i think the stint with roth also brought out a very gay theatrical inner child which just barely worked with the roth animal orchestrating and balancing it, but on his own....ooof. in fact i think it's really his biggest problem. he needs to be a sideman so he is more grounded and stops trying to be the center of attention. on his own he always tries to be mystical boy and ends up looking foolish.
ultimately he seems like a nice guy and super successful and he does have playing and tone moments so i appreciate his contributions, but again i'll say, pick up a non trem les paul and a bassman and ditch the capes and turbins and magic carpets.
and ghastly facial contortions. and completely absurd "sensual" gyrations. i'd rather watch steven hawking perform a pole dance.
grow a beard, wear loose jeans and a leather jacket, and fix your vibrato steve.
Bob Savage
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I'll take Vai like he is. If he wants to hump his guitar, then so be it. Apparently his playing is good enough that Guthrie Govan has Vaisms peppered all throughout his album. That's good enough for me.
We may now all return to our armchairs and crack open another bag of Fritos.
We may now all return to our armchairs and crack open another bag of Fritos.
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racer_j
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mentoneman":yn0y8oe4 said:
So he needs to be more like Zakk???
mentoneman
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Bob Savage":3ehkyhes said:
i agree the guth was on a vai bender for his solo debut but for pete sake guth is elevendy billion times the player vai is.
and what if vai wanted to hump your guitar while you played it....
awkward.
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