Vai Whitesnake 1990 at Donnington?

[Badronald]

I've got the DVD. I REALLY wish I could get my money back.

It's bad. I don't even know where to start so I'll start with the sound. Absolutely terrible. Blown away that a band that big couldn't record a decent live show. Video. Absolutely terrible. Quality and camera work.

Vai. Lame. And I LOVE Vai. Seems to me that they were under rehearsed. Like "we're so great lets just go up there and play". Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they just weren't that good.

Vandenberg. Kinda mystical guy. Heard of him for years but never really HEARD him. Just that one solo off the '87 album. Don't like his tone or vibrato. He's not a powerful player at all. Weak.

David (love the guy). Struggled to hit anything. He has great tone, but just wasn't "on".

Sarzo and Aldridge were great.

Just very dissapointing overall.

I really wish they'd put a Sykes/Whitesnake DVD out. Or the earlier band from Slide It In. Great band. These newer versions are hollow shells. Sorry.

Just my opinion, you may like the DVD though I kinda doubt it.

Dang, that sounds bad. I thought the video above of Slip of the Tongue was a good performance. Is that lousy to you or is the DVD sub-par compared to that?

As far as the Slip of the Tongue album, I think it's a great album and love Vai's work throughout.

Definitely a highlight. And let me say Vai is one of my favorites of all time. HE wasn't lame, I guess I thought the context was. Vai is always great. And I've always loved Coverdale. Great husky voice.
When I listen on my Ipod with good headphones I hear Vandenberg constantly slipping in and out of parts. Coming in late. Leaving early. Drives me nuts with a band at that level. It's not a bar band.
I love the album with Vai so I was excited to get the DVD. You can see the video quality is horrible. The sound is very messy as well. Vai is buried in favor of Vandenbergs guitar on much of the DVD. Which is a crime of epic proportions.
Anyway......

 

[Badronald]

I've got the DVD. I REALLY wish I could get my money back.

It's bad. I don't even know where to start so I'll start with the sound. Absolutely terrible. Blown away that a band that big couldn't record a decent live show. Video. Absolutely terrible. Quality and camera work.

Vai. Lame. And I LOVE Vai. Seems to me that they were under rehearsed. Like "we're so great lets just go up there and play". Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they just weren't that good.

Vandenberg. Kinda mystical guy. Heard of him for years but never really HEARD him. Just that one solo off the '87 album. Don't like his tone or vibrato. He's not a powerful player at all. Weak.

David (love the guy). Struggled to hit anything. He has great tone, but just wasn't "on".

Sarzo and Aldridge were great.

Just very dissapointing overall.

I really wish they'd put a Sykes/Whitesnake DVD out. Or the earlier band from Slide It In. Great band. These newer versions are hollow shells. Sorry.

Just my opinion, you may like the DVD though I kinda doubt it.

Dang, that sounds bad. I thought the video above of Slip of the Tongue was a good performance. Is that lousy to you or is the DVD sub-par compared to that?

As far as the Slip of the Tongue album, I think it's a great album and love Vai's work throughout.

Badronald is very tough to please from what I have seen from past posts, he has a focused taste

Yeah, I know. Guilty.

 

[university81]

yeah that video didn't seem too good at all,

this seems like a better investment

 

[Badronald]

yeah that video didn't seem too good at all,

this seems like a better investment

Damn! Sherinian, Aldridge, Mendoza and Sykes. Smoking band!

 

[snowdog]

I saw them on this tour, Vandenberg sounded a lot better live....Vai's playing was great but it sounded like he was plugged into a solid-state block of cheese with a Crate logo.

 

[snowdog]

Vandenberg. Kinda mystical guy. Heard of him for years but never really HEARD him. Just that one solo off the '87 album. Don't like his tone or vibrato. He's not a powerful player at all. Weak.

While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, it would indeed be "Weak" to assess Vandenberg based on one solo from a super commercial track. There are some good songs and great playing on his 3 albums. He is a pretty talented guy, he also did the album artwork and modified his own amps.

 

[reverymike]

Vai shoulda sounded good. . .he was playing rackmounted SLOs during this tour.

 

[Badronald]

Vandenberg. Kinda mystical guy. Heard of him for years but never really HEARD him. Just that one solo off the '87 album. Don't like his tone or vibrato. He's not a powerful player at all. Weak.

While you are certainly entitled to your opinion, it would indeed be "Weak" to assess Vandenberg based on one solo from a super commercial track. There are some good songs and great playing on his 3 albums. He is a pretty talented guy, he also did the album artwork and modified his own amps.

I'm sure he's good. I'm just talking about the DVD in question.
I'm not basing it on one song, I've got the DVD. Weak performance. I don't think I'm being too critical here. There we're many great players during that era that played with much more fire, attack and balls.

I just listened to the above songs. He's a fine player for sure, I guess I just don't prefer his style that much.
Sorry.