Steve Vai - Live at the Astoria London (2003) DVD9 + DVD5DVD9 + DVD5 | 240 Min | NTSC 720x480 | 29.97 fps | MPEG-2@7500 kbps | AC3@448-1536 kbps
Genre: Rock, Heavy Metal, Music Video | Label: Favored Nations Acoustic | 7.88 GB + 1.89 GB Steve
Vai is the guitarist, who everyone knows, some people admire him, some
hate him, telling, that the music he plays sucks and that it is boring. I
really admire Steve Vai and his guitar playing, but it should be said
that some of his music is really difficul to listen to. My Guitar
teacher said a very good phrase, that the technique must be your tool,
but not your aim. Steve Vai does the opposite, he always needs to shred
to show his great technique, and sometimes it is not needed at all.
The
show at Astoria is an example of constant shredding. I really like
shredders like Paul Gilbert or Joe Satriani but none of their shows is
so difficult to watch as Steve's. To begin with, I must say that Steve
Vai managed to gather a "dream team". Let's start with Dave Weiner, who
is very young but who is already a guitar-virtuoso. Then goes Tony
MacAlpine, who is also another guitar-virtuoso, but during this concert
he also played keyboards. He also plays solo at the concert, which shows
his great skills of a keyboard player. Billy Sheehan, "Van Halen, who
plays the bass" also is another star. And Virgil Donati plays drums.
As
you see the Steve Vai's band consits only of great musicians. Is it
good or bad? Both, actually. You will see great instruments-playing, but
you know all of the members want play at their best, very fast, playing
some difficult patterns. But it's really difficult to watch it for
three hours. I felt exhausted after watching the show.
As for the
songs, Vai made a good choice and he plays not only his best songs like
"The Crying Machine" or "For the Love of God", he also plays a couple of
songs by Jimi Hendrix. Fire and Little Wing to be exact. Steve Vai is
actully not a bad singer. You can also hear Billy Sheehan's song "Shy
Boy". And a song from Billy Sheehan's solo album "Compression"
"Chameleon".Steve Vai and Billy have a duel, both are playing incredibly
fast. Dave Weiner plays song from his solo album "Dave Weiner's party
piece", but during the most part of the concert he is only a rhythm
guitarist. Tony MacAlpine also comes out and plays guitar. By the way,
Tony MacAlpine's guitar playing is not worse than Steve Vai's .
There
are a lot of songs from one of Steve Vai's best albums "Passion and
Warfare". You can hear relatively new " Whispering a Prayer" which was
nominated for Grammy. So the fans of Steve Vai will be really pleased to
see their favourite Steve Vai's songs.
There will be a great variety
of musical styles on the DVD. You can hear funky "The Crying Machine",
heavy metal "Chameleon" or "Bad Horsie", some ballads like "Blue
Powder", some rock and roll "Erotic Nightmares". On the whole, the
melodies are very catchy, the riffs are great. The ballads are really
beautiful.
Also Steve Vai is the man, who has a good sense of humour.
He is constantly joking. He is also speaking with the crowds almost
after each song he plays. He is also changing his clothes. For example,
for "the heavy-metal section of the show", he puts on clothes, which is
similar to the clothes of soe troops fromm different games like "Dune"
or something.
In conclusion, I'd like to say that i would really
recommend this DVD to all the Steve Vai fans, and to the fans of guitar
music, who also play guitar. You will see the incredible playing of the
musical instruments. Non-musicians will be really bored to watch the
show. But musicians may also be bored to watch the show, because of the
fact I've
Music Performer:
- Steve Vai / Guitar
- Billy Sheehan (guest) / Bass
- Tony MacAlpine (guest) / Guitar, Keyboards
- Virgil Donati (guest) / Drums
- Dave Weiner (guest) / Guitar
TrackListDisc one: Live01. Shyboy
02. Giant Balls Of Gold
03. Erotic Nightmares
04. Blood And Glory
05. Dave-s Party Piece
06. Blue Powder
07. The Crying Machine
08. The Animal
09. Bangkok
10. Tony-s Solo
11. Bad Horsie
12. Chameleon
13. Down Deep Into The Pain
14. Fire
15. Little Wing
16. Whispering A Prayer
17. Incantation (with drum solo)
18. Jibboom
19. For The Love Of God
20. Liberty
21. The Attitude Song
Disc two: Bonus Features- Backstage Footage
- Interviews
- Commentary Track By Steve And The Band
- Band Biographies
- Discography
- Los Angeles Rehearsals
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