Vai or Satriani
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metalhead28
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Steve Vai I think may have more technical ability due to rediculously dexterous tendrils as opposed to fingers.....but some of his stuff is just too out there for a lot of listeners. I definitely like Vai's live show better, just because I get really into the emotion of some of his songs more so than Satch. Joe however just plays beautifully and tastefully all the time, so I can see why many people might like him better.
I often wonder when comparing the two if Satch is like the unassuming master like Yoda or something and could just blow Vai out of the water with technique! Who knows.
I often wonder when comparing the two if Satch is like the unassuming master like Yoda or something and could just blow Vai out of the water with technique! Who knows.
metalhead28
Hates Raymond
I may sound like a big fag here or something.....but I don't think a piece of music has ever moved me more than watching Vai play "Whispering A Prayer" from just a few feet away last spring......had to hear that song live before I ever got how powerful it was. Vai is much more unbridled....but I think it takes that to create such an impact.
Hmmm...might I be a Vai fan??????
By the way he destroyed Yngwie at G3 a couple years back!
Hmmm...might I be a Vai fan??????
By the way he destroyed Yngwie at G3 a couple years back!
snow lizard
Dedicated Slacker
Out of the two of them, I'd probably pick Mike Keneally. (highly visible in Steve's band through many of the G3/Fire Garden years, Zappa alumni, etc...)
Satch & Vai both have huge technical prowess, probably as close to evenly matched as possible. I enjoy Vai's stuff more from the songwriting perspective, while I find that most of the Satriani stuff I've heard is pretty much constant flailing over a boogie of some sort.
Out of all of Steve's solo career, I like the Flex-Able stuff the most, even though it's basically home-recorded 8-track stuff. Again, it's because of the songwriting. It's certainly more "out there", but fits my listening habits well for it.
sl
Satch & Vai both have huge technical prowess, probably as close to evenly matched as possible. I enjoy Vai's stuff more from the songwriting perspective, while I find that most of the Satriani stuff I've heard is pretty much constant flailing over a boogie of some sort.
Out of all of Steve's solo career, I like the Flex-Able stuff the most, even though it's basically home-recorded 8-track stuff. Again, it's because of the songwriting. It's certainly more "out there", but fits my listening habits well for it.
sl
metalhead28
Hates Raymond
dawg2k5 said:
Yeah, there is a DVD of that show in Denver.
It is kinda short, as they all played much longer sets and I can't say that they captured the best material, However I wasn't at the Denver show where they filmed so I really have no proof of that!
Good DVD tho!
MrBoogie
New member
snow lizard said:
Interesting. This is the exact opposite of my opinion. I think Satriani has a lot more melodic content to his songs (summer song, rubina, always with.., dreaming #11, etc...) whereas, Vai has a lot of flailing, and too much tremolo bar wanking for me. I hate the wanking at the end of Tender Surrender....such beautiful song, them wham!!!! wankfest!!!!
But, I like them equally. I don't think anyone could definitively, scientifically say one is better than the other...just preference.
It sure is interesting to hear everyone's point of view on this, though.
MrBoogie
gibson_eb2d
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I voted for JS because he plays like a CPU. SV did some neat stuff on Zappa tunes. They are both very gifted, but I'm not impressed with either. They are like machines with no feeling at all. They are stuntmen.
peopleperson
I'm so sorry.
Satch writes better compositions.
But then again, Satch didn't play on Eat em and Smile.
But then again, Satch didn't play on Eat em and Smile.
metalhead28
Hates Raymond
Light said:
you've got to be kidding me.....
I knew someone would say this. I don't understand why people dismiss players with incredible technique as having no feeling. Granted, some of that kind of playing is over the top, but sometimes over the top is the kind of feeling you want to express....it's still viable. Steve Vai pours more feeling into his performances than anyone else I've ever seen.
That is just an extremely pretentious thing to say.
Besides......"feeling" is subjective.
snow lizard
Dedicated Slacker
Hmmm....
Interesting that I picked up a bad rep point for saying that Satch and Vai have technical prowess.
Anonymous quote:
"My ass has more technical prowess"
Post a clip! LOL!
sl
Interesting that I picked up a bad rep point for saying that Satch and Vai have technical prowess.
Anonymous quote:
"My ass has more technical prowess"
Post a clip! LOL!sl
Light
New member
metalhead28 said:
You need to go to more shows.
metalhead28 said:
Only if I hadn't listened to them. I have. I'm not impressed. Via has chops, sure, but that's all.
Chops don't negate feel. I never said that. I said those two guys have no feel. I know lots of guys who can play like that, PLUS they have taste, soul, and feel. And unless you live around here, you've almost certainly never heard of them.
LIght
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