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Post by Donny Doom on Nov 23, 2008 2:34:15 GMT -5
In your opinion does Joe Satriani's or Steve Via's music have more feeling?
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Post by rocknut on Nov 23, 2008 6:50:05 GMT -5
Satriani, no doubt. Steve Vai is just too clinical.
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Post by Rush862 on Nov 23, 2008 8:42:30 GMT -5
I won't vote on this because I like them both equally...depending on the day. I like Satriani, who I think is more melodic and structured, on some days, and I like Vai's absolute, out in left field attack, on other days.
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Post by Jesse on Nov 23, 2008 10:38:15 GMT -5
Don't particularly care for either. I saw Joe live and it bored me to tears. 3 songs into it and I'm like, "Ok, the guy can fuckin' play, but can he make it interesting?" The answer, an hour and a half later was "No".
I saw Vai only as part of the Zappa Plays Zappa show. He only played on a few songs, but was AWESOME in his role. I know that's not representative of his solo works, but it qualifies as the tie-breaker for me.
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Post by rtbuck on Nov 23, 2008 10:47:54 GMT -5
I went with Steve Vai. I was familiar with that he worked with Zappa in the early 80's & was I was a fan of Zappa but never really looked beyond him being one of the players on those early 80's albums. When he hooked up w/ David Lee Roth I really took notice.I seen Roth on the Eat'em & Smile tour & was blown away by the combination of he & Billy Sheehan & I preferred Vai to Eddie Van Halen. I was disappointed that Roth's band ended but was psyched that he joined Whitesnake & enjoyed 'Slip of the Tongue'. I picked up his 'Flexible' album around this time & thought it was great but like Satriani's 'Surfin with the Alien" (which I also thought was great) the 2 albums just became dust collectors once the novelty of them wore off.
Besides hard rock/metal during that mid/late 80's era I was also heavilly into Punk & New Wave.I was surprised when I found out around '89 that Vai played guitars on Johnny Lydon's(Johnny Rotten) 'PIL' album that was released a few years earlier which I was a huge fan of (I had the casette & don't even know if the musicians were listed on the liner notes so I had no idea Vai was the guitarist)
With all those credentials behind him in my opinion Vai definitely plays with more feeling
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Post by jimmccormick3 on Nov 23, 2008 10:55:50 GMT -5
Joe Satriani by miles for me. Both are great guitarists. Only one is a great writer, & can achieve his goals with warmth & melody. Guess which one?  |
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Post by blackers45 on Nov 23, 2008 11:50:45 GMT -5
Professor Satchafunkilus rules  |
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