What I have always been amazed by - is he plays this stuff live and it is nearly exact to the albums - BUT actually played - LIVE. Playing stuff with 20 takes in a studio is one thing - but reproducing it LIVE - perfectly - in a stressful situation - while running around and relying on pedals and for everything to go right - your strings to not break - your instrument to work etc . . it is absolutely amazing. His skills are insane.
You know that feeling you had when you just finished out your senior year in high school any skits the last day of class playing out on the beach with your favorite girl???? every time I listen to Joe Satriani, it comes right back!! How can you not have a huge smile on your face when you listen to this. Thanks for everything!!!!
Holy shit replace the beach with an old flooded rock quarry and that was me. Was thinking about it when I read your comment. Seems like it was yesterday...damn the years went quick.
Had the privilege of seeing Satch live with G3 (At the time it was Petrucci and I believe Vai as the others). Easily one of the best performers I've ever seen live, truly honoured.
I love how Joe can sell out big arenas just playing guitar. Sofa-King jealous. Its because his guitar instrumentals are so beautifully melodic, and composed to make you, yes, you, feel good. And to create such music, is a special gift. And Joe keeps on giving like no other!
I love the ending at 5:03. Joe sneaks in a new harmonic color. The band is playing a regular E major chord, and Joe plays E phrygian but with a major third (or A harmonic minor if you look at it that way) over it. He uses the ambiguity of the plain E major chord to fill in the blanks with whatever major variation of E he wants. Genius!
Those finger tap arpeggios convinced me that this man is an alien, absolutely amazing. He gave us a clue naming an album "Not of this Earth". Fortunately his species is not here to harm us but just rule over the electric guitar.
It's said Joe visited earth in the past and inspired Mozart, the world was not yet ready for his superior intellectual. So Joe slept in a worm hole to transcend time and space till we were ready. This earth is just one of many stops for Joe.
That guitar sounds more muddy than the others and doesn’t have the hollowness like the chrome boy ☹️ i miss that sound and was the best out of them all.
Years ago Susan and I saw several concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. Other highly polished well practiced musicians that play perfect live are the Eagles (rip Glen), Eric Clapton and Stevie Winwood, and at other venues we saw Bob Seger, Van Hagar Halen, and at the Greek Theater was Chickenfoot where I finally got to see "Satch". They all play 'perfect'! Edit: Joe Bonamassa is also another one who plays perfect live.
Exactly. Not sure I’ve ever seen a guitarist play incredibly technical parts this perfectly live as consistently as Satch does. He’s one of a kind. His mastery of the guitar is up there with the greats. He fucking owns that instrument.
I have no friends that I can share this joy with - in fact - if I told them I loved the mystical potato head - they would laugh at me and say WTF - but to me, this is absolute magic - ill take this (and many others) to the grave - ill continue to dedicate my limited free time to listening, playing and enjoying this weird music that no one likes. but thanks to the internet - I know I am not alone :)
No need to be ashamed of your love of Joe's music! If you were to introduce them to some of the songs similar to the genres they like, it could transform them!!! 🎶🎸🎵👽
After all these years he nails it.. Still amazing. Bought the cd, bought the tab book, saw him in Anchorage from the back of Egan Center but this tops it ALL... To see how he actually gets those sounds to come out of that piece of wood is truly not of this earth.
Mystical Potato paved the way for The Extremist and Summer Song, but this one has grown to become one of my favorite Satch song over the years, maybe my favorite, amazing track. Joe had such an amazing run from Surfing-Time Machine, couldn't really get into anything after that.
Drove a $500 hoopty from Maine to California in 1988 smoking Old Golds, drinking lots of coffee, and blasting a cassette of Surfing With The Alien on a battery powered boombox over & over & over.
I remember reading in a Guitar World magazine interview many years ago that Joe doesn't play TMPHGT live because of the complex arpeggio part and that he struggles with the stretching of the fingers. Ive never seen him play it live but this was the 2nd best thing! Such a master! I love Surfing but Flying in a Blue Dream transports me to somewhere I cant explain. I got the cassette when i was 14 and have been mesmerized by it ever since.
Stunning. My top 10 favorite Bay Area guitar players in order: Joe Satriani Neal Schon Dave Meniketti Carlos Santana Lowell Fulsom Ronnie Montrose Jason Becker Billie Joe Armstrong Chris Cain Brad Gillis
His sound is just so fucking good, it's ridiculous. Not to mention his flawless technique, paired with his amazing tone it really doesn't get much better than this.
If you can, go see him live. The first album I bought was a Joe Satriani cassette. Second was a CD. ;-) Enjoyed G3 in CA and Joe via a smaller venue in FL, always a great time. Fun to listen to the albums, 10x fun live. Support live music, and support real musicians!
After 20 years of listening to him I honestly thought he never did cheesy sweeps because he just never figured them out, then 5:50 happened like what the fuck was I thinking
I wonder who the second guitar is, AND why he's there at all. His guitar is not audible in the mix, not even a little bit. That right hand on the neck arp thing that Joe does is nearly impossible for me with any accuracy.
Looking forward to seeing Joe at "Beat" in Milwaukee. Look, Joe - I understand that some of what Robert Fripp did/does is beyond the comprehension of most humans. I can say with all honesty, "Please - just do your best." And even if it doesn't all come off - you're still a nicer person than that prick - Robert Fripp.
at 0:40 esepcially on the album song, I can't be the only one that reconizes this bit from the Jet Moto 2 theme (menu) song. I don't know if it was inspiried from that or purely coincidental. Pinnical Musical Group made the soundtrack for the game and I don't think Joe was anywhere near that.
