@@drdabsmore945have you seen the movie? If so, okay, now compare that to how Steve plays… alright.. you get what the original comment was trying to say yet?
Not bad when you can create a legacy in 12 days even though you’re doing 15 hours a day. Look at the recognition you got from that. That’s still one of my all-time favorite movies. Good job!
You do realize he had played with frank Zappa at 18 the started doing his own music not long after that and was playing with David Lee Roth during the making of this movie. This movie had nothing to do with his “legacy”. 🙄
Wrong! Classic would imply he fit the mould of Classic Acting. No, that scene was ICONIC and many 'real' Actors after him will be trying to embody the essence of what only he could!
WELL STEVE YOU MAY THINK THAT YOUR ACTING IS SILLY BUT THAT SCENE NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TOOK WAS SUPERB AND YOU REALLY BROUGHT JACK BUTLERS CHARACTER TO LIGHT BUT IN YOUR CASE THE DARK, IT REALLY FELT LIKE YOU WERE THE DEVILS ADVOCATE GREAT JOB
It might have been a painful process, but it was such a legendary scene! I don't think I'd be as much of a fan of Vai as I am if he wasn't in that scene.
if acting is good, one never feels comfy...because its not YOU- just part of You! That is how it SHOULD feel. That's what my teacher told me, during acting classes....
Dude he was absolutely amazing in that movie. He was the perfect character for the ace up the devils sleeve. I couldn't imagine anyone but him. Favorite movie scene of all time. I spent hours learning his and ry cooders parts
As a guitar player myself, I like being live and in the moment. It's real. I hate being interrupted. I couldn't imagine barely able to get there and being told to stop. But Steve is a beast that I am not. He's the guy who makes impossible guitar parts look playable for beginners.
Steve was PERFECT for that part BEST VILLAIN GUITARIST EVER!! 🤘🤘 The movie wouldn’t of been the same without him, the most memorable part in the movie is the dark crazy possessed guitar genius dueling it out with Eugene in a crazy guitar battle in a dark seedy looking building in the back woods Mississippi somewhere out of nowhere lol Now I want to watch that movie 🤘🤘
Ain't gonna tell the man how to feel. I just want him to know I felt his acting in that whole process was awesome. You saw him go from cocky to impressed to frustrated to defeated and he never said a word.
I just sent a Gmail 10 minutes ago to Mike Phillipov and mentioned Steve's Crossroads scene. Then this is the first short on my page. Love you Google! Im on your side 😅 lol
Lots of actors love live theater because of what he is talking about. Movies are a 'product', while theater is 'acting'. (Say it like Jon Lovitz for fun!)
Steve….. just stop. It is one of the best hero villain scenes ever recorded, my opinion, rock/music fans. I was just recommended this page because I just watched “Eugene’s trick bag”!!! From the movie. You did it, and we all understand it doesn’t define you as a musician, for me David Lee Roth did that, however, it is a really good hero villain scene and for me anyway, gives you that Mike Tyson, Chuck Norris American icon status. Your acting worked for the part. Your musicianship was stellar. It is one of my favorite scenes in post ‘79 cinematography. Ry Cooder got my attention with the movie “Streets of fire” by……. Yeah, Walter Hill. Same, same same. You fit that style man. As the glowing edge. The Last Man Standing had that same Visceral, electrified,Muddy Waters, blues, burn guitar. Be what you are. Be what you were. Be where you are. Be where you were. It’s all the same.
For a guy who didn't enjoy it, he was great. Never said a word, didn't have a single line, but you could feel that incredible emotional arc of Jack Butler, all the same. It was the best scene in the movie, and almost entirely because of him. If he could get over feeling silly and just let go and have fun with it, he could probably win an Oscar his next time out.
He was the best part of Crossroads and It's my opinion that he won the contest. He smoked Ralph Macchio (who was acting while Ry Cooder did the actual playing) like a cigar. Vai also did a good acting job by speaking only with his eyes without speaking verbally. I saw the film when it first came out only because I knew that Steve Vai was in it.
That's also why I love Eddy van Halen his studio appearance when Michael Jackson was there to record Beat It. They just asked him to do a solo. He did just the one and that was it. No 200 takes to get it right... just nailing it first try. That was a well known live recorded solo if there ever was one.
Movie making is a "hurry up and wait" process. THAT is why they have star stand-ins while the stars are snug in their trailers eating their bowls of only green and yellow M&M's. LIVE of course YOU have to be right there on time and ready IN REAL TIME. I've done both.
Vai was awesome in that movie though. They couldn't have picked a better person first that character. Let's not forget the music he contributed to it either. I love hoe he the one who is truly playing g Macchios part then has to pretend he can't play it. One of my favorite movies and led me to go find the real crossroads a few years later.
Considering he didn't enjoy the acting, Steve did an amazing job of giving those facial expressions without a word spoken. He's awesome guitarist and this scene just shows all his skills in a short space of time.
It takes long because the same scene is shot in several different angles, hes gotta do the same thing over n over until they get it to synchronize. Been in a Netflix series once, i had to do my little part over n over n over again. Exhausting. But yes the entertainment industry is no joke. Long hours.
"I do 5 seconds of a scene and then wait 20 minutes to do the same scene." Meanwhile... Live action One Piece: "You are going to do a shot, which includes you and Emily Rudd falling 40 feet off a building at least 3 times using a crane."
Steve: Understand you don’t like the process of making a movie but… those 12, 15 hour days exposed you to millions of music lovers that did not know you and now do. I am a guitar player and kind of heard of you but never saw you play until that movie. Seems you should appreciate that time that will continue to give to you forever.
Is there any tutorials with Steve talking about how he was inspired to writing that piece ? I would love to see some old footage of him breaking the parts down ! That song is way ahead but you get the taste of certain decades of riffs broken down in the song from classical to mainstream rock ! That song inspired me a million of other guitar players and key string players to dab at this lick !! Truly Amazing ! It sits on its own pedestal like Dee from Randy Rhoads and EVH with Eruption !!
Steve you weren't silly you were great ' maybe a little promiscous looking but not silly..you were still hidden behind the veil of secrecy... pretty classie stuff..
People are misunderstanding him. He’s not saying it took 12 15 hour says. He’s saying 12-15 hour days. There was a LOT going on, and they covered the full 360, usually it’s only 180. It was at least 2 days, maybe 3.
