Steve Vai - "For The Love Of God" 

Floyd Rose does a good job. His takes a pounding.

@@richardkranium2944 Its actually a patented Floyd called an Edge II Tremolo system, Innovated, designed by Steve and Joe Satch. Same principles as the Genuine Original Floyd but tweaked. If you ever get a chance to have a look at one, You will notice the saddling and where the Strings first make contact with metal are more rounded off, Thus preventing Blowouts. I've seen Steve live 3 times live and have never once seen him blow out a string. Amazing huh. Both my brother and myself own this particular model. Put simply, It is beautiful and has a real nice Strat feel to it but the neck itself is not as rounded but flatter. Rather hard to describe... It has Jumbo frets as Steve's hands are absolutely Huge and lanky..The EVO 2 Pickups are just amazing and you can pull more or less any tone you like after you have owned one for awhile. A tube amp is a must for these Guitars as thats when the wood ( Alder ) combined with the EVO's and Tone controls really and I mean Really come to life big time! - Cheers mate - Skorp, Western Australia

Skorp † I also have a jem in my collection. Unfortunately mine has a normal Floyd on it. I haven’t broken any strings and it stays in tune for the most part. Honestly I’m an esp guy. I love the slim flat back of neck.

@@richardkranium2944 Yes mate, ESP certainly turn out Fantastic Gats Thats for sure bud! All the best! Take care - Skorp, Western Australia.

That's the magic of locking nuts

I thought I was a good guitar player until I watched this, now I realize just how bad I really am 🤣🤘

I played a show with my cousin a few years ago, after our band played everyone wanted our autographs but I was the only one that wouldn't sign anything, "I'm not Steve Vai I'm not Neil schon and I'm

Definitely not Eddie van Halen I don't deserve that kind of attention and neither do you guys" they didn't like that I was telling them to do the Same but eventually they started following my leas

Lead

@@victorreznov8038 its good to be humble but why not let them do what they want you may not be eddie or vai but you still but thousand of hours into practice

Seriously. A Fender would never be able to handle that kind of whammy bar abuse!

can we appreciate Steve Vai for telling Ibanez how to engineer that guitar?

marty mcfly: "all the best stuff is made in japan"

@@mikepollack8277 It's a different kind of tremolo... If you'd install a Floyd on a Fender, you could do that.

Don't forget Floyd rose

Could be it !!

lol...

Turn it down? You mean turn it down like this?

@@billycherokee7630well he means young vai writing it and his mom says for the love of god since she’s mad and that’s where he got the name for it

Wrong

Прими мои соболезнования

For the love of GOD

sorry for your lose

May his soul rest in peace 🙏

Sinto muito pela sua perda amigo, e que DEUS conforte o seu coração.

Yes! And the song's title is magnificent. Steve Vai is AMAZING!

*17 years later

G3 is cleaner, this sounds like out of tune

Absolutely yes.❤

His facial expressions too haha

is he a jedi?

@@cattamalon yes.

Absolutely no, those kinds of guitar players can only be Sith

😂

@@cattamalon Steve vai: plays guitar Me: I hate guitar

How's it going ? Did you play well an do the song Justice? I've Ben playing for 15yrs an it took me over 2yrs learning these techniques and placements..an I still have trouble, I don't even attempt his solo for this song cause I think he goes into another dimension.,but hopefully you played well my man at school and you had fun an tried your best anyways keep shredding an rock on!

We need an update!

Bro please drop the update and did you do the solo at 4:37

@@bigderik1233 yes but my stupid ass went for a tapping thing and messed up like 3 notes but its fine cause theres like thousands

@@robertstanikmas447 I feel like I did well. Steve’s new backup guitarist saw it and said he liked it!

Clearly. They didn't have electricity back then

The inventor is either staring down in awe or turning around in their grave.

good point!

Hard work

....Steve Vai didn't invent the guitar???😮

" MCFLY!!!!!!!!!! "

spaceboy3101 no this stuff is undisputed everyone loves it the other stuff Metallica is well maybe it’s good some songs only

Back to the future heheh

Lol 🤣😅

Best back to the future comment! Nice

Oh maaaan 😂

Hahahahahahaahjahajahahahahahajajdjajdhajsjajajvjqancjsj

Lol!

Your mom is a Jehovah's Witness, right James?

@@lance4842 She was yes. So you can imagine the gravity of the situation.

bro he has a literal doctorate in music

"featuring orchestration by Chris Opperman." Im pretty sure someone else wrote the orchestration for the parts based off the song and probably vai's vision and requests

@@middaywasted3653 It depends on the process, but most great film composers for example will have their work orchestrated as it's such a lengthy and involved process. I used to work for a film composer and his orchestrator was even more talented than him. Vai could've well written the parts or the flesh of the orchestral arrangement and then given it to Opperman. My point is, having an orchestrator doesn't take away all the credit!

He also unleashed Devin Townsend on the world, for which I am very, VERY grateful.

😱😱😱

Well I mean, people don’t cheer during orchestras Lmao. They just get applause at the end. He was probably surprised.

Yes!!

I think that was the moment hue realized he was going to be a part of something astronomical

He never gets that kind of reaction from a normal classical intro 🤘🤘

Cool very 😎

Extremely cool! I used to work in television and have dabbled in a few small live events. You experienced a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and your camera ops were great too.

Awesome

Very cool!

OMG. 2:21 THOSE LOVELY SMOOTH ARM PITS... UGH....

Prayers for you.

Good Bless you buddy

Ah yes, the "Guitargasm" the "Instrumental Palsy"

Amen! Thank you for this perfect reply!!

Loads of people can play this, nobody can play at his same level with that emotional sound..

Hmmmmmmmm….no one can play it except him huh? I wonder what one Mr. JIMI HENDRIX would say to that?

@@zutrue I know right

Mr. Van Halen wouldn't agree.

: ))))

Hard work always pays off

I only play the beginning ... and try to do something with the rest.

I've been trying for 8 years myself and still haven't got it yet lol

👇🇮🇩 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NJZ4PfVT2Tg.html

couldn't have agreed anymore

I actually needed to hear this. I'm a beginner as well. Thanks. Very true.

+Brandon Thornton infact, when I started playing guitar, as a kid, together with other mates, seeing Steve Vai or Malmsteen playing didn't make me feel bad...on the contrary, I was feeling happy, because I knew that, one day, after practising and studying and making hard efforts, I could have reached a good technique. Fact is...technique can be built, but not also musical talent :) Or maybe...anyone who loves music has musical talent, because the right part of his / her brain is ready to music. Of course , we have to stimulate it :) great comment, anyway

+Brandon Thornton You're right, but "hours or even days", are you crazy? It is years or even decades

Dreaming#11 I know Vai practiced a lot. Upwards of 10 hours or so a day. I mean hours as in total hours, and days as in how man 24 hour intervals. Both of which could very well add up to years. I'm sure he's spent years total. Not sure about decades, though. Either way, he didn't get this good overnight, that's for sure. I strongly admire his determination.

Damn I had to look hard to find this comment

It's an oboe 🤓

Lol

Entire orchestras part is a cake walk for those musicians. They’re used to playing new age classical and Beethoven. Not taking away from Vai’s playing here though.

@@maduude8809 lol as an oboeist I'm dying

bro when he first started playing i thought the same lmao. I'm like "This dude must have practiced a lot." but of course he fuckin did lol

quazzie1 That's what she said.

Ron Burgundy He was asking for that one

Ron Burgundy I did set you up pretty good. A good 'that's what she said' joke never gets old.

***** A little late to that party hehe

***** That one was kinda weak.

Gotta leave it on 420 likes Im afraid

Loooooooooooooooool

lmao

😂🤣

Lol Guitar porn

listen to tender surrender, its also amazing

@@azu132 yes it is, thanks for the recommendation

@@hotpenguin607 whispering a prayer is also a great song, couldnt recommend enough

You haven't heard Allen Holdsworth, or Jeff Beck I guess. 😅

Listen to Neil Zaza 😊

This comment better blow up soon

🔻

Im fourteen and i imagine that everyday 😆

LOL true

Wow that is relatable

Good Taste

He learned a lot about composing from Frank.

БРАТЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕ СРБИНЕ!

Great story

Made me lol fr

LOL OMG

hahah fuck never saw that coming😂😂😂

Is your uncle ok?

This deserves more likes!!

LOL so true

Angus Cuthbertson okay but who does it better? Him or Lars? 😂😂

It's because his leather pants are sticking on his butt... :-D

You mean Ulrich? That would be more obscene than what that italian man does to that poor gir... guitar.

he said 10/10 playing

Hope your doing alright mate, They are in peace now

Por el amor de Dios

It brings many tears because it SUCKS SO BAD

Yes, always bring tears. Cause i dont know how to play it 😥

@@mamankoprok1746 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MjrpJDe72Dw.html 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Totally does. As a baby, this was my sons all-time go to sleep song. If be in the rocking chair, he was about 6 months old and if he had a restless day this song would always calm him down and within the first 2 mins he'd fall asleep while laying on my chest.

Listen to Steve vais anthology album. Then you'll respect his music

He actually used to suck at guitar this is just what hard work can do

It also helps to have freakishly long fingers

@@apineapple2609 Everyone who plays once sucked.

​@@basedbear1605 Sure, but he has said that although he is musically talented, he was not gifted at guitar and was a slow learner

It's oboe, not clarinet. And yeah, it's amazing.

That would be an oboe, not a clarinet.

you noob, it's an oboe, not clarinet

My mistake, but still................breath taking

its a harp and an oboe

Nope.

Check out Frank Marino live and Babyalon instrumental version this guy from Montreal Canada is best guitar player i have ever seen and have seen some of the best since the early 1960s he was around in the early 1970s you will be amazed .take care

Cracked my phone doing that

Make sure the most recent like you've pressed is the odd number of times you've pressed it before. I mean liking a like cancels it 😅😅 Sorry for my weird humour.

@@41_balisingh20 Believe me, I've mastered it.

@@lablondejames200 i bet you have 😂😎🤟

So you keep clicking and liking/unliking the video 10 times a second. Good to know.

***** dude

Bruh

ClassyJessie The orchestra kicked ass as well.

I don't get shivers, but it is magnificent.

@@Ravenbones If It doesn’t give you shivers listen to 437 again

Ti ti ta ya tu tu thu thu te TU te

The fucking guitar just floated!

In that moment the conductor was distracted because he loved that part himself

Master

maybe its for the other instruments

Tina S.

Tina S can

even if someone can it doesn't matter, imagine COMPOSING this

Jill from Unlucky Morpheus can play this song on a violin

Mi too brother

Jaiden Damarelos it’s what separates the ok guitarist from the insane ones

Well that applies anything about music. The insane ones are those with emotions

ZyronKyle Pontillas exactly

The way he plays is almost... erotic

He's got dat FEEEEEEEL

Not trying to be offensive or anything, but if you are deaf how do you listen to music? Do you like feel the vibrations or something? It’s pretty amazing that you can play an instrument without being able to hear it.

@@calebm.5698 I wear powerful hearing aids that help me “hear” the music. It’s not anywhere near the same as having normal hearing but I’ll work with what I got. I play bass because I can feel it and that helps.

@@Defmusicman1 That’s cool! It’s awesome that you are still playing an instrument despite that.

@@calebm.5698 Thanks, man. Appreciate it.

@@Defmusicman1 You should start uploading videos I'm sure you'll find an audience

it has the same meaning

God and Steve vai are the same person

For the love of Frank Zappa

"For the love of god" is an italian saying "Per l'amore di dio", which is an invocation and as a supplication formula. Something like: "Please make it happen, for as much as we love god". This has little to do with Mr. Vai or his talent, he just borrowed the saying, probably from his italian grandma, to name this beautiful song, probably thinking: "Please make it happen, for as much as we love god" and he did did the his best to succeed...

Gio Frongia is also an spanish expression por el amor de dios

Also at 6:21🥲

5:38 I like when he does this stuff. The force is so strong.

Absolutely

It’s 4:13 for me, just that one high D note over that E chord just… 😩🤤

Malmsteen has been doing orchestral stuff for a long time I think.

@@spaceboy3101 Its pretty pretentious thought to be honest

@@eldenboi8354 well malmsteen is not bad at all but steve vai is different

@@agustinquindimil6594 Yeah i meant steve, he's a great guitarist but he seems very arrogant

@@eldenboi8354 seems, he truly enjoys playing

sorry for your loss. come listen again

He's with God now❤️🙏be blessed! You and your loved ones🕊

My sister

So sorry for your loss Joel.Your brother always with you in spirit🙏❤️ Hope this song brings you comfort🙏

@@rebeccaoddi5399 Sorry for your loss🙏♥️

:))))))))

Lol

Hhahahahahahaha

🤣🤣😭☠☠☠

Awesome to see that people are still coming to watch the amazing performance

Vai is a musical genius

Is it hard because of all that you have to do with your hands?

@@jazzielarias4300 The most difficult part is to capture the emotions

Very hard even for those who play guitar

I tried to do that.. and nothing happened. 😅😅😅

@@randyarman5978 i tried too and it just feels so wet after that.

It was just timed feedback the blowing didn't actually do that unfortunately took me a long time to find that out lol

@@stanklizard7961 its the sustainer, watch his right thumb when he blow on the string

You're all wrong. He noticed the strings were smoldering...

Because he stole it

The people who dislike this say that "Steve Vai has no feel he's too technical"

Even with a whammy bar I think you have to start utilizing it from early on in the way these uber-guitarists do. I got whammys and I never used it like this so I sound like a noob even after 20 some yrs playing pretty fast stuff. He got some skillz, holmes!! lol

Most of them are friends of Buttered Potato's wife :D

You want more than a wammy bar, you want a high-end floyd rose too. Unless you just wanna wammy casually.

Ciauscolo Lollobrigido I’m glad you found this. It’s very moving and grabs your soul and takes you on a journey . Perfection 👍🏻

He wrote the orchestration

He used to practice at least 10 hours a day, and it shows. You can hear a lot of Zappa in his playing and you don't have to listen very hard.

Yes it is lol

Hahaha

This hilarious but not liking it coz likes count is 69😂

@@sahilvaghela585 can i?

:)

😆

Haha so fuckn funny.thank you!

JAJAJAJAJAJJAJ IM DYING!!!!!!!

Lol

Lol

i see it as epic

56 years old and brings a tear to my eye as well. So much emotion.

@@toddbarta5054 try comfortably numb's 2nd solo

​@@joan9955 this is better imo

@@FunkadelicPancho oh nice but try the pulse version they extended the solo

I never do either. ❤️‍🔥

but he's doing nothing bro

+Chuchi 98 No Shit

+Chuchi 98 How stupid are you?

How To Get A Massive Chest I am not a stupid

+Chuchi 98 that's the point of the joke

Check out "i know your here" equally as beautiful.

This was my introduction to him too,

Colin Ferris “passion and warfare”. Best album.

Ive tried tp like him. Cant stand his note arrangements and harmonics. Technically there right, but man are they god awful to listen to. Cant stand his music but hes a cool guy for sure.

If it wasn't for JOE SATRIANI !!!

***** Hohoho. I stand corrected. :)

Timliu92 ok

That's where some guitarists lose me: wasted notes. Watch a video of Eric Johnson playing Cliffs of Dover live and the ability is INSANE, but he takes two minutes before he can make me feel anything. Mr. Vai, on the other hand, has me soaring in feeling from beginning to end.

XistoKente there's some real morons on here that say he is ...ahem....Mechanical, no heart, plays too fast, no feeling , just makes noise..wastes notes..whammys too much, and is not innovative...I just have to shake my head in disgust. I've never heard people deliberately go out of thier way to try to not like his ability...there must be alot of disgruntled guitarists who can't play fast or something, it makes me laugh..they hate it if someone has more of a gift than them. Morons that don't practice thier guitar. They see someone who actually has talent and they have to try to pick apart every detail they can. Hilarious!

Guitardudeguy TMark/Osh i think they were being sarcastic when they say steve has no feel😄

Soy Chilena

@@margotarancibia172 No soy un buen hablante de español, pero debo admitir que tu historia me sorprendió mucho. Es muy difícil ver a alguien con tan buen gusto musical como tú o los tuyos.

I’m 25. My dad always listened to joe satriani and Steve vai when I was a kid. Only now do I realize that his taste in music was beautiful! I love it

Y yo soy la mas joven 🙈

Margot, si siempre le gusta esta musica, nunca va a envesejer como yo. Tengo 66 y siento que tengo viente.

This comment made me laugh so fucking hard 😂😂😂😂😂

Evil Smile邪惡之笑 ahhahahahahahhaha

#Masturbarion

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My favorite comment. GG

😂😂😂

Oh shut up!

@@endingwithoutbeginning1683 ???

I think the same as well hahaha

Nah. He was like "All this orchestra garbage. I can't wait to rock this stage!"

not really, he lifted the main melody from kung fu tv show theme ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rvu5YcmYhSQ.html

In the lenguaje of the gods, the music

exactly

Obey Buzro - Leader cool

No, it's more than beautiful... can't be described...

True!

and I'm only 17

I'm only 1 month

+Sheldon Cooper wow, and you can write already That's some cool shit

I am not even born

I view about 20 mil of those 23. sorry

Duuuude 😂😂

Bruh 😭😂

That’s so funny lmao

A+mazin 😇😂👊🥵😄😄

the WORST..😭