Platypus wrote:

Ya know, Satriani taught Steve Vai so there's a good reason for this!
( sorry if this was already mentioned below somewhere.....)

Did Joe Satriani also write and perform the theme song to the hit teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210?

loving this one more and more with each listen actually... and i am usually not a big Satch fan at all.

reminds me of Steve Vai's "For The Love of God" somewhat.

After not making a decision on this song for quite a while, I've heard it enough now to say that it's pretty rank. 1.

Go JOE!!!! A 9.

I just turned it up so I guess I like it!

Pretty old, pretty tired, showed it's age when it was new.

thekid wrote:

thanks man. this is good stuff. email me the rest of the album :D

Must ... remain ... calm. Always been a big fan of JS, though I admit his work at times becomes a bit bloated or otherwise overworked. This piece actually turned me back on to him after I gave up on him several years back. I am a bit biased though, I uploaded this one.

I think in it's proper idiom the Orient just means the East - whereas we in the West are the Occidental?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Occidental

Nuance wrote:

rascal420 wrote:

ummm yeah, joe you're playing mid-east scales

Daveinbawlmer wrote:

Because Bill loves you

I'm glad RP played this. I haven't heard much Satriani, but I must say I have a (negative) opinion of him as a self-indulgent overplaying guitarist. This song may have swayed me a bit, as it seems more thoughtful and provocative than just a song intended to show off his obvious guitar prowess.

How about Eric Johnson??

This music is absolutely incredible. Joe may not play the fastest of the most ground breaknig riffs, but take a look at the passion he plays with, that is unmatched by any guitarist I have seen, with the exception of maybe Santana.

NICKNAME wrote:

Here! Here!

Yay Guitar! This is a real fun piece to listen to, and I'm sure that it was even more fun to create!

8)

The album cover looks like (an homage to?) T. Rex's "Electric Warrior."

his stuff is the shiznit if you cannot respect or handle it change the channel its that easy <-X

The album title is misleading.

has a cheesy sound to me. sounds like one of those songs you would get get when you download a media player, not that thats bad. this is one simple mans opinion

for some reason this song reminds me of faith no more's album of the year. I like that dark, powerful feeling of those guitars.

Welcome to Helsinki in June, Satriani, Vai and Fripp!

bluedot wrote:

remove the spike from your ass, please. getting all righteous over that kind of thing is asinine. i bet you're all for metallica copyrighting a certain set of chord progressions because "when people hear them, they expect it to be a metallica song."

looks like you're in need of a clue. as joe1 said, grow up, blue...

Cynaera wrote:

that's usually the best way to go about it. if you like a song, like it. love it. dance to it. sing along with it. that's what i do. people who get all uppity over how "OMG THIS IS SUUUCH A RIPOFF OMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!11111ONEONEONE!!11" need to clam the chi.

I'm the first to bitch about misappropriated riffs, bridges, melodies, what have you. But, when something works on its own, I have to give it some latitude. No one has ever accused Joe of being ground breaking, true, but this works for me.

Sometimes I have to place music in a hermetically sealed void, exclusive of other potential influences(impossible I know), but with this track I can do that, with apologies to the gods of yesteryear.

hmmm...where have I heard this before....oh yeah, that's it! King Crimson about 30 years ago....was Mr. Satriani even alive then? The boy seems an adequate guitarist, but he needs to use his talent to create a little originality.

Daveinbawlmer wrote:

Yeah, there's very little beyond the technique.

Sweet Jesus why are they playing this junk ???

ouch, my ears hurt. Yuk.

Buzzardcheater wrote:

Couldn't agree more. Well said!

Bugs the crap out of me to hear music from someone that is technically perfect, and has absolutely nothing to say. bleh.