Steve Vai - (1991) For the Love of God [from "ExpoSevilla 1992"]

Participación de Steve Vai como parte del programa "Virtuosos de la Guitarra" en las festividades musicales previas a la Expo Sevilla 1992 a 500 años del encuentro de 2 mundos 1492-1992.
Fecha del concierto: 19 de Octubre de 1991

[@wolfamper3861]

I was there. Try to imagine a 17 year old boy obsessed wirh guitars listening to this...I was shocked. Never had seen so many people stood in silence, just listening..

[@vagelisdiamandis7565]

This song is the perfect example of combining technique and emotion...what a great time for electric guitar indeed

[@palopo-t3v]

I was there. I'm old.

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

I’m a teenage Steve Vai fan, and I can’t tell you what I would give to see when Vai was on top of the world like this

[@palopo-t3v]

@@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316 I don't really remember much. I was 10 years old. I was visiting the Expo in Sevilla with my parents.

[@Fili-Guitar01]

Damn.... I wish I was there, sad that I wasn't born there....this would be my favourite historical event! 💯🎸🎶💕

[@barrymitchell6444]

This first live performance of the song stole the show at the Guitar Legends Rock Night, despite other players such as Satriani, Walsh and May. Stunning.

[@orco4es612]

First time i listened steve vai, on Spanish TV in 1991. I have it on a VHS tape recorded from this broadcasting. The whole set. Joe satriani set too. Always remember for the love of god as something imposible to play at that time :). Is a soundtrack of those years for me.

[@ptose]

exactly the same experience, I recorded a vhs of this show of both Vai and Satriani and I watched it countless times with a friend. We had just started playing and I had never heard anything like this kind of virtuosistic playing.

[@dylanbodenheimer3722]

Steve Van With Neil Murray, Cozy Powell and Rick Wakeman. AMAZING!!!!

[@David-Garcia-Soto]

Yo tuve la gran suerte de estar presente en ese concierto. Pero hay una cosa en la descripción del vídeo que no es cierta. Esa actuación se celebró en un festival en Sevilla llamado "Leyendas de la guitarra" en el antiguo Auditorio de la Cartuja que actualmente se llama Auditorio Rocío Jurado. Y también he de decir que no fue durante la Expo92, sino que fue un año antes, concretamente en Octubre de 1991.

[@danielramirezfigueroa2613]

Great!!!

[@antonioanchiraico4542]

Excelente comentario amigo

[@Chechonator82]

Justamente se llama guitar leyends expo 92 Sevilla ahí lo dice en la descripción.. ahora en el escenario dice gigante expo92 😂...

[@yancheung8424]

This performance is the first Love of God.

[@Petruccifan77]

Ahhh yes the first live FTLOG gotta love it

[@chinguero]

Still I feel those goosebumps exactly like that day

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

This was the time where Steve Vai became the untouchable guitar messiah he is today. The truest guitar songs and most impressive guitar solos are the ones where it feels like the guitar itself is as much a voice as the human voice, where it feels like the guitar is trying to tell you something. And that is exactly what is going on right here, right now. It is the most incredible thing; a man with so much adoration for his instrument in such spiritual and profound sync with it and the song. Vai’s technique here is exceptional, but here, he plays every single phrase, every single second, like the guitar is speaking and he believes every single word it’s saying to the audience. A perfect representation of the culmination of the underlying meaning of “For The Love Of God” as we recognise it today, so much that it embodies Vai as a musician perfectly; blistering technique combined with wondrous soul, emotion and flawlessness, faith and scepticality…passion and warfare. Steve Vai may not be the most recognised guitarist in human history. He may not stand at the same levels of Jimi Hendrix, and his music may be dismissed as too much for the ears of some. But Passion & Warfare is a journey of a million emotions, dreams, states of mind, stories, universes, tenderness and magnificent spiritual beauty that our material minds cannot begin to fathom. When we resonate with it, this man’s music has a profound ability to tell us something that we cannot translate into known words, but our souls and hearts know better than we can comprehend. And that is why it works. This is why Steve Vai sits among the greatest makers of music ever to walk the earth. And I hope that this video inspires others like him to stand up and show the world what they can do, but also that it shows others how desperately our society NEEDS these people. Just something to think about maybe.

[@selene-dancarinaplanetaria8746]

2023, e eu aqui retomando.. sentindo prazer em ouvir esse solo ❤🔥 Foi feliz e eternizou com esse som. Salvee Stive Vai !!!

[@kiollaplay2041]

Eu tbm mano muito foda

[@encarnaruizgarcia3798]

Queridos señores de KZbin: uno no pone anuncios en medio de una actuación de Steve Vai. Hombre, parfavar... 🙄🤦🏼😹

[@officialgreenson4201]

Forgive them lord,they just want to earn some money😢

[@encarnaruizgarcia3798]

@officialgreenson4201 😄💯

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

They only want some money, but still…blasphemous, why would you put it right before the ambient bit of the song?! 😢

[@leonardofigueiredo6012]

Sem comentários.... apresentação espetacular.....grande músico.... performance impecável..

[@meamemenos2548]

Uau! Q Performance Incrível.

[@fonsidelgado4486]

Simplemente... Alucinante. Thank you very munch from spain.

[@Bcrichbitch123]

What a line up. !!! Powell, Murray, Wakeman and Vai!!!! Damn !!

[@liys540]

whitesnake members with one of yes

[@rksguit]

When I first really listened to this on Passion and Warfare it seriously blew my mind,now 26 years later seeing/hearing this Masterpiece note for note is Whoa,and Cozy too wow,Thank You.

[@EasyGuitarNow]

best version of this song !! :) ever !!

[@krikeyitstimeforcricket967]

Absolutely brilliant! Pure inspiration. Steve Vai, thank you!

[@smauri]

EPIC RECORDING. I remember it like if it was yesterday watching it at tv... but I did not realised it was Steve’s first live performance of “For the love of God” 😍😍😍

[@jnsgn8258]

Not sure why he said that, as he played it on the Whitesnake tour of 89-90.

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

@@jnsgn8258 I think this was the first full performance of the song, at Whitesnake shows he had only played snippets of Passion & Warfare

[@rayjay6941]

Best performance I’ve ever seen !!

[@cristianojedamiranda8874]

Maravillosa creación....una obra maestra!! La mejor obra en guitarra sin duda...por el amor a Dios. Genial Steve Vai 💙

[@antonioanchiraico4542]

Simplemente lo hizo, el mejor espectáculo de guitarra en la historia steve vai para mi eres el mejor guitarrista del planeta, superaste los décadas a tu maestro joe Satriani que tbn toco esa noche y no sorprendió al jurado, steve te sigo desde el 2006 y eres mi inspiración ya a mi edad creo q me es imposible igualarte o kisa acercarme tu nivel es de un Dios por algo naciste el 6-6-6o... eres la bestia... Lima Perú

[@blaakhawk]

Ved very smooth rock instrumental. Steve Vai is a Beast on the axe

[@meamemenos2548]

Eu Sou Apaixonada Por Vc Steve Vai...Homem Como Vc Estava Se Sentindo Qdo Criou/ Compôs Isso...Vc Eh Um Gênio Musical Homem...Simplesmente Abençoado...Eh Algo Divino...Vc Tira As Pessoas Desse Mundo Baixo...Vc As Eleva...As Felicita...Um Poder Mágico Da Melodia...Da Música...Algo Q Deus Criou Lá Nos Céus De Início...

[@alonsogallardorodriguez6429]

Mi padre fue. La mejor interpretación del tema.

[@ManolofRei]

..por estos tiempos conoci a este dinosaurio,maestro,artista,genial..y todo un espectaculo para la historia.Uno de los más grandes..hoy..también!Suerte Steve Vai..hasta siempreeee!

[@walkirsilva4941]

este tema te atrapa en un clima muy mistico y espiritual!!!

[@AstorSkywalker]

Es la escala Lydian, igual que Flying in a Blue Dream de Satriani, el '91 fue un año increible para mi escuché por primera vez a esos 2 guitarras esos 2 albums que cambiaron mi vida, desde aquel entonces has hoy aun los escucho y todo lo nuevo que hacen y toco esas canciones en guitarra

[@nestorenriqueleiva]

Parece que hace un agradecimiento a Dios, y luego una plegaria o un lamento. Lo dice todo con la guitarra, ni siquiera necesita palabras.

[@SIR0777]

Still the best version ever recorded

[@meamemenos2548]

Power. The Sky. The Paradise.

[@paramdayalsinghalvatro4526]

Es una mi er da, q KZbin tenga tal falta de respeto de poner publicidad en medio de esta magnífica canción y sobretodo en el clímax. Im Be Ci Les.

[@GUNO6]

"For the love of God" is the only famous song I have heard and seen developing over time and giving more finishing and shape and by time it is fully developed it is the greatest song ever. Steve Vai is great.

[@0othman0]

4:40 , best part for me, i love fast playing on low strings

[@OtBe]

Thanks for reminding me I have all 5 nights of this concert in my archive.

[@Modernweaponsystems]

Amazing as always

Best live FTLOG ever...i belong to this generetion of vai "lovers"... make me cry first time i saw it... not the same for the more famous g3 96 version....."first time i play for an audience..." 🙌🙌😈💚

[@moiseslacerda6586]

Gênio da guitarra!

[@meamemenos2548]

❤❤❤

[@jomipi71]

Fully impressive! I was there!!

[@manuelfcodelacovamorillo-v8405]

+José María Pinilla Gómez ...I was there too¡¡¡¡.....glorioso¡¡

[@swamisMotelBand1]

his fingers are too perfect for guitar

[@simompearson3623]

Magical

[@officialgreenson4201]

maybe this is steve first time perform this piece,and my favourite live is when he was in G3,1997!

[@boozytone]

the best version for me

[@ledholm]

Nice sound!

[@MrMetalhead6]

That riff at 4:06 is the catchiest guitar noises ever. i want tabs for it.

[@UnbiasOP]

that one got to me too.. dammm

[@MajesticManabe]

That's the best part of the whole video

[@MrPiccoloFan]

I was there..... watching this live on TV in my house

[@rosalindasalazar134]

Lo amo !!!

[@laodeslao2007]

gracias a dios.steve vai esta en la tirra

[@stitcha123]

7:20 only time you’ll see him pick that riff

[@CitizenCarrier]

Even though his guitar may be a little out of tune. I LOVE his tone here. Marshall amps and Dimarzio PAF Pro pickups! This was a couple years before Dimarzio made his Evolution pickups for him. I think between the Marshalls and the PAF Pros, this tone kills his new tone. Just my opinion of course.

[@velosouk]

+TheAxe4Ever Indeed !

[@donsmith5385]

I totally agree! He was playing Lawrence pickups in his green meanie for a while, these PAF PRO pickups were supposed to be a refined version, I have always liked this pickup, like a SD with less winding, his tone with these pickups I think was the best

[@flavy1000]

Mine , too.I love this more obscure one..

[@an0daw]

For me, 1996 G3 live sounds way better.

[@chrisjames6327]

Amateur guitar dufus's, who probably can't even play the basic riff/hook, advising on guitar tuning. It's not out of tune 😂

[@luisramos8785]

Descubri el caballero negro es Steve Vai. Sonido unico ondulante.Es espacial.

[@meamemenos2548]

Lord.

[@emilianoscelzo4723]

500 años del genocidio ,que encuentro de dos mundos

[@meamemenos2548]

Perfect Substance. Grecian God Man. Play Guitar. Play Guitar . Intimity whit her. Your Lover Perfect Steve Vai. She 's Cry's of Love whit You...

[@User-vy9yx]

3:49 is simply beautiful

[@NicolasLaucirica]

one can really tell the evolution on his playing comparing it to what it now is

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

He’s changed because of age, but I think he’s kept himself together extremely well, especially in comparison to someone like Yngwie.

[@Richtofen155]

I Believed Steve Performed This For The First Time.

[@rocktr182]

Nopp..played att Donnington in 1990..with Whitesnakes😉🤘

[@vinyl5186]

Cozy Powell!

[@giuseppmetallic8872]

R.I.P. Cozy Powell

[@stefanog.8781]

❤️

[@verminfawlty-arat.5650]

Definitive performance of this...

[@meamemenos2548]

Artcs Save's Too.❤

[@MetalproF1]

G O D

[@meamemenos2548]

Eh Vc Eh Lindo...

[@johndinsdale4454]

Remember watching this live on TV. Shame they cut Brian May looking awe struck seconds after this. The look on his face was a picture.

[@PozerKiller]

He did. He never played the full song with Whitesnake...

[@christschinwon]

5:33 did he just get a massive electric shock?!!!!!!!!!

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

No, this is just the way he performs. See urban legend has it that he doesn’t play guitar, he makes love to it. Do I believe it? Yes I do.

[@Linuxtrojan]

74 likes...7k views.....I don't want to live on this planet anymore.... :(

[@aidencantrell8534]

Before he had his signature amps called legacy amps

[@Chrisuk-xg6tz]

Dont like widdely diddely guitar usually.But...This is the best widdely diddely guitar i've ever heard!.

[@jcdenton616]

Asssuming you yet haven't, you should definetly listen to the studio version! Way better!

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

Vai’s more than just twiddly widdly guitar stuff. It’s fine not to like his stuff, and I can understand why people can’t listen to it. But it’s much more emotional and intelligently composed than the pure wankery that people mistake it for.

[@Emolga2225]

meu pai

[@MotiveUnknown]

it makes no sence that this would be the first time he performed it in front of an audience, I have him performing it live in 1990 with whitesnake on dvd??

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Yep he played it at Donnington Park, UK during Monsters of Rock in 1990 with Whitesnake.

[@raz0rcarich99]

He didn't play the full song then.

[@michaelrains64295]

That solo is legendary. I saw that your. Incredible.

[@astrato]

B R U T A L 💪💪

[@CyberAngel_v01]

5:01 - 5:04 fantastic

[@snrdmnd]

What is it with cameramen filming guitarists? Do they not research it before they film? I was waiting for him to start focusing on his boots because he pointed the camera everywhere apart from where he should have been focusing considering he was filming one of the top guitarists on the planet at the time. So frustrating for people who actually play the instrument to watch.

[@juliomora666]

Out of tune??? I don´t know how you can say that's out of tune.... That guitar is not on earth, it's flying through the outer space. With that sound distorsion being "in tune" is imposible at a the greater part of the song. Simply sideral !!!

[@jcdenton616]

It is 100% out of tune. I assume you're not a guitar player, because if you were, you'd hear that. And by no means do I mean that in a dick way, I'm just saying that if your ear isn't super tuned up, then it may be tricky to hear how out of tune the guitar actually is. Again, no disrespect.

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

Yeah, it’s ever so slightly out of tune. Just a smidge sharper. Very difficult to notice though, and I actually think it sounds just as beautiful as it does when it’s in tune.

[@matthewdrake9699]

He says the word ‘audience’ in an English accent?

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

It’s his Long Island accent. It’s a mixture of the general American accent with the tiniest smidge of a strong New York accent on the words with “au” and softer consonants. Makes it slightly gentler.

[@ottaviostepan3725]

Le sue gambe sono due ossa! DUE OSSAAAAAA!😂

[@varkonyiguitar]

Is it just me or is he really badly out of tune? Love the song, though, always been one of my favorites. Amazing player.

[@MrWhiteRabbitt]

+cabomano It's the "Jimi" approach and have it sound like a unique voice. That's the excuse I would use at least, but Steve don't need no excuse, so yes it is out of tune but it still sounds incredible!

[@Nightshade1881]

God damn I must be tone deaf :/ I can hear when he's out of tune... Well at some point it does sound off to my ears but maybe I just don't want to believe it lol

[@Bcrichbitch123]

cabomano dude stop smoking crack

[@rogerwalters9557]

Nah, the rest of the band are out of tune with Stevie!

[@TheDevice357]

cabomano it's his sound He cant control it, it's a lot of noise

[@fcamiola]

Is that Wakeman??!!

[@RudySlute]

The one and only!

[@simompearson3623]

Blinding

[@eversonabreu]

Rick Wakeman on keyboards?

[@RUTGERMORTENSEN]

+José Everson de Abreu yep It is indeed

[@alangutierrez6432]

Cozy Powell on the drums?? 🤔

[@samuelsanchezbonsai1044]

Yes. The great Cozy Powell the better drummer on the history. Sorry for my eanglish

[@gabrielleao2014]

O que é e o que significa o simbolo que está no centro do crucifixo que ele está usando nesse vídeo?

[@meamemenos2548]

No Descrition.

[@jefferyjet1443]

i like guiter player is steve via.

[@JavierMartinez-rz4vc]

Who’s the drummer? Cozy Powell?

[@jbsharma9766]

did he played with whitesnakes/?

[@jmatthews7228]

What a pro. He had to have heard how out of tune that guitar was and still bent those off strings into tune and put on a show

[@jnsgn8258]

It doesn't sound out of tune to me vs. the album version. I think he just uses a lot of distortion.

[@jcdenton616]

@@jnsgn8258 No, dude. It's 100% out of tune. Just play a guitar (If you can play) over this video, and hear the notes clashing.

[@paulohenriquearaujodesousa4627]

Baterista parece q tá tocando lambada

[@lorrainemosery4695]

tibetan singing bowls

[@chrisjames6327]

It's not out of tune. He's playing it in a slightly higher key than you are used to. And he's also doing slightly different whammy bar bends than you are used to. He said it's the debut performance. That he obviously decided to do slightly differently than the album version.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

His guitar is out of tune.

[@tiagoaoa]

Was he playing without a metronome? To me it doesn't sound out of tune, but sounds like he was rushing.

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

Well it wasn’t technically his show I don’t think. I think it was something Brian May was doing and Vai and Satch just got invited. But at the time, Vai was one of if not the biggest name of electric guitar on the planet. Passion & Warfare had gone golden and was captivating millions of people, so it was common politeness to give him this opportunity to play what is now his most popular song to this day. He may have been rushing a tiny bit, but he certainly took his time with the ambient section at the end.

[@tiagoaoa]

@@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316 You are very kind for replying to this 4 year old comment. I had forgotten about this video, but fortunately you stumbled upon it and clarified what I was questioning. Thank you so much.

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

@@tiagoaoa Not at all, sorry for bothering ya.

[@mykylc]

His guitar tech should be flogged.

[@anuraggill1162]

Guitar of Steve Vai.. is out of tune....how it's possible....but he just go through the gig for the sake of show....

[@agusdin3838]

Good morning, i am "roses music shop" jl. Ciniru no.28 pasar ngenthak- dhayu- ngleghok- blithar- east java- indonesian- asian tenggara-asian, steve vai god's guitar world such as: yngwie malmsteen, paul gilbert, ritchie sambora, slash,etc. Stars guitar world now.

[@vasishtakanthi4231]

out of tune it seems... lol ... he's spot on... the vai way

[@johnsonvideos7459]

Mistake at 4:08

[@xianlinsu1512]

Johnsonvideos He does much better these years, I think he may have changed some notes for easier live playing, because this version sounds different from the record version, especially the fast legato part.

[@samueljohnson2827]

Did anyone else catch the mistake at 4:07

[@Dcba964]

Samuel Johnson Not a mistake, he did that to prove he is as human as we are.

[@azer8308]

Feel better? your life must suck so hard

[@ladyjane8023]

There are no mistakes. Everything was perfect, and you're obviously boring, so you're trying to be smart. Enjoy this perfection or go away.....

[@JanneOksanen]

Ugh... the guitar is out of tune... :(

[@AmariTheKingOfYT]

you guys are like blind men criticising Van Gogh... so sad :(

[@chrisjames6327]

It's not. Guitar amateurs just like saying douchebag things like "it's out of tune" so it makes them sound like they know something about playing. Then they go home and massacre Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple

[@jcdenton616]

@@chrisjames6327 Uh dude, the guitar is 100% out of tune. It's not Vai's playing, it's the guitar. I don't think anyone in this comment section is critizing Vai.

[@chrisjames6327]

@@jcdenton616 you reply to 3 year old comments. I admire that

[@bu7092]

Track is out of tune