Steve Vai Building The Church

Steve Vai--Building The Church--where the wild things are
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[@jennifer10101979dmf]

Thank you guys

[@kennethjacot88]

Anytime! Love how he plays, Just AWESOME!!😎🤟🎼🎵🎶🎸

[@pitchforkpeasant6219]

Thank YOU!😊

[@kennethjacot88]

YOU'RE WELCOME!! LOVE THIS MAN, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIS STYLE OF PLAYING. ITS JUST FUCKEN AWESOME!!!!!😎

[@fairwarning007]

Ad block or not, placing double commercials in the middle of this masterpiece reserves you a spot in the ninth circle of Hell.

[@swatterbirdwatts6680]

I didn't get any commercials ? I must not be worth it...... ??????

[@DroGodina]

In ALL N9ne circles. ^_^

[@aghoriguitarist]

I got single one

[@fuljostrujec2845]

agreed

[@alanmenescal3487]

You are fair right

[@rx0623]

He looks like an Final Fantasy boss. aawesome

[@unowhavethebiggay1430]

Raffa omg i love all of thim

[@funnyperson4027]

Raffa that is the most accurate description I’ve every heard. You’d have to beat him by out shredding him

[@NolalanD]

@@funnyperson4027 He's the final boss on Guitar Hero.

[@Keysounds0]

The object is to destroy each ring from his necklace. When one is destroyed he becomes temporarily stunned.

[@gargor51jaja]

@@NolalanD he's the final boss on crossroads

[@renukabageyawadi5774]

1:50 see that reflection? It only happens with guitar lords

[@TORVI8]

He used starpower

[@heyguys4174]

probably😁

[@aurelius5534]

When I saw Steve live his guitar's light beam hit my eye ....I am the chosen one

[@fingerboardsketchiness6019]

Guitar wizardry

[@jared_s2]

I love the way he moves. Reminds me of a mystical wizard! :D

[@user-cm6oy4mr9u]

master of space guitar

[@jared_s2]

Ирина Ветрова ha ha. Space Wizard

[@ithaca976]

Well... What do you think he is?!

[@gizmonovack]

Maybe it's his outfit

[@ECCvideo78]

He actually is a wizard. You are a wizard Steve !

[@natepark2973]

Can we just talk about how incredibly complex that improvised solo was? Bruhhh Impossible to duplicate.

[@albertking6646]

im little bored with vai sound ... but this "mf" is from another planet

[@viniciuspessoa3872]

Why to duplicate? Find your own voice

[@badaxeginger]

My God. This guy is an inspiration. I've been playing for like 12 years, and I can do a lot, but I'm still nowhere near that. The sheer level of musicianship this guy has, not to mention his songwriting and composing ability, is unmatched. I've watched this, For the Love of God, and I'm the Hell Outta Here over and over since I started playing, and watching these videos still blows my freaking mind.

[@AGKaiju]

And he fasted for "For the Love of God", during its composition.

[@badaxeginger]

+Kobra Ortiz wow, really? That's so cool

[@AGKaiju]

+BadAxeGinger To quote, "I do try to push myself into relatively altered states of consciousness. Because in those states, you can come up with things that are unique even for yourself."

[@badaxeginger]

+Kobra Ortiz that's really interesting. a lot of people drink or do like heroin or whatever and he's over here fasting lol

[@agustinherrera4519]

@@badaxeginger LSD guys

[@Daxter5150]

This performance is a masterpiece!

[@MakMuk]

in what sense hoss? how so? masterpiece? you being sarcastic?

[@brandonrickett19]

Steve vai is perhaps the greatest guitarist of all time……in my eyes at least. I’m just going to put it bluntly. Love this man.

[@LtheDetective]

Vai definitely inspired me alongside Prince to pick up the instrument

[@imoffendedthatyouareoffended]

@@LtheDetective never really liked prince growing up, but over the past few years of music production I’ve started liking a lot of music I didn’t like. Probably should go back and give prince another chance or two.

[@josephbes3567]

Check out his master

[@walterwhite3372]

@Vincent Junio imo evh has never been dethroned as the greatest guitarist of all time. like the fact that he improvised the beat it solo on the spot blows my mind

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

Let me rephrase that.. Steve vai is the greatest 😜👍

[@hchoe741]

He and that guitar definitely have something going on outside of business

[@annetteclardie7121]

Yeah and it's pretty HOT!

[@lucasamoriim5126]

The tapping part, the leading line, the rhythm part, the use of the pedals, the soloing. Vai is a fucking god

[@nicholastzilinis3832]

dont forget the hair

[@dylannnnnnnnn]

​@@nicholastzilinis3832 Never forget the hair

[@JaneDoe-ql7sc]

He's absolutely fantastic, and his bassist rocks, and the violinists are fabulous, and the drummer is awesome and all are totally groovy!!!

[@zendakk]

Definitely an epic lineup. There's some absolutely fantastic bass work during the free improv.

[@diegolatorre6793]

Yo that bass was SICK, you could feel the way it pumped with the drums. The band clearly knows what it takes to sound good.

[@larrypresnall5360]

Agreed! Notice as well, how the other guitarist is given no time to shine?

[@notyetskeletal4809]

This shampoo commercial gave me a panic attack.

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

That's the funniest thing I've heard all day... hahahahahaha

[@DekkarJr]

rroflmao

[@chrisgentry7242]

Haha that's funny.

[@NRG56]

Lmaooo

[@kevbienchingas]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@annecrabtree5086]

Love guitarists that perform with their whole body

[@MUKESHKUMAR-pf6vp]

Steve is a master.. Its such a divine experience to see him playing guitar..

[@Prossdog]

I’ve listened to this song probably hundreds of times. And this still gave me the chills.

[@diegolatorre6793]

Does he, like, ever, screw up or miss a note? Doesn't fail any single bend, divebomb, whatever, he just goes for it or it comes to him, it's insane.

[@GCshredder]

Post-production

[@brianwalker9079]

I'm seeing him live next Saturday, and I have ridiculously good ear, so I guess we'll find out.

[@michaeleways3274]

@@GCshredder No way ! I have seen him live and in person with Devin Townsend at Hammerjacks in Baltimore, Maryland. More like real-time, spontaneous expression. It's what happens when you push your limits beyond what's possible, in to the impossible, and then, get out of God's way and let the Spirit flow through you. It's supernatural ! Channeling the Spirit.

[@nsiderultimaseth]

I have seen Vai miss a pinch harmonic. The real trick to playing at a high level is not to never make a mistake, but to move past it so seamlessly that the audience can't pick it up. Eric Johnson even chokes a note on the famous live recording of Cliffs of Dover, but he doesn't falter for a second (though in the video you can see him shake his head in disappointment). That said, Steve Vai is insanely accurate. Especially considering his theatrical physicality.

[@robertsmith262]

As soon as I read your comment, I heard it at 6:50-6:51 in the video. Ugh!

[@r.joseph8911]

I love when he morphs into Sandra Bullock at that one point during the ending solo, around 4:34...rofl...seriously though...the man is otherworldly. I'm proud to have been a fan of his since the early 1980s..Alcatrazz..Crossroads..DLR solo early stuff. He channels the Hendrix "church" like no one I've ever seen.

[@luizsilva-kz3fv]

He look's like he's the ultimate Akatsuki member

[@muckymuck_plays2817]

luiz silva From the music village

[@dishankmanjrekar7814]

@@muckymuck_plays2817 it's the sound village

[@jdcsteelers498]

@@dishankmanjrekar7814 @MuckyMuk_Plays so does this mean that Steve Vai was created by Orochimaru????

[@tomahawk4131]

@@jdcsteelers498 Steve Vai created Orochimaru, with his guitar and his wah pedal.

[@ricsouza5011]

LV 20 Bard/Warlock D&D multiclass

[@davidhayes8283]

Steve is very fun and entertaining to watch.He is a wizard!I can't believe some of the comments people make about him on you tube,like he uses the whammy bar to cover up mistakes.I can say with certainty that every nuance and note is carefully planned out,some people just get off on being trolls to get a rise out of others.Just a great musician having alot of fun!

[@zhartheProprietor]

Him and The Satch studied the wammy together for a year straight so yeah, I'm with bruh

[@diegolatorre6793]

It's impossible for that whammy to be not planned, everything just fits PERFECT

[@michaeleways3274]

@@diegolatorre6793 It's impossible for that Whammy, to be planned - As Steve is quoted as saying, the best stuff happens when you say, forget the rules - I'll just do this ! Of course, what you ultimately play is always a product of what you are able to play. You know why Steve Vai plays the way he does ? Because he can !

[@maherf768]

I used to listing to this back when I had the best friends I had in my life, 2 of them died and 2 fled the country. I just wanna cry, man

[@richardrejmer8721]

I keep coming back to this clip and the one of him playing "Now We Run" every few months. . Just to sit and stare and smile and soak in the awesomeness. . .

[@ifluxion]

The techniques used in this song is quite flashy, but in fact, it's not really an impossible guitar performance. I would say, anyone with fairly good experience with the guitar could play this song if they practice. What should be praised is the way Steve Vai makes this song so groovy and beautiful. The song writing of Steve Vai is on a completely different league and so is his way of expressing the song by using WAH pedals. He composes music with a variety of unconventional scales and cords that makes it quite unique and at the same time entertaining with some mysterious feel. Steve Vai plays guitar like an art, not a sport. A lot of people out there do all these funky flashy stuff, but that makes it more of a sport than anything else. Steve Vai is a true artist. The artistic style of Steve Vai is not something you could imitate, much less even come up with such ideas. I love it, I really do. This guy is a once in a century type of guitarist, rather an artist. I really respect him. I really do.

[@marekvodicka]

+ifluxion I agree so much with this

[@LiberTBo]

+ifluxion Thanks for the narrative, but I we wanted to read such flowery descriptions, a quick look into the national online publications such as the Rollingstone.com or anyone else would have slaked or desire for polished knobs.

[@vargohoat9950]

im a fairly proficient guitarist and i can tell you that some of what he does is very difficult to copy..i can play almost anytihng but some things are on another level. a lot is just filler but then you see as good as it gets for riffs, and i doubt very much you could do that. thats what i consisder the mark of a really really good guitarist, does things i cant copy

[@ifluxion]

I didn't say it is not difficult. I said it is not impossible with practice.

[@ifluxion]

Most people can catch that you are a troll. Thank you, now fuck off.

[@nickyelovich3872]

A Flying-V violin. That's new for me. As always amazing grooves and composition by Vai!

[@matthewhonnor]

Got really excited when I learnt the first tapping bit... Then I saw the section at about 3:20

[@JgHaverty]

If you can do the intro, you can do that bit too mate. Keep at it :) just changing positions a bit is all.

[@zeusandliv1]

Matt Honnor Had same problem. Still to this day yet to figure it out. :/

[@lPlanetarizado]

slow down the video and you will know how to do it....I did it, but it cost me a LOT of time

[@GoatMee]

that chord at the end though :D wizardry

[@BlueTransAm83]

Matt Honnor LoL

[@Keepler22b]

This concert is one of Steves best!

[@vargohoat9950]

back again because this is one of my favorite songs, over all the genres i like..vai is just so good for what it is

[@RossoMalpelo_]

Masterpiece, the performance is outstanding.

[@rnelson1415]

Man's up there having a religious experience with his guitar

[@davidluiz389]

every time you feel lonely and depressed...think of what it might be to be steve's bassist...

[@raulperez2308]

He's Brian Beller, the motherfucking Dethklok real bassist. You think he has a sad life?

[@davidluiz389]

Raúl Pérez yeah...with steve vai stealing the limelight at that moment..he does..

[@DanRodriguez1]

Oh, Come on people ...it's a JOKE!

[@davidluiz389]

Dan Rodriguez exactly...

[@raulperez2308]

Dan Rodriguez​ Ikr...I just wanted to follow the joke

[@milosmakovsky6110]

Excellent composition, technique, expression, arrangements. Amazing !!!

[@CodenameCuervo]

This song is one of my favorites of his to see live!!! Rocks man!!!

[@giu7015]

With this dress and those movements he seems some kind of wizard of the guitar

[@Kidgloves1984]

Steve song composition is not usually my favorite, but this song is very well composed and great sounding along with amazing technique, especially the tapping sections that are siiiick..!

[@prajeetbhatt1018]

Steve vai is undisputed Guitar God

[@kennethjacot88]

Steve Vai is the man with his style of playing some WICKED chords on his guitar's!!! Awesome song too, I may add!!!😎🤟👍

[@claudineiloppes1997]

A performance teatral do Vai é simplesmente contagiante, ñ tem como vê o mestre tocar e se portar sem trazer pra si a mesma empolgação

[@extradutyfelt1]

think this song is the steve vai ultimate masterpiece..

[@NEABOY0]

Best Steve Vai performance EVER!!!

[@the812family]

THIS SONG IS MY LULLABY! THANKYOU STEVE FOR MAKING THIS SONG. REALLY APPRECIATE :)

[@josephbes3567]

What's a absolute masterpiece hats off to you Steve, Joe taught you well.

[@gambotage]

What a fucking masterpiece 8 years later WAY ahead of its time. Respect 🙏🏻

[@MauricioGomez-nl5ij]

This one and touching tonges... My favorite guitar songs ever.

[@keenawilde5447]

One of the greatest instrumentals ever written

[@timothydillow3160]

All-time favorite Steve Vai composition, and title.

[@FatPeaceman]

this is the first time i listen to him and i really have to say.. wow ! very nice ! like his sound!

[@kevinmcnna430]

STEVE , THANK YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC !

[@uum6]

"Jesus, take the guitar"

[@sebastiennetgmail]

And give it to steve 😊

[@zgames9336]

That guitar is Excalibur!!

[@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316]

Have only just discovered this fucking banger, but heard a ton of hype about it for ages…now I know why! 🤯

[@benjaminstorez2460]

Wow those guys ! I love that song really pure😊

[@erikwoods8651]

Abstract guitar art. Dude knows that guitar like every possible sound it can make

[@BulkGreece]

Steve inspiration for every modern guitarist in the world

[@joshmuz9018]

.........really

[@ThePhobos100]

Seeing him at a small venue in Leeds 02 arena he was excellent.

[@crimsonendymon]

This is amazing I can’t stop listening to this

[@wiseguy9202]

I love Lexus commercials right in the middle of the crescendo. Thanks.....

[@user-jb7hl8db9g]

What great guitarist this guy is amazing

[@aurelius5534]

I was luck enough to be blinded by this very guitar. Thank Vai it wasnt permanent

[@emmanuelsanjuan9167]

I love the way he moves ... its unique

[@TheOrlie25]

oh Vai you're the wizard!!!!! I Love you man!!

[@CarlosDaniel-cz5oj]

Music with theater. Perfect

[@loppezloppez2806]

É impossível não ficar vidrado no Vai...o cara é um artista de uma performance única.. dança caras e bocas...ele rouba qualquer cena.

[@sexagesimo21]

Loppez Loppez verdade o cara é um show men devia entrar flutuando no palco

[@enriquesalvadorcontrerasva6091]

I love this song 😎

[@TreDogOfficial]

@ 3:25 he goes Super Seyan!

[@tomahawk4131]

@@fredriksvard2603 but 5 years ago i think it was a funny meme.

[@michaelboden3356]

One Of The Best Ever!

[@lenslemonbenzem6907]

my favorite song of himself. after he played here's nothing but there are heavy soul. i hope he play more zappa-era or avangard music.

[@francescodinoia9960]

Magnificent performance

[@pepsicolapowerblaster1846]

I Love the futuristic tonality of this wonderful piece of music. Personally i think this is one of the most consistent, solid piedestal of music by Steve vai. Dont get me wrong, i Love his other stuff none the less. Though he has a tendency to over-indulge in extravagance and ostentation.

[@mpthangoldaz]

an amazing performance !

[@jtcconquer9532]

3:25 on is just mind blowing, fantastic, the man was and still is way ahead of his time.

[@handsomesmartass]

Playing the piano on a guittarre. Brillant

[@julesmainman]

Best electrical guitar performance of all time

[@MrPaulosidney]

Steve Vai, he can even sing through his fingers. Oh my!

[@ricks7665]

i think its funny how the beginning of the outro has another sick tapping part, yea steve that is all this song needs!!!!! the first time i watched this video my jaw dropped to the floor

[@user-gy6rw8by5t]

Человек просто родился с гитарой в руках! Обожаю этого чувака!

[@sadia2028]

Sim, eu concordo parceiro

[@martycarter3306]

The God of all gods...Steve vai is very talented in so many ways...Steve sees music like art..and a vision that is hard to find in some artists...I would loved to see Steve vai and Eddie van Helen on the same stage doing a solo battle....now that would be the ultimate of all times...it would be like the movie..cross roads..but the different is..no one would fail..

[@morkeherrer2024]

THAT GUITAR SHINING IS LIKE A CALL BY THE GOD OF SHREDDING

[@unlvpsychgrad394]

I'm floatin' after that one!

[@speedy9753]

I feel like his feet barely touch the stage, this is outstanding. And Rolling Stone didn’t put him in the top 100’s of all time

[@tomahawk4131]

Rolling Stone made a not very amazing list. 100 guitarist are a lot, so....Steve....why you shouldn't put him in the top 100? I should put him in the top 1 but it's my idea.

[@Blazerghost]

Rolling stone is garbage anyway.

[@michaeleways3274]

@@Blazerghost True

[@Beeraii1]

A goddamn virtuoso. I've moved off this genre and into modern prog/djent, but coming back here there's no denying he's probably one of the best players out there.

[@comandanteThales]

line of bass, ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ....perfect

[@cginsane22]

7:12 oh my goodness, that bend was crazy!

[@aravinda8689]

This is better than the studio version imo

[@GianShines]

I love Steve Vai. Steve I love you man.

[@kacka966]

Steve vai...satriani...honestly,. These person has their own style in music, I don't know what to say buy,. Their music can make me fly away from this galaxy

[@carlosweber9757]

Master of Guitar!

[@jasonbabineau9720]

This is the stuff I look to to get inspired.

[@flashgordon6670]

Some of if not the baddest assest guitar playing known to mankind, especially at and after the 3 min

[@lincthomas7178]

not ONLY is he a God on guitar, but hes a BOSS!!!

[@ozielpereira4262]

STEVE VAI É Ó MELHOR GUITARRISTA DO MUNDO EM SOLO!! SHOW

[@davidconnelly1793]

This is the best live instrumental song on KZbin. The interplay between the guitars and the two violins is incredible. The melodies are complicated but very rich. Not just random crap like some of the jazz that's out there. I don't think that I can even think of a genre to describe this music. It's absolutely outstanding. I don't know if it's just me, but I think there are parts of it that wouldn't be out of place on Jeff Wayne's War of The Worlds Soundtrack.

[@julianmorgan7834]

David Connelly couldn't put it better myself other than best rock composition of all time

[@craigchin]

5:39 me and the boys at the start of a music lesson

[@paulthoresen8241]

Knew the tabs were wrong, I've been playing it the hard way lol, this is so much more comfortable

[@ahmetunal2974]

Vurucu bitane melodik kısım yok,şu adamın şarkıları bu kadar mı sarmaz beni ya

[@besties4life1423]

i love this song steve vai is bad ass .

[@OldScotchtape]

7:16 look how fast and nice he changes that mic selector… beautiful move!

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

You mean the pickup selector. Pretty freaking impressive indeed...

[@Zadesniper]

@@Aaron-zh4kj So impressive I barely noticed it even after it was pointed out and years of watching this video lol

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

@@Zadesniper Reminds me of my guitar teacher who was a Berkeley student. He was very expressive and specific in the pickup setting he'd play on, changing it very often, and I definitely picked that up from him. It used to be a handicap at times. I know many people will camp out on one pickup, for most of a song, but especially lead guitar, it can be a great source of expression. More options and ways to manipulate sound enable more expression. The prime example of this in guitar playing: Steve Vai. Every single parameter he can influence and control, he does, between how he uses the locking bridge, the pickups, the whammy pedal, the wah, the sustainiac/sustainer. He's pushed guitar technology farther than any guitarist in my opinion. Every new thing that comes out, he at least gives it a try, and if he can, he incorporates it.

[@oscarkociancic]

Steve Vai you are a genius!!

[@GuitarDoco]

I like some of his song titles - For the love of God, building the Church....

[@genixia]

That note at 4:35...

[@edculwick1830]

stanky

[@Iheartdgd]

With just a lil pinch of the bar..spicy

[@pedropontesaraujocastro8181]

I think he also stepped on the Whammy on that one, for extra madness.

[@brucegruben140]

The Master taught this young lad all hail Satriani!!!

[@konstantinnestor8955]

Великолепно Маэстро Стив!!!! БРАВО!!!