steve vai Crossroads (1986) duel

[@russelljordan1627]

I get the chills every time I watch this scene in the movie "Crossroads" it's a great duel I turn up the volume when come's this part in the movie

[@mramerecka]

Looks like Mr Miyagi finally taught Daniel-Son how to sweep.

[@AmadeoSanz]

Una película llamada cruce de caminos para todos los amantes de la guitarra!

[@AntonioFernandez77]

guapissimaaa

[@DRKALX]

Es lo que dice el Titulo Crossroads-.-....

[@garrattmarius9767]

The most amazing thing about the last part is that he went from an open tuning to standard tuning without touching the tuners.

[@dazedconfused8210]

i rememeber being a kido when this came to movies. we watched it endlessly. we immitated the duel scene. we wore off the soundtrack. still gives me goosebumps to this day. great music in film, god bless ry cooder

[@DrBliss23]

I have loved this movie for decades. Sure; Vai never makes mistakes, but we rarely get paid big pucks to pretend that we do on big-screen Hollywood movies! Grin. It's also fun to watch the first Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure just to know that Steve plays all the stellar stuff in that movie as well. Zappa called him "...my little Italian virtuoso....". Abso-freakin'-lutely!

[@gabe1gambino]

this was something real c o o l, when I was early ´80... and now 2013 it is still moving my mind so shockingly....!!!!

[@52648teedee]

dude, U REALLY know your music. ex husband was a musician, and got me totally hooked on Vai...SO grateful! he's a total gar guitar God...LOVE IT! the fact he played w/ Zappa, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth...WOW! Anyway, ex is how i actually learned of Mr Vai and seriously MAD SKILLS! His style is completely unique to him...totally unmistakably Vai! Passion & Warfare (the album as well as the self titled song) IS a masterpiece! So glad to find someone (U) who knows of what they're speaking! peace :)

[@enidankribal6437]

And the winner is the classic music vs blues music :P Crossroads, ce film est un chef d'œuvre… Tout guitariste qui se respecte devrait le voir ne serait-ce qu'une fois ^_^

[@papatom609]

If I wasn't so old this video would make me want to give up.. Freakin Great.. there's no other way to describe it. Rock On papatom

[@ninometalyears]

Best guitar performance on a movie ever seen.This duel is absolutely amazing and the Nicolo Paganini transcription for electric guitar simply perfect.Even Macchio didn´t play his guitar parts (there are a sinchronicity problem with audio and images)he looks well.I think he can play a little.And Vai...great.

[@guitarshredy9550]

This brings back memory's!

[@kayredburn930]

STEVIE VAI .... CROSSROADS. 1986. CROSSROADS DUEL. SO COOL. LOVE IT.

[@brianmenear4458]

these are the 4min that made me want to learn how to play guitar. still cant play anything from this scene after 20+ years

[@liambeers8458]

Same, but I learned it in 2 months

[@mvhax2ftw352]

Liam AGN5 no need to brag ;)

[@captsullivan]

"Ain't got no chance Blind Dog. You SOLD your soul. You goin' down, all the way down. Hell hounds on your trail, boy, hell hounds on your trail!"

[@aisha06]

I am enthralled by Steve Vai's moves. The bowing robot. Loved it!

[@davidfrazerlewis1]

i could watch this all day lpve this

[@wojtekpil825]

już teraz tak nie grają, super film jeszcze lepsza muzyka

[@carmelasposito4150]

One of the best movies ever. It's always about the musice.

[@gabevero537]

Steve vai novinho !!! Assisti esse filme com uns 6 anos de idade, na band num sábado à noite. Bem no início dessa cena, até um pouco antes. Comecei a estudar guitarra desde então, e passei a ser fã número 1 do gênio da guitarra Steve Vai. Ele inclusive faz as duas partes, tanto o Ralph Macchio como ele mesmo! Até consegue simular o próprio erro no final ! Monstro!

[@wayankoko3296]

first time I watched this video when i was in junior high school, but still good until right now, wow

[@hiromichi0717]

My favorite movie Thank you

[@ppwat2159]

I'm from Thailand .....!!!!!! Like

[@myraalindra2294]

The best scene ever on Crossroads movie. Really like, awesome

[@CloseCallMusic]

I saw this after Eat 'Em and Smile came out, I was only 10 years old hearing Vai & Sheehan for the first time ( my jaw was on the floor then ) I was already playing guitar for about a year when this movie came out in 1986, but there was just something about Vai at the time.

[@TeamFlamingStones]

Can we just leave the fact that Steve Vai played both of these voices as a top comment?

[@garcemac]

He had a couple of the best teachers in music history coaching him. Little Ralph did NOT do a bad job. We all understand that he did not actually play anything. He was an ok actor - and this one of my all time favourite movies. Jeez - Steve Vai is INSANE!

[@davemitchell4551]

No, I'm with you there Ozzmaster, A really great movie with a really great storyline and really great soundtrack. If you divorce yourself from the fact the Ralph Macchio can't play authentic air-guitar to save his life, there's no reason why any music fan shouldn't enjoy it.

[@maxassasin911]

I find this hard to believe...STEVE VAI NEVER MAKES MISTAKES!!!

[@amadeus1369]

de verdad es un agasajo musical ... weeeeee !!! mexico

[@DennisHunt]

That's correct Daniel Lemon. There was an issue of Guitar For The Practicing Musician years ago that transcribed all parts. It was Steve Vai for all the shred / classical pieces and Ry Cooder for the blues / slide parts :) This was one of my all time fave movies as a guitar player :)

[@thesimguy1905]

That Tele has one of the best tones i've ever heard.

[@goran1970anicic]

dva maestra na gitari ry cooder i steve vai.svaka im dala.

[@Emesser1999]

STEVE VAI was [still is] the man .. he played both tracks -

[@danydiaz7263]

que goce steve vai enfrentando a sus acordes... jejejeje..... steve vai VS steve vai....jjj suena muy bien.....

[@megaflex48]

homeboy broke off some classical shit!!

[@periurban]

I'm glad you cut out the bit where Vai makes mistakes. Too painful to even contemplate!

[@periurban]

***** I know, I know! But seeing Vai even pretending to get stuck..... It's too much man! (One of the best films about music ever made.)

[@YAWN2012]

periurban It's just a horror film. This kind of thing would never happen in real life!!

[@periurban]

YAWN2012 Oh man. If only that were true. We stand at that old crossroads more often than we like to think.

[@RsinsRpaid]

IT DID HAPPEN. it is Real Life.... and ahh, as we can see, Ralph Machoman is a WAY better guitarist than Steve Vai,, by decades and Milesss....

[@TheGodThatNeverFail2]

RsinsRpaid hahaha I don't know if you're being serious or it's just sarcasm, both ways you're so stupid

[@el_dee_cee]

Rock and blues meets classical. The ultimate combination. :)

[@mariacarmenlopezvilarino2177]

Me encanta la música, tengo que verla.

[@MsCherryPop3]

Steve Vai is the greatest ever!!!

[@jlittle005]

To have Ralph Machio on the same stage as Steve Vai....even though this is a movie....just complete sacrilege

[@beachbum3432]

this has got to be one of the best video-graphed jam sessions ever. I think Vai won the jam, the way he dances with his guitar.

[@71MARTIND28]

Isn't she? She's an AWESOME dancer!

[@ghislainlambert4958]

This passage reflect absolutely what we try each days...This is great besouse daniel-san love is anger? Finally, the topic of this scene is fight Devil's inside but with love, Leave Ego outside.

[@doolie165]

definition of this movie- classical music is the Queen and basis of all music to follow.

[@FredMateo]

Una de mis peliculas favoritas.....Esto es lo q c llama duelo de guitarras

[@matteojones]

steve vai plays both guitar parts

[@emanhacker]

matteojones not the blues slide parts thats ry cooder but the paginini part yes

[@rjasonrich8334]

Best movie of all times a classic

[@JPstudart10]

Crossroads ...... GREAT MOVIE

[@russrtspooling7702]

Just to let the public know this red guitar of steve vai is on a case at the hardrock in biloxi. It has his signing on it with the date 1985. So cool to see it in person.

[@THACHIEF_73]

THE BEST SOLO EVER! VAI

[@frycookextradonaire]

I love the arpeggio at the end.

[@MaxielLopes]

Nunca a Esteve Vai perderia um duelo desses!!!!!!

[@FrankEnanoza]

Thanks for posting this! Classic

[@SlideQtar]

Having enjoyed this movie since I was a wee one I can say, Yeah. Mostly. Entertaining though when you actually do sit down to watch it.

[@ravenshadow1969]

Ok people who love Steve Vai. His red guitar is an early Carvin model from what I was told by a Carvin guy once at one of the NAMM shows in 1987.

[@MrJazzeman]

Love the overdubbed harmony on the epic last (A5) note.

[@rockerdude529]

love the way the old man first grabs the mic

[@IDIOTBOX555]

I need to watch this scene like once a week

[@bangermccrusher]

Cobra VAI never dies!!!

[@iBiteUranus]

aww i needed the whole thing

[@moldesfashion8074]

QUE RICOOOO...... ES ESCUCHAR ESTO.....

[@lesleyfrancis4630]

I have got to find this movie!!

[@TheAshesOfTheFallen]

If you're talking about that high pitch squeal, it's from dumping the bar and hitting a harmonic on the return. Dimebag Darrel use to do them all the time and you can find videos of him demonstrating.

[@JoneHoftun]

DAT TONE, god damn steve`s got a juicy tone in this movie

[@honeybee908]

If you are looking for swag, you won't find it here. Just hardcore badassery at it's finest. :3

[@FrankEnanoza]

I love that dude's laugh in this.

[@markpogo4892]

Watched that movie 20 times.

[@kevinlcpc]

No doubles for Mr. Cooder who wrote this and played the Macchio guitar. He was perfect as usual.

[@Ozzmaster2112]

Exactly, I could tell right away Ralph wasn't playing a single note that entire movie, but that didn't stop it from being great

[@paist09]

steve vai yg keren gitarnya, yg anak kecil nadanya gampang bgt di ulik,

[@ThrashRoC]

Steve Blows EVERY Other Guitarist Away ! He`s Nr 1

[@ВСЕСЛАВРОСИЧЬ-ъ7о]

С детства люблю этот фильм.

[@noahschwarzott2927]

Whoa, master at work

[@yaboyjuice102]

People would probably hate a remake of this movie, but i sounds like a good idea.

[@The6550s]

@Lightning.. or D1vid.. the guitar may or may not have been used in the actual recording but the guitar was used extensively by Vai in the early to mid-eighties. The actual guitar now (appropriately) resides in Mississippi in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

[@13triki]

I remember watching this movie, and falling in love with that women at 00:14!

[@TeamFlamingStones]

Absolutely, as this only happens to people who's been playing for about a month...

[@ricardojosedossantos6260]

SENSACIONAL !!!!####

[@LeoSilva-cu9ge]

este é um clássico, muito muito muito bom

[@Golgafrinchamdent]

Great... and only cut out HALF THE FREAKING SCENE... what a bargain. Entire scene it seems has been scrubbed from KZbin. Only little tidbits like this one remain. Bah HUMBUG!

[@damham5689]

The slide and blues parts in the movie are by ry cooter, the classical was Steve Via though.. you can watch it on the extras on the dvd...

[@rafaelmedina038]

fabuloso hoy y por siempre

[@elianamt26]

Muito bom mesmo!!Adorei!!

[@HauteGameFR]

Remarquez le gros faux raccord au moment ou Lightning Boy joue en open de Slide de Mi Majeur et que tout d'un coup il se retrouve a jouer du classique en accordage standard, en l'espace de 10 secondes :) Pour ceux qui n'aurait pas remarqué, la totalité de ce passage est joué par Steve Vai, Eugene (Lightning Boy) ne fait que mimer.

[@D1vid3By0]

@Riffmeister12 Well the red guitar used on the stage is just a prop. Steve actually used a Charvel "Green Meanie" guitar if i'm not mistaken. The amp is real though; It's a Carvin x100b ( i have one myself) you can look it up here. It sound fantastic and they go for under $400 bucks!

[@gonzaxbalvix]

win the competition of blues with a piece of classic lol ....anyway is a great movie

[@stankwho]

Great movie! the reason i took up playing guitar

[@parrish778]

Great movie.

[@funkydnz]

Love the slide

[@Phrygian12]

Majority of the blues the kid played through out the film was Ry Cooder. The first part of the duel is basically Vai and Cooder jamming, but yes Eugene trick bag, the name of the piece that was mash of classical exercises and a excerpt of Paganini's 5th caprice was done by Vai. William Kanegiser, if I can remember correctly did all the classical guitar pieces in the film. Vai hardly did any of the music for this film, in fact I think he was a last minute call to play as Jack Butler.

[@janeslaven5647]

Excellent guitar legend, just watched him TV3 news

[@kira75020]

The country part is from Ry Coorder, but the last solo was from Steve vai and the name of this song is eugene's trick bags

[@DJguitarplayer]

when i was 9 i liked this for the black chick and the music, now, i like it for the music.

[@mvaigafaf]

i'd love to see a remake of this movie

[@olegsoltis3305]

steve vai did beat himself. /both solos are payed by one guitarist - SV. Nicely done though! Awesome telecaster promo! Great movie I must say!

[@googlego223]

This is why Steve vi can give accurate,match action while he plays guitar because this movie shows his a good actor!!!!!!!!!!hahahaha

[@TheDarkmoon007]

S.Vai-------------Magicman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garcemac]

Wait, he's laying notes that don't even exist on a Telecaster, but Ralph did a good job faking it. He was well coached. Good movie. I love this flick :)

[@rosemarybrowne227]

Fantastic!