Joe Satriani
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Topic: Joe Satriani
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Subject: Joe Satriani
Date Posted: February 28 2005 at 20:56
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Voice your opinion.
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: February 28 2005 at 21:00
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i have only heard his surfing with the alien album, my friend giacas has told me about the sorta music he plays and wot he is like on tour n stuff, sounds like a god to me ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: February 28 2005 at 21:01
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satriani? sure! guitar heroes: 1 vinnie moore 2 malmsteen 3 satriani 4 steve vai flying in a blue dream is THE album! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 28 2005 at 21:01
who the hell is Joe Satriani, I know his name, but never borthered to check out his playing, shame on me , didn't he fill in for R. Blackmore on Deep Purple some blue monday?------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: February 28 2005 at 21:04
 No, he's a soloist. He's sort of an isolated artist... can't think of any other big artists he's jammed with. I may be wrong though .------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
tuxon wrote:Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: February 28 2005 at 21:10
| Eh. Alright. |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 00:41
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My brother was telling me the other day that Satch got his start filling in for Brian Jones shortly after he died during the American leg of that year's Stones tour. Can anybody verify this? ------------- 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 02:43
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He's jammed with Vai and Malmsteen to name but two... and I believe he taught Malmsteen amongst others. Vinnie Moore is a kinda 2nd-rate Satriani... come to think of it, Moore is nowhere near as inventive. Tony McAlpine should appear on any list of "Gods" in this category, but they all share the same failing, with the exception of Vai; They can all play mind-scramblingly fast licks - and tend to, even where fast licks aren't appropriate. They're virtuosos for the sake of virtuosity, generally - although "Surfing With the Alien" has some great moments (title track, Satch's Boogie). In his own right, Satriani is a guitar god. In the context of prog, he's alright - nothing truly boundary pushing except in playing technique, but all these guitarists (with the exception of Vai |
) quickly become mind-numbingly boring and cliched, as they over-use the techniques. Posted By: dropForge
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 02:44
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"Eh. Alright." Joe can play his scales, but he lacks originality. Actually, he may not have any at this point! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 02:54
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I've only heard 'Not of this Earth' and 'Surfing with the alien' neither of which I really liked. There's no doubting the mans skill, but NOTE sounded mostly like elevator muzac to me, and SWTA just irritated me. I'm not a big fan of guitar heroes. I know Joe Satriani is not really a speed guitarist unless the music warrents it; he's more innovative than the likes of Malmsteen IMO, but frankly the lot of them bore me. I'd rather listen to a guitarist who, I think, takes the music more seriously, and is less obsessed with showing how techinically brilliant they are for the sake of it. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 03:34
| Cool rock grooves. |
Posted By: JCProg
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 04:41
Yes. He did play with Deep Purple for a while, before they hired Steve Morse. Surfing with the Alien was a good album, but after that he's been just boring. I wish they would finally give him his Grammy Award, so he could move on and do something new and interesting again. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 04:48
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I'm sure somebody will correct> The story I'm told is Steve Vai, while with Zappa (or just after), decided to improve his guitarwork and ended with the Satriani the guitar teacher. Apparently Satriani's reputation then spread as the master shredder. As far as I've discovered the guy only looks up to is Allan Holdsworth (there is at least one long interview by Satriani of Holdsworth in 80's guitar magazines); ironically I feel the worst Holdsworth or Satriani recording is the one they did together IMHO, Radio Free Albumuth (on a Stu Hamm album of the same name). Personally, I find little to hold my attention across a number of Satriani albums (Surfing With The Alien having its moments). As I've said elsewhere, somebody might be the best musician in the world but without a decent set of tunes/compositions, that musician will keep the musos only happy and the rest of us bored. This tends to be true with other highly skilled/technically able shredders - however, when they do covers then watch out for fireworks! For instance, I've tried 5 Yngwie Malmsteen albums, and find his covers album Inspirations is way ahead, probably because he is playing some great tunes. The pretentiously titled The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology, (you might guess a compilation of Vai's recordings) is also one of those albums which highs of technically ability, and lows in tunes and arrangements - I challenge you sit through it in one sitting. Satriani did take the lead guitar vacancy temporarily in Deep Purple , just before Steve Morse took up the poison challace. I eventually laid my ears on a 20 minute boot - it was so badly mixed that every time Jon Lord played any keys, Satriani was swamped out - however, when Joe did get through the wash, he sounded his own man and fitted the task well. |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 07:12
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He's better than the shredders Malmsteen and Vai (his former student I believe) ... but I sold both Satriani albums I owned ... and left a concert festival headlined by Jethro Tull ... just before G3 (Vai, Satriani and Eric Johnson) came on ... ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: kniprekcor
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 07:24
| satriani, without a doubt is the guitar god you been searching for . |
Posted By: Calvo
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 07:43
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Joe Satriani is the best guitar player in the world!!! That's all I have to say. He was the teatcher of Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett (Metallica). |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 09:12
But he looks up to Allan Holdsworth????????????? |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 09:18
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I found the title track Flying in a blue dream - OK but the rest of the CD was boring and he just lacks the ability to produce interesting music - full stop ! ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:12
| I have a few of his albums and he is definitely a smoking guitar player. I picked up his latest album just before Christmas and it is right up there with Surfing With The Alien I l also grabbed the G3 album with Ywingie and Steve Vai and he is by far the most creative and accessible of the three. My vote went to # 2 cool rock grooves. |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 08:03
| I find him boring........... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 08:15
 great new cd ""super coloassil"" title says it all...
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 08:15
I actually think Stach is the most listenable of all the "guitar virtuosos", he's certainly less of a show off than Vai, IMO. Plus I think he's a much better writer of melodies. |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 08:18
He makes cool rock grooves! satch is not bad at all! ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 08:19
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I think that he really qualifies for the title "guitar god" ... but while he is a true virtuoso, many of his songs can truly be called "boring". Especially his newest album is not the best introduction. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 11:37
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I put alright because I can hear some of his songs...but I get a little bored after a while
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Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 12:13
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SATCH IS A GUITAR GOD! He is up their with Vai, Petrucci an Yngwie as possibly the best four guitarists around at the mo. Possibly the best four virtuoso guitarists around at the mo! ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 12:41
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"f**king Guitar God!" ------------- |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: March 16 2006 at 18:20
| Satriani is great. I think he's the most listenable of the guitar virtuosos, like Forgotten Son said... Strange Beautiful Music is the first guitar virtuoso album I ever bought, but Surfing with the Alien is the best, at least from what I've heard so far. I agree that he does get boring sometimes, and I prefer Yngwie, MacAlpine, Vai, etc. over him, but he's still cool. I'm hoping to see him live next month, and if I have a good time then maybe I'll pick up his new album... |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 00:27
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He is worthy of being deemed a "guitar god," sure, but when you get past his ability and past innovation, his songs and albums aren't very consistent, nor are they really musical masterpieces (maybe with a few exceptions). Most of his material is very straightforward, and that gets tiring for me. I'll give him "cool rock grooves." ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 02:05
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That's somewhat confusing - you're saying that he's the most listenable guitar virtuoso, but then you say that you prefer the others over him. What are your favorite guitar shred albums (top 5)? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 03:16
I meant that out of the guitar virtuosos... more specifically out of hard rock/metal... I think Satriani is the most accessible or beginer friendly for people just getting into that kind of music because his style is not as extreme as guys like Vai and Yngwie but more catchy than guys like MacAlpine (does that make more sense?). 5 Favorite shred albums in terms of shred: Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - (self entitled debut) Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy Tony MacAlpine - Maximum Security Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 03:19
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Nice list! On my website I used to have "Metal Shred" as a category - I just added "Shred" as a rock category. I will add a page which lists albums from those two genres ... So we can determine the best shred album. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 03:22
| Alright, I'll register. |
Posted By: DarioIndjic
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 03:49
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Boring... ------------- Ars longa , vita brevis |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 05:41
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Well, that's interesting... I am just listening "Extremist" and I think he's very good... Maybe not a god but still very good  ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 06:20
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I like The Extremist ... not his best, but very good. I just prefer his more experimental albums (although they're still much less experimental than most Vai albums ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 06:24
I hate the "experimental" albums...it sounds like techno  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 06:32
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You mean Engines of Creation? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 17 2006 at 06:40
And on Crystal Planet ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
