One thing is for sure...Steve Vai totally owns Steve Vai music. Man can that guy play. Awesome performance he nailed it! I saw this tour in New Hampshire.
First time I bought this album in 1996 and this song is my fav, all the details and sound is always on my mind for years. And I finally see live version, and it so crazy amazing
qué interpretación más espectacular, totalmente conectado con el momento y con una expresividad y entrega emocional únicas... fíjense cómo termina el tema, después de esa pifia, sonríe con una humildad en actitud de por favor perdónenme, luego lo aplauden (porque cómo no, menudo monstruo que es), y ahí de nuevo vuelve a agradecer con una sonrisa de gratitud aún más grande, y ahí se inclina y se entrega a la gente. Grande Vai, siempre mi maestro desde que comencé en la guitarra!!!!
When a bloke suggests to me, through the medium of music at least, that we should make love - I usually make my excuses and leave. Yet there are exceptions to every rule , and this is a text book example of one such divergence. So, to underline the point, I might just make myself comfortable and see what else the night has in store for me. But in truth, I'm off shopping for sauerkraut and the devil's haemorrhoids. Vernacular for brussel sprouts. Where would Christmas dinner be without the latter? Thanx uploader, that made my day!
That's amazing....So difficult to play even for Steve Vai who compose in 1985...So that's rare moment in the Passion and Warfare Anniversary Tour you can watch this.
Yeah, The Riddle is an extremly difficult song to play - even Steve Vai himself was only about 85% accurate playing it here. But I'm actually surprised he could even play it live to 85% accuracy - there's so many overdubs and reversed guitar parts in it, that trying to fit one melody part into them live is very hard to do without sounding out of place. He did well.
I wonder how he makes the low bass notes with a 6 strings for the licks at 1:35, 1:43, I would say he uses a whammy down but he doesnt seems to use a pedal at that moment.
A message from the young Vai to the present Vai : what happened with our 7 strings guitar man you wtf you do it ! Is only joke guys don’t takes personal but at the set time is strange , Vai have tons of 7 strings guitar and last year Tony Macalpine some stupid guys stolen his Ibanez rg 7 strings guitar and he have to ask a guitar is not fair!
It's awesome how well he can execute his songs so closely to the original recording! The guitar master
Yeahhh...And that's why he's my fav...He don't feel shy to express everything...but enjoy any second.
Hard to believe he hasn’t played this track on a tour before or after this. Amazing track and performance.
This is the piece of music I would use to show someone who had never heard of Steve Vai what it is that he does that makes him special as a musician.
Ever since first hearing it, this has remained my all time favorite Vai song.
For me, this is his greatest piece! I wish he would make an official video.
And on the 8th day god said "Let there be modes". And it was so.
One of Steve Vai's most beautiful songs
Greatest guitar player ever. Who else makes it look that good
One thing is for sure...Steve Vai totally owns Steve Vai music. Man can that guy play. Awesome performance he nailed it! I saw this tour in New Hampshire.
Yeah it was nice watching him trying to play it true to the recording
I love how at 1:07 he plays the melody from "Bledsoe Bluvd" and not the actual melody that was tracked for this song originally 🙂
That's actually the best live Vai I've heard in a long time. He was in tune and he didn't attempt to improvise! Very nice.
I think his improv is pretty good tbh, but he does sound really good here
First time I bought this album in 1996 and this song is my fav, all the details and sound is always on my mind for years.
And I finally see live version, and it so crazy amazing
Came here for the guitar playing, stayed for the facial expressions
A jaw dropping performance of one of my favorite songs from Steve Vai. Thank you 🤘🏼
This is the only man that can make me cry from how much soul he puts in I love him so much
One of his great songs
This is so complex . And TRANSCENDENTAL that capture my soul for 30 YEARS every time i reard . And THEY get It Live perfectly
4:30 *tears of joy started to flow*
This man is beyond anything I have ever seen preformed on guitar, I love him!
Amazing performance of one of my all time fav from Vai. Even today after so many years, it sounds so fresh and experimental.
I was just 11 years old when I went to that concert it was just amazing
One of the more complex songs from passion and warfare, and he usually don’t play it live, great performance!!!!! You’re a genius Mr Vai….
Awesome performance of such a complex song. Hard to be pulled off any better. Wow
The best song of Steve Vai!
wow, the sound is so perfect with this camera man!!!
iPhone6s.. thanks ¡¡¡
qué interpretación más espectacular, totalmente conectado con el momento y con una expresividad y entrega emocional únicas... fíjense cómo termina el tema, después de esa pifia, sonríe con una humildad en actitud de por favor perdónenme, luego lo aplauden (porque cómo no, menudo monstruo que es), y ahí de nuevo vuelve a agradecer con una sonrisa de gratitud aún más grande, y ahí se inclina y se entrega a la gente. Grande Vai, siempre mi maestro desde que comencé en la guitarra!!!!
When a bloke suggests to me, through the medium of music at least, that we should make love - I usually make my excuses and leave.
Yet there are exceptions to every rule , and this is a text book example of one such divergence. So, to underline the point, I might just make myself comfortable and see what else the night has in store for me.
But in truth, I'm off shopping for sauerkraut and the devil's haemorrhoids. Vernacular for brussel sprouts. Where would Christmas dinner be without the latter? Thanx uploader, that made my day!
omg an actual caught performance of this live
I really thought it was a one off he couldn't replicate ahaha
That's amazing....So difficult to play even for Steve Vai who compose in 1985...So that's rare moment in the Passion and Warfare Anniversary Tour you can watch this.
Yeah, The Riddle is an extremly difficult song to play - even Steve Vai himself was only about 85% accurate playing it here. But I'm actually surprised he could even play it live to 85% accuracy - there's so many overdubs and reversed guitar parts in it, that trying to fit one melody part into them live is very hard to do without sounding out of place. He did well.
Well that was an absolute joy....
With liberty and Justice FOR ALL!
Steve Vai is amazing👍
Great recording of one of my favorites in a country I love!
Ejecución perfecta. Maestrazo!
Oh Frank... such a genius factory....
Pure brilliance!
What an amazing song!!
Steve and the breed played great in Paris too !!
My life song perfect. ...
Takes you on a Zappa-esk journey… 🤘🏼
obra maestra
This would be amazing if he could hire other musicians to play sitar and a choir to say The Pledge". Goosebumps bro.
I wonder how he makes the low bass notes with a 6 strings for the licks at 1:35, 1:43, I would say he uses a whammy down but he doesnt seems to use a pedal at that moment.
he uses a pedal for the first one for sure
Maybe a pitch shifter
I wonder what his tuning was. I believe this was recorded on a 7 string.
think he tune standard and use whammy for that low part
He uses a certain pedal to grab those low notes .
That one not he played that dulled out on the bend, made me think he needs to get flo's frets leveled or replaced lol
And he execute without a 7 string guitar to play those low notes .
Im going to say he dropped the E to a lower note, not a whammy pedal.
The original song was recorded with a 7 string, here uses the whammy pedal to emulate the string E down to B
The newer Whammy DT's allow for momentary octave drops like that. No way Vai doesn't have one in his backline by this point.
Who cares - the man can play like no other.
What effect Is this at minute 3:15???
Why The post is the Humor..?
Why not is this.
NO ONE plays like Steve Vai!!
Tell me you write music while on drugs without telling me you write music while on drugs! LOL
How many people know the intro before he starts playing is a speech from Louis Farrakhan? 🙄
im amazed he doesnt use a sustainer for this song
A message from the young Vai to the present Vai : what happened with our 7 strings guitar man you wtf you do it !
Is only joke guys don’t takes personal but at the set time is strange , Vai have tons of 7 strings guitar and last year Tony Macalpine some stupid guys stolen his Ibanez rg 7 strings guitar and he have to ask a guitar is not fair!
Is this played with the low E tuned to a B or something?
Can’t tell you how excited I get when I find a favorite song live....then it turns out to be some shitty cell phone video... FUCK
Dude the audio isnt that bad tho!
his guitar faces are the same ones Lloyd on dumb and dumber makes....
Magnifico!
This is the piece of music I would use to show someone who had never heard of Steve Vai what it is that he does that makes him special as a musician.