Steve Vai - "For The Love Of God" - G3 1996
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- Steve Vai performs "For The Love Of God" from the DVD "G3 Live In Concert" - recorded on November 2nd, 1996, at the Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis, MN.
Capturing the blistering performances of Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai, the DVD features select performances of all three guitarists, as well as the evening's finale where Joe, Eric and Steve played together on stage for the first time.
The DVD includes:
• 12 Songs in Total
• 3 Songs From Each Guitarist
• The G3 Jam
• Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• 2 Channel PCM Stereo
• Artist Bios
"G3 Live In Concert" is available through all major music retailers such as Amazon.com, and also through the official Steve Vai website: www.vai.com
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The Best tone of his career
I'd say wtwta tone was better but that's a personal preference
I agree
Agreed. wow! Best he ever played this that I've seen. 👏
I would disagree! But that is subjective of course....... For me this tone, from this period is sterile and plastic....... But playing AND THIS PERFORMANCE IS OUT OF THIS PLANET!!! STEVE AT HIS BEST!!!! 💪💪💪💪
Listen to it on the G3 blue Ray dvd. 🤘
Back in 1980 I married the most beautiful woman, with such a loving and caring personality. We had a blessed life together for 31 wonderful years. When I met her she was very much into soul and disco music, where as I was into rock (all genres). She never moaned about anything especially my love of rock.
In all the 31 years, where she had to listen to my music, this was as she put it to me, the most wonderful and amazing track the she had heard be playing (usually at full volume!!). Sadly in early 2011 she passed away (after a short illness) in my arms.
For The Love of God by Steve Van was played at her funeral at her request together with Evergreen by Barbra Streisand.
RIP Christine xx
I got a little emotional over your story. God bless the both of you!
Such strength in your words. I hope the best for you.
Bruno Alvarez thank you
Llort Ong thank you
Touching 😭
This may be the greatest guitar instrumental I’ve ever heard.
Absolutely he blew my mind the first time I heard him
Cliffs....if you want to call that an " instrumental", I call it a guitar solo.
Who is still watching this in 2024 and is still amazed?
Hadir Bos Siap
God - For the love of Steve Vai
For god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten guitarist
that those who shall believeth in Steve Vai shall no perish but have eternal music
other gospels that i may offer are......
and lo, Steve stretched out his Axe across the water and PARTED THE SEA hehe
and from a few simple notes
he turned the notes into a masterpiece riff
non believers became believers
the unfaithful gained faith
and peace reined through the universe
jajajajaja perfect man!
Naaa que
Xd
Stupid comment dude...
This is one of the best guitar performances ever.
Yes it is
It probably is the best.
15 years of listening this performance..... Every time is like the first time! NICE LITTLE BOY AT HIS BEST!
LONG LIVE STEVE!
Right! And Tina.S made the best cover of this song
Easily one of the best
2020 and this is still the single best guitar performance I've ever witnessed. First watched it when I was 14. 16 years later and I'm still captivated by his ability to emote, shred, and entertain all at the same time.
Same here. I also watched it at 14. And I'm also 30ish. I remember the exact moment I first watched this at a record store. I remember the surroundings, the colors, everything. I was so absolutely dumbfounded I can recall the memory like it is video. And even without knowing a single thing about this guy, from that moment I knew he was a true genius.
You took the words straight out of my head, I saw this too when I was about 14 (I'm 26 now) and it still melts my mind as much as it did then. I'm convinced the man is an alien.
@@conor2671 have you shaken his hand? He completely ENGULFED my hand with his LOL. I am also convinced this guy is not from around here. And with all his esoteric stuff... I dont know man. I am so thankful I got to know his music because it has made my life such a rich experience.
@@nestorlovesguitar haha! Unfortunately I have not but I heard the same story from a friend who did! Apparantly his fingers reached past my friend's wrist when they shook hands! More evidence that he's an alien! And what a great sentence, couldn't of worded it better myself. His music is indeed so fulfilling 😊
me 20 years ago.. i had that same idea.
That beginning part was one of the guitar acrobatics that got me motivated to play.
I had Passion and Warfare in my walkman all day long in the 90 and honestly, today in 2023, I can tell this is one of the best, if not, the best guitar album ever made. Mr. Vai the Wizard...
I was there! I had really good seats. 5th row center. This was the very 1st version of the G3 show. Johnson, Vai, and Satch. I have one of Vai's picks that he tossed out from his performance and I also kept the ticket stub. Sweet memories.
lucky bastard
I was there too
Would have been absolutely amazing to hear and see!
I was there too flint mi
Steve Vai is the most incredible and sensitive guitarist I've ever heard in my life, he plays with the heart.
Absolute best live version of his masterpiece.
The starting solo left me with goosebumps for 5 months, best ever
In his prime steve vai was simply untouchable..
Steve is still pretty darn untouchable I don't know of anyone whos moved the ball any further down the field than vai he's a damn mutant a pretty wonderful man as well
He is still untouchable
I’m SATCH fan forever but ftlog is the best guitar instrumental I’ve ever heard.
Avisek Ganguly a guitar player never loses his prime
@@tosh5376 try again lol as a guitar player myself I can tell you they do. Good example is Yngwie Malmsteen the neo classical shred God himself. Look at his live shows from the 80s and then look now. Whether it be drugs booze or just age everyone loses their prime at some point
The most perfect blend of technique and feel I've ever seen. Nobody can touch his note selection skills. Nobody.
marty friedman
@@gulfstatesroofing3451 he's a good guitarist and he wrote amazing solos, but he's not as good as steve vai.
@@larlluiz5902 you are sadly mistaken!
@@gulfstatesroofing3451 nah
@@larlluiz5902 marty played with jason becker and dave mustaine both are great! but his sense of melody,bending,virbrato, are un matched. he adds to solos adds to the song. not a bunch of regerataded notes played at a high speed.
Almost 2024 and still waiting for something close to this. It won't happen.
Steve Vai fasted for 10 days days and on the fourth day he wrote this song. This song is pure emotion...this is a ballad like no other, where artists like the scorpions wrote power ballads about love, steve vai wrote a ballad about humanity and it is the most beautiful song ever concieved on the guitar. Greatest guitar instrumental and rightfully so, no other artist has done a song of such scope with such commitment.
Dingo D. Manhunter Your comment is breaking the opinion meter!
Dingo D. Manhunter What did he do last 6 days of the fast ? It must have been one of those raw juice and write the greatest musical masterpiece of all time kind of diets.
TheSlasherGod That comment by Manhunter is breaking the barf meter.
TheSlasherGod yes vai did fast for 10 days to prepare him physically/emotionally/spiritually for the recording of the song cause he kept making mistakes during the recording part, that run at 6:16-6:21 was the trouble, but finally after 10 days of fasting he got that right and in the original P&W album, u can hear him say the word YES!, although barely audible at that 6:21 part of the song, because he got through the hill and everything was easier after that, we have to take note that FTLOG was still being recorded and steve was still trying to master the song... anyway he plays it now like its easy cause he's mastered it
Yesha Zurita Yes, I know.
VAI sounds so tight with the band because even his crazy bends and noises are right on the beat. You can play equally fast, but can you play as fast and have the perfect timing.
People ask why I love Steve Vai. I just send them this video.
Intro solo is lit ❤🔥Can't get enough of this intro solo. Goosebumps❤
Same, holy shit
power, harmony, frailty, emotion, chaos, unity, diversity, hate, understanding, love, and humanity in all languages and none.
This is the single greatest guitar performance of all time. The raw emotion between Steve and EVO is absolutely unreal. What a showman. My hero
Hendrix at Monterey but yeah this is good
The way he steps back and the feedback hits different, and he made melody out of it. Genius🔥
Really, he just caught it out of thin air, played with it and bottled it up at that last moment like it was so easy
They mark the different feedback spots on the floor with tape during soundcheck so its easy to get into position. But really creative!@@Joezacharias_
To me.. this is the best ever version played by steve vai.. everything is complete.. the note, sound, the feel..
6:00 "hey note, I like you"
Lmao
B note
Funny!
I was looking for this comment XD
Dimebag references here
This was the first "mind blown" Steve Vai moment I had. And it still is the best, and most honest performance of this song captured on film. \m/
This incomprehensible ballad is a result of constant and relentless devotion to music by a musician which took the art way beyond what it was at his time.
Emotionally, this has to be the most inspiring song I’ve ever listened.
Steve Vai hmmm went to a concert in Montreal to see him for the First time Ever . BLEW me away with his Stinging Guitar Solos ... He Puts His heart and Soul into Everything he plays ..... His Hemispheres have been Developed from a young age. He has the Gift from God to play With astounding FEEL ! Great Post ty MR Vai for all of your Awesome Productions in and out of the Studio Truely Awesome !!!
0:00 - 1:20 this solo changed me for a few weeks its that graceful and majestic
Same here man. Been looking for this video because of this intro
Can you tell me what is the title of the solo in the intro part?
as a guitar player myself, this composition is timeless, Steve composition up until this day, seems like some sort of an Alien, magnificent and amazingly performed. No wonder he is considered a Virtuoso and has been inducted in the hall of fame. I have been a fan of him for many years and saw the G3 tour twice, and it always amazes me how good he is. I have also followed his interviews, and seems to be a very down to earth tpe guy, with hungry for knowledge. He said it himself, if you want to be come a virtuoso, you gotta focus, believe and put in the work. Very Inspiring type of individual.
I read a comment long ago on this exact video that read “the sweat that dropped from Steve after that beginning solo has more emotion in just it that most people have in their whole bodies” and I still get chills thinking about it because being a guitar player you really do get lost in emotion while performing and it’s such a beautiful thing
Whenever I’m felling down, I listen to this song. Simply because it’s the greatest song that shows true emotions without the need for a voice, a word can speak for itself, but when you actually get moved by an instrumental... you it’s powerful
This is the greatest guitar player in the world at his best...do i really need to say more than that?
Every one using Gibsons, fenders, esp, to make their solos and this guy putting Ibanez in the universe, love it just love it
bassman1975 m oh I know I'm just saying that he help in the evolution of Ibanez😀
Miguel Govea I like how you used the words "evolution" and "universe"... very sly there :)
Miguel Govea ibanez is a really underrated brand.. Artists like Vai, Gilbert, Satriani and even me (hehe) use it and they all sound amazing
Very true
Love my Ibanez guitars. They're so good, I'm afraid they'll just up and walk away from me some day.
I'm been hooked on Steve Vai's music since the early 2000's. Thank you Steve Vai for being there for me in my troubling times. I don't think I could have handled the loss of my dad when I was 17 without you. I tried to go see you in Austin at Anton's years ago when Eric Johnson was a guest. To this day I regret not bring there. I want to say thank you for motivating me to live my life. I wish you great health in these dark times.
Everything is perfect. One of the greatest interpretations ever! The guitar tune, skill, expression and spiritually.
Saw him play this past week in Singapore, he played this masterpiece too, but it couldn't compare to this incredible 1996 rendition :')
Epic Masterpiece by Mr Vai ..... worth the price of the DVD alone .....
What was also worth the price, seeing Eric Johnson, Vai and Joe Satriani all play together. All three are excellent guitarists.
May I ask you if the soundquality is better then? It's not crystal clear in this TH-cam vid. @strangher11
I'd say the dvd quality is better than this ... yes
So many guitarist played this piece but non will feel the deepness what Vai plays seems like each note is a spell... that carries you far above
I don't understand how this song NEVER gets old... No matter which version I listen to, live, studio, every rendition is just as great as the next....to understand how impossibly hard that is to do... It's like seeing a re-run, or re-reading a book a third or 4th time around. When you know
Once you know the result of something, you never can get the feeling of discovery and/or anticipation again.
I also absolutely LOVE the fact that there is LITERALLY no compromise in quality from his live performances compared to his studio recordings whatsoever....
As a fellow musician, and aspiring artists, I know how impossible it is to recreate,( on stage in a LIVE performance,) my my music as opposed to when I'm in my ideal playing state, sitting down.
In the studio, I normally get several, nd I do mean several takes, then I'll narrow it down, to a few, until I feel it's absolutely perfect... On stage, I get no re-dos, no pausing, no re-recordings....
Best intro to this song I've ever heard. This was Vai at his peak 100%
Happy 60th Birthday Steve Vai 🎂
💓
Still the same shivers since all this time !...
The proof that it's a wonderful piece by a real genius !!!...
Virtuoso in every way. For me the greatest guitar player of all. Creative and Soulful artist. Salute
0:38 is my favorite tapping sequence ever
can you provide tab for this section, sir ?
Same. Nothing can touch that, nothing.
Yes it been my favourite since I first saw it 25 odd years ago. I had this concert on VHS tape and kept rewinding it just to watch that tapping lick.
Yeah, and the tone is on point.
@Hira it can't help because of the delay( you can't get the idea just by slowing in this case. i tried
Am I the only person that was absolutely riveted to the core by the intro in this video? I get goosebumps every time I watch it :)
The first 1min40sec of this is about the finest music ever made with an electric guitar. Ultra tier harmonic and melodic mastery. All of which is simply an intro :)
My favorite version of the song. Been a fan for a long time. Thank you for sharing.
Vai at his prime! This is an absolute delight on my senses! I love it
You are absolutely right. And around this time he wrote Windows to the soul.
@@TV-kh4yq another masterpiece
I watched this number of times but I can get enough ....master talking with God!
My son in law is the one who told me about Steve ....after hearing his amazing style and fierce loyalty to us music lovers , I am a fan of his for life.... Thank you Turner Foster for such an amazing gift of music ....And thank you Steve for pure magic...
For the love of god...steve vai is a spiritual being...that truly speaks through the guitar...an extension of his soul....thanks Mr.Vai 😊
I think this is the best G3 ever :')
It is
Where was this? I attended in San Diego that year
@@chrisholmes434 check desc
This is Vai's deepest, powerful and meaningful performance! It doesn't even sound like guitar playing, it's more like "nature talking"! He was for sure inspired!
Best live performance of this song - such a tremendous performance
Fantastic ethereal intro and arguably the absolute best live version of For The Love Of God! Great stuff Steve!
No one never played steve vai's songs better than Mangini on drums !
***** indeed
@Xenia Dukic I noticed a lot of people have this opinion, I'm no different :)
Vai's best band was the ULTRA ZONE touring band. Mangini and everyone else KILLED it!
its that freaking pocket!
Yeah
When you record one of the best guitar songs / performances on tape.....and then you play it even better live.
His best performance of this song, absolutely perfect.
Best version, great intro. Pure love
He plays unique with a right Melody soft into ear play with heart... For me he's on top of that style
This is still the greatest guitar performance I have ever heard .
Been listening to music for the last two hours, and was lookng for something to end the night. There are only a few songs/performances that can do that. Music that just drains every last emotion, and leaves you complete. This is one of them. (Yeah, it's like that.)
I have been a Steve Vai fan since he played with DLR, but I hadn't seen him play live, just MTV video's which were always great. Anyway, I was in college in 98' and one day at lunch, I went to the library, as they had very fast internet for the time, so I downloaded this video. Holy smoke!! The way he was interacting with the guitar was like he was communicating with a spiritual entity. He looked like he was receiving gifts from God and they were flowing through him, to his fingers. I had goose bumps through the whole 10:00 minutes. Such a great memory.
I'm so mad at myself , how come I never heard this masterpiece before? I legit had an eargasm, wow
Just... too perfect for words! I can't get enough...
I feel exactly the same way :-)
Isn't Steve a Beekeeper as well, double cool :)
He is! I adore that. :-) He also bottles the honey and jars get auctioned for charity. All kinds of wonderful!
It just doesn't get any better than THIS!!! 💖💖💖
This song, performance should have a billion views minimum. Mind blowing!
What a professional. Amazing tone.
can't think of another live guitar performance that has more taste in execution, technicality, theatricality and composition combined than this one.
maybe a true guitar history document?
Listen to.."The Messiah Will Come Again" Gary Fuckin Moore.
Marty Friedman? Anyone?
One one I can compare it to is SRV Texas Flood at the Mocambo
SRV. Riviera Paradise live in Austin TX
The best live version of this beautiful song.
The solo at the beginning is awesome. It's (almost) the most beautiful solo I have heard in my life.
I grew up heavily on rap but this man makes the guitar speak to me in way I never thought possible ya I like rock here and there but this man is something else.
deine MUSIK MACHT SÜCHTIG::....höre mir die stücke immer wieder in der Wiederholungsschleife... und lass mich in die HÖHE des GLÜCKS ZIEHEN.danke danke danke.
First saw him play when he was with the David Lee Roth band. I was blown away. He's so gorgeous when he plays. In my opinion, the BEST guitar player ever. ❤😍💋🎸
This is the height of guitardom.
Been listening to this song since it first came out. In MY opinion, the greatest song ever releaed. Audio Viagra.
This video, and song changed my perspective on guitar playing and music as a whole. Just beautiful.
I havent watched this video in 15 years. Even more impressive than ever before.
Been asked that so many times in my 51 years of life. This is it!
I have anticipated that epic 32nd note run at the end every time I have heard this song since 1989. He never drops the ball, does he?
A real genius....he plays like it's coming from his heart ...it has a deeply emotion...it means that he loves what he does.
Playing this song everyday for my brother . Love you bro and will keep you in prayers.
The best live sound he has ever had and possibly the best tone as well.
I loved his sound back then, more than I do now. The bogner amps he used sounded great
I read that as "boner amps" for a second.
I agree. He sounded full with bogners. On passion & warfare he uses marshall for lead tracks and mesa boogie for rhythm tracks
Sounds great here, much smoother than today.
For me this is the best version of this beautiful music
You sir, are the Bruce Lee of Guitar. You've taken the study and soul searching of an artform and perfected it. You have a total mastery of the electric guitar and demonstrate it superbly. Thank you.
Best version of For the love of God
This is a heavy dose of pure LSD I swear!
Vai oh Vai.. never seizes to amaze me..
an absolute stunning performance that still brings me to tears of joy
2024. Still the best performance I have ever seen. Seen via a couple times growing up and for me no one can compare to the emotions pouring out of his soul through his evo on this one.
0:36 The keys to the universe are contained in this riff.
Thank you for pointing that out!!! 🤯🤗🎶💞🛸 Earth shift happily now!
LOL dude I couldn't agree more when he goes into that fluttering hammer on it's like OMG that's just freaking insane
I agree. I remember in the early days of TH-cam this performance was just the beginning. I was like 12 typing in “Steve Vai best solo ever” this came up. That solo blew my mind.
Yes, you are right. That riff take us to ecstase... That is so great time and balance for delay and reverb so he give us perfect space and, you are said, 'keys to the universe'.
beautiful riff, i want to learn it
Absolutely stunning - amazing - awesome - stupendous - extraordinary - staggering.
A consummate lesson in performance on all levels - guitar playing, musicianship, presentation, showmanship.
Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful gift, skill and knowledge.
Beautiful!!!
Thanks For Sharing This Awesome Performance.
So good! Thank you very much. Super Sound.
Still the greatest version of this song EVER 🎸
I just watched this. I want to know what planet this kid is from.
th-cam.com/video/_zdX5Yk-0Vw/w-d-xo.html
The sequence at 0:38 onward has had more influence on me as a guitarist than just about any other song, riff, lick, anything. I spent months learning how to get passably close, just absolutely obsessed with that sound.
can you provide tabs for this intro? i can't get it from the video how to play this
For me it was the section at 8:30 it just hits the soul in ways i can't describe
Tabs maybe?
Props to you for trying. I gave up the first time I heard it. No mere mortals can pull that off.
@@roku_nineit actually is surprisingly achievable if u really repeat the same hamaron lick. can send u tabs if u need 👍
I saw the original G3 lineup at the Beacon Theater in NYC in October 1996. I still consider it to be one of the best concerts I have ever seen. There were a lot before and a lot since, but they were amazing.
Woe
The opening is amazing!!!
Essa versão ao vivo é muito foda! A melhor na minha opinião.