I'm a guy and I've been a professional musician for years who has worked with some really talented musicians. Looking back, not a one of the guitarists or bassists were female. That's something I've lamented all along. I'm a big fan of Orianthi... And I'd even say that she could play circles around many of those who are considered great guitarists. Yes, she's a shredder, but her blues sensitivity and extraordinary feel for subtlety and dynamics put her up there with Stevie Ray,
she deserves nothing but respect for being good enough for the biggest perfectionist on the planet!!! haters are just jealous of what she accomplished and how good she REALLY is!!
"Good for a girl"?! NO she's good PERIOD. She got to play with the greatest entertainer EVER and is a wonderful and talented act regardless. Love yah Orianthi. To MANY years of your beautiful talent.
all you people saying she sucks.... when you get asked to audition for one of the greatest performers alive.... then you can have an opinion.. till then seriousy STFU
What a gifted guitarist. It's no wonder she is constantly being invited to play with a host of major bands and musical artists. For those who share a different opinion and challenge her talent, please post videos of yourselves shredding and playing with some of the major players in the music industry. I look forward to it. Who knows, maybe Orianthi will invite you to play with her.
Howard Camp I don't think playing a few chords and picking a few notes demonstrates that anyone is all that gifted. If she wasn't as easy on the eye I doubt we'd know who she is. Jennifer Batten would smoker her even today but she's an old lady now so no one wants to stare at her anymore and therefore gets little or no recognition.
I suggest you listen to Violet Journey which was written, composed and performed by Orianthi; including drums and backing guitars, in addition to lead guitar and all vocals. This was an Australian release before she became known in America. Well before any of the MJ business. A very good album with differing styles much of which she wrote as a teenager. She has definite talent. The machine however has not been kind to her, having dragged her into pop, nor has her ensuing association with Richie Sambora. I wish for her the best.
ann landers Micheal was way more famous and a great judge of talent for sure but if you're judging on her guitar work there could be very few better judges than those guys.No denying that Jackson loved a great guitarist in his music.
I have always loved this song, just realized how amazing this song really is,Orianthi did this song justice.I'd love to hear other rock artists sing their versions
Yah she is gorgeous.. That being said.. she is a friggin monster musician. Good for her!! Today's talent has to have the looks and talent. She has it all. I am not even slightly implying that she doesn't deserve it. She has it all.. talent and looks!! Go girl... and thank you.
Dany Boy... this is awesome !! . What a woman,what a voice. She is real putting everything and this is very touchy. I like the way she suffers. Heartbraking !!
Orianthi is a talent.. don't forget how young she still is and what potential still is there!! Be glad and support her! That's the right thing to do! I play music myself.. but i never beat people down because they are not as good or diversed as I am.. i support them to succeed!! Most of the worst critics here and everywhere are so full of em and don't even have a band or an album. So to those guys.. grow up.. then show up.. how great YOU really are !
being a fan of mcihael for 21 years now and i say I love what ya did here respect her give it her own style to it thats what i love about it her voice her style like michael said to her now its your time to shine
No matter what anyone says this girl got hand picked by MJ, works with steve vai and santana who back her skillz... There voices are worth more than all the negative comments in the world. If there is ever a meter to set ur talent radar by, i can't imagine a better one than those three :) You're amazing girl! Rock on! \\m//
I watched her LIVE at the Alice Cooper: Raise the Dead tour. I am awe struck at her talent. Even a week later. I wanted to jump up and holler: "We're not worthy!! We're not worthy!!!!" (a la Wayne's World)
She can be very slap dash at times with her playing. She tries to cover up imperfections with speed and she bums a fair few notes at times. Saying that she does have a presence and it does carry over to her playing. A lot of heart in the notes.
If any of you "musicians" here say she sucks then you are indeed NOT a real musician, as vai and santana ARE, listening to their opinion might be reasonable.. And her knowledge alone on the theory and how to play it ( check out her improv jam sessions) is enough to say holy shit this girls got it. And guitar is NOT about how fast you can play or what you play its the SOUL AND PASSION YOU FUCKING PUT INTO THE MUSIC YOU CREATE!!! Fucking toools with your "she sucks" and all this. Go listen to some real music not from this era, REAL MUSIC. No computer, no autotune, no BULLSHIT JUST REAL FUCKING MUSIC!!!
I'm sorry greekfreak1980 but if Vai and Satriani think she has talent there might just be this chance that she is indeed talented. Hell even Santana said that if he was gonna pass the baton to someone she would be his first choice.
But hell, that doesn't mean she sucks. I play guitar myself and she is pretty good at it. Maybe not like Santana or Vai but that doesn't mean we have to hate on her... Because these people are like legends on guitar playing. You just can't compare, but that doesn't mean she sucks.
Felipe Aguena Yea, I'd say she is actually pretty good at it. I think people just like to hate. And lol, it's not like she is overrated... she is not even THAT famous. xP
She's got everything!!!! the looks, the skills, the attitude!!!! the only thing i didn't like in this performance, was that the guitar kinda cutted in the chorus, in the rithym, its hard to explain, but still, the song is great!!!!!!
She's not 'good, for a girl'. She's outstanding, regardless of gender. I've got 2 young daughters 2/4 and I'm already strongly engouraging them to be musicians... to learn to do messy things... Play with dolls if you want, but I also want them to know how to throw a football and change oil. Yeah, a female doing something thats predominantly male will have to be not just as good, but better than most in order to be taken seriously. Unfair, but reality. Young girl rockers out there, keep it up!!
I'm a guy and I've been a professional musician for years who has worked with some really talented musicians. Looking back, not a one of the guitarists or bassists were female. That's something I've lamented all along. I'm a big fan of Orianthi... And I'd even say that she could play circles around many of those who are considered great guitarists. Yes, she's a shredder, but her blues sensitivity and extraordinary feel for subtlety and dynamics put her up there with Stevie Ray,
What a great guitarist she is. She was amazing in 'This Is It'.
She sings so heartfelt, so sincere
she deserves nothing but respect for being good enough for the biggest perfectionist on the planet!!! haters are just jealous of what she accomplished and how good she REALLY is!!
"Good for a girl"?! NO she's good PERIOD. She got to play with the greatest entertainer EVER and is a wonderful and talented act regardless. Love yah Orianthi. To MANY years of your beautiful talent.
DITTO! WELL SAID:)
She is a great singer and guitar player
I Love the way she plays that Guitar
She sower can play that guitar I really love the way she plays i think she is a great garters like the one with Steve vei
she's perfect !!!! Im a big fan of Orian!! can play!!! Michael introduce her to us his magical touch lives thru!!!!
Orianthi is the real deal. She rocks as anyone does. Passion for guitar and to FEEL it is ORIANTHI!!!!!!
She isn't one of the world's most talented female guitarists .. she is one of the world's most talented guitarists .. period.
+James SB Yeah..
This woman is simply amazing. I'm in love. Such a huge, God blessed talent. Love this.
all you people saying she sucks.... when you get asked to audition for one of the greatest performers alive.... then you can have an opinion.. till then seriousy STFU
She sucked :)
Jesus...she can sing too? Just beautiful 💗
Man, I wasn't expecting that. Power and lots of it.
Love it.
I love that MJ song, it’s so underrated!!! X
Nailed it. Love her.
What a gifted guitarist. It's no wonder she is constantly being invited to play with a host of major bands and musical artists. For those who share a different opinion and challenge her talent, please post videos of yourselves shredding and playing with some of the major players in the music industry. I look forward to it. Who knows, maybe Orianthi will invite you to play with her.
Well said.
Howard Camp I don't think playing a few chords and picking a few notes demonstrates that anyone is all that gifted. If she wasn't as easy on the eye I doubt we'd know who she is. Jennifer Batten would smoker her even today but she's an old lady now so no one wants to stare at her anymore and therefore gets little or no recognition.
Mr Muck There is merit in what you say, sure. For my part, I find her playing technically amazing, but at the cost of lacking heart.
I suggest you listen to Violet Journey which was written, composed and performed by Orianthi; including drums and backing guitars, in addition to lead guitar and all vocals. This was an Australian release before she became known in America. Well before any of the MJ business. A very good album with differing styles much of which she wrote as a teenager. She has definite talent. The machine however has not been kind to her, having dragged her into pop, nor has her ensuing association with Richie Sambora. I wish for her the best.
Love everything about the song and your stage presence.. Gave me chills:) Rock it!
gosh I'm crying ...
She's a godess. Hope to play that way someday x_x
talented and beautiful, she's amazing.
Cant think of a better reference than one from Joe Satch Stevie Vai and Micheal Jackson.This lady has serious talent.Nice acoustic work too!!
Grant Madden Don't you think Michael Jackson's name should come first???????
ann landers Micheal was way more famous and a great judge of talent for sure but if you're judging on her guitar work there could be very few better judges than those guys.No denying that Jackson loved a great guitarist in his music.
I love this song, and I love this version!!!
She's amazing!!!
Wow she's got an amazing voice when I heard it for the first time I couldn't believe how well she sang the first verse. Keep up the good work orianthi
When it comes to passionate playing guitar, she nails it big time!🙌🏻❤️️
Ori, so proud you are an Adelaide girl! Love you. So thrilled to have seen you live in Adelaide in your first headline show.
People actually put her down? What bad can they possibly say about her? They're idiots then. This girl is amazing!
She's an amazing musician :D
DANG! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE AND LISTEN TO MORE OF HER!
Good guitarists, & nice version!
Fantastic, so talented....
I have always loved this song, just realized how amazing this song really is,Orianthi did this song justice.I'd love to hear other rock artists sing their versions
Very nice, Great looking and sounding guitar !!
Great Guitar.. Great Playing !!
Very much-loved,Thanks
pretty darn good stuff. she really feels it and will always be successful.
Amazing performance and sound
i just looove Orianthi. she's soo talented!
Incredible talent. I wish they had some footlights as that brim hides her eyes and I'd love to see them when she played.
Yah she is gorgeous.. That being said.. she is a friggin monster musician. Good for her!! Today's talent has to have the looks and talent. She has it all. I am not even slightly implying that she doesn't deserve it. She has it all.. talent and looks!! Go girl... and thank you.
her voice
Love her music
Damn she shreds
Dam rite
I do love her playing and singin too shes talented
the girl simply is kick-ass. love her.
Where is the green suit?
Orianthi is a rock star! She's a well rounded and accomplished artist AND musician, undoubtedly.
Perfect vocal, the best guitar.
Wow, she's a great singer as well as being an awesome guitarist
Dany Boy... this is awesome !! . What a woman,what a voice. She is real putting everything and this is very touchy. I like the way she suffers. Heartbraking !!
Orianthi is a talent.. don't forget how young she still is and what potential still is there!!
Be glad and support her! That's the right thing to do! I play music myself.. but i never beat people down because they are not as good or diversed as I am.. i support them to succeed!!
Most of the worst critics here and everywhere are so full of em and don't even have a band or an album. So to those guys.. grow up.. then show up.. how great YOU really are !
this is an original guitar goddess ... check out her version of Voodoo child it's worth it
Nice cover and talented girl
I dig her, Aussies are awesome. She rock's it
Titles kind of misleading
+Isabelle Lloyd Very misleading!!
+Isabelle Lloyd agree
so?.....she does talk about auditioning for Michael....and then she plays an awesome version of Give in to Me
tru
not if you listen to hertell the story it's NOT misleading....
I love MJ and Orianthi Mj and her rock
Gave me the Blardy Meanest Goosbumps mann!..
Michael would be so Proud of her mann!
realmente es muy buena tocando la guitarra...
being a fan of mcihael for 21 years now and i say I love what ya did here respect her give it her own style to it thats what i love about it her voice her style like michael said to her now its your time to shine
No matter what anyone says this girl got hand picked by MJ, works with steve vai and santana who back her skillz... There voices are worth more than all the negative comments in the world. If there is ever a meter to set ur talent radar by, i can't imagine a better one than those three :) You're amazing girl! Rock on! \\m//
Amazing young fresh Talent
One of my favorite songs of his. :]
That was more than good-
Amazing Musician....!!!
Simply beautiful
I watched her LIVE at the Alice Cooper: Raise the Dead tour. I am awe struck at her talent. Even a week later. I wanted to jump up and holler: "We're not worthy!! We're not worthy!!!!" (a la Wayne's World)
She sings much better than Vai or Santana, and much better looking too, and she can play very well, so she wins hands down overall. :)
Orianthi is the best female guitarist ever. She has performed and recorded with all of the superstars in the business.
She can be very slap dash at times with her playing. She tries to cover up imperfections with speed and she bums a fair few notes at times. Saying that she does have a presence and it does carry over to her playing. A lot of heart in the notes.
If any of you "musicians" here say she sucks then you are indeed NOT a real musician, as vai and santana ARE, listening to their opinion might be reasonable.. And her knowledge alone on the theory and how to play it ( check out her improv jam sessions) is enough to say holy shit this girls got it.
And guitar is NOT about how fast you can play or what you play its the SOUL AND PASSION YOU FUCKING PUT INTO THE MUSIC YOU CREATE!!!
Fucking toools with your "she sucks" and all this. Go listen to some real music not from this era, REAL MUSIC. No computer, no autotune, no BULLSHIT
JUST REAL FUCKING MUSIC!!!
Everybody can have their own opinion ya know
WOW she did a great job!!!
What a talent!
That Gibson sounds great...love her
Great stuff Orianthi. peace out to you and yours
She plays guitar like that and she sings that well too !! Not even speaking about her physique, some people have it all.
Yes you can sing too, and the best thing "you feel then you sing"
I'm sorry greekfreak1980 but if Vai and Satriani think she has talent there might just be this chance that she is indeed talented. Hell even Santana said that if he was gonna pass the baton to someone she would be his first choice.
iGeriya Jess and Alex are AMAZING...I really dont get all the hype behind Orianthi...Shes ok but in my opinion just a bit meh....
But hell, that doesn't mean she sucks. I play guitar myself and she is pretty good at it. Maybe not like Santana or Vai but that doesn't mean we have to hate on her... Because these people are like legends on guitar playing. You just can't compare, but that doesn't mean she sucks.
Vaso She's good. Not great, but good. I don't think we'll be seeing her do some insane string skipping two handed 7th arpeggios anytime soon though
Felipe Aguena Yea, I'd say she is actually pretty good at it. I think people just like to hate. And lol, it's not like she is overrated... she is not even THAT famous. xP
she's amazing !
Great job with an under-appreciated MJ gem! :)
better than taylor swift
different....not better
love her accent......
she is soooooooo pretty
and talented.
interesting choice for her and its so good.
Best version ever mj would of loved that version
she's incredible
It is a great and high boots !
gracias muy bueno
SUPERB NEW GENERATION GUITARIST KEEP IT UP DARLING MUAAAHMUAAAH
This is just beutiful
She's got everything!!!! the looks, the skills, the attitude!!!! the only thing i didn't like in this performance, was that the guitar kinda cutted in the chorus, in the rithym, its hard to explain, but still, the song is great!!!!!!
POR ESO FUE LA GUITARRISTA DE MICHAEL, ES BUENÍSIMA! y también pudo haber sido cantante!
awesome....love it
Love her. Even though this tune is a note for note copy of Dokken's "Alone Again". Another amazing tune. Awesome!
are there tabs or chords for this song? I want to learn this now
Orianthi! You really brought out the raw sensuality and simple power of this song.
Truly a musician's musician.
Souuullll, PERFECT, OMG!!!!
+Jaime Filho :)
Phenomenal Entertainer .... PERIOD!
Wow she's awesome!
i like her voice.
omg...I am in love!!!!
Omg! She has improved soooooo much!!
Sounds Great.
She's not 'good, for a girl'. She's outstanding, regardless of gender. I've got 2 young daughters 2/4 and I'm already strongly engouraging them to be musicians... to learn to do messy things... Play with dolls if you want, but I also want them to know how to throw a football and change oil. Yeah, a female doing something thats predominantly male will have to be not just as good, but better than most in order to be taken seriously. Unfair, but reality. Young girl rockers out there, keep it up!!
it's amazing
WOW.... powerful and awesome
true. she's not "good for a girl" she's just good in general. good for a guitarist. good for a person.