To be honest, Yngwie’s playing on Suffer Me is one of the best solos he ever did, in my opinion, but with Vai’s version, it’s just so different, but just as emotional. I could cry to both…
Oh, Please.. Steve. Do we need to see any more to know that you are the Greatest of all time? No! But, still you went ahead and gave us so much more than we thought possible, and we thank you for that. You are second to none!
It’s very different to Yngwie’s take, I have to say, but the way that Vai plays it, it’s more of a piece in its own right than a fade out guitar solo, like the original version was. That’s not me saying I like either one better; even though I like Steve better than Yngwie, I don’t think either was better or worse. Yngwie’s guitar wailed with all the sadness and fury of a thousand tortured souls, whereas Vai’s guitar pleaded to the universe for forgiveness for the song’s narrator’s sins…and because of those two separate emotional impressions, both solos were indescribably powerful in different ways. I’m not Christian btw, I’m just thinking in the sense of the song when I say “sins”
I got to talk to both one time in the same room! Steve was the nicest guy, Yngwie was a big old Douchbag. I got to meet both a bunch of times through life luckily. I'm sure by now Steve nows my name.
It’s so great, innit? His best tone by a million miles! I think it sounds a little like James Hetfield’s ride the lightning tone, and Vai was also slaving Mesa boogie amps into Marshall speakers.
graham spot on...one of my favorite vocalists...but he set the bar so high for himself , it became difficult for him to clear it later in life...awesome voice.
I see people say his singing is horrible. Especially under performance of the song Bigfoot. Idk what they are hearing or if they are just here to glaze Yngwie and shit talk Graham.
Malmsteen had in this era ten times better tone,better right hand picking,timing,and vibrato than Uli Roth,it is common place,Vai is ten time more unique,more creative ,and better composer than Schenker.You must be confused
Man Steve just Owned that shit and made it his Own... Like he makes all songs his own... When I met Yngwie and Steve in 03, you could tell they had great respect for each other. And seemed like they were best buddies. And little Joe Satriani was right between both of em. They were both over 6 foot and Joe was like 5' 1" ... 😁🎸👍🏾🎸😁
senza dubbio, uno dei più grandi chitarristi di tutti i tempi...anche da giovanissimo riusciva ad avere una padronanza incredibile dello strumento...unico, un mito!!! signore e signori sua maestà Steve Vai
Check out the faces he makes during Yngwie's solo in this live version... especially this last one at the end of the solo :) ruclips.net/video/g57b5UD05Qs/видео.html
Ah, yes, Kojo No Tsuki, the Japanese song English-speaking fans first learned from a German who spoke neither Japanese nor English. And yet somehow we still got all the words.
no your not alone..steve was shit kicker when he was young and still is..remember he had already played in frank zappa band.. best player on the planet
@@mikecicco2775, to be fair there are several of good players who could pull it off too, starting with Satriani. Too bad those guys usually gravitate to solo projects and get boring quick. No matter how good you are, band of creative musicians (like in this vid) will always make better music.
I`d like a crystal ball to peer into it and see waaay back when Steve Vai was just putting together his guitar abilities. Everything I`ve ever seen and heard from him, he`s always been incredible! Has he EVER sucked?- lol
His first show with Alcatrazz was a difficult one, he was nervous and poorly prepared, and it showed. A huge crowd of enthusiastic fans were gathered watching them, expecting to see Yngwie play, who had literally only just left the band, so instead they got Steve Vai…who doesn’t play anything like Yngwie. He had only just been brought in from Frank Zappa, and he’d only had one day to learn the entire set. During “Suffer Me”, fans got angry and started yelling things like “you suck” and “I want my money back” at Steve, bless him. He hasn’t ever sucked, but man the guy has been put in some tough positions.
Vai did a fabulous job, I'm not going to argue who is the better guitar player been playing for 25 yrs. And its all a matter of taste or opinion on who your ear likes better when it comes to this level of playing for sure. Absolutely cool to see Vai playing a 1980's Jackson Soloist style guitar at @ 7:39 on awesome!!!
It's funny I love music with a lot of hooks , and metal guitar was great way to express it. Thats why Van Halen was so exciting. The gymnastics of a lot of notes solo is the representations of these two great guitars but from a purest of music appreciation, my vote goes to the hook guitar players like yardbirds. But I am old and what do I know. Thanks
Blackmore Micheal schenker Gary moore rik emmit ronnie montrose evh satrianni hendrix were the best live period also srv. Anytime over super flashy guitarist
I remember watching Steve Vai and Frank Zappa jamming in Italy back in 70's and Vai had a similar outfit on lol wonder if he ever got changed or just hobo'd around the word in the purple Tiger print tank haha. He was playing that strat too from what i can remember seeing
Actually the guitar he played in Crossroads was a Charvel custom with a headstock that looked like a Jackson. I thought it was a Jackson too, but I wasn’t sure after looking into the guitar in the movie more.
Vai so much more musical than Yngwie's constant speed. More feeling, more interesting. Vai uses speed occasionally to accent his solos Not speed for speed sake. Far better than Yngwie in my opinion.
@@luigivillani6411 Yngwie has a lot of feeling in his playing. Listen to Icarus' Dream Suite Op.4, Far Beyond the Sun, Black Star etc... lots of feeling in those songs. Just because they are fast doesn't it mean he doesn't play with feeling.
My gosch...the singer thought with steve vai he'll the fist and the only one that audiance look...after Y.J.Malmsteen, he thought "never again, poeple will love me"' .... so many bravour...hat tip for this hope!
The cold December day I came You knew me well but I was a stranger You suffer me, oh oh you suffer me Oooo suffer me Why you suffer me I touched you You felt me heart Oh how you suffer me oh you suffer me Oh suffer me Why did you suffer me [SOLO] Oh suffer me why did you How could you suffer me Suffer wo oa oh
@@splishsplash6802 the solo is overdubbed in the studio- what you’re hearing for a portion of the video is not the solo from show. Some people consider that cheating.
Steves playing is great here but Yngwie was a fucking monster! He was young, hungry, and pretty much untouchable when he hit the scene. Dont forget they were already friends back then and they are now touring together. Fucking dedication!!!!!!!!! Gotta love it!!!!!!!
No such thing as overplaying. Vai "plays" far and away more interesting music as a solo artist. He creates things other guitarists try to emulate. Just from the technical aspect his instrumental music is stunning. You just probably don't like his personal style and prefer straight rock music with cool licks thrown in. I like a 6 minute solo that gives me goosebumps to see live. Seeing him perform live with an orchestra that he wrote the arrangements for was one of the most interesting experiences of my life. Vai's more mainstream playing was with the constraints of a rock band. He's more than a guitar player, he's a complete musician. It's interesting you say overplayed since nearly all the solos in this video are portions of his later compositions. It's simply broken up with straight time rock timing and boring vocalizations that everyone was doing in that era.
@@helmedon I respect vai a ton, but for me I can name 5 other guitarists whom I enjoy and I think are alot better than Vai. I just dont really enjoy anything he plays....even whitesnake is alright but nothing crazy. He tries to be like Frank Zappa but hes just not there. He is an incredible artist but I dont like his phrasing very much either. He is also extremely full of himself lmao.
To be honest, Yngwie’s playing on Suffer Me is one of the best solos he ever did, in my opinion, but with Vai’s version, it’s just so different, but just as emotional. I could cry to both…
One of Malmsteen's most beautifull songs, under this awsome Vai's genius interpretation. We're so lucky to have'em both on earth...!
Finally!! Somebody who gets it!
Vai also transcribed yngwies black star for guitar player magazine ..brilliant transcription on Vais part .
Así es.
@@davida6889 Yes
Oh, Please.. Steve. Do we need to see any more to know that you are the Greatest of all time? No! But, still you went ahead and gave us so much more than we thought possible, and we thank you for that. You are second to none!
It’s very different to Yngwie’s take, I have to say, but the way that Vai plays it, it’s more of a piece in its own right than a fade out guitar solo, like the original version was. That’s not me saying I like either one better; even though I like Steve better than Yngwie, I don’t think either was better or worse. Yngwie’s guitar wailed with all the sadness and fury of a thousand tortured souls, whereas Vai’s guitar pleaded to the universe for forgiveness for the song’s narrator’s sins…and because of those two separate emotional impressions, both solos were indescribably powerful in different ways.
I’m not Christian btw, I’m just thinking in the sense of the song when I say “sins”
Graham Bonnet is incredible here. Wow.
Supervicious Technically Vai is better but he isnt Blackmore.
Private Siren I agree ✊🏼
@@kathrynremington2486 I love the job of Graham Bonnet on Rainbow, Down to earth it's very well.
@@kathrynremington2486Graham's album with Vai was better then his album with Richie.
they are both guitar gods....unique in their own ways....neither is better or worse.
..absolute..
Right 😉 I see what you’re doing here
I got to talk to both one time in the same room! Steve was the nicest guy, Yngwie was a big old Douchbag. I got to meet both a bunch of times through life luckily. I'm sure by now Steve nows my name.
Intro Chord progression would later become "For the Love of God".
Which was from Kung foo
And the part of solo would later become “Building the Church”;) 04:27
@@_lizard_king From 4:21 to 4:26, a group of about six people in the front row who seem totally unimpressed.
Bobby T., they was paralyzed by impression or just stoned🤣
@@_lizard_king Who knows, but they seemed not into it at all.
What a great guitar tone for even back then. Smooth as butter lead tone.
It’s so great, innit? His best tone by a million miles! I think it sounds a little like James Hetfield’s ride the lightning tone, and Vai was also slaving Mesa boogie amps into Marshall speakers.
For his 80's live stuff, this is the best tone I heard from him. I think he sounded better pre-Ibanez.
Steve Vai un genio de la guitarra todo lo hace tan natural como si fuera la guitarra parte de su ser sin dudas es un prodigio como guitarrista¡¡¡
graham spot on...one of my favorite vocalists...but he set the bar so high for himself , it became difficult for him to clear it later in life...awesome voice.
Still sounds great.
I see people say his singing is horrible. Especially under performance of the song Bigfoot. Idk what they are hearing or if they are just here to glaze Yngwie and shit talk Graham.
This band had the luck of got the best guitar players of the world
Malmsteen had in this era ten times better tone,better right hand picking,timing,and vibrato than Uli Roth,it is common place,Vai is ten time more unique,more creative ,and better composer than Schenker.You must be confused
One argument,only one,but you do not have it.fact.every word i said fact.such is life.smrc.
Cacophony... and they got 2 of the best guitarists together at the same time writting and performing
skyguitar wow.still watching this haa? True bro cacophony has the best guitarist also..marty and becker are the best
And one of the best singers!
Damn first Malmsteen then Vai ? Amazing they are simply a footnote in metal history. Bonnet was a great singer
Alcatrazz as a group certainly are a footnote, but Vai and Malmsteen shocked the world.
Man Steve just Owned that shit and made it his Own...
Like he makes all songs his own... When I met Yngwie and Steve in 03, you could tell they had great respect for each other. And seemed like they were best buddies. And little Joe Satriani was right between both of em. They were both over 6 foot and Joe was like 5' 1" ...
😁🎸👍🏾🎸😁
Something magical about Vais playing, can tell him part from everyone else..really unique way of thinking he has.
senza dubbio, uno dei più grandi chitarristi di tutti i tempi...anche da giovanissimo riusciva ad avere una padronanza incredibile dello strumento...unico, un mito!!! signore e signori sua maestà Steve Vai
3:15 "Yngwie, why did you leave me....."
Abdullaah Bin Feisal hahaha best comment I’ve read in a long time
Hahah😂
You be full of it!! Lol. Steve Vai is the greatest hands down. And look at all he has done over the years!! Probably more then any other soloist
Check out the faces he makes during Yngwie's solo in this live version... especially this last one at the end of the solo :) ruclips.net/video/g57b5UD05Qs/видео.html
They left yngwie
4:06 Japan is indeed a haven of ROCK & METAL tours. Eversince DEEP PURPLE step into their shores in 1972. \m/
Yeah, the Japanese love this kind of rock and metal
Steve great you too are in the history of guitar palyer
Graham Bonet's voice is amazing
Ah, yes, Kojo No Tsuki, the Japanese song English-speaking fans first learned from a German who spoke neither Japanese nor English. And yet somehow we still got all the words.
Steve wai 6 uno dei migliori chitarristi esistenti al mondo.brano meraviglioso intensi e sublime.dainese Aldo.
Am I the only one who thinks that Vai's Suffer Me solo was mind blowing?
Wow,that was awesome!! It's like the pre-cursor for For the Love of God!
Steve had little time of learning or figuring Malmsteen's part.
The only one who could pull this off without practically any time is Vai. Just look at the guitar players he’s had to replace. None better at it!
no your not alone..steve was shit kicker when he was young and still is..remember he had already played in frank zappa band.. best player on the planet
@@mikecicco2775, to be fair there are several of good players who could pull it off too, starting with Satriani. Too bad those guys usually gravitate to solo projects and get boring quick. No matter how good you are, band of creative musicians (like in this vid) will always make better music.
Steve Vai hands down the greatest guitarist ever. Because I said so!!! Lol
Not in the top twenty.
Suffer me very long clean guitar solo. Amazing.
I`d like a crystal ball to peer into it and see waaay back when Steve Vai was just putting together his guitar abilities. Everything I`ve ever seen and heard from him, he`s always been incredible! Has he EVER sucked?- lol
No.
His first show with Alcatrazz was a difficult one, he was nervous and poorly prepared, and it showed. A huge crowd of enthusiastic fans were gathered watching them, expecting to see Yngwie play, who had literally only just left the band, so instead they got Steve Vai…who doesn’t play anything like Yngwie. He had only just been brought in from Frank Zappa, and he’d only had one day to learn the entire set. During “Suffer Me”, fans got angry and started yelling things like “you suck” and “I want my money back” at Steve, bless him. He hasn’t ever sucked, but man the guy has been put in some tough positions.
One of the best concert's of Steve... Unique, Superb, Steve Vai...
The same shirt of Crossroads... jajaja
Close...but not the same. One is horizontal stripes, the other vertical. Yes, I have a LOT of time on my hands.
Vai The Best.
Master.
First time I've seen Vai with a strat. RUclips is so good! What a good time to have lived!
This when FAR BEYOND THE SUN ..WAS CREATED
Suffer me`s solo! Steve Vai`s skills are just so crazy. Vaibrato in progress
Vai did a fabulous job, I'm not going to argue who is the better guitar player been playing for 25 yrs. And its all a matter of taste or opinion on who your ear likes better when it comes to this level of playing for sure. Absolutely cool to see Vai playing a 1980's Jackson Soloist style guitar at @ 7:39 on awesome!!!
Is that the beginning of For the Love of God... then Building the Church... and then sounds of Fore Garden and Flexable??? Crazy!
The Genesis of greatness!
got double stop like blue powder as well
So, when I was 2 years old, Steve Vai was already one the greatest guitar players around. Moral: I'm old... But he is older.
So they said: Can you replace our guitarist?
Steve Vai said: Hold my beer.
So weird to see Steve on something other than an Ibanez.
The classic 80s guitar sound , the jcm and the pedal boss ds1 after the amp . Compress and huge sustain
It's funny I love music with a lot of hooks , and metal guitar was great way to express it. Thats why Van Halen was so exciting. The gymnastics of a lot of notes solo is the representations of these two great guitars but from a purest of music appreciation, my vote goes to the hook guitar players like yardbirds. But I am old and what do I know. Thanks
..with are comes Wisdom.
Blackmore Micheal schenker Gary moore rik emmit ronnie montrose evh satrianni hendrix were the best live period also srv. Anytime over super flashy guitarist
Muy buena banda. Steve Vai impecable!
Steve The Italian Beast Vai.
Italians at being musicians are like asians at math.
Markus Antonio 😂😂😂
tudo que o vai faz é foda meu deus
This is #1 first time I fell in LOVE with Steve Vai !
love how he teddy-bear-rolls back on stage. like a total pro!
Huyyyy pinche rolota que recuerfos perronsotessss me hizo llorar 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 chingon temaaaa 👍
wundervoll... DANKE FÜR DIESE HERRLICHE MUSIK
I remember watching Steve Vai and Frank Zappa jamming in Italy back in 70's and Vai had a similar outfit on lol wonder if he ever got changed or just hobo'd around the word in the purple Tiger print tank haha. He was playing that strat too from what i can remember seeing
great guitar work steve! very articulate! i am going to listen to ur playing on this song again rightnow!! really enjoyed it.... thank u ~
que barbaridad de cancion, por favor! para temblar de pasion...
Vai playing Yngwie's riffs and licks. Priceless!
Excelente, bravo, assistindo em 2020.
4:25 Building the Church intro!
One of the greatest solos ive ever heard played live!
Watch closely. It's not live but overdubbed.
@@chukrock not the full solo but parts of it
def. most underrated band in 80s
No parole.. For Alacatraz... Suffer him at parappanna ಅಗ್ರಹಾರ ಜೈಲ್
Bonnet out of mind--wow crazy shit !
For the love of god early stage
Wow...Building the Church at 4:25
simplesmente maravilhoso!!!!!
Crossroads flashbacks when he plays with that Jackson!
YEP! 👍
Actually the guitar he played in Crossroads was a Charvel custom with a headstock that looked like a Jackson. I thought it was a Jackson too, but I wasn’t sure after looking into the guitar in the movie more.
it's not his fault the solo is overdubbed...it's because of the video edit
I was gonna say, it wouldn’t really be possible for the band to overdub the solo in a live context
Vai so much more musical than Yngwie's constant speed. More feeling, more interesting. Vai uses speed occasionally to accent his solos Not speed for speed sake. Far better than Yngwie in my opinion.
Ur right on with that statement!
Totally agree!!
I will always choose feeling over speed
@@luigivillani6411 Absolutely. Me too
@@luigivillani6411 Yngwie has a lot of feeling in his playing. Listen to Icarus' Dream Suite Op.4, Far Beyond the Sun, Black Star etc... lots of feeling in those songs. Just because they are fast doesn't it mean he doesn't play with feeling.
My gosch...the singer thought with steve vai he'll the fist and the only one that audiance look...after Y.J.Malmsteen, he thought "never again, poeple will love me"' .... so many bravour...hat tip for this hope!
VAI is GREAT!
The cold December day I came
You knew me well but I was a stranger
You suffer me, oh oh you suffer me
Oooo suffer me
Why you suffer me
I touched you
You felt me heart
Oh how you suffer me oh you suffer me
Oh suffer me
Why did you suffer me
[SOLO]
Oh suffer me why did you
How could you suffer me
Suffer wo oa oh
Steve's solo on Suffer Me is really over-overdubbed...
did you noticed? that was kind of embarassing!!I really like steve vai but I think he s kinda cheater for some things...
Edoardo Morelli ??
can ya elaborate on this
@@splishsplash6802 the solo is overdubbed in the studio- what you’re hearing for a portion of the video is not the solo from show. Some people consider that cheating.
❤️beautiful
Man Steve Via was excellent 👌 👏 🙌 👍 when he was in the band !!!! And also Yngwie Malmstein !!!! You can't compare either one !!@!
The minute where the idea came from
0.24 for the love of god
4.27 building of the church
7.09 the crying machine solo intro
かなりいい曲‼️
Rock-On "bro2, get youre heart out there....cause that´s what it is all about, man....sharing, pain, agony, love, and....Affection....!!!! :D
Directo al alma.
best rock voice
For the Love of God.... The Birth..
Also "Building The Church"
una versión PODEROSÍSIMA !!!!!
After listening to Malmsteen version vs Vai's version of Suffer Me. IMO, Vai did this song justice.
Increíblemente fantástico Vai por encima de Yngwei más versátilidad y seguridad un genio...
Best singer/performer
As much as i LOVE MALMSTEEN...THIS IS STEVE VAI .AMAZING
Beyond comments. Steve Vai ladies and gents.
Steves playing is great here but Yngwie was a fucking monster! He was young, hungry, and pretty much untouchable when he hit the scene. Dont forget they were already friends back then and they are now touring together. Fucking dedication!!!!!!!!! Gotta love it!!!!!!!
And ripped off blackmore big time
Been looking for this vid for soooo long! Thanks!
That is some SICK soloing.
Amazing never knew that Vai played Jacksons before. I guess they all switched to Japanese guitars when they were paid $$$$ via endorsements.
Amazing!!
suffer me solo. yngwie owns that. one of the best ever.
great playing and excellent how-to-get-back-on-stage-mid-solo technique
Magic!
El Poder de una Guitarra , desencadena emociones
When the two smartest kids in class argue.
amazing
Vai play fender....awesome
Yngwie脱退後！Vai来日！ライブINJAPAN！
新宿厚生年金会館１階 G列 48番ど真ん中
席で言えば前から７列目で参戦！
やっさん懐かしい～(笑)
このライブ、せっかくYngwie観れると思って
楽しみにしていたのにがっかりだった😔
本当はこのライブにYngwieが来るはずだったのに！😟
しかもこの頃はVaiは名の知られていない新人ギタリスト
今はもうバリバリ有名ですけどね☺
Singer looked so heartbroken while singing suffer me 🥺
The lyrics are a bit word-salady, but the concept is really interesting, I wonder if Bonnet based it on a real life experience
por favor esto es magia!!!
Increíblemente real...
This is fantastic, wish there were tabs for that solo!
I love Yngwie but Steve Vai's solo for this song was way better 🔥
No way
true
Not even close
uffff totalmente de acuerdo no hay punto de comparacion Steve Vai dandole clases a Malmsteen de como se hace un solo epico lleno de sentimiento
@@Diego0200 verdad que si??? Yngwie es Rey pero en el aspecto de esta cancion Steve Vai domina! Tambien Steve tiene mucho mas teknika
Vais best playing was in rock bands. MUCH more interesting he overplayed as an instrumentalist.
No such thing as overplaying. Vai "plays" far and away more interesting music as a solo artist. He creates things other guitarists try to emulate. Just from the technical aspect his instrumental music is stunning. You just probably don't like his personal style and prefer straight rock music with cool licks thrown in. I like a 6 minute solo that gives me goosebumps to see live. Seeing him perform live with an orchestra that he wrote the arrangements for was one of the most interesting experiences of my life. Vai's more mainstream playing was with the constraints of a rock band. He's more than a guitar player, he's a complete musician. It's interesting you say overplayed since nearly all the solos in this video are portions of his later compositions. It's simply broken up with straight time rock timing and boring vocalizations that everyone was doing in that era.
@@helmedon I respect vai a ton, but for me I can name 5 other guitarists whom I enjoy and I think are alot better than Vai. I just dont really enjoy anything he plays....even whitesnake is alright but nothing crazy. He tries to be like Frank Zappa but hes just not there. He is an incredible artist but I dont like his phrasing very much either. He is also extremely full of himself lmao.
Stevie is from outer space man!
His lead was remixed/dubbed over... still rocked
What lead, by whom and when?
Shame it dont have a lotta views, should have, desrves it.
Seems a bit as Dreaming of "Yngwie " if am not mistaken. ...
THE BEST solo Vai