Viv Campbell is my personal favorite and main guitar influence. His tone and bends are incredible. Goldy did everything as everyone said, made justice to respect the solo. Doug aldridge is Doug Aldridge…simply amazing. Steve Morse, cmon…cant touch that man…he is also a legend.
100% agree with your assessment. I would add that I like Viv's solo with the Les Paul much, much better than the Nightswan or whatever he was playing with the whammy bar. Doug's solo was outstanding and Steve Morse's alternate take was really cool too.
Nah. Goldy is melodically massively off a lot of the time. He loses the flow, and your attention, by not caring that he’s playing some passages and bends that are not even in the correct key.
Vivian Campbell own his own solo and is a beast. And as much as I adore Dio. Why can't he shut up when a solo is played and why can't ha perform live on pair with the studio recordings.
Personally, I think it says a lot, or rather it says everything you need to say in that players the caliber of Goldy and Aldrich kept 90 plus percent of the originality intact. They played Vivian's solo, not theirs. What the hell else can you say that is louder testimony in favor of Vivian? Goldy and Aldrich are badass players, undoubtedly, and they both knew not to fuck with something that didn't need fucked with. That being said, I vote the following: 1. Campbell, 2. Aldrich, 3. Goldy, 4. Morse
Awesome video - it was Viv's solo on this song that inspired me to pick up the guitar. As the originator, it's tough to say someone else does a better job with it. Aldrich is a monster and filled not only Vivian's (and Blackmore's) roles with Dio, but also the roles of John Sykes/Adrian Vandenburg/Steve Vai in Whitesnake. For Steve Morse, my guess is that this was a joint appearance between Deep Purple and Dio at some point and he was winging the solo based on the chord charts and what he could remember from hearing it on the radio. Goldy does a phenomenal job with it, but I always thought it a bit of a shame that Dio had him recreate/approximate Vivian's solo. It would have been really interesting to see how he would have approached the song and solo given the opportunity to do it his way.
Viv originated the solo and Goldy maintained a killer consistency. Years later you can still count on Viv to nail his original work. ruclips.net/video/uubPfnwHors/видео.html
acho injusto o trecho de Craig Goldy. olha a performance dele em 2004 nesse link ruclips.net/video/cIdzxdpNp0k/видео.html I think Craig Goldy's excerpt is unfair. look at his performance in 2004 on this link
Steve Morse doesn’t normally shred but he has the chops to learn it but you can tell it was a crash hiring where Steve would have to learn all those song’s leads and so he just did his own thing to make it through the tour. Well, unless it was just a couple of performances and not a whole tour.
@@NeuroplasticityReprogramAgreed. And sad too, because Steve is such a badass player. I can only guess that Ronnie gave him creative license to play as he wished, cause you know he's got the chops to replicate it more accurately.
Love seeing Viv shred his material with Last In Line on his OG Black Les Paul. How cool he was able to get that guitar back. Been front row for many of these LIL shows and Viv is better than ever.
That was also my takeaway. In many ways, Craig was a better guitarist than Vivian because he not only contributed the most insane live solo of any guitarist to work with Dio on the same tour he was featured on in this clip, but he was also capable of adapting to Viv's signature style and also expand upon it a bit, whereas I don't think Vivian could ever do the crazy stuff Craig did on this tour or the subsequent Dream Evil and Magica albums. For his part, Doug Aldrich did an excellent job of miming Vivian's solo, which is essentially what he took to Killing The Dragon, he essentially recreated Viv's style without really changing anything, which is what everybody wanted at the time since it was clear that Vivian and Ronnie were never going to reconcile. Steve Morse's interpretation is interesting in its own right, as it is probably the closest we'll ever come to hearing what Ritchie Blackmore's interpretation of the solo might have been had Dio stayed in Rainbow and successfully pitched the song to him. On the merits it comes off as weaker because it's the most different, but it definitely has a charm to it.
Sin duda alguna, Vivian es el mejor! Y no sólo en esa canción, el formó parte de la mejor alineación de músicos de Dio. Debo comentar que el trabajo que hizo Doug en la banda fue excelente. La música de Dio tiene un peso inconfundible, donde cada uno de sus integrantes aportó la mejor manera de transmitirlo, y Vivian en la guitarra fue el mejor.
they are all amazing professional guitarists.Vivian Campbell is the original and sets the standard .Doug Aldrich has a cool style. Steve Moss extremely tasty but I prefer Craig Goldy
Doug is the most technical and clean, his execution seems to be perfect. But Vivian sounds more autentic and aggressive, there is a different kind of feeling in his song. Craig is great, but I think he was overplaying here... And this video proves: not always the most technician guitarist has the best feeling. Steve Morse totally destroyed the song...
All of these guys are amazing, but Vivian is the most accurate. Maybe this is because he wrote it and is also pretty nerdy. Nerds tend to figure it out.
You just can't copy Campbell. Feel is not something you can steal. Goldy is trying so hard to make something that is as good, and he misses the target completely no matter how hard he try. It seems like he try to outrun Campbell's feel by adding technic and complexity, but sorry mate, you only did it worse by doing that.
Nah he just outplayed what Campbell could do. Even by his own admission. Campbell is on record saying that he is self taught and it has drawbacks. He doesn’t have the fundamentals to build from and the technical know how of scales etc. he can play and create but it is more limiting to be self taught.
I remember back in the mid 80s,in some metal magazine which i could not remember,an interview with yngwie and he was asked if he feels like hes the fastest but suprisingly yngwie said no,becos ive heard some fast solos from viv campbell.considering how egoistic he was back then.
Pointless comparing all these guys to VC he wrote the solo. No one’s going to play quite the same as VC. For the record all this guys are great great players.
Campbell, surprisingly, had some trouble getting the original solo to work, and has to resort to soundalike stock licks; Goldy's rendition, on the other hand, leaves the impression that he is holding back. Aldrich is probably the closest one to the original, but I also thinks he saps it of much of its intensity.
Craig and Tracy G are my favorite Dio guitar players. Interesting you gave Vivian more air time than the others. And some of the quality of the videos are not great. That isn't fair.
Vivian Campbell is still the best !!❤️
he should be as he wrote the music
My feelings exactly. Call me "nostalgic" don't care. And I like the original Megadeth 'Rust In Peace' album, not the remaster. Sue me. 👍😁
Noooooo question about it!!!!
Craig, Steve and Doug you really are exceptional, incredible, from another planet ..... but sorry guys, this guitar solo belongs to Vivian ...
Irain, truer words have never been spoken
STEVE MAKE HIS OWN SOLO VERSION. NOT LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL EVEN CLOSE, NOT BAD BUT NOT CLOSE@@mifunegoh4773
well Viv wrote the music duh
It’s like Tornado of souls.
No one can play better than Marty.
Yeah know one can touch Vivian in the Dio years.
Vivian Campbell with that les Paul killed it
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Vivian Campbell best 💥🤘 for Dio..
All of these guys are beyond incredible, but Viv owns that music. He was, and is, so incredible!
VIVIAN CAMPBELL NUMBER 1
Viv Campbell is my personal favorite and main guitar influence. His tone and bends are incredible. Goldy did everything as everyone said, made justice to respect the solo.
Doug aldridge is Doug Aldridge…simply amazing.
Steve Morse, cmon…cant touch that man…he is also a legend.
100% agree with your assessment. I would add that I like Viv's solo with the Les Paul much, much better than the Nightswan or whatever he was playing with the whammy bar.
Doug's solo was outstanding and Steve Morse's alternate take was really cool too.
Dam, goldy can play.
They're all amazing, and it's Vivian's solo, but Doug Aldrich is a BEAST. Holy shit
Definitely, that solo was as clean as can be. Wow.
Doug #1
Doug was the only one that came close. It's Viv's solo and he just owns it, but Doug did an incredible job here.
That was my take from this video....🔥🔥
yes doug hit it out of the park, vivian missed a few harmonics
I love all of these kickass, awesome guitar players; only one's missing's Rowan Robertson, and Tracy G....
I still think Craig is the best, and WTF was Steve Morse playing? Idk wtf that was. He hit maybe 20% of the correct notes.
Was Steve Morse playing a different song??? His improvised shitty solo didn't even fit within the structure of the song. WTF???😠
Yeah I thought that was strange
I think even dio just kinda tripped out of his vibe and looked at his guitar like "tf is he doing"...
Vivian all day no question the best
Vivian Campbell HANDS DOWN.
Craig Goldy is the only person next to Vivian who does it justice. I even prefer Craig's version...he's a phenomenal player!
I do agree
Cause if the Gibsons better sound
@@gixxusmetalman7435 Irrelevant.
Nah. Goldy is melodically massively off a lot of the time. He loses the flow, and your attention, by not caring that he’s playing some passages and bends that are not even in the correct key.
None of them dudes can touch Steve Morse... period....
Sorry but Steve Morse didnt play RITD solo. It was just an improvisation
Man, Steve Morse was special.
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@@jpurple Sorry, Is
❤❤yes
He is a great guitar player but his style doesnt fit so well in this solo
@@biez71 I'd pay money to see any of these other guys play a Dregs' song. (LOL)
Vivian ofcause and Doug Aldrich a very close 2nd 🤘🤘🤘🤘
I wish the Rowan Robertson version was on here.
I did enjoy the video.
Thank you
The best is whoever upload this awesome video, thank you!!!
First Craig, then Vivian, and finally Doug.... but not Steve who plays it with no feeling.
how can you say that When Viv wrote the fukn music, Craig misses several notes
Goldy.
Vivian is the one who created the solo so he is # 1! #2 is Doug #3 cape crusader and finally #4 is Steve but Viv is the Master of shred! Michigan 🎉🎉🎉😮
Vivian Campbell is the best
They are alls greats musicians👍🏿🙏is just question affinity🤣RONNIE 🤘🏿💕
I really don't think it's fair to compare professional footage to a live iPhone recording.
Vivian Campbell own his own solo and is a beast. And as much as I adore Dio. Why can't he shut up when a solo is played and why can't ha perform live on pair with the studio recordings.
No kidding. Tony Iommi yelled at Ozzy for doing that.👍🏻
Steve morse just completely made it up to a point where it didn't even fit into the song in both a rhythm sense and a sound sense
Exactly......
Totally agree. My 2 cents.
Personally, I think it says a lot, or rather it says everything you need to say in that players the caliber of Goldy and Aldrich kept 90 plus percent of the originality intact. They played Vivian's solo, not theirs. What the hell else can you say that is louder testimony in favor of Vivian? Goldy and Aldrich are badass players, undoubtedly, and they both knew not to fuck with something that didn't need fucked with. That being said, I vote the following: 1. Campbell, 2. Aldrich, 3. Goldy, 4. Morse
Hear, Hear!
The other 2 copy the original Vivian phrasing except Steve Morse try to do something on his own😁..
Nothing is beating Vivian's studio version, Doug's is a great effort🤘
Vivian Campbell is and aways will be the best !!!!!
Awesome video - it was Viv's solo on this song that inspired me to pick up the guitar.
As the originator, it's tough to say someone else does a better job with it. Aldrich is a monster and filled not only Vivian's (and Blackmore's) roles with Dio, but also the roles of John Sykes/Adrian Vandenburg/Steve Vai in Whitesnake. For Steve Morse, my guess is that this was a joint appearance between Deep Purple and Dio at some point and he was winging the solo based on the chord charts and what he could remember from hearing it on the radio.
Goldy does a phenomenal job with it, but I always thought it a bit of a shame that Dio had him recreate/approximate Vivian's solo. It would have been really interesting to see how he would have approached the song and solo given the opportunity to do it his way.
nobody wants to hear a song butchered
My favorite are Vivian and Doug.
Same 😃
Viv originated the solo and Goldy maintained a killer consistency. Years later you can still count on Viv to nail his original work.
ruclips.net/video/uubPfnwHors/видео.html
Steve mangled it.
Steve's a great player but you can tell he didn't even try to learn the solo.He just just did it.
@@brianpark492that's the good thing...
Vivian campbell!!
All of them
we are talking about hit song cover , what are the hit songs these others did that were not only hits but stood the test off time
Vivian originated a brilliant solo, Craig built on it, but Steve definitely took it to a Whole. Nuvva. Level.
Vivian, followed by Goldy and then whoever else.
acho injusto o trecho de Craig Goldy. olha a performance dele em 2004 nesse link ruclips.net/video/cIdzxdpNp0k/видео.html I think Craig Goldy's excerpt is unfair. look at his performance in 2004 on this link
Steve Morse doesn’t normally shred but he has the chops to learn it but you can tell it was a crash hiring where Steve would have to learn all those song’s leads and so he just did his own thing to make it through the tour. Well, unless it was just a couple of performances and not a whole tour.
All Viv, original is the best.
Tracy G?
Rowan Robertson?
If one of the others were the one who wrote it that’s who the comment section would say was the best ,and that’s definite
Morse’s version had nothing to do with the original solo, but I loved it.
Really? Cause I was embarassed for him. Sounded like shat.
@@NeuroplasticityReprogramAgreed. And sad too, because Steve is such a badass player. I can only guess that Ronnie gave him creative license to play as he wished, cause you know he's got the chops to replicate it more accurately.
Love seeing Viv shred his material with Last In Line on his OG Black Les Paul. How cool he was able to get that guitar back. Been front row for many of these LIL shows and Viv is better than ever.
Campbell y Goldy sin ninguna duda, exelentes guerreros de la guitarra! Vieja escuela
I believe , Craig Goldie did it the most justice , meaning he gave the best evolutionary direction to the original Vivian's solo.
Yup, me too.
That was also my takeaway. In many ways, Craig was a better guitarist than Vivian because he not only contributed the most insane live solo of any guitarist to work with Dio on the same tour he was featured on in this clip, but he was also capable of adapting to Viv's signature style and also expand upon it a bit, whereas I don't think Vivian could ever do the crazy stuff Craig did on this tour or the subsequent Dream Evil and Magica albums.
For his part, Doug Aldrich did an excellent job of miming Vivian's solo, which is essentially what he took to Killing The Dragon, he essentially recreated Viv's style without really changing anything, which is what everybody wanted at the time since it was clear that Vivian and Ronnie were never going to reconcile.
Steve Morse's interpretation is interesting in its own right, as it is probably the closest we'll ever come to hearing what Ritchie Blackmore's interpretation of the solo might have been had Dio stayed in Rainbow and successfully pitched the song to him. On the merits it comes off as weaker because it's the most different, but it definitely has a charm to it.
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Sin duda alguna, Vivian es el mejor! Y no sólo en esa canción, el formó parte de la mejor alineación de músicos de Dio. Debo comentar que el trabajo que hizo Doug en la banda fue excelente. La música de Dio tiene un peso inconfundible, donde cada uno de sus integrantes aportó la mejor manera de transmitirlo, y Vivian en la guitarra fue el mejor.
they are all amazing professional guitarists.Vivian Campbell is the original and sets the standard .Doug Aldrich has a cool style. Steve Moss extremely tasty but I prefer Craig Goldy
Viv...
Doug is the most technical and clean, his execution seems to be perfect. But Vivian sounds more autentic and aggressive, there is a different kind of feeling in his song. Craig is great, but I think he was overplaying here... And this video proves: not always the most technician guitarist has the best feeling. Steve Morse totally destroyed the song...
Viv Campbell all day long (tho' the other guys are exceptional too...)
WTF??? Steve Morse was in DIO? Anyway I'll like Vivian the best overall for this track.
All of these guys are amazing, but Vivian is the most accurate. Maybe this is because he wrote it and is also pretty nerdy. Nerds tend to figure it out.
Viv's original is the best. I love his tone as well.
Mr. Vivian "Beast" Patrick Campbell!!!
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steve morse is worst
The most technically gifted had the worst solo here...... Sorry Steve. But The Dregs are totally awesome!
As good as Steve is ....he pissed all over the solo to this song.
The are certain parts in this solo that you just expect to hear. Morse was the only one who didn't mimic the way Vivian Campbell originally did it.
Vivian Campbell and his manic guitar!
I see you have that VHS too.
You just can't copy Campbell. Feel is not something you can steal. Goldy is trying so hard to make something that is as good, and he misses the target completely no matter how hard he try. It seems like he try to outrun Campbell's feel by adding technic and complexity, but sorry mate, you only did it worse by doing that.
Nah he just outplayed what Campbell could do. Even by his own admission. Campbell is on record saying that he is self taught and it has drawbacks. He doesn’t have the fundamentals to build from and the technical know how of scales etc. he can play and create but it is more limiting to be self taught.
@@cmdrdredd Just be honest, Which solo did sound nice like really nice.
@@cmdrdredd you are an I D I O T. Viv, EVH and Angus are all self taught and are 3 of the best in the world
Viv. Twice on Sunday. Steve, just not his genre.
I remember back in the mid 80s,in some metal magazine which i could not remember,an interview with yngwie and he was asked if he feels like hes the fastest but suprisingly yngwie said no,becos ive heard some fast solos from viv campbell.considering how egoistic he was back then.
Thank you for not playing Tracy G. His performance is the worst.
Pointless comparing all these guys to VC he wrote the solo. No one’s going to play quite the same as VC.
For the record all this guys are great great players.
It is Vivian s solo. Morse was the Best because He did not mimic the solo..... He was morse!!!!
To Funny, no 1 compares to Vivian at all with that solo. He has the total feel for it, it's his alone. ✔
Nice set of great solos,but hehe,just one doest right always,Vivian
Steve Morse didn't suck at this, he only change the melody and the speed, bc of this he was the worst at that
Three of them is almost hundred percent copyright player,but sadly Steve is not good for the solo
Love Viv. He was best with Dio. I had no idea Steve Morse played with Dio, but is solo here is meh.
Its all vivians. But craig goldy did it the best with that super mid range crunch
Morse sucked on this one. Craig and Doug are ok, but only Vivian rules here.
Vivians is just unforgetable. Uts what we all know and hear first. Its vivians
Vivian studio is one thing but live, Gregg and Doug
m.ruclips.net/video/dCRwByiXJoQ/видео.html maybe this will change your mind
If you mean Craig and Doug I agree
Great sompilation shame that the sound qquality is a but sub standard ...
Goldy and Doug eat Vivian solos for breakfast.
Shame that Vivian had a falling out with dio... always felt that he wrote his music when he was with dio's band.
Steve morse the worst solo ever
Campbell, surprisingly, had some trouble getting the original solo to work, and has to resort to soundalike stock licks; Goldy's rendition, on the other hand, leaves the impression that he is holding back. Aldrich is probably the closest one to the original, but I also thinks he saps it of much of its intensity.
Morse was my least favourite. He took too many liberties.
Vivian lets that last note ring out and i think that is what makes that solo.
Je trouve que vivian est le guitariste qui est le mieux pour dio. Respect ❤
Craig and Tracy G are my favorite Dio guitar players. Interesting you gave Vivian more air time than the others. And some of the quality of the videos are not great. That isn't fair.
I grew up having Craig as a personal mentor when I was a teenager, so perhaps I'm biased, but he killed it. Not a sloppy note to be found.
Vivian Лучше всех боле убедительно 😎🤘♥️
Get the original man but if not him then get Doug Aldrich
The man who wrote the solo rules the others try to imitate
Vivian the best no matter if it's a strato or a Les Paul
Normally the player who writes the solo wins
Craig smoked it!
Steve’s version didn’t do it for me. Vic is the best
where’s Tracy g
1 Doug 2- Vivian 3- Craig 4 Steve
Agree
It's all the best.
Vivian last guitar broken 😢