Definitely Vai. Macchio is not even remotely close to looking at all capable, let alone being able to play Paganini, lols. Not saying I didn't enjoy his acting, but yea.
When are they doing the CrossRoads follow up series?!?!? Steve Vai could be a guitar repair guy that runs into a rich and successful Kid Lightning as old guys. Hijinks and hilarity to ensue....
We watched this movie in Afghanistan, and it inspired me to pick my guitar back up after returning home. It's been a few years now, and I'm proud to say that after a decade of practicing, I still can't play this song.
@@simplestrum after the slow demise of crossroad blues, maybe he never got his chance of getting his soul back, Jack Butler lived forever, striking more deals with other sinister creatures to keep himself from dying and losing his soul.
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A musician is an actor. They are someone that can, with sound and motion express emotions and set the mood. I watched the 'Masterclass' by Itzahk Perlman and until that point I didn't see the similarities but his comparisons were truly revealing. I'm not a classical musician but his description of what a musician really is was enlightening.
Legends say that they needed to hire a body double for Steve Vai for the arpeggio scene as he was unable to screw them up, even with a broken guitar, no strings and no audio the arpeggio still played perfectly, Steve is that good
Ralph Maccio gave the best guitar mime I’ve ever seen in cinema. His left hand miming was pretty spot on for the most part. You could tell that he understood what he was ‘playing’ even if he couldn’t play it. Most mime guitaring on screen is just people randomly moving their fretting hand with no relation to what’s being ‘played’. Fantastic work by both, and extraordinary playing by Vai, who recorded both parts.
Ralph Macchio is a decent guitar player himself, just (obviously) not as good as Steve Vai - hence it was easy for him to mimick the playing pretty well
To his credit, Maccio knew that the only way that his performance would "sell" the audience was to make sure that he at least looked credible when playing, particularly in close-up shots with both hands plainly visible. So he got some top-notch coaching and put the work in.
Yep. Actually pretty sure he even played the part that Ralph Macchio’s character is supposed to be playing. Ry Cooder played a lot of his parts, especially the slide stuff. But pretty sure Vai played that last part.
@@ManikMekanik Just as Daniel P said, Steve played both parts, although for the sake of recording the movie the soundtrack was obviously recorded separately.
Hold it! What about blonde the kid way-way back in the bar humming Mr. Crowley's guitar solo? Ok, he wasn't there. He was gone long before... $%&$%!!!!
If you play guitar, you know how difficult it is to play this piece. If you play guitar you also know that it’s difficult to convincingly fake a piece. Props to Ralph Maccio for making it look halfway believable.
Ralph's proven in his life professional life to be a superb student. Steve's not just one of the best guitar players ever but also one of the best guitar teachers. It was a performance match made in heaven
@@cdavid0715 The song is "Eugene's Trick Bag", which was written and performed by Steve Vai and heavily inspired by Caprice No. 5, one of 24 pieces composed by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in the early 19th century. Check out the cover of this song by then 14-year old Tina S at ua-cam.com/video/_tXuYLc6rIg/v-deo.html.
Yes, this. Very convincing mining, and nearly spot on for matching the notes and frets. I literally thought it was special effects at first. People keep judging him, like he's actually pretending to be that good; it's called *acting* and it's not that deep.
A cool fact is that the song he plays is a version of Paganini's 5th caprice - which was a classical violin piece written by Paganini as a homage to the devil. It was often rumoured that Paganini had sold his soul to the devil for his mastery of the violin. Players said the piece required divine abilities to play, due to it's complexity. So in this movie, he sort of beats the devil with his own song. A neat little musical history reference that would fly over most people's head.
I was thinking maybe it had something to do with Steve Via's character not being able to play the song since the person that originally played it had sold their soul to the devil first.
the acting of Steve vai beyond flawless, this gonna be the best scene i ever seen in my life. i do keep checking up the video from time to time, its just amazing.
I was alive during this time but never saw this movie. Glad it was recommended. Damn good. Some of my favorite in movies. Dueling Banjos from Deliverance. The bass battle in Scott Pilgrim.
Steve VAI thought he'd make Daniel San wax Steve's axe. Axe wax? In all SERIOUSness Everybody, make sure your left palm isn't slow moving up or down neck as in Power Cord style like Iron Man. Back of your neck must be somewhat slippery. Some guys use extra-fine 600 grit finishing sandpaper .
0:02 Never realised he had the intro to Bad Horsie around 1986 but released it in 1995. 3:02 Sounds close to portions of Tender Surrender, also released in 1995.
In early 1984, director Walter Hill contacted Arlen Roth-guitarist, columnist and co-creator of the Hot Licks instructional video series-about a new film he was about to make starring Ralph Macchio. It was to be centered on the blues and present a modern twist on the mythology and legend tied to the late Robert Johnson. The problem was Macchio couldn’t play guitar. Roth, it turns out, was the man for the job. The guitarist, who was hired as the film's musical consultant, also was tasked with showing Macchio how to play guitar while creating guitar parts for the film that the young actor could mime to. Over the next few months, Roth visited Macchio’s home in Long Island, New York, four days a week. He taught him electric and acoustic blues techniques, including fingerpicking and slide. He even threw in some classical. The young actor was determined to actually play the guitar in the movie; however, Roth knew this would be impossible. He was keen to just get Macchio good enough to fake the parts recorded by Roth, Ry Cooder and Bill Kanengiser. When production began, many of the film’s sets were still yet to be finalized. After filming on location one evening in Greenville, Mississippi, Roth, who was fascinated by the local music scene, decided to sit in at a nearby juke joint and took Ralph along. Macchio was so impressed watching Arlen jam onstage that night with Frank Frost and Son Thomas (widely regarded as two of the foremost American Delta blues musicians of their generation). He wanted the same kind of scene written into the movie. Cooder, who served as the film's musical director, agreed and even insisted Frost and Thomas be included in the film, which they were. Hill envisioned the film's climax to be like a boxing match, or a blues version of The Karate Kid (ironically, also starring Macchio). With that in mind, the original guitar "duel" was recorded; it was a battle between Roth and Cooder, with the plan that Cooder would appear on screen in the role of Jack Butler. As the film progressed, however, the producers were growing less keen on this idea and wanted someone else for the part, much to the disappointment of Cooder. Nonetheless, Cooder was still musical director and therefore was tasked with finding a replacement. Keith Richards, Frank Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughan were briefly considered for the role, but ultimately with the producers keen on capitalizing on the mid-Eighties “guitar shred” boom, Steve Vai was cast and was quickly able to put his own stamp on the part, even writing additional music for the film, including his work on "Eugene's Trick Bag," an updated classical piece, at the film's climax. I copied and pasted this from a guitar Player magazine article on Arlen Roth
There aren't many comments saying this, so: Steve Vai actually created and recorded Macchio's part. He can't play guitar, at least at that level, he's just mimicking the movements (and honestly does a fantastic job with some of it, coming from someone who plays a lot of Vai's actual music). Vai is literally pretending to fail at something he just played (through Macchio) and I find that hilarious. Awesome neo-classical guitar.
@@codyallen1971 Ry Cooder did indeed play parts, all except the Paganini inspired piece at the end. The blues guitar sounds you hear throughout the film were also played by Ry.
born on November 4, 1961 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Had to believe he is a year older than i to the same day. Not knowing his age when he played the Karate Kid i allays thought he was a little kid in comparison
What I didn't get was Vai played the crazy stuff before the Machio solo that Machio didn't replicate, but Vai played most of Machios solo note for note on sight minus the few screw ups. I know Machio was supposed to win cause of the plot but still..... On a side note Legend I heard it took Vai like 17 takes just to intentionally screw up
80's producers: -let's make "karate kid"! -no... we did that last year... -ohhh right... but what if we use the same script and just hang some guitar on Ralph Macchio...? -Yes! and we can use Steve Vai as Johnny too... -Cooooooool bro!
You know you’re the ultimate guitarist when you literally walk of the stage after losing to…none other then yourself. Very humble thing to do by Steve Vai…mad respect for his awesome talent.
@@mastowl_7112 I like Ry Cooder as well…but all I was saying was that Eugene’s Trick bag (the victorious riff) was Vai’s part. He was humble enough to make it look like he lost in the movie though.
As a guitar player, I was impressed how Ralph Macchio was able to convincingly mime guitar playing. When I first saw this movie I was convinced Macchio played guitar for real.
The only part that was blatant was the ascending and descending back and forth in the Paganini piece where Ralph kept moving his head up and down like a goofball lol.
Macchio actually took guitar lessons for the movie,that's his finger movements are so convincing. He even continued the lessons even after the movie and can legit play guitar,of course not on that virtuoso level.
Having learned "Eugene's Trick Bag" i can tell Ralf studied Steve's hands and learned where his fingers should be on the fretboard at the right times. He didn't have to do that, but i can tell he really wanted his playing to look as real as possible, and i appreciate that as a player myself.
It’s not that close, but it’s close enough up and down the neck that it looks good to most people, unless they specifically spend a lot of time playing guitar
I dunno man, first of all you need at least 3 fingers for doing them hamer-on and pull offs for that little intro, unless he's supposed to be using a bizarre tunning, but even so at least two fingers are required, guess Ralph didn't have the flexibility to pull it off (huh get it? F*ck me). Then the arpeggios start, first one is like a super run of the Am chord which extends all the way to the 12th fret of the small E string, so it would be wise and more pratical not to begin at the open A as his hands suggest, but to use the A in 5th fret of the E string and built from there. But whatever it's believable enough, I'm just nitpicking and nerding the f*ck out of this, if anything at least it made Paganini and neo-classical more popular to the larger audiences so that's good
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I call my bro Steve Vai cuz he plays like him and looks like him. Then I ask him why he lost to Ralph machio in the championship. He says F*** he right crane kicked me in the face off the stage. 😂 That was pretty funny
I drove by this gas station today remembering that was where I bought a guitar magazine featuring Steve Vai so long ago it's ridiculous--it's important that un-fan facts are known, too.
I'm wondering if they just chose a junky entry level Ibanez for the drop. There's no way Vai dropped one of his good Ibanez's for that part, at least I would hope.
@@emergencyexit1120 Grover Jackson custom made him that guitar from a Charvel body, but this is actually just a prop as actually the parts were were recorded with Steve's Green Meanie Charvel
For me one of the most touching aspects of this scene is that Ralph plays the original classical Paganini piece we heard him practicing in his room at Juilliard in the beginning of the film. This film is about returning to our roots, and there is something about Ralph’s character returning to that piece that is amazing.
I think the moral of the story is that whatever the Devil is selling is within our power to achieve for ourselves: no need to sell your soul at all. And diabolical shortcuts won't help if you haven't paid your dues.
Not only does he fall back to his classical roots, but he also uses a piece of music written by Paganini, who was known as "The Devil's Violinist" to beat the Devil's guitarist. However, Paganini himself claimed the music came from his guardian angel.
@@cathbadmusic8489 just yesterday the Devil was at my door selling me something. Wanted my soul, but in cash, so... What are you talking about? The Devil? Can you translate it to reality?
@@goranlazarevic2613 yeah, THAT must be the explanation. You people think that just saying some random words together has to have a meaning? Because it sounds like it might have?
what might go unnoticed in this remarkable scene is Steve's incridible acting skils, showing with his face only the pure anger of been beaten by a poor boy from Long island
Man .. bet they had no clue back then when they released this film that it would have such a massive effect on the world of guitar playing , I was 12 when I first saw this and had been playing guitar for a few years and seeing Steve vai play and just the entire movie being 100%geared towards guitar was amazing ! This movie inspired me and still does , will always have a special place in my heart
@@itz.sudipto crossroads! Make sure you don’t accidentally watch /buy the other crossroads film with Brittany spears 😂same name but completely different film . Crossroads from 1986 is the one you want to find . Enjoy man!
The best part of this entire scene/movie is that after all his wanting to be a blues guitarist, travelling the country and trying to find the secret song, wanting to get away from his expensive classical schooling, the thing he fell back on, was his classical training. Relevant AF to any guitarist out there that understands the meaning of practice and a good foundation.
He ran away from his classical upbringing, mastered the blues and came full circle again to learn to reconcile both. That seems like a very interesting and fulfilling journey.
I think if this was a real guitar battle and I saw it in person, I'd be more impressed with Vai managing to play it by ear and get it 90% right on the first attempt. Playing something you've drilled for hours vs having to figure it out on the spot are two very different beasts.
Right! That’s super impressive. If his character were smarter, he wouldn’t try to 100% play it accurately, but would add his own twists in the gaps where he messes it up.
I think the point is that they showed the depth of skill each possessed, no reason Vai would not have already known that if he were a guitar god just like the kid did.
Only ever watched the film once. But bought the cassette for the car and later bought the CD for home and car. Remains one of my favourite sound tracks ever.
Made 5.8 mil in box office. Now has 50 mil views. You take half of that and multiply it by average ticket price (about 4 bucks) and its over 50 million. Crazy how the entertainment industry has went from having such low audiences that well marketed, hollywood productions with a popular lead actor can't gain enough traction to get off the ground, to now over 50 million people (over 10 mil more than the entire population of Canada) watching a clip from it for free and enjoying it. All due to the internet.
My mom loved this movie. She loved the woman dancing so aggressively. I’ve always been mesmerized by Ralph’s part. Now it gives me such an emotional reaction. I miss my mom.
You're both wrong. The slide parts were played by Ry Cooder, the neoclassical bit and the Jack Butler solos were Steve's playing. Macchio actually didn't play at all and it's very obvious if you've spent even an hour in the vicinity of a guitar.
@@8106kagksmj Ralph's parts were recorded by different musicians, including Steve Vai. Ralph took guitar lesson so he is capable to legit pretend he can play it. I mean Ralph can play guitar to some extent but not at this level.
Director: so Steve, we need to do a scene where you have to pretend not to be able to play something. Steve: (Laughs) Hold my beer. Absolute legend, love him.
Actually, it was classical guitar versus rock guitar. Stevie was playing with a pick in the right hand while Ralph was playing with 4 fingers. It is damn near impossible to replace 4 fingers with a pick. Its almost like playing two different instruments. Besides, that classical piece was probably practiced for 6 months to a year. No one can just pick that up by hearing it once. Hitting the bad notes was kind of unrealistic though, I am sure Stevie could have fudged it better than that.
I remember when this movie came out,I was out past curfew and came home to a note on the front door. Normally when that happened it was my ass but the note from my Dad just said"There is a movie in the VCR and its set to the end, you can watch the whole thing tomorrow but you need to see this part of it"I went in and turned it on and after watching it(with my jaw on the floor) I rewound this part and rewound it agin and after the third time I realized my Dad was standing behind me with the same look on his face I had. He said,"This long haired guy isn't my kind of guitarist but can you believe what he's doing?" After that we sat up and watched the whole movie. I still got grounded for a month but after that me and the old man had a new appreciation of what we both liked in music. He is now and will always be my biggest influence for music and we will always have that night. Anyone who tells you music doesn't bring people together is full of shit. Love you Pops and Thanks for the music...
Sorry to hear that, But even though you didn't have that doesn't mean you can't be that for someone else. Even the smallest thing you do can have an impact on someone even if its not music. Always remember,YOU are the reason someone somewhere is smiling right now. You're the reason I'm smiling right now so look there, you made a positive impact on someone today.
Behind the scene: More than hundreds of retake was needed since Steve Vai never make a mistake in the first place. The film crew stood in awe whenever Steve Vai made mistake by playing the guitar perfectly.
Actually he played Ralph Macchios part too. The sound was recorded by Vai and then Macchio just learned to move his fingers on the guitar without the volume on.
And just like that Steve destroyed his promising acting career by taking on the impossible task of trying to convince the audience he couldn't play something on the guitar.
@@larryparish6846 Actually 3 other guitarists contributed to this movie. Arlen Roth for slide, Bill Kanengiser for classical and Ry Cooder. As well as Steve ,all Just for this one scene.
HAHAHAHA INDEED, ACTUALLY ALL THE GUITAR STUFF WAS WRITTEN AND INTERPRETED BY Steve Vai, EVEN THE PART WHICH RALPH MACCIO PRETENDS TO BE PLAYING HAHAHAHAHAHA
@@ivancorts6966 It's only for the benifit of the film lads... we all know that Steve could play like the devil himself; he has nothing to prove. Maccio (with Arlen Roth's tuition) did quite a good job of pretending to play... and they had to have a 'pretty boy' for the film part; just enjoy :)
They don't show Steve screwing up. Just his frustrated face. And his fingers coming away from the strings. No film of him unable to play anything. Well played Sir. Well played.
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I don't know which was better acting - Macchio acting like he could actually play or Vai acting like he couldn't...
Definitely Vai. Macchio is not even remotely close to looking at all capable, let alone being able to play Paganini, lols. Not saying I didn't enjoy his acting, but yea.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 his acting is actually really close to how its actually played
@@aylbdrmadison1051 - When he is plays it on classical guitar in his dorm room, it pretty much dead on. I learned how to play it by watching him.
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Steve Vai should get an Oscar for acting like he can't play that part.
he played both guitars, so technically, he won...
@@mattnewby123 Thus tired.
yeah i totally agree. but still he got grammies for his composition
Nah, he used a hand double.
My only problem with this comment is that the blues isn't something that's taught. You just have it or you dont.
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No stop please, my mental health, every show that he’s in cannot he canon unless it is? MAYBE IT ISN’T? BUT WHAT IF IT IS?
Wax on...wax off...
*Steve Vai walks in the dealership*
When are they doing the CrossRoads follow up series?!?!? Steve Vai could be a guitar repair guy that runs into a rich and successful Kid Lightning as old guys. Hijinks and hilarity to ensue....
We watched this movie in Afghanistan, and it inspired me to pick my guitar back up after returning home. It's been a few years now, and I'm proud to say that after a decade of practicing, I still can't play this song.
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We need a tv series about Vai's character 20 years later... perhaps opening up his own guitar class. Cobra Vai never dies!
His name is Jack Butler
His character is dead.
Actually a Jack Butler redemption story would be interesting...
@@ArgyleGroove Since Jack was the one to lose the battle, the devil gets to keep his soul. It would be interesting to see how Jack gets it back.
@@simplestrum after the slow demise of crossroad blues, maybe he never got his chance of getting his soul back, Jack Butler lived forever, striking more deals with other sinister creatures to keep himself from dying and losing his soul.
Even Steve Vai couldn't overcome plot armor
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How did Steve Vai not win a grammy for the first part of the solo, and THEN an Oscar for acting like he couldn't play that last part?
It's something due to his never sucking the first time he picked-up a guitar.
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Steve Vai taking off his suit jacket like a Dark Souls boss entering its second phase
Even in his defeat. A great foe has fallen lol
Besides jokes , steve vai didn't say a word yet his facial expressions said it all
He is a great actor
Yeah, his look of despair at the end says it all.
A musician is an actor. They are someone that can, with sound and motion express emotions and set the mood. I watched the 'Masterclass' by Itzahk Perlman and until that point I didn't see the similarities but his comparisons were truly revealing. I'm not a classical musician but his description of what a musician really is was enlightening.
Rofl yeah great actor. Stop
@@el34glo59 Aw come one you snob. He's doing plenty good for an untrained first-timer.
@@Swampster70 A musician is an actor.... especially in the bedroom.
i like how his jacket limits literally 90% of his power
lol
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@@cowel8734 less Armor means you can't tank hits and dodging becomes very necessary
@@sairamr6886 Yes very true. Gotta be nimble
Oh shit the jackets off 😳🔥
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“Crossroads” it’s worth watching even though this is the end scene.
100% this 😂
I’m reluctant to admit this... but it’s a pretty great movie.
(I know, we’re not supposed to say that about Ralph Macchio movies. 😉)
You won't regret watching it, it's worth watching for the music alone, but also a good movie
"Playing for your soul...."
Legends say that they needed to hire a body double for Steve Vai for the arpeggio scene as he was unable to screw them up, even with a broken guitar, no strings and no audio the arpeggio still played perfectly, Steve is that good
Ryan Cooder played Ralph's close up parts
Can't wait to see Steve gets his revenge 30 years later in the incoming spin off Cobra Vai
Hahahahahahaha yes!!!
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❤️❤️❤️ that'd be amazing
Ralph Maccio gave the best guitar mime I’ve ever seen in cinema. His left hand miming was pretty spot on for the most part. You could tell that he understood what he was ‘playing’ even if he couldn’t play it. Most mime guitaring on screen is just people randomly moving their fretting hand with no relation to what’s being ‘played’. Fantastic work by both, and extraordinary playing by Vai, who recorded both parts.
Ralph Macchio is a decent guitar player himself, just (obviously) not as good as Steve Vai - hence it was easy for him to mimick the playing pretty well
@@gaiaorigin9569 - He didn’t know how to play guitar.
Arlen Roth taught him good enough to fake it.
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Ry Cooder plays Ralph Maccio’s parts until the last thing he plays
To his credit, Maccio knew that the only way that his performance would "sell" the audience was to make sure that he at least looked credible when playing, particularly in close-up shots with both hands plainly visible. So he got some top-notch coaching and put the work in.
The best acting in this scene is Steve Vai pretending he could not play that solo
Yep. Actually pretty sure he even played the part that Ralph Macchio’s character is supposed to be playing. Ry Cooder played a lot of his parts, especially the slide stuff. But pretty sure Vai played that last part.
@@funkybluesman42 Indeed, he most certainly did play both parts.
They're both acting like they're playing, do you really think Steve's really playing in the video? It's all dubbed lol
@@ManikMekanik indeed, but Vai played it anyways.
@@ManikMekanik Just as Daniel P said, Steve played both parts, although for the sake of recording the movie the soundtrack was obviously recorded separately.
This is like Karate Kid but with guitars
Exactly the same thing 🤷♂️
Lol he crane kicked him with that classical style playing .
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@@VicentPulgarcito sweep the leg, Stevie.
No mercy.
That one kid who knows Wonderwall vs that other kid who knows Smoke on the Water
Basic power levels😂😂😂😂
Hold it! What about blonde the kid way-way back in the bar humming Mr. Crowley's guitar solo?
Ok, he wasn't there. He was gone long before... $%&$%!!!!
Can confirm
But what about that kid on the far left side who only knows stairway vs the other kid two feet away only knows steam on the liquid
Than the kid who knows the eruption tapping line
If you play guitar, you know how difficult it is to play this piece. If you play guitar you also know that it’s difficult to convincingly fake a piece. Props to Ralph Maccio for making it look halfway believable.
It looks good if you dont play guitar, if you do however play guitar, it looks like crap.
@@combatdentist He played some of the pieces in the movie and was trained for the role. So do YOU actually play guitar if you didn't know that??
Ralph's proven in his life professional life to be a superb student. Steve's not just one of the best guitar players ever but also one of the best guitar teachers. It was a performance match made in heaven
what is the name of that piece?
@@cdavid0715 The song is "Eugene's Trick Bag", which was written and performed by Steve Vai and heavily inspired by Caprice No. 5, one of 24 pieces composed by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in the early 19th century. Check out the cover of this song by then 14-year old Tina S at ua-cam.com/video/_tXuYLc6rIg/v-deo.html.
For faking a defeat the Oscar goes to
Steve Vai
Yeah,that's acting
Yeah,agree man
Then why Chuck Norris didnt vs Bruce Lee?
Lol...no doubt. Saw this movie when it came out. Made pick up the guitar. Still love it. What a great scene.
Better than 8 mile a fake mc like b rabbit , Steve vai is a legendary.
Ralph needs and emmy just for his guitar miming. Been playing for over 2 decades and it impresses me everytime i see him do this
Yes. I've read that he practiced really long and hard to look like he knew how to play. I think it paid off. Very believable from a movie standpoint.
Yes, this. Very convincing mining, and nearly spot on for matching the notes and frets. I literally thought it was special effects at first. People keep judging him, like he's actually pretending to be that good; it's called *acting* and it's not that deep.
Start a series showing what happened to him 30 years after getting beat by Ralph and call it Cobra Vai.
Stop!
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lol :)
Well played sir!
Lmao!
Of course the real Steve Vai is a totally humble friendly guy who would actually be stoked to see a young guy playing so well for his age.
Only the thing is the kid was faking it
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Nice movie, Vai rocks
Ralph was actually 24 here
Bro Even that kid's part the last one was played by Steve only..
A cool fact is that the song he plays is a version of Paganini's 5th caprice - which was a classical violin piece written by Paganini as a homage to the devil.
It was often rumoured that Paganini had sold his soul to the devil for his mastery of the violin. Players said the piece required divine abilities to play, due to it's complexity.
So in this movie, he sort of beats the devil with his own song. A neat little musical history reference that would fly over most people's head.
Just like Robert Johnson who has said to have done at the Crossroads in order to become to greatest Blues guitar player of the time
I was thinking maybe it had something to do with Steve Via's character not being able to play the song since the person that originally played it had sold their soul to the devil first.
it was not an homage to the devil
Aren’t you the musical genius, wikipedia searcher.
Yes, Vai looks a bit like Paganini too. Btw, any cultured classical music listener won't need wikipedia to know this...
I've seen this movie dozens of times, and no matter what, every time this scene plays, it gives me the chills.
Jack Butler: "What should I do?"
Scratch: "Sweep the pick."
Bwaaahhhhh!!!!!
Very nearly spit my beer across the screen.
Ftw!
Brilliant :D
😂🤣😂🤣🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
This is the type of scene that could only exist in an 80s movie.
Because of Ralph’s mullet?
@@egierzal2184 they have "talents battles" just not guitar battles.
Otherwise it would be on a netflix seriea
Someone is probably offended
@@Rjfjfbebdjzkd usually it's just a talent battle where the winner sings something generic 🤔
Soo cool how Steve Vai Learned the guitar just for this movie.
srsly? xD
ikr!
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@@lisztomaniac2593 That's the sound of the joke going over your head.
What are you smokin?
the acting of Steve vai beyond flawless, this gonna be the best scene i ever seen in my life. i do keep checking up the video from time to time, its just amazing.
It's pretty exciting ! The only thing that I don't appreciate is the Super Strat being dropped unto the floor ! lol
One of the best guitar scenes in cinematic history. Of course Steve played both parts. He also wrote the winning guitar piece.
Thought Ry Cooder played Macchio's part?
I was alive during this time but never saw this movie. Glad it was recommended. Damn good.
Some of my favorite in movies. Dueling Banjos from Deliverance. The bass battle in Scott Pilgrim.
Isn't it a Paganini's Caprice?
No he didn't.
@El Mango He adapted it shit for brains
Imagine selling your soul to play like a god, only to lose to some kid with a telecaster
You've obviously not listened to Albert Collins or Roy Buchanan play the Telecaster! Don't disparage the instrument!
Richard Mitchell I have a Telecaster of my own, just thought the concept of this battle was funny 😄
@@mattjohnsonj I agree with you on that point .. but at least they allowed slide to become a factor ...
Richard Mitchell Vai didn’t underestimate the guitar he underestimated the kid lol
with telecaster and without a pick
Legend says that Steve Vai is still acting as a guitar player to this day
Very true..have proof
Lol
Yep - he was in my city some time ago... damn! - it was 5 yrs ago... time flies fast... some funny action: ua-cam.com/video/Gwn2X_NcBsU/v-deo.html
Well Steve Vai was never anything but second best anyway.
Lol
The fact he played all of this is insane. Incredible Talent. Would have really loves to see the work behind this movie, in the Studio.
Glad that UA-cam videos don't wear out like my old VHS vid of this scene did
Indeed so true.
one day you will come back and you notice the quality has dropped from 480p to 144p...
Me
Is that buckethead?
What is VHS?
Steve Vai only lost this Battle because he was afraid that Daniel san would kick his ass with an illegal Karate move
U win.
Steve VAI thought he'd make Daniel San wax Steve's axe. Axe wax?
In all SERIOUSness Everybody, make sure your left palm isn't slow moving up or down neck as in Power Cord style like Iron Man. Back of your neck must be somewhat slippery. Some guys use extra-fine 600 grit finishing sandpaper .
Wax on-Wax off
Daniel-san was about to brutally sweep the leg.
😂😂😂
Remember being glued to the tv as a kid watching this.. and my dad went and got my first guitar.. greatest time of my life !
This has to be my favourite comment
Wholesome stories are rare!
Best version of whole Vivaldi's Summer on guitar!!!
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Love this comment and btw your dad rules
This was when I thought Steve Vai was human after all.......then I heard about how he had to practice to make that mistake
0:02 Never realised he had the intro to Bad Horsie around 1986 but released it in 1995.
3:02 Sounds close to portions of Tender Surrender, also released in 1995.
Ya he reused it from this movie, those parts weren’t released in crossroads. So Steve reused them for future songs.
Here in 2020, and this is still a great scene.
And the end of 2021... still love it.
Vwlss Nvwls That’s right!
timeless makes classic, and this is timeless.
Can someone tell me the name of the song that plays at 4:06?
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@@b1gbuck its actually caprice 5 by Paganini
Best acting award should have gone to Steve Vai for pretending he couldn’t play that last part.
Especially when we all know he played both
@@mchamberlain7408 Actually three guitarist contributed to this scene
In early 1984, director Walter Hill contacted Arlen Roth-guitarist, columnist and co-creator of the Hot Licks instructional video series-about a new film he was about to make starring Ralph Macchio.
It was to be centered on the blues and present a modern twist on the mythology and legend tied to the late Robert Johnson.
The problem was Macchio couldn’t play guitar. Roth, it turns out, was the man for the job. The guitarist, who was hired as the film's musical consultant, also was tasked with showing Macchio how to play guitar while creating guitar parts for the film that the young actor could mime to.
Over the next few months, Roth visited Macchio’s home in Long Island, New York, four days a week. He taught him electric and acoustic blues techniques, including fingerpicking and slide. He even threw in some classical. The young actor was determined to actually play the guitar in the movie; however, Roth knew this would be impossible.
He was keen to just get Macchio good enough to fake the parts recorded by Roth, Ry Cooder and Bill Kanengiser. When production began, many of the film’s sets were still yet to be finalized. After filming on location one evening in Greenville, Mississippi, Roth, who was fascinated by the local music scene, decided to sit in at a nearby juke joint and took Ralph along.
Macchio was so impressed watching Arlen jam onstage that night with Frank Frost and Son Thomas (widely regarded as two of the foremost American Delta blues musicians of their generation). He wanted the same kind of scene written into the movie. Cooder, who served as the film's musical director, agreed and even insisted Frost and Thomas be included in the film, which they were.
Hill envisioned the film's climax to be like a boxing match, or a blues version of The Karate Kid (ironically, also starring Macchio). With that in mind, the original guitar "duel" was recorded; it was a battle between Roth and Cooder, with the plan that Cooder would appear on screen in the role of Jack Butler.
As the film progressed, however, the producers were growing less keen on this idea and wanted someone else for the part, much to the disappointment of Cooder. Nonetheless, Cooder was still musical director and therefore was tasked with finding a replacement.
Keith Richards, Frank Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughan were briefly considered for the role, but ultimately with the producers keen on capitalizing on the mid-Eighties “guitar shred” boom, Steve Vai was cast and was quickly able to put his own stamp on the part, even writing additional music for the film, including his work on "Eugene's Trick Bag," an updated classical piece, at the film's climax.
I copied and pasted this from a guitar Player magazine article on Arlen Roth
@@mchamberlain7408 Ry Cooder played the slide parts.
what about the other guy pretending that he can play it ?
Director: "Ok, Steve in this scene the solo is so hard that you can't play it."
Steve Vai: "What is this "can't play" you speak of?"
C:\Can'tplay.exe....file not found.
@@Nurgles_Rot_ Riggghhhhhtt!
Love it! SO true!
Trained and tourchered by Zappa! Because standards matter.
Now that was pretty funny lol
P. Diddy was amazed. 0:41
Bro 💀
Naah bro
😂
And he's seen some weird shit
There aren't many comments saying this, so: Steve Vai actually created and recorded Macchio's part. He can't play guitar, at least at that level, he's just mimicking the movements (and honestly does a fantastic job with some of it, coming from someone who plays a lot of Vai's actual music). Vai is literally pretending to fail at something he just played (through Macchio) and I find that hilarious. Awesome neo-classical guitar.
I was under the impression Ry Cooder played the Macchio portion.
I could be wrong.
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Check below the video. It says part Ry Cooder and part Steve Vai.
Actually Arlen Roth was responsible for Macchio's parts...
@@codyallen1971 Ry Cooder did indeed play parts, all except the Paganini inspired piece at the end. The blues guitar sounds you hear throughout the film were also played by Ry.
@@GrantMatthews actually he was Ralph's coach. This link explains everything.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0090888/trivia
3:40 - Everybody’s all gangsta until the kid breaks out Paganini’s Caprice No. 5.
Hahhahah
What's a panini
@@rorrycalhoun836 look up Niccolo Paganini, the 19th Century virtuoso violinist.
@@1destined Pagani Zonda???
3.01..... always bugged me , vai rips out a literal riff from hell and nobody bothers that lightnin boy shits himself and doesnt try to play it back!
The fact Ralph Macchio is only a year younger than Steve Vai is pretty unbelievable
Source ?
@@martinbouchez6949 wiki
Wow, Steve looks alot older than Ralph these days
Nah wtf, I'm dumbfounded.
born on November 4, 1961 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Had to believe he is a year older than i to the same day. Not knowing his age when he played the Karate Kid i allays thought he was a little kid in comparison
Legend has it that Steve Vai had to break three fingers and break his left wrist in order to film the scene, and not make a fool of the protagonist.
The strange thing about this scene is that a lot of the bits Vai played earlier were technically more difficult than the final bit he messed up on.
But he hadn’t practiced it.
It's fine it helps with the plot
What I didn't get was Vai played the crazy stuff before the Machio solo that Machio didn't replicate, but Vai played most of Machios solo note for note on sight minus the few screw ups. I know Machio was supposed to win cause of the plot but still.....
On a side note Legend I heard it took Vai like 17 takes just to intentionally screw up
Right. If you know music, you noticed it instantly
@@johnhareiel5118 I can totally believe it. The mistakes were amateurish lol
80's producers:
-let's make "karate kid"!
-no... we did that last year...
-ohhh right... but what if we use the same script and just hang some guitar on Ralph Macchio...?
-Yes! and we can use Steve Vai as Johnny too...
-Cooooooool bro!
And Karate Kid was essentially "Hey, let's remake Rocky, but with karate!"
🤣lol
@Sallys TightField sorry for that, ill try harder next time, thanks to force me to improve 👍
@@G27Lea But you started a conversation
That’s the absolute truth & I love it 🤣❤️
this was not in my recommended, i searched it
Same. We’re the real legends here.
This is like my 8th time watching it idk why
Well the movies great and I love Steve vai soooo
Weird flex but ok
Yessir
You know you’re the ultimate guitarist when you literally walk of the stage after losing to…none other then yourself.
Very humble thing to do by Steve Vai…mad respect for his awesome talent.
Steve vai didn't played the bottleneck part.
@@mastowl_7112 I like Ry Cooder as well…but all I was saying was that Eugene’s Trick bag (the victorious riff) was Vai’s part. He was humble enough to make it look like he lost in the movie though.
As a guitar player, I was impressed how Ralph Macchio was able to convincingly mime guitar playing. When I first saw this movie I was convinced Macchio played guitar for real.
Same here
The only part that was blatant was the ascending and descending back and forth in the Paganini piece where Ralph kept moving his head up and down like a goofball lol.
@@SefniVinalonn and the last few bends. Pretty much all of the last classical riffs looked fake, rest was actually not bad at all.
Macchio actually took guitar lessons for the movie,that's his finger movements are so convincing.
He even continued the lessons even after the movie and can legit play guitar,of course not on that virtuoso level.
@Derek ex Machina ye nobody can finger pick that fast lol
Having learned "Eugene's Trick Bag" i can tell Ralf studied Steve's hands and learned where his fingers should be on the fretboard at the right times. He didn't have to do that, but i can tell he really wanted his playing to look as real as possible, and i appreciate that as a player myself.
It’s not that close, but it’s close enough up and down the neck that it looks good to most people, unless they specifically spend a lot of time playing guitar
Ry Cooder played the blues parts so he probably watched them both
I dunno man, first of all you need at least 3 fingers for doing them hamer-on and pull offs for that little intro, unless he's supposed to be using a bizarre tunning, but even so at least two fingers are required, guess Ralph didn't have the flexibility to pull it off (huh get it? F*ck me). Then the arpeggios start, first one is like a super run of the Am chord which extends all the way to the 12th fret of the small E string, so it would be wise and more pratical not to begin at the open A as his hands suggest, but to use the A in 5th fret of the E string and built from there. But whatever it's believable enough, I'm just nitpicking and nerding the f*ck out of this, if anything at least it made Paganini and neo-classical more popular to the larger audiences so that's good
I think it is easier for Ralph Macchio to fake nailing that classical guitar lick than for Steve Vai to fake failing it.
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Again, Daniel pulls out the crane kick when nobody was expecting it.
Illegal crane kick.
*Daniel-san 😉
I call my bro Steve Vai cuz he plays like him and looks like him. Then I ask him why he lost to Ralph machio in the championship. He says F*** he right crane kicked me in the face off the stage. 😂 That was pretty funny
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Fun Fact:
Steve Vai had a harder time “making mistakes” than he did playing the classical solo.
If you ask me, he was paid to lose.
hahah... mmm no
I drove by this gas station today remembering that was where I bought a guitar magazine featuring Steve Vai so long ago it's ridiculous--it's important that un-fan facts are known, too.
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It took weeks for Steve VAI to learn to miss notes.
oribably even longer to unlearn
Yeah I'd believe that.
More Jake03 LMFAO best comment ever 😂
It probably took triple scale to get him to do it. The negotiations might have taken weeks.
Vai actually performed both parts for the film, he's credited for it. Macchio wasn't playing
One of the best movies I have seen!
They should do a tv series where we catch up with Steve Vai’s character 30 years after losing to Ralph Macchio’s character.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣
He hooked up with a guy named David Lee Roth and they started a band 😂😂
He's stuck in a bottle of Jack Daniels
Butler is in Hell having a infinite showdown with all the other rock gods down there. Eugene, on the other hand, is a successful car salesman
My heart dies every time I see that guitar drop.
Me too :(
That guitars at the hardrock in Queenstown New Zealand..well it was about 12yrs ago last time I toured through there
I'm wondering if they just chose a junky entry level Ibanez for the drop. There's no way Vai dropped one of his good Ibanez's for that part, at least I would hope.
@@cassianandor4103 It's just a stock standard Jackson man not an Ibanez
@@Ligma-Peavey Jackson? Or Charvel?
Funfact: It isn't only about battle of two person, it is fender vs ibanez.
Jackson. Fender owns the brand now. 😀
@@skaftiTH Kool! My brother has one of those. I have a ‘97 RR1 in deep candy red. 😎👍
I’m under the impression that vai’s guitar in this scene is actually made by charvel. Unless you meant vai’s association w/ Ibanez
Steve Vai should have won the Nobel Prize for acting, as he must have spent days acting like pretending to miss those musical chords hahaahhahah
@@emergencyexit1120 Grover Jackson custom made him that guitar from a Charvel body, but this is actually just a prop as actually the parts were were recorded with Steve's Green Meanie Charvel
Great scene! Unfortunate how it inspires so many people to this day to bleat about FEEL! when they see someone playing a 16th note.
For me one of the most touching aspects of this scene is that Ralph plays the original classical Paganini piece we heard him practicing in his room at Juilliard in the beginning of the film. This film is about returning to our roots, and there is something about Ralph’s character returning to that piece that is amazing.
I think the moral of the story is that whatever the Devil is selling is within our power to achieve for ourselves: no need to sell your soul at all. And diabolical shortcuts won't help if you haven't paid your dues.
Not only does he fall back to his classical roots, but he also uses a piece of music written by Paganini, who was known as "The Devil's Violinist" to beat the Devil's guitarist. However, Paganini himself claimed the music came from his guardian angel.
@@cathbadmusic8489 just yesterday the Devil was at my door selling me something. Wanted my soul, but in cash, so...
What are you talking about? The
Devil? Can you translate it to reality?
@@majdavojnikovicyou really lost the point.
@@goranlazarevic2613 yeah, THAT must be the explanation.
You people think that just saying some random words together has to have a meaning? Because it sounds like it might have?
5:57 He felt that. No guitarist lets a guitar fall without suffering intensely afterwards
My wallet cringed watching him drop that Ibanez on the ground
@@alexfrideres1198 *Jackson
@@samuellopez5633 upon closer inspection, that is indeed a Jackson, oh well, they both copied the body style of the stratocaster
That guitar is here in Biloxi at the Hard Rock Casino. I took pics for my luthier buddy to build for me
No imagine how many times he had to drop it during filming...😬💔
Director: ok Steve for this next scene your gonna pretend like you can’t play it, ok?
Steve: LMAO
*you're gonna
riproar11 *you’re going to. Since we’re both being assholes 😊😉
@@orangutanxremix510 you're-thn't.
*GET IT RIGHT.*
JambJazz69 no LMFAO
@@acelin4615 r/whoooooosh
what might go unnoticed in this remarkable scene is Steve's incridible acting skils, showing with his face only the pure anger of been beaten by a poor boy from Long island
4:51 leading into Vai's solo is so good, the gut wrenching silence leading into what you think is going to be a perfect rendition
what song is at the end?
@@joepulka113 paganini 5th caprice
he actually played ralphs part ralph is just miming
If that was me, I would have ran off the stage crying after 5 seconds of Steve Vai playing guitar.
We all would have 🥺 but Steve should have known not to fuck with the karate kid though
@@since1876
mans got to know his limitations...
I would've dropped my guitar soon as I saw Steve Vai come out. Put a fork in it
Steve Vai rips off a face-melting solo. You smile and respond with Smoke on the Water. I'd pay good money to see that.
There's not many that can stand on stage with Steve Vai as an equal.
Steve Vai's ACTING is just as sensational as his playing. His performance haunted me as a kid!
Same here!!
freakin' haunts me now!😳
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He really seemed like the devils servant himself in this scene what a creeepy demon he played I love it so much
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This scene is a musical masterpiece, literally art. The way you can feel emotions through the music is unlike any other song.
The funniest part is Vai is such an incredible guitar player he has a hard time faking being a bad one at the end of the scene.
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Man .. bet they had no clue back then when they released this film that it would have such a massive effect on the world of guitar playing , I was 12 when I first saw this and had been playing guitar for a few years and seeing Steve vai play and just the entire movie being 100%geared towards guitar was amazing ! This movie inspired me and still does , will always have a special place in my heart
What is the name of that film?
@@itz.sudipto crossroads! Make sure you don’t accidentally watch /buy the other crossroads film with Brittany spears 😂same name but completely different film . Crossroads from 1986 is the one you want to find . Enjoy man!
Tbf it was about 2% dancing/harmonica
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Yes 76 in one week and newly inspired. I deeply have to now learn to play my custom 4string electric heater box. Yes
The best part of this entire scene/movie is that after all his wanting to be a blues guitarist, travelling the country and trying to find the secret song, wanting to get away from his expensive classical schooling, the thing he fell back on, was his classical training. Relevant AF to any guitarist out there that understands the meaning of practice and a good foundation.
Adam Gallatly Yup, that was the best part for me, that CLASSICAL WON!
He found himself and won!
Like Luke Skywalker returning to Tattoine to defeat Jabba the hut after learning new skills!
He ran away from his classical upbringing, mastered the blues and came full circle again to learn to reconcile both. That seems like a very interesting and fulfilling journey.
Ah the 80's where we solved all of our differences with guitar solo's and BMX races...
I think if this was a real guitar battle and I saw it in person, I'd be more impressed with Vai managing to play it by ear and get it 90% right on the first attempt. Playing something you've drilled for hours vs having to figure it out on the spot are two very different beasts.
Right! That’s super impressive. If his character were smarter, he wouldn’t try to 100% play it accurately, but would add his own twists in the gaps where he messes it up.
I think the point is that they showed the depth of skill each possessed, no reason Vai would not have already known that if he were a guitar god just like the kid did.
Is it improv in the lore of the movie or was it practised?
Ry Cooder would of ate Vai’s lunch
Just saying
Stevie Vai played both parts in the studio
I love how Steve crashes on the minor and Ralph rips on the major, but they sound as they're in a perfect harmony.
Only Steve Vai Could Defeat Steve Vai
I don't know. Joe Satriani could probably defeat him...
Satriani taught Vai back in the day
@@multiplewhiplashes5461 I know. That's why I said that. He taught a lot of great guitarists.
@@EverywhereAndNowhere your not wrong, i mean steve vai's a god but satriani is an alien hahaha
only randy rhoads can defeat steve fai
Only ever watched the film once. But bought the cassette for the car and later bought the CD for home and car. Remains one of my favourite sound tracks ever.
Vai's acting and facial expressions are 10/10
It’s been a Lon time since I saw this. And you are 100% right. The look of fear and desperation when he starts to try and play it is perfect.
@@Subdood04 He learned this fear from his Zappa time I imagine
When I saw this movie as a kid, I thought he was mean and scary. Only to later learn he's super cool and humble.
Crossroads is an underappreciated gem.
Best version of whole Vivaldi's Summer on guitar!!!
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Made 5.8 mil in box office. Now has 50 mil views. You take half of that and multiply it by average ticket price (about 4 bucks) and its over 50 million. Crazy how the entertainment industry has went from having such low audiences that well marketed, hollywood productions with a popular lead actor can't gain enough traction to get off the ground, to now over 50 million people (over 10 mil more than the entire population of Canada) watching a clip from it for free and enjoying it. All due to the internet.
I disagree. Every musician I know went and saw this movie when it came out
@@larry6686st most of my musician friends never gave it a chance.
Eugenes trickbag
Steve Vai played flawless, even when he tried to simulate a mistake.
Ralph Macchio would've kicked Jesus, Vishnu and Allah's arse with his Solo.
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@@michaelaeschbacher4648 hallelujah,alhamdulillah and shalom.
@Get on the cross and don’t look back great verse! One I meditate on sometimes. I should be on that more.
@Get on the cross and don’t look back penis
We need more musical movies like this
Remember kids: Its 80% talent; 20% showmanship.
90% of the game is 1/2 mental
Beatles had 100% talent
65% of the time its 20% intangibles
Wise
90% WORK
Old Asian man teach Daniel San Karate...old black man teach Daniel San the Blues
Hammer on,Hammer off Daniel san
sweep the notes
Any dumb ass that thinks its possible to learn that for a movie, cant play at all !! Losers
Asian AMERICAN
Sean Oreilly decades of practice and tons of natural ability
It took Steve vai 53 takes to make a mistake!
Take 52
Director : Dammit Steve! You're supposed to miss that note!
Kkkkk
Bravo!
Wrong, after take 53 they decided that it would be impossible and just edited the mistake in
Remember, so far, Ralph is undefeated in the movies.
Lol
My mom loved this movie. She loved the woman dancing so aggressively. I’ve always been mesmerized by Ralph’s part. Now it gives me such an emotional reaction. I miss my mom.
Steve Vai walks away then enrolls at Cobra Kai LOL
Hahahahahahaha!
Lou Loop -- Danielsan will trade black Mr. Miyagi for Japanese Mr. Miyagi.
HAHA!...that really made me LMAO....
yes
lol now that would be a great film!
Fun fact: Steve Vai played the guitar for both sides of the battle so he was fighting himself
Fin fact you're wrong.
Ralph actually does play.
You're both wrong. The slide parts were played by Ry Cooder, the neoclassical bit and the Jack Butler solos were Steve's playing. Macchio actually didn't play at all and it's very obvious if you've spent even an hour in the vicinity of a guitar.
@@8106kagksmj Ralph's parts were recorded by different musicians, including Steve Vai. Ralph took guitar lesson so he is capable to legit pretend he can play it. I mean Ralph can play guitar to some extent but not at this level.
@@Cross8ow Ive got actual sheet music for this, its only referencing Steve Vai and Ry Cooder ... who else is supposedly "playing" here?
@@Cross8ow ohhhh I bet the stuff AFTER the duel is what its talking about then, thats DEFINITELY a different guitarist at 6:12
Director: so Steve, we need to do a scene where you have to pretend not to be able to play something.
Steve: (Laughs) Hold my beer.
Absolute legend, love him.
Lol hahahah
It supposedly took him weeks just to play it wrong.
@@darthjarjarbinks8953 Funny thing is, it isn't believable at all :P
Actually, it was classical guitar versus rock guitar. Stevie was playing with a pick in the right hand while Ralph was playing with 4 fingers. It is damn near impossible to replace 4 fingers with a pick. Its almost like playing two different instruments. Besides, that classical piece was probably practiced for 6 months to a year. No one can just pick that up by hearing it once. Hitting the bad notes was kind of unrealistic though, I am sure Stevie could have fudged it better than that.
00:04 that walk in sync with the guitar is actually insane
When did Mr. Miyagi started teaching guitar 😂
July 10th 1985! HBO IT WAS AWESOME! he started by showing Larusso how to pull weeds, brush the dog, till the garden! great show!
🤣😂😆🤣😂😆😅
HAHAHAHAHHA
Lmaooo #karatekid
Lol😂😂
Legend has it that SRV made a deal with the Devil. Nobody knows what Stevie got, but the Devil got guitar lessons.
Pretty sure he got Stevie kickass insurance rates
It was Arlen Roth.
You realize that SRV isn't in this right? That is Steve Vai not Stevie Ray Vaughn.
@@beemelonhead1 Yes, I'm aware of that. I don't think anyone has ever confused the two of them.
I remember when this movie came out,I was out past curfew and came home to a note on the front door. Normally when that happened it was my ass but the note from my Dad just said"There is a movie in the VCR and its set to the end, you can watch the whole thing tomorrow but you need to see this part of it"I went in and turned it on and after watching it(with my jaw on the floor) I rewound this part and rewound it agin and after the third time I realized my Dad was standing behind me with the same look on his face I had. He said,"This long haired guy isn't my kind of guitarist but can you believe what he's doing?" After that we sat up and watched the whole movie. I still got grounded for a month but after that me and the old man had a new appreciation of what we both liked in music. He is now and will always be my biggest influence for music and we will always have that night. Anyone who tells you music doesn't bring people together is full of shit. Love you Pops and Thanks for the music...
thats cool bud
Heavy
Thanks for sharing. Could never connect with my father like that. You made me tear up, too cool.
Sorry to hear that, But even though you didn't have that doesn't mean you can't be that for someone else. Even the smallest thing you do can have an impact on someone even if its not music. Always remember,YOU are the reason someone somewhere is smiling right now. You're the reason I'm smiling right now so look there, you made a positive impact on someone today.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
For real the harmonica guy dancing like a robot without even trying is the best thing ever.
Imagine acting like you couldn’t play that guitar part when you did the audio for it
Ry Cooder played the slide part
@@kingfish4242 true, the Slide parts, but the Paganini part where he kills it, is played by Vai, if I'm not mistaken.
@@davidpazosb you are correct.
When you play guitar really good its hard to sound crap
I thought Bill Kanengiser played that classical part, at the end.
Satriani: Sweep the picking...
*Vai gets nervous*
Satriani: You have a problem with that?
Vai: No, Sensei...
Lol
Blahahahahah
Perfect
Satriani: No Mercy
You may be the funniest person alive. Aside from Robin Williams... oh fuck he has moved on. Guess you’re it.
Damn...nobody told me that Ralph is so good, that the sound comes out, even before his fingers get to the note.
Ry Cooder,not Ralph.
Ralph can’t make a D chord! 🤣🤣
@@ZZ24AS he was being sarcastic
Looks like some people can't understand sarcasm
He took lessons from Vai for this movie.
Ok first off… please tell me you won whatever contest you were in and secondly that was freaking awesome!!!
Behind the scene:
More than hundreds of retake was needed since Steve Vai never make a mistake in the first place. The film crew stood in awe whenever Steve Vai made mistake by playing the guitar perfectly.
Actually he played Ralph Macchios part too. The sound was recorded by Vai and then Macchio just learned to move his fingers on the guitar without the volume on.
@@ascred3572 Um, I got it
And just like that Steve destroyed his promising acting career by taking on the impossible task of trying to convince the audience he couldn't play something on the guitar.
😂😂😂
😆 true
@@larryparish6846
Actually 3 other guitarists contributed to this movie.
Arlen Roth for slide, Bill Kanengiser for classical and Ry Cooder. As well as Steve ,all Just for this one scene.
hahahaha
Especially when he played both guitar parts for the scene
Director: "Ok Steve, on this next shot you have to pretend to screw up and like.. be really frustrated you can't copy Ralph"....
Steve: "... LOL"
haha- so true!
You better not screw it up steve or ralph will karate kid your arse.
HAHAHAHA INDEED, ACTUALLY ALL THE GUITAR STUFF WAS WRITTEN AND INTERPRETED BY Steve Vai, EVEN THE PART WHICH RALPH MACCIO PRETENDS TO BE PLAYING HAHAHAHAHAHA
@@ivancorts6966 It's only for the benifit of the film lads... we all know that Steve could play like the devil himself; he has nothing to prove. Maccio (with Arlen Roth's tuition) did quite a good job of pretending to play... and they had to have a 'pretty boy' for the film part; just enjoy :)
They don't show Steve screwing up. Just his frustrated face. And his fingers coming away from the strings. No film of him unable to play anything.
Well played Sir. Well played.