That is why John Petrucci has foot props on stage. Once you start all that sweeping and blazing fast playing you have to lock yourself in a classical guitar position where there is no movement in order to pull it off. That what Joe is doing here with playing seated.
Same here it's a damn trip brings back very good memories 1992. Imagine being zz and your dad is satriani. Your jaw is like touching the floor all the time
Satch is the most well disciplined,diverse,able to achieve technical mastery and still remain soulfulness,humble,teacher,friend that this entire generation will have,thank you Satriani.
Very True indeed...but as a musician that made the world realize that a living could be made doing instrumental rock and as a teacher (Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick) there is no other Teacher/Performer of this generation that caused such a trickle effect as Satriani did with "Surfing"...think about the connections...7 string guitars included...
Mark Gradoia it’s actually the new Ibanez 1/2 scale chair. It’s just like a full size chair in every way, the quality - but, 1/2 the scale. This allows you to sit much faster and easier than you would in a full scale chair. You can also try alternate chair tunings. I think Paul Gilbert already promoted this?
What make him the the best is his stuff sounds like real songs with a real chorus, verse, pre chorus, bridge and solo. Most guitar instrumentalists just try to show off
yeah, joe sings with the guitar and is a great faster player as well, not just a shredder machine like many others, i love heavy metal and all its variant, but is painfull to find good band that dont sound like shit.
I agree. I can always recognize a Joe Satriani song, because it has structure - it makes sense musically. And his songs can get complex, but they always have that core that makes them very satisfying. Big fan. I just love his Saturated concert. I'm sure I've listened to it hundreds of times and it never gets old.
You're one of my all-time favorites Satch. I met you in Las Vegas, I think 98? I want to say it was at the Hard Rock when I first saw you live. I was 16 or 17. Me and my buddy would not give up trying to sneak in through the backdoor to meet you after the show. Security kept throwing us out. We were planning our next attempt and you just walked right out and said something like, "You guys wanted to see me?" Then you hung out with us there in the back alley for at least 15 minutes, giving us tips on various techniques, signing all the stuff we wanted you to sign. Such a long time ago, I'm pushing 40 now but because of you Satch, I actually became quite the accomplished guitar player, winning the talent show my senior in high-school and eventually teaching guitar myself for almost four years in the mid 2000s. I'm a huge fan. Thanks for all the great music all these years.
What a great story. What a human being. I'm a bit older than you and got bit by the Satch bug back in the 80's, but his music is timeless for so many reasons...
A retail supervisor of mine regales us regularly about his days, years ago working in a major Sam Goody store, and getting in-store-appearances or somehow getting backstage passes to see bands, including meet-and-greets. He got to see the Satriani show, and hang backstage. He says Joe was so regular, and didn't seem egotistical whatsoever. Conversation was about fun stuff. Wasn't like he was stuck with fans, it even went on so long, my supervisor felt like he himself was overstaying his welcome, as it was getting pretty late. He could have kept talking to Joe all night, and it seemed like Joe would have let him!
God damn it, i just had the sobering realization that when this absolute legend dies it might be the one and only time I might cry for an "stranger," not because of him being a celebrity or due to his fame but because of how much his music has impacted my life, my playing and how unique his groove is. He also taught some of my favorite guitarists, ever.
Oh, $#¡+, yeah. I knew when he emerged that he had tutored Steve Vai, and Kirk Hammett, so I immediately delved into solo Vai stuff; and had a deeper respect for Metallica, which was already saying something. But until a little later, I had never heard of Alex Skolnick and TestamenT (sorry, couldn't help but capitalize again!) But, I got very into Testament and Alex's extended work, including his jazz trio. Which I think is great, because he does jazz versions of Testament songs, and all sorts of famous Metal songs interpreted into jazz.
One thing some people forget about Joe - is just how brilliant a melody writer/song writer and composer he is. To me his inventiveness is unending and very brilliant. Oh, and he's a hell of a guitarist too :)
Alfavet Rzeszów rofl. You just compared a melodic masterpiece to a random composition of noise. Something like "red" comes out of Satches more messed up jamming session...no heck. He cant play that unmelodic cause his melodic prowess is godlike. Music tastes can differ alot..but those songs got NOTHING in common. Absolutely nothing.
Sorry, no. They sound a bit messy to be honest. Without the ton of gain and flange/chorus or whatever he is using those sweeps would probably sound something like ptfff ptfff
Totally agree. The sweeps and walk up at warp speed between 4:13 and 5:12 are beyond unreal. Was and still am blown away by this since the 1st time I ever heard it years ago. What a tour de force of talent, precision and great sound.
Effing Incredible. I always thought this solo was BY FAR the most damned amazingly-hard written solo ever. Just mind-boggling. If you listen to the original in HD... It's WOW!
Joe is the absolute BOSS of guitar!! I mean, it's great that people can do covers to show off how good they can play, but they didn't write this shit. Hail Satriani!!!
Exactly !!!! Nobody can understand that ! "Huh it's playable with a hard work, i can do that !" Of course you see somemone doing it. Nobody can imagine that was possible before he does it.
guitarsehole .. I fully believe that joe is from another planet! He is just ridiculously talented. I think his DNA has somehow fused with the guitar along the lines somewhere.
#RD400D78 #Bryan Morgan You're obviously confusing Joe with Allan Holdsworth Satriani is just another sport guitarist and completely insignificant from a musical/guitaristic standpoint !
@@anderssvensson3894 sport guitarist or not it takes years to understand scale structure and let alone melody structure. Hes done amazing work. Why say hes a sport guitarist? Can i see your work?
When I first heard this album and bought the tab book, I was so inspired to try to learn the entire album from beginning to end. I got to this tune, and it honestly made me give up playing this album for about 25 years. I'm talking about 1990, 91 way before you could go on UA-cam and see how guys are executing licks or slow stuff down, etc. Joe to me has always been the best songwriter out of all the guitar instrumentalists (besides E.J.) but not really the best technical player. This tune changed that. I'm relieved to hear he couldn't play this tune live either back then 😂
Enrico, thanks for sharing those memories... I also pored over Satriani official tab books of some of his albums and I was mostly just daunted by what was in front of me.
It's all about the composition. I don't think there is any other guitar player who can take you on these mental journies you go through which listening to Joe. It is like you are riding a wave coming out of his guitar
@@stevenjones6780 imo he decides to compose and play from some ideas he has in his head, maybe some random chord strumming helps him but the majority of the idea is generated on an emotional level and he tries to play what he feels is gonna work out. In his most recent interview he said that music is not about rules is just a matter of "cause and effect". A large majority of rock/metal composers write songs using the guitar only and kinda get stuck to the same scale patterns expecially when soloing. Steve Vai talked about this about composing "for the love of god". It started from an idea that he thought and he said he had to work a bit to translate it to the guitar fretboard because it wasnt something he would have improvised or composed using previous licks. I don't know how to explain it better but that is just my feeling.
@@biohazard8295 Well said. And yes, I saw that 2 min snippet where he mentions 'cause & effect'. Apparently Jimmy Page once quoted, upon critique of his technical ability, "I deal in emotions". Zeppelin live was certainly less manicured and more experimental than studio. I've benefited as much or more from piano and Jazz theory than just dwelling on "guitar planet". That said, You've gotta love the way the mind, body, and spirit fall on the instrument and what great ideas come directly from that. Eddie Van Halen once said in an interview "Everything I do is an accident, get used to it"...LOL
I saw him once at the House of Blues in Hollywood,'s back in 2000. He first came out on stage and looked at the audience, he looked like he was happy as shit to be playing there that night. You are right he has no over inflated ego, nor any mental trip or anything like that. Yes very down to earth.
I just wanna say right now to all musicians. Dont get discourage when you hear somebody killing it on stage. Weather they're a guitar player, drummer, bassist, singer, ect. They've worked hard to get where they are.
Joe: "Crushing Day insists on being played without deviation" Also Joe: "Let's see if I can make the 2nd verse unrecognizable before playing the 18,000 note solo damn near perfect."
Simply amazing. One of the most incredible/difficult composed solos ever written in my humble opinion. I think that Nicola Paganini would give it a huge "Bravo!"
joe is awesome period one of my very favorite guitar players of all time how he is not in the top 5 of any countdown is a shame Rock on in my opinion one of the best ever love you man appreciate the work you put in to being the best i know it's not easy and few people can do it definitely no one can like you do
For those who copied JS and brag they can do it standing. That's cool. Now write 9 more songs to fill the album. Then do it every every year or two. Then I'll be impressed.
Having great technical ability or having great songwriting skills are two completely different things. There are planty, and I really mean PLENTY, of guitarists that crush Satriani when it comes to technique. Songwriting is a different matter of course.
joe satriani is the most complete guitar player he plays all the styles not only rock and the ultimate power of" satch " it's that he has the groove and the feeling
Que importa si Satriani toca sentado o parado, sigue siendo un genio, nosotros los mortales creo que ni sentados podríamos tocar el solo de crushing day jaja, tremendo tema!!
I met Joe in Dallas when he played the Sportatorium on the first G3 tour I was watching Steve Vai sound check and he walked up right beside me and began a conversation about tonights show small talk and i asked him why Vai was laying spike tape in an X at different places on the stage and he kindly replied to mark sweet spots for feedback off his amp. He and Vai as well gave us access to the green room and hung out before the show truly a couple of regular guys who just happen to be very good I'll even say the best at what they do. IMO the only technique Joe doesn't or can't play is the one he hasn't thought up yet. 100% the Master. thanks for all thr great years and the work cheers!!
The fact that he plays this so clean on the record and not so much here shows how difficult it really is. Mad props to satch for writing this song. He’s not really a sweep guy but he killed it on this track. Awesome.
'Clean' yes. As I age it becomes apparent how much less of the sound comes from gain (most rock amps have way more than needed), and how much comes from other things like great technique...
@@stevenjones6780 but you missed the point of my comment.... satch isn’t playing it well enough here.... so why all the talk about great technique? It was clearly studio trickery
@@OmniscientVirtuosityhow can anybody know that? The studio has the benefit of recording small parts at a time and using the best of all takes. That’s not really trickery. No one expects a complicated song to be recorded all in one take.
@@OmniscientVirtuosity Satche's technique is a studio trickery? Bwahahahaha. It's not a requirement in studio to record whole songs flawlessly. There is no shame in punching in few notes here and there if needs be. You don't have evidence that that even happened. Trickery would be if someone else played it instead of Satch. Or if he recorded it 2x slower and sped it up later. Get of your hight horse...
That song brings back a lot of great memories. After listening to it so many time through out the years, I never realized it was so difficult to play. I saw him in Oct in 2022 in Oakland and he played it standing up. AMAZING!
When I first heard this song, I was like "that's pretty neat." Then I was like, oh, this is good I need to find him playing it! Boy, that is amazing seeing how he plays it! I love that pentatonic bit starting at 6:30 - I wish that was on the record!!!
OK... maybe not RRHF induction (he never had the record sales), But would it kill someone to award Mr. Satriani with a "Lifetime Achievement" or "Honorable Mention"?
+Vijae K I was in 6th grade in '88 when I smuggled in a little boombox so I could listen to Surfing with the Alien while in detention alone in an unused office. The principal caught me an took it away. I think once of these dislikes must be from him maybe.
man those arrpegios in the middle of the song are insane you truly are the best joe i love you music would suck if you werent a part of it you truly revolutionized guitar
when i was abled to play this song aged 16, my guitarteacher send me away with the words "Okay, i thinki we are done with lessons, i can´t teach you more, you are now better than me" Today i´m 29 and having a hard time getting back to my teenage skills!
EVH was like this when doing his solo sets in the latter days. I always wondered why he didn't just adjust his strap. But, inspiration comes from a special place with folks like this. Satch, you sitting down playing that stuff totally made my year. We are so alike! And, wea re not alone. Lots of guitar players have this 'comfort zone' they MUST be in to deliver. Damn this recording delivers. Damn!!!!! Crushing Day indeed. 10/10
It's one thing to be a great player technically and it's another to be a great song writer/composer to go along with it and have musical expression which Joe has both! Spectacular playing..
I would love to hear how Joe plays Slayer or Pantera. I know he can do it, just want to hear his version. Even if he cant pull off Dime Bag as good, I'm sure it would be off the hook!
1969lincolnosiris Matt Bissonette didn't like the touring aspect, catching planes, soundcheck, chill a bit at the hotel room, after concert go to another airport, same thing over and over again, that's why he quit... I don't remember where I read this, I guess it was at Satriani's website a long time ago... Matt is a talented fucker, I was listening to an album called "Jughead" he recorded with his brother on drums and Ty Tabor from King's X, crazy stuff, pop sound with heavy hooks
Can't count the number of times I've seen Joe, only ever with Stu and Jeff. Every time he toured with Mover I missed it. I also saw him with Eric Caudieux on the Engines tour. Never even heard of him touring with Matt. Only real band? Hardly.
Bonjour maestro,c est vraiment d une pureté d exécution irréprochable et tellement spirituelle,l âme de Satie et la vôtre font bon ménage ,c est la meilleure version que j ai pu Écouter 👏👏👏
He actually is not playing it cleanly. With a cleaner tone, without all the gain, chorus, flange and general "hiss" those sweeps would come out hardly audiable. Would be pfffttt pttff
The bassist is Dave LaRue. He is mostly known for his work with the Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs, but he has also done stuff with Satch and John Petrucci
When even Satch has to take a seat, in order to play a song, you know shit just got real.
Agree !!!!!!!!!!
That is why John Petrucci has foot props on stage. Once you start all that sweeping and blazing fast playing you have to lock yourself in a classical guitar position where there is no movement in order to pull it off. That what Joe is doing here with playing seated.
Lol
So that's why classical guitarists play sitting down.
Absolutely
I've heard this song a hundred times and still gives me goosebumps.
Same here it's a damn trip brings back very good memories 1992. Imagine being zz and your dad is satriani. Your jaw is like touching the floor all the time
Satch is the most well disciplined,diverse,able to achieve technical mastery and still remain soulfulness,humble,teacher,friend that this entire generation will have,thank you Satriani.
Pete Sykes idk dude devin townsend is really good at all that too.
Very True indeed...but as a musician that made the world realize that a living could be made doing instrumental rock and as a teacher (Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick) there is no other Teacher/Performer of this generation that caused such a trickle effect as Satriani did with "Surfing"...think about the connections...7 string guitars included...
Beautifully stated, Tobin Abasi too. Masters that behave as if they were students
@@PeteSykes.1 Joe taught Charlie Hunter. Let that sink in.
Guthrie is a pretty humble dude too..
Does anyone know what kind of chair he used? I'm just not getting the same sound? :)
😂😂😂
No way
Hahaha xD
Mahogany legs with maple cap :)
Mark Gradoia it’s actually the new Ibanez 1/2 scale chair. It’s just like a full size chair in every way, the quality - but, 1/2 the scale. This allows you to sit much faster and easier than you would in a full scale chair. You can also try alternate chair tunings. I think Paul Gilbert already promoted this?
What make him the the best is his stuff sounds like real songs with a real chorus, verse, pre chorus, bridge and solo. Most guitar instrumentalists just try to show off
yeah, joe sings with the guitar and is a great faster player as well, not just a shredder machine like many others, i love heavy metal and all its variant, but is painfull to find good band that dont sound like shit.
I agree. I can always recognize a Joe Satriani song, because it has structure - it makes sense musically. And his songs can get complex, but they always have that core that makes them very satisfying. Big fan. I just love his Saturated concert. I'm sure I've listened to it hundreds of times and it never gets old.
Nobody knows who's the best guitarist
@@stevenbryan663 I recognize Satch songs but not because of song structure:D
i love the part where he slowly stands up after the solo, its like he just emerged from an intense battle victoriously.
You're one of my all-time favorites Satch. I met you in Las Vegas, I think 98? I want to say it was at the Hard Rock when I first saw you live. I was 16 or 17. Me and my buddy would not give up trying to sneak in through the backdoor to meet you after the show. Security kept throwing us out. We were planning our next attempt and you just walked right out and said something like, "You guys wanted to see me?"
Then you hung out with us there in the back alley for at least 15 minutes, giving us tips on various techniques, signing all the stuff we wanted you to sign. Such a long time ago, I'm pushing 40 now but because of you Satch, I actually became quite the accomplished guitar player, winning the talent show my senior in high-school and eventually teaching guitar myself for almost four years in the mid 2000s. I'm a huge fan. Thanks for all the great music all these years.
What a great story. What a human being. I'm a bit older than you and got bit by the Satch bug back in the 80's, but his music is timeless for so many reasons...
That's fscking awesome. Thanks for sharing.
"You guys wanted to see me?" That's incredible! Exactly how I would imagine Satch treats his fans. So nice and casual, willing to talk to anyone.
A retail supervisor of mine regales us regularly about his days, years ago working in a major Sam Goody store, and getting in-store-appearances or somehow getting backstage passes to see bands, including meet-and-greets. He got to see the Satriani show, and hang backstage. He says Joe was so regular, and didn't seem egotistical whatsoever. Conversation was about fun stuff. Wasn't like he was stuck with fans, it even went on so long, my supervisor felt like he himself was overstaying his welcome, as it was getting pretty late. He could have kept talking to Joe all night, and it seemed like Joe would have let him!
Don't worry Joe whether you sit whether you stand you are the master of the universe.
This guy is a fucking genious.
+Vhaldemar90 He's a genial genius.
Vhaldemar90 GeGeGeGeGeunut
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Standing up or sitting down... Joe kicks major ass. Plus, humble enough to reveal the difficulties and present them to the public.
God damn it, i just had the sobering realization that when this absolute legend dies it might be the one and only time I might cry for an "stranger," not because of him being a celebrity or due to his fame but because of how much his music has impacted my life, my playing and how unique his groove is. He also taught some of my favorite guitarists, ever.
Oh, $#¡+, yeah. I knew when he emerged that he had tutored Steve Vai, and Kirk Hammett, so I immediately delved into solo Vai stuff; and had a deeper respect for Metallica, which was already saying something. But until a little later, I had never heard of Alex Skolnick and TestamenT (sorry, couldn't help but capitalize again!) But, I got very into Testament and Alex's extended work, including his jazz trio. Which I think is great, because he does jazz versions of Testament songs, and all sorts of famous Metal songs interpreted into jazz.
@@georgetrapp6666 Oh I wasn't aware of some of those!
Definitely the most important musician I listen to. Gonna be weird when that time comes.
How my god, did you read my mind???? EXACTLY same feelings here!!
Don’t worry. Satch will outlive us all. He’s a clean living, happy man with the wind at his back in virtually every way.
One thing some people forget about Joe - is just how brilliant a melody writer/song writer and composer he is. To me his inventiveness is unending and very brilliant. Oh, and he's a hell of a guitarist too :)
Exactly. Why do his melodies and arrangements stick in your head so well?....
Definitely one of my all time favourites from Joe. One of many of course.
i can't believe this man composed this song 27 years ago....
Well, than check out song "Red" by King Crimson
Alfavet Rzeszów Another masterpice! Actually, the whole album "Red" is! Being "Fallen Angel" one of my favourites.
Alfavet Rzeszów rofl. You just compared a melodic masterpiece to a random composition of noise. Something like "red" comes out of Satches more messed up jamming session...no heck. He cant play that unmelodic cause his melodic prowess is godlike. Music tastes can differ alot..but those songs got NOTHING in common. Absolutely nothing.
Why not? Is 27 years a long time or something? Satriani was 31 years old then, it's not like he was a child
Bobs nd vegena
Those sweeps are frickin ridiculous... IMO best I've ever heard
Agreed! ....heard and seen!!
Sorry, no. They sound a bit messy to be honest. Without the ton of gain and flange/chorus or whatever he is using those sweeps would probably sound something like ptfff ptfff
christian larsson this is Satriani, nothing he does sounds ptfff
Lol yeah he is a beast. I've seen his sweeps with only distortion and a little reverb and it sounds like a robot... perfect
GioGuitarDude I know, you can clearly see where Steve Vai's will to practice came from
MY BEST SATRIANI SONG OF ALL TIME . I JUST LOVE THE BUILD UP
and one very hard to play
Totally agree. The sweeps and walk up at warp speed between 4:13 and 5:12 are beyond unreal. Was and still am blown away by this since the 1st time I ever heard it years ago. What a tour de force of talent, precision and great sound.
Still blows me away Everytime I hear it.
Surfing with the Alien still my favorite album.
After 11 years I still love the music
Effing Incredible. I always thought this solo was BY FAR the most damned amazingly-hard written solo ever. Just mind-boggling. If you listen to the original in HD... It's WOW!
Sitting down or standing up you're still one of the best shredders around! You rule, Satch!!!
Joe is the absolute BOSS of guitar!! I mean, it's great that people can do covers to show off how good they can play, but they didn't write this shit. Hail Satriani!!!
Exactly !!!! Nobody can understand that ! "Huh it's playable with a hard work, i can do that !" Of course you see somemone doing it. Nobody can imagine that was possible before he does it.
That's what I love most about it. It came from his mind body and spirit.
guitarsehole .. I fully believe that joe is from another planet! He is just ridiculously talented. I think his DNA has somehow fused with the guitar along the lines somewhere.
#RD400D78
#Bryan Morgan
You're obviously confusing Joe with Allan Holdsworth
Satriani is just another sport guitarist and completely insignificant from a musical/guitaristic standpoint !
@@anderssvensson3894 sport guitarist or not it takes years to understand scale structure and let alone melody structure. Hes done amazing work. Why say hes a sport guitarist? Can i see your work?
my face is 2 inches away from my screen wondering "how the fuck, does he play so good?"
Hi Smeagol, let's take a look at my channel ! I promise you the whole song transcribed that way .
Practice
Goosebumps playing…big props to the rhythm guitar too, those down picks for that long are a killer!
It's amazing how fun and fresh this stuff still sounds after 25 years.
When I first heard this album and bought the tab book, I was so inspired to try to learn the entire album from beginning to end. I got to this tune, and it honestly made me give up playing this album for about 25 years. I'm talking about 1990, 91 way before you could go on UA-cam and see how guys are executing licks or slow stuff down, etc. Joe to me has always been the best songwriter out of all the guitar instrumentalists (besides E.J.) but not really the best technical player. This tune changed that. I'm relieved to hear he couldn't play this tune live either back then 😂
Enrico, thanks for sharing those memories... I also pored over Satriani official tab books of some of his albums and I was mostly just daunted by what was in front of me.
Great song! I always wondered why he didn't ever perform it life. This one was my favorite by far!
It's all about the composition. I don't think there is any other guitar player who can take you on these mental journies you go through which listening to Joe. It is like you are riding a wave coming out of his guitar
Joe's music is timeless. He really thought out these songs well, and put the right amount of flavours to make the songs interesting and catchy
Exactly. Why do his melodies and arrangements stick in your head so well?...
@@stevenjones6780 imo he decides to compose and play from some ideas he has in his head, maybe some random chord strumming helps him but the majority of the idea is generated on an emotional level and he tries to play what he feels is gonna work out. In his most recent interview he said that music is not about rules is just a matter of "cause and effect". A large majority of rock/metal composers write songs using the guitar only and kinda get stuck to the same scale patterns expecially when soloing. Steve Vai talked about this about composing "for the love of god". It started from an idea that he thought and he said he had to work a bit to translate it to the guitar fretboard because it wasnt something he would have improvised or composed using previous licks. I don't know how to explain it better but that is just my feeling.
@@biohazard8295 Well said. And yes, I saw that 2 min snippet where he mentions 'cause & effect'. Apparently Jimmy Page once quoted, upon critique of his technical ability, "I deal in emotions". Zeppelin live was certainly less manicured and more experimental than studio. I've benefited as much or more from piano and Jazz theory than just dwelling on "guitar planet". That said, You've gotta love the way the mind, body, and spirit fall on the instrument and what great ideas come directly from that. Eddie Van Halen once said in an interview "Everything I do is an accident, get used to it"...LOL
@@stevenjones6780 exactly, that's why after all these years and guitar gods passing by some of these old school guys are still relevant.
Класс !!!!! Прекрасный состав - Дэйв прекрасен на басу, Джеф гармоничен на ударных !!!!!!
Almost 30 years later.. Still my FAVORITE!!!!
Joe has the advantage to be creative and melodic...and virtuoso.
That's a great package.
That is why he became my number One in the 90s
I’ve seen Joe a few times in Australia 🇦🇺
He is a super talent and doesn’t have an ego like other guitarists!
A friendly dude
I saw him once at the House of Blues in Hollywood,'s back in 2000. He first came out on stage and looked at the audience, he looked like he was happy as shit to be playing there that night. You are right he has no over inflated ego, nor any mental trip or anything like that. Yes very down to earth.
Dude where did you see him? Is he down here often??
I just wanna say right now to all musicians. Dont get discourage when you hear somebody killing it on stage. Weather they're a guitar player, drummer, bassist, singer, ect. They've worked hard to get where they are.
Etc. Not etc.
@@bernardruf7028 Oh, thanks for that deep insight... Funny enough you made a mistake too...
On purpose, but in the end, it's just fun. The most important thing is Satch
Joe: "Crushing Day insists on being played without deviation"
Also Joe: "Let's see if I can make the 2nd verse unrecognizable before playing the 18,000 note solo damn near perfect."
what an amazing artist and composer! joes truly an icon
I think it's the most impressive song he ever wrote !!!
I wore out two surfing with alien cassette tapes. Hey thats what we had in the day
Simply amazing. One of the most incredible/difficult composed solos ever written in my humble opinion. I think that Nicola Paganini would give it a huge "Bravo!"
joe is awesome period one of my very favorite guitar players of all time how he is not in the top 5 of any countdown is a shame Rock on in my opinion one of the best ever love you man appreciate the work you put in to being the best i know it's not easy and few people can do it definitely no one can like you do
Whenever someone says, “What do you think Hard Rock sounds like, I play this! Love ya, Joe!
For those who copied JS and brag they can do it standing. That's cool. Now write 9 more songs to fill the album. Then do it every every year or two. Then I'll be impressed.
Having great technical ability or having great songwriting skills are two completely different things. There are planty, and I really mean PLENTY, of guitarists that crush Satriani when it comes to technique. Songwriting is a different matter of course.
And make them good songs with feeling and are able to take the listener on a truly great sonic journey.
Name one. I'm sure satch can sweep an entire song for 4 minutes if he wanted and thought it was musical.
Shawn Lane, Allan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Tom Quayle, Michael Romeo, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson... could go on :P
Vai's playing is the same as Joe's. He fucking taught him.
The pioneer and master of instrumental guitar....no one does it better.
How fkn brilliantbis that. It's superb musicianship.
joe satriani is the most complete guitar player he plays all the styles not only rock and the ultimate power of" satch " it's that he has the groove and the feeling
Que importa si Satriani toca sentado o parado, sigue siendo un genio, nosotros los mortales creo que ni sentados podríamos tocar el solo de crushing day jaja, tremendo tema!!
Totalmente de acuerdo contigo el mejor maestro de todos Vai Kirk Hammett Tom Morello el de exodus etc un pedazo de man
Me encanta su sinceridad, porque el mismo explica que es tan dificil el solo que hizo que no puede tocarlo parado, y eso ya dice mucho de este DIOS.
Smokin Joe ROCKs with one of my like TOTALLY FAVORITE songs EVERR!!!
I met Joe in Dallas when he played the Sportatorium on the first G3 tour I was watching Steve Vai sound check and he walked up right beside me and began a conversation about tonights show small talk and i asked him why Vai was laying spike tape in an X at different places on the stage and he kindly replied to mark sweet spots for feedback off his amp. He and Vai as well gave us access to the green room and hung out before the show truly a couple of regular guys who just happen to be very good I'll even say the best at what they do. IMO the only technique Joe doesn't or can't play is the one he hasn't thought up yet. 100% the Master. thanks for all thr great years and the work cheers!!
I've watched this about 30 times and won't stop soon. My fav ever instrumental rock song ❤️❤️
One of my favorite songs he's ever done, because he goes deep with this one. Just wish I could play it.
totally awesome live
I soooo appreciate the honesty, I'm really glad I came across this video.
My admiration towards him is intact, just now I respect him even more
When one of the world's best guitar players is also one of the world's best composers.
Sensational video no doubt. Thanks for the upload. Joe absolutely needs to win a Grammy award and not just get nominated for one.
He will never be because of Sach Italian descend.. America doesn't want Italian blood will win in Grammy.....
The fact that he plays this so clean on the record and not so much here shows how difficult it really is. Mad props to satch for writing this song. He’s not really a sweep guy but he killed it on this track. Awesome.
'Clean' yes. As I age it becomes apparent how much less of the sound comes from gain (most rock amps have way more than needed), and how much comes from other things like great technique...
@@stevenjones6780 but you missed the point of my comment.... satch isn’t playing it well enough here.... so why all the talk about great technique? It was clearly studio trickery
@@OmniscientVirtuosityhow can anybody know that? The studio has the benefit of recording small parts at a time and using the best of all takes. That’s not really trickery. No one expects a complicated song to be recorded all in one take.
@@OmniscientVirtuosity Satche's technique is a studio trickery? Bwahahahaha. It's not a requirement in studio to record whole songs flawlessly. There is no shame in punching in few notes here and there if needs be. You don't have evidence that that even happened. Trickery would be if someone else played it instead of Satch. Or if he recorded it 2x slower and sped it up later. Get of your hight horse...
That song brings back a lot of great memories. After listening to it so many time through out the years, I never realized it was so difficult to play. I saw him in Oct in 2022 in Oakland and he played it standing up. AMAZING!
Probably my favourite satriani guitar solo, just amazing.
Fukn awesome! My favourite satch song by far!
When I first heard this song, I was like "that's pretty neat." Then I was like, oh, this is good I need to find him playing it! Boy, that is amazing seeing how he plays it! I love that pentatonic bit starting at 6:30 - I wish that was on the record!!!
He's so damn awesome. Thank you bigtime for the music Joe
Even after all these years i love this song.... great to see it done live and to see his finger movement ... so cool.
Monstro da Guitarra 🎸 🎶🎵🎸
Why the camera did not shot his fingers at the best moment when he is doing that fabulous rising at the end of solo ....
Yes!! Stupid filming again, I HATE that! At least they showed some parts, not totally bad, but still that is annoying.
Absolutely amazing and musical perfection!!
Amazing performance and sound!!! Tops for sure!
OK... maybe not RRHF induction (he never had the record sales), But would it kill someone to award Mr. Satriani with a "Lifetime Achievement" or "Honorable Mention"?
Bad ass HOF for sure though😎
Quantum entanglement between mind, heart and instrument.
Amazing... simply amazing ... nice to see yr skills. u r right need to be as one, perfect..wow
Oh man..great tune..he had to take a seat for some of this one.
Love it man..go Joe..
Very cool. I was one of the lucky people who so him play this song live, NYC 2008 (I think).
If you've seen Satch live, you know he doesn't make mistakes. (at least none that are audible to humans).
Never fails to put me in a good mood.
Well, as a matter of thinking, and feeling, I am pretty blown away right now. Thank you for posting this!!!
legend has it he forged the pick of destiny
Incredibly fast legato is extremely impressive but Satch shows he can do so much more.
That's one hell of a melody line and one great Solo, bravo Satch! Bravo!
Who in the hell would thumbs down this? Whoever you are you must suck at everything you do
Joe never fails to blow me away.
I love the guitar lead I love the guitar rhythm I love bass I love the drummer and I love the band
10 fools actually dislike this music ? i can just assume they worship justin bieber & their fav music is probably oppa gangnam style !
+Vijae K Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
+Vijae K Now it's at 14. Unfuckingbelievable. has to be troll haters
+Vijae K I was in 6th grade in '88 when I smuggled in a little boombox so I could listen to Surfing with the Alien while in detention alone in an unused office. The principal caught me an took it away. I think once of these dislikes must be from him maybe.
lol . damn principle man !
Lol!
man those arrpegios in the middle of the song are insane you truly are the best joe i love you music would suck if you werent a part of it you truly revolutionized guitar
One of his best songs
when i was abled to play this song aged 16, my guitarteacher send me away with the words "Okay, i thinki we are done with lessons, i can´t teach you more, you are now better than me"
Today i´m 29 and having a hard time getting back to my teenage skills!
Nah, that didnt happened
@@w4rsnick Yeah this brother is capping 100%
When Joe's sloppy parts are a trillion zillion times way better than the cleanest playing of many pro guitarists I have met. 😂😂 #legend
Sweet. Thanks for sharing.
This SOOOO RAWKS man, seriously, Thank you!!!
Master guitar. joe satriani
Guitar god.
EVH was like this when doing his solo sets in the latter days. I always wondered why he didn't just adjust his strap. But, inspiration comes from a special place with folks like this. Satch, you sitting down playing that stuff totally made my year. We are so alike! And, wea re not alone. Lots of guitar players have this 'comfort zone' they MUST be in to deliver. Damn this recording delivers. Damn!!!!! Crushing Day indeed. 10/10
It's one thing to be a great player technically and it's another to be a great song writer/composer to go along with it and have musical expression which Joe has both! Spectacular playing..
I would love to hear how Joe plays Slayer or Pantera. I know he can do it, just want to hear his version. Even if he cant pull off Dime Bag as good, I'm sure it would be off the hook!
Got to 3:57 I thought Jimi Hendrix was playing drums lol.
Anybody give a Nobel to this man or something!!! Ahahahaha thanks mate, really THANKS
lmfao
I thought the same thing!
imagine the tons of hours he is dedicating to each of his master class songs? He deserves the crown and seems to be an ok fellow as well.
astonishing. that is the best i've seen Joe play, that song is so challenging even Joe rarely plays it
Wouldn't it be hilarious if Jeff stood up while satch sat down?
Joe's only real band was Jeff Campitelli, Stu Hamm and Matt Bisonette.
Get those guys back together and the music world would bow down.
1969lincolnosiris Matt Bissonette didn't like the touring aspect, catching planes, soundcheck, chill a bit at the hotel room, after concert go to another airport, same thing over and over again, that's why he quit... I don't remember where I read this, I guess it was at Satriani's website a long time ago... Matt is a talented fucker, I was listening to an album called "Jughead" he recorded with his brother on drums and Ty Tabor from King's X, crazy stuff, pop sound with heavy hooks
You're an idiot, Marco Minnemann is incredible
What happened to Jeff?
Can't count the number of times I've seen Joe, only ever with Stu and Jeff. Every time he toured with Mover I missed it. I also saw him with Eric Caudieux on the Engines tour. Never even heard of him touring with Matt. Only real band? Hardly.
@@FeelingShred What's the name they recorded the album as? I'd like to find it!
Bonjour maestro,c est vraiment d une pureté d exécution irréprochable et tellement spirituelle,l âme de Satie et la vôtre font bon ménage ,c est la meilleure version que j ai pu Écouter 👏👏👏
Surfing with the aleins will remain timeless in my book.did some my best production "on the line to this album.thanks SATCH
Prhaps the most difficult solo ever ?
+dan gabriel That's impossible to tell, but for sure the passage between 4:13 and 4:24 seems to be diabolically hard to play.
+Pete Canthropus To me that parts not the hardest..the sweeps are the hardest part IMO..
I agree with you.. That's how "Lord Voldemort" shows us how to play guitar like nobody can play it :)
sometimes the easiest parts of satch songs are the tapping solos xD
He actually is not playing it cleanly. With a cleaner tone, without all the gain, chorus, flange and general "hiss" those sweeps would come out hardly audiable. Would be pfffttt pttff
i could totally play like this too - if i was super talented and spent forever being dedicated to guitar. just sayin
Ok....
Thank you for everything you offered master satriani..
The bassist is Dave LaRue. He is mostly known for his work with the Steve Morse Band and Dixie Dregs, but he has also done stuff with Satch and John Petrucci