This is so funny to see Steve that young. So confident. He was like young Luke Skywalker. Now he´s more like Yoda. Full of wisdom. Much to learn, you still have 😆
"I've got a new album out, it's called Passion and Warfare". What he meant to say is "I've got a new album out, it's going to completely change the industry standard, raise and elevate anything you've ever heard, and make this appearance here as a member of Whitesnake a mere footnote in history."
What are talking about? That's the same old shit hippies were say in the late sixties, minus the don't do drugs claptrap. PS I'll bet Steve was coked up the whole time. LOL
@@orbithesun1 save environment..., in 1990. Steve Vai was really heard the sounds then. In 1990 I thought Global Warming was a movie. I was 15 then. Only got to it by 42, 2017.
Everyone saying he's egotistical here. He's way less egotistical than many other musicians were at the time, and still are today. He's behaving very humorously and not taking himself too damn seriously. What's wrong with that??
brightbite Yeah, I don't get it, I always hear people complain about his ego. He joked a lot about himself in this video, and I've seen him in serious interviews be very polite and honest, I think people confuse ego with confidence, he has confidence but I don't think he is over the top...
Well obviously here you can see that was a fashion back then. And personally i think that this is one weird phase that he was going through. This looks like he is trying to be cocky but it is not really like that. It is nothing special.
Hope you don't mind me replying on a year old comment, but I'm also flabbergasted at people thinking Steve has an ego when he's just having fun. I still have a German guitar magazine from 2003 featuring an interview with him where he had stated that he finds it weird how people regard him as a great guitar virtuoso when he knows plenty people that could easily outplay him. He's part genius, part goofball, all around wonderful musician.
this is gonna sound weird but the one actor that I think looks the most like Vai is Christian Bale. I don't know if that's still the case because they seem to age a bit differently. But if you look at Vai in that movie where he plays some kind of asshole... (crossroads?). I was shocked at how much he looked like Bale. Of course their demeanor is not the same but Bale is such a great actor and if he shed the weight down again I think he could probably play him great. Now... of course I don't think there's any plan to make a movie about Vai...
Wayne A and here you are making up stories like a hillbilly on meth. Media does this to every celeb who does not want to play the game, aand here you are like a sheep eating their every word.
Joel Louiseize 😂😂😂😂😂 they way past their primes that sight happening. And if it does it will just be some crappy joe bonamassa blues fest. Fuck that I’m good. Make another ultra zone Stevie Pleaseeeeeeeee
great album, but I disagree. I don't think I dislike a single record he's put out. He fires on all cylinders. The styles shift, but the passion's always there
I dont think it was a ego check. The names he was mentioning before hand were labels/groups. Steve Vai is a person. It would be weird to refer yourself as a group. He knows it and everyone else knows there will only be one Steve Vai, so why mention it as an option people can become part of?
Steven Siro Vai (Carle Place, 6 de junio de 1960) es un guitarrista, compositor, y productor musical estadounidense que ha vendido más de 15 millones de álbumes. Después de iniciar su carrera como transcriptor de música para Frank Zappa, Vai grabó y estuvo de gira en la banda de Zappa de 1980 a 1982. Comenzó su carrera como solista en 1983, tiene ocho álbumes en solitario y ha ganado tres premios Grammy. También ha grabado y realizado giras con Public Image Ltd, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth y Whitesnake. Vai ha sido miembro regular del G3 tour que comenzó en 1995. En 1999, Vai comenzó su propio sello discográfico Favored Nations, con la intención de mostrar como él lo describe, "... a los artistas que han alcanzado el nivel de rendimiento más alto en sus instrumentos elegidos ". Ocupa el puesto n°10 de la lista los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos, publicada por la revista Guitar World.
If I could go back to 1990 I would of totally bought one of the 7 string guitars and hope on the bandwagon way before everyone starting playing 7 strings
Just how he was so humble, not getting big head while being so young and probably the best electric guitarist in the world is so admirable! and besides - did not take drug!!
You misunderstand. I wasn't upset by your comment. I think Steve's music is great, you think it's horrible. The internet is big enough for the both of us. My point regarding the horror was the analog process of writing letters vs modern day digital correspondence.
Although I can hear some Satch Boogie in it, I always felt it was much more heavily influenced by Van Halen's Hot for Teacher. Vai even does the same tapping lick as EVH.
mojopin 70 Yeah I thought I might have the dates wrong slightly. It carried over for a few years till grunge showed up. Then it was cool not to shower lol.
***** I'll give you that !...the start of the 90s wasn't much different to the late 80s in terms of music and fashion. I did welcome the Grunge movement though it was a nice change....
Can't blame Nirvana. People were sick of the over produced 80s Heavy Metal. They wanted a chance. If not for Nirvana, it would have been someone else. It was time for a change anyway.
the SYMBIOSIS of which I am talking about is that Kurt Cobain (lead guitar and lead Vocal, also composer) in Nirvana, never would agree to play (guitar obvius) like this metal heads and all this metal fanzee.
This is so funny to see Steve that young. So confident. He was like young Luke Skywalker. Now he´s more like Yoda. Full of wisdom. Much to learn, you still have 😆
"I've got a new album out, it's called Passion and Warfare".
What he meant to say is "I've got a new album out, it's going to completely change the industry standard, raise and elevate anything you've ever heard, and make this appearance here as a member of Whitesnake a mere footnote in history."
In this video, Steve is the textbook definition of “I’m sexy and I know it”
Oh hey, back when MTV didnt suck.
MTV pretty much fucked everything up with music...
MTV always was bad.
You simply are associating being young with mtv
@@cosmosgato No. MTV did not suck back in the days.
i feel old i watched this live back when it debuted
Steve Vai is a such a great person. He’s a total class act.
Your Nickname rocks
"There's a lot of body parts you can use to play guitar, I can show you some legal ones!" The look in his eyes when he said that cracked me up.
Steve seems like such a chill guy who just enjoys life. You never see him complain or talk trash about anyone in his interviews.
Vai was 50 years ahead of his time, don't do drugs, save environment, women can rock etc.. wow,
What are talking about? That's the same old shit hippies were say in the late sixties, minus the don't do drugs claptrap. PS I'll bet Steve was coked up the whole time. LOL
@@orbithesun1 save environment..., in 1990.
Steve Vai was really heard the sounds then.
In 1990 I thought Global Warming was a movie.
I was 15 then. Only got to it by 42, 2017.
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Erm do you exspect a reply from a 2 year old comment ?
@@sheldoncooper8199 Really? lmao
No drugs Steve admitted he doesn't really remember much from the 80s and early 90s because he was high most of the time
Steve is yet another one of those guitarists that is just on another level concerning talent. His playing is sick.
who would've thought when this video was made, that the P&W album would become one of the all time greatest albums! Love the man \m/
"What it is, is a 6 string, with an extra low string for..." ***brrrewwwwwwwgh***
"... getting sick."
like who does that shit xD legendds do
Everyone saying he's egotistical here. He's way less egotistical than many other musicians were at the time, and still are today. He's behaving very humorously and not taking himself too damn seriously. What's wrong with that??
brightbite Yeah, I don't get it, I always hear people complain about his ego. He joked a lot about himself in this video, and I've seen him in serious interviews be very polite and honest, I think people confuse ego with confidence, he has confidence but I don't think he is over the top...
well said
Well obviously here you can see that was a fashion back then. And personally i think that this is one weird phase that he was going through. This looks like he is trying to be cocky but it is not really like that. It is nothing special.
The most common human disease is jealousy. A very serious disease. ...that's why some criticise people like Steve Vai.
Hope you don't mind me replying on a year old comment, but I'm also flabbergasted at people thinking Steve has an ego when he's just having fun. I still have a German guitar magazine from 2003 featuring an interview with him where he had stated that he finds it weird how people regard him as a great guitar virtuoso when he knows plenty people that could easily outplay him. He's part genius, part goofball, all around wonderful musician.
Thats Steve Vai...what a nice lil boy :)))
I bet Jim Carey could have done an awesome impression of Vai back in the day...
Carey is insane now
this is gonna sound weird but the one actor that I think looks the most like Vai is Christian Bale. I don't know if that's still the case because they seem to age a bit differently.
But if you look at Vai in that movie where he plays some kind of asshole... (crossroads?). I was shocked at how much he looked like Bale. Of course their demeanor is not the same but Bale is such a great actor and if he shed the weight down again I think he could probably play him great.
Now... of course I don't think there's any plan to make a movie about Vai...
Wayne A hey media boy. Stop being a sheep.
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Proves you're the sheep... He is phucking insane... But you think the earth is flat too I suppose
Wayne A and here you are making up stories like a hillbilly on meth. Media does this to every celeb who does not want to play the game, aand here you are like a sheep eating their every word.
Equal rights, no drugs and an environmentalist? He was way ahead of his time!
equal rights? where? he just said that women should not be paranoid about what today is called "glass ceiling", he would be shot for saying that today
@@gustavoterzaghi2162 Yup. Sooo True. He would have been nailed to the cross for saying that today.
I loved Headbangers Ball...That was real music!
My Favorite Guitarists ..
Saw Him With Frank Zappa...
Whitesnake and Solo lps ..
He Is a Down to Earth Human..
Just Love Him !
Still waiting for that Vai-Satriani album Steve! Two legends
Joel Louiseize with his 7 string guitar joe and Vai!
Joel Louiseize 😂😂😂😂😂 they way past their primes that sight happening. And if it does it will just be some crappy joe bonamassa blues fest. Fuck that I’m good. Make another ultra zone Stevie Pleaseeeeeeeee
pls
The closest we'll get is the G3 albums
Finally your dream is coming true 😊 Check out their first single called The Sea of Emotion Pt. 1. It’s pretty fun \m/
Steve's definitely one of the best at making sounds with a guitar.
Steve Vai is just a beautiful person. Nice upload! Thanks!
I still have this entire episode on VHS.
uploud PLEASE
Watched this on VHS at my parents' place the day after it aired. I always loved how he pronounced the word "debut" with a hard T at the end.
Just saw him live tonight .... phenomenal as ever
I remember watching this as it happened like it was yesterday.
back when music television was actually music television. I miss headbanger's ball!
Thumbs up for the cat sounds.
I remember watching this. The good old days. To go back 30 yrs.
I can remember watching this very episode as a teenaged guitar newbie!
He has changed and matured his demeanour... his more humbled, relaxed and deep
Vai has the longest fingers I've seen , its no wonder he can play so well.
That was more articulate than about 90% of these classic headbangers ball episodes I’ve seen
Damn I feel old... I watched this shit when it originally aired!
Awesome Artist, Thanks Mr. Vai Sir Steve vai 🇧🇻👨🎤🎸👍👏👏🙏
This was the time I started playing guitar..Vai was just the ultimate guitar god at the time..
Encore maintenant
OG pre guru Vai is a joy to watch. He just a fun dude. Prolly one of the best on earth with a guitar at this point in time. Truly amazing
He's so awesome I feel so motivated
He has always been that great. Great attitude.
He is so cool.......
I remember seeing this when it aired Saturday night it was pretty cool.
Passion and warfare the best VAI era !
I was 15 and so into it!
great album, but I disagree. I don't think I dislike a single record he's put out. He fires on all cylinders. The styles shift, but the passion's always there
Thanks a lot for uploading such a treasure 🤓
Those were the days
Mark Furryz and these are the days...try to live the moment..
Claudio Cruzat Never!! I'm a 55 year old shredder I worked to long and hard to be "Amazing" lol, to start rapping now lol again. Merry Christmas
27 years and we're still shitting on the environment.
I wish he would have kept playing "Hina" from Skyscraper for more than 4 seconds. That's such a badass riff
I know right. One of his best riffs
At 06:43 I thought he said "that's a great headbanger for youtube" haha
Dude Vai is so damn cool
Nothing like chewing gum while hosting a show.
that explains his insane jawline
4:22 he was DEFINATELY going to say you can be Steve Vai...then had an ego check...
stitcha123 Jesús...you are right!!
I dont think it was a ego check. The names he was mentioning before hand were labels/groups. Steve Vai is a person. It would be weird to refer yourself as a group. He knows it and everyone else knows there will only be one Steve Vai, so why mention it as an option people can become part of?
I think it was a joke
Steven Siro Vai (Carle Place, 6 de junio de 1960) es un guitarrista, compositor, y productor musical estadounidense que ha vendido más de 15 millones de álbumes. Después de iniciar su carrera como transcriptor de música para Frank Zappa, Vai grabó y estuvo de gira en la banda de Zappa de 1980 a 1982. Comenzó su carrera como solista en 1983, tiene ocho álbumes en solitario y ha ganado tres premios Grammy. También ha grabado y realizado giras con Public Image Ltd, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth y Whitesnake. Vai ha sido miembro regular del G3 tour que comenzó en 1995. En 1999, Vai comenzó su propio sello discográfico Favored Nations, con la intención de mostrar como él lo describe, "... a los artistas que han alcanzado el nivel de rendimiento más alto en sus instrumentos elegidos ". Ocupa el puesto n°10 de la lista los mejores guitarristas de todos los tiempos, publicada por la revista Guitar World.
Very nice, thank you.
If I could go back to 1990 I would of totally bought one of the 7 string guitars and hope on the bandwagon way before everyone starting playing 7 strings
OMG I feel so old.,
Awesome video!!!
oh the days when chewing gum was a sign of "Badassness"
LOOOL
Now it’s just f@cking annoying.
I don't listen to this music any more, but Vai is still the greatest
WayneP117 yeah it was kind of a phase for me as well. Check out some of his 'motivational' videos like 'Vai addresses the brotherhood of the guitar'
I miss the days when people actually wrote letters and guys wore long hair.
Damn, i love this man
Letters wow that was the good old days lol kids now a days are like why is he reading off of paper lol
6:30 yeah, I recognize it. It's your version of Hot For Teacher!
Yeah but it oozes with his craziness that Frank Zappa encouraged. Which reminds me about Steve auditioning for Frank.......that is another story.
I remember watching this back in the day... recorded it on VHS. I've done that tongue thing numerous times on stage!
love it!
Steve Vai is so cool
Awesome!
Just how he was so humble, not getting big head while being so young and probably the best electric guitarist in the world is so admirable! and besides - did not take drug!!
Even as a young man still a complete gentleman
DAMN, how I miss that show!
i never ever never needed to see steve playing tongue guitar 🎸 jeez
TIL Steve Vai has always been that nice guy
Legend!
mtv at its best
True story.
back when mtv was good
7:14 basically why every body loves steve vai
That's was strange!?
Chinese guy with the split in the back of his pants.
He is so young here :)
Haha, this is awesome!
When people use paper and pen to write words and letters oh god the old times
And had to send said letters by mail...with postage.... THE HORROR...
+dafretz horror? i don't think so, other times, other people, maybe better, maybe worst, but reality is, actual music, sucks as hell
I have never seen so many words haphazardly arranged in a way that literally offered nothing to the universe but more entropy.
+dafretz Relax kiddo is only a comment, relax take a deep breath, relax
You misunderstand. I wasn't upset by your comment. I think Steve's music is great, you think it's horrible. The internet is big enough for the both of us. My point regarding the horror was the analog process of writing letters vs modern day digital correspondence.
Legend.....
Now that's a set of glam rock Puerto Rican fence climbers he's wearing.
Awesome.
I watched this live...video taped it on a VHS tape and rewatched it until the tape broke. Ha!
This video is great! What a "jem"...
Made me guffaw a few times. Love Steve Vai!
I miss those martial arts clips
I can't believe this used to be on MTV
Don't do drugs and save the environment! Right on!
lead 12 mini stack. awesome
You can hear that Satch Boogie is a big influence on The Audience Is Listening, especially the part that Steve finger picks.
Although I can hear some Satch Boogie in it, I always felt it was much more heavily influenced by Van Halen's Hot for Teacher. Vai even does the same tapping lick as EVH.
Erik Z Great point! Now that I am running it through my head, it does!.
I've actually heard a bit of Van Halen influence when I first listened to it, but that might just be me.
considering how the video is in a classroom with a little guitar player I think you're onto something.
mojo75 Great point! The question now is Who is Mildred and what happened?
I miss Headbangers Ball
The 80's LOL. He would facepalm watching thru the entire thing nowadays I'm sure.
Except it is 1990.
mojopin 70 Yeah I thought I might have the dates wrong slightly. It carried over for a few years till grunge showed up. Then it was cool not to shower lol.
***** I'll give you that !...the start of the 90s wasn't much different to the late 80s in terms of music and fashion. I did welcome the Grunge movement though it was a nice change....
mojopin 70 Yep, *sigh* I think I have spandex photos floating around the world some where of my teen years ;)
***** hahah that was brave, i went safe with denim jackets with the patches or a good old leather and tight black jeans and doc martins!
*Vai was Vai before Vai was Vai*
Steve made a great host..
Oh my...:)
Keith Kessinger says Steve Vai was the sweetest guy when they were on Relativity together.
This is facking hilarious
Nirvana is very much to blame for the end of the comercial corporative 80´s Rock. Everyone was into this.
Can't blame Nirvana. People were sick of the over produced 80s Heavy Metal. They wanted a chance. If not for Nirvana, it would have been someone else. It was time for a change anyway.
ronnieanand Stop fuckin around dude.
the SYMBIOSIS of which I am talking about is that Kurt Cobain (lead guitar and lead Vocal, also composer) in Nirvana, never would agree to play (guitar obvius) like this metal heads and all this metal fanzee.
Metal 80´s
So? Nirvana's awesome.
steve vai is bad ass
Steve Vai playing through a Marshall! Who'd thought it :-)
Isn't that the old Marshall Lead 12 mini stack?
Shout out to Thomas Mcrocklin who is an excellent guitar player artist now
I miss the late 80's and early 90's really bad.
You just miss being a kid with next to zero responsibilities.
God damn it young vai was cool
Funny guy and doesn't have an ego