Aside from his guitar playing I don't think Steve gets enough credit for his acting during the duel. He goes from being the cocky ruler of the roost to getting serious when he realizes Lightning's no pushover, to looking concerned and even worried when he sees Lightning pull off a move he's not sure he can match, and then finally dropping his guitar and walking off stage without a word when he realizes he lost. It's an excellence performance.
I've known, as I'm sure most people have, a few people who were so good at their art seeing/hearing a mistake would actually make them cringe. I always wondered how much it hurt him to hit a wrong note/not be able to hit the note.
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We were at Steele con in Pittsburgh pa and had a chance to talk to Ralph for a while since it was the first day of the con and it was at the end of the day and there were few people there. I asked him about the movie crossroads and working with Steve and he replied that Steve was crazy fun to work with and couldn't stop listening to him play the guitar. He add, never thought the great Steve Vai would be giving me guitar lessons.
When I was 15 I told a 13 year old kid at church that I wanted to learn Eugene's Trick Bag during Sunday school. You know just talking music. After the sermon was over, that kid came up to me with a few sheets of paper and he had tabbed the whole thing out from memory. I was blew away. That kid was so good and hardly anyone knew it.
Brilliant battle. Look at Ralph when he was finished. No smile, no confident, "yeah, im a badass!" He had this look like, "That's all i got man, you top that, you got me!" Love that!
That red Ibanez Vai is playing in this scene is on display at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, MS and is completely unrestored, complete with the dings sustained when Steve threw the guitar down in defeat.
It is there, as of July, 2021. The sad part is the back is facing the deck, the front faces the lobby ... on the second floor. Difficult to take pictures of this iconic 🎸.
Absolutley love when legba stands up to tear up the contract! He's angry, he's pissed, he's the most powerful, destructive and evil being in the Universe, BUT, he can't do anything about it, as even Satan must play by the rules of a business deal. Very symbolic.
I've commented before but just can't refrain from doing it again....This scene and entire movie for that matter is grossly underrated. I had no idea what I was watching as a child.
One interesting view on this duel is they staged it too look like a battle between rock, portrayed by a lobg-haired rock star who is a guitar wizard with an attitude versus blues, portrayed by a humble young kid who looks like a shy little thing with a heart.. since Steve played both parts, it is amazing how he developed both solos, providing very different character and tone to each one. He really makes you believe they are really two completely different personalities fighting on the stage. Great scene!
Steve's fake intensity kills me every time. That, him pointing to his own fretboard like "look right here", and him pointing the guitar at Ralph and shaking it during vibrato like it's firing bullets. He's so awesome
Ralph woodshedded for months while he was filming this movie so wasn't any acting in this scene. He channeled Mr. Miyagi through that guitar. ***BANZAI***
Great comment. Macchio does pretty well mimicking Ry Cooder (thanks to coach Arlen Roth). Not flawless but you can tell he worked hard at it and the result is exceptional.
It is crazy that Steve Vai played both parts of the duel. Essentially, he had to lose to himself. Just proves that we are always our own worst enemy. Great film!
At 10yrs old, I heard Jimmie Hendricks play on the Woodstock live album that was recorded out there, then a couple groups after him, Carlos Santana played and I was Godsmacked! He was so much cleaner, crisper, and faster than Hendricks. From that moment on Hendricks forever became “Meh” to me. A couple groups after Carlos laid it down, a group named War came onstage, and that’s when I heard the best Harp player Godsmacked me, Lee Oskar! He played light years ahead of any other Harp player I ever heard in my life! Crisp, clean, clear, and the way he could bend and hold a note was unlike I ever heard. My family hails from Virginia and the Carolinas, so i grew up listening to family Harpsmen, blues Harpsman, they had nothin’ on Lee Oskar. When I found out he was a white boy blowing’ harp-soul like that, they needed a forklift to pick my jaws up. Because that’s what he did with every song he played on in the group War. He gave it soul to the max. All my life I wanted to play just like those two.
As others have stated, the guy that portrayed the Devil played this part to perfection. Those 2 lines he said send a chill down ya backbone. I ALREADY GOT YOU! AND AINT NOTHING EVER AS GOOD AS WE WANT IT TO BE.
You notice that Lightning Boy's sound matured noticeably after Jack lost? Like when Willie said "you got a little bit of lightning, but your missing everything else... Mileage". Beating Jack sure gave him that mileage. His sound throughout the whole movie was clean and technical. That last bit was some NASTY work.
Damn man, all my years watching this (saw it in theaters when it came out) and I never looked at it like that. Gave me a new perspective on something I’ve watched countless times!👍👍👍👍
I remember as a kid holding a cassette player up to the television to record this scene just so I could learn Steve Vai's guitar parts. Kids have it so easy nowadays with the internet and being able to instantly find and record anything.
Technically he is great but, he never played in a highly successful band so while he may be awesome to the guitar nerds a lot of people have no idea who he is. Compare Vai’s recognition against Hendrix, Page, Clapton or many others and You can see that those guys had technical ability and the album/ticket sales to go with it. Thats the difference.
@@miken.4693 Pretty sure "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention" qualify as a successful band. Steve Vai was one of Frank's proteges. He taught Vai how to play one of his "impossible to play" pieces by giving him the music in parts, having him practice each, and then said "now play them all in sequence". The song is "What's New In Baltimore".
Loved the supernatural from the 80’s in movies like this, Angel Heart. No special effects, just the idea, the premise of what is going on. The devil was well cast
I always loved the fact that it is his love for all music that Eugene wins this. He studied all music, in this film was taught to respect it as well, where Jack Butler probably only studied rock and thought selling his soul was enough. My take away anyway.
The whole idea of there being a Crossroads where guys go to make a deal with the Devil so so intriguing. Really surprises me that more movies have not been done with this storyline. This movie is great from start to finish.
I recently saw an interview with Steve about this movie and he was really reluctant to play this part because he had never acted in a movie before..and he said that after he did this role he knew right away that acting wasn't for him...he hated the five minute takes and then sitting around for an hour or more and then they want to do the scene again and again..he said he was happy when the process was over...he knew right then and there that acting wasn't in the cards as far as his future was concerned....but none the less a great scene and somewhat iconic now....🎸🎸🎸
Ralph Macchio should've won an award for acting like he could really play the hell out of a guitar and Steve Vai should've won one for acting like he couldn't.
@@GBeret83 Steve vai, ry cooder and Bill kanengiser played the classical peices while arlen Roth taught Ralph the peices for the end but Steve vai played the final peice in the song aka eugenes trick bag
Steve's opening lick is from a song he wrote called Bad Horsie. You need to check it out. Also, Steve did play the ending piece that that Ralph mimed. That was the piece that ended Jack Butler. It's called Eugene's Trick Bag. But it's sort of a knock off of Paganini Caprice no.15
For what it’s worth…this is from IMDB’s notes on the movie: “Steve Vai played both sides of the guitar duel while acting as Jack Butler, the devil's guitarist. Ry Cooder recorded the slide parts and produced the soundtrack.”
This kid is amazing, not only can you play the blues on the but he's actually playing classical music on the guitar, but she only person I can say that I've ever heard that I love that is even better than him is Steve Howe of Yes. Awesome video
I cant tell ya how many times ive watched this flik alot ! Love when scratch shows up at crossroads. You looking for me willie brown. Lmao. Yhe guitar duel is epic
They say. That movies like the Godfathet,Dearhunter ,platoon, the Good the bad and ugly have there iconic moments what would you say abaught this vedio not the whole movie but this part to me it ranks way above what I have seen and I love those other movies each one has its iconic moments this cross roads has its iconic moment also.. thanks fo sharing this vedio...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA.
What everybody is missing is that the fact that Ralph macchio learned to play the guitar that way to the point to where this boy start playing some Mozart type music bro that is insane skills now. I know the rock and roll star that was in there, but I'm not going to lie that performance by Ralph macchio outshines him drastically. This boy played classical music when an electric guitar and it sound like a violin. That is insane. I know how he feel. It feels good to be able to do that because me and my harmonica okay plays right along with both of these guys. Imitating the guitar, the electric guitar that they're playing with this harmonic I'm doing this they're imitating a violin. Well he is at the end and I'm imitating his electric guitar that is imitating a violin and the electric guitar battle that they're doing before he even started doing the classical music 🎶
it was a Niccolò Paganini composition, the comp that he used to beat the devil, so the story goes, it was, Niccolò Paganinis 5th caprice. The irony is, they used that same piece of music to once more, beat the devil. Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time and he was called, the devils violinist.
Only a master like Steve Vai would know what real mistakes would look and sound like. For a musician, that was a very convincing performance in acting.
@@matthewhorizon6050 You’ve probably never seen rock stars back in the 70’s and 80’s. Many of those guys would play 4-5 hour concerts, fifty plus shows a tour, and in thirty or more cities. Trust me, I’ve seen those guys play until they collapsed. Look it up.
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Aside from his guitar playing I don't think Steve gets enough credit for his acting during the duel. He goes from being the cocky ruler of the roost to getting serious when he realizes Lightning's no pushover, to looking concerned and even worried when he sees Lightning pull off a move he's not sure he can match, and then finally dropping his guitar and walking off stage without a word when he realizes he lost. It's an excellence performance.
The whole show is an "excellence performance" sir!
Perfect description....🎉
Steve Vai deserves a bloody Oscar for this scene! So dramatic and hilarious, no lines just his presence and insane playing. The Devils Guitarist! 🤘
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He looks possessed. Looks a bit like Paganini as well.
I've known, as I'm sure most people have, a few people who were so good at their art seeing/hearing a mistake would actually make them cringe.
I always wondered how much it hurt him to hit a wrong note/not be able to hit the note.
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One of the most powerful displays of guitar masteries all in one movie I love this movie from the first time it came out never gets old.
Me too Bro ..Cheers from Vancouver BC ..,, Canada's Rock and Roll concert capital of the '60s & '70s
yes it does get old and no one worth a shit cares about this anymore.
🎉❤😂
Beer League is better... lol
We need to know, all the guitars of that film , recorded by Steve Vai
Ain't seen this for 30 years, never gets old. Great movie and story.
Love this movie,the acting,been a while since I seen it
Decades later after seeing this movie, when the classical guitar kicks in, goose pimples and chills all over. Love this.
You and me both. You and me Both. Plus it was one heck of a Classical song.
Paganini violin.
I’m with you on that emotion.
I have the same reaction as well 😊❤
@@KSNSATX Yes... it's an adaptation of Paganini's 5th Caprice.
We were at Steele con in Pittsburgh pa and had a chance to talk to Ralph for a while since it was the first day of the con and it was at the end of the day and there were few people there.
I asked him about the movie crossroads and working with Steve and he replied that Steve was crazy fun to work with and couldn't stop listening to him play the guitar.
He add, never thought the great Steve Vai would be giving me guitar lessons.
When I was 15 I told a 13 year old kid at church that I wanted to learn Eugene's Trick Bag during Sunday school. You know just talking music. After the sermon was over, that kid came up to me with a few sheets of paper and he had tabbed the whole thing out from memory. I was blew away. That kid was so good and hardly anyone knew it.
Man I aint seen that picture (your profile picture) in years. Just brought back some memories of the game. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
Man, the look on Steves face when faced with Ralphs final solo... Its just priceless. He played the roll well IMO, perhaps his finest...
What's better that IS Vai playing that solo.
@@dlc1119exactly lol. He played both his part and Ralph's for the classical part.
Brilliant battle. Look at Ralph when he was finished. No smile, no confident, "yeah, im a badass!" He had this look like, "That's all i got man, you top that, you got me!" Love that!
And Steve's return expression "I don't know if I can beat that"
One of the greatest scenes ever, in my opinion.
This scene still gives me the chills!
Shoutout to Steve's acting here. Real nice stare at Ralph, as if he's just realized "OK, the kid's got game."
Always thought Vai deserved an Oscar for his facial expressions. They were great.
That red Ibanez Vai is playing in this scene is on display at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, MS and is completely unrestored, complete with the dings sustained when Steve threw the guitar down in defeat.
Thats not an Ibanez, its a Charvel Pro San Dimas
I seen it too
It is there, as of July, 2021.
The sad part is the back is facing the deck, the front faces the lobby ... on the second floor.
Difficult to take pictures of this iconic 🎸.
It was fried once he threw it down on the floor. It'll take mandatory hours and time to restore that guitar.
Dang, i need to go see it now. I live like 10 minutes from there
Absolutley love when legba stands up to tear up the contract! He's angry, he's pissed, he's the most powerful, destructive and evil being in the Universe, BUT, he can't do anything about it, as even Satan must play by the rules of a business deal. Very symbolic.
Even though this was posted 15 years ago…this is one of my favorite guitar battle scenes!! Great movie too!!!
I just rewatched it too. It’s so good. Loved this movie. Inspired me to learn guitar.
I've commented before but just can't refrain from doing it again....This scene and entire movie for that matter is grossly underrated. I had no idea what I was watching as a child.
One interesting view on this duel is they staged it too look like a battle between rock, portrayed by a lobg-haired rock star who is a guitar wizard with an attitude versus blues, portrayed by a humble young kid who looks like a shy little thing with a heart.. since Steve played both parts, it is amazing how he developed both solos, providing very different character and tone to each one. He really makes you believe they are really two completely different personalities fighting on the stage. Great scene!
I didn't really know that. I kind of figured that Steve is doing both parts, it was amazing
And when it came down to defeating Jack Butler, Macchio's character falls back on his classical training.
The only exception is Ralph Macchio's slide guitar section. Ry Cooder performed those parts. The rest of the scene was all Steve, though.
Ry Cooderplayed the slide parts
"Shhhhh...I am trying to listen! And don't tell me how it ends! (👍)
Steve's fake intensity kills me every time. That, him pointing to his own fretboard like "look right here", and him pointing the guitar at Ralph and shaking it during vibrato like it's firing bullets. He's so awesome
Стив Вей просто умница
Form followed function !!!
Best almost nine minutes of any movie ever
Serve vai se lo mangia a colazione l'altro chitarrista, ma il film doveva andare così, nel film Steve è assolutamente fantastico
Whammy bar and a wah...incredibly important for this tone and for Steve Vai.
Absolute legend and a huge HUGE inspiration of mine
Beautiful
I’m not sure who the better actor is in this scene. Ralph Machio for acting like he could play or Steve Vai acting like he couldn’t.
Ralph woodshedded for months while he was filming this movie so wasn't any acting in this scene.
He channeled Mr. Miyagi through that guitar.
***BANZAI***
Great comment. Macchio does pretty well mimicking Ry Cooder (thanks to coach Arlen Roth). Not flawless but you can tell he worked hard at it and the result is exceptional.
That’s really a great observation Stephen and seriously funny as hell.
Ironically enough, Ralph can actually play guitar in real life, but not like in this scene.
It is crazy that Steve Vai played both parts of the duel. Essentially, he had to lose to himself. Just proves that we are always our own worst enemy. Great film!
People don't know what a masterpiece is this from Steve vai guitar playing guitar solo for two roles and this is 1 of great music movie ever.
He is playing one solo. His.
Ry Cooder is playing Lightnin' Boy's solo.
Not a word spoken. Yeah, a great guitar duel. It was terrific watching Steve
One of the few movies I ever watched with my father. See you at the crossroads pop. ❤U forever.
Omg..me n my dad did the same thing..n thats whst he use to say ill see u at the crossroads!!!
At 10yrs old, I heard Jimmie Hendricks play on the Woodstock live album that was recorded out there, then a couple groups after him, Carlos Santana played and I was Godsmacked! He was so much cleaner, crisper, and faster than Hendricks. From that moment on Hendricks forever became “Meh” to me. A couple groups after Carlos laid it down, a group named War came onstage, and that’s when I heard the best Harp player Godsmacked me, Lee Oskar! He played light years ahead of any other Harp player I ever heard in my life! Crisp, clean, clear, and the way he could bend and hold a note was unlike I ever heard. My family hails from Virginia and the Carolinas, so i grew up listening to family Harpsmen, blues Harpsman, they had nothin’ on Lee Oskar. When I found out he was a white boy blowing’ harp-soul like that, they needed a forklift to pick my jaws up. Because that’s what he did with every song he played on in the group War. He gave it soul to the max. All my life I wanted to play just like those two.
Richie Havens would have aced it🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉A good man🎉🎉🎉🎉
I have to grin when that woman and everybody else in the joint celebrate Willie and Lightning’s victory.
As others have stated, the guy that portrayed the Devil played this part to perfection. Those 2 lines he said send a chill down ya backbone. I ALREADY GOT YOU! AND AINT NOTHING EVER AS GOOD AS WE WANT IT TO BE.
"Ohh I can get us there real quick!! Jack Butler's gonna like you!!"
Man makes your skin crawl!
What an amazing movie what a awesome representation between the timeless battle between good and evil
A lot of movies have that classic good vs. evil battle or ending. This is definitely my favorite of all time.
You notice that Lightning Boy's sound matured noticeably after Jack lost? Like when Willie said "you got a little bit of lightning, but your missing everything else... Mileage". Beating Jack sure gave him that mileage. His sound throughout the whole movie was clean and technical. That last bit was some NASTY work.
Damn man, all my years watching this (saw it in theaters when it came out) and I never looked at it like that. Gave me a new perspective on something I’ve watched countless times!👍👍👍👍
I remember as a kid holding a cassette player up to the television to record this scene just so I could learn Steve Vai's guitar parts. Kids have it so easy nowadays with the internet and being able to instantly find and record anything.
We had it easier not being brainwashed and glued to our cell phones. ❤️
... I'd record off the radio that way for songs I'd request then sit there w my finger on the pause button lol 😆
This never gets old
i keep coming back,
Best part of the movie....
seen better: The Commitments and Idlewild, to name two;
Nope, never...
yes it does, its crap.
For those of you that don't know?? Steve Vai is playing both guitar parts!!
I had heard Ry Cooder was responsible for the blues side. More especially the slide blues that he was known for.
@@hiramclark2635 i also thought Ry Cooder played the other guitar part
GET OUT!!! REALLY???
I saw this movie when it came out in 1986 in high school this whole time I thought Macchio was playing his part that whole time
No, Ryan Cooder.
I didn’t know that but I did know it wasn’t Ralph. 😂 it makes sense though.
I watch this video at least twice a week and still can't get enough
From a movie aspect,,, this scene is killer!!!! Always brings a smile to my face!!!!!
Somehow… a well elaborated classic still kicks the hardest core still today
Music is timeless
Man there is not nearly enough music/band movies out there
Cause they are so damn hard to make because it will just look off if the actor is miming it really bad
Eddie and the cruisers!!
I love how Steve Vai is such a guitar god that he transcribed Eugine's trick bag and then wrote everything else... What a beast
I just realized that when Steve points at Ralph during the first solo he isn't just taunting him, he's signaling "I go, then you go."
Vai gets props on a shredfest.. this was cutting edge at the time. A true movie moment.
Steve Vai is simply a guitar god. Never got the recognition he deserves.
Reportedly net worth of 14 mil. That's a lot of recognition.
Steve Vai, arguably one of the most talented and famous guitarist out there didn’t get any recognition? What?
Technically he is great but, he never played in a highly successful band so while he may be awesome to the guitar nerds a lot of people have no idea who he is. Compare Vai’s recognition against Hendrix, Page, Clapton or many others and You can see that those guys had technical ability and the album/ticket sales to go with it. Thats the difference.
@@miken.4693 Pretty sure "Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention" qualify as a successful band.
Steve Vai was one of Frank's proteges. He taught Vai how to play one of his "impossible to play" pieces by giving him the music in parts, having him practice each, and then said "now play them all in sequence". The song is "What's New In Baltimore".
THE HARMONICA is pure class,mixed with the lead,what a cruise
Loved the supernatural from the 80’s in movies like this, Angel Heart. No special effects, just the idea, the premise of what is going on. The devil was well cast
Angel Heart is a damn good film. It'd be nice to go to a theater that showed Crossroads & Angel Heart as a double feature
I always loved the fact that it is his love for all music that Eugene wins this. He studied all music, in this film was taught to respect it as well, where Jack Butler probably only studied rock and thought selling his soul was enough. My take away anyway.
No . Jack lost because he sold his soul . That's why he messed up in the end .
The cut out when god came in and kicked both their asses with some ace of spades!!
Just crazy awesome Guitar playing,now that's Guitar playing of the Gods🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍.
The whole idea of there being a Crossroads where guys go to make a deal with the Devil so so intriguing. Really surprises me that more movies have not been done with this storyline. This movie is great from start to finish.
To this day I have still never once seen anyone play a guitar with fingers like he did in this film. Ever.
I recently saw an interview with Steve about this movie and he was really reluctant to play this part because he had never acted in a movie before..and he said that after he did this role he knew right away that acting wasn't for him...he hated the five minute takes and then sitting around for an hour or more and then they want to do the scene again and again..he said he was happy when the process was over...he knew right then and there that acting wasn't in the cards as far as his future was concerned....but none the less a great scene and somewhat iconic now....🎸🎸🎸
This is why I started playing the guitar this film is a classic😎😎😎
And this is why i quit...😞
This film inspired me to shred the kazoo.
Original score by Ry Cooder. Guitarists are William Kanengiser, Arlen Roth and Steve Vai perform in the film but are not featured in the soundtrack.
Basada en Bach. Impresionante
Браво, Брависсимо людям, что такую музыку нам предоставляют!
Стив Вай собственной персоной снялся. Вначале фрагмент с альбома Alien love secret "Bad horsie"
Can watch the movie 100 times and never get sick of it…awesome movie 👍👍🇦🇺❤️❤️
This was the first kid in American History to have 2 master's of different arts and of different skin colors. What a legend Ralph
Like Asians in karate and blacks in blues?
@@badazzmaro yes. To the best of my knowledge that hadnt been done before for an actor. Probably wrong lol
Truly epic. Great master Steve Vai - one of the greatest players ever.....Ralph did an awesome job also❤❤❤
Ralph Macchio should've won an award for acting like he could really play the hell out of a guitar and Steve Vai should've won one for acting like he couldn't.
Fun fact: he could actually play the guitar but not well enough to play the whole thing especially the ending solo arlen Roth taught him
Was gonna say the same thing... he did pretty good mimicking a Rock God like Steve Vai
@@bigmanspecz , Always thought it was Ry Cooder that actually played Macchio's guitar parts for the head cutting duel?
@@GBeret83 Steve vai, ry cooder and Bill kanengiser played the classical peices while arlen Roth taught Ralph the peices for the end but Steve vai played the final peice in the song aka eugenes trick bag
I went to an arlen Roth clinic when I was younger. He said He taught Ralph to play for the movie and he could play a lot of the parts well
Everymorning after waking up, I find this video and Dance, air guitar, head bang you name it. Toast, to all of us who come here and appreciate.
Sensacional , espetacular ,ótimo .
Grande duelo. Esse guitarrista é fora do planeta .👍👍👍👍👍
This clip never gets old & nice to see the underdog wins the game.
Bought an axe when this show came out. Smoke on the water is still all i can play. 😎
Thas better than nothing 💪🏾😎
But I bet you can play the crap out of it, so rock on!
Only the rif!🤣
Then you just wasted money then
Hell Yeah,me too.
I never heard of this movie. All these clips are making me want to watch it.
Love how everyone stood up for the devil making his entrance, and only sit after he does. He’s the master of ceremonies of “cutting heads” 😂
The guy who played the devil really had made his part pure perfection!!
Um dos melhores filmes que vi entre o bem e o mal...
Stevie Vai é o meu eterno ídolo.
It took Steve Via 20 takes to make a mistake on his guitar.
Steve via? Or vai
That's pretty crazy. But once you get down that muscle memory on a solo it almost becomes a reflex to play it perfectly.
@@justinklinck6575 oh shit muscle memory, i hope i have a fuck ton of it
Well in real life Stevie won cause he beat himself . Ralph Macchio can't play guitar and Stevie actually plaid all the riffs
Normally it takes much longer, if ever.
Im almost 54 years old and this scene still gives me the goosebumps!🖤🥀🦋
First time I seen this was when it came out on VHS. We were all fryin on acid. Oh the 80's....
Every year, nobody asks and have clue of why; I always come back to watch this scene at least once.
This never gets old...
Stevie vais vIagra wore off in this battle. Ralph macchio went on to never get laid in the karate kid movies until he got married in kobra Kai.
@@OGWonkavisionHD hahahaha
I love this movie. I play guitar and I was born in 1984. For those of yall keeping score, I was 1 1/2 years old when this movie come out. 🤘
The best movie ever and the best guitar match ever. Stevie Via played his part and Ry Cooder play the parts for for Scott. I love this movie.
Steve's opening lick is from a song he wrote called Bad Horsie. You need to check it out. Also, Steve did play the ending piece that that Ralph mimed. That was the piece that ended Jack Butler. It's called Eugene's Trick Bag. But it's sort of a knock off of Paganini Caprice no.15
I agree with you about Cooder being better, but I just have to point out that Vai was the one who played the gonzo classical thing at the end.
As a guitar player. I believed this was real. Steve can play. It's just a movie. Great to watch. Wheeling west Virginia.
Price of an Inferno Red Jackson Dinky: $1030
Price of a standard Yellow Fender Telecaster: $600
Steve Vai's expression at 6:38: Priceless
On what planet is a 70s tele only $600? Send me there please!
Mex Tele yes
@@B8sean made in china
@@smedleybutler8787 too bad he isn’t playing a mex or mic, he is playing an American
Wonder if that telecaster actually belongs to Steve Vai?
5:20 - Everyone thought the match was over, and then the kid goes, “Allow me to reintroduce myself.”
Yeah, you really got to have sympathy...
allow me to introduce Malmsteen
This was the weirdest karate kid movie ever.
"Sweep the scales!"
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Not karate kid., IS crossroads.
Bonsai!!!
Loved this scene. That was guitar lessons every Saturday instead of playing with his friends outside, ha! Paid off😊
Impressionante, quanto mais eu vejo estás cenas,mais eu gosto desse filme Crossroads.
Спасибо за название фильма. Обязательно посмотрю.
For what it’s worth…this is from IMDB’s notes on the movie: “Steve Vai played both sides of the guitar duel while acting as Jack Butler, the devil's guitarist. Ry Cooder recorded the slide parts and produced the soundtrack.”
This kid is amazing, not only can you play the blues on the but he's actually playing classical music on the guitar, but she only person I can say that I've ever heard that I love that is even better than him is Steve Howe of Yes. Awesome video
YEARS, way late I will say that Vai is indeed the man.
I love ry cooders slide in this, and that southern comfort movie, its magnificent .
Loved that movie! Phenomenal soundtrack!😊❤
Finally, the whole thing.... I been lookin for this one..
I cant tell ya how many times ive watched this flik alot ! Love when scratch shows up at crossroads. You looking for me willie brown. Lmao. Yhe guitar duel is epic
Lightning the only guy that got to challenge the devil and walk away as the champion and lived to tell the tale.
Johnny in Georgia: “Hold my extra fiddle strings.”
They say. That movies like the Godfathet,Dearhunter ,platoon, the Good the bad and ugly have there iconic moments what would you say abaught this vedio not the whole movie but this part to me it ranks way above what I have seen and I love those other movies each one has its iconic moments this cross roads has its iconic moment also.. thanks fo sharing this vedio...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA.
I once heard it said" the only guy that could beat Steve Vai, is Ralph Machio"!😂
Whupped em. Lol
The only one who can beat Steve Vai would be Stevie Ray or Hendicks or Eddy- RIP
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This is no competition imho. Steve’s been playing for decades & Ralph had to Learn the Role.
Crossroads 2024
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Grew up watchin this over and over
Steve's hands make the neck look small. He is the man !
One of my all-time favorite movie scenes ever!
Me encanta ver cómo baila la hembra enfundada en piel... el real espíritu del baile sin inhibiciones; GENIAL!!!
Man that last solo brings tears to my eyes!
When you mess with lighting boy, you get the lit up by the lighting. 🎸⚡
I never get tired of this part
Fun Fact..........Vai's guitar in the duel is now ON DISPLAY at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi
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Yeah, well... Casinos like to give Hope to gamblers.
It ain't gonna' play itself...😮
What everybody is missing is that the fact that Ralph macchio learned to play the guitar that way to the point to where this boy start playing some Mozart type music bro that is insane skills now. I know the rock and roll star that was in there, but I'm not going to lie that performance by Ralph macchio outshines him drastically. This boy played classical music when an electric guitar and it sound like a violin. That is insane. I know how he feel. It feels good to be able to do that because me and my harmonica okay plays right along with both of these guys. Imitating the guitar, the electric guitar that they're playing with this harmonic I'm doing this they're imitating a violin. Well he is at the end and I'm imitating his electric guitar that is imitating a violin and the electric guitar battle that they're doing before he even started doing the classical music 🎶
it was a Niccolò Paganini composition, the comp that he used to beat the devil, so the story goes, it was, Niccolò Paganinis 5th caprice. The irony is, they used that same piece of music to once more, beat the devil. Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time and he was called, the devils violinist.
At the end, it’s like Daniel-san went... oh we aren’t jamming out... your fool ass is trying duel me?!
Ralph, you rocked in this one! Excellent flick! The 1980s produced alot of these kinds of cool films! 🌞
Only a master like Steve Vai would know what real mistakes would look and sound like. For a musician, that was a very convincing performance in acting.
Pretty sure I've never seen a guitarist fall down because he played a clunker 😆
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You’ve probably never seen rock stars back in the 70’s and 80’s. Many of those guys would play 4-5 hour concerts, fifty plus shows a tour, and in thirty or more cities. Trust me, I’ve seen those guys play until they collapsed. Look it up.