I saw her in 2012 supporting Alice Cooper at a metal festival in the UK called Bloodstock open air and she was fantastic. She did all of the Alice Cooper guitar 🎸 solos and at the end of the show I got her guitar 🎸plectrum which I still have.
Two words: Highly Strung. She dated Steve Vai at some point IIRC, and they're still friends. Highly Strung is one of my favorite instrumentals, and I prefer her solos to Vai's. Glad to see others recommend this one to you. Thank you for the fresh looks to some of my favorite songs!
She dated (maybe still is) Richie Sambora, not Mr. Vai. Steve Vai has been happily married to wife Pia for decades. Orianthi recorded a song with Steve titled Highly Strung.
I have Orianthi's album she plays the blues as well. She was going to play on Micheal Jackson's tour but the poor man passed away before it happened. You can see her playing beat it on youtude when they were rehearsing.
If you like Orianthy you may also like to check out a young French guitarist called Tina S who has called her an inspiration. She plays complex, technical difficult solos on electric guitar. Her shredding of the third movement of Beethovens Moonlight Sonata is unexpected. Technically flawless. She does other classical pieces and also metal and rock solos.
Just curious, have you ever heard Kate Bush's 'Wuthering Heights' (1978)? It's still pretty much universally known in the UK (and elsewhere) and even more surprisingly it isn't unkindly mocked.
I love your perspective on the songs. I noticed you have not reviewed and Dan Vasc music. I think you would enjoy the versatility and quality of Dan Vasc.
I would love to hear your reaction to some progressive rock from the 1970s. Its very complex and layered, I think you would especially like the musicianship. I think the song Roundabout by Yes would be good place to start.
She`s a great musician ,and i collect great musicians on UA-cam like others collect stamps . She does great duets with Joe Bonamassa . The definition of a match made in heaven.
I agree with you 100% but the problem I have is - which song ? I'm a MB fan from when they started, but trying to decide on a recommendation to start the journey is impossible for me. Has Amy never heard them before?
@T-bone1950 Just one of their more popular songs on regular radio. A song that just a regular average fan would recognize. It was on popular radio for a reason. "GO NOW"
You need to watch her live performances to appreciate her really, also this is more of a pop song from her but her Blues and Rock performances are FAR SUPERIOR! This is like bubble-gum pop, not my cup of tea tbh. Check her Live Stage performances of some of Jimi Hendrix' classics, she really plays & interprets them well live!
That was a very polite way of saying: this is a song too attached to the formulas of the pop industry, in lyrics, rhythm, and vocals. one more song in that immense insubstantial ocean of commonplaces. a happily forgettable song. and the only redeeming thing was that brief guitar solo.
Only heard the 1st album. Liked Suffocated the best. Has more creativity, but it's not a lot (Song too short for much of that). But better song than According To You.
Song is full of guitar work, just a little thin on lead guitar for a guitarist. I remember her from playing with Michael Jackson and a few other engagements. Did not know her name or that she is a solo artist. She gets noticed, enormous stage presence. The type of guitar play in her solo here is called "shredding", popularized by the late Eddie Van Halen and made possible by progress in guitar amplification and electronically creating sustain, it enables a player to get solid loud sound by merely tap touching a string and thus facilitates crazy fast playing of notes (and btw have you done enough Van Halen on your channel?) I didn't like this song, it sounds just like another teenie bopper crap commercial song, fake drums and all, just with a lot of guitar.
I am not impressed by this music, and I usually have a bias towards loving female musicians (actual musicians, not just singers) who rock. Since the ownership of radio stations was consolidated with big corporations in the 90s, women in rock has declined steadily. Whether those two are related is for someone more knowledgeable than I to say, but I noticed that correlation. So here we have a female electric guitarist. Fantastic! Not that many of them, percentage-wise. But this song, musically was very basic and to my ears unmemorable. The lyrics were straight in your face, no poetic turn of phrase, and were not particularly powerful. Her vocal delivery was fine by my ears, though, no problem there. Here is the thing. This is not a band. This is her. It seems as if it is a lot harder for a female musician to find an actual band. In an actual band, all the band members contribute, which makes for a much richer environment. You're not going to get the same high quality song composition with some studio musicians. Think of The Cranberries and how good they were. The female singer was also a guitarist and wrote some or all of their songs, but this was a BAND, and they were great. But not being able to find a band is a problem for female musicians! If you want some really good female rockers, check out Voice of Baceprot. ua-cam.com/video/WPVo_QyS0Hw/v-deo.html From 2023 and it doesn't suck! And if you are here thinking, "Amy, just do classic rock!" and don't listen to anything recent, do yourself a favor and listen to this ANYWAY. They are an all-female metal band from Indonesia. Kind of a throwback sound in some ways, but that's okay by my ears. No growling. But still sounding 2023. The vocalist's voice is a bit weak to my ears, but her delivery is heartfelt. I would not call them geniuses (yet), still pretty green, but this is just far and away better than this Orianthy song. (I would give another Orianthy song a listen. It wasn't TERRIBLE.)
This was Orianthi's biggest hit, so of course it is radio friendly and doesn't begin to showcase her overall talent. Look up the duet she did with Steve Vai titled "Highly Strung" -- and prepare to have your face melted off.
Sounds like you're saying she's bad at songwriting ("finding a band" rant makes no sense otherwise), but here's the thing: she didn't even write this song. You're comparing self-contained rock bands to a manufactured pop act that's basically Hilary Duff with guitar solos. There's no shortage of solo artists with high quality composition so clearly you're wrong about that whole premise. David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Yngwie Malmsteen just to name a few, or Kate Bush and Bjork if you want female ones. Gender makes zero difference.
@@remnant24 I didn't mean for my comment to sound like I was objectively saying it was bad, though that is exactly what I said. I actually realize this is just a personal preference. I rarely like solo artists. Often the music is focused just on the singer, with the other instruments being just accompaniment. Or it's focused on their main instrument and the singing if they are also a musician, with the other instruments being just accompaniment. That is just a personal preference, and really is nothing wrong with the music, though I stated it as such. You mentioned Bowie and others. I don't like them, either, though I recognize their brilliance. Like most of music lovers, we can recognize someone's talent without loving the music itself. Tori Amos is my all-time favorite musical artist, but I love her stuff in spite of the fact that it is her, not a band, though she played live with some really great musicians for many years. And that is one of the reasons I love her live stuff far better than album version. (She had the great Matt Chamberlain on drums at live shows for much of her early career.) Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I have gotten the impression over the decades that it is actually harder for female rock musicians to get in a band. I just really like the richness that comes with a band that all works together to create the songs. I have a "new music to listen to" Spotify playlist and have added some of Orianthi's music in there. It will take me a while to work down to that. I'm systematic about it. I currently have 62h 3min of new music to try 😊
I don't like this style, so over used, poppy, mundane. So genre specific and formulaic. I have to go listen to Diamanda Galas to fix myself after this... .
Another who plays a lot of notes quickly. Gibberish. Like speaking in tongues. All flash, no substance. For eloquent guitar playing there's Jimi and there's SRV.
Orianthi has a mind-blowing guitar song (an instrumental) with Steve Vai called Highly Strung - it's very cool!
This is my recommendation as well!
She’s a criminally underrated artist. I love her.
I saw her in 2012 supporting Alice Cooper at a metal festival in the UK called Bloodstock open air and she was fantastic. She did all of the Alice Cooper guitar 🎸 solos and at the end of the show I got her guitar 🎸plectrum which I still have.
Great video and I'm going to see her play in Brisbane Australia next week!!
Never heard of her, but her music sounds great!
Two words: Highly Strung.
She dated Steve Vai at some point IIRC, and they're still friends. Highly Strung is one of my favorite instrumentals, and I prefer her solos to Vai's. Glad to see others recommend this one to you. Thank you for the fresh looks to some of my favorite songs!
She dated (maybe still is) Richie Sambora, not Mr. Vai. Steve Vai has been happily married to wife Pia for decades. Orianthi recorded a song with Steve titled Highly Strung.
I have Orianthi's album she plays the blues as well. She was going to play on Micheal Jackson's tour but the poor man passed away before it happened.
You can see her playing beat it on youtude when they were rehearsing.
Her performance at the Kennedy Center Honors, honoring Carlos Santana, was some of her best work.
She solo-ed for Steve Windwood.
If you like Orianthy you may also like to check out a young French guitarist called Tina S who has called her an inspiration. She plays complex, technical difficult solos on electric guitar. Her shredding of the third movement of Beethovens Moonlight Sonata is unexpected. Technically flawless. She does other classical pieces and also metal and rock solos.
Just curious, have you ever heard Kate Bush's 'Wuthering Heights' (1978)? It's still pretty much universally known in the UK (and elsewhere) and even more surprisingly it isn't unkindly mocked.
As people have written, "High Strung". It shows her technical virtuosity.
Have a listen to "Highly Strung." Orianthi trades licks with Steve Vai, and without the video you'd be hard pressed to tell where they trade off.
One hell of a song she put up.
Recommrndation: Band - Fanny; album - Charity Ball; Song - any
The opening of the solo is a quote from Slash in Sweet Child o Mine
If you consider suggestions, might I recommend How's It's Going To End, By Tom Waits
The song haunts me and would love to hear your opinion.
I love your perspective on the songs. I noticed you have not reviewed and Dan Vasc music. I think you would enjoy the versatility and quality of Dan Vasc.
I enjoyed her voice, but wasn't really moved by the song. Thanks for the review; I Dig you & your channel ! ...Newk from Kentucky
I would love to hear your reaction to some progressive rock from the 1970s. Its very complex and layered, I think you would especially like the musicianship. I think the song Roundabout by Yes would be good place to start.
I saw her live with Alice Cooper in Australia and she was an awesome performer. Alice don't play with chumps lol.
She`s a great musician ,and i collect great musicians on UA-cam like others collect stamps . She does great duets with Joe Bonamassa . The definition of a match made in heaven.
Amy and Vlad,
MOODY BLUES?
I agree with you 100% but the problem I have is - which song ? I'm a MB fan from when they started, but trying to decide on a recommendation to start the journey is impossible for me. Has Amy never heard them before?
@T-bone1950 Just one of their more popular songs on regular radio. A song that just a regular average fan would recognize. It was on popular radio for a reason.
"GO NOW"
@@T-bone1950 Virtually any song from the key seven LP's. With her classical background she might be lured to songs from Days Of Future Past.
Has anyone ever suggested an analysis of Alice in Chains? I think Would or Nutshell would be great.
Sounds like something A I would create, no thanks
ORIANTHI
You need to watch her live performances to appreciate her really, also this is more of a pop song from her but her Blues and Rock performances are FAR SUPERIOR! This is like bubble-gum pop, not my cup of tea tbh. Check her Live Stage performances of some of Jimi Hendrix' classics, she really plays & interprets them well live!
Australia: Midnight Oil, King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard.
That was a very polite way of saying: this is a song too attached to the formulas of the pop industry, in lyrics, rhythm, and vocals. one more song in that immense insubstantial ocean of commonplaces. a happily forgettable song. and the only redeeming thing was that brief guitar solo.
Only heard the 1st album. Liked Suffocated the best. Has more creativity, but it's not a lot (Song too short for much of that). But better song than According To You.
For me this song sounds like a heavier version of Taylor Swift with good (typical) solo guitar.
Song is full of guitar work, just a little thin on lead guitar for a guitarist. I remember her from playing with Michael Jackson and a few other engagements. Did not know her name or that she is a solo artist. She gets noticed, enormous stage presence. The type of guitar play in her solo here is called "shredding", popularized by the late Eddie Van Halen and made possible by progress in guitar amplification and electronically creating sustain, it enables a player to get solid loud sound by merely tap touching a string and thus facilitates crazy fast playing of notes (and btw have you done enough Van Halen on your channel?)
I didn't like this song, it sounds just like another teenie bopper crap commercial song, fake drums and all, just with a lot of guitar.
Wow...how incredibly generic.
I am not impressed by this music, and I usually have a bias towards loving female musicians (actual musicians, not just singers) who rock. Since the ownership of radio stations was consolidated with big corporations in the 90s, women in rock has declined steadily. Whether those two are related is for someone more knowledgeable than I to say, but I noticed that correlation. So here we have a female electric guitarist. Fantastic! Not that many of them, percentage-wise.
But this song, musically was very basic and to my ears unmemorable. The lyrics were straight in your face, no poetic turn of phrase, and were not particularly powerful. Her vocal delivery was fine by my ears, though, no problem there.
Here is the thing. This is not a band. This is her. It seems as if it is a lot harder for a female musician to find an actual band. In an actual band, all the band members contribute, which makes for a much richer environment. You're not going to get the same high quality song composition with some studio musicians. Think of The Cranberries and how good they were. The female singer was also a guitarist and wrote some or all of their songs, but this was a BAND, and they were great.
But not being able to find a band is a problem for female musicians!
If you want some really good female rockers, check out Voice of Baceprot. ua-cam.com/video/WPVo_QyS0Hw/v-deo.html From 2023 and it doesn't suck! And if you are here thinking, "Amy, just do classic rock!" and don't listen to anything recent, do yourself a favor and listen to this ANYWAY. They are an all-female metal band from Indonesia. Kind of a throwback sound in some ways, but that's okay by my ears. No growling. But still sounding 2023. The vocalist's voice is a bit weak to my ears, but her delivery is heartfelt. I would not call them geniuses (yet), still pretty green, but this is just far and away better than this Orianthy song. (I would give another Orianthy song a listen. It wasn't TERRIBLE.)
This was Orianthi's biggest hit, so of course it is radio friendly and doesn't begin to showcase her overall talent.
Look up the duet she did with Steve Vai titled "Highly Strung" -- and prepare to have your face melted off.
@GeoffTrowbridge I will check it out!
@@Marnie-hates-winter It's definitely worth it. That song is f*cking rad.
Sounds like you're saying she's bad at songwriting ("finding a band" rant makes no sense otherwise), but here's the thing: she didn't even write this song. You're comparing self-contained rock bands to a manufactured pop act that's basically Hilary Duff with guitar solos.
There's no shortage of solo artists with high quality composition so clearly you're wrong about that whole premise. David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Yngwie Malmsteen just to name a few, or Kate Bush and Bjork if you want female ones. Gender makes zero difference.
@@remnant24 I didn't mean for my comment to sound like I was objectively saying it was bad, though that is exactly what I said. I actually realize this is just a personal preference. I rarely like solo artists. Often the music is focused just on the singer, with the other instruments being just accompaniment. Or it's focused on their main instrument and the singing if they are also a musician, with the other instruments being just accompaniment.
That is just a personal preference, and really is nothing wrong with the music, though I stated it as such.
You mentioned Bowie and others. I don't like them, either, though I recognize their brilliance. Like most of music lovers, we can recognize someone's talent without loving the music itself.
Tori Amos is my all-time favorite musical artist, but I love her stuff in spite of the fact that it is her, not a band, though she played live with some really great musicians for many years. And that is one of the reasons I love her live stuff far better than album version. (She had the great Matt Chamberlain on drums at live shows for much of her early career.)
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I have gotten the impression over the decades that it is actually harder for female rock musicians to get in a band. I just really like the richness that comes with a band that all works together to create the songs.
I have a "new music to listen to" Spotify playlist and have added some of Orianthi's music in there. It will take me a while to work down to that. I'm systematic about it. I currently have 62h 3min of new music to try 😊
I don't like this style, so over used, poppy, mundane. So genre specific and formulaic. I have to go listen to Diamanda Galas to fix myself after this...
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Lyrically feisty, but musically a bit generic, standard rock-pop fare. Nice enough, but I'm not overly impressed on this evidence.
crap
Ir took me three seconds to notice it
She’s overrated.
Man this song sucks
Another who plays a lot of notes quickly. Gibberish. Like speaking in tongues. All flash, no substance. For eloquent guitar playing there's Jimi and there's SRV.