Steve Vai - Live at the Astoria London

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Summary: WOW.
Review: Great DVD. Many of the bad reviews find silly reasons to give the DVD a bad rating. I personally bought it for the music and the performance. I agree the camera work is a little rough. Steve Vai is an amazing virtuoso who can play better than 99.9% of the guitar playing population. (with the exception of maybe Satch and Petrucci) Steve's stage antics are downright hilarious. May I suggest that the outfits thing and the wind in the face is not his ego showing, but him making a mockery of the whole rockstar image thing? maybe....

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Summary: UHH...What is this Garbage?!
Review: When i first heard steve vai several years ago i thought he was 'intersting' based almost exclusively on his technique and chops. well over the years he still has not learned how to write a song. everything he has ever written stinks and drips with cheese or is some kind-of sugar-coated 'ballad'.
as far as this dvd is concerned it is an atrocity really: REALLY BAD VIDEO EFECTS
TERRIBLE GUITAR TONE AND EFFECTS
CRAPPY SONG WRITING
BAD SEQUENCING-but how do you tastefully sequence a whole slew of mediocre or just plain terrible songs??
and add to that STEVE VAI IS A BIG FREAKIN' POSEUR, WHAT IS WITH THE FAN BLOWING IN HIS HAIR FOR THE WHOLE SHOW??!! WOW! ISN'T HE COOL!?
i found the whole thing nauseating. i can't think of any redeeming qualities except that Steve's singing on one song is not too bad.
IF YOU LIKE VAPID GUITAR WANKERY AND SONGS THAT MEAN NOTHING AT ALL THIS IS FOR YOU.

Rating:
Summary: Not music, and not worthy of being released
Review: This DVD is garbage. Other reviewers have complained about the camera and stage production, but its all on par with Vai's current state of guitar virtuosity - there is none.

Great songwriting is a gift Vai does not possess. This carries over to his guitar chops/composition, which are gimmicky and far from virtuoso levels. And when he does cover a great song such as "Little Wing", he offers no great interpretation. Very embarassing, really.

Guitar notes:
First of all Steve, the strings on your axes are way too low, thats why there's bad tone and all that buzzing. Secondly, if you turn off all those cheap effects and play from your soul and not your ego, beautiful music might reach the audience.

I would suggest guitar and music lovers look elswhere to find great live guitar performances.

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Summary: Shredmeister
Review: Steve Vai is the master of guitar. This dvd shows him at his very best. Does he use effects? Yes! Does he know what to do with effects? Most definitely!! This dvd is a must buy for melodic extravaganzism. I'm pretty sure that's not a word but it describes Steve Vai to a T. You can't miss this. If you do, you will not know the Shredmeister that is Steve Vai.
Get This Now!

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Summary: Great guitar work but...
Review: The sound is great on this DVD. I have however seen better camera work in home movies and amateur internet porn. This video crew should never be allowed to touch cameras again. I give it a second star only because the music and performances are great. I also understand that Vai did some editing himself. My only advice to him would be that just because there are special effects on a software package does not mean you must use them all on one film.

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Summary: "Steve Vai is an Amazing Guitarist"
Review: I would say Steve Vai up to this time and present generation is still one of the best guitar players in "Music History". Yes, everybody have their own personal opinion and our millenium batch says his great and of course there are still those dim witted jealous & envious people who seem not fitted for being a critic as obviously, their ears are defective. Steve Vai is a musical genius and a grammy award proves that he is in fact worthy. Another thing he is also in the so called heavy G3 trio and those other guys who jam with him seems to be enjoying his company. Buy this DVD its really worth it because your in for a special treat.

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Summary: Would have been better in the 70's
Review: Guitar heros in the music world are no longer important. When Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen played, automatically generations wanted to play. But no players have come across since with such apogee and influenced as many. Steve Vai actually makes the guitar a boring instrument to listen to. There isn't anything exciting in his play. The songs are dull and their composition is outdated. Vai is till churning out the old Frank Zappa type of play, and to be 'frank' it's dead. His only audience must be the over 40s.

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Summary: guitar mania
Review: +Steve Vai is what everyone should be. Through working his butt off to become the individual with a gift of expression
that is an act of love for his work. We all can marvel at his ability but his drive and passion has created the player that is expressed. Everyone should see what he teaching, nothing worth something is handed to you. You must pay the price for the reward. Thank you Mr. Vai.