deefstes wrote:
Am I the only one who actually finds it boring? For the most part, I'm a Vai fan but in these videos he does the same kind of fretboard wanking that makes me dislike Satch, Malmsteen etc.
The first video especially is almost skull numbingly boring. We play a phrase, you play a phrase, we play a phrase, I play a phrase, rinse and repeat... ad nauseum. I don't know hey, something in me wants to believe there is more to music than this kind of banality.
I have to admit the fretboard wanking thing - especially when it comes to someone like Malmsteen - tends to get on my nerves. There are great guitarists and then there are guitarists who just do the same thing over and over, just at different parts of the fretboard. (I really hope I'm not one of them. ???) Or the few guitarists who seem to think that speed = technique and the faster you play something the better it'll sound.
Jayhell wrote:
I'm not so much a fan of the first one either, but I like the second one because it's not just two guys wanking their guitars at one another. It kinda sets the tone for the vintage lovers against the super strat lovers. The road worn kid against the glam rock shredder. The underdog against the show-off. Rock 'n F!@#$ Roll!
The Crossroads duel (hell, the whole movie) is still a favorite. The fact that I supposedly have the same syndrome Robert Johnson had was the first thing I found interesting.
