Steve Vai - Christmas Time Is Here

[iutubcec]

A guitar God came to earth to kick asses.

[flodimejes]

esta cancion me trae tantos recuerdos de mis navidades pasadas jeje

[flaviooliveira851]

muppet iluminatti..............

[acer993]

i wish i know about this song at christmas time.... now i got to wait til next year :/

[mcgaheefamily]

HE IS THE A THE SMARTEST PERSON I KNOW

[runingblackbear]

marry christmas to you too steve

[mcgaheefamily]

johnny winter

[mcgaheefamily]

what is a wanker

[50GreenDodge]

Oh cool!  I must confess I'm not an experienced Steve Vai listener. I mistakenly (mea maxima culpa) associated his work with music that makes my ears bleed. Goes to show you can live 65 years on this earth and find there's still a lot you don't know. This is gorgeous. Thank youl

[jesusdelriodeaguilar]

EL MEJOR DE INSTRUMENTISTA LA HISTORIA DE LA RAZA HUMANA HASTA HOY EL QUE SEPA DE ALGUIEN MEJOR QUE INDIQUE SU OBRA ..... AQUI SPERAMOS .. GRACIAS ... IMPACIENTES

[dverbern]

Love this piece! Really shows the versatility of Steve Vai, theres some incredible nuanced phrasing and some lovely jazzy passages, all wrapped up in incredible technique!

[Diege29]

Merry Xmas to all the world but 9.

[NirvanoVai]

We have 9 Grinch....

[shamilfunkypeppers]

merry crhysmas



[mcgaheefamily]

IM REALLY GETTING FIRED UP ABOUT THE SONGS I HAVENT HEARD

[antimatter07]

and at the first day steve vai created the heaven and the earth

[scottgeshen]

@graciehunter II--pretty much right on the money...

[GaunCochran]

merry christmas :)

[DroGodina]

Amazing, something you just lose yourself into....... :-)

[graciehunterII]

Hmmm... Vai just butchered Vince Guaraldi's brilliant rendition of "Christmas Time". Vai is a good example of someone with superlative technical skill but no artistic sense. He was much better when Zappa kept him on a short leash.

[lodude5]

@graciehunterII the funny part is your tryin to grind sayin he has no artistic seance. but art is all about self expression and point of view. he took this classic christmas song and played it in a way the shows how he hears the original song, and what creative paths it sends him on. so bring up the notion that he lacks an artistic seance just brings to light your own lack of artistic seance.

[squitestubez]

@graciehunterII That is the silliest thing one could ever say about Steve Vai. He is a magician and probably the single most artistic guitarist out there. Ask any guitarist with any merit, they'll say the same.

[PutItAway101]

@graciehunterII Steve Vai is intended for people of a certain level of musical intelligence. Looks like you didn't make the cut...

[butterflyblue369]

Lovely!!! <3 

[dssd000]

Merry Christmas from India

[VexedMoppet]

i was just thinkin the same thing merry christmas steve vai, and to all his fans!

[nanangmpmurty]

merry christmas to steve vai and all a people in the world :-)

[whatsyourtubething1]

Yeah, Good Ole Charlie Brown has been a favorite for so many of us for the Christmas season. Love ya steve.

[metallooney]

Where's Snoopy at???

[indieindy]

He's such a wanker.

[adds3566]

Mery Christmas to all:-)

[Ramusiewicz]

@adds3566 THAT'S the Spirit !!! (For What it's Worth, I Think Vai Does His 'Usual' Incredible Performance on This Number. Just LISTEN to the Powerful SUBTELTY of His Notes...)

[BenLeJournaliste]

Merry christmas everyone ! And merry christmas Steve Vai !

[cuda426hemi]

People shouldn't use the name Vai in vain.

[5TheKingOfPop5]

Merry christmas to everyone!

[jareds1007]

great post...thanks so much...need it right now. :o )

[RaptorV1USA]

Sweeet thanks

loves me some Holiday VAi!

[mcgaheefamily]

I HOPE YOU HACVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY NEW YEAR BY THE WAY THAT WAS A GOOD SONG YOU PLAYED

[mcgaheefamily]

did you ever saw gary moore

[xxkeepitsurrealxx]

very cool!!

[mcgaheefamily]

WELL YOU KNOW MORE PEOPLE THAN I DO

[musiconscious]

Great tone - must've used the strat for this one!

[USAFadrenalineJunkie]

@musiconscious WHAT???? no, not a freakin stat. its Steve Vai playing... and he plays his signature Ibanez, Jem. lol

[AchiilezTheOne]

Incredible



[mcgaheefamily]

@AchiilezTheOne

[hip2bsquareguitar]

I'm not shallow... but in my very truly humble opinion I think that Jeff Beck and Steve Vai are two absolutely incredible guitar players who are both still alive today. ;-) Merry Christmas to all.

[Notoriousnupe1911]

AWESOME........

[cheeseschrister]

There is no "best", you shallow idiots... oh wait... forgot about LENNY BREAU and TED GREENE.

[MasterOfTrapos]

merry almost christmas to everyone

[McMahonGary]

Hyperbole is what happens when you only listen to rock guitarists. Did anyone notice he changed the melody for the B part (the key change)? I'm hard pressed to see why he would do that on purpose. Was he just being lazy? Can he read? I doubt if his ear is that bad. And why all that bending of notes?

[renduke]

@McMahonGary you're crazy when i listened to this the 1st few times it seened a bit hardcore for a christmas song but the more i listen the more i enjoy it...this is flawless playing....i'de say Vai and Jeff Beck are the 2 best alive period

[ThatVaiGuy]

@McMahonGary What are you TALKING ABOUT?! Can Steve Vai read music?  Surely you jest.

[mcgaheefamily]

ALL OVER YOU,BUT ITS A CLOSE RACE IS THE SLIDE GARY ROSSINGTON OR JOHNNY WINTER

[mcgaheefamily]

@mcgaheefamily IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE HE WOULD GIVE ALL OF YOU A RUN FOR THE MONEY WAS GARY MOORE

[01Shorthanded]

@mcgaheefamily 2nd place many...Clapton, Beck, Montgomery, Zappa, SRV, Hendrix, Cropper, Page, Lennon, Townshend, Green, Buckingham, Frusciante, Gilmour too many to list. :P

[01Shorthanded]

Schroeder would approve!

[BJMallory]

The first time I heard this, I was moved to tears. So exquisitely beautiful.

[clevegirl1]

charles schultz would approve !

[mcgaheefamily]

STEVE VAI IS ONE OF THE BEST 2 IN THE WORLD,AND HES MODEST AND A GREAT PERSON

[zacharymoonzlight97]

@mcgaheefamily sooo whos the second??

[CarryCarrieful]

Hotness of the man is not a question but, this is hard to listen to.

[neognostica]

saturnalia at it's finest

[budleygirl]

I feel awkward for saying this being 18 and all but Steve Vai is really hot. xD

[RushFanPix]

@budleygirl No need to feel awkward about that... the man IS hot! ;-) When I was 18, I was drooling over hot guys, no matter their age. Hot is hot, no mater what age. :-)

[farrell915]

@budleygirl i am a 19 year old male and still think he is hot... how is that awkward?

[4IAMATITOK]

Hey Santa, he,s such a nice little boy^^^^

[MeRiteUwRong]

Ahhhhhhhhh ......I love Steve Vai's music ~sigh

[harveydents]

I met steve, eric johnson and joe satriani on the first g3 tour..... STEVE and ERIC were the NICEST GUYS i have ever met...and the most HUMBLE.......Satriani on the other hand.............

[renduke]

@harveydents yea i grew up about 4 miles from steve 2 years older then him not really friends more an aquantience...he's a sweet heart of a guy

[KzerZaKohrAh]

The negative comments on here are insulting. Steve is a world class musician who has proven himself through and through on many many different musical dimensions and passionately pours his life heart and soul into musical expression on so many different levels. If you don't like,understand or 'feel' his music at least show some respect (and perhaps a thought process) when stating your perspective. It's amazing the negative things people will say under the veil of anonymity.

[ThatVaiGuy]

I'm so sick of hearing people compare Steve Vai to God. I mean c'mon!! He's good and all, but he's no Steve Vai.

[AwakeInDark]

@ThatVaiGuy  whoaaaa, you're sooooo right !!!!

[dfaud]

@AwakeInDark ahahahah and we don't see/ear the other !!!

[AwakeInDark]

@dfaud guess that his comment has been removed by YouTube:))

[lordmd133]

@ThatVaiGuy hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahah­ahahahahaha Epic Win!

[biggfingger5]

@ThatVaiGuy Brilliant,sir!

[versatilethearcane]

@ThatVaiGuy i usually don't like religious jokes but i gotta hand it to you...that was hilarious

[Joexi]

@ThatVaiGuy Cheers, bro. That's good stuff.

[llellin2l]

@ThatVaiGuy Whoaa

[SongHooks1993]

@ThatVaiGuy YOUS ON OF A BITCH

[ThatVaiGuy]

@ThatVaiGuy This was not my comment. Someone else said this on another video. I thought it was funny enough to repost. As a Christian, I don't actually agree with the statement, but it's funny nonetheless.

[1jmp1958]

@ThatVaiGuy haha - good one. best of luck when you are taking your last breath sucka... yeah, Steve will welcome you into the hear after. I'm wonder. when you hit your thumb while swinging a hammer, do you say "STEVE DAMN IT"!!! or when someone sneazes - "STEVE BLESS YOU"? Just messin w/ ya. JP

[kjn5991]

@ThatVaiGuy yep. because LEMMY IS GOD.

[Gandi2Fai]

@ThatVaiGuy Nope, not Vai. Zappa.

[diazluisdiaz]

@ThatVaiGuy We should celebrare the birth of steve vai like xmas

[konosxatz1]

@diazluisdiaz we could also name it as svmas

[Ramusiewicz]

@ThatVaiGuy LOL !!!

[ukhio]

@ThatVaiGuy

ur comment should be removed

[XmetalblastX]

@ThatVaiGuy

people saying same about god and buckethead

...

[BottTines]

@XmetalblastX Buckethead sucks...

[TheJohnny990]

@XmetalblastX people compare evry1 2 god

[mcgaheefamily]

@ThatVaiGuy nobody stands over god

[mcgaheefamily]

@ThatVaiGuy id hate to be you ,i hope you like pitchfork and no aircondition

[roxxywalker]

he's the best n fuck the rest!!

[renduke]

Hey Steve ya think you can come over the house on christmas eve and play this while we all sit around the fire place :)

He Steve I am only 3 miles from your Mom So while you're in town think about it :)

Say hi to Roger :)

[cheyeguy]

This song is also on one of the Merry Axemas cds! Our boss told us to bring in christmas music from this past week until christmas so i brought in Merry Axemas! >:D BY FAR THE MOST AWESOME WEEK AT WORK EVER!!!!

[vitalizer1000]

..one thing though,..he's not just making it up,..he knows what he's doing and has a braod understanding of music

[vitalizer1000]

what a load of kak!!! ...he's a guitar circus man and shred ninja trickster..

and he found a place in the industry ..showBiz!!! hahahah ...muppets

[hyougahyoutei]

this soni is wonderful.

[CMetalTube]

They say Vai has no soul because they can't begin to comprehend what he is doing.

[pipsqueek14]

people says that he has no soul just because he played the devil in crossroads. he sold his soul to himself :P

[nikos1995patra]

@ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD VAI :)

[rickyjshiznit]

@ANOTHERHOLEINYOHEAD yea, it means vai. the v is obvious, the pyramid forms the capital A, and the eye represents an i.

[educolores]

ILLUMINATIS.... :S

[Newwaver2007]

That's one way to play christmas songs :)

Jingle Steve Jingle Steve Jingle all the Vai.

I see there is a connection lol.

[karljapo]

@Newwaver2007 All what joe there is to ride, in a one sach yngwie sleigh, hey!

[dvsdez]

I don't know what kind of soul this music is, but all I can say is that replay button must be worn out soon..

[CAMARAMENA]

steve vai es un iluminati

[Corruptedxxx]

ive baught one of his cd's with this track on, it will be a awesome christmas this year, just ask my neighbours

[renduke]

all the guys that say they don't like him wish they were a 1/4th as good

[renduke]

well there's jeff beck and steve vai and then there is jeff beck and steve vai urrrrr and then there is jeff beck and steve vai......no one can touch these two it's that simple....nuff said

[MercuryClock]

Oh look, a bunch of teenagers calling Vai's meandering, masturbatory soloing "soulful" because it's backed by jazz piano.

Move along.

[ColonelEvansSFMC]

I first saw Stephen Vai in Crossroads, thought it was mixing that made him that good; however, I found out that it was not the case. He may have sold his soul to Kobala or Sa Tan' but the fool knows how to walk the frets and bring emotion out of rosewood and basswood very elegantly.

[goldtogreysmoke]

vai is running out of songs to solo over

[SenorACaraballo]

I 1st heard this on the Merry Axemas album as a young teenager. Soulful...brilliant...inspirat­ional!

[SlashWorshipper1993]

The backing band sound very jazzy, I like it! ^.^

[XBurnz666]

anybody who says steve has no soul in his music can go F@@k them selves... trust me he has soul... look at his emotion when he plays.

[giuseppemare]

I wish they would have made a Christmas DVD of these CD's! All my guitar heros sitting around the fire, drinking, toasting the holidays and each in turn playing their favorite Christmas song. Cesar Huesca replicates this song note for note;it's wonderful to watch! Check it out!

[intune1234]

What a great interpretation of this song! Too cool.

[Songbird1165]

@Billbill80s I totally agree with everything you said...and yes, He posesses so much character -he kept the original integrity of the song and gave it that special Vai style dimension. A classic version of a classic, indeed. Thanks again, Steve : )

[TheViniciuschagas]

interessante...

[GUITARamaro]

 it sounds like god voice

[Billbill80s]

What a beautiful interpretation.. he adds light to it... and fuck me the line he does at 1:25 onwards... thats just.. fucking orgasmic... I wish i could write like that... Ive heard the original... and Steve does nothing but compliment it and add some parts that are just amazing... that is all...

[mr252307]

What? I'd say he has soul in most of his pieces. If you don't agree with that, There's something wrong with you..

[derekRTK]

enough w fuckin lol.think of somethin new ya one dimension peniles ..

[derekRTK]

vais soul /depth is 3d.most r one dimension.

[xPrinceKufufu]

@hampsterman22: I agree with your first sentence...and nothing else. I love Vai, but this song was just terrible. Flame me all you want for it, I don't care.

[Cosplayingrocks]

Merry Christmas everyone :)

[Baileygeep7]

 "tender surrender" on piano, nope, this song in overindulgent glitz, nope.

[Utubesuxmycock]

@hampsterman22 STFU NOOB

he who knows nothing about music, theory, or a fucking soul

spirit

the guitar seems to be the most beautiful instrument in the world if you like it or not

and steve vai? well hes a god

fucking noob

[AwakeInDark]

@hampsterman22 Honestly, you have no idea what you're talkin' about. You should check out his albums and then say something about his creation. Just don't judge if don't know what you're sayin'. Everyone has the right to have an opinion, but first.. think deep.

[TellingYouTwice]

@AwakeInDark I like Steve Vai, but that doesn't mean you have to shun the people who disagree with this being soulful. I think it is soulless.

[Milo9]

@hampsterman22 lol. LOL.

[AwaTu]

@hampsterman22 I hear what you're saying —However, you might find it easier to express your point more meaningfully if you qualify your comment by throwing in an —"In my opinion" —or, "For me..." —Otherwise it comes off as if you believe what you are stating is an expression of definitive universal truth, which is not the case —The only thing you know for certain is —It is simply, albeit significant, what is true for you...

[MrKeyboardDK]

@hampsterman22 Different kind of Music, but with that Jazzy feel to it. Steve Vai is an Excellent Musician.

[MrJuanito1548]

@hampsterman22 A much wiser man said that....."If you have not anything positive to say than say nothing at all"...., Merry X-Mas. There is feeling in this!!!!, If you can`t see it, then keep your shit to yourself.

[MrBroodjewarmvlees]

@hampsterman22 I can see your point. But Vai's version isn't a copy of the original, it is a remake, or whatever you wish to call it.

He put his own style into it and I agree that his style is totally not like the style in the original.

But then again, if it had the same style... it would just be the original performed by someone else.

It has a different approach to it and you can like it or dislike it.

[canucktheclown]

You are ignorant. It's called musical interpretation. I guess you didn't get that. I guess according to you, if it's not played like how the writer of the song intended, than it's shit. You have a lot learn...

[worldwidebum]

@hampsterman22 - wrong kind of soul? WOW!

[024leoj]

@hampsterman22  Wow, you have no soul. I feel bad for people like you that can't see the forest for the trees.

[Buzzardo]

Great player, and a really nice guy. Had the pleasure of meeting him once, and he was all class...

[mhrdeadhead]

If you're any better than Steve, I'll gladly listen to you play...otherwise, shut your stinkin' trap.

[davidpjrmays1222]

Fuck- You all sound stupid as shit arguing over a fucking has been. Get a life.

[danlawsonband]

Steve's attitude speaks though his soulful playing, a true Genius!!

[mikeplusplus]

Sounds like Jeff Beck when he plays like this

[renduke]

@mikeplusplus his one and only "competition" "peer" the 2 greatest alive

[cp9111]

Let me tell you something: Steve Vai is the SOUL of Guitarplaying. And this having said, let me tell you another thing: You are definitely retarded...:-)

[SeanBellMusic]

Does somebody has a download of this album ?

[nascar242083]

best xmas music rite here

[DARKRID3R89]

People says that he have no soul just because they have no idea what they talkin' about...

[KGRMnVH]

@DARKRID3R89 clearly!! i mean do they see his facial expressions when he plays...true heart and soul in that mans music!!!

[1234er56]

Nevigo I wanna see that how can you play the guitar !!!

[JCGREENGENES]

Back in 1997 Steve did a concept album called 'Merry Axemas' featuring several notable guitarists from different genres....I always thought the whole thing was a showcase for THIS MASTERPIECE!!

[deathscythekim729]

SHUT UP YOU NOOB!

[Nevigo]

To all the people "Vai has no soul" or "he can only play fast"...DOOHH! :)

Talk about feeling..

[Xeldryn]

@Nevigo Amen. This guy has so much heart in his play.

You think of someone like John Petrucci as someone who can only play fast.

[Nevigo]

@rafauleciaelcarpio

Oh really?

[rafauleciaelcarpio]

@Nevigo guys who say this kind of shit are not considered "people" IMAO hahaha

[Nevigo]

@rafauleciaelcarpio

I agree :)

[pinkyforce7]

@Nevigo

Arguably Pettrucci has no soul.

Steve Vai? Is one of the most expressive rock guitarists. Ever. His control of the instrument is comparable to... none? really.

[nintendo4ever123]

@Nevigo to all the people who says he can only play fast, I present to u, Whispering a Prayer!

[H057IL3]

@Nevigo Steve Vai easily has a lot more soul than 95% of musicians, even when shredding!

[Nevigo]

@H057IL3

Yep I agree :)

[H057IL3]

@Nevigo I've never heard anyone ever say that XD

[MrHailstorm11]

What hes done with this is really incredible...I know the original version and its really complicated.

This is a cover of Vince Guaraldi i think is from. A Charlie Brown Christmas.. really good cover