Joe Satriani - Back to Shalla Bal

[s2p3r]

his music tells stories. i'm reminded of sagan, vonnegut, hubbard and others whenever i listen to his space-themed works

[HouseofWurmstein]

3 people are jealous as hell.

[alvarokas]

i feel the inspiration for... driving an F1 car!

[bluuedaniel]

when i heard this song on Jango, back when i used them more, I thought it was the greatest rock and roll song ever! And I am peckn 58...satch rules!! "big bad moon" (with the cool chick is no. 2)

[MuzzDrifter94]

Formula1 - PSOne

[PSXDooMERR]

10111th!

yesterday i was 1337th viewer of the cover video.

Great song

[samudelux83]

trovata yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! ICCHIA SE SPACCA

[Senlocc22]

I dnt know shit about the F1 game I just like the song off the cd lol

[mikeymike1792]

This was the opening song to the first game I ever owned. Fond memories.

[mikeymike1792]

@mikeymike1792 I was three. Still remember the song perfectly. First time I've heard it since then though. That game started my love affair with F1

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

@1962drob Joe is AWESOME!!!!! ROCK ON!!!!!!

[MEGADETHTHRETH]

FORMULA 1

[blainyrules]

@MEGADETHTHRETH Fuck yes.

[noveleiro]

HOLY FUCKIN FORMULA 1 95

[deltacharlie88]

@noveleiro i nostalgia'd hard

[shoofercat]

holly fuck Ican smell burning fingers

[rundle19938]

back when Joe had hair

[VoidRevenant]

FORMULA FREAKIN 1!!!! So boss

[8GRUM8]

FOrmula ps1 ;) YEhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[kuribohize]

ES UN DIOS

[kungfuninja55]

used to love this on f1 '95 as a kid

[F1fan444]

f1 1995! Finally found the song!

[dimebag4ever426]

joe is the king!!



[Kiwanja]

Damn, looks like alot of people like me got into Satriani and Vai through the PS game F1.

[fefete]

Hell Yeah! F1 1995 Opening Song! Joe you are that alien from A-51? Yeah, I know you are him ;)

[dvnupldr]

i used to just sit back and listen to this song on the menu selection and look at the driver/car pictures whilst nodding my head. in the end i always picked mika häkkinen (and won, of course). 8-)

[TheNeverEndingGame]

195 seconds of awesomeness :D

[HOLYSTANG91]

Miss him with hair but at least the music is still good.

[ghostsinthere2008]

I first got into Satriani and Vai from the Formula 1 game for PS1. Good stuff

[IronMaidenMax13]

@ghostsinthere2008 so did i :P

[pasy2006]

HIS BSET SONG:)

[santyrush]

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[TheHenkka65]

RROOOCKKSS!

[schumacher37]

F1 95'' song :p

[Senlocc]

I dont know why but i just now found out about this guy 2 weeks ago...and i feel very inspired and happy when i hear his music... i pray to god any1 will say the same about my shit one day or at least give them the same feeling :)

[UnwieldyFrench]

@Senlocc

Never too late! (On a side note, he had been the guitar's teacher of an unknown guitarist called Kirk Hammet :p)

[Senlocc]

@UnwieldyFrench  thanx man :)

[karoline1766]

Hør på den gitarspællinga, en teng å sei. FANTASTISK

[IbanezGirl2]

@karoline1766 Ja, Satch er jo genial - ikke sant? :)

[Prussian7789]

play like this and you can get any girl you want

[TheLegend8991]

best lick i have ever heard 1:10 - 1:19

[GladiatorsCorp]

Kinda reminds me of F-Zero X, it's awesome that soundtrack

[southForzaMK2]

This Is Formula 1.......

[Hu1sje]

?/-[~`  Perfect as this line

[mhgamiso]

Shalla-Balla! Hindi:))

[xBOOGEYMANx1]

my favourite song

[superbeast326]

A instrumental cover of this was used as Tori's theme in the WWF, during the Attitude Era.

[demonscaffolder]

it's "Back to SHALTA bal" you bi cranial quadrapeds!

[TommittajaFIN]

@demonscaffolder

umh.. don't try to act so smart :D "bi cranial quadraped"... that just doesn't sound real.

[TommittajaFIN]

@demonscaffolder

and it is shalla, not shalta. where'd you even get that from?

[amonkvasir]

@demonscaffolder What the hell!? Do you know who is Shalla Bal? Do you fuck know who is the fovourite character of the pale Satriani? No, I'll tell you: he's Silver Surfer (Flying in a blue dream, surfin' with the alien) and Shalla Bal is his fiancè. Mindfucked, just keep quiet with drugs and alcohol...ahahah

[NextgenArtist]

satch must be a silver surfer fan. first surfing with the alien then this reference too. awesome

[bowserdog98]

cool

[kevnar]

This song makes you feel like you're driving to the beach on a sunny summer day no matter what miserable crap you happen to be doing when you hear it.

[green66vw]

@kevnar yes, you are exactly right!

[rdru00001]

Incendiary guitar playing, I can imagine that fretboard melting. :)

[fefete]

I love this song, also this song is the Opening of the F1 1995 Video Game. Wow, a really nasty ferrari going to some crazy hell xD

[keyofdminor]

I have always loved the inspired part at 1:31 Add the eastern break at 1:46 and the blues at 1:51 and you have Joe in a nutshell. Love it.

[WolfieTed]

I hate to sound like a teenager, but this is Cooooool. I mean it's coooooool, cooooool cool!

Turn off the AC, Joe's in town!

[zeliig]

Only 67,000 views for this masterpiece and the majority of youtubers are watching lady gaga,justin beiber and cat videos right now..............well at least there is 67,000 of us on this planet that know what real talent is!

[shoofercat]

@zeliig And it is a masterpeice as he is the master..... a modern day Mozart ...

Joe has the gift of melody and the ability to play what ever is in his head ....for me he is guitar god. I picked up a guitar after I heard surfing with the alien and wonderd how the ell does this do that. if it was not for Joe I would never have learnt to play.An inspiration to us all .

[thenameissammy]

What I like about the album art is that it shows that the guitar is part of him.

[garramiro]

man this is genius, the rest of the music i am used to hear is dog crap compared to this!

[damras88]

God damn it !!

[eltnam22]

I wish he'd do this live. Everything in it is perfect. The melody, the solo, the tempo etc. I never seen a video of him doing this live anywhere. Probably my favourate stach song,.......no wait that's big bad moon, no wait I mean ice 9, no wait it's ....... ahhhhhhhh

[emo6john]

ROCK ON BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TommittajaFIN]

Dude i can't believe i've never heard this before! awesome stuff! well, maybe it was the name that disturbed me o_O

[Cheesebeau]

I never knew this was the song from the original Formula One game on the Playstation! Amazing!

[Piratespenzance]

emo fags are super gay

[KoreanoBH]

2 disturbed emo fags didn't like this MASTERPIECE.

[MrLeftyguitarman]

@jgpjdrum oh yeah! ps1 ! that game had an Awesome Soundtrack! with more of Mr.satch here and Steve vai!

[Mystandrain]

It's a mystery to me why he doesn't play this awesome piece live...

[joesatriani2006]

yeah!, it was also the song who put me into his music.

[druglover200]

i karate head bunted my computer desk.

[Starlitblond]

This song is so good.... .all of his songs are good. I had the fortunate opportunity of going to high school with his drummer Jeff.... he is also awesome!

[blainyrules]

lol i remember this from an old f1 game :)

[KiterTMK]

@blainyrules

PS1 - F1 Championship!

F' Yeah!

[shredBucketheadshred]

mother fucker this aint fair! how the hell are us mortals supposed to play like Satch? the cunt made a deal with Galactus to weald "chrome boy" and channel the power cosmic!

[goatjira]

@shredBucketheadshred Joe is definitely a Silver Surfer fan - this song dedicated to his woman on his home planet (Zen - La I think) great tune

[VBackseatRomeoV]

this song sounds a lot like get the hell outta here by vai. not sure which one is better

[Dearbuckethead]

Ahh this blew my fucking brain!!!!!

:0

[cestini]

ROCK!!

[pennekre]

Some of the best legato I've ever heard.

[DexterMullen]

f1 95 great game great music!

[roxflog]

esta cancion no me sale para bajarmela en el ares!!!!!!!

[Purrkins]

Best JS song in IMHO!

[MattDGuitarMan]

this is an amzing track! the part at 0:56 is also in another one of his songs called "Talk to me"

[MRkallek91]

this is muscle car rock, the stuff you listen to when giving the V8 some gas!

hear her ROARRRR!

rock´n´roll for life!

[saucersauce]

All Hail King Satch.

It's a wonder that I have any eardrums left...

[claytonjester]

i heard this song on a warren miller snow sports video, thought it was the absolute coooooooooolest thing i have ever heard in my life. satriani is a god!

[fugitive1201]

Yoooooooo I heard it on Snowriders 2 too!  Fucking sick.

[claytonjester]

i know, i thought it was just some generic guitar complilation someone had put together, it sounded tight as hell. love this guy and that movie.

[righez96]

mitica main song di formula 1 95!!Il mio primo gioco per la play1!!!schumacher in benetton mitico!!!

[akbaa666]

___________ perfect as this line

[TommittajaFIN]

@akbaa666

it's a line segment :P

[MrMarioMas]

fantastic song

[Erinxh]

Formula 1 FTW!!!

Damon Hill & David Coulthard (Williams COMBO!!) FTW!!! man i loved this game allot!! and this song offcourse

[EdSpyk]

This cd is Good!

[frazemufc]

omg satch! you are a complete genius! best song ever!

[Virus278]

it's like some horrible gym promo

[pasy2006]

Come on, this is his best song. Can you play guitar like that:)

[asdfero]

@Virus278

Its not his fault that every gym ads use 80's songs:)

[martinenq]

Formula One 95 soundtrack !!!

still good

[Darkvinx88]

yeah i was listening to him even before knowin him...its destiny!! XD XD

[ellinasethnikos]

best game sountracks ever.......that's where i learned satriani...lollollol who said video games aren't educational?lollol

[ibanez777vbk]

im not keen on j sattriani's music,that said this is a master peice

[JS1200RULES]

Why the hell haven't I listened to this song before? satch ftw 1:31

amazing tune. loved it on the first listen : D

[anttiiii91]

that song is the reason why I play Formula One -game /,,/ absolutely awesome :D

[abney20]

i FREAKIN LOVE PLAYING THIS ON GUITAR.... ONE OF MY FAVORITES BEHIND ERUPTION!!!!!

[Simonguitar]

i loved the F1 95.....the soundtrack was soooooooooo damn great, if you have the ps1 game, you can hear 13 tracks of the band called "overdrive" track 1 and 14 are mute....

btw anyone who knows "overdrive" ?? is this a real band???

[rob032]

I don't think Overdrive is a real band, I think the songs were just put together for the game.

[Deddinsyde]

This song enlarges my penis.

[devilby6666]

dude. me too

[Geoffzippo]

Yeah me too

[Jovera74]

@Deddinsyde jajaja! Me too, we make a hot dog shop. This song is amazing.

[Hu1sje]

@Deddinsyde

I don't care about your penis... gay

[hakekarox]

first tim ei hear this song... :O i'm a big fan of him but.. :o

[DobBylan]

Kiiiiick ass! Love this song.

Flying In A Blue Dream is magical.

[jimmyboy131]

Wow, haven't heard this one in a while. Always loved it, though. Just fantastic!

[mptrax]

AWESOME song ! Perfect to run with a bike.

[Hardysamnin]

Thank fuck for that game. Introduced me to Satch and vai. This, summer song, and Juice. After years of worshiping metallica and megadeth, this was like a breath of fresh air. I still remember hearing the solo from summer song for the first time and thinking, omfg ive known about this guy for years why have i never invested in his music. Formula one quickly changed all that.

[Y0uAreFucked]

BADASS SONG!!!

[ItsDahMonstahMan]

Man 1:30!!!

[Zorkidus]

this song was in some game i played a long time ago, but i can't lay my finger on it.

still a really amazing track.

[Ishdalar]

Formula One for PSX :D

[mptrax]

yeah i remember, nice song , crappy videogame.

[deadman81]

F1 95 was one of the best F1 games created... And it's soundtrack just enhanced it...

[mptrax]

I remember F1 95 , it was funny... The soundtrack was AWESOME...but videogame.... not at the same level (just my opinion).

I remember SBK for PC in 1998 as one of the best.

Bye dude.

[shredcity12345]

This song gets me so pumped up!! It's really amazing!

[ChazzzaEustice47]

You're so right! I got this game & a PS1 for christmas. It was the best ever, like you said, Murray, Joe and that game, all wrapped up in one small package. memories...

[ZippoMan]

This is such a kick ass song. Amazing Solo!

[chashavko]

This song is sooooooooooo wicked =)

[Nirvan5320]

Satriani is a guitar god and buckethead sucks monkey balls!

[BrianGuitarShred]

Buckethead is far from "sucking monkey balls." His compositions are excellent.

Satriani and Buckethead are very different musicians, there is no point in comparing them.

[diazcamille]

wow. your educated speech is stunning. as much as i hated how you worded it, i'd have to admit that buckethead is a robotic player, and doesnt seem to let any emotion, even the slightest drip, into his playing. and all of his solos sound the same. and yes, satch is a god.

[09button]

wrong it was f1 1995!!!! stupid hamilton supporter!!!!

[Virus278]

This song is good but it's kind of corny. It's like a song you would here for a gym promo or something.

[Eddyvanjones]

LMAO

i couldnt think what it reminds me off, but that is perfect

JOIN ASSHOLE GYM TODAY

[LewisHamilton1991]

This Is Off The Formula 1 Game Back In 96

[SennaF1GP]

This song rocks so BAD!!!!!...... Great skiing and driving song... Just hearing this tune gets my heart pumping like a 1 hr work out!!! Satriani is and always will be a guitar God!!!

[Virus278]

Satriani is pretty good but compared to some other guitarists he suckz

[SennaF1GP]

Some other guitarists????...... Such as??????..... Sure there are other guitarists who play wicked and all Gods in there own right..... But to say that Satriani "Suckz" (as you call it).... Let me guess.... Your about......... 17 years old...... Cuz only a wet behind the ears pup would say something that stupid!!!

[dirtyannie99]

yeah I hate when some says a guitarist 'suckz' but then doesn't back their statement up or give comparisons!! when some of these ass pick up a guitar and do better then i'll listen!! JS is a god !! and deserves the title!!

[ToothDecay7758]

You know, Satch taught some awesome guitarists, ie Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet, Marty Friedman. I don't think you can say he sucks

[Virus278]

ya, but they all suck too

[ToothDecay7758]

You are a failure as a troll. You know they are great, you're just trying to piss people off

[Virus278]

touche

[diazcamille]

rock on!!! so true!!

[jochavez81]

i don't know how the hell he does those insane harmonics

[lilcaesar69]

he does it by doing a pinch harmonic on any string, (standard tuning G string provides ample harmonics) any fret. hes simply moving his pick hand from the base of the neck to the bridge pick up pinch harmonic picking the string along the way

[36hcupsizeandgrowing]

MAKES ME WANNA DO CAT WALKS ALL DAY

[LolAmPLiTUde]

man this reminds me so much of the formula 1 ps1 game main menu when youre choosing what driver to race ah hose were the days

[cikcak01]

One of the best songs of Satriani

[Pazuno]

I remember this song on the F1 game on PS1.

Good game, good song!

[thunderxxxxxx]

joe FTW !!!

[ShardedFire]

i just love the blues in his music

[zolf1988]

adrenalinic

[ptarvain]

My favorite Satriani song!

[zolf1988]

it's not a song. it's a... tune :)

[NinjaBass117]

No, actually.

"Colloquially, song is sometimes used to refer to any music composition, even those without vocals." - Wikipedia

[skate4life182]

ouch zolf1988 ..... you got told .....

[arroyomusic]

It's not a tune, it's a timeless-melody

-Arroyo-

[diazcamille]

hey buddy you saying that classical music isnt music? this is soooooooo much more of a song taht a tune than any of the crap you probably listen to.

[zolf1988]

What the fuck are you talking about??? I only said that, in my opinion, you can't call "song" a composition without lyrics. I never said that classical music is not music or that joe satriani sucks! Calm down..

[diazcamille]

haha hey jack ur the one who needs to take it easy. i never accused you of saying satch sucks. and all im saying is that ur wrong. haha i can have my opinion brother.

[cfv22]

bro great story.u made me laugh so hard i almost fell off my chair.that said he is the greatest rock guitarist out there,can do it all and shred like hell when he wants to.take bro keep rockin.

[kevnar]

I remember when I would put this CD on in the van when my ex and I would go for a drive. She'd be all "I can't stand this music!" and I'd say, "Why not!? This is great music!" and she'd look at the CD cover and say, "Because he's so ugly!"

That's part of the reason she's my ex.

[Himuneasy]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[rocketman63]

kevnar, you're so right man!! Some women just don't get it. Like ANY real music fan gives a f*ck what the musicians LOOK like!!

I feel a lot like you do about things. I dumped a girl who threatened to leave me if I didn't get rid of my motorcycle. The bike had been with me a lot longer and in the long run, was much better company!!

[Santaslave666]

Only posers care how the musician looks like

[mysticalpotato86]

He's not ugly. I'm not gay or anything, just saying.

[arroyomusic]

I am glad you left that judgemental beeyatch. You rock bro.

[KOFPlaymore08]

Oh man, this totally brings back the good o'l days! Formula 1 rocked back then and it still does now!

bloody oath it does! im still playing that old ps1 game on the ps3, even tho ive got F1CE, theres just something that old game has that games since just havent (and I don't mean just the awesome background music)