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  • first hendrix did this

    then all other gods like steve vai satriani zakk wylde eric johnson yngwie the beast malmsteen ,  sla..... leave that one.

    in 2012 justin bieber wil be doing it. jezus christ what's becoming of this world

  • listen to Jimi Hendrix play the star spangled banner, then tell me this has anything on the original

  • @oceanavekid The original? I thought they were all covers. Tight though.

  • Playing a Chrome Boy. Sweet.

  • fuck yea team america!

  • Sorry satch, you could have played it better... why didnt you improvise any shred licks? :-(

  • @guitarcontrol Because if he did then he would have gotten alot of shit for it. Nobody plays the national anthem like Hendrix.

  • @guitarcontrol

    He couldn't do any improv. He had a set time to do it, and was also given the wrong time to start the performance!

    This video will show you what i mean :-)

    watch?v=e0ZHmmzFTGo&feature=re­lated

  • Cliff Burton does my favorite version of the star spangled banner.....

  • Wah, wah wah, wah wah wah. Wah wah wah, wah wah wah. Wah wah, wahhhhh, wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah wah wah wah. Gotta love Joe!

  • Satch would have to meditate for 9 years in order to try and fuck up anything on guitar!

  • @2patero Try 9 DECADES. The man is virtually flawless with that instrument.

  • I personally thought this and jimis version suck and steve vais the best

  • he plays it way to fast

  • Too bad nobody can play this song again and make it sound as good as Hendrix's

  • A few months ago i met Joe at soundcheck and talked to him for a while.

    Very nice guy!

    I filmed his performance at slims in sf last march.

    First time i saw him live, puts on a great show!!

    Search my videos and u can watch it.

    Joe Satriani @ Slim's SF 3-26-11

  • got hes not even that good u people see a name you thinks famous and your all like ohhh hes amazing the best in thte world u know what FUCK U

  • @ArmyRangerish dude this guy is one of the godfathers of shredding what the fuck are you talking about?

  • @ArmyRangerish He is an absolutely amazing guitarist, his technique is pretty much flawless and he really knows how to convey emotion through his songs, they have feeling. this wasnt the best but hes an amazing guitarist

  • Eh.. Kinda ran through that one.

  • i dont like the way he uses his wah pedal in this, but im zakk wyldes biggest fan. i love joe though, i saw him live a few years ago, and damn was he fantstic

  • i love joe, but i'm not a big fan of his tone.

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  • I've just know Vin Diesel could play guitar.

  • @plugza if he had a brain transplant yes

  • And here to perform, recorded by a toaster, Joe Satriani.

  • Im Mexican, and with respect to the US Country, I Think Satriani only wanted to be simple and straight to the point with such an important musical piece like a National Anthem. True, Vai did a bigger, louder, and more powerful perfomance, but besides, it' undeniable that Satriani is better :)

  • Better than Zakk Wylde's anyways :P

  • No signature, no flair...he coulda rocked it harder.

  • jimi wanna be woodstock investor

  • I am a huuuuuge satch fan, but I'm afraid Vai did a better job on this song.

  • I WANT HIS GUITAR!!!!!

  • The Surfin`with the Alien album is one of the best albums ever. However, America`s fascination to continually hear their anthem in a unique way is sad.

    Please please please....stop trying to be unique....there are 6.6 billion others laughing at you.

  • @swassontelus But yet, they all keep trying to come over here... Interesting.

  • Oh thank God! He just played it - didn't butcher it.

  • @debby6688 satriani doesnt butcher anything, trust me hahaha watch him live.

  • @debby6688 i was so worried too!! i thought he was gonna like throw in a shit ton of whammy bar shit and pinch harmonics.

  • i cannot believe that he would be underrated. How do u underrate Satriani? Listen to Surfing with The Alien and of course many many more....how do u underrate this man? He possess a certain beauty in his playing that just no one else can touch. period. love u joe!!

  • ... That's not really great.. He just played the notes of the song with way to much wah. Nothing in here makes this version particularly unique from all the others.

  • some guitarists are so underrated, like joe, and also tom scholz of boston.

    just listening to him play solos is just amazing. boston played this at the fiesta bowl and it was so epic. I go and listen to jimi hendrix version and im like, wow that wasnt really that amazing....

  • listen when you go to a baseball game and play crazy shit people dont appreciate it as much. Or at least i dont. Dont get me wrong joe can shred the shit out of stuff but the national anthem should be played just plain in my opinion and he did a good job of it

  • He taught Kirk Hammet of Metallica so...awesome!

  • @grimsdyke did you just find out that ?

  • @grimsdyke And Steve Vai

  • The thing people don't understand is the reason why satch is the best because he literally understands the way the guitar works, how the notes and keys flow together. I'm sure Slash, Page, and Vai can play as fast as Satch, sure. The big point is, for instance, Slash says himself he doesn't know about vibrato, for example. He can do it, but he doesn't know why it works, Satriani does. He doesn't just make it work, he makes it flow... like a river... seamless. Everything has a purpose.

  • @jbruno1991

    if you are talking about good vibratos or vibratos in general,

    BB King should be mentioned!

  • @jdbruno1991 bad example.

  • @jbruno1991 lol, is that real? Slash doesn't understand how vibrato works? If that's true I just lost a lot of respect for his knowledge of the guitar. I mean, that's one of the most basic concepts to grasp. That's crazy. I can see what you mean about Satriani and his flow, but I'd have to disagree that he's better than page. Imho, Page was a master of creating great solos without speed. Plus, he could speed when he wanted. That's why he's my favorite. Joe's def. up there though.

  • Not what I expected out of Satriani.

  • so embaRRASSING!! :(

    joe, take it easy :)

  • AHHH ITS VOLDEMORT!!!!

  • @SpartanJacob115 why are there always people judging a guitarist on his LOOKS instead of skills, im so sick of the fact that whenever you turn on the tv all you see is the eautifle people, instead of the talented!

  • @MrphilipLP lol calm down i know satrianis badass, im a big fan. and yea eautifle people get all the credit

  • i liked hendrixs version better still good though

  • A very respectable and respectful rendition.

  • best guitarest ever hes the reasson i play guitar

  • That's a nice guitar.

  • horrible

  • Vai's national anthem is my favorite, but that wasn't too bad...

  • that's a classy rendition, not overly showy, i feel it was a tad too fast, but I love it.

  • Great guitarist great song Great City!!!

  • He sings with his e-guitar! Amazing!!!

  • He sings with his e-guitar! Amazing!!!

  • Did anyone even clap?

  • Why are people always arguing and fighting on "who´s the best"?, human nature, see it everywhere, why can´t people just appreciate and quit comparing whos the best guitar player? No wonder the wolrd is full of war.

    How can anyone judge art? Angus vs Hendrix vs Page vs Malmsteen, vs Hammet, vs Slash, vs Buchannan vs SRV, vs Beck, vs Guilmour vs Zappa vs Vai vs Satriani vs Clapton vs Holdsworth vs Latimer, etc etc

    B O R I N G!!!!

  • this is awsome the best along with hendrix and slash

  • tape his mouth shut and he can't play! hahaha!!!

    joe satriani is THE BEST GUITARIST OUT IN THE BUSINESS!!!

  • @avin4723 debaterble

  • hmmm... in my point of view i havent heard any rock player said that satriani is bad at what he does i mean he has matered the guitar and all its aspects ho man i feel sorry for the other guitar players that are today none can reach the level of spirit ond happiness satriani reaches when playing! :P

  • The level of stupidity and ignorance shown by viewers leaving comments on You Tube never hits rock bottom. Instead of fighting over who is better Slash or Joe, why can't so many people pull their dick out of their ass, get with the program,and realize both are great - truly great - but both have different styles, techniques, and ways of playing. They have a different audience. Admire and respect both - don't hate and diss. Joe and Slash are two of the greatest that ever lived period so enjoy.

  • @trophycaribou well said

  • killswitch2whatdafuck33, just shut the fuck up asswhipe!! slash is an amazing guitar player! way better than u, u shit!!!

  • Take it as you want ... this is just my view

  • Ummm nothing happened caused there was no sound dumbass.

    And really...you know im not a huge fan of Satriani and i can't stand slash...which you say slash is better then Satriani or any other musician i would just love to slap you across the face. What do you see in Slash? All i see is drugs and retarded playing but to you you see awesomness...well let me tell you Terrible tone and drugs isn't Awesome to me or a lot of people.

  • I will not waste my time arguing with you does not speak English. refer to only the most prestigious polls in guitar magazines wonder where the best guitarists in the world and Slash is always among the top three and Satriani does not appear anywhere, the problem is that you do not you understand, it is not move fast fingers but something special about him (Slash) that makes him say that most other guitarists over more virtuous. If you understand a hard time not waste your time.

  • @japc06 If you take a guitar magazine as a credible source as to who is the best guitar player then you are stupid, and should refrain from posting your opinion. Slash is popular because of his image, and kids want to buy his shit. That is how they are determining who is the "best". Same with Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy page, etc. Satch gave Slash lessons, and there is no way Slash's boring pentatonic licks are surpassing a virtuosa like Joe.

  • I prefer the view of "trophycaribou" he is reasonable. Again not understand what I mean, from my point of view, the compositions of "Slash" have been in the immortality and the songs of Joe Satriani are barely heard occasionally. This DOES NOT MEAN THAT SLASH IS BETTER THAN SATRIANI or SATRIANI IS BETTER THAN SLASH, they are just different styles and I prefer to listen to SLASH but Satriani is a virtuoso and admittedly, that's all.

  • Thats because Slash is a maintream guitarist, of course he is more popular. Guns and Roses were and still are extremely popular. Slash does guitar hero commercials, among other things. He is all flash, a complete gimmick.

  • @oregonskateok Agree, magazines are full of shit.

  • No... Your just a music fag, who doesn't appreciate guitar playing beyond motzart conversions.

  • @kungfuridinghood Motzart conversions? Bad spelling and bad attempt at music terminology.

  • I'm a twat because you are an idiot? Your comment made absolutely no sense at all, go ahead, explain what Mozart conversions are. Or as you stated, Motzart.

  • I added a T man? come on, and by conversions I ment rather than playing symphonys on the piano, listening to them played on guitar and other instruments. Er, I think I made more spelling mistakes, but you know what I mean, so don't act like you don't.

  • i think it would be better if you just died killswitch233. your stupid opinions arnt wanted here faggot

  • That guitar makes me hard.

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  • He should not have used the wah

  • Have you heard the story behind this?

    Search for "Joe satriani embarrasing moment" or something like that

  • That took place at an A's game.. not here.

  • Ok sorry. But its still funny :D

  • This isn't the one

  • yes i fucking know that. DeatBringer told me.

  • if you type "hymne nitrolympx" into the search-bar, you can hear/see a pretty cool e-guitar-version of the german anthem

  • haaaa no one cheered at the end : D

  • They obviuously edited the sound of the crowd out dude haha lol at you

  • ...boooooring!!!

  • I wonder how many pairs of those Sunglasses he has, cuz they can't last forever, and he wears them everywhere!

  • they are oakley eye jackets. He probably has hundreds of them lol.

  • hm i think without Wah it would sound better

  • people can't say he disappointed them, he can't change it too much!

  • this is the only, and i mean ONLY time i have been unimpressed with satch, i know some people say he wasn't stepping all over it and blah blah but thats what its for!!! was it disrespectful when hendrix or vai performed it in a unique way? not at all, i just think he tried to keep it straight and it failed because of that. so what, he has more successes in 1 year than i will probably have in my whole life so wtv, all the fellow satch fans, you're awesome! but this is kinda lame for joe,

  • jees svin4y he wasnt about to step all over the national anthem. he was respectful, and kept the people singing along in mind,,,,can u imagine if they asked yngwie to do it, lol he'd be shredding all over it...is that what you really want to hear? i dont ,,,and satriani is underrated if u ask me, not overrated

  • Really hes more underrated the over

  • Love that Silver Guitar.

  • its chrome =] its his chrrome boy worth over $10000!

  • gees didn't have to plug the amp into the camera, just use a god damn mic from the cam then we could hear how much everybody loves satch!

  • Why did nobody clapped?

  • Because they muted it right after he finished.

  • Horrible grammar.

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  • If you put up videos that PROVE that you're better than me, you have the right to tell me that I suck. I'm 14 years old, and you're probably a 40 year who lives in his mom's basement and has nothing better to do with their time than harass kids.

  • "Kazakhstan is the grea--test country in the world..

    all other countries -- are ruled by little girls !!! "  - Borat Sagdiyev

  • HAHAHA

  • No matter how well you can play the guitar, playing this song just sounds shit on the the guitar. No disrespect to the anthem by any means though, being from the UK n' all.

  • whats it with the americans and patriotism ey? well, i think that, for a shit sounding song on guitar, Satch did one pretty great job (as always :p)

  • Awesome guitar! ... I like Neal Schon's version better but Satriani is awesome as well!

  • he kinda rushed it, and it was boring, but i still love joe satriani.

  • satch is cool and that sounds amazing (the anthem i mean) but i like jimi hendrix's version of it aswell

  • tabs?

  • i was there!!! what a beautiful day for baseball and Satriani on guitar! Mets won by the way Franco Struck out BONDS was SWEEEET

  • is it just me, or did he play that a little too fast...ly?

  • yeah xddd

  • haha i bet that was cool, i wish i had the opportunity to play the national anthem in front of a crowd like that

  • What a shiny guitar! :O

  • It's a Chromeboy. ^^ Legendary guitar for Satch-fans :D

  • hehehe yeah. the face guitar is relativley new though

  • did it got stolen?

  • No, the production line of it was just limited and expensive. :) So people always hope for a good condition-Chromeboy to pop up on eBay for a cheap price. :D

  • satriani for president! :D

  • it was wayy too fast..i know satch can do wayy better...but man,...bleh lol

  • dumbass

  • Lol, trolled.

  • lol

  • You, my good friend, failed. Have a nice day livin' in failure.

  • That makes no sense whatsoever. You my friend have failed in getting the message across to me. PS It was a joke. I love Joe but this song sucked. If I was at that game, which I wouldnt because Im irish and baseball is gay, I would want my money back.

  • Correct me if I am wrong, but you said: "you a racist or something? go burn some more flags asshole"!". If you don't call that a fail, then you are an even bigger failure than I thought.

    Best regards

    Malthe.

  • You sir are correct! but honestly, please give an explanation of what "Failure" has taken place cause its really starting to bug me.

  • I quote you again: "you a racist or something? go burn some more flags asshole"!"

  • So you finally got it.

  • Finally.

  • "well it was NOT very funny"...

  • too much wah

  • mojo.. damn joe your good.. i cant wait to be that good.

  • good luck

  • please welcome vai,mustaine,satsch,how many pees did this song they get tired by this.

  • americans are the most stupid nation in all world. 75% of them dont know even where their country is. fucking america . they dont have even 600 years history

  • Fuck you asshole. Whats so great about Greece? So what your saying is that because your country has more history than we do we are somehow inferior to you. Hey some people may think newer is better. I`m starting not to like people from Greece.

  • Of all the things i could call u, the only one i will say is that you are ignorant. Not all of us are that retarded, and oh, Satriani himself is American. So take your stereotypes and kindly shove them up your ass. No offense to your people, your just a cynical asshole =)

  • I think you're referring to after we went in there and massacred it's native people. Every country has the same history of progression, regression and immense stupidity.

    Look at the UK, for example, we gave birth to Robby Williams and all of his little bastard children who founded boybands.

  • But it is true that 50% of Americans cannot find America on a map.

    Compulsory geography lessons, anyone?

  • No, most likely that is a HUGE fabrication. Where I live, everybody can locate America on a map. And just for clarification, I live in America.

  • "americans are the most stupid nation in all world." Funny, for someone as "grammatically sound" as you I find it pretty fucking ironic that you can't form a cognitive sentence. I really hope you read this you sack of shit. Don't fucking insult countrys, moreso don't call other countrys stupid when it's obvious whatever education system your shithole country uses has obviously failed you. Fuck off.

  • Come down cowboy. And all of you patriots you suck, you think your country is the best right?

  • yes, cause everyone wants to live here, plus cowboys are gone, you robe wearing degenerate, USA gave you everything including youtube. dont be angry cause the patriots will beat your asses n shove ur gay history up your ass, that we'll erase it and call it something better than greece

  • Mhh. So your a patriot.

    Howdy.

  • "you're" all toga wearing losers who really don't have any other history than what the greeks did way before your time.

  • Im not from greece cowboy, and i dont wear togas.

  • ok, im not gonna start with you because it would be too fucked up. ok Jägermëister?