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  • Horrible version :S

  • The title should be Orianthi plays her own improvised shit where the solo should be in Stairway to Heaven. I think she is a hell of a guitarist, trust me I have seen her other work, but changing the solo to this song is like changing the lyrics. It is that much a part of the song. Musicians, if you are going to cover a song that has a well known solo, play it right.

  • @SDMF26

    You speak the truth.

  • TRAVIS BARKER!

  • The great guitarists did not go about it that way. And they would say so if they could. Trouble is we don't get them as our teachers. Hendrix wouldn't say, "Play like me." He would say play like you. Take a little bit from every master. It's not really taking, they just can't be there with you. Play from your soul, and stop thinking that everything has been written down. Or that a man, or woman can know everything that there is about anything. There are always new horizons.

  • Your fingers will be nimble because of the time put in, but because you let go of the machanical, when the notes come out, they come out from the heart in your own style. Noone can give you your own style, you've got to find it. That's the big mystery of everyone one who becomes a real master. The truth is we all have our own style but most aren't willing to do what it takes to find it. The temptation is great to just follow what every other guitarists has done.

  • I'm sorry, but many of todays guitarists play very mechanical. That's why there aren't any real pathfinders, or door openers like Hendrix trower, Vaughn, even early Santana. I've heard her riffs and runs before with far more spirit and heart. That said, she does have a lot of potential if she could forget what shes learned and just play from her soul. Playing the guitar only brings your own style out if you practice, study, and then forget it.

  • if you play this backwards you hear a really lame 80s looking singer going UHHHH OHHH UHHH OHHH backwards. additionally, uh oh uh oh is what I said while listening to this.

  • This is stairway to heaven? Are you kidding me?

  • I do not care how talented these musicians are (which they are very). This Doesn't even touch Led Zep!

  • Hah! Did not expect to see Steve Vai playing backup.

  • dont know why you guys are saying such bad things about this becuase its actually freaking good, and as for Key2pwr Mary j blidge is a really talented singer show some fucking respect, retard

  • is that travis barker ???? O.o

  • @VietRockChannel i think it is

  • Travis Barker, such a bad ass fucking drummer!!!

  • whats wrong with the original solo???:(

  • Shes great, But this isent

  • LedZep is not exceeded.

    Don't act as a manager.

  • could ya get a worse gtr sound

  • steve what the fuck are you doing with this girl??! Give up and play some serious music!

  • no1 can top robert and jimmy

  • booo

  • OMG, this is just horrible. Those violins!!! It's like some unused music from one of the Rocky movies. And the solo?? It's an insult to the magical original. These people lost their common sense releasing something like this.

  • and jimi page die once again...

  • @azumikik23 first of all, it's Jimmy, and secondly he's still alive.

  • Travis Barker on drums completes this track. I have nothing against Orianthi, but she is nothing compared to Jimmy Page on this song, and wtf is the singer doing there?? nicee drumming though as i said :P

  • I love to hear of fans stuck in the past. Stairway to Heaven was done 40 years ago. And even then Jimmy Page was NOT God. He was just a really good guitar player in a really good band. I wish this was the entire song. I kinda liked it.

  • there is to much treble in the solo

  • Blasphemy !!!! Page is God ....fuck off Orianthi !

    As for Vai , mega disappointing .....

  • @majortuckage Jajajajaja Page not God, The God Is The Men Steve Vai

  • @Landvai After seeing Vai on this dirge he's confirmed he's not even a pimple on Jimmy Pages arse cheek .

    VERY DISAPPOINTING !

    Now go say 200 hail Jimmy's and repent you unworthy wretch .....

  • @majortuckage Page sin Led Zepellin no es nada, mas sin encambio Vai no necesita de nadie para triunfar Vai es Dios.

  • @Landvai Este vídeo demuestra la parte de enfrente, él se ha demostrado indigno, otra vez, muy decepcionante..

  • @majortuckage Battle Jimmy Page And Stairway to Heaven vs Steve Vai and Lotus Feet

  • Too much, too bling.

  • bullshit solo. sorry.

  • Shut up singer! it's Stairway to Heaven solo!

    God Made the Wolrd it 7 days, Jimmy made Stairway to heaven in 7 Takes...

    Sorry byt there are mucho more better Stairway solo home videos than this

  • jimmy page with 80 is still better on guitar then orianthi

  • Its sucks - both singer and guitarist

  • i want see steve playin this legend song

  • Holy shit. That was fucking awful.

    I don't even like Jimmy Page and even I think that that does a disservice to Page.

  • travis?

  • I can't hear STH -.-

  • That chick sucks

  • terrible tone...

  • Biggest bullshit made out of one of the best songs ever

  • What the hell why can"t she leave the songs alone, you turned a masterpiece to a fucking piece of poop with your crappy voice bitch, leave the song alone a stay with your fucking rnb mess mrs i can cover zep anthems, whore

  • i really wish she would play with less distortion, she can play great but would be good to just hear her..not the shitload of processors etc.

  • Right at the start there's that small instrumental section that leads into the solo.

    Duh-duh-daaa, duh-duh-daaa, etc. Why did they change that? That's such a cool part of the song. It's in 4/4 with the off-beat accents that make you think it's in some different time signature but it's not. That's such a genius part of the original, they really should have kept it.

    Oh well. I have to say I really don't like her guitar tone either. Not trying to hate, that's just how I feel.

  • is that travis barker on drums?

  • man those violins sucks .. crap ..

  • where is the full version of this song?

  • puke in the mouth. stop f-ing with the best.

  • @egbfritz ...too right!! I prefer your version.

  • Way to butcher a classic, Ms. Blige.

  • Watch this with the sound off

  • abortion

  • I am a Zep fan and love and appreciate others takes on their stuff. I do not expect exact carbon copies as the originals are above all. But shut up during the solos, Mary! CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!

  • way to shit all over the original, they should all join zakk wylde and make a tour where they completely fuck up a bunch of classics. seriously why didnt steve vai play the solo

  • Very important to read the lyrics in 0:38

  • @SRcRasher HAHA, didint think of that until you said it.... StH is considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time, she recording it, making a video with other talented artists --- and she shows up not knowing the words!! Do you see Orianthi reading the MUSIC??? thats okay, we'll be listening to Ori's 27th album in 40 years and nobody will remember wtf MJ Bilge was.

  • Orianthi is really good, but she really needs to learn about tone and subtlety. always too much highs, not enough mids, too much distortion, and she never plays more than 3 "slow notes" in a row. she should listen to Tyler Bryant, he's basically the same age, as much as a virtuoso (in a different style), but he's already got it.

  • travis!!!!!

  • sorry vai, it's ur rhythmic guitar time :)

  • fail..

    

  • If Steve did a solo it would have been better

  • @oooledzeppelinooo if ur dad wore a condom ..it wouldve been even better...jackass!!!

  • Nothing like the original...big fail.

  • way too over the top

  • Sorry, this just didn't work for me

  • que buenos musicos trajeron para esta grabacion!!!

  • i love zep and i thought this was one of the better covers by far...i dont really care for barker playing the drums but he had some good fills in it...plus orianthi put a lot of people to shame for playing it the way she did...i thought it was well done

  • Is the full version on YT somewhere?

  • shades on indoors. FAIL!

  • god damn show-off editing...arghh retards

  • this song had ""killed"" thousands times!I like Orianthi , but no more cover...let it ...

  • Is she really reading the lyrics on the sheet for the part she's singing. Oh dear. This song should never have been touched

  • @utubemaster047 professionals read notes not lyrics...that was what she was doing...and on the solo part there are no words to read... -.-

  • @Diablos199 no shit sherlock. that's exactly my point, she's reading from a lyric sheet on a part that has no words. you'll find that professional singers read lyrics to aid their memory but know melodies from memory.

  • People should just leave Stairway alone. Bohemian Rhapsody too.

  • Man this fucken Mary J. Blige can really fuck up a song.. why in the hell is this dumb bitch seeing a song you can not handle.. SHE SUCKS

  • FANTASTIC ROCK-STAR GIRL,KNOCKOUT ROCK-STAR GIRL!!!!

  • where is the full version?

  • haters gonna hate. while they watch you doing big things from their computers..

  • tone sucks also!

  • Horrible

  • horrible

  • this is good. its just that you are a girl thats why we're doing thumbs down, and i just also did the same.

  • Funny how all these guys act like they insulted their religion or something,pull out the stick thats been in your Arses and try to enjoy some music for crying out loud!It's just a cover! P.S. Jimmy Paige,yes the man himself, liked it and called Orianthi,quote:" Very talented young lady'' She can't be that bad after all.

  • @greekfreak1980 amen

  • song ruined.

  • Orgasm 

  • Steve must have one helluva payday to put up with this shit.

  • wait, someone tell me why people are disliking this? It's not some crappy home-made vid, the quality is actually quite good. And the guitar solo sounds nice too.. So, why?

  • crappy tone...don't take a masterpiece and try to do it your way...YOU CAN'T

  • iauch :S:SS:.. decepción total esta rola, bueno el bataco la libra ya que sigue la canción ...

  • godd for travis being the only one how sticks to the original song... sourt of ... and also you can see the shame on steve vais face when he sees orianti distroying one of the best solos ever...hahaha XD

  • Monster drummer , superb guitar , vocal shit.

  • fucking ghastly shit

  • After that you can cover Comfortably numb by PF and you're on your way for a new cd release: Butcher The Classics by Orianthi.. Steve i'm dissapointed man.. The girl has some mad chops but seriously now??

  • Some people should steer clear of some songs.

  • 0:40 wtf is she reading?? the lyrics??? :P

  • Is it me or do the only people who ever mention putting "Feel" or "soul" into thier music dont even play the guitar?

  • @ArnoldwilliamDow

    Yep , its only you!

  • FUCK MARY J

  • orianthi is class but im with 50% people here, that was disappointing

    

  • Travis Barker needs to die. He looks like he has cancer anyway.

  • I think the solo was very well played,but that keyboard and the arrengment ruined it

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  • sounded like shit to me

  • what ??? ... steve vai was there and they took orianthi to play the solo ?!?!?

  • this is what happens when you try to play a gods song .

  • Holy crap people need to calm the HELL down. Of course you can change something great. It doesn't mean you're trying to improve it. If you want to hear the original, go listen to it.

  • I love Orianthi, but didn't like this. She really should leave the classics alone and sort of create her own style.

  • Orianthi transforms all the perfect rock/blues songs in metal songs. Sorry but that sucks

    

  • I love orianthi, and this is my favorite song ever, this is the first song i told my guitar teacher i wanted to learn when i first started playing guitar. I am also not a fan of travis barker. As a college music performance major as a percussionist, it pisses me off to see travis barker putting his interpretation on something that in my opinion, shouldn't be interpreted. Just my 2 cents

  • travis barker

  • this shows that shredders HAVE NO SOULS

  • @guitarboy12123 no. it shows that this 'shredder' has no soul.

  • don't agree with those two who are in upper "best comments", it feels great to jam on this song, especially if you tired of listening to the original

  • STEVE VAI WAS HERE WOW

  • I like Ori, I even like some of her songs.

    but there are two clearly evident things about this version which sitck out like sore thumbs when they're put together.

    1. Mary J Blige. nuff said. she does some great work, and she's a great singer. but she just doesnt belong singing something like this.

    2. I dont care that Ori modded the Solo, i just think that she could have used some guidance from Vai when writing it, and even some collaboration on it, like an intro / outro to it, either / or.

  • oh my god travis rulez

  • Shut up about how "oh god shes playing it wrong" "shes a woman so shes has no talent that a man can bring" god o' fuckin' mighty, leave her alone. It's just a solo. And besides, who honestly gives ten squirts of piss about how she plays it? let her be who she wants to be, and play what she wants to play! Damn!

    No one likes a sexist dumbass =P

  • I think this is an unforgivable travesty. You guys aware this trainwreck was suggested by Bono?? I Like Ori, she gives this cock rock world a shot of estro hotness. But, the sooner she gets away from the father figures of Vai and Santana and most importantly STOP

    being a walking advert for PRS (we get it - you get free guitars ) If not she'll be forgotten faster than she came...

  • Music is fun, dudebros!

  • isnt that travis on drums? hmm...what a strange lineup..

  • Let Steve do the fucking solo goddamnit.

  • @stratocaster1986able Too easy :P let Steve do the solo while playing also drums and bass. LoL

  • since she's a girl she will never be better than a man but shes pretty good i will give her that. women cannot be equal with a man.it is not the way the world works.

  • since she's a girl she will technically always be at LEAST half a step the skill level of a comparable male.. but yeah shes ok. I'll give her that. I'm pretty sure her high E string is slightly out of tune and she should get a better amp..

  • I thought i played this solo terribly but im wrong at least i play the accurate notes she isn't even playing the right notes to the song she has good skill and technique but when it comes to playing the right notes she plays them sloppy soory but just like cee lo green bastardizing imagine she bastardized jimmy page

  • do you really need to look at the lyrics for the "WOAH, Woah" part? lol

  • Wanna hear her playing with single coil someday...

  • Vai + Travis Barker + Orianthi = Heaven

  • Hey man, this is an DVD?

    What's the name of this?

    I wanna Download it =D

  • Hahahaha... @stevegrierson, you couldn't be more right! If she was a guy, he'd be nobody because that's as average as it gets.

  • Stevie respected her talent enough to state that if HE could pass the baton to the next great he would pass it to her...she is freaking amazing!

  • Terrible , just terrible, geesus! You dont change the solo of a song like this! That solo is STH, I mean its so deeply recognized that its a idiotic thing to jam on it! Truth be told I am bit jealous on her guitar playing skills but that has nothing to do with it! And this MJB doesnt know the lyrics of one of the best songs ever written and sung by one of the best singers! What the hell does she know then!?!

  • @blabalkan The fact that you believe it's the best song ever written doesn't mean everybody else does. I personaly am so tired of the original I could puke if I hear it one more time. It's time for a change, brake the taboo, mod the fuckin' solo. The girl plays it as she feels it, and that's all right, if you want to "jam" to this track playing it the billion time the same way, note for note, than it's fine. Hey, not everyone has to write music, some just play the notes.

  • @MajonezzZgierz

    I said ONE of the best songs ever written, not THE best song ever written. If you want to change a song, fine, but then at least change it dramatically , do something original , break the rules, but not this. That is all.

  • @blabalkan a cover is a cover. and you make it the way you want. when a cover is too similar to the original song, everyone complain. when a cover is too different from the original song, everyone complain all the same. so how the hell a cover should be done?!?!

  • @ThePara1993

    There is no formula on have to make a good cover, but there are some things in a certain song you do not change! Look up Zappas cover, he makes jokes and sounds throughout the song but he doesn't touch the solo ( not the notes, although its played by his brass section).

  • @blabalkan thats why its called her version bro

  • @Gerrkin1592

    Cant wait then for the new version of Mozart's Requiem.

  • @blabalkan Quite right. Experimenting with music is a good thing but some compositions cannot be messed with without making them worse. The lady has guitar talent in spades but that 'reinterpretation' of the solo, which would have been fine in and of itself, only serves to diminish the whole.

  • @blabalkan build up guitar playing credibility like her and you can do whatever the hell you want with it

  • @blabalkan I personally disagree. I think jimmy would be proud. She did what all great guitar players do on this solo, she took something great and made it her own. yea its not the original, but i like it just as much, and i respect her for not just playing page's solo note for note.

  • @blabalkan truly terrible! she tried to rape the song... and what sorta solo was that by the way. awful to the max! like two cats have been raped continuously

  • @blabalkan u doh hada hate if she do over d solo

    she put her own shit in it but it sound bess

    if u doh like it doh watch d fuckin video

  • @blabalkan Why even bother playing any song if you are going to play it note for note?That's just BORING.I love these songs when they are not afraid to ad their own to it!!!Purist are some of the dullest people ever

  • @blabalkan i disagree, with your opinion, she's doing no harm to this song or anybody in particular by playing this, people make variations of songs all the time

  • @blabalkan She knows a lot more than you. She's a famous millionaire who does what she loves most for a living, she can have any guitar she likes and has played along side Michael Jackson, Steve Vai and many others. I highly doubt she gives a fuck about what you think.

  • Here you have orianthi just SHREEDDDDING, and J. Blige looks like a chump reading the words to stairway to heavan.... embarrassing.

  • Christ what an amazingly average piece of guitar work and dare I say probably equal to 99% of the guitarists in the world. Why does she get any airplay ? Oh yes I know it's because she's shag worthy. Christ the music industry is truly DEAD

  • Ori is a great player! come you haters! im just not a fan of her guitar tone.

  • where can i listen the full song??

  • toooo much distortion.

  • who is as innovative as jimmy paige?

  • Dam it... feel it! Why do you have to show people that you can do 17 notes a sec...

  • @apollo11bb Not like she could come close to Page anyway.

  • she gutted one of the best guitar solos ever written.

  • The thing that went over her head was the feeling!

  • this is way too much shred n misses the feeling completely

  • keep on blaspheming on the classics !!

  • Dear people who says she sucks,

    First, I love that you are speaking your opinion. Yes she did show off a bit, but Steve wouldve done the same thing. In the actual version Steve does solo they just wanted to show Orianthi playing. I just think your jealous.

    Yours,

    Sully1429

  • What is this? Travis Barker on drums, Mary J. Blige on vocals, and Orianthi and Steve Vai on guitar? Is that Randy Jackson on bass?

  • B-l-a-s-p-h-e-m-y-!

  • Terrible stuff... If she was not going to follow Jimi's take on it (which she should have with minor embellishments, because it doesn't get that much better than that solo for this song), at least she could have sit down and write something interesting, as opposed to ruining that part of the song with some worthless improvisation that says nothing at all.

  • she sucked big time, too much show off and shit solo

  • Greatest part is TB on drums.

  • pure shit

  • sounds messy.. too much distortion... i'm guessing she didnt't think the solo through before playing it. sounds very random.

  • A travesty.