Steve Vai - 1984 - Flex Able - 06 - The Attitude Song

[paulchristo1]

Satch is still shit so there !,he plays so fuckin predictably its BORING,just like the clowns who think hes great,Vai was never taught by him-they jammed together & Vai tht it might help Satch's career by saying "i was taught by this clown" hahaha-get a grip u penis'

[paulchristo1]

I saw Vai 3x when he was with Dave Lee Roth around 1988-fuckin awesome,tried hard to play like him & failed miserably!,i can safely say that im at least better than Slash & Satriani-overated cocksuckers that they are hahaha

[cdgriffin88]

@paulchristo1 Umm, you know who taught Steve how to play.....right?

[MasterOfTrapos]

@paulchristo1 bro

satch was the teacher of vai and satch plays better than steve but they have almost the same level

satch is one tough guy; don't understimate him

anyway, play better than slash is not so hard, even I play better than slash

[MrAlexGTV]

@paulchristo1 Really, post any composition of yours you are proud of.

[TommittajaFIN]

Finally I can play this whole song... oh god what a fingerbuster.. ;D

[EpicNerd55]

@TommittajaFIN The ladies must be lining up when they see your fingering skills. ;)

[TubeFreakJonas]

Vai kind of wanted to BE Zappa for a while until he realized he was neither funny nor musically engaging enough to do anything like that. This vinyl is pretty good though, if a bit silly. I listened the crap out of FLEX-ABLE when I was in college. Avoided most everything he did since.

[bbuteo]

He's superb, I love him.

[Nikkodemis]

I know folks are going to take this the wrong way but whatever...

he's a stunt guitarist (Frank Zappa's own words) with no feel and Joe Satriani is his better.

I can't say there is no talent because he sure can play a lot of notes.

[aigmeyer]

@Nikkodemis How many ways can this be taken? And in truth he has feel, for instance take a look at some of his live videos. (Not necessarily referring to this song)

[added23]

@Nikkodemis haha thats weird. i used to think that vai could just play fast with no feel but i decided to take a look at his first album. and this song is so groovy. its great, theres slow parts, medium speed, fast parts. and nice feel

[added23]

@Nikkodemis haha thats weird. i used to think that vai could just play fast with no feel but i decided to take a look at his first album. and this song is so groovy. its great, theres slow parts, medium speed, fast parts and nice feel. no clue why you would post that on this song, did you even listen to it?

[Gorbyrev]

@Nikkodemis must disagree - Vai can get me crying every time. Stunt guitarist with feeling!

[TommittajaFIN]

oh god i love this song, so ... avant garde type ;D

[vanhalen515084]

i remember when this first came out, this blew my mind, a great instrumental,

[VPanzerDivisionen]

REMEMBER to all!he was only 24!

and you in 24 years what are you able to do?nothing compared to this!!fuck of "g3 version is better than this".only bla bla bla bla!

[LAtoyboy]

Heard and saw Stevie play that song at the Music Machine in Santa Monica. A fine night it was.

[littleroot]

@LAtoyboy I was there that night, too. First time I saw Stu Hamm, also. Excellent night. only about 100 people in the place.

[GodsmackCovers]

wow steve vai sucks ass.... this song sounds like a douche pipe in the beginning 

[MrCold768]

@GodsmackCovers two words.. you twatface

[Lolguy88]

@GodsmackCovers lol your name really says it all

[knoxunflower1]

Why are certain tracks from this album (which you uploaded) blocked?

[cfrancisco74]

I bought this tape 20=yrs ago when I started guitar & in my "shred phase." I was stoked when I heard this song then I heard the rest of the tape... "WTF IS THIS SHIT?!" I thought in my --yr old brain, "THIS CANT B THE GUY WHO MADE PASSION & WARFARE." All I knew of Steve Vai then was that he played w/ DLR & Zappa & he was / is a virtuoso guitarist. I smashed that tape. 7 Yrs L8tr I "got i." Sumtimes the hardest things to listen 2 hld the gr8test reward. Good lesson & I only spent $9.95 for it.

[Endisnigh666]

I had this shit blasting from my car window in Tacoma in 1990 and some crack dealers on the sidewalk starting dancing to it.

[Gretschdrums75]

@Endisnigh666 that's funny. this is an awesome tune.

[believin13]

@Endisnigh666 r u serious man? that's too dam funny. 

[NewWorldRob]

@Endisnigh666 LMFAO OH SHIT...

[MrElias090295]

@Endisnigh666 Dancing to 7/16 then hahahahaha :D



[Charl760]

@MrElias090295 Its 7/8 not 7/16 ....

[Raindogno7]

@Endisnigh666 i love crack and steve vai , fits well man !!!

[deadcoldflesh]

i believe he recorded this in his bedroom/house and without the million effects we have now 1984 was a different beast....pro tools, auto tune etc...midi either infancy...at best

[darthvaderyoda]

@deadcoldflesh They didnt have protools in 1984.

They recorded this reecord in a shed that they converted into a studio.

[Starchild132]

cant believe he wrote this when he was 15

[Yungblade41]

@Starchild132 he also built his own unique guitar for this song, weird scale an notes :)

[darthvaderyoda]

@Yungblade41 All he did was rout out the wood in his guitar to make the whhammy bar go up.

[stevenpickle1]

Rag on it all you want! Can you do better? Losers!

[spamhead2k]

The techniques are borrowed from Brian May, listen to Chinese Torture by Queen and your mind will be blown

[bigbigsound]

my fav steve lp.

[TheMetalKid9]

This is my fave Steve Vai track. SO FUCKING GROOVY!

[666Goddammit666]

OMG duh can warlocks use wands!

[MishuTaste]

I think Steve Vai was really influenced by Frank Zappa.

[DethByMyIbanezAxe]

@MishuTaste he played with him for a while

[7BokChoy]

But this is when he wasn't famous yet. He was badass then.

[metallicarocks911]

this song kicks ass so bad. fav steve vai song

[metallicarocks911]

WTF Drum Part 1 - 1:38

WTF Drum Part 2 - 2:09

WTF Drum Part 3 - 3:02

[GuitarRockn]

@metallicarocks911 WTF Guitar part - 0:00-3:23

[metallicarocks911]

@GuitarRockn lmao

[affiliatenation]

thanks for posting! takes me back!

[AGENTxx47]

the tiny sound of MP3's don't do this song justice

I remember it sounding thick on my old 70's marantz with 4 x 12 stereo

[EstevanMusic]

@AGENTxx47 Hell YES

[knoxunflower1]

@AGENTxx47 .....I feel ya! I'm thinking about an inherited '71 Sony reel-to-reel deck that I used for taping the vinyl of this album. Still have it. Hearing this makes me want to pull that tape out...and I'm doing it now....

[666Goddammit666]

in 1988-89 Vai was the Bomb!....No question about it...Vai with Whitesnake was the best show anybody ever saw!

[newjersey421]

What I've always liked about Steve Vai is that, he is truely unique! He's definitely on a different wave length, from any guitarist I've ever heard! He might not be the best guitarist, but he's certainly INCREDIBLE, in his own, FASCINATING way!!!

[VaiJedi]

I remember hearing this song for the first time.....still blows me away!

[r1skate]

Some of THE craziest (in good way) 3 minutes (or so) in music ever!

[shredchez94]

:D :D :D pity there's no naked track

[Guitarman5150]

I bought this album back in the late 80's early 90's when a friend of mine said if I liked Eat 'Em And Smile and Passion And Warfare. I'm gonna tell you what I still think this is one of his best efforts to date. Don't get me wrong I love all his stuff but some works are closer to my heart and this is one of them Flexable is a must in every rock guitarists collection.

[RSVPBlogger]

Some trivia - This was released as a "Evatone Flexi-record" in a 1984 edition of Guitar Player magazine (which was the ONLY guitar mag in those days and everyone read it).

A "flexirecord" was a vinyl tear-out sheet in the magazine. It didn't have the entire tune (three minutes was the limit) but it was enough to get everyone's attention. I remember he suddenly became THE guy everyone was talking about in the guitar world.

[AlexDelPieroAleAle]

Ok... We are listening that song in 2009 (i heard first time 10 years ago more or less) when we have listened to some other shredder and great players yet... Now... Come back to the past... You are in 1984. You enter in a music store and buy this album... You listen to this song and what are you thinking about??? :D My thinking would be like that: " WHAT THE FUCK!!!!! IS THIS AN ALIEN??? AM I IN THE FUTURE???" LOL

[Xemptuous]

no where as good as his live in holland performace. still amazing both ways though.

[MrXstacey]

This song is great no matter what you're takin'

[kozykoop6969]

it's even better when ya can play it on guitar!!!!!!like me but i dont have a floyd rose tremolo so that's a bummer:( but i still sound good!!=)

[EstevanMusic]

@kozykoop6969

I know the feeling of finally getting a song or riff under your fingers.

But showing your excitement on youtube is often misinterpreted as bragging, and will result in thumbs down.

Post a video so we can all enjoy! ^_^

[DHFHades]

this song is great while you're doin nitrous hits....especially when your friend yells "I'M BLIND!!" lol

[excesodestyle]

awesome song

awesome album

you can still hear the influences of zappa

[theshredmann]

Yeah this song shreds. Not everybody knows about this album. I do like this Song. I even got the alien dude tattooed on my arm 20 years ago.

Kinda of goofy but I was in a Steve VAI mode then.

He shred's all the way. (:~)

[MikeDPGuitar]

G3 version sounds better.

[Zentrpoint]

yeah MikeDPGuitar is Right why the thumbs down??? the G3 version is the best ;)

[MikeDPGuitar]

That's right!

[Xemptuous]

imo the live in holland was the best. sounds the cleanest

[DeathBringer769]

Well this was 25 years ago! He's come a ways since then.

[Kratos990]

@MikeDPGuitar originals are better fuck nuts

[WAYTooChipper]

Hmm... The sound quality is a little flat, it seems almost enclosed, but maybe that was what Vai wanted.

Meh, I guess I'll never really understand.

[cmv140]

@MikeDPGuitar Duh, this was recorded in his backyard in a shed.

[roccotanto]

LOVE this song....got it on "flexidisc" from guitar player back in the 80s.....wow!

[thedriver3149]

Look no farther.This is the shit!!!And it is over 20 years old---vai is one kick-ass ax choker!!!mike 014

[thedriver3149]

proof VAI rocks like no other--where is "stevies spanking? Steve kills it!!!!!!!!!!!

[mindsaber]

they removed all the live versions where he was wearing the leopard print shirt or whatever. there's still another live version on youtube, but the one with him and short hair is gold.

[ShadowShreddin]

THIS WAS AWESOME STEVE VAI ROCKS!!

[Untzboy]

Hmm. This song is too weird for me. But I shall learn to play it because Guitar World is telling me to.

[PsytranceMan777]

Wow, you're following orders from a group of papers stuck together. REAL nice.

[ShadowShreddin]

o wow.. :P lol

[FreeInquisition]

Goes a bit psychedelic here and there ;)

[haarpcloud911]

Cooolest song on the Album.... was slowly breaking into his own style and sound.

[Whackooyzero]

I can never choose one single best or favorite player because each style has a different group of awesome players. But Steve is definitely amazing.

[Gargoyleslayer420]

STEVE VAI ROCKS!

[DANTHAMAN44]

this songs good because its original. but i still love the Van Halen just as much

[AlanSessler]

EVH was my first guitar hero- but when I started listening to Satriani, Vai, and Brian May, I realized EVH was not nearly as melodic as the rest of these guys- not that he couldn't be- cuz some of his solos are down right beautiful, but his solos seemed more like improv jamming- and his improv phrasing is not the most melodic.

[kingjoey31]

i like your out look on that comment on eddie

[AvEryBadApPLe]

5 stars just isn't enough!!!

[timberghstt]

damn, just damn. no other guitarist can touch Vai. I grew up and will always be a VH and Randy Rhoads die hard fan, but Vai crushes them both. I seriously think he's an alien lol.

[gangstersolo69]

or somthin else u kno hes born 6/6/60

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

Hey, we have the same birthday!

[iamprov]

It's pretty amazing.  This song proves that he had more going on than just Eddie Van Halen-type stuff.

[ronnoc16]

amazing.

[paulwall1981]

The next best song on this album after call it sleep, I cannot belive how much this rocks and it is soooo cool. Nuff said. Oh SIDENOTE. On this album he was using a custom fender strat. He did not use Ibanez till late 87.

[madz1337gamez]

he started using charvels after flex-able. but he got into the ibanez's around 87