Chameleon - Steve Vai - Live at the Astoria

[ScwantoeSTEVEVAI]

i doubt it completely especially since if you listen to viv women when that women says " just o for it," thats Pia, steve's wife, so that means that he was married to her since 86.

[gerbebe]

Vai with Zappa recalled times

[chanki23]

que pasa con ellos estan enfermos por tokar realmente increible??

[rmsolympic1]

@DonMichele1980 Think about how he licks his guitar strings.

[PhilosopherOnWeed]

@rmsolympic1 Yeah, and his circle vibrato is like massaging a clit...lol.

[nopractice]

AWESOME..

[PhilosopherOnWeed]

@DonMichele1980 I dont know...hussmanntim2 said Vai used to be a sex addict. I don't think Vai was ever addicted to anything besides playing a guitar and make awesome music.

[GregHM81]

E P I C

[ArcanineBucK]

0:00 - 4:36 was the best part!

[samvanderveen]

3:09 is the best part!

[samvanderveen]

does anyone has tabs of this song, can't find it

[TheGiraf2]

can i say something?? i think its very cool music and stuff like that, but i dont think Billy Sheehan can sing.... i like the music tough!

[PhilosopherOnWeed]

@TheGiraf2 Yeah I think he isn't a great singer as well...but he stays in tune though. But I don't mind Billy being not a good vocalist...He is a bad-ass bassplayer and a musician. Vai can sing pretty well though...but Vai is just...well some sort of God?

[TheGiraf2]

@PhilosopherOnWeed yeah thats true :P i'm practising alot on the guitar. i hope i will be as 75% as good as he is one day :P

[SteveBrownOfficial]

Yes...I was there....

\m/

[Tuomo91]

Billy should sing much more, he is so good at it

[Sythofin]

steve at 2:48 is pretty insane, not that into the rest though

[Bansidhe]

Lad in the baseball cap at about 40 secs looks uncannily like Dizzy Reed from GN'R.

[banutra]

is that yamaha custom bass

[sirbyron007]

Yamaha Custom Shop Attitude Double Neck according to his website

[huyiy]

billy sheehan is a master of bass!

[D0bb024]

I love how Billy busts out some crazy bass solos WITH HIS FINGERS. That's not really an easy thing to do well as far as I know. I just pick things on a 6 string! Could anyone tell me what the difference is between the two necks on Billy's bass? I'm not sure if it's a tuning/ pitch change or if it's just easier for him to solo with the top neck because it's higher up!

[sirbyron007]

According to his website, upper neck is BEAD and lower neck is EADG. I was wondering the same thing. :)

[DangerRifai]

@D0bb024 There's a difference in both tuning and tone.

The tone become more trebly and overdriven on his upper neck as well. Just listen to the difference between when he plays during Steve's solo, then switches to the higher neck.

[D0bb024]

Yeah I see what you mean! I must say, his bass is quite a handy little gadget! It's so versatile and useful and it's good that he's actually using a double neck bass for good reasons!

[DangerRifai]

Haha yeah definitely. As opposed to people who just have a second neck to say 'Look! I'm playing a guitar with two necks!'

[Dave8706]

i would like dave wiener's guitar though, chamelion finish. dave mustaine got into the horse from gar and chris, who were also jazz musicians.

[pyrodude8]

1:17 is amazing

coincidentally that number haunts me, it's everywhere if you look

[FlippinNoogle]

I saw this in music class and at 1:15 my class started cracking up lol

And Billy can sing!!

[sdhq00]

what is that tapping intro before the song

[FlippinNoogle]

It's part of the song ''Freak Show Excess'' on his Real Illusions:Reflections album

[sdhq00]

Whats that killer intro?????

[1000asses]

its called tapping my friend

[sdhq00]

I mean like what is the song or something

[at1m6nn]

that double necked bass looks so wicked o-:

[YunisOwnzZ]

Steve Vai..................King of Rock !

[belafarinrodisgod]

nothing against him but his voice isn't very good...

[edthehead83]

i like it :/

[metalwizard13]

he can do a good dlr in my opinion.

[edthehead83]

yeah he kind of does sound like him.

[zillafan74]

Double neck bass? What the hell!

[pistache7]

NO drugs ! Steve is as clean as a cucumber !

[MapleLeafAce]

@pistache7 well now he's clean, but back in his real early years, I'm not so sure...

[hussmanntim2]

@pistache7 but he used to be a sex addict.

not saying that no drugs isnt good..just wanted to point that out

[pistache7]

@hussmanntim2 Why did you need to point that out ? Me and a lot of other people are addicted to sex as well ! Lol

[hussmanntim2]

@pistache7 for other people..

cant hurt to no a little bit more about ur idol ;)

[PhilosopherOnWeed]

@hussmanntim2 Sex addict...for real? I think I would be a sex addict too...when I had the fingers of a God that could make chick cum in 3 seconds.

[rmsolympic1]

@hussmanntim2 Perhaps he still is. Have you not noticed the way he licks his guitar strings?

[rmsolympic1]

@pistache7 Yep, he is just naturally crazy-lucky for him and for us, since so many of the greats were hooked on the poison.

[1000asses]

ausome song

[chiquitobonito]

1:17. wtffff?

[dmcgraye]

hes probably high as a kite :P

[termnusdangerus666]

haha, have Vai or Satch ever done drugs?

[chikaofg]

Not to my knowledge.

[dlhockey987]

Dude they definitely have done drugs. Look at Steve Vai's face, he has definitely experimented with cocaine more than once. You don't play this type of music with out expanding your mind a little bit haha.

[Zhygun]

hahahhahahahahahahahaha

[BrianGuitarShred]

Not at all?

The true masters of the instruments never rely on drugs for creativity or talent -- just bullshitters that rely on gimmicks to fall back for there sloppy technique and playing and don't know the true nature of the instrument.

[ASteveVaiFan]

Wait did you just define Dragonforce or...

[RNRDOLL]

tell that to jimi hendrix, all the members of aerosmith, the beatles, any 60's band or basically any jazz band from the 50's and before...heroin was HUGE in the jazz world.

[sdhq00]

when did heroin get in the situation?

[cjmark67]

Just Vai being Vai.

[WillHammerhead]

why would he want to be anything else????

[Claox77]

Billy & Steve for ever...

[vattenskallen]

damn, I thought they were gonna play the old jazz song

[drawnacrol]

I used to watch this dvd from start to end,its amzing,steve is such an incredible player

[ultimateguitar553]

i thought steve kept Flo in standard tunning.

[ezechiel3w]

This is not dropped (3355xx/4466xx/6668xx/4446xx I think)

[shredking001]

yeah its standard. Dave's usin his 7 string as always so it thickens it out

[kirstylouise26]

that guys bass is the guy who wrote this song, u all big up vai yet sheehan is the mastermind behind the song, rock on billy!

[Tinosch]

incredible song! Steve is da Man!!!

[ZylitoL]

Woah, the beginning is the solo lick to Freak Show Excess. Killer!

[mrguitarguy01]

i like the lights on that guys bass

[sirbyron007]

I love the lights on the bass too! I want that for mine. Wonder what type and where to get??

[JRKDeSimone]

The lights were done by Sims Custom...

[Bildi7v]

@sirbyron007 - in the commentary for the DVD Billy says they were trying to find what in his rig made this annoying "wayo wayo wayo" sound... turned out it was the light on his bass!

[RGplayer01]

OMG 3:09 to 3:29 is so good :O

[mvd3012]

Respect, chuvaki!

[EnemyoftheDevil]

I love this!! I'm glad someone finally uploaded it, I've been wanting to share this vid with people! Thanks Kasatkaeddie!

[Shadowstalker616]

Im sure there was more to that vid, I remember seeing one here on yt that was a bit longer than this. Nonetheless it is an incredible bit of work.

[joechucas]

whoa, amazing

[paulwall1981]

Could not agree more. They both are masters at what they play and I hope this is the frist of many gigs with these two playing.

[mtbeadlady]

what a great song,,, and what great guitar work, it is easy to see why these men are considered masters as their respective instruments.. Thanks for the post!!!!