2009 High School Talent Show: Surfing with the Alien [Joe Satriani]

[LabofLePunk]

1:32 . . . my mind blew up.

[MrRaiden182]

the rythm its a bag full of shit, and thats very weird, i mean, the asians are good at everything......

[dbknottyboby]

that was the sickest intro ever!!! you rock gary!!!! \m/

[Ironlakgrafff]

if he doesnt get the pussy after this....

[drumthumper]

To all you haters, lets see your rendition.

Keep practicing man. I wish I could play half this good.

[ChristsDanimal777]

How many of you who dissed his timing were playing Surfing With The Alien when you were in high school???

[tribaloren]

@ChristsDanimal777 ME! and i played it much better

[ChristsDanimal777]

@tribaloren you and everyone else on youtube, lol

[djosephj]

Dude looks and moves like the sound.For having stage fright you have good stage presence.Like most all of us ,FUNDAMENTALS, will unlock all the fancy stuff like nothing else.I once heard a guy ask Jimmy Haslip "how to play really fast" Jimmy replied "Practice with a metronome really really,excruciatingly slow tempos"

[FroFingers]

Did ya win?

[FroFingers]

LOL dude thats freakin awesome!

The hair tripped me out its so spiky

[mrkingjon23]

Damn asians fuck you I could do better

[T18922921m]

he looks like quasimodo XD

[Koroar]

So awesome man I hope you won :)

[MrDanHolland]

I hate it when people leave negative comments, you admit the timing was out in your annotations, so why do people have to tell you again? its stupid. Nice one man.

[gamling121]

Its better to move to much than not moving Nice gary!

[ReinRockz]

you better not moving around when your rhytm feel is not perfect yet

[gatorgreco]

I love doing dive bombs like at 1:19

[alfonsominnella]

out of time....

[Metallishred612]

nice guitar bro ;) i have the same one

[raed666n]

people clapping, want it 2 end

[RadekL6]

that was horrible

[punk434]

.... ok another japanese my god i knew they can play anything

[StripedShirtsSS]

@punk434 are you kidding? that was terrible..

[Ugallardo]

Good attitude, that is the first thing you need to do something. You messed it a bit, but you were having a good time i think. That is what music is about. Enjoy!!

[midget6mafia]

i played cliffs of dover at my talent show and i had the EXACT problems you did lol

[blitzencheeze]

You're great but you move too much lol

[imitchellbro]

I Dont Care If hes Outta Sync...Hes Cooler Than All Of You.

[dzava]

awesome sound, great technique... but yeah... I know... Im affraid to when playing alone in front of the crowd... that nervous feeling in your knees and hands...

beer + vodka shoud fix this up :)

[TheNoExeptions]

ASIAN must i say more.............

[Zieglers666]

@TheNoExeptions That's just a reason why he should be better.

[iAussieGuy]

Wow amazing job on Swta , yeah timing was a little bit out of time. But the crowd kept clapping and you should have stayed a little more still. But yeah great job

[conso90]

bad work...out of time many times.....sorry

[impowerslave1]

fuck all these people, its harder to say then do. and for being in high school you have good talent.

[TheGTSmonaro69]

gooook

[XxInputxX]

An asian with a mohawk playing guitar... Im sorry it just doesn't work.

[ThatVaiGuy]

@weakfingers Check out my "The Attitude Song" I did at Colby Sawyer College.

[jasonlongo1]

the only hard thing about this song.. its to play all of it flowing in time..

if you stopped walking round like an idiot you would have kept in time maybe a little better...

i dont see how you could possibly have stage fright yet walk around like that, dont make excuses

[Chradamw]

So what if he got off-beat a few times, he had the balls to play this song all by himself in front of a lot of people, and he's one good guitar player. Don't worry what these fools say, you had fun with it and that's what counts. Keep up the good work.

[jasonlongo1]

@Chradamw i've been playing in front of much bigger crowds since i was 12, really isn't that hard.

[321123mikemike]

thats legit

[nitroford7900]

Way cool Gary!

[Slaaasher]

Whoa, great! :) You don't seem nervous at all.

[MrSoulSamCooke]

Your awesome man!

Above any mistakes I see a guy

Who looks like he's rocking out like it's his last time to do so!

And you recieved and ovation for your Performance!!

Great job man your energy inspires me

you made them "Feel" the guitar

[Milesandjake]

the big question is did you win ??

[rosegardeninc]

this is sweet haha u r really good

[paidepk]

chinese hybrids...north korea is trying to buy 'em but their way too expensive

[frazilly1]

wow incredible playing just alittle off timing!

[MrHuio25]

good guitarris buy you are a fucking idiot

[JackIntheBK]

I understand stage fright but your counting was very poor. The reason the crowd was clapping was to keep you in tempo. 

[weakfingers]

@JackIntheBK

Believe me, I know. I was VERY nervous.

I have a video of me playing "For The Love of God" in 2010... that video is MUCH better.

I hate this video because my timing is so off on everything BUT the solos.

[ThatVaiGuy]

@weakfingers Well, if everyone would just stop clapping off time...

[soldierBJC]

i dont like ur skating i dont like that ur a fingerboarder but i do think ur a good guitarist

[shrednowordie]

dude gary rocks!



[unabonger777]

dude you're staggering around like popeye, wtf

[cruepage]

Awsome!!!!!

[TheCheese9]

awesome dude. what's that jackson's model?

[cosimogallo95]

@TheCheese9 Slat3-7

[oscjuman]

@TheCheese9 Its a jackson js32r =)

[JosephChrist863]

Man, That has to a great feeling. Having everyone cheering for you. hopefully I can experience that one day.

[carvalhoadriano]

0:07 BB King ???????



[TheJoulupukki97]

@carvalhoadriano Not only, thats a common blues bend.

[gh3master69]

lol man i always put a spare pick at the top of my strings

[JDMURDERERS]

Fuck all these posers you were really good man

[kaiserCRG]

hahah dude chill

[NICK19641963]

i wanna go to that talent show xd

[dougmilne27]

good effort, i noticed u were out of sync with the bacground music alot, but that was due to you cutting in early, not bad skills. i wish i was as good as guitarist as you mate, put it that way :)

[candowkid]

Pause at 1:46, He just jizzed in his pants

[daveireland27]

Rock on!

[FUNKADELIChicken]

You're both a funky dude AND a funky guitar player, man. Kudos to you for a great mix.

[Saturax18]

The rythm is so bad. And in music, when the rythm is bad, it's a big piece of shit.

You must work it a lot, it's ridiculous.

[KisameofAkatsuki5]

so cathlic schools finnaly started letting people rock? or did every one just feel like wearing matching uniforms that day. btw not a bad job id blame any mistakes on pressure ya know

[SlashWorshipper1993]

Some timing issues their dude, but I liked your enthusiam :D Keep going for it man!

[TheMetalfreak96]

hes just dancing aroung like nothing not giving a shit thats how its done.

[CoreThrasherGLB]

OMG is this guitar the Jackson Slat3-6 Soloist? I really want this guitar but I haven't scene any videos with people using the guitar

[IDSxProductions]

This is pretty fuckin sick. The faces are pretty funny too it looks like you were having a fucking orgasm lmfao

[langfoman]

excellent cover, but i think you should work on keeping time.

anyways your fenomanal both as a guitarist and performer:)

[ant9nio]

you have the rockstar impression you rock at fingerboarding

[Ry4nH4m1ll]

Haha awesome entrance man!

[damianpla]

maldito chinillo creido!!!!!!!!!

[gilkey95]

from 4:18 teill the end, you look like you're having sex with your guitar

[MUSICFREAKSINC]

whats with the facial expressions? this kinda sucks

[frankenstrat25]

@MUSICFREAKSINC facial expressions dipshit is him putting soul into his playing

[CiviC092]

you're swinging your guitar around like Yngwie...

Learn the song first THEN try to swing your guitar around like him

[sniperguy91]

@CiviC092 lets see you do better

[CiviC092]

@sniperguy91

I'm just simply stating the way i learn songs

[superkill67k]

dude this is kick ass :D

[keegan141414]

Dam,...... you won ,didnt ya?

[ipwnuall2]

DAMNIT! The chinese beat us at EVERYTHING!!!!! DAMNIT.... XD

[yaswicoaches]

Great performance! The kiss on the guitar at the end shows how much he loves playing. A++

[zZHighwayToHellZz]

playing alone infront of many people is scary, trust me O.o

[wall40k]

nice man nice

[ravenshield56]

nice man nice

[Alckiess]

nice man

[djMattyo420]

i was more nervous than you was!

[natemeans5101]

before you comment here, take yourself back to your highschool days, and try to imagine getting up infront of your whole class and parents and ripping joe satriani like that kid just did, your fucking insane if you think thats anything short of amazing, awesome job dude

[ibanez33150]

lol

[earsBLEEDmetal1]

how long have you been playing?

[BWpepperr]

he could wear some better clothes. but good playing. Beats me my a mile.

[NovakBoxford666]

very nice

[damianpla]

mal mal!!!!! de donde sacas el tempo ese?!!!?!

[ryo21st]

chins on it dude

[iRockOutMan]

attention whore

[fbvilela]

more posing than playing...

[FinalWarning666]

Timing ?

[DesertGround]

tempo?

[xxGuitarist1995xx]

yur way to cocky and should stop paying attention to the crowd and stick to your music

[kripledreaper]

I actually had to stop the vid at 1:35 since you act so stupid.

[kripledreaper]

it was alright but you look like a fool

[metallica2132]

1:43. Is that the pick of destiny?

[rp94cobra]

this guy rocks

[nckfstr1]

holy crap hes great

[GuitarCoverErik]

that was awesome give me an smile on my face because you like it so much:)

[tonyctampa]

LMAO he was good as hell,,but damn he made a fool outa himslef lol

[pureoffering7]

good playing... but maybe next time, focus on the playing over the stage presence? You looked great, and played good, but you shouldn't sacrafice playing ofr stage antics.

[kakedouble]

where is the jack jack ?

[howler567890]

starting from 1:35 its soo cool i tell you

[peedrotherokr]

awesome attitude really rocker

[ChrisitanBeRippin]

NOICE!

[Br00talBlanc0]

4 and a half stars.

[reddracken]

This man is an absolute legend! a bit out of sync on the intro but regardless this guy gets 5 stars for enthusiasm! and still good playing.

[dcjamesbond]

such a charismatic performance

[HeadMan12345]

so what if he went out of sync a bit off and on he did so many good things and all you do is focus on that one bad thing.. thats the kind of person you are negative....

[ReaperOfMen]

Man, that was so badass I WISH I had skills like that, then I won't embarass my self this year when I try my hand at Satch Boogie.

[ReDeMpTiOnZx]

he kept going out of sync

[JNvids4u]

Hey did you buy that wireless reciever yourself? where would you get the money!!!

[MoRRisoNRisiN]

wow he melted some face

[ExTRemeGuItaRGoD1]

dude that was freakin awsome...it was so awsome im gonna push that big yellow button just for you....i need to learn the full song of this and play it at my talent show

[parachute318]

hey you got balls-thats one of his hardest songs-not many wouldve tried that one you have an awesome future ahead of you -keep rockin!

[rushhangar]

fucked up with the timing...but you made the show entertaining...

[r00fielawl]

Dude,awesome Gary! :)

[fretsnsoccer]

Hey dude that was awesome, it's efiin hilarious how u keep walking around and beasting the guitar in front of everybody lol

[AntoineGaudet]

Hahaha that what really awesome. Just work on your timing. :)

[kastkrewlaid]

shoes and dancing definently killed it other than that it was pretty good

[9luigi]

awesome but he dance bad

[fatdaddychong]

sweet, apart from begining but the notes sounded tight just a touch to fast and that first solo was awesome

[halfslash93]

Awesome !!!! that rocked

[Fiarzen]

its cringing to watch but...

its not bad

[xxgodzxxdomxx]

damn..you need to work on your timing..

[therealgtarbeast666]

awesome!!, best vid i have seen of a talent show

[treestond]

'O' that was sssssssssiiiiiiiiiiicccccccckk­kkkkkk!!!!

[bds3g]

Satric75 give this kid some credit. He played one of Satriani's hardest songs that has some really tough licks in it and did it with only a handful of mistakes while ENTERTAINING the crowd. I could only imagine what that kid could do in a recording studio. Anyways, that was awesome weakfingers. You have a future as a lead guitarist someday.

[Wipu52]

totalmente fuera de tiempoooooooooo ahahahah una mierdaa siht bad vbad bad bad bad

[Hadesnotfromme]

de acuerdo contigo... pero... iwal si la arma el we xD

[fantagevideos]

he rocks ;D

[guitarsbunch347]

lets see you post one better

[hebronbeast75]

ur a peice of shit tryin to cut ppl down for playin, so go fuck urself and die u hater prick

[RSRoyale]

You really work hard dude! You'll have a great success.

[dweber80]

Your awesome bro I love your attitude and energy!

[littlegoobie]

Haha. you move around like the drunkest guy in a bar trying to dance. Not a bad job, all the parts are there. But like everybody else said, you need to get on top of your timing problems, your meter is way off.

[WooDLeR25]

Играть научись......Мы то русские всё в долю и то интереснеё играем.....А у тут не то что кошмар,вообще ничего про такое исполнение не скажешь...

[joojicf]

@WooDLeR25 нормально парень отыграл! да и хочу обрадовать, кроме меня тебя тут никто не понял! хД

[HeadMan12345]

dude did he ever ay he was hardcore... dont be fucking dick he was just having fun

[deadman1x2]

amazing

[09klmr]

how come there all grown ups any doesn't matter good job!!!

[SlipKnotIOWAmasks]

you can play songs like this and then half your vids are fingerboard videos???

[00ColdFusion00]

niiice

[ShaneMac777]

this dudes got the worst fucking timing iv ever heard. He a really good guitar player but he definitly needs to learn tempo. Play with a band more often.

[kennyb270]

jealous much?

[ryanheart12]

You know ur hardcore with a mowhawk and New Balances

[conan1232]

hahahahahaha... that was the best comment ive ever seen on youtube.

seriously, haha

wait, are those sweatpants too?

[retardo451]

the best move shove the guitar up yor dick!!!!!!!!

[engarde1]

1:48 head of the guitar.. is that the pick of destiny? :D

[YoYoItsRomeo]

LOVE the personality!!!!! Hey a few mistakes are better than bein perfect and sitting in a chair on stage all tense! Fantastic! 11/10

[wouterhabets]

oh yeah so good:D

[An0nym0usx13]

did you win?

[petey904]

duuuudde crazy best cover ive seen and ur even movin around like satriani himself nice man

[Ayien1989]

HELLLLLL YEAHHHH!!!!

[jpablo189]

men this is the best cover of this song and good expresion in your face with you guitar jackson

[GHPYELLOWMAN]

u got laid after the show didnt u

[ObeyYourMaster1001]

hahahaha nice one man

[ilovemudballons]

i can swear he ddid not