@WARMOTH this whole thread is about that part Vai failed on at the end, I don't care even if you are right, but Vai played the classical, Cooder did the slide blues. OK? Jesus christ...

@Fergus MacLoud he played all blues battle parts and the 5th caprice :) cooder was a beast !

@WARMOTH I am well aware Cooder did the bluesey parts.. I can read the credits, but thanks!

@WARMOTH The last part? The classical? He played them both(Steve) you can hear it... just switched guitars..

@Fergus MacLoud no, the blues part was played by RY COODER

@Get on the cross and don’t look back ευλογησον

@Flip Wright hey where did vishnu and Allah came from he only told about Jesus

amen

I don't even think Steve Vai knows what the word mistake means

@Luke Cage Ry did play Ralphs part and he smoked it....

@lordtryforce agreed on both movies. Another for me was when Bill and Ted came back from the future w/the long ZZ Top beards and did “the perfect rock song”.

i dont think he wrote it but it was more of a rendition, if thats the right term, of Paganinis 5th caprice

Are you insane? Steve Vai couldn't play the slide like that in a million years. In fact, only one person can play the slide like that - Ry Cooder. Ry played all the kids parts and composed the soundtrack for the film.

I feel you brother. It was the same for me at age 15. 35 years later and I'm still playing.

This was when I thought Steve Vai was human after all.......then I heard about how he had to practice to make that mistake

Love this comment and btw your dad rules

Wholesome stories are rare!

The final solo is a guitar interpretation of Paganini Caprice No.5

Recognized Bad Horsie

.... And Lil Wayne at the end of Steve Vai's performance

@Jaime Martínez nah its vai

it would just be a hidden camera in Steve's bathroom lol

Sweep the arpeggio

@Gary Mike Yes, that'll be very interesting indeed.

No, we need to hear the story of how he sold his soul in the first place.

Eugenes trickbag

@Larry most of my musician friends never gave it a chance.

I disagree. Every musician I know went and saw this movie when it came out

Made 5.8 mil in box office. Now has 50 mil views. You take half of that and multiply it by average ticket price (about 4 bucks) and its over 50 million. Crazy how the entertainment industry has went from having such low audiences that well marketed, hollywood productions with a popular lead actor can't gain enough traction to get off the ground, to now over 50 million people (over 10 mil more than the entire population of Canada) watching a clip from it for free and enjoying it. All due to the internet.

@Mammal lmao

@Frost Fire X Hendrix doesn't compare to the likes of John Petrucci, Synyster Gates, Jason Richardson or Angel Vivaldi in terms of anything. He has the fame while more talented players like Manuel Fernandes still don't get the recognition they deserve due to peoples' interests. He may have contributed to a lot of things, but a lot of guitarists outclass him in creativity and technique.

@Larry true story. Joe S is another guitar slayer.

Who studied under Joe satriani

@El Mango ask any of those inventive guitarrists if Jimi is overrated lol

hii :)

Here before blows up 😳

gaming

100 percent true

RICK!!! Whatcha been up to?!?!

Copyright: allow me to introduce myself

I perfectly point the paganini part, on a second 😁

Considering Macchio is not a guitarist I think he mimed pretty well. He had guitar lessons for 2 hours a day to try and get him to play fairly authentically. He obviously can't compete with Vai, who's one of the best of all time. It's a film.

It's a movie man. Don't be so serious.

@bigbromiki1 Except for "You Shook Me". Jimmy played a Gibson Flying V on that song.

@jojo9535 the first zepplin album is tele’s

😂 LOL!!!! A solid body telecaster at that.

Satan is no god

It really is a generic Telecaster.

@Zawmpuia Aineh The movie name is Crossroads :)

Dude what's the movie name

Ouvi dizer que o trecho final, tocado pela personagem de Machio, é de Mozart. Um usado para exercício na escola de música que ele, a personagem, abominava. Já faz muitos anos que vi o filme. Está na hora de revisitá-lo.

@Dessares igual era joda jamás te lo dije con el fin de insultarte o ofenderte

@Cochayuyo Es sólo que estoy esperando la persona indicada jaja

Jajaj re Virgen Es broma

Cobra Vai

Johnny listening tontbidnswwt riff then realizing it'd Larusso

@Brent Peterson the shows sick Wdym. Kids with superpowers??? You even seen it 😂

Eugene was the enemy. Jack was the hero confirmed.

@Frederick Ratel forbidden rif, we dont EVER play the forbidden rif 😤😠

…however I did, and frankly, I got at least eighteen times better at guitar since Lucifer became my coach. Or was that really the end of the comment?

Hah robert johnson reference

@Libby Lolit crossroads

What's the movie called

@mike reed Michael J Fox took it upon himself to actually learn his guitar parts in Back to the Future. That's actually him playing Johnny B Goode. (Mostly).

@Aussie Redneck Singer you should have told Michael.

@Anon WhoFulton who/what? I was referring to you saying he didn't play.

@CSharp who's "wrong-ish"?? I was talking bout Fultons point.... not the karate kids chops! 😉

@Anon Who Errrrrrrrrr, wrong-ish. According to American Blues Scene's website: 'Did Macchio actually play guitar in the movie? - The short answer is yes, in some parts. Director Walter Hill had hired guitarist Arlen Roth as a musical consultant and to teach Macchio to play, sort of. Roth visited Macchio’s home, four days a week for months teaching the young actor blues techniques, including finger-picking and slide. Although Ralph was set on actually playing in the film, Roth, Cooder and Hill knew that would be impossible, but Roth tutored Macchio well enough for him to fake the parts on screen. Fusco adds, “He (Roth) was first and foremost the guy that Ry sought out to assign to Ralph as his guitar mentor and ‘crash course’ teacher. They pretty much lived together for the few months leading up to production. Arlen was also on set all the time and a part of the amazing musical pedigree we were absorbing every day, down there in the Delta. Ry and Steve Vai are mostly responsible for the licks we hear when Ralph plays. But I want to emphasize that Ralph did much of his own playing and it was impressive. He is a smart and diligent kid. Wait, he’s not a kid any more, but he still looks the same.”' I had also read about that ages ago in a guitar magazine, before the internet became a thing.

Reminded me of Brian May's guitar sound a lot

@Dax Lucero Hotel is so much cooler when I looked more into how it was written and overlooked that it was soooo overplayed. My favorite guitar songs include that, Crazy Train (one of my favorite solos, among Sweet Child, and my #1 solo is Lady Strange - Def Leppard).

03:00 this part is so epic

My favorite guitar sounds are in free bird and hotel california. But das sexy

Violin

@Get on the cross and don’t look back what does this have to do with this chat room

Repent to Jesus Christ “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭139:23-24‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Not really too surprising

@zq z ok 👌

@Jerry Woods that’s Paganini’s 5th caprice

@Pierce Hubbard ik i was joking lol

Because it’s not a metal guitar that’s built for all-treble. I love them, even to play rock.

It cant chug

I think Ralph was nearly thirty when he did Karate Kid 3.

wow.

WTF

Yes. You'd think Ralph was in his teens here. He's actually 44.

Yes he looks older thn the other guy ofcrs, wats the fun fact ? Didnt get u.

SERIOUSLY???

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@Martin Bouchez crossroads 1986 movie

@Martin Bouchez The internet? It's not like these things are hard to confirm 😂

@Pepe Santón yeah, I know, it was a mistake

@Maybleleen Joseph I've been playing guitar for about 40 years, and as a matter of fact I even play some of his stuff. Your comment is ridiculous and makes you look foolish.

@Brandi Barrera steve vai was in a couple of EXTREMLY famous and profitable bands: white snake and david lee roth formerly of van halen. Hes the guitarist david chose to follow in eddy van halens footsteps when dave left van halen. THIS should give you an idea of just how great steve vai plays because eddy was 1 of the greatest guitar players who ever lived.period..Hope this helps you out. ROCK ON

@Marshall Neal I have no idea.

Is it true Vai played ALL guitar solos in this movie?

@Aylbdr Madison ii

@Aaron Shoaf It would have been awesome to learn that Ralph Machio did actually know how to play that well, but yeah, I figured from the start he was just acting it out.

He didn’t actually play for real, he just mimicked it, and made it look real. Steve Vai and Ry Cooder played all of the solos in this battle

I had a musical spoiler of a friend, unfortunately. Punched him in the arm. Learned of Ry Cooder's contribution that way, though.

@Swampster70 you missed my point, I play guitar, so I know what guitar playing looks like. And 98% of guitar miming in movies and TV is super fake. And not just guitar but drums and other instruments too. For example just watch any movie like when they are in a country club or something and there's a jazz band playing music, watch the "musicians," and their miming isn't even close to what you're hearing. That's why I was impressed with Macchio, he for the most part at least looks pretty convincing to amateur guitar players, and probably even more convincing to non musicians, so to actually look convincing is a rare thing.

@can we get 500 subscribers Chet Atkins aka Mr. Guitar can fingerpick that fast, Leo Kottke, John Fahey maybe, Al Dimeola, Paco de Lucia and probably other classical/flamenco players can fingerpick that fast.

I noticed how his eyes were glued to the fretboard. I thought: Anyone that could actually play that well, would be relying on muscle memory, more than sight.

@infidel6687 I'd never even heard of a floating tremolo is that a foot pedal or something like a wah wah pedal I'd never heard it called a floating tremolo?

@Solace Huntsman Studios but then you need a bass major to validate your joke

Clearly someone stopped listening before the 3:40 mark

@Live & Quality I don’t listen to yanni 😂 🤡

@Shmitty Floors Go listen to your Yanni albums. Shoegazer and Oasis rule.

@Live & Quality neither.

Every devil has an Eve to use as a distraction.

I didn't even know guitar battling existed lol

@crazyhandz with the Japanese Drums. Just rocking at the side.

"School of Rock". Doest have a battle, but have the same "spirit".

@Alexander Walle best comment hidden deep in the YT vaults

Michael, Judging by comments here ...it didn't age well. Cancel Culture I suppose 😒

It's not

Now it will be a rap battle

@Fernando Antonio Music He's using the hammer-ons during that segment 👍

Fernando Antonio Music he’s legatoing

Yeah. At first glance you think Daniel son is actually playing.

And jounior browns guit steel 🥱

It'a called write me the damn check.

hahahaha, so funny. He has mad acting skills. he looked like he was stumped.

@mussjohn no

@TT Channel go away

@Fire bomb let's not forget the legend Arlen Roth the man that was actually playing Ralph's guitar

@BenS123 many blackmore Gary Moore hendrix evh srv AL dimeola,Terry Kath Joe satrianni Joe bonamassa

Jimmy page plays this shit with one hand and behind his back lol

Why is this common knowledge "fun"?

Steve played both sides of the battle but they had to speed up Ralph's hands to keep up with the musik.

@Aydın Can Bekoğlu I learnt at MIT. Arlen Roth was a teacher. He said the end of the solo, it was sped up with early digital technology... So it did not pitch shift.

Steve is actually using playback here. Not live

@Harris Frankou thanks. You got some hits bro. 😊

@Path BelowThis.. Help is a hoot. Once. Last Lovers on Earth is interesting... The writers mind. Cheesy end though. It's a hard genre. School of Rock is fun. Even Prince came off wrong. Maybe the hardest genre. Spinal Tap is genius.

@Harris Frankou what are the other "4"??

❤️

Do your research people Steve vai used to play for the Frank Zappa band back in the '70s before that movie was ever even thought of

@Paul Womacks I would say, SRV all the way!!!

@bernhardtsen74 Ry. Ry Cooder. Not Roy. Chk out soundtrack of Paris, TX for some of his best. His style is almost unmistakable. Wim Winders directed from a Sam Sheppard play (Kit Carson adapted). Different kind of film def brought to life thru Cooder's ethereal guitar work.

They had us in the first half not gonna lie

They're legit a year apart. lol

@Alex H Well theres humble and theres humble. When your walking around the land of gods, things are different. Vai has a reputation to uphold, so encountering Guthrie would probably be pretty nerve wracking, because Guthrie is frighteningly good. I could definately see why Via might get a bit crazy eyed around it. But I get the feeling if a 10yo kid came up and said "I just started playing guitar, can I show you this song from the 70s I just learned", and let rip on a hamfisted version of smoke on the water, theres a good chance Vai would stop and listen, tell the kid it sounds great and encourage him to keep practicing. I've never seen Vai shit on a beginner. He wants kids to learn and grow up to be gunslingers like him.

With inhuman skills...

his reactions to guthrie govan suggest a little different