Steve Vai's Top 5 Albums Of All Time | Vinyl Obsession Podcast

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  @Naniamania3 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Saw Steve last week with the Beat tour. Mad respect for him stepping into that band and that music. Transcribes and plays for Frank Zappa as a teenager. Replaces Yngwie in Alcatrazz. Steps into Whitesnake. Steps into Eddie’s shoes with Dave. Plays with a string of luminaries from a variety of genres. Releases several solo albums. Discovers Devin Townsend. Steps into Fripp’s shoes in King Crimson. Pioneers several guitars and guitar amplification. Through it all remains humble and human. Legend.

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• LA

  @lanatrzczka · 1 year ago

  I was so interested to see this video but I couldn't enjoy a second of it because there's music and sound effects blasting constantly.

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  @JeffCogswell · 1 year ago

  (Trying not to sound like an old fart but…) Today kids don’t get just what an amazing experience record albums were. The outer artwork. Inside, the liner notes. The pics of the band. The printed lyrics so we could sing along. Notes about the album. The names of the people who played on it (which we memorized). And then… the music itself. It was a complete experience! I miss those days.

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• LU

  @LuneyTune72 · 1 year ago

  Steve Vai nailed it with that description of Frank’s approach to musicians

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• JO

  @johncarlson6472 · 1 year ago

  Led Zeppelin II. My favorite too. That album was why I decided to play guitar as well. Was walking by my Sister's room as a boy when "Whole Lotta Love" came on the radio. I stood there transfixed...didn't move, listening to the whole song. I was hooked right then and there.

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  @Robt.Velasquez · 1 year ago

  Still have my original Freak Out album given as a Christmas present by my parents in 1966. It is in excellent condition and still listen to it. Miss Frank!

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  @phaedrussmith1949 · 1 year ago

  Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies<br>David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust<br>Frank Zappa - Freak Out<br>Various - Soundtrack to West Side Story <br>Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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  @mocombo4594 · 1 year ago

  Anyone who played with Frank Zappa is legendary and simply deserves respect cause performing with Frank was totally outside the box!!

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  @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG · 1 year ago

  A good way to gauge the respect Vai has for the people who inspired him is another video here on YT, where Glenn Buxton from the original Alice Cooper Group, is doing a local cable show interview backstage of Steve at one of his shows, and Steve is so overwhelmed that he turns it around and interviews Glen...

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  @YQN2149 · 1 year ago

  Led Zep III was my first Zep album, got hooked immediately

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  @sundaramaji · 1 year ago

  as a songwriter, this makes me respect and admire Steve even more. sooooo many musicians don&apos;t give a rat&apos;s taint about lyrics and will sometimes tell you that. here comes Steve Vail, ,like a hurricane. pointing straight to the lyrics on those records and explaining why they are important. massive respect to you, fella. and btw, i saw the Beat tour last week in Chicago at Copernicus Center and it was ace. so glad i flew there from omaha to witness it

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  @tommyt1971 · 1 year ago

  West Side Story was a surprise but I&apos;m also not surprised: Bernstein did some incredible work on that score. I&apos;m NOT a fan of musicals at all but I did see a great production of it at SUNY Fredonia about 30 yrs ago and those kids, their director, their conductor and the orchestra did some amazing work! They filled every square inch of that theatre with sound!

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