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g3 live in denver | Year: 2003 Classification: Music Video - Pop/Rock Maybe my hopes were too high When I heard G3 would feature the top 3 guitar legends of the 80s I was excited. I did not get the CD but a friend tells me the song selection and performances on the CD are actually better than the DVD. Maybe after several G3 DVD and CD products the best Satriani and Vai songs have already been released several times and that is why on this DVD the song selections for these 2 seem weaker. It is still worth seeing and worth owning as it is the best guitar performance you will see these days but it is not quite what you may have expected with these 3 guitar legends side by side. To see these guys at their best you would need to buy their respective solo concert DVDs. 3 headed monster Ever since this DVD was announced, I coundnt wait to see and hear the end result. To me its like putting ketchup, raw fish and beer into a blender and expect something very tasty to come out of it. Fortunately this world is full of preferences and in my opinion this mix of guitars is actually good. If you believe, you will be satisfied I saw this show when it came to Oregon, but they held it in this concrete building which has terrible sound (I heard they had been having sound problems in general on this tour); so I was eager to see how it sounded on DVD. I think there's some problems in the balance between all the different guitars, especially during Vai's set, you can barely hear Tony McAlpine (...)! I notice a lot of people criticizing Satriani; saying that he shamefully reproduces his recordings note for note live and that he sounds the weakest in the jam. Satch is a master composer; he does a little improv in his legato lines and such, his music is tightly arranged though. If he didn't play it for the most part like it is on a record then it would fall apart, thus it's stupid to hold this against him. I think Satch has the broadest style of all of them; he's the blues guy with metal technique, Ynwie's style is dominated by classical influence combined with a technique known as "tendonitis", and I don't know what Vai is. Vai's stuff is too...out there, it's composed fastidiously but it sounds like a jam, and his squealing often annoys me. Ynwie is an astounding musician, listen to any of his solos during the jam; all of the right notes are there, but he has a habit of obscuring the musical quality of his playing with masterbatory technique. His acoustic guitar solo is great, and his set will certainly glut your appetite for sonic sensory assualt, though ultimately his stage antics and ADHD playing especially during the jam leave me trying to picture him in a clown costume. I miss the Satch set from the first G3 video; The Extremist aside, this one just makes me want more. They could have chosen a better mix of songs for one thing, I can't believe Always with me Always with you still hasn't made it on to a G3 video. I don't know Vai's career too well so I can't say much about his set, I think it's pretty lame, but that's me. A good video overall, worth it if you like any one of these players. The poor set selection keeps it a star short of five. Buy G3 Live In Denver at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on G3 Live In Denver Search with the Priority Search Engine on G3 Live In Denver This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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