Is Joe Satriani the musical equivalent of Milton Waddams?
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Music Review: Joe Satriani - Professor Satchafunkilus and The Musterion Of Rock - Comments Page 2
Is Joe Satriani the musical equivalent of Milton Waddams?
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26 - Tom Johnson
Give it some time, Josh. It is an amazing album. I find myself gravitating to the quieter stuff more often - "Behind the Veil," "Where Were You," and "Two Rivers" are gorgeous, and the rest of the album has a fun sense of humor about it. It may have a bit of a dated sound to it, but what doesn't? Put yourself back in 1989 and it really doesn't sound "of its time" at all. I still marvel at Tony Hymas' keyboard sounds - totally weird, even for then, and his "bass" lines are killer.
I always found something funny in that the title track was a humorous play on all those radio ads that guitar and car stereo shops would air on radio stations - local ones here back then actually backed theirs with "Stand On It" (along with Eric Johnson's "Righteous." That's another dude who's playing never gets old.)
27 - Glen Boyd
I think the title "Guitar Shop" is more of a humorous play on Beck's reputation as something of a gear head when it comes to cars, not just guitars. You know, the bit about him being the "guitar mechanic" and all that...
-Glen
28 - Mark Saleski
yep. i've seen a bunch of features on Beck in guitar/musician mags and it seems like there's always a picture of him standing next to some hot rod he's been working on.
29 - Josh Hathaway
"Guitar Shop" (the opening track) has production that reminds me a lot of Robert Plant's "Heaven Knows" from around that same period. It's really cracking me up.
I didn't get to hear the full album last night because Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" got stuck in my head and would not release until I listened to that song a few times. Man, there's another guitarist worthy of praising- Mark Knopfler. He's got great taste as a player.
Anyway, I've started the album over and I'm listening to it again this morning.
30 - Tom Johnson
Glen, and Mark especially, will be glad to know I have rectified the glaring omissions in my collection by adding Jeff Beck's Wired and with the Jan Hammer Group Live as of about a half hour ago. In the case of Wired, the only one I've gotten to hear any of, so far, Amazon's 30 second samples do not do it justice. It is BADASS. That is a term I rarely use because it just sounds and looks silly coming out of me. But it has to issue forth this time because that is the only way to talk about this one. Josh, you owe it to yourself to go pick this up immediately. I think you will love it.
31 - Mark Saleski
(...heh...my evil plans always succeed...heh...)
32 - Josh Hathaway
Fiendish plans aside, Mr. Saleski, I've been revisiting this record today and I'm still in roughly the same place I was when I initially wrote the review.
33 - lach
Thanks for the review Josh. I've personally felt that ever since "Time Machine" Satriani has given up being creative and has just pumped out the tunes. I was particularly dissapointed with "Crystal Planet" and just gave up after that.
So when I went to see him at G3 I was looking forward to hearing a new song or two. And what did I get? The title track off "Super Colossal".. and boy was it boring. Sounded just like everything else. Which is such a pity, because Joe's first 4 albums were so creative and enjoyable. You've just hammered the final nail into the coffin and I'm glad to see my suspicions confirmed.
Now if you want to hear some great guitarists, check out:
- Guthrie Govan ("Erotic Cakes" album)
- Greg Howe ("Parallax" album)
- Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink)
- Brett Garsed (anything)
and prepare yourself!
34 - Soldierani
I have been listening to Satch for well over a decade now and this guy had been a big influence in my musical taste over the years while playing guitar. I had the chance to go see him in Atlanta back in 1999, and was impressed by his perfection. I haven't actually heard this album, but I will say that he will never put out another Summer Song, Flying in a Blue Dream, so why don't ya'll just get over it already? Those kind of songs only come around every once in a lifetime, and they are classics in the world of intrumental rock. I am honestly impressed that Satch still puts out new material under such a big label, but he may only sell 100,000 copies or so of his material in it's first year would be my guess. Nevertheless, at least he still has the itch to write new songs, and something memorable comes out, then thats one more song to add to his already ridicuously huge library. I want to see him release some new material beside Petrucci in the studio with him writing new material, I know they would come up with something great together.
35 - Dino
Joe is one of the most influental rock guitarists of all time. Today he is probably the most respectable guitar player on the world. That is not happend over night, and that is not luck. For all those hwo think that Joe doesn't wright good compositions, they should listen songs like: Flying in a blue dream, Love Thing, Crushing Day, Ceremony or all others.
In every Joes song there is something, and if you love to listen instrumental rock Joe is your perfect solution. But I understand that music is matter of taste. Everyone listens what he likes.
But my point is that you sholdn't spit on GUiTAR HERO that saved instrumental rock. I mean Steve Vai has told that Joe is the best guitarist in the world.
36 - Andrew Kerr
I like the album, But I love "Musterion". This track has all of Satch's skills rolled into one song. It really gets into the Jazz fusion side of his playing when the solo starts. I hear bits of Jeff Beck, Denny Dias, Larry Carlton mixed with a bit of rock style too. If he plays all the "dual" guitar parts (not mixed later)at the same time, he must be just brilliant
37 - Andrew Kerr
It's amazing just how much respect people have for Jeff Beck. The thing that really blew me away was when I was listening to Blow by blow way back then, and I heard his little jazz run in "She's a woman" Not the the Jan hammer version, but the first one. I thought to myself. "This guy is just messing with us" He can really play anything, but plays just what he wants.