Satriani / Morse https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/t12136 Runboard| Satriani / Morse en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:40:50 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:40:50 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p395225,from=rss#post395225https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p395225,from=rss#post395225quote:harryurz wrote: To me, the trouble with Morse's tone with Purple ( and with satriani's at the time, but not to the same extent)is the fact that the band have that big growly fat hammond filling out the middle of the sound; Blackmore's understood the dynamics and either filled the grunty bottom end or the whiny top end with his strat; neither of the above guitarist do that, hence the middle becomes cluttered and 'skewed'.  Hope that makes sense!! Bang on, Roy! Eh! Blue Tone Blues band playing the Hop Pole again on the 30th March! Alex is playing this time, too! So you might need ear plugs! Tell all your mates so they can suffer, too! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:57:14 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p395164,from=rss#post395164https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p395164,from=rss#post395164To me, the trouble with Morse's tone with Purple ( and with satriani's at the time, but not to the same extent)is the fact that the band have that big growly fat hammond filling out the middle of the sound; Blackmore's understood the dynamics and either filled the grunty bottom end or the whiny top end with his strat; neither of the above guitarist do that, hence the middle becomes cluttered and 'skewed'.  Hope that makes sense!! nondisclosed_email@example.com (harryurz)Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:20:33 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p395102,from=rss#post395102https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p395102,from=rss#post395102quote:Dartagnan wrote: quote:Rezi wrote: His solos in Soldier of Fortune and Temple of the King have similar feel to them. Yes! Both really nice solos. I also love Blackmore's Blues. Those notes are so classy and glassy, it's hard to describe, really. I don't know what it is about the WABMC solo, but although I love nearly all of Ritchie's solos in a similar vein, there's just something about that one that just doesn't quite hit the 'spot' for me... oh well...nondisclosed_email@example.com (Beese)Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:09:16 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394988,from=rss#post394988https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394988,from=rss#post394988Blackmore's solo suits the mood and lyrics of the song perfect! Steve's soloes over the years...I have to admit that they are quite good, and he gives a good impression. Just a little to much of that "widdle widdle", but during that song he shows a little emotion. That's good, 'cause he is for the most part a tecknician.nondisclosed_email@example.com (KillerBananas)Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:03:13 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394980,from=rss#post394980https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394980,from=rss#post394980I like Satch's version, Steve's version (although on the evidence of the two You Tube examples I prefer Steve's tone) and I like Richie's version.... ....but then again...Richie didn't like the song at all, so what does that tell us?nondisclosed_email@example.com (Happy Hammond)Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:04:19 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394975,from=rss#post394975https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394975,from=rss#post394975quote:Rezi wrote: Yeah, RB's solo is so beautifully understated, quite different to his playing in general at the time. His solos in Soldier of Fortune and Temple of the King have similar feel to them. Yes! Both really nice solos. I also love Blackmore's Blues. Those notes are so classy and glassy, it's hard to describe, really. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:43:12 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394968,from=rss#post394968https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394968,from=rss#post394968Yeah, RB's solo is so beautifully understated, quite different to his playing in general at the time. His solos in Soldier of Fortune and Temple of the King have similar feel to them.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rezi)Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:10:07 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394949,from=rss#post394949https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394949,from=rss#post394949quote:Space Trucker wrote: Am I the only one that thinks Ritchie's solo in the studio version of WaBMC is amongst his very finest work? I love the fact that as fans of the same band we all have our own opinions. I've always loved Blacker's solo in WABMC. It's beautifully played, understated, great clean tone, and rather yummy with a cherry on top. Exactly the right number of notes, some lovely bends in it, and let's face it, it totally compliments the song. Actually, sometimes I convince myself that the whole thing was slowed down in the studio before Gillan put the vocal on! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:45:41 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394929,from=rss#post394929https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394929,from=rss#post394929Am I the only one that thinks Ritchie's solo in the studio version of WaBMC is amongst his very finest work? I love the fact that as fans of the same band we all have our own opinions. I do love the Morse versions of the song too though, and like Beese said in the previous post Morse plays a great rendition 'Perfect Strangers', and another classic I'd say he plays equally well is 'Woman from Tokyo'.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Space Trucker)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:32:21 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394926,from=rss#post394926https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394926,from=rss#post394926quote:Dartagnan wrote: It's like his playing on things like Holy Man, Gypsy, even the solo in Smoke - and stuff like Still Remember You from Fires At Midnight. Yeah, I love all those other solos and would definitely rank those among Ritchie's best. Don't get me wrong, I do like that style of Ritchie's playing, the slower solos. But for some reason I just don't get that same feeling from the WABMC solo, not that it's bad, but I just don't think it's as good as the others you mentioned. It just doesn't quite go anywhere for me, if you catch my drift. quote:I just don't like that Morse tone, which I think sounds a tad too processed, don't you think? Hmm I know what you mean, personally it doesn't usually annoy me, but I'll agree that there are some DP songs that don't suit that tone and oddly Steve doesn't seem to be able to play with any other. There are some songs I wish he'd wouldn't use that tone on (Smoke, is definitely one). Steve's guitar playing utside DP utilises pedels and effects quite lot, but they don't always match DP's music. Although sometimes they do, as I said I think his style goes really well with all of WABMC except the solo and there are a few other songs aswell (Perfect Strangers, Fools).nondisclosed_email@example.com (Beese)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:07:07 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394920,from=rss#post394920https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394920,from=rss#post394920Well, I quite like Ritchie's understated playing on that song. It's like his playing on things like Holy Man, Gypsy, even the solo in Smoke - and stuff like Still Remember You from Fires At Midnight. It's lovely, understated, guitar playing, IMHO, and it has that great clean Blackers sound - I just don't like that Morse tone, which I think sounds a tad too processed, don't you think? Look at all those bleedin' pedals on that board he takes with him on stage! By 'eck, I wouldn't know what the hell was on and what was off! Anyway, I wasn't comparing the Blackers solo, I was comparing the Satch and the Morse solos. But now you mention it, I do like Blackmore's. Alot! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:13:55 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394917,from=rss#post394917https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394917,from=rss#post394917quote:Dartagnan wrote: At last! You agree then. And there aren't 'a few too many notes', there are far too many notes. IMHO.   Well that was the first thing I actually said specifically on the subject of Steve's solo in WABMC. I don't think there are far too many notes, but I suppose that's just personal. Actually I relistened to the original today and I actually have to say that I don't think Ritchie's solo is that brilliant. There's just something that smacks just a little of laziness on the solo, it lacks the usual Blackmore flare, like he can't really be bothered with it. Personally I find it lacks emotion because it just sounds a little by-the-numbers to me. Perhaps it's because I know Ritchie never liked the song and I've ended up thinking I can hear that in his playing. I normally love Rtichie's slow solos, but that one just doesn't really go anywhere, sort of like a basic first draft that he never perfected. Steve's has a few too many notes, but I find that a lot with Steve's interpritations of Ritchie's solos. Either he, or other s in the band seem to have decided that he should play all Ritchie's solos in his own style, which works fine on some of them and on others his style isn't very apropriate. However Steve does sound a little more 'into' the solo than Ritchie did.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Beese)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:44:08 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394867,from=rss#post394867https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394867,from=rss#post394867quote:Beese wrote: However I agree that he added a few too many notes in the solo when they weren't particularly apt. Which is a shame because I still think Steve's actually quite good at playing the slower solos aside form the fact that he ha a tendancy to add a few too many notes before they're needed. At last! You agree then. And there aren't 'a few too many notes', there are far too many notes. IMHO.   nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:24:24 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394865,from=rss#post394865https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394865,from=rss#post394865Oh and on the subject of Steve's version of WABMC, personally I think he plays the whole thing far better than Blackmore, except for the solo. I'm listening to the Rotterdam Ahoy version and the whole song is superb, particularly the opening with the orchestra and Steve's 'celloing'. However I agree that he added a few too many notes in the solo when they weren't particularly apt. Which is a shame because I still think Steve's actually quite good at playing the slower solos aside form the fact that he ha a tendancy to add a few too many notes before they're needed.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Beese)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:49:18 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394857,from=rss#post394857https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394857,from=rss#post394857quote:Beese wrote: You're actually arguing against yourself! You're right, this isn't 1987, yet here we still have an example of technique triumphing over taste. This is a 'ballad', a slow song? This isn't Highway Star or Burn. Sloooooooooooooooow down, will ya! I fail to see how I'm arguing against myself, considering this is the only post I've made in this thread and I wasn't necessarily leaping to SM's defence, moreover I was taking issue with, what could be described as a rather broad statement that, as I pointed out, wasn't really that true anymore. You made it sound like this style of playing was everywhere and that all contemporary guitarists play in such a style, with what might be called 'needlessly fast' solos. Like yourself I don't enjoy speed for the sake of speed, if the music composed is lacking then it doesn't matter how fast a guitar solo you slap on it, it's going to be crap. However I am a big fan of technically versatile guitarists and although speed is often one of those skills I wouldn't say a guitarist is technically brilliant just because they can play 50-million note a second, there's far more to it than that. Personally I'm a big fan of guitarists who use their technique to play versatile, varied and unpredictable music. I find guitarists who always play in the same style to be quite boring. I find Malmsteen tedious and predictable for the most part and I'd say the same of David Gilmour, although their styles are different I find both to be generally quite dull, because I don't find their playing to be particularly varied. For me it doesn't make any difference if a guitar player is running up-and-down scales or always drawing out the usual notes, both can be great, but if used all the time they become tedious (at least to me). I'd far rather listen to someone like Steve Howe, because his technical skill coupled with his musical knowledge are used to make varied and interesting music, Howe doesn't sound the same on everything because he has the technical ability to play in many different styles and on many different guitar-types, he also has the ability to put these skills to good musical use. Personally I'd say he's far more technically skilled than Malmsteen or Satriani. quote:Don't you think that part of the reason why the likes of The Rolling Stones, Clapton, U2, can still fill huge arenas has something to do with the fact that the 'consumer' doesn't connect with all this wonderful technical wizardry you write about? Not really you can't argue people don't like one thing because they enjoy another. The fact that these bands perform well financially doesn't have much to do with other artists music. I don't think many people go to see those bands because they lack technical brilliance. That's like saying 'Don't you think that part of the reason why the likes of Eminem, J-Z and 50 Cent can fill huge arenas has something to do with the fact that the 'consumer' doesn't connect with anything that involves musical instruments.' It may be true, but so what? Anyway the continued success of those artists has far more to do with the way they have been marketed (which is brilliantly). To surmise my point; a technically and musically proficient player has obvious advantages over those players who are only skilled in one of those areas (or neither). The better ones technical ability the more things one can do with their instrument(s). However, technical ability shouldn't be a substitute for musical ability, one should be utilised to farther the other.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Beese)Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:30:11 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394784,from=rss#post394784https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394784,from=rss#post394784quote:Dartagnan wrote: quote:MAHO wrote: In reality, JS canät even play guitar. --- jfm Yer! Right! I kid you not. It's all done with mirrors. And alien technology. Satriani is not even human. He's just a very cleverly managed hand puppet. It's actually Morse who does all the playing. --- jfmnondisclosed_email@example.com (MAHO)Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:56:20 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394779,from=rss#post394779https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394779,from=rss#post394779quote:MAHO wrote: In reality, JS canät even play guitar. --- jfm Yer! Right! nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:49:42 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394778,from=rss#post394778https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394778,from=rss#post394778quote:Beese wrote: quote:Dartagnan wrote: Unfortunately, as dexterity has improved and technique has become the bleedin' 'b' all and 'end all', so the average guitar solo has become an exercise in proving the size of one's b*llocks. It has a tendency to have nowt to do with the song, but more to do with the guitarist saying "'ave some of that" - which, of course, to a serious musician,is akin to saying, "I know this is completely unconnected to the song, but heh, I'm here to impress, so f**k the song". Dartagnan, you do realise that it isn't 1987 anymore and that statement isn't particularly true of rock music today? You're actually arguing against yourself! You're right, this isn't 1987, yet here we still have an example of technique triumphing over taste. This is a 'ballad', a slow song? This isn't Highway Star or Burn. Sloooooooooooooooow down, will ya! I have no objection (I'm sure you'll be relieved to know) to speedy wizardry when it's appropriate. In this case, it isn't. IMHO. Can you imagine if the tempo in Child In Time hadn't increased for Blacker's solo, yet he still attacked the song in the same way? Yuk. Instead, he builds it up from the slow beginning (I love that bit, it's played so beautifully), and ends it in a flurry of notes. Brilliant. Dynamic. Appropriate. I'm not a old dinosaur who thinks all was best in the past - but to some extent, it kinda was! Isn't that why a lot of us post on this forum! Don't you think that part of the reason why the likes of The Rolling Stones, Clapton, U2, can still fill huge arenas has something to do with the fact that the 'consumer' doesn't connect with all this wonderful technical wizardry you write about? Simply because it is a triumph of style over substance, and technique over taste. And in the end, meaningless? I've had to put up with bands like flamin' Oasis because of this, I'm sure!   nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:48:46 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394771,from=rss#post394771https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394771,from=rss#post394771quote:Dartagnan wrote: Unfortunately, as dexterity has improved and technique has become the bleedin' 'b' all and 'end all', so the average guitar solo has become an exercise in proving the size of one's b*llocks. It has a tendency to have nowt to do with the song, but more to do with the guitarist saying "'ave some of that" - which, of course, to a serious musician,is akin to saying, "I know this is completely unconnected to the song, but heh, I'm here to impress, so f**k the song". Dartagnan, you do realise that it isn't 1987 anymore and that statement isn't particularly true of rock music today? Granted, there was so much of what you descibe in the 80s, sort of post-Van Halen, but that was the era in which these techniques were new and most guitarists (who weren't generally very good musicians) spent way more time learning how to play fast than learning how to compose music. The result was lots of pretty rubbish 3-choard songs that had a super-fast, pointless solo at about 3:30 mins into the track. Technical guitarists can show huge ammounts of emotion, provided that they're basic musical ability and knowledge are up to encoreperating their technical skills. As MAHO said, there's isn't any corrolation between number of notes and 'emotional value' (which is totally subjective anyway). The fact that technique has progressed and improved is brilliant and has opened the doors for guitarists to learn new things and be able to play a wider array of music, but like most other new things it went through a modeish period when most people didn't really know how to apply it. Frankly most of those musicians in the 80s would have been playing tedious slow solos if they hadn't been playing tedious fast ones.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Beese)Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:02:10 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394765,from=rss#post394765https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394765,from=rss#post394765Let's try to avoid developing this into a "My dad's bigger than your dad" kind of debate. There are already too many of those around here. In reality, JS canät even play guitar. His guitar hero status is solely due to a very successful marketing campaign. In fact, he uses a body double during tours. Did you know that? --- jfmnondisclosed_email@example.com (MAHO)Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:06:09 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394757,from=rss#post394757https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394757,from=rss#post394757quote:waldo wrote: "afraid of silence" - good point It's the curse of the little finger, in my view (please bear in mind that I'm ecstatic about Liverpool's aggregate win tonight, so anything I say is gospel, ok! For tonight only -humour me). Fluency, fluidity, whatever you want to call it, has taken the place of 'feeling'! Not playing is as important as playing, if you see what I mean. Clapton was a master at it, so to Hendrix. They learnt this from the great players of the past. Unfortunately, as dexterity has improved and technique has become the bleedin' 'b' all and 'end all', so the average guitar solo has become an exercise in proving the size of one's b*llocks. It has a tendency to have nowt to do with the song, but more to do with the guitarist saying "'ave some of that" - which, of course, to a serious musician,is akin to saying, "I know this is completely unconnected to the song, but heh, I'm here to impress, so f**k the song". One of my favourite players is Richard Thompson. Now he can really play 'the guitar'. Not in a Steve Vai sense, but actually 'play' the guitar. In a way that fits. In a way that makes sense. To the song. So too, Mark Knopfler. And on a good day, Blackers, too! IfYouseewhatImean. That last bit of the sentence was an SM widdle. If you can really take the SM solo on this thread over the JS solo, then I despair! The latter has the far better tone, and miles more taste. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:38:59 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394746,from=rss#post394746https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394746,from=rss#post394746quote:waldo wrote: 1) Highway Star whammy-bar intro - childish... You do realize that he's re-creating the intro of the studio recording? --- jfmnondisclosed_email@example.com (MAHO)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:06:12 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394743,from=rss#post394743https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394743,from=rss#post394743"afraid of silence" - good point, but I do agree with both arguments. However SM can not sit still with some Blackmore classics - he always does too much - I do not like from SM is 1) Highway Star whammy-bar intro - childish... 2) Smoke - dreadful heavy intro rif... 3) Perfect Strangers - wmammy-bar antics again... But, he does play better solos than we give him credit for... nondisclosed_email@example.com (waldo)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:07:24 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394725,from=rss#post394725https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394725,from=rss#post394725quote:MAHO wrote: I really don't understand that reasoning. for me it's the the product itself (the solo) that counts, not it's individual pieces. If it's many notes, or few notes, don't really enter into. There's no natural correlation between number of notes and "emotionality" (if that's a word). For the audience, it's all in the ear of the beholder. Besides, Morse's solo on the Olympia album doesn't qualify as a fretboard fest. There are a few quick-runs, yes, but overall it fits the mood of the song quite well. You can see/hear the occasional runs as brief outbursts of emotional, um, frustration. There's so much longing and yearning in the playing that sometimes it can't hold itself back. Thus the runs actually add emotional depth. Irrespective, it's the totality of the solo that counts for me. The melodic "arc". The emotional states (moods) it manages to evoke. It works for me. --- jfm Fair enough! It doesn't work for me at all! 'Vive le difference', or whatever it is. It's those bits where SM hits a note, and then, where I'm waiting for the note to die out, or just stop, he fills the 'space' with lots of other notes that for me are just unnecessary. Lots of musicians are just scared of silence, it seems to me. See, you say, it's the solo that counts...well, for me, it's the song first, does the solo fit the song? Answer, in this case, for me, is no. It's not just because I have Blacker's original solo in my head, either. Satriani's is, by comparison, beautifully played. On the other hand, I have the Stuart Smith album where Richie Sambora guests on WABMC, and I find that version lacking in taste, too. Way too over the top, for my liking. The song must come first - otherwise, why bother. Just do an album of instrumentals and be done with it.   nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:20:45 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394718,from=rss#post394718https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394718,from=rss#post394718I really don't understand that reasoning. for me it's the the product itself (the solo) that counts, not it's individual pieces. If it's many notes, or few notes, don't really enter into. There's no natural correlation between number of notes and "emotionality" (if that's a word). For the audience, it's all in the ear of the beholder. Besides, Morse's solo on the Olympia album doesn't qualify as a fretboard fest. There are a few quick-runs, yes, but overall it fits the mood of the song quite well. You can see/hear the occasional runs as brief outbursts of emotional, um, frustration. There's so much longing and yearning in the playing that sometimes it can't hold itself back. Thus the runs actually add emotional depth. Irrespective, it's the totality of the solo that counts for me. The melodic "arc". The emotional states (moods) it manages to evoke. It works for me. --- jfmnondisclosed_email@example.com (MAHO)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:24:55 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394711,from=rss#post394711https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394711,from=rss#post394711quote:MAHO wrote: Live at the Olympia is still the best version I've heard. I like it even better than Blackmore's original, even though his take on it was totally different than either Morse's or Satriani's. (I guess it's the was the lack of sustain.) As for the youtube clip, it's great. But the only thing I like better about Satriani's solo is his guitar sound. Usually Satriani's guitar sounds a lot better than Morse's. --- jfm Well, I much prefer JS's guitar tone, and SM, in my view, plays far too many notes! Satriani's take is far more tasteful. I know it's a bit of a cliche, but sometimes, playing nothing at all, or very little, makes a solo far more dramatic and emotional. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:32:52 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394704,from=rss#post394704https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394704,from=rss#post394704Live at the Olympia is still the best version I've heard. I like it even better than Blackmore's original, even though his take on it was totally different than either Morse's or Satriani's. (I guess it's the was the lack of sustain.) As for the youtube clip, it's great. But the only thing I like better about Satriani's solo is his guitar sound. Usually Satriani's guitar sounds a lot better than Morse's. --- jfmnondisclosed_email@example.com (MAHO)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:19:28 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394702,from=rss#post394702https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394702,from=rss#post394702Yeah, Satriani played WABMC beautifully.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rezi)Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:58:53 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394650,from=rss#post394650https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394650,from=rss#post394650Live at Olympia WaBMC > all.nondisclosed_email@example.com (TedTheMechanic)Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:13:53 +0000 Re: Satriani / Morsehttps://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394643,from=rss#post394643https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p394643,from=rss#post394643Here's Steve's....tumeni notes, far too many notes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ6_Aum8YLk nondisclosed_email@example.com (Dartagnan)Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:04:45 +0000