What separates Steve Vai from the other leading brands are that able to shred faster than him is that he is better able to put his soul into his music. I realize that I am invoking supernatural powers to suggest Steve Vai is just a better musician than the competition. I am a spiritual person and I hope that is okay with my audience. If you don’t believe in Steve Vai’s supernatural powers, I suggest seeing him live. He puts on a good show, and you will see progressive rock soul music looks like.
While I owned some of Vai’s music prior to when the Ultra
Zone came out, the Ultra Zone is what got me into him. I would imagine that Fire Garden would have
captivated me just as much as the Ultra Zone had I experienced it first. My first experience with Steve Vai was Sex
and Religion, and when I was in high school, I thought that album was just
terrible, but now I love it. Sex and
Religion has very little shredding and is about song craft, but not usual song
craft. It is more like song craft from
planet q. That album, Sex and Religion,
actually turned me off to Steve Vai, and it wasn’t until one of my friends
played Ultra Zone, c. 2,000, for me that I was hooked.
I wish I had got Fire Garden earlier. It has been in my 100 disc changer for many
years now. It is a true favorite of
mine, even to the extent that I would probably have a difficult time getting
along with someone who wasn’t able to appreciate this album for its greatness,
technicality aside.
Fire Garden - like every five star album should be - is
superior quality music from start to finish, while at the same time providing a
lot of music. Vai has a lot to say on
this one with his guitar, and if you get it, I don’t think that you have to be
some sort of genius to appreciate this one.
IMHO this one has been good from start to finish year after year. It didn’t require me to adjust my musical
taste to appreciate it. It wasn’t hard
to get into. It is a readily accessible
work art. What more can I say?
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