First of slap me silly whatever? Steve Vai sucks how ya like that. I dont only have half a brain I have two halfs and they work in synergy to create one whole that is much greater than their seperate parts may have been capable of. I know soul, David Gilmore is Soul. Steve Vai lacks soul. You dont get it just becasue someone does a bend doesnt mean they have soul, that proposterous. YOu have to open your mind and ears and delve outside of the pathetic 80's sound filled with way too hot pickups and thrash. If you take the time to explore music of other times and genre's you too will see that steve vai does lack soul. Just becasue someone doesnt have soul doesnt mean they cannot be a "virtuoso" as that term is somewhat frivolously used. Steve vai plays fast and uses an advanced level of theory and technique hence he's considered a virtuso. That doesnt mean that he has soul. Soul is the ability to play the right note at the right time and do so involuntarily. If you ever saw gilmore or BB King or Stevie ray or Hendrix they would just play the most amazing stuff whether fast or slow with impeccable amounts of feeling that vai has yet to show. I appreciate ignorance as the cliche goes "ignorance is bliss" so go ahead with your 80's metal and rock on brother. Have Vai write a melody that doesnt suck and I'll sit down for a justifyable conversation on whether or not he has soul.
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THomyorke575