G3: Live in Tokyo
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Movie Reviews of G3: Live in Tokyo
Movie Review: The John Petrucci Show
Summary: 4 Stars
with all due respect to the monumental talent on this DVD, the John Petrucci trio stood out from the rest. Only two songs in the set, but what beautiful numbers, flawlessly performed, all three musicians tight and precise.The opening number, Glasgow Kiss, has a celtic feel and Petrucci shines with a focused intensity from the first lyrical riff to the high-powered finish. Drummer Mike Portnoy plays perfectly off Petrucci--at the finale, he leaps out of his chair as a release from the intensity of his concentration. A magical musical moment! The second number, Damage Control, starts out with a toneless power-chord riff that repeats a little too long before unfolding into a beautiful instrumental epic. Lots of wonderful twists and turns with an exotic, middle-eastern groove woven in. I have to say this set from the Tokyo tour is my favorite out of all three of the G3 DVD releases. As for Vai's and Satriani's sets, those guys are incredible guitarists and I love their playing. But some of Satch's compositions seem redundant and Vai's drummer doesn't appear to get a chance to explore rhythmically or dynamically on Vai's numbers. Even so, this DVD is a great one to own and listen to repeatedly. Don't forget to check out Petrucci's nod to Richie Blackmore"s solo from the great Deep Purple Made in Japan album during the G3 jam. It's all good!Movie Review: Triple the virtuosity....but too short.
Summary: 4 Stars
The G3 legend continues with the legendary Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci offering individual performances, followed by all three taking the stage together in Tokyo. All three guitarists are top-notch in their performances and the sound quality on the DVD is excellent.
The climax at the end of this is a riff-and-shred-trading session between the three during "Foxey Lady", "La Grange" and "Smoke On The Water".
Quite frankly, I was disappointed that John Petrucci's session only included two songs and Satriani and Vai three. I think that one or two more for Petrucci, followed by another each for Satriani and Vai would have been beneficial towards making this a five-star rating. Indeed, the musical virtuosity on this comes in at five stars but the brevity of it knocks off a half-star to land at 4.5.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this as an opportunity to see all three guitarists join together in a rare performance.
Movie Review: G3 - fails to suprise., or keep me awake
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the 3rd DVD I have of G3, Vai and Satriani up to their usual over the top ego trip stuff. (cliched speedy guitar for teenagers)
I am getting to see that too many ego's spoil the broth here.
Also frustrated lead guitar players doing bass guitar solo's have never worked for me,(either play lead guitar or bass, or shut up), so stay at home Mr Sheen, and hand it over to a real bass player. (ie; Wooten)
It's a great pity they never released the Japan G3 tour with Andy Timmons this would really be worth watching. (and he can out play all of them, and tastefully)
I think that this is the last time I will buy a G3 DVD, the wrestling of on stage ego's formula is getting rather tired.
Movie Review: WISH I LIVED IN TOKYO
Summary: 4 Stars
my favorite G3 effort. excellent camera work and sound. as usual, joe and steve were great. steve has the same line-up as the london dvd with a different drummer. that said, i thought john petrucci stole the show. he's got mike portnoy and dave larue with him (heavy duty firepower if i do say so)and works 'em. the songs are really well written and the performance is awesome. the reason i only gave it 4 stars is i really feel they could put more effort, organization wise, into the group thing at the end when they step all over each other. it's not appealing to those of us who know better. BUT, if you like instrumental rock guitar, you need to buy this now.Movie Review: If you play guitar or you just love instrumental rock ... you must have it!
Summary: 4 Stars
The tradition of G3 concerts is taken to a new level incorporating John Petrucci. It is sad that only two songs from him were included in this DVD. Satriani and Vai, as always, deliver their creativity, impecable technique, and control of the instrument and effects. The jam session is interesting ... it seems that Satriani and Vai were not in complete synchrony with Petrucci. But, any way, three virtuosos together always have something interesting to offer. It is becoming a tradition of this kind of DVD's to stuff them with irrelevant and poor additional features.