Audio CD review:
Joe Satriani - Satriani Live!

Joe Satriani - Satriani Live!

Band: Joe Satriani Title: Satriani Live! Rating: Release Date: 31 October, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Flying In A Blue Dream 2: The Extremist 3: Redshift Riders 4: Cool #9 5: A Cool New Way 6: Satch Boogie 7: Super Colossal 8: Just Like Lightnin' 9: Ice 9 10: One Robot's Dream 11: Ten Words 12: The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing 13: The Meaning Of Love 14: Made Of Tears 15: Circles 16: Always With Me, Always With You 17: Surfing With The Alien 18: Crowd Chant 19: Summer Song

Customer Reviews Same songs again! The first time you heard "Flying in a Blue Dream", "Summer Song", "Cool # 9", or "Satch Boogie" live you may have been knocked off. Sadly, Satch's rich repertoire remains obscure in live releases. But to hear these songs over and over again is not worth the 20 dollars spent to listen a handful of Super Colossal songs performed live. Although Dave LaRue's peculiar style gives this CD an agreeable taste (specially on "Circles"), and Super Colossal's "Made of Tears", "Crowd Chant", "Ten Words", etc. , are played rather nicely, many of us Satch fans would rather hear Time Machine or Strange Beautiful Music tracks. And for the love of God, stop mixing Galen Henson's rhythm guitars out! . Another winner That being said, this one is still a winner. My only gripe of the live records in Satch's catalog is he always includes the "hits" so you tend to get the same batch of songs. . Memorable I was lucky enough to get to this show in Anaheim. I've seen Joe a couple times in the past. The CD is excellent (although I do agree that with prior reviewers, that from a "song" perspective, they are a bit longer than necessary), but the DVD is better suited for the longer jams. The crowd was great that night, the Grove is a good venue to see shows and if you were lucky to be there (and be up front - smile!) what a treat to have the DVD and the CD as a post card! The more I listen/watch the more appreciation I have for the band. I love Stu Hamm, but LaRue really comes through in Joe's format/songs. Enjoy both the CD and the DVD - you won't regret it! . . You can see a complete list of all Joe Satriani discography, or go back to the Joe Satriani tabs