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Steve Vai – For The Love Of God (6:05)

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“For the Love of God” is an instrumental guitar piece by Steve Vai. Released as the flagship seventh song on Vai’s 1990 album Passion and Warfare, it is often cited as Vai’s greatest composition and was voted #29 in a readers’ poll of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time for the magazine Guitar World. The piece, which runs for six minutes, features a number of techniques, including legato, whammy bar tricks, harmonics and volume swells.

Vai, always one to explore new techniques for gaining spiritual balance, is also well known for the emphasis in preparation. As he has said in many interviews, Vai fasted and meditated for ten days in preparation for recording this song, which was recorded on the fourth day of the fast.

Vai has performed the piece with a substantial orchestra in the Netherlands: The Metropole Orchestra. The video for this song has become a hit on video-sharing site YouTube, gaining over 2 million views. Vai’s antics on stage are sometimes accredited to this.

It is one of the songs in the DLC Guitar Hero Virtuoso Pack, available for Guitar Hero III.
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  • Passion And Warfare
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  • The 7th Song
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  • Passion & Warfare
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  • The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology
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  • johnmorada

    yeahh!! 2 thumbs Up Last Fm!!

    Saturday afternoon

  • FALLENSOLDIER56

    God?

    Saturday afternoon

  • mrjackill

    Esta rola es un agazajoooo de tecnica guitarrera, bien por mi compadre Steve!

    March 2012

  • metropolis_pt_2

    this is the Sound Theories version

    March 2012

  • BurningRemnant

    in Guitarland guitars are touching themselves and they sound like this

    March 2012

  • bluebellinbloom

    <3<3<3

    March 2012

  • BIG-D313

    AWESOME

    March 2012

  • BabichokLast

    lovely theme

    March 2012

  • JimiVonMicrodot

    f*ckers got four hands I reckon.......Unbelievable

    March 2012

  • djishehot

    Kapitalne solo i cała reszta... uff!!!

    March 2012

  • Chief_Plasma

    Fantastic! Watched him shred this @G3. 8>

    February 2012

  • Moongoddessrock

    the best song ever !

    February 2012

  • no_delay

    just greatest!

    February 2012

  • emerau7

    get chills everytime I hear. foof take me away.....

    February 2012

  • tarsha66

    the best there is

    January 2012

  • Enzo96

    I love it!!<3

    January 2012

  • GettingCloudy

    The first G3 version is overdubbed like shit, but what the hey. Sounds awesome. Great song.

    January 2012

  • BariscanTok

    -.-

    January 2012

  • artymyna

    !!!

    January 2012

  • sachsenindianer

    o ja............................

    January 2012
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