I love this record because the music is very Zappa-esque. It also reminds me of when my life was simple and all about music.

　　我爱这张专集,因为里面的音乐完全是ZAPPA式的风格. 它也让我回到以前那个时代, 就是我的生命十分单纯, 只有音乐的存在.

　　编者补充:这张专集没什么好补充的了, 我只听过The Attitude Song等少数几手,就我听过的来说,
只能说Salamanders In The Sun 比较特别, 也是VAI在吉他音色上作的一大挑战, 据说VAI以前乐队的键盘手MIKE对Salamanders In The Sun 评价很高的,说他是VAI所有歌曲中音色最出色的一手.也有网友觉得这首是他所有作品中最差的一首.因为他太不象电吉他了! 不管怎样,能有争议是件好事, 也是这首歌的亮点! 不过我实在作不出评价, 我不是很喜欢VAI的一些异国风格太浓的曲子,这手偏偏就是,但比之后来BLOOD AND TEARS的流行,我还是更偏向于清新的这首SALAMANDERS.

-------TRACK LIST-----------
1. Little Green Men
2. Viv Woman
3. Lovers Are Crazy
4. Salamanders in the Sun
5. Boy-Girl Song
6. Attitude Song
7. Call It Sleep
8. Junkie
9. Bill's Private Parts
10. Next Stop Earth
11. There's Something Dead in Here
12. So Happy
13. Bledsoe Bluvd
14. Burnin' Down the Mountain
15. Chronic Insomnia

-----------这张CD出现的音乐人---------------

1. Little Green Men
Steve Vai - guitar, bass, Munchkin vocals, keyboards, drum programming
Scott Collard - keyboards
Paul Lemke - keyboards
Stu Hamm - bass
Rantin' & Rayven - vocals
Bob Harris - trumpet
Greg Degler - flute
Larry Crane - piccolo, xylophone, vibes, bell lyre

2. Viv Woman
Steve Vai - guitar
Stu Hamm - bass
Chris Frasier - drums
Pia Maiocco - vocals
Bob Harris - trumpet

3. Lovers Are Crazy
Rantin' & Rayven - vocals
Bob Harris - trumpet
Greg Degler - sax
Steve Vai - everything else

4. Salamanders in the Sun
Peggy Foster - fretless bass
Greg Degler - flute, clarinet
Larry Crane - bell lyre
Steve Vai - everything else

5. Boy-Girl Song
Rantin' & Rayven - vocals
Chris Frasier - drums
Bob Harris - trumpet
Greg Degler - sax
Steve Vai - everything else

6. Attitude Song
Steve Vai - guitar
Stu Hamm - bass
Chris Frasier - drums

7. Call It Sleep
Steve Vai - guitar
Stu Hamm - bass
Scott Collard - keyboards
Pete Zeldman - drums

8. Junkie
Steve Vai - guitar, bass
Bob Harris - trumpet
Rantin' & Rayven - vocals
Stu Hamm - bass
Larry Crane - bells, vibes
Scott Collard - keyboards
Chad Wackerman - drums

9. Bill's Private Parts
Billy James - drums, percussion

10. Next Stop Earth
Steve Vai - aliens

11. There's Something Dead in Here
Steve Vai - everything

12. So Happy
Steve Vai - guitar
Laurel Fishman - vocals
Stu Hamm - bass
Mother Nature - rain
Lill Vai - crying
Joe Despagni - pukes

13. Bledsoe Bluvd
Steve Vai - guitar, coral sitar, bass
Tommy Mars - keyboards
Chad Wackerman - drums
Scott Collard - Prophet V
Larry Crane - piccolo, xylophone, bell lyre, vibes

14. Burnin' Down the Mountain
Steve Vai - guitar
Pete Zeldman - percussion

15. Chronic Insomnia
Steve Vai - guitar

PASSION & WARFARE (1990, Relativity Records):

Creating this record was a complete liberation for me. It's a reflection of music that was tormenting my psyche for a long time to get out. It was a thrilling vindication to be acknowledged for something I felt so strongly about.

　　制作这张专集对我来说是个全新的挑战! 我把我一贯的精神用音乐的形式反映了出来. 对于它能被众多人承认让我十分震惊.

　　编者补充:VAI最成功的一张专集, 我记得发这张的时候他正跟着WHITESNAKE巡演,然后还碰上老婆生孩子,可谓困难重重! 第一首LIBERTY在92吉他博览的时候和JOE/MAY一起演绎,相信给大家留下很深印象的一定是这个版本, Ballerina则用吉他演绎出钢琴(或者是键盘)的效果,是在音色上作大挑战的一大创举,FOR THE LOVE...不说了,大家都知道,西藏拍摄,里面含众多政治镜头,也是VAI成名作! THE AUDIENS IS LISTENING....谈谈MV的拍摄,里面的小孩据说后来成了VAI的徒弟,女老师的撕喉和VAI的吉他显成鲜明对比,另一个对比是小孩版STEVE的形象与成熟的动作和音色的对比, 精彩处是小孩版STEVE的形象将吉他抛向半空,然后成人版的VAI接住!(老外的创意真是!......)I WOULD LOVE TO....无话可说,STEVE完全成了少女心目中的偶像！三个女孩(胸口写着"瘦""胖""中等"字样围坐在电视前面讨论今天看什么,瘦的那个说:等待LITTLE STEVE的出场(还LITTLE!??)然后胖和中等的两个人狂嘲笑他.后来VAI在电视里出现,在PASSION的封面背景前乱摆POSE,不停的抛玫瑰花, 抛爆米花,抛眉眼.....(以下省略N恶心的动作)最后三个女人抓狂, 把VAI的全身扒光(剩一条内裤),把他从电视里拖了出来..........歌曲本声亦走POP曲风,不得不让人怀疑昔日VAI所走的路线!!!(或者亦是唱片公司推销歌手的包装策略?) GREASY KIDS STUFF,在92年吉他博览表演的下一首歌, 比较HEAVY!

1. Liberty
2. Erotic Nightmares
3. The Animal4. Answers
5. The Riddle
6. Ballerina
7. For The Love Of God
8. The Audience Is Listening
9. I Would Love To
10. Blue Powder
11. Greasy Kid's Stuff
12. Alien Water Kiss
13. Sisters
14. Love Secrets

SEX & RELIGION (1993, Relativity Records):

This was my attempt to start a band. At the time of the recording, I was doing a great deal of soul-searching and that's why the music is so intensely personal.

　　我有意组团的一个开始,录音开始的时候, 我做了很多真挚的自我反省, 这就是这张专集的音乐为什么充满如此强烈的个人风格

------------TRACK LIST-------------

1. An Earth Dweller's Return
2. Here & Now
3. In My Dreams With You
4. Still My Bleeding Heart
5. Sex & Religion
6. Dirty Black Hole
7. Touching Tongues
8. State Of Grace
9. Survive
10. Pig
11. The Road To Mt. Calvary
12. Down Deep Into The Pain
13. Rescue Me Or Bury Me

-- -------这张CD出现的音乐人---------------

Devin Townsend - lead vocals
T.M. Stevens - bass
Terry Bozzio - drums
Steve Vai - everything else

Background Vocalists: Johnny (Gash) Sombrotto, Ahmet Zappa, Martin Schwartz, Jerome, Liz Sroka, Tracy Turner, Kane Roberts

ALIEN LOVE SECRETS (1995, Relativity Records):

After the big productions of my two previous albums, it was a blessed release to make an album that was stripped down to just guitar, bass and drums. It was a pure pleasure making this EP.

　　在前两张专集庞大的制作后, 我在这次的专集里只用了吉他,BASS和鼓,目的是让专集显得清淡些.做这张EP的时候围绕我的只有一种单纯的快乐感!

　　编者补充:BAD HORSIE是一首充满VAI个人风格的作品,VAI用独特的想象力把吉他赋予一种生命,整首音乐如同它的名字一样狂放不驹!而用摇把模仿出的惟妙惟肖的马嘶也成为VAI的独门秘籍之一!不过这首音乐并不是我特别喜欢的,如同专集中倒数第二首YIYAKOK一样, 只是为STEVE的某种意识和创造力所感染, 他在吉他音色上做出的某种挑战才是这两首歌曲最值得关注地方.比较喜欢的专集中以下两首1 JUICE,这是手初听可能找不到什么节奏点,但越来越耐听的段子, 我非常喜欢这种紧凑型的编曲,滴水不漏, 松弛的地方便可以发挥你对以后音乐的联想.其中一个类似易拉罐拉开的声音是个亮点,当然你也可以把它当成是弦断掉的声音, 可以让我尽情的发挥想象可能就是这个曲子吸引我的地方.2 TENDER SURRENDER,这首真的是VAI所有曲子中我的最爱,我喜欢这种先抑后扬的表现方法, 如何把从一个温馨甜蜜的氛围转换到激烈奔放甚至是骄傲狂放是VAI以后一些成名曲都在探索的目标. 你可以发觉VAI的很多音乐都带有这样类似的成分,你以为是慢歌,到最后却以一个金属似的哮叫收场! TENDER无疑是最受欢迎的一首.  VAI的很多音乐豪情有余而在旋律在优美程度上则稍显欠缺,就比如LIBERTY和BLOOD AND GROY, 但TENDER则把两者结合的很完美,你可以在前面优美的柔歌部分充分感受到VAI柔情的一面,也可以在后面激烈的部分感到VAI豪情的奔放的一面,当然结尾是你发挥联想的地方,我曾经把哇叫声想作"夏天麦田里的扑动青蛙!"(那是保加利亚的一个现场版)而后面的效果音更象是"暴雨前的雷鸣"什么的.我喜欢能带给我想象的音乐, 能带来的想象越多越喜欢!!

-------TRACK LIST-----------

1. Bad HorsieMusic

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