I can’t believe they made a video for a crazy instrumental like this, and an album full of rock instrumentals went platinum. Music was king.

@staringcontest9733

3 жыл бұрын

Also, back in the day, the video was on mtv all the time. 🤘

@lacompaniaproduccion

4 ай бұрын

This child is a guitar prodigy. Two years later, at the age of 13, he was in the band Bad4Good, a band formed by Steve Vai, an excellent band that could not see the light of day due to the birth of grunge.

"I am the Passion. I am the Warfare." I always get chills at that part.

@stephenkorosi9561

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing about Texas. My sweet. Yolanda.

@Spoohkybooh666

4 ай бұрын

🎉woohoo

@SuperGaleford

4 ай бұрын

You must get chills when you read the title on the CD

When you've listened to passion and warfare since its release and never knew there was a video and you have an image of how everyone looked according to the voices. This is nothing like it.

@christophermarchand320

2 жыл бұрын

That's the beauty of, the image in your mind was yourself with your wild friends being as epic as one could imagine to be. It wrote a story that all could share but exist inside of different novels of one's life and yet exist in the same space without fucking the time space continuum. Wild Stallions!!!

@ighfee

Жыл бұрын

Oh I don't know, this is pretty close to what I imagined it to be. An awesome young guitar player tearing up the school. Teachers hate him, the kids love him. This video is what we all dreamt of being in the 80s 🤘

@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX

Жыл бұрын

I saw this video when it first came out it’s what got me addicted to vai

@aarolecklin8627

Жыл бұрын

​@@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX Same for me. Thanks to MTV.

@BLUE_OCTOBER-TRIX

Жыл бұрын

@@aarolecklin8627 Back when MTV actually played music 😂

Such a legendary song! Also, Thomas Mclaughlin (the kid playing a young steve vai) grew up to be a killer guitarist. Check him out.

@wightangel

Жыл бұрын

Thomas was also in a BBC2 Arena documentary in the late 80’s. It was showcasing the NWOHM and they had a camera crew in the old Red Cow pub in Hammersmith and this lad was playing his dad’s guitar, believe me he was good and he got a standing ovation from a pub full of greasy rockers.

@OptimisticCynic715

Жыл бұрын

He was in Bad4Good with Danny Cooksey from T2. They have some videos on here. If he was in Home Alone, he could be McCauklin McRocklin!

@MyBichSustained

8 ай бұрын

He was killer when the video came out.

@326vince

5 ай бұрын

@@OptimisticCynic715 T2 Circles. No more white horses?

Lil vai: it's gonna be loud *ABUSES WHAMMY BAR

This song definitely reminds me of Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher". Rest in peace, EVH.

@DanTasticEntertainment

3 жыл бұрын

what's weird is I never heard the connection until now. You're totally right!

@spookedhorse

3 жыл бұрын

This blows away anything VH could even dream of.

@ermonski

3 жыл бұрын

@@spookedhorse well of course, Eddie himself would admit that. But of course Vai would always put his idols on a pedestal above him. Both of them are good and influential.

@realcrunchy6572

3 жыл бұрын

@@spookedhorse Sure mate

@spookedhorse

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie was great for a time but he's been playing the same scales for decades. All of his solos are identical. Vai.....well.....he's a master. End of story.

Fun fact: the teacher is voiced by his actual teacher from school days.

@captainandcoke7085

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. From Carle Place HS. Miss Fagan. His English teacher.

@kellylee5842

4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter from we're still annoying and ruins the whole song

@striveforsuccessstudysmart3509

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellylee5842 okay dipshit

@kingofthecrows8802

4 жыл бұрын

@@kellylee5842 not according to Steve Vai

@thesethreekings

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know if that's his teacher in the video?

The voice of the teacher is actually the one of Steve Vai's teachers. She agreed to do it for the album. The voice is apart of the concept on the original album recording.

@charlesmurphy3222

Жыл бұрын

Yup. That's true. She deserves it.

He used to cut my grass. He was a very nice boy.

@LeChuck652

2 жыл бұрын

Zappa, Joes Garage ;-)

@Inksack__

4 ай бұрын

@@LeChuck652huh

@Inksack__

4 ай бұрын

Did he really

"You're gonna Be a BUM!" *35 years later** Vai: "Make me a guitar with 3 necks with one neck facing the other way with one fretless, one 12 string and a one normal neck. Oh, and also make it shaped like a heart!" Ibanez: We'll make 2!

@pappyodanial

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH

@shirok3284

4 жыл бұрын

3*

@kfukanuma

3 жыл бұрын

It's just a “Slip of the tangue”.

@johndrake2729

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!

Steve Vai from the Passion And Warfare sheet music book:- "This playful ditty is the realization of the daydream I worshipped as a little boy. I actually got my 7th grade English teacher to play the part of the teacher." Best Daydream Ever! :D

@nikol6310

7 жыл бұрын

hot MILF teacher too

@AstraVex

7 жыл бұрын

*****​ That gave me an entirely new feeling when she says "We'll have such a good time. So, dont you be nervous, honey"...... ....I NEED AN ADULT.......o_O

@larslevinberget9558

4 жыл бұрын

@@nikol6310 GILF

@mzmadmike

3 жыл бұрын

And she was probably thrilled that one of her students did so well.

@gokhanersan8561

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so awesome.

It is Thomas Mcrocklin and he's bad for good!!!🤘🎸🥁🎼 Steve Vai RULES!!!!!!

This little boy in the persona of Steve Vai is Thomas McRocklin, former Lucy's Milk and Bad 4 Good bands. At the age 7 he recorded a solo album. I recommend you guys listening "Refugee", the first and unique album from Bad 4 Good, released in '93. The Steve's son Julian Vai is the child on the cover of the album.

@FrankQuero

5 жыл бұрын

This is the same thats apear in the ibanez catalog of 1990?

@cyrilstut

5 жыл бұрын

I got Refugee, very good cd. The singer is the friend of John Connor in T2...

@ryant3600

4 жыл бұрын

The Drummer of Bad 4 Good is Brooks Wackerman who is recently the drummer for Avenged Sevenfold.. Thomas also has released 3 cds in the past couple years.. he's back to playing after a 20 year hiatus. And he is mind blowing..you can hear all his new stuff here on YT

@littlemissmac4997

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryant3600 he's also got the prototype universe used in this video still!!!

@ryant3600

4 жыл бұрын

@@littlemissmac4997 yeah I know.. pretty cool

The lady on the video was actually Vai´s real junior high teacher .

@nicholasdorazio10

3 жыл бұрын

Really!thanks for that!

@DanielVerberne

3 жыл бұрын

Just the voice, not the actress....

@nicholasdorazio10

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanielVerberne thanks for that!lol!

@vincent3060

2 жыл бұрын

is this an actual scene from a movie, or is this scene made up as a parady music video? What is the name of this movie School of Rock, from 1979? what I really want to know is what is the name of that actress?

@lacompaniaproduccion

4 ай бұрын

This child is a guitar prodigy. Two years later, at the age of 13, he was in the band Bad4Good, a band formed by Steve Vai, an excellent band that could not see the light of day due to the birth of grunge.

Oh my god Steve Vai talking with his guitar makes me happy

@drbreeden4093

4 жыл бұрын

Mack Williams Check out Thomas McRocklin on Instagram and see what lil “Stevie” grew up to be!

A mix of hot for teacher and satch boogie, you can clearly hear the influence of his teacher Joe satriani 👍

Some fun facts.. 1. the kid is Thomas McRocklin. A guitar virtuoso, that had his first "big" gig opening for Ozzy in England at the age of 8. Vai then brought him in to do this video and then went on to form the band Bad 4 Good w/ Brooks Wackerman as his drummer (he is now the drummer for Avenged Sevenfold), the album was produced by Vai. Thomas quit playing for 20 years, but recently started up again and has released 3 cds in the past couple years and is touring w/ Dragonforce as an opener in the UK this fall, he also is very active on instagram and fb w/ fans, and has lots of yt videos). 2. That swirl guitar from the Passion and Warfare album cover, was gifted to Thomas McRocklin who still owns it and has some recent YT video's talking about it, showing it and doing some demo's w/ it. 3rd. The live "shows" were recorded from when Vai toured w/ Whitesnake on the Slip of the Tongue tour. :)

I've listened to this song since 1991 when I first got Passion and Warfare, and today I saw the video for the first time (thanks KZread) and wow, such a mind blowing experience to finally see what I imagined in my head come to life! Thanks to Steve Vai for being such an incredible story teller through music!

@TaskerStreete

10 ай бұрын

Same here, just now! One of the first CD's I ever bought, and to see it come to life, wow. I'm from Australia, so music video shows had limited air time, probably why I never saw this.

I remembering buying the album and hearing this song for the first time in the early 90's... The Teacher's script is actually in the Track. And Back then, I wondered if they made a video. What would it be like?... And this video was dam close to I have what I pictured.....

This child is a guitar prodigy. Two years later, at the age of 13, he was in the band Bad4Good, a band formed by Steve Vai, an excellent band that could not see the light of day due to the birth of grunge.

@CJacuzzi

4 ай бұрын

Also, I don't think him and Steve had the best of relationships. He was apparently a difficult kid and at one point he destroyed one of Steve's guitars. Steve took revenge by sawing one of his and there's a picture of him playing live with the guitar Steve sawed

This song is the ultimate flex in the guitar world

STEVE VAI , THE REINCARNATION OF FRANZ LISTZ , REALLY !!!

@marpsr

13 күн бұрын

Or Paganini

How can anyone not listen to this legend?

@MusicissuperiorEVHROX316

2 ай бұрын

Whilst I agree, and Vai is one of my absolute heroes, it takes a certain type of person to really appreciate this music. A lot of the time people interpret it as just “soulless guitar wankery”, which obviously it isn’t, but not everyone sees that.

"...I wrote this song for all my friends. When I grow up, I'm gonna be a famous Rock n' Roll guitar player." Mittticoo Steve

He is the passion. He is the warfare. Always constant, accurate, and intense.

I've known this song since my childhood and 30 some odd years later it still gives me goosebumps!

5:47 I love a Rockstar who, instead of smashing their expensive instrument..hands it to an audience member. Very cool.

@MaydupNem

3 жыл бұрын

Headline: 43 injured in fight over guitar

@Severe_Metalholicism

Жыл бұрын

Or if you’re Kirk Hammett, stolen from you by the audience.

Serei eternamente fã do Steve Vai ❤️

The song that introduced me to Steve Vai

Steve, you are the "Man"! You are one of my "Hero's"!!!!!

I always loved this tune from the time the record came out. I just saw the video come up on my feed and it was KILLER!!!! Thanks Mr. Vai for all the great music and I'm still listening!!!

Only just found out that's Thomas McRocklin!

@Alex_Varriale

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Donnell same here

@kellylee5842

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't this hot for teacher part 2

@andybarthez721

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to verify it 😂

@jaydawg7

3 жыл бұрын

He's on twitch now!

@kellylee5842

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alex_Varriale well if you live under a rock

one of the better guitar based songs, really sweet

30 years ago I loved it and ever will!! 😂 👍🏻😁🥰🤘🏻

“Move to California with all those other crazies.” Best spoken word in the whole video 😂

I remember the first time I heard this song, and seen the video. Next day I died my hair black, leaving a blonde streak, dipped my guitar, and few years later named my son Phoenix Vai, after having this and for the love of god playing during his birth. My girlfriend wasn't in the mood to complain.. lol. Steve has always been a huge influence in my life.

@Lego88fan

2 жыл бұрын

Dude that's awesome, I hope your son has a wonderful future! ^^

I am the passion, I am the warfare. Always constant and intense. Cool album cover too.

I recently have discovered Steve vai and holy hell I’ve been miss out!

The very first Steve available song I heard and it rocked me!

Back when music videos were still fun.

This video really bring back some great memories! This was the around the time I was starting to really get into guitar playing, Steve Vai is one of my hero's along with Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix

That sounds like NOISE, Mr. Vai! 😭🎸 ✨

@user-wl3pk8kl7e

55 минут бұрын

And I want it stopped right now

About 10 years ago when my son was little, this came on in one of my KZread playlists. My son grabbed his guitar hero guitar, threw it on with the guitar strap, and danced around, making believe he was playing like you, Steve. I have a few seconds video clip of it from my old iPhone which I am still searching for. He is 20 now, and still remembers that particular memory AND the song! He was THISCLOSE to taking guitar lessons in middle school, when he decided it wasn't for him - he is autistic and has dexterity issues. He loved playing but got easily frustrated. I was so bummed because his school general music teacher said he was really good with the ear training.

Hot for teacher - part 2 ?

@blazejecar

8 жыл бұрын

cristianos77 except that teach aint hot

@xeniabolanos3377

6 жыл бұрын

cristianos77 hahaha 😆

@vinniesmyyth334

6 жыл бұрын

blazejecar yeah she is

@vinniesmyyth334

6 жыл бұрын

Milander just milander but she is hot

@didykaneshiro3763

5 жыл бұрын

I got my pencil

Passion and Warfare... I love it

Pitter Patter goes this old woman's heart. ❤

Thanks Steve! Your work touched my soul in mysterious ways. God bless your creativity and gift.

@lacompaniaproduccion

4 ай бұрын

This child is a guitar prodigy. Two years later, at the age of 13, he was in the band Bad4Good, a band formed by Steve Vai, an excellent band that could not see the light of day due to the birth of grunge.

I'm in the Audience @4:43! Great show. Fla 1990. Bad English recorded "When I see you smile" Whitesnake filmed "Now you're gone" and Vai filmed this.

This song is so badass. Listened to this nonstop

2:35-2:43 such cool sounds Steve was able to pull out of his 7 string and Whammy bar! Such a master!

I've always loved this song and video. I was around 14 yrs old when this video came out and must've watched it a million times. Lol

Seeing Vai tonight!!! Pretty excited!!

The live footage is from Whitesnake's 1990 tour. You can see Tommy Aldridge back there.

I'm 43 had the cassette wore it ooouuuuuT

@gurug9797

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@danheim3282

3 жыл бұрын

This was the business when I got it for Christmas! Good memories

@sayanchik

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@chadsnell7234

3 жыл бұрын

Had to order on vinyl for that very reason!

Awesome BEAUTIFUL kick ass guitar song. Love it

I miss the 80's and early 90's really bad.

one night in the summer of 90 my dad introduced me to steve vai not knowing who he was i said "he sounds like eddie van halen" to which my dad laughed and said "hes ten times better than eddie" WHOA! i said and dad gave me the cd passion and warfare and said listen to this tell me what you think and my 13 year old mind was blown the audience is listening and riddle are my faves thanks dad

Simply the GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

I love it when lil Stevie talks with his guitar

❤Happy Birthday LITTLE STEVIE VAI 😂😂😂😂😂❤

what a nostalgic feel listening this after years, gotta love vai

This track changed my life at like 11yrs old!

Is there still anybody out there with good music taste in 2021?

@michaelvandeginste3497

4 ай бұрын

3 years late in answering this, but yes!

I remember when this video came out and I loved it then I think I love even more now. I loved the movie Crossroads. Best movie ever. Stevie does not just play the guitar he talks to you thru it. Best player ever ,a true wizard, a true star.

Steve Vai is the best. Feliz pelo melhor autógrafo da história hehe

The little Stevie is really a great actor!!

Man, this is just a genious track, just like all the other songs on this album. Thank you for bringing me up in a proper manner, cuz that's what you did even though it was not intentional on your part ☺️❤️😁

Steve vai in His Prime, the best !!!

steve's cheekbones are perfect.

i listened this song so many years, i didnt knew it had a video, but when i saw it now for first time is just exactly how i imagined since the beggining

Yep, my teacher when the class is mad. Holy fuck, I would really love to be the audience in the end of the video. A free guitar from Mr. Vai himself? Fuck yes!

@terrycornelius4

7 жыл бұрын

Asado Relax, it's something worth fighting for.

@terrycornelius4

7 жыл бұрын

Asado​ Maybe not killing or dying. But it's worth fighting for!

i'm amazed that noöne's commented on the crux o'the biscuit in this video, when Vai takes a dump on stage (5:02) & a guitar comes out

Bad ass ! Rad !

It's about Damn Time Steve!!!

a timeless classic.

Excelente

That "crunch" at 2:12 s awesome...

when the teacher was not expecting them to be playing heavy metal music and she covers her ears and says "don't you think that's a bit loud? boys!" i can't stop laughing.

It’s just so f’ing good..when it gets fast there in the middle...for any guitarist I imagine it’s almost too much🤘🏻so so so fucking accurate and intense

Now that's using your imagination! Like Jimi... 😍💖🕊️🎶🎸

1:14 lil stevie’s fave is foreshadowing

Hell yeah

That 4:31 transition gives me CHILLS

This brings back good memories

This is the man. What a funky ass guitar player 🤘

one of my favorite gods

Still have this CD I brought in the 90s Huge fan back then and still now

CLASSIC! Thanks for posting!

I begin to like Vai's music. This cool!

Thanks for the music Mr. Vai.

Oi.This dude, Is genius. Incarcerated. And his music saved. Me from being boring and he's my musical hero.So stop picking on him okay right thank you ... MiniZter

The starting reminds me a lot of "Satch boogie".

My favorite 💗

Que buen video!! no me canso de verlo y reírme ,pienso que es el mejor video de Rock .Cuando se lo muestro a alguien le gusta inmediatamente!!! Viva STEVE VAI !!!

MASTERPIECE.

The 90s were so much freakin' FUNNNN !!!

This is one of my fav tunes!!

I love videos like these, he's a legend

Awesome!!!!

i love this song steve vai is amazing at the guitar