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Joe Satriani — Sleep Walk
Album: Strange Beautiful Music
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Released: 2002
Length: 2:42
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 Foggymountain wrote:

Lift music.


Lifts  me right up!!!  
Posted 10 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:



I haven't heard a bad version yet! I also love Danny Gatton's version!  My favorite!!



I Agree on all counts!  Danny Gatton's is the BEST!   Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Lift music.
Posted 1 year ago by Foggymountain    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

This song was kind of ruined by it being overused in TV commercials in the 1990s.  Imagine if 10 brands were using a Pink Floyd song like Us And Them.




I haven't heard a bad version yet! I also love Danny Gatton's version!  My favorite!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
This song was kind of ruined by it being overused in TV commercials in the 1990s.  Imagine if 10 brands were using a Pink Floyd song like Us And Them.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 leathepea wrote:

I know it's been said before, but I will say it again... Ritchie!!!!!!!!!




Posted 2 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
I know it's been said before, but I will say it again... Ritchie!!!!!!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
I never tire of this song, my go-to cover being the shadows.

For an exhaustive list of covers, follow this link:

List of "Sleep walk" covers...
Posted 3 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
 MrStatenIsle wrote:

Yeah really. And Satch is touted as a guitar god, is this all he could do with it?
 
Some songs don't need any flourishes. Satch stays out of the way here - class.
c.
Posted 3 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Fun Fact: Robert Fripp (King Crimson) is laying down the ambient atmospherics/Frippertronics in the background! 
Posted 4 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 lovelyhelicopter wrote:
just a random observation but that album cover is very reminiscent of T Rex's Electric Warrior. well it is to me anyway.
 
WOW!  Great observation - so true.  I was just going to mention that it's a lovely rendition by Satch.
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
covid prevented me from seeing them this June....look forward to next year....great live band
Posted 4 years ago by Maurice1950    [ Reply ]
Cool song.  Magnificent guitarist.  
Posted 4 years ago by cely    [ Reply ]
just a random observation but that album cover is very reminiscent of T Rex's Electric Warrior. well it is to me anyway.
Posted 5 years ago by lovelyhelicopter    [ Reply ]
 Canadese wrote:
Pretty close to the original by Santo and Johnny away back in the 50's.
 
Yeah really. And Satch is touted as a guitar god, is this all he could do with it?
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
 mojoman wrote:
Third floor, auto parts, lingerie ...
 
Auto parts and lingerie seemed like a non sequitur to me at first - 
But - the more I think about it...

Somehow I missed this one by Joe... Thanks for remedying that oversight Bill!!
Posted 5 years ago by Lindo525    [ Reply ]
Kinda feel like doing The Stroll down the hallway...
Posted 5 years ago by onerb    [ Reply ]
Pretty close to the original by Santo and Johnny away back in the 50's.
Posted 5 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
if I could play like that I would go part time with raising hawgs for a livin... just sayin
Posted 6 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
This version is played with much greater feeling and skill IMHO: https://youtu.be/IbOB8qwNO1A

Posted 6 years ago by skyhigh_71    [ Reply ]
Only 4 from me
Posted 6 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
Love Joe's slower pieces.  More please Bill? {#Yes}

 
Still only 5 tracks from Joe in the library Bill & Rebecca? {#Stupid}
Posted 7 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
not a great version of this
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Joe?.... Seriously... Would not have guessed. Loving it tho.
Posted 7 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
 Solanus wrote:

It's part of the movie soundtrack. IIRC, it's from the scene where he comes back to "his time" and the scientists are congratulating him, but I could be wrong on that (trying to do internet searches at work is frowned upon).

 
Ah, yes.  Makes sense now.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Nice quote from 12 Monkeys, but what's its relevance to this song?

 
It's part of the movie soundtrack. IIRC, it's from the scene where he comes back to "his time" and the scientists are congratulating him, but I could be wrong on that (trying to do internet searches at work is frowned upon).
Posted 7 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
 SirLars wrote:
Then, they took everything about me and put it into a computer where they created this model of my mind. Yes! Using that model they managed to generate every thought I could possibly have in the next, say, 10 years. Which they then filtered through a probability matrix of some kind to - to determine everything I was gonna do in that period. So you see, she knew I was gonna lead the Army of the Twelve Monkeys into the pages of history before it ever even occurred to me. She knows everything I'm ever gonna do before I know it myself. How's that?

 
Nice quote from 12 Monkeys, but what's its relevance to this song?
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Olive Oyl has mad skills!
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Image result for sleepwalking gif
Posted 8 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
 SirLars wrote:
Then, they took everything about me and put it into a computer where they created this model of my mind. Yes! Using that model they managed to generate every thought I could possibly have in the next, say, 10 years. Which they then filtered through a probability matrix of some kind to - to determine everything I was gonna do in that period. So you see, she knew I was gonna lead the Army of the Twelve Monkeys into the pages of history before it ever even occurred to me. She knows everything I'm ever gonna do before I know it myself. How's that?

 
Wow
Posted 8 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Appropriate for me this morning!
Posted 8 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
"Ruby tipped Engine of Love"

{#Hearteyes}
Posted 9 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
I prefer The Shadows version. This is OK.
Posted 9 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
Then, they took everything about me and put it into a computer where they created this model of my mind. Yes! Using that model they managed to generate every thought I could possibly have in the next, say, 10 years. Which they then filtered through a probability matrix of some kind to - to determine everything I was gonna do in that period. So you see, she knew I was gonna lead the Army of the Twelve Monkeys into the pages of history before it ever even occurred to me. She knows everything I'm ever gonna do before I know it myself. How's that?
Posted 10 years ago by SirLars    [ Reply ]
 Elroweho wrote:
The classic covered by modern guitar gods! Gotta love it!!!

 
{#Guitarist}  ....  nice but I prefer Larry Carlton's version
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
The classic covered by modern guitar gods! Gotta love it!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
Ah yes, the Santo and Johnny version from back in the day was something to hear.  On my AM radio, listening to KFSD, sitting at the Aztec Drive-in down El Cajon Blvd in San Diego.  My 1950 Kaiser Traveller all spiffed up.  My delicious girl friend with the Beehive Hairdo, Poodle Skirt and a #40 MaidenForm uplift bra emulating the Great Pyramids, we watching Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in some beachblanket bingo movie.  My throbbing ruby tipped Engine of Love ensnared in the restraining straight-jacket prison of my levis, feeling her tongue and mine squirming together like a basket of cocaine-crazed electric eels dancing a frenetic St. Vitus Dance as they writhe in Frenzied Urgency as if they were slowly boiled alive in a gigantic fleshy cavern of biting teeth, salivary juices and smashing metal braces.

At least I think that was what happened back in the Good Ole Days.
 
Did you write" 50 Shades of Gray"?
Posted 11 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Pretty darned SWEET! The original still has some certain sound to it that maybe nothing can re-create, but it's mighty fine to hear this, too!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
every time I hear this song, I think of the scene from Prophecy where Christopher Walken and his zombie companion ask the waitress Madge for directions ... https://www.brego.net/d01/movies/prophecy-walken/pro-w-16-madge-320.mov
Posted 11 years ago by mcdonna    [ Reply ]
Nothing can be as good as the original.  Santo & Johnny also didn't have King Crimson's Robert Fripp laying down the ambient background track to the tune.  A solid '8' to the original tune's '10'.
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 ick wrote:

Uh, this is a tune interpreted by Satriani... it was written by Santo & Johnny Farina.

 
..and Ann Farina too apparently.

I only remember the Shadows version, from 1961. 
Posted 12 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
Love Joe's slower pieces.  More please Bill? {#Yes}
Posted 12 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Nice music from a time when artists flowed across genre boundaries... Pick up a few of the Santo and Johnny CDs... dance slowly...
Good sound to add to the flow this afternoon... I like this day's soundtrack... Movies of my days with soundtrack by RP... If I had a shorter plot, the movie might sell... but this plot has twists and turns that take a lifeime to develop with characters shalow and complex... Just like real life... Harlequin-? Nope... Black Sparrow-? Maybe... a very weak maybe
 
My older brothers had this track on a Santo & Johnny LP; it was great to grow up hearing their version.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Not nearly as good as the original.  Only worth a 4.
Posted 12 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
Nice music from a time when artists flowed across genre boundaries... Pick up a few of the Santo and Johnny CDs... dance slowly...
Good sound to add to the flow this afternoon... I like this day's soundtrack... Movies of my days with soundtrack by RP... If I had a shorter plot, the movie might sell... but this plot has twists and turns that take a lifeime to develop with characters shalow and complex... Just like real life... Harlequin-? Nope... Black Sparrow-? Maybe... a very weak maybe
Posted 12 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
Ah yes, the Santo and Johnny version from back in the day was something to hear.  On my AM radio, listening to KFSD, sitting at the Aztec Drive-in down El Cajon Blvd in San Diego.  My 1950 Kaiser Traveller all spiffed up.  My delicious girl friend with the Beehive Hairdo, Poodle Skirt and a #40 MaidenForm uplift bra emulating the Great Pyramids, we watching Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in some beachblanket bingo movie.  My throbbing ruby tipped Engine of Love ensnared in the restraining straight-jacket prison of my levis, feeling her tongue and mine squirming together like a basket of cocaine-crazed electric eels dancing a frenetic St. Vitus Dance as they writhe in Frenzied Urgency as if they were slowly boiled alive in a gigantic fleshy cavern of biting teeth, salivary juices and smashing metal braces.

At least I think that was what happened back in the Good Ole Days.
  ...Is this a first draft for Harlequin Romance?
Posted 12 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
 {#Guitarist} Give it up for Satch! 
 

Posted 12 years ago by tclodes    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 12 years ago by Michallik    [ Reply ]
 justsomeone wrote:


Dude, this is a family friendly program..
 

{#Lol}
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
Ah yes, the Santo and Johnny version from back in the day was something to hear.  On my AM radio, listening to KFSD, sitting at the Aztec Drive-in down El Cajon Blvd in San Diego.  My 1950 Kaiser Traveller all spiffed up.  My delicious girl friend with the Beehive Hairdo, Poodle Skirt and a #40 MaidenForm uplift bra emulating the Great Pyramids, we watching Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in some beachblanket bingo movie.  My throbbing ruby tipped Engine of Love ensnared in the restraining straight-jacket prison of my levis, feeling her tongue and mine squirming together like a basket of cocaine-crazed electric eels dancing a frenetic St. Vitus Dance as they writhe in Frenzied Urgency as if they were slowly boiled alive in a gigantic fleshy cavern of biting teeth, salivary juices and smashing metal braces.

At least I think that was what happened back in the Good Ole Days.
 

Dude, this is a family friendly program..
Posted 13 years ago by justsomeone    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, the Santo and Johnny version from back in the day was something to hear.  On my AM radio, listening to KFSD, sitting at the Aztec Drive-in down El Cajon Blvd in San Diego.  My 1950 Kaiser Traveller all spiffed up.  My delicious girl friend with the Beehive Hairdo, Poodle Skirt and a #40 MaidenForm uplift bra emulating the Great Pyramids, we watching Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in some beachblanket bingo movie.  My throbbing ruby tipped Engine of Love ensnared in the restraining straight-jacket prison of my levis, feeling her tongue and mine squirming together like a basket of cocaine-crazed electric eels dancing a frenetic St. Vitus Dance as they writhe in Frenzied Urgency as if they were slowly boiled alive in a gigantic fleshy cavern of biting teeth, salivary juices and smashing metal braces.

At least I think that was what happened back in the Good Ole Days.


Posted 13 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:

I'll always be partial to Santo & Johnny, but this is the one JS track I can appreciate.
 
This is a cool and faithful version.
Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
My father has this on Ipod
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
I like it, he didn't mess with it too much.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
ha! funny, I was thinking of uploading a Satriani tune but didn't think it would make the cut.
Don't like a lot of his stuff,but he's got a few kickers. 
 
Uh, this is a tune interpreted by Satriani... it was written by Santo & Johnny Farina.

Posted 13 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Perfidious.
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
ha! funny, I was thinking of uploading a Satriani tune but didn't think it would make the cut.
Don't like a lot of his stuff,but he's got a few kickers. 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]

«12 Monkeys» OST by T.Gilliam, remember and like this



Posted 13 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
Some songs just have a magical ability to transport me back in time.  This one does it everytime.

Posted 14 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
Never understood why artists choose to do their own renditions of tunes that are already perfect. Santo and Johnny...were it. This is a great attempt...perhaps its a tribute to what they enjoyed or were influenced by.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
And let him sleep.

Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Better than Becks, near as good as Santo & Johnny. Both being a 10.

Posted 14 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Missing Santos & Johnny... but for the new people on the planet...
Enjoy...


Posted 14 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
I keep waiting for the guitar to jump up an octave and begin screaming!!!  I like it!
Posted 14 years ago by repeat108    [ Reply ]
 Ericac wrote:
Had to stop work to comment. This song brings me straight back to a high school dance. Slow dancing with the best looking girl in my class. Wow!
 
Wow, I bet that was an "uplifting" experience.

Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
What a surprise to hear Joe HERE! Yay!!! I so wish this man would do a retro CD. Sigh.
Posted 15 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
About time somebody covered this and played it with real style  {#Bananajam}

Posted 15 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
original or not, I'll take any satch I can get{#Cheesygrin}
Posted 15 years ago by crazy    [ Reply ]
 bugleboy624 wrote:
I like the Brian Setzer version better, but only because it has a horn section.

This is a great tune too.
 
I'll always be partial to Santo & Johnny, but this is the one JS track I can appreciate.


Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I like the Brian Setzer version better, but only because it has a horn section.

This is a great tune too.
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
 Mugro wrote:

Elevator Music.




 
Do they even play music in elevators anymore??   :)
pbm


Posted 16 years ago by Patti    [ Reply ]
Had to stop work to comment. This song brings me straight back to a high school dance. Slow dancing with the best looking girl in my class. Wow!
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
Hard to beat anything that Danny has done. Dude wrote:
Nice... but I like Danny Gatton's versions better.
Posted 16 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
fretman wrote:
This one sounds like much of Satriani's stuff- without much soul, but technically really well done.
I agree. I could tell from the first note it wasn't S&J - something just "missing" in the feeling department.
Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
I can only think of Terry Gilliam's Brazil whenever I hear this... love-ly.
Posted 16 years ago by WhiskeyDude    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of being in Hawaii for some reason.
Posted 16 years ago by agbar713    [ Reply ]
Lovely tune - let yourself be a touch sentimental for a moment that's all! Terrific version of this Brian Seltzer classic by Amos Garrett, actually.....
Posted 16 years ago by Coffers    [ Reply ]
Strange Beautiful Music, indeed!
Posted 16 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]
Elevator Music.
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
I want to hug that guitar.
Posted 16 years ago by kindermanltd    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD.
Huh, what'd ya say? Ya can't fear healing, was it?
Posted 17 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
It's not a bad one, but there are much better tunes of Joe Satriani; tunes where one really can feel the fire of his guitar!
Posted 17 years ago by Nabla    [ Reply ]
Kristi wrote:
Oh, oh, oh. I feel very sorry for you, hon.
You can HEAR the agony...
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD. Maybe this particular track evokes some feeling in you, and that's great - but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music. And again...feeling alone, if it's really there, does not equal something good. Need I repeat my grotesque turd analogy?
Oh, oh, oh. I feel very sorry for you, hon.
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote: You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. ........ but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music. bokey wrote:
I'm seriously sad for you dude.Honestly with all my heart I am.
Kind of like saying that food has no flavor..
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
ooooo creepy...depending on the movie...LOVE it!
Posted 17 years ago by Rendergirl    [ Reply ]
Am I the only one who prefers Modest Mouse's version?
Posted 17 years ago by jodygold    [ Reply ]
junebaby65 wrote:
Good to see Joe playing something relaxed and tasteful and proving that he can do more than shred...
I've always liked Joe's playing for just that reason, he can do more than just shred. A great sense of melody in his playing.
Posted 17 years ago by gopre    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
everybody shut up and dance........
REEEEEEEALLY close...
Posted 17 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
Dude wrote:
Nice... but I like Danny Gatton's versions better.
I'd agree- Danny's is probably better than Santo and Johnny's (sacreligious gasp!). This one sounds like much of Satriani's stuff- without much soul, but technically really well done.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. . . . . . . . . but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music.
I'm seriously sad for you dude. Honestly with all my heart I am.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
everybody shut up and dance........
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Nice... but I like Danny Gatton's versions better.
Posted 17 years ago by Dude    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD.
Hmm, but we do appear to be able to type it...
Posted 17 years ago by ksb    [ Reply ]
leathepea wrote:
You can't hear feeling? You are either deaf, or just plain stupid. That's what really good music evokes, feeling or a connection between you and the music. So if the music you are listening doesn't evoke a feeling in you, then maybe you are listening to the wrong music or the wrong artist.
agreed
Posted 17 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
dowdog999 wrote:
Some people will take issue with anything. Who are you to say that a person can't hear feeling? Is that what you learned in your music appreciation class? I'm not a great musician, but I've been playing guitar for over 20 years, have played with several people, and IMHO, once a musician achieves a certain degree of technical ability, what makes the difference in the sound is the 'feeling' or 'soul' that he or she puts into it. This feeling that I speak of isn't about making freaky-looking faces or crazy body gestures, it's about being completely in the moment while playing and pulling the music from within you, not from your instrument. For this reason, even a musician who is capable of playing with feeling will occasionally have bad days, and it's noticeable to those listening. Furthermore, there's often a correlation between a musician's life experience, personality and sensitivity, and the amount of feeling that is transmitted through his or her playing. This is not something that is measurable, nor proved scientifically... it's something one senses. I, for one, can HEAR feeling, as I believe most people can. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that feeling is the first thing people perceive when listening to a piece of music. I would, however, agree that feeling is not always a good thing... I believe that John Lee Hooker sings with a lot of feeling, but I find him irritating.
Great Post
Posted 17 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
leathepea wrote:
ploafmaster wrote: You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD. Maybe this particular track evokes some feeling in you, and that's great - but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music. And again...feeling alone, if it's really there, does not equal something good. Need I repeat my grotesque turd analogy? You can't hear feeling? You are either deaf, or just plain stupid. That's what really good music evokes, feeling or a connection between you and the music. So if the music you are listening doesn't evoke a feeling in you, then maybe you are listening to the wrong music or the wrong artist.
Some people CAN'T hear feeling. But to generalize that all people can't is dead wrong. Like saying no one has perfect pitch, or no one sees colors when hearing sounds. We're all wired up differently. Maybe PloafMeister can't hear feeling. But certainly (opinion follows) if he's listening to Joe Satriani, he can't hear it, because I believe it has to be present to be felt.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
ploafmaster wrote:
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD. Maybe this particular track evokes some feeling in you, and that's great - but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music. And again...feeling alone, if it's really there, does not equal something good. Need I repeat my grotesque turd analogy?
You can't hear feeling? You are either deaf, or just plain stupid. That's what really good music evokes, feeling or a connection between you and the music. So if the music you are listening doesn't evoke a feeling in you, then maybe you are listening to the wrong music or the wrong artist.
Posted 17 years ago by leathepea    [ Reply ]
bobdylan wrote:
Makes me want to do the prom rub. Go Moondoggy Go!
Shall we dance?
Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines    [ Reply ]
Makes me want to do the prom rub. Go Moondoggy Go!
Posted 17 years ago by bobdylan    [ Reply ]
Some people will take issue with anything. Who are you to say that a person can't hear feeling? Is that what you learned in your music appreciation class? I'm not a great musician, but I've been playing guitar for over 20 years, have played with several people, and IMHO, once a musician achieves a certain degree of technical ability, what makes the difference in the sound is the 'feeling' or 'soul' that he or she puts into it. This feeling that I speak of isn't about making freaky-looking faces or crazy body gestures, it's about being completely in the moment while playing and pulling the music from within you, not from your instrument. For this reason, even a musician who is capable of playing with feeling will occasionally have bad days, and it's noticeable to those listening. Furthermore, there's often a correlation between a musician's life experience, personality and sensitivity, and the amount of feeling that is transmitted through his or her playing. This is not something that is measurable, nor proved scientifically... it's something one senses. I, for one, can HEAR feeling, as I believe most people can. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that feeling is the first thing people perceive when listening to a piece of music. I would, however, agree that feeling is not always a good thing... I believe that John Lee Hooker sings with a lot of feeling, but I find him irritating. ploafmaster wrote:
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD. Maybe this particular track evokes some feeling in you, and that's great - but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music. And again...feeling alone, if it's really there, does not equal something good. Need I repeat my grotesque turd analogy?
Posted 17 years ago by dowdog999    [ Reply ]
You. Can't. Hear. Feeling. PERIOD. Maybe this particular track evokes some feeling in you, and that's great - but to say some music has feeling or doesn't is one of the weirdest things people ever say about music. And again...feeling alone, if it's really there, does not equal something good. Need I repeat my grotesque turd analogy? dowdog999 wrote:
I can't stand Joe Satriani. But, this is good... very good. It actually seems to have some feeling backing that obvious technical ability. A worthy cover.
Posted 17 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
I can't stand Joe Satriani. But, this is good... very good. It actually seems to have some feeling backing that obvious technical ability. A worthy cover.
Posted 17 years ago by dowdog999    [ Reply ]
This ranks up high with the great covers of this song, (in my book) along with Jeff Beck's version, and Steve Howe's. Great subtle playing from Joe.
Posted 17 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Just one complaint: Too short!
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Sweet... Need to go back to bed; or, shall we sleep dance? 100% agree with today's comments.
Posted 18 years ago by OG    [ Reply ]
AlienRelic wrote:
Great song from the best disc Joe has made in years.
Agreed. Though I like Super Colossal a lot.
Posted 18 years ago by TheLuggage    [ Reply ]
The original Sleepwalk was one of the seminal instrumental hits of the early 60s, the golden era of instrumental rock. This cover really does it justice. Perfect 10.
Posted 18 years ago by mrfandi    [ Reply ]
Good to see Joe playing something relaxed and tasteful and proving that he can do more than shred...
Posted 18 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Cascade Waltz, by German group Can
Posted 18 years ago by swaller    [ Reply ]
i'm getting sleepy....
Posted 18 years ago by phillips    [ Reply ]
mysteryplane wrote:
I have the feeling he didnt write this one... anyone know who wrote the song?
Like many have noted below, first thought I had when I heard the opening notes was: "Alright! RP is playing Ritchie Valens!!! 'We Belong Together', love that one! Haven't heard it in years!" Not!... Apparently, it is not even a Ritchie Valens original (as far as the music is concerned), as I've just found out on a Joe Satriani blog site:
Sleep Walk covers a Santo & Johnny hit from 1959...
Or wasn't Richie Valens killed before 1959? Don't remember...
Posted 18 years ago by NewHorizons    [ Reply ]
I have the feeling he didnt write this one... anyone know who wrote the song?
Posted 18 years ago by mysteryplane    [ Reply ]
sounds like joe slept through this one and had one of his roadies phone it in. . . yawn
Posted 18 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
This song always takes me away to one of my happy places (it's good to have more than one happy place you know) Makes me feel dreamy and relaxed...
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
another....right the f--k on
Posted 18 years ago by jasminejean    [ Reply ]
I've always loved this song... my Dad used to have the Santos and Johnny album when I was little and it just makes me happy.
Posted 18 years ago by eskridtc    [ Reply ]
Great song from the best disc Joe has made in years.
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
jagdriver wrote:
Long live Santo & Johnny!!!!!!
amen. . . . this is a really nice update, btw
Posted 18 years ago by grant    [ Reply ]
Bizzarefall wrote:
NOOOOO NOT MY RITCHIEEEEEE Not my Ritchie Bob...
That's CLASSIC!!!! First thing I thought of when I heard this....ahhh...La Bamba!
Posted 18 years ago by riocharlie    [ Reply ]