Search - Steve Vai: Alien Love Secrets on DVD


Steve Vai: Alien Love Secrets
Steve Vai Alien Love Secrets
Actor: Steve Vai
Genres: Music Video & Concerts
NR     2006

Now on DVD, this full-length matching video for Steve Vai's Alien Love Secrets includes full performances of all seven of the album's songs. The performance features Steve's power trio of Robbie Harrington on bass, Chris F...  more »

     
1

Larger Image

Movie Details

Actor: Steve Vai
Genres: Music Video & Concerts
Sub-Genres: Pop, Rock & Roll
Studio: Hal Leonard
Format: DVD - Color - Closed-captioned
DVD Release Date: 10/31/2006
Release Year: 2006
Screens: Color
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 2
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English
See Also:

Similar Movies

Where the Wild Things Are
2pc
Director: Steve Vai
4
   NR   2009   4hr 0min
Visual Sound Theories
Director: Steve Vai
2
   NR   2007   2hr 11min
G3 Live in Tokyo
?
   NR   2005   1hr 48min
 

Movie Reviews

Flawless
Brandon Stanley | United States | 01/13/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is essentially the "Alien Love Secrets" album, which was recorded around 1994, with Steve Vai and his group lip/finger synching along with the music. Mr. Vai accurately and quite interestingly synchs along, as precisely as you'd expect from someone of his perfectionist qualities. Needless to say, while it's not an authentic performance of the songs, but rather a recording of the guys synching along with a prior recording, it's the next best thing.
Not much else to comment on, as far as the performance is concerned. It takes place on one set, with Steve changing suits/skin colors (!!) between several of the tracks. His children even show up on "Ya Yo Gakk" and do silly things for the camera. The video transfer is pristine, and I have absolutely no qualms with it.
Now, the extras. The commentary track with Mr. Steve Vai is quite entertaining, although there are dead points here and there where he gets caught up in the movie and doesn't say much. His stories and description of things are always good....you get the feeling that he's sitting there, talking to you specifically about the songs. There are also alternate angles for a couple of tracks, which is nice, but probably won't be accessed more than once or twice. A featurette made as a promotion for his 1996 Epic Records recording, "Fire Garden", lasts about roughly 7-8 minutes, and is fun to watch. A discography, pictures, and other small things round it all up.
Although released pretty early on in the life of DVD technology, it remains one of the more fascinating and worth-while purchases of the musically-related DVD's that have been released up to this point in time. Steve Vai fans, guitar fans....I can't imagine you turning this one away."
Alien Love Child DVD Review
Tamer Sayin | 07/14/2001
(3 out of 5 stars)

"It was only a matter of days after seeing Steve Vai play live on the most recent G3 tour with Joe Satriani and John Petrucci that I decided to purchase this disk. There is nothing more exciting than seeing Vai play live, he is one of the most captivating performers of all time. That being said, you can imagine my disappointment when, during the first song, I realized that this is a collection of music videos and not live performances. I kept trying to tell myself at least I could still watch Steve's showmanship, but that thought went away every time I saw the drummer tap another crash cymbal. I know millions of people watch MTV to see their favorite artist pantomime their songs, but it just seems wrong to watch Vai do that.I'm not sorry I bought it; I'm happy to have it in my collection. I just won't be watching it much."
Is this a live dvd?
brian | south carolina | 04/23/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"ive watched the vhs version so many times now and still cant see that this was not a live show. (was it a live show? did steve actually split into 3 versions of himself on one of the songs?).
the sound quality is superb and the choreography is perfectly matched with the songs.
(i could do without the little kid playing drums though....)"
Steve Vai the Man
Tamer Sayin | 07/06/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you are Steve Vai fan or high quality guitar music lover, get this DVD as you can watch Steve playing (This not a Live Show), Steve even though not playing in real time, faitfully follows his solo lines, Great music but bad cameraman, constant moving camera gets bit annoying after awhile. But the music is fantastic."