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Premise: Vai is a great professional, a talented and skilled guitarist, and the fact that Tender Surrender is a plagiarism doesn’t mean he can’t evoke emotions in the listener. But since we’re talking about originality, genius, non-trivial riffs, and an homage dedicated to "the man from Seattle" (pathetic), about aliens and serious accusations directed at the most talented pupil of "the wizard of Arcella," etc... I invite you to listen to the album "Live at Woodstock," full CD Jimi Hendrix (easily downloadable online) exactly from minute 58:55 to 1:01:35. Vai was wrong not to dedicate this piece to the great Jimi as well; in fact, I’d say it’s just a well-disguised cover. Clearly, he relied blindly on the great ignorance of his listeners. Messiah of bullshit... Vai, go back to studying your bends instead of mocking your fans... I listen to whoever I want and don’t accept advice from an incompetent like you... let’s drop it: there’s none more deaf than those who don’t want to listen... see you never again because you’ve already pissed me off, you, Steve Vai and your know-it-all nonsense.

Malmsteen is right when he says that Vai misses the bends; before making albums titled "Alien Secret and other nonsense," it's better that he goes back to studying the bends properly. I listen to whoever I want and I don't take advice from a loser like you... let's leave it at that: there's no worse deaf person than one who doesn't want to listen... don't contact me again because you've already annoyed me, Steve Vai and your know-it-all attitude.

I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that.

I listen to whoever I want and I don't take advice from an incompetent like you... let's drop it: there’s no one more deaf than those who don’t want to listen... don't contact me again because you’ve already gotten on my nerves, Steve, get lost with your know-it-all attitude.

It was interesting up to "eat'em and smile" and "skyscraper"... then he lived off past glories, always proposing the same old soup, focusing originality more on the guitars he endorses than on the music itself. When I think that Hendrix bought his guitars in stores and that Fender didn't even bother to make a left-handed Strat for him... I can't help but laugh... Now to answer your question: the structure of the piece is "in the style of Santana," the rhythmic intentions and the chords are "in the style of Hendrix," the use of octaves is "in the style of Montgomery," and the tapping is "in the style of Van Halen"... up to this point, nothing extraordinary, as these are styles used by the majority of modern guitarists. The "cherry on top" is the theme/riff: a copy-paste taken from the improvisation Hendrix did at Woodstock. I see nothing astonishing or original in all this. If it were a piece written by a debuting guitarist, hats off, but from the "alien messiah" Vai (with 20 years of experience behind him), it is absolutely unacceptable. So we are dealing with PLAGIARISM.

I said famous for being the most beautiful and original, not the most famous and celebrated… anyway, let's get to the point: “The superb technique is what stands out the most, but the truly astonishing thing is that the quality of the pieces, their structure, is of absolute value, diverging from the lullabies of other guitarists, who usually write banal riffs to embellish them with impossible virtuosities.” Now I'll explain why I rated your review and the album one star. In “Tender Surrender,” instead of writing a banal riff, he had the “genius” (cunning) idea to do a copy-paste directly from the '70s and then adorn it with a worn-out solo. Up to this point, there’s nothing strange; sampling riffs to make music is common today. But at the cost of being boring and repetitive... it’s not fair to pass all this off as original, astonishing, and the result of sound experimentation, especially towards those who genuinely seek to be original and personal. Vai is a great professional who enjoys, more or less successfully, mixing his various musical influences. continue...

But how many useless words you say, you sound like a satellite always circling around the topic. Tender Surrender (famous for being Vai's most beautiful and original piece) is a PLAGIARISM, the fact that you don't understand where it was copied from makes me have serious doubts about your musical culture. But that's not the point, all music is more or less a continuous recycling and we are all inevitably influenced by someone, but I find your (blè) at Santana ridiculous when Tender Surrender is precisely a piece structured "in the Santana style"; shall we talk about where he copied the theme from???? the rhythmic insights????... perhaps one day you will discover it for yourself and then your "inarrivabilemessiah" will seem more earthly and human. My critiques are directed at a highly decorated, billionaire, acclaimed, venerated guitarist etc. and not at some street musician. Regarding the blè at Clapton, Santana, and SRV: the first two have made the history of electric guitar and are pioneers, SRV is a bluesman who has always acknowledged his Hendrixian roots and anyway, they have never claimed to be original and alien.

Great album and great Police: fresh and vitamin-rich.

Tender Surrender: an original theme, meticulously crafted rhythmic ideas, futuristic sounds, a lightning-fast solo; who knows what a struggle it must have been for the alien to give birth to such a PLAGIO... passing all this off as original, alien, and the result of sound experimentation seems a bit exaggerated to me. What do you say, Mr. Iko?????

Enough with the idea that Cobain didn’t want to become an icon: he could have stayed home and not bothered anyone.. but was it really necessary to invent so much crap to promote a band and sell records?????