Orianthi Nails Eddie Van Halen Beat It Licks! Wow!

You may remember my earlier post about the shred-tastic Orianthi. And if you have seen the Michael Jackson movie This Is It (I have yet to see it), she is the blonde rocker in his group.

While I thought the over the top guitar in the Avril Lavigne-esque pop tune didn't really work, the below video strips away all of that and just shows her as she is - a total shredder. I mean seriously, I have never seen anyone get Eddie Van Halen's licks down that accurately.

The incredulousness of the DJ is funny too. Enjoy:

WTF? Orianthi Is Avril Lavigne Meets Yngwie Malmsteen?

I was poking around the blogosphere last night and came across this video at Mr. Mike's Media Madness. It's this chick singer, Orianthi, and of course because she is hot I had to click on the video. What I heard was your average Avril Lavigne The Matrix chick pop song but then all of a sudden this shredding guitar came in and I realized it was coming from the fingers of Orianthi herself.

OK, so aside from the fact that the shred and this song do NOT go together, I thought it was very cool that this woman is such a fine guitarist. And damn it, if she turns a bunch of Miley-loving tween girls onto shredding guitar, then God Bless Her!

Also, according to Wikipedia, she was Michael Jackson's lead guitarist and "was present on all rehearsals for his This Is It tour before his death...She appears in the film This Is It, which chronicles the rehearsals for the tour" and is raking in loads of cash. Further proving that if you want a career pop, all you have to do is die.

Enjoy.