# Why don't women like Satriani? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780 "2008-11-21T03:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/1 "2008-11-21T03:53:13Z")
At least not enough to go to his concerts? I totally get that he’s a less-than-soulful technician, and that technique is a turn-on for (especially young) guys, but there have to be a FEW female music geeks out there who hear the 5-on-4 and think it’s impressive. I mean, I know from personal experience that there are women in music programs who have been through [“Elementary Training for Musicians”](http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Training-Musicians-Paul-Hindemith/dp/0901938165/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227239365&sr=1-1) and thought it was good stuff. Why aren’t they sitting in the front row at Joe’s concerts saying “That’s SO cool!”? I got a copy of the first G3 and noticed that there were no women to be seen. In fact, I’d go so far as to say there were only males between 15 and 30 in the audience. WTF??? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/2 "2008-11-21T04:07:11Z")
Huh. Don’t know. When I was more of a concert-going gal, I would have seen him, in a heartbeat. The man is teh shit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/3 "2008-11-21T07:43:17Z")
I don’t mind his music, but last time he was in town, I sent my husband off to talk to his brother-in-law about going to see him live. I have no interest in seeing him. I can’t actually tell you why - I’d go see Jesse Cook live in a heartbeat. Joe Satriani is the Rush of instrumental guitarists, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/4 "2008-11-21T11:26:10Z")
A girlfriend and I saw him a couple years ago. He was great. Mr. K and Mr. Friend stayed home (and Mr. Friend is a professional musician!). ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/5 "2008-11-21T13:18:13Z")
I’d love to see Satch live, but I’ve never had the opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/6 "2008-11-21T14:37:10Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > I’d love to see Satch live, but I’ve never had the opportunity. Same here. I have his first album and he features pretty prominently on my last.fm account. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/7 "2008-11-21T14:45:49Z")
Hmm…apparently I’m wrong. Let’s all get together and attend the same concert and sit in the front row. 🙂 It looks like tomorrow (Nov. 22, 2008) is the last stop on the current tour (in San Francisco) and I can’t make that. Maybe next time. [Joe’s tour page.](http://www.satriani.com/road/) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-like-satriani/473780/8 "2008-11-21T18:17:21Z")
He is a shredder and his concerts are wankfests. Now - he is a very tasteful as far as shredding goes and there is more to his playing than just shred-wanking, but that is the “easy” pigeonhole to stuff him into. No surprise that the appeal is mostly testosterone driven…