Yngwie - Guitar God!

guitar007 · Post by **guitar007** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:26 pm

yngwie308

I don't own anything by YM. If you could recommend only one CD...his "best"...which one would it be?

worldoftone · Post by **worldoftone** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:45 pm

Rising Force, then I would get the Steeler CD.

- WOT

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:58 pm

I love Magnum Opus,the track Voodoo in particular,on Alchemy,the track the Stand.It is hard to pick just one album.Rising Force is a classic of course.
Leader I was trying to apologize to you from the other guys post,007,just check out a bunch of You Tube videos and you will get a feeling for his music.In fact start on Malmsteen Topics Only and click on all the video links that I have placed there.
Leader,I respect your opinion,but for me Yngwie is a Master of The Stratocaster,completely.
guitar007,PM me and I will discuss Yngwie's stuff with you!
yngwie308

toner · Post by **toner** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:39 am

That is funny! After seeing Malmsteen live, getting drunk and acting WAY too cocky, I lost a lot of respect for him. I could tell his band mates were getting sick of it too.

Don't get me wrong, he's a very skilled guitarist and some of his early stuff also has a good "feel" and showed some restraint. However, I think his ego doesn't allow him to truly learn from the classical composers he emulates.

As for all his stuff sounding the same, you could say that about a lot of bands/musicians and it's not necessarily bad. How diverse has AC/DC been? How about SRV? etc...

I like a lot of styles like early AC/DC because they knew what they were good at and stuck with a winning formula.

Leader · Post by **Leader** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:38 am

yngwie308 wrote:Leader I was trying to apologize to you from the other guys post,007,just check out a bunch of You Tube videos and you will get a feeling for his music.In fact start on Malmsteen Topics Only and click on all the video links that I have placed there.
Leader,I respect your opinion,but for me Yngwie is a Master of The Stratocaster,completely.
guitar007,PM me and I will discuss Yngwie's stuff with you!
yngwie308

Actually I was targeting the guy who called me an ignorant ass. I have no problems with people who can respect another person's opinion even if they don't agree without resorting to childish name calling. I do find that video funny. Allot of people, including myself see yingvay like that. lol

It's all good!

Maschinenmann · Post by **Maschinenmann** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:03 pm

yngwie308 wrote:Very Zen Sniperish,this clip is so old and not funny anymore,I had a feeling it was this old chesnut.
yngwie308

I didn't start this thread, but I did find it very amusing; no need to get yer panties in a twist man. Nice cheap shot btw, very thinly veiled, you've got some kind of hard on for anyone and everyone that doesn't share your enlightened/myopic view of "shredder king" (yawn)

Tip of the day Ingster, hero worship is for prepubescent twelve year olds.
IMHO.

rgalpin · Post by **rgalpin** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:28 pm

i remember when i first heard yngwie - for me it was the same sort of moment as the first time i heard edward - it's like i just go, "uh-oh!! everything just changed!!" at the time i had never heard anything that even remotely approached what yngwie was doing. so believe me i have a huge respect and appreciation for his work. that's part of what makes that video so funny - to reduce a FORCE like yngwie down to a silly wank-meister video lesson - that's why it's funny.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:30 pm

That clip WAS funny, but lets call a spade a spade here: if you overlook his better than thou attitude, his "worlds strongest man" accent, the viking clothing, and the fact that he put on about 100 pounds, and shouldn't (but still does) wear spandex (check out the ending of the G-3 dvd he's on--his ass is about to rip thru that shit) Yngwie IS the friggin' man with a guitar in his hands, plain and simple. Maybe his material is only digestable in small dosages, but remember that in the 1800's, people thought Niccolo Paganini (YM's biggest influence) sucked, and was insane. NOW he is considered a genius. I'd rather listen to Duane or Jimi anyday, but Yngwie knows the fretboard like very few others. (PLEASE dont tell me about Steve Vai--I grew up near him, and have seen him play more than a few times--awesome technique, but sterile sounding. His solo's sound like he is practicing scales.)

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:31 am

fillmore nyc wrote: (PLEASE dont tell me about Steve Vai--I grew up near him, and have seen him play more than a few times--awesome technique, but sterile sounding. His solo's sound like he is practicing scales.)

Hey, Fillmore. I saw Vai way back up in Roslyn, Wooden Ships Inn I think. He was playing Beck covers from "Wired" then and the shit down. This was just before he got his big Zappa break.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:25 pm

Hey, Chief... I saw Vai lots of times going back as far as the "Roxy" in Manhattan (the days of Frank Zappa), up to recently in Westbury Music Fair. He really puts on a great show, but his stuff all sounds pre-fab to me, like he played it a hundred times in the dressing room before he went out on stage. (which he probably did). It may be why he is such an astounding technician, but it never sounds improvised, always rehearsed. Good stuff none the less.

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:51 pm

fillmore nyc wrote:Hey, Chief... I saw Vai lots of times going back as far as the "Roxy" in Manhattan (the days of Frank Zappa), up to recently in Westbury Music Fair. He really puts on a great show, but his stuff all sounds pre-fab to me, like he played it a hundred times in the dressing room before he went out on stage. (which he probably did). It may be why he is such an astounding technician, but it never sounds improvised, always rehearsed. Good stuff none the less.

Cool. He is what he is and very good at it. I can't listen too long but I ain't gonna challenge him to a guitar duel either! (Well, until I learn my "Ralph Macchio" chops. That's from "Crossroads" for you yougin's...and I'm NOT talking Britney's movie of the same name...

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NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:22 pm

Vai was a big inspiration to me when I was a kid going from classic rock to keeping up with my peers with the faster stuff...I was glad just to see someone NOT doing the neoclassical thing when everyone and his brother was doing it...Also appreciated the fact that he did a lot of legato stuff which was more my thing. Unfortunately, I think his tone has basically gotten more and more sterile over the years with the gobs of processing and production. I still dig the rawness of Flexible.

fillmore nyc · Post by **fillmore nyc** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:35 pm

I agree with you, Nitro. He was very inspirational to me as well around the time Flexable came out, but like Chief said, I aint about to stand toe to toe with him and try trading any riffs!! I'll tell you what, though, when I saw Vai at the Roxy with Frank Zappa, he was absolutely ferocious. I used to go see Zappa when ever he played around the area, like the Halloween shows at the Palladium (I'm REALLY dating myself here) and Vai was just a force to be reckoned with at that time. BTW, another amazing guitar player that joined Zappa,s crew after Vai was Adrian Belew. He did some of the most amazing, most controlled fretboard gymnastics you could ever imagine. Terry Bozio was the drummer at this time, and the band was as tight as a clams ass. I guess Yngwie owes quite a few guys some props, but he does seem to have taken that kind of "top fuel dragster" playing to another (well, at least different) level. Ciao for now.

NitroLiq · Post by **NitroLiq** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:27 pm

Hell yeah...Bozzio and Belew...I remember writing a college paper on Zappa and renting the uncut version of Baby Snakes...Bozzio is an animal on that stuff.

Here's a great FZ and Vai jam on "Stevie's Spanking"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIbmkoxXm_4

zaphod777 · Post by **zaphod777** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:21 pm

Head cutting time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idb2dUtT ... ed&search=