I was amazed by Yngwie when he first came out. After a while, though, he just sounded lilke a cassette tape on fast forward! I remember the album Rising Force had Barriemore Barlowe on drums. Boy, was he wasted on that! You could have had any generic rock drummer play what he laid down. Yngwie always seemed to have a somewhat exalted opinion of himself and seemed to think he was the second coming of Bach or Beethoven as related to metal. I think I agree that he peaked with Alcatrazz.
GAWD! That "Dead of Night" cover sounds like something out of Europe's Final Countdown - and the intro like one of those 80s Super Channel commercials for downhill skipaste.
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This was fun stuff when I was 15 or so. I was into Yngwie before I seriously tried to play guitar, so I can't count him as an inspiration. Never wanted to play like that, though his chord progressions were always classically cool so I did pick up some ideas there. Seeing him live was like going to the circus and watching the people jump through hoops of fire. Fun to watch, but you don't exactly wanna run off an join the circus the next day, if you know what I mean. At least I didn't, but obviously many did!
Oh noes- it's a cover? I didn't click on it. I'm afraid. Very afraid.
Cheezy dragonslayer pomp, but the dude sure can shred.
I agree with Geek about the Alcatrazz album.
Good tunes ,in an 80s way, with wonderful short guitar solos that literally exploded!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
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I enjoy Marching Out as a big guilty pleasure, but the production is dreadful. The first album is obviously more of a classic.
His songwriting improved quickly after this, and Trilogy is a big upgrade in that way. By the time of his fifth studio album, Eclipse, I think he demonstrated an ability to write very good melodic hard rock to go along with his shredding skills.
He relies too much on a handful of stock licks and devices in his soloing, but his underlying melodic command and passionate phrasing are fairly unique among the neoclassical shredders.
[QUOTE=Guitarplyrjvb;385165]I I remember the album Rising Force had Barriemore Barlowe on drums. Boy, was he wasted on that! You could have had any generic rock drummer play what he laid down."
Don't agree his drumming on tracks like Now Your Ships Are Burned was most welcome, and probably not something that any rock drummer would have played. Marching Out is an album I was a fan of and it was great to have both Jens and Anders Johansson on the album.
Always liked the section starting at 0:50, but there are generally far too few of these moments on any given Yngwie album.
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It's like the original, but with all the taste edited out. Too heavy, too many notes, leaden drumming, yowling metal vocals, keyboards exiled to the background instead of as an equal partner, the solo "shows off" in a way Holdsy doesn't - it sounds like Dream Theater on a really bad night.
Good for him. That by itself doesn't automatically mean he's a well rounded and versatile guitarist. I've seen him twice and he's good but compared to other guitarists he seems to be a one trick poney. I suppose you could say the same about a lot of guitarists but to me his playing just seems mechanical or something.
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Stupid question perhaps but "can" he play a slow/midtempo solo without overdoing it or speeding up at the end? Any suggestions?
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I am a fan of his early stuff, like up until Trilogy. Since then it has been just retreads with a couple of highlights you have to dig around to find. I think he can do some amazing stuff when he slows down, the solo in Dark Ages is pretty tasty. I've seen him live a couple times and it's a little easier to focus on his guitar work and look past the silly vocal subjects. Some years ago at G3 he played a song called Baroque & Roll (I think..) that flat out blew me away. The tight leather pants and 32 bracelets on a 50-year-old was a little silly, but the music world is definitely better of with Yngwie around.
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