Members zepfan976 Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 People who spend much time on this forum, instead of playing their guitars, are often rock-wannabies. They prefer guitarists on their own level, like Jimmy Page and Kurt Cobain, so they can say that their are not so bad anyway. They can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zepfan976 Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 You are out to impress yourself and actually do, your a shredder. made me LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chiro972 Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 I never heard of all the assault stuff until today. I just never liked his music. Just me. If you do then great. I do find it funny how some people idolize him and call him maestro. Sounds like an episode of Seinfeld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KoaFreak Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 The second anyone posts about a guitarist who isn't a country/blues/jazz player the elderly folk {censored} a brick. Thats how HCEG rolls, apparently.I vividly recall the Alternative '90s pukes jumping on the bandwagon claiming to be influenced by various jazz or blues artists, when in reality, they owed a lot more to punk bands and '70s/'80s rock bands, only it wasn't fashionable to cite those influences. They wanted to do anything to distance themselves from '80s metal. The most obvious example was a {censored}head I called Joe Sellout. Never knew his actual name, but I saw him watching a metal show at a club in the around 1991 with long glam metal hair, silvertip cowboy boots, ripped denim, etc., looked like he came from MTV. Saw him again in 1992 after the Cobain Revolution started, he was wearing flannel, greasy mid length hair, sneakers, the Grunge look, looked like he came from MTV, again, wholesale image change. I wouldn't doubt he later went through a preppy boy band phase and rapper stage also, maybe K-FED junior? I've always liked old school rock and metal. The '90s didn't change that. The {censored} music of today sure as hell didn't either. Yngwie is way over the top with his ego, but I'll be honest, I think it can be funny at times, entertaining and clownish. Many musiciains that know him closely seem to think very highly of him, I think it's part of his "rock star" personna taken a bit too far, but he's not a bad guy at heart. He's definitely done some amazing things over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big Muff Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 When chicks do not dig your music, you might be a shredder. When you use a RG, Jackson, Explorer, or other thin necked pointy instruments at all, then you might be a shredder. If you think the monkey grip is cool on the Ibanez Jem models, you might be a shredder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reuben Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 Said the exceptional classical virtuoso with an unbelievable technique and an unparallelled sense of melody, also a distinguished scholar and an expert in the area western classical music and music theory, an outstanding expert in the speciality area "baroque compositions".Yngwie, is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted May 29, 2007 Members Share Posted May 29, 2007 http://www.blabbermouth.net/yngwie_tokyo_flight.mp3 Ok so Yngwie threatened to kill an airline stewardess. The man is an amazing player weather you like his music or not. For the people who said he writes songs around his solos, have you ever actually listened to any of his music ? His instrumental stuff is a bit like that, but even that has some cool neo-classical melodies in it. His vocal stuff is pretty decent music, even if the lyrics are pretty cheesy. Bottom line you either love him or hate him, but that doesn't change the fact that he can play like a mother{censored}er. I don't see or hear people hating on classical musicians who play technically perfect music very fast. http://youtube.com/watch?v=TyY-8N8TMUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tnttnttnt Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Excellent thread! Here I go: 1. About him being an "asshole". I don't think he is, you can tell by watching how he reacted on the Young Guitar DVD when he is asked about people ripping him off. 2. About him beating his wife. We don't know what happened. Maybe even if Gandhi was married to her he would beat her up. Maybe he didn't touch her. Why should this affect you on how you like his music? I appreciate good art even if it comes from a scumbag. And it would probably be better than some goody-goody's art from my experience. 3. About him not growing musically. We're talking about a boy genius. By the time he was 19 he had the musical maturity of people twice his age. There's not much more room for expansion. Should he have stopped making albums after '88? That's a good question. 4. One thing anoys me about him though. He claims he doesn't follow modern music, he only listens to classical music, that the last album he bought was Burn by Deep Purple (or something). That's sad in my opinion. 5. His downfall is that he thinks he is as good as Blackmore. Technically he is thousands of times better. But as a composer he is nothing compared to Blackmore. I wish he could realize that and start working with other musicians that will help him evolve as a composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 i wouldn't ever say the guy "sucks." god knows he can probably play better with his feet than i can with my hands. but god almighty, i just cannot listen to that {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassturd Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Personally, I've never seen or heard anything from him, where there was any soul or emotion in his playing -- sure he can play fast (like a robot), but that's all he's got (IMHO). http://youtube.com/watch?v=SzW8fi8z5C8 listen to that then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 The guy can play...........Thats a give-in. But THATS not what the QUESTION is? Why doe's everyone seem to HATE him? HATE is a very strong word. I don't HATE anyone. I dislike certain individuals BEHAVIOR. But I don't HATE them. As for MALMSTEEN? I just think he looks kind of Femanine. Other than that I have NO issue with him. I also am NOT a big fan of his music? But so-what. Thats a personal choice. I don't favor Hip-Hop either? {censored}.. that don't mean {censored}! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 I listen to Yngwie because I feel he did it better than most rock guitarists back then. I have an Alcatrazz bootleg that truly shows what a talented and musical player he was early on in his career. His playing was oozing with passion and determination, he played that thing like the fate of the world depended on it. After a few years, he started getting pretty samey, both the playing and the actual music. I still like his playing today, but I can see why many don't care for it if all they've heard is the newer stuff. Put on Rising Force, or the aforementioned Alcatrazz bootleg, and you'll hear the most promising rock guitarist around in those days. Those saying he lacks 'feel' and 'soul' simply don't get it. You don't have to be a damn plantation worker to put passion into those notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oyaji Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 What I don't understand is why he chose alcatrazz. I mean, this incredibly talented guitarist that knows damn well he's talented gets hooked up with Graham Bonnet who is a horrendous front man. The guy can't even sing without flatting out, and he looks absolutely nothing like the 80s spandex boys that yngwie hired after he left alcatrazz. of course the same could be said for Vai who took his place. I just don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 What I don't understand is why he chose alcatrazz. I mean, this incredibly talented guitarist that knows damn well he's talented gets hooked up with Graham Bonnet who is a horrendous front man. The guy can't even sing without flatting out, and he looks absolutely nothing like the 80s spandex boys that yngwie hired after he left alcatrazz. of course the same could be said for Vai who took his place. I just don't get itGraham Bonnet was in Rainbow. Rainbow was huge in Japan, as well as many other countries. Hooking up with Bonnet was a great way of getting your name out there, even if it wasn't the ideal setting for either Malmsteen or Vai. Malmsteen knew already then that he was gonna be bigger than Bonnet, and that he would be bigger without Bonnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Did you just put Jimmy page and KC in the same sentence while equating their playing abilities? Please say it ain't so... I mean, you meant someone else than JP, right? Right? You can't possibly have so much {censored} stuck in your ears that to you, those two musicians are even remotely comparable in terms of their guitar playing abilities, right? Amazing isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wedgehed II Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 http://youtube.com/watch?v=SzW8fi8z5C8 listen to that then From the comment section.The longest stretch of decent guitar playing is at 3:30 and lasts less than 10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4&mode=related&search=Wankery. I actually liked this, but... Did anyone else notice that the repeated "chorus" line (:45-:48, for example) sounds like the Dethklok theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mygal Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 well he's cocky even when he haggles...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQuhDSxYB1o&mode=related&search="allright you fokked, 3,5. Don't put no fokkin' tax on that, it's 3,5 flat, allright?"but seriously he bears an odd resemblance to Louis XIV, or is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheepeH Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 ^ I could understand a word of what he's saying. and he's a {censored}ing douchbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dixie789456 Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 i'd rather hear a 30 sec. solo that complements a real song than 5 min. of nothing but fast scales. of course i'm a little biased..... i can't stand shredding unless its in a metal band, not hair metal that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Has anyone here actually listened to Joe Satriani's self-titled album? Not a bit of shred on that whole cd...gritty, smokey delta style blues, with a little funk and jazz fusion thrown in. Great disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MAWindsor Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 Forget you haters Malmsteen rocks better than any of you so get over it your just mad because he is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4&mode=related&search= Wankery. That douchbag should just get a haircut, so he'd look like any of 500,000 fat rural Minnesotans. Then his guitaring would be all the more impressive. He'd be a dead-on look alike for Chief Wiggums. http://youtube.com/watch?v=0tpUHRaZvHE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clarky Posted May 30, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 well he's cocky even when he haggles...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQuhDSxYB1o&mode=related&search= wow.. the guy with the "hair" in the "Andy's" guitar store with him is a pal of mine..one of the Luthiers in that store did all the customer work to my Stratwe is like bestist buds... ok.. in that vid there is nothing flash at all...jeez guys he's having a laugh in front of the camera...he has a dry sense of humour...take all this litterally and you're seeing the wrong {censored}..he's clearly messing around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dixie789456 Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 i may not play "better" than him but i would "prefer" to listen to my playing anyday over his! am i better hell no do i sound better hell yeah!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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