you just gotta watch this one Yngwie playing awesome acoustic

Keira-WitherKay

that guitar has the worst acoustic sound i've heard at that level of performance but the playing is out of this world............
wowowowowowowo awesome playing and so precise

peace and light
keira

and here's a ps.......paul gilbert of Mr big fame playing "flamingo" as he calls it heheheh

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AlanRatcliffe

I thought it was badly executed myself. Speed uber alles. Tone is all pick attack and piezo quack. The original intro to the studio version of Black Star was simple and effective. I far prefer Al Dimeola for his nylon shredding.

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Alan Ratcliffe wrote I thought it was badly executed myself. Speed uber alles. Tone is all pick attack and piezo quack.

+1.

EDIT: Of course, I also don't think much of the tone of his electric stuff (at least, from that same Denver performance) - extremely...tinny. If guys here have talked about how Dan Patlansky sounds like Dan Patlansky despite changes in rig or equipment, I think it's to Yngwie's detriment that it's also true for him.

aubs1

Alan Ratcliffe wrote I thought it was badly executed myself. Speed uber alles. Tone is all pick attack and piezo quack. The original intro to the studio version of Black Star was simple and effective. I far prefer Al Dimeola for his nylon shredding.

Could'nt agree more........... ???

AlanRatcliffe

Don't get me wrong, BTW - I love Yngwie's playing, but his compositional skills are nowhere near the same level and his total obsession with speed gets in the way of the music. That's what's so frustrating - he's awesome, but he could be so much better...

aubs1

Alan Ratcliffe wrote ............. his total obsession with speed gets in the way of the music. That's what's so frustrating - he's awesome, but he could be so much better...

That's what I agreed with........ ?

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Hahahaha, me too, Aubs.

Guy-Onraet

Ah Yngwie, the most polarized player on the planet. ?

Bob-Dubery

Alan Ratcliffe wrote Don't get me wrong, BTW - I love Yngwie's playing, but his compositional skills are nowhere near the same level and his total obsession with speed gets in the way of the music.

Which is what happened here. It's a case of high points for technical merit and little more than zero for artistic impression.

I once read an interview with Robert Fripp in which the interviewer was trying to impress upon Fripp that he had far greater technical resources and ability than Hendrix. Fripp's reply was along the lines of "Hendrix had a limited vocabulary but a lot to say, I might know more 'words' than him but I don't think I'm saying as much as he did, or have as much to say."

Music should be about expressing something, not just a demonstration of cleverness and agility.

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Music should be about expressing something, not just a demonstration of cleverness and agility.

And some times you need to say it in tight leather pants.

I like the Mr. Big Flamingo. And I'm glad to see he's still swishing his hair.

dee

Alan Ratcliffe wrote Don't get me wrong, BTW - I love Yngwie's playing, but his compositional skills are nowhere near the same level and his total obsession with speed gets in the way of the music. That's what's so frustrating - he's awesome, but he could be so much better...

Exactly how I feel. He is such a great player and can do so much if he just does not try and kill everything with his speed.

And Paul Gilbert is such an awesome player. Love his stuff!

Keira-WitherKay

damn you guys are such critics........... hehehehehh just teasing ......

but as most of you know i'm a tone junkie especially for natural nylon guitar sounds.......and the sound as i mentioned in the original post is the worst ever acoustic sound i can imagine..... and what inspired him to play that horrid "ovation " if i'm not mistaken ..the tupperware guitar........ is beyond me surely he coulda used something with a "real" guitar sound..........

but i really found that the vibe of him playing that live at a heavy rock concert was awesome...and despite the tone or as you guys say his lack of expression i found it exciting to see that music shredded and played with a pick heheheh and enjoyed and cheered at a rock show.......... , so yeah it had entertainment value for me....... if i was at any show and someone did that live.. i'd be jumping up and down....... bad tone or not ....... these days i tend to put value on being entertained at a show........ not just looking for skill.....

peace and light
Keira

Guy-Onraet

Yeah, Yngwie is an entertainer. Got his high-kick technique waxed! ?

AlanRatcliffe

Guy Onraet wrote Yeah, Yngwie is an entertainer. Got his high-kick technique waxed! ?

Now that was entertaining! Probably not in the way Yngwie thought it was though. ?

Bob-Dubery

Keira WitherKay wrote
and here's a ps.......paul gilbert of Mr big fame playing "flamingo" as he calls it heheheh

That made me dizzy.

Then there was the guitar playing to consider as well.