 Blacksword wrote:
There's no doubting the mans musical prowess..
But, for me Malmsteen always seemed to create really hateful music. Dreadful, cheesy, over the top rubbish. When a friend of mine was learning the guitar, he got Malmsteens 'Rising Force' album, 'Marching out' as well as Malmsteens 'Trilogy' Both had me rolling around the floor in the hysterics. My friend was trying to point out how technically brilliant it was. I pointed out, that despite being technically brilliant, it still sounded like comedy rock, so therefore the artists obvious talent had gone to waste IMO.
Playing 300 notes a second and basing everything you do on classical music may be very clever, but it does little to entertain me, as I hear it as showing off and nothing more. Frankly I'd rather listen to Dave Brock of Hawkwind tuning up. |
Well, I have to say that I rate
Marching Out an impressive effort, also thanks to Jeff Scott Soto's excellent vocals!
Other good albums by Yngwie are
Fire & Ice and
The Seventh Sign. I admit, however, that most of his production is mere technical pyrotechnics...with no added value in terms of composition.
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Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Concerto
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BTW: His album "Music for Speeding" is KILLER.
That's exactly the right way to put it.
