early Yngwie appreciation

[appar111]

I'm only a casual Yngwie listener but enjoy his early stuff; his approach to the instrument was certainly different back in the day. Since I like Baroqe music, and the way tonalities are built up and resolved, I appreciate his usage of similar musical ideas. His vibrato is one of the best out there, imo, you know it's him straight away.

I do wish he'd play more slow, melodic stuff though; on the occasions he does, like the piece 'Marching Out', it's great. I think he does himself a disservice by being shreddy all the time. Yet, when you watch him play, there's no denying he rocks hard and is seeking to squeeze every ounce of music out of his Strat.

His vibrato is probably the most impressive thing about him, IMHO. Total mastery of it-- he just squeezes so much emotion out of the guitar. I agree too about the slower more melodic stuff. "Forever One" off of Seventh Sign had some great dramatic slower playing mixed in with his usual great soloing. Right up there with "Dreaming" from Odyssey.

[fretburner]

^ He is my vibrato God.

I also like Paul Gilbert's and Zakk Wylde's \m/

I couldn't ever understand people liking Eric Clapton's vibrato, for example.

[TheLivingDead]

I'm only a casual Yngwie listener but enjoy his early stuff; his approach to the instrument was certainly different back in the day. Since I like Baroqe music, and the way tonalities are built up and resolved, I appreciate his usage of similar musical ideas. His vibrato is one of the best out there, imo, you know it's him straight away.

I do wish he'd play more slow, melodic stuff though; on the occasions he does, like the piece 'Marching Out', it's great. I think he does himself a disservice by being shreddy all the time. Yet, when you watch him play, there's no denying he rocks hard and is seeking to squeeze every ounce of music out of his Strat.

This one always gives me goosebumps. There are a few notes in there that just blow me away. That's the great thing about Yng. He can rip your head off with pure technical mayhem and then he can send shivers down your spine with one or two milked notes. Love it.

[Ashurbanipal]

^^ The bend 2:09-13 is insane.

[Phantasmagoria]

Everything he plays is insane..

I really did'nt think Ripper would fit in with what he does, but I love the last two albums & was actually pretty surprised that he did a fantastic job on both.

Having said that, another one with Mark Boals would be pretty cool....lol.

Also, I really wish things had worked out better between Yngwie and John West ...that's an album that would've been just mind-blowing




Check out those amazing pipes





Yngwie's stuff is awesome , but if there's one neoclassical metal album that's actually up there with his best ...it's this one, and a lot of that has to do with John West's amazing vocals..the guy is so underrated, it's criminal