Yngwie Malmsteen - In The Dead Of Night (U.K cover)

[nealae1234]

Too bad the drummer couldn't figure out how to play in 7/4 time

[AisAbsolute]

yeah holdsworths version is much more harmonically interesting and his phrasing builds the mood of the song. still interesting in it's own right, i don't like the way he played the keyboard arpeggio in the bridge when the sustained notes better serve that parts function in the song.

[zorman743]

A high class cover version, of course. But sorry, mr. Malmsteen, but mr. Allan Holdsworth is a lot of steps higher. There's no comparison...

[misterstax1]

@ExtremeBogom I say the same thing about players stuck in Pentatonic Idioms as well...no growth or evolution, just stagnance. The thing about Holdsworth has more to do with rapid, innovative improvisation played over way more challenging chord changes. Ever listened to Giant Steps? Each beat in a measure is a key/chord change...try soloing over THAT at a rapid tempo. Yngwie wouldn't get halfway through the first bar of that one. And improvise it as well! Anyone can learn Paganini by rote.

[pezguy63]

Yngwie was totally out of his depth here. He needs to stick with Kansas covers. Alan Holdsworth says so much more with fewer notes. I don't hate Yngwie but I do get tired of the same harmonic minor/pentatonic, and diminished scales over and over and over combined with diarrhea of the fingers.

[misterstax1]

@Stanley Ku Does that handle mean Stanley Kubrick? I really like his films. Anyhow, no, I don't hate Yngwie exactly, but I don't love him either. I am tired of the 3 scales he repeats ad nauseum and the constant Baroque-Metal thing. Why not try some Bartok or Stravinsky? Or better yet, Ellington or Basie? I'd like to hear him swing like Allan does on Pud Wud. I just find his shtick pretty limited.

[ExtremeBogom]

@misterstax1

You say that, but what about blues players playing only pentatonic, and maybe some dorian?

When was the last time Holdsworth ripped some Paganini?

Yngwie, and Holdsworth are too different to even begin to measure against each other.

[dockaiser]

If Malmsteen had more blues and soul in his solos instead of putting on a silly show ...

[StanleyKu]

@dockaiser Why is "soul" only synonmous with blues or "slow' playing? Yngwie has total feel and one of the best vibratos in the business. His love for music and the instrument is god-like. How can he not have soul?

[ExtremeBogom]

Never thought I would see this.

I admit I was a bit nervous watching, but alas he pulled this one of very well.

[RamsesCairoC]

Yngwie te amo!!!!

[luizlauretinodemelo]

Impressonante  ficou otimo*****

[misterstax]

If you choose WIng-nut everytime, that's because you don't know enough about Allan Holdsworth. This is NOT more clear...it's muddy as can be. Yngwie could NEVER write anything as sublimely beautiful as this...that's why he's covering it.

[StanleyKu]

@misterstax I take it you hate Yngwie. Allan is a genius for sure and has incredible technique but Yngwie has style and passion too. This is a good cover. John Wetton certainly did not sing it as well as Mark Boals.

[taztherocker]

freakmetalgirl80.....you're awesome.

[StanleyKu]

You have to give credit to Holdsworth for the genius of this song, but Yngwie's playing, tone and vibrato take it to a new level.

[gtrdave]

I'm impressed. They did justice to the original in a neo-classical-metal kind of way. Yeah, it got a little too Yngwie-ish during the solo, but that's just Yngwie being Yngwie.

They nailed the ending.

Thanks for posting this!

[oliasdoug]

Interesting prog/metal interpretation of one of my all time favorite prog classics. I'll admit, I had some misgivings when I first pulled this clip up to check it out, but it appears that Yngwie pulled it off in his own unique way. Very impressive!

[pazzensutra]

I don't understand how Malmsteen gets such a great tone from single coil pickups, and I don't know how anybody stays in tune with a stock tremolo.

[ExtremeBogom]

@pazzensutra

It's because they are actually humbuckers (2 single coils stacked vertically). It's a tecnique that's been going on for many years.

His tremolo is definitely modified in some way because he can bend it upward. I know he says it's stock though, so not sure.

He used Floyd Rose back his early days, when they were new.

[Maxx61]

@Maxx61 To continue, it's easy to get two-way vibrato with a vintage tremolo. Just float it about 1/8 of an inch above the body. With his light touch and use of a scalloped fingerboard, Malmsteen can work that combo to perfection while many will tend to play sharp using it. Bear in mind there are "tricks" to keeping a traditional tremolo in tune but not enough room here to go into them all. He has a guitar tech to worry about all that. The rest of us depend on graphite.

[ExtremeBogom]

@Maxx61

I'm pretty sure he did use a Floyd Rose trem in the early years. He was an early tester.

Ever wondered how he managed to wammy some solos up and down in those 1984/85 videos?

If you've played a stock strat, you know how it's literally impossible to wammy up past a tiny increment.

He either mentioned it in his 95 young guitar video, or it's in some magazine interviews out there.

[Maxx61]

@ExtremeBogom You know, I thought YJM only had the original Floyd on his Flying V but during his '85 tour, it appears he was using one without the locking nut (smart choice...the very first editions sucked if used with the nut. Once locked down, there was no way to adjust the tuning). Once Floyd put the fine tuners on, the rest is history. Thanks for jarring my memory, which as they say, is the second thing to go.  :)

[perpetual61]

Yngwie and Mark Boals are Awesome. Yngwies Playing here is incredible. There's Definitely Noone Like Yngwie. So all you Haters out there I choose Yngwie everytime.

[ricardoennes]

why malsmteen dont have his guitar hero version?

[jamecontent]

more more more

[jem7772]

Malmsteen has great vibrato !! I think it would be great to have holdworth and Van Halen in there too.....especially Ed so that he can learn some essential humility !! Yngwie has it all and what a showmaster too.

[zarwarrior]

Tommy Aldridge on drums. Great.

[ghellogm]

Not a fan of Malmsteen at all, but I truly respect him. I think what he did was very interesting. I don't like all of his clones, though. The guys who tried to emulate him were boring or even annoying

This cover is pretty good actually, I like how the drumming carries the tempo

[thomaslejon]

i prefer this version more rock, more clear, more malmsteen !!!

[metalmilitia1987]

if you have I'll see the light tonight from this tour please post

[metalmilitia1987]

if you have any more from this tour please post

[freakmetalgirl80]

yeah I will

[MarkNixon2112]

Obviously Holdsworth is better than Malmsteen that goes without saying. But Malmsteen did change the face of rock guitar back in 1984 he's just not changed anything since. I like them both.

[phdplus4s]

That's like saying Happy Gilmore is better than Tiger Woods.

[NADOS11809]

@MarkNixon2112 Malmsteen's better than Holdsworth and has done more for guitar than Allan ever has or will...

[pazzensutra]

@NADOS11809 Wow....do you even know what you're talking about?

[moose11vt]

Mark Boals sounds great here. Yngwie makes it look way to easy! Entire line-up is tight. Thanks for posting!

[perpetual61]

Thanks for posting this song from his Inspiration Album. You don't see to many from this period. Yngwie did a Great Cover of this song.

[falagar82]

freakmetalgirl80

thank u very much...