it's a diferent style of course, that's not blues, it's a rock guitar player, playing in some blues stuff.. but u can't say that he doesn't have soul, it's diferent. he express himself like this... only an asshole would say that paganini or vivaldi wasn't have feeling just for put too many notes. dont be ignorant and learn to see the different. bbking was awesome, but i can't imagine bb playing metal.
@infectionsman anyone who enjoys the blues would be offended at this guy. Probably you don´t give a shit about the blues, that´s why you see some "musicianship" in this performance.
@Dogo10 your in idiot and same with the other commenters, bb king and those guys are great players but just because they all play the same pentatonic licks with a bend or vibrato added here or there doesnt make them have feeling.. people like you just wanna bash shredders like yngwie (or any guitar player that doesnt suit your fancy) because they play with a million times more skill than you ever could, lets see you, clapton, bb king, or any of those guys whip out some paganini on guitar
@johnathandk you´re very stupid, sir. Indeed, you suck more than Ynwie. You can try to defend your man but anyone with a taste in music, in this case blues, will tell you this is horrible. BB King or some other bluesers wouldn´t try to play shred, like Ynwie... they dont give a fuck about that kind of "music". On the other hand you have this robot saying that he can play "bluesy" stuff... he obviously has no clue about what the blues is. This fag should stay away from the blues, and so do you.
@Dogo10 dude you should at least learn to spell yngwie before you call me stupid, and your right i do suck more than yngwie because he is one of the best guitarists of all time... anybody can play the same pentatonic licks thats been played for the past 70 or more years, a great guitarist like yngwie innovates and creates a whole new style, fuck you, other music genre snobs, and fuck you hipsters... open yourself up to more than one music style and maybe your opinion might be relavent
in an interview Malmsteen said that not only was he not inspired by Hendrix but he also said that he wasn't much of a player, so maybe get your facts straight narrator.
About as much soul and finesse as a drum machine. He has the phrases right, but its like he's trying to make everything happen all at once instead of telling a story. its like throwing a lighter into a box of fireworks on the 4th, both spectacular and kinda lame all at once.
@subsuncavano, yeah he's hittin all the right notes, but hes mixing blues with rock and this is what you get, so yeah the speed with the blues is what makes it unique. this dudes been jammin since he was 5.
Thank God, Malmsteen was different. Hearing what you like. Enjoying what you love to do. Yngwie will always be a bad ass player. Music is art! Who gives a shis-nit about retards that compare guitarists. "He's too fast" Is the most retarded I have seen. "No Emotion" Wtf, surely the violinsts from Bach or Mozart we're dancing their asses off.
Actually SRV is well known as a legendary blues guitarist, one of the best. Check out his Scuttle Buttin', who says that blues can't be fast? Do not limit art.
It pisses me off when people say that a piece of music has no emotion in it because it is fast. Generally I agree that Yngwie's songs tend to be more about speed than sound but I think this is a great example of technical ability and musical talent combined.
What is the point of disrespecting Yngwie when it comes to his musical aptitude? He may have a huge ego, rock star attitude to the moon, and makes poor diet choices, but at the end of the day, this guy spent years and countless hours honing his craft before he ever became a "rising force". As far as playing the blues, there aren't very many of the original 'bluesmen' alive today so everyone else is just a disciple and who's to say that Yngwie's blues is any less appropriate than Clapton's
I really felt the last poop I made in the toilet, does that make it a worthwhile expression? Blues aficionados, please take drums into the forest, beat them vigorously and relish how much you "feel" the beats, you've done enough damage. Fantastic technical ability in concert with his beautiful approach is a gift that you do not deserve because the extent of your grasp on the art is based on a strained face, or a furrowed brow while bending the same note 15 times. I feel sorry for you.
Purists are a big pain in the ass. There are as many ways to play the blues as there are people to play it. From Robert Johnson to Gary Moore, blues is an interperative form. Given Yngwie's knowledge and technical mastery, it's only natural that his take on the blues should sound like it does. Anything else wouldn't be Yngwie. If blues is the expression of one's unique soul, then this is Yngwie's blues, and we can take it or leave it. I personally find it to be exhilarating. The man is smokin'
he can play using blues scales over a blues track all he wants....but he doesn't have the feel of the blues. at all. he definitely should stick to metal. any true blues guitarist would tell him to GTFO!
To those smartasses who say this is not blues educate us please what this is then...metal?fusion?pop? reggae?jazz? or maybe he invented yet another style altogether? fucking noobs...
@gould0453 Thats what iam saying trolly mc noobius.This is blues anyway you look at it.Fewer noter or more notes...faster or slower doesnt make it more or...less blues.Its ok to not like it(music tastes are subjective anyways) but to say this isnt blues is pure lie.And for your information emotions have nothing to to with speed.Speed builds tension and anticipation and those are emotions anyway you look at it.You may not like it but there is nothing emotionless about it.
Well he`s always been an impressive technician. However, the self-consciousness often associated with this style of playing does not sit well with the blues. With good blues, the notes you leave OUT are often more important than the notes you put in.
I think he's missed the point. He's a great metal guitarist, but blues isn't about speed. This is about as impressive as a receptionist that can type 80-100+ wpm - which I do indeed find impressive, just not artistic.. I mean, he's hittin' the right notes, but he doesn't seem to be hittin' the notes right, ya know?
@subsuncavano nope. this isn't your traditional blues, but why should it be? he has so much more skill that it should be used for shred blues. just because you're a traditionalist, doesn't mean you should hate on the great new thing (back int he 80s). i much rather listen to this than your typical boring blues
@killmysister Oh, I'm no traditionalist, and I'm not talking about traditional blues. I'm talking about good blues - which ranges from Lead Belly to B.B. King, Clapton to Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin to the Black Keys, etc. It ain't about new or old, it's a feel. But this here just isn't blues. It doesn't have the feel. Hendrix was far from traditional, but he had the feel. The Black Keys have massively distorted grunge guitars, and they also have the feel. Yngwie just doesn't have it.
@killmysister Also, Stevie Ray Vaughan played some "shredding" type blues at times. When he played it, it was blues. It had the feel, despite it being fast. So it is possible, if a guy who's got the feel does it.
@MrTomas112 Not exactly. Impressionism painting style is all about expressing yourself too, but that doesn't make it blues. Blues is a particular vibe, or feel. It's a specific channel to the soul. The stream through the channel can be fast or slow, hard or soft, heavy or light, dirty or sweet. It can be played with 3 notes, or 30,000. None of that matters. All that matters is that it comes through the specific channel to the soul. Yngwie just isn't tuned into that channel here.
@subsuncavano his technique is insanely accurate tho albeit the pidgeonholed view. His earlier blues was a lot more bluesy. He only plays like this because this is what his cult of fans want to see.
@ilyaseleznyov Well there's the exact problem. He's too narrowly focused on technique, but blues isn't about technique, it's about feel. He's putting the cart before the horse. He's more of a head player than a heart/soul player. Nothing wrong with that though. His technique is impressive, but it was developed void of his heart and soul. A strong blues player develops their technique (head) while never straying from the feel (heart/soul). Technique needs to be the extension, not the foundation.
@proegerman1 Clearly you haven't read my other posts. I don't deny he has tremendous skill. I just don't hear "blues" in his playing. Typing 130wpm is a skill. And it's impressive. Playing fast and accurate is a skill, and it's also impressive. But feeling the blues is a separate skill altogether, and Yngwie doesn't appear to have that one. There's plenty of skills to have out there - neither you nor he need be upset when he doesn't have one of them. I'm sure he's not a good seamstress either.
@proegerman1 You gotta understand, "blues" is what you get when you cry through your guitar. Yngwie only "boasts" through his. Expecting him to be good at the blues is like expecting Jay-Z to deliver the most moving cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Does it make Jay-Z bad? Not at all. But as dynamic as Jay-Z may be, that just ain't his arena.
your right.... there a place for speed in blues but its really hard to find the right place for it..... like for exemple clapton or hendrix they use speed but for short licks and i think that the timing and how long the "full shred" stuff last (depends on the backing track) really make a big difference
Spasebo Blues was on the Live In Leningrad video years ago. By the end of the song, his backing band looked like they'd lost the will to live, and it looked like the crowd had gone home...
Blues purists are incredibly annoying. These are people who despise change, significant innovation, and just don't like seeing a highly skilled musician play their form of music. Yngwie has plenty of skill & feel, and the man should be applauded for his rare abilities.
I absolutely love his method of playing blues. It's such a refreshing change of pace from what you normally expect, but it still exudes that great Delta Blues feel. His incredible vibrato really makes this performance work. A few phrases hinted at Buddy Guy's playing, which I thought was just fantastic. I wish he'd do more blues pieces.
Nice stratocaster. All but the scalloped fretboard, although I've never played one before. Love the aged pickups. Seriously, if u love blues, listen to Michael Bloomfield because he brings jazz into the equation so tastefully.
D --> This shit pisses me off so much. This is most generic blues sound in the world. This is the stuff every guitar player in a Sam Ash or Guitar Center would be playing on one of the sample amps for the hell of it even though they aren't considering buying the guitar, but they want to show off. (Yeah, I'm very specific.) "The Final Cut" by Coheed and Cambria or "Mrs. Beasley" by Buckethead are true modern day blues. You actually get a blue emotion from those songs.
'What makes a song good is completely subjective, and many people, including myself, enjoy self-indulgent musicians who are proud to display every trick they've learned, even at the expense of appearing to be a "show-off".'
This so-called "showing off" is in reality called putting on a show...something the audience paid money to come and see.
dont compare them u handsome chicken feet...this guys are born to be unique...all of those guys u mentioned are not the same..they have their own way of expressing the guitar...stop comparing them man ..ill suck ur dickk
Yngvie is definetly badass. I'm just not "moved" by his playing, like I am moved by say, Stevie Ray, or David Gilmour, or even Randy Rhoads. Still bad ass, though!
There is no only one way to play blues... It's his conception of blues so stop flaming about it and if you don't like just don't listen and don't post such comments.
angus young smokes yngwie malmstien when it comes to blues, he has no real feel for it, he's just shredding...the blues is simple but you either do it right or dont
at all.. there is a certain mystery about the blues, its basis is simple, but some people
just skim the top, yngwie sounds very generic, you half to dig deep to do it right..
i respect yngwie, i admire his technical prowess...i've been playing for about 30 years and watching him completely humbles me...but, and this is only MY opinion: When it comes to blues, i'd rather listen to warren haynes or joe bonnamassa any day of the week
You all do realize that when Yngwie landed in the US in the early 80's he decided not to play blues because 99.9 % of 80's shredders were just ripping on a pentatonic scale. This guy is sublime, he can play anything under the sun and did in order to be noticed.
As for all you sad Youtube dwellers who can't play worth a shit why don't you actually PRACTICE guitar instead of trying to be an even worse music critic than you are a player. There's a reason you'll never get recognition ever.
HA HA!!! All these negative comments here reflect just how jealous you all are!! You talk about YM's ego? I think it's your ego that's crushed because you've been playing guitar for sooo many years and you still suck...
It is Blues, it's just a guy who happens to be better than everyone else playing the Blues. I don't even think Yngwie's brain controls his body, I think his fingers do...as soon as he just picks up a guitar his fingers take over and he has to shred.
@killyou45 Son House played better blues than this guy, and half the time his guitar was out of tune, and he was too fucking drunk to notice or give a shit.
Playing slow doesn't define emotion. People "feel" the music differently despite any genre of music. Playing fast is just as expressive opposed to playing slow, it is up to YOU whether you feel the music.
Sounds like someone's a little jealous up there (look at the comments and you'll know who I'm talking about) They should know that Yngwie is one of the best guitarists in the world today and if they appreciated rock and blues, they would actually pay attention to his styles and listen to his music and try to learn that stuff instead of just bashing him like a little 12 year old kid.
So you think he's not bluesy enough just because he combines skill and technique that he's mastered with emotion and feeling? If everyone didn't practice, and learn technique, and only played from the soul or emotions. There'd be a lot of shitty ass blues guitarists out there. Shitty SRV used to sleep with his guitar he practiced so much. I dunno where you haters are coming from. He hits more sweet notes in one passage than most guys manage in whole songs. Jealousy's a biotch, you'll learn
yngwie malmsteen is a musical genius, no doubt, but he does get a bit.... carried away. my favourite yngwie moments are his slow passages. the man knows a melody he just works too fast for me to take it all in sometimes
I have to agree I look at this type playing as musical masturbation. Technical brilliance is admirable and even desirable but if it was a prerequisite for greatness then bands like The Clash and Sam the Sham would not have immortal songs. What is technically brilliant is not always that pleasing to the ear.
im sure at 16 you know all about everything its call a style of playing im sure your slower playing guys cant play fast right? duh hes not coping hes playing in his style
this aint blues.. listen to JohnLee Hooker or Muddy Waters if you want blues..
he does have a fantastic technique but the constant speed just overcooks everything and renders it pretty soulless and meaningless...he is a brilliant guitarist but does he have to play so fast all the time? it all wears thin pretty quick..
Everybody can play that slow and boring blues with "soul", yngwie does it his own way, im sure he could play anything JohnLee Hooker or Muddy Waters can play..but vice versa, NEVER!
Yngiwe is loving the speed, and just because he plays licks fast, that doesnt mean that it lacks "soul" or melody, if your ears cant keep up, too bad.
I believe that the word soul for you is a player that wanks on the same 2-3 diffrent notes and bending for an hour and really digs into it..
@letteratura2 you're a fucking idiot, I wasn't hating, I wasn't challenging anyone to find something immpossible, I was just curious. Just asking, I would LOVE to see this guy play slow.
The blues is played different by everyone that plays it. Albert King didn't sound like BB King. Buddy Guy doesn't sound like Muddy Waters. This might not be "traditional" blues, but that doesn't mean it's not the blues.
I haven't heard one actual blues turn around yet. This isn't the blues. The blues doesn't require that many notes and also benefits from some different notes then what he plays.
Blues solos doesn't require to feel blue. It requiers imagination to make simple things intresting. It is a greater skill to make solos with a good taste than a fast speed. Yngiwie's playing sounds me just like a some kind of generic fast picking excercise.
I think I am gonna look up blues videos on youtube and whine about how they cant play any Yngwie songs and say that they only can play slow shit! What about that?
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Yngwie is just like millions of asshole guitarists out there. I see players like this all the time. People with fucked up egos who think they have to be playing every beat of every measure. Learn to shut up every now and then and focus on making the song great, not masturbating your ego. Shit like this just ruins great songs.
@Tharapita You are confusing ego with expressiveness, attention to detail, and technical proficiency. What makes a song good is completely subjective, and many people, including myself, enjoy self-indulgent musicians who are proud to display every trick they've learned, even at the expense of appearing to be a "show-off". Dynamic, playful patterns (think Bach) convey feeling to me. It doesn't have to be bluesy or soulful or any of those terms. Yngwie inspires musicianship and that's respectable.
@WigglyMalmsteam While I agree with what you say, Yngwie is one of the most egotistical and arrogant men on the planet. Is he one of the best to ever live? Yes, no denying that. But is a complete egotistical douche as well.
@WigglyMalmsteam amen man. there's nothing wrong with being able to play like a god and flaunting it. i love seeing the likes of yngwie pull out all the stops.
@birdiejoehoaks I didn't claim that blues doesn't need to be bluesy, and I don't see this video as a defining example of blues. I was commenting on the way the terms are thrown around negatively to imply that the guitarist shows no emotion, when the guitarist never had any intent of defining his music by those terms, or expressing emotion through obvious musical narratives. I think the issue of contention here is about the blues "purity". To say there is no blues sound here would be a stretch.
@WigglyMalmsteam Now that youve defined it I do agree with you. I think that its more important for a musician to have feel than to play quickly, but I did actually learn a few licks from watching this video, which I will admittedly steal... slower.
and there IS about 20 seconds of "blues" on this video.
@WigglyMalmsteam I would say, this is really bluesy. It would just fit more into some parts of slower blues song. Then it would be perfect. I think those people are just jealous. If they cannot stay off the dogma that blues is "one note per minute", you cannot help them.
@WigglyMalmsteam blues fans don't have the facilities to "think Bach" haha. i used to be the biggest blues purist around and have since moved the fuck on lol
@BrianJLeong oh wait! ur being a dick. hmm well, i do think that fucking n00b guitarists whose only contributions the musical world are youtube vids of them playing jimmy page guitar parts in their rooms definitely have the right to be condescending as "musicians." ;). btw if u were like "defending" blues, the fact that u went to a blues brothers show, and thought it was important enough to record, shows you dont know SHIT about the genre. but, i must admit, u can play the shit out of rain song
@HendrixIsGod47 Actually I wasn't making fun him . . . just saying I used to be the kid that thought Hendrix and Clapton were the only people capable playing with emotion cause they played slow made faces and other guitarists somehow were and they all sucked . . . don't know what you're saying. But if you're gonna be like this, I'm gonna have to smash you for covering a John Mayer song.
@WigglyMalmsteam agree..Yngwie is imo one of a kind guitarist.....for those who can't stand watching him..but perhaps they like his music I suggest to just listen to his cds...
@Tharapita The thing about Yngwie is, he pretty much created this style of lead playing. It may not be for everyone, but what style of music is? Yes he is cocky and has a huge ego, so does every star athlete who is great at what they do. You don't get to that level of playing without having pride or drive for what you do.
@Tharapita you really took the time to type that? you have the choice of leaving the page! aint that something! you can just leave the page at anytime! dont have to listen to any of this fucking egoistic music!
@Tharapita You could be right in some cases. But the truth is that guitar players are seen as musicians that like to show off, just because they play fast. But if a violinist, pianist or any other kind of musician plays the exactly same fast melodies, they are considered very talented musicians. Its just the electric guitar that has this kind of prejudice
@LickNRiff I was not talking about what violinists or pianists do or think. But what the public think about fast playing generaly. I said that he could be right in some cases, but that is not a rule. Truth is that if a guitar player plays fast once (even if he doesnt do it often) it will be seen as show off.
@rikardocarvalho I disagree. It has a lot to do with the guitar player's attitude. There are fast players out there who don't come off as showing off. There are a lot of fast blues and jazz and also rock, even classical metal players, whose fast playing is melodic and dynamic, and not just showing off how well they know finger exercises. I'll give you an example: Kirk Hammet Vs. Greg Howe. One plays the same lick all the time, the other reinvents himself at every lick he plays.
@Tharapita What good would instrumental solo guitar music be if they weren't playing for half the song? lol Obviously this type of music isn't your thing. That's no reason to bash other peoples talent just cause you don't enjoy it. Also, what blues guitarist have you ever heard that doesn't stroke his ego with extended solos in every song? Even when its not instrumental blues... He's one of the most famous guitarists of all time. I think he's doing something right guy.
@Tharapita actually the blues. is a style of music played usually over the 1-4-5 chord progression over the "blues scale" Hes playing the blues scale. I don't see how it's not blues? its just different. I agree Its not my type of blues either. I enjoy the riffs and lick put into this. and It is very soulful. it doesn't always have to be swing rhythms, or slow held notes to be blues. this is just as bluesy as anything.
it's a diferent style of course, that's not blues, it's a rock guitar player, playing in some blues stuff.. but u can't say that he doesn't have soul, it's diferent. he express himself like this... only an asshole would say that paganini or vivaldi wasn't have feeling just for put too many notes. dont be ignorant and learn to see the different. bbking was awesome, but i can't imagine bb playing metal.
veliuxguitar 5 days ago
Yea! this is heavy
newfunkdrummer 1 week ago
Fuck, how is that blues? Are u fucking kiding me??? That guys a robot, he ain't got no soul.
Dogo10 1 week ago
BB King should shoot this motherfucker in the head
Dogo10 1 week ago
@Dogo10 He would appreciate the man's musicianship, because BB is a great musician and not an ignorant failure, like you.
infectionsman 1 day ago in playlist Katsu Ohta: shredding the east
@infectionsman anyone who enjoys the blues would be offended at this guy. Probably you don´t give a shit about the blues, that´s why you see some "musicianship" in this performance.
Dogo10 1 day ago
@Dogo10 your in idiot and same with the other commenters, bb king and those guys are great players but just because they all play the same pentatonic licks with a bend or vibrato added here or there doesnt make them have feeling.. people like you just wanna bash shredders like yngwie (or any guitar player that doesnt suit your fancy) because they play with a million times more skill than you ever could, lets see you, clapton, bb king, or any of those guys whip out some paganini on guitar
johnathandk42134 1 day ago
@johnathandk you´re very stupid, sir. Indeed, you suck more than Ynwie. You can try to defend your man but anyone with a taste in music, in this case blues, will tell you this is horrible. BB King or some other bluesers wouldn´t try to play shred, like Ynwie... they dont give a fuck about that kind of "music". On the other hand you have this robot saying that he can play "bluesy" stuff... he obviously has no clue about what the blues is. This fag should stay away from the blues, and so do you.
Dogo10 1 day ago
@Dogo10 dude you should at least learn to spell yngwie before you call me stupid, and your right i do suck more than yngwie because he is one of the best guitarists of all time... anybody can play the same pentatonic licks thats been played for the past 70 or more years, a great guitarist like yngwie innovates and creates a whole new style, fuck you, other music genre snobs, and fuck you hipsters... open yourself up to more than one music style and maybe your opinion might be relavent
johnathandk42134 1 hour ago
in an interview Malmsteen said that not only was he not inspired by Hendrix but he also said that he wasn't much of a player, so maybe get your facts straight narrator.
JRaab311 1 week ago
This guy is impressive, and indeed he also impressively sucks at blues.
RolanGuapow 1 week ago
About as much soul and finesse as a drum machine. He has the phrases right, but its like he's trying to make everything happen all at once instead of telling a story. its like throwing a lighter into a box of fireworks on the 4th, both spectacular and kinda lame all at once.
werem00se 1 week ago in playlist malmsteen
@subsuncavano, yeah he's hittin all the right notes, but hes mixing blues with rock and this is what you get, so yeah the speed with the blues is what makes it unique. this dudes been jammin since he was 5.
liveoaksmokin 1 week ago
Thank God, Malmsteen was different. Hearing what you like. Enjoying what you love to do. Yngwie will always be a bad ass player. Music is art! Who gives a shis-nit about retards that compare guitarists. "He's too fast" Is the most retarded I have seen. "No Emotion" Wtf, surely the violinsts from Bach or Mozart we're dancing their asses off.
Omagma0 2 weeks ago
Actually SRV is well known as a legendary blues guitarist, one of the best. Check out his Scuttle Buttin', who says that blues can't be fast? Do not limit art.
schizoid07 2 weeks ago
This has nothing to do with blues, except the bass line
verneronkomee 3 weeks ago
It pisses me off when people say that a piece of music has no emotion in it because it is fast. Generally I agree that Yngwie's songs tend to be more about speed than sound but I think this is a great example of technical ability and musical talent combined.
JcuntAfuckKshitE 3 weeks ago
Well, Yngwie feels music THAT way, and he's good at it. Deal with it people.
schizoid07 3 weeks ago
maybe he just hears everything in slow-mo...
GuitarRonnie13 3 weeks ago 2
yea hes an amazing neo classical guitarist, but blues? not so sure...
Copilot24 1 month ago
eso es blues?
91rexxar 1 month ago
This dude is AWESOME!! There's a little something called UNIQUE and that's what he is!! OK? Deal with it!! You all are just fucking JEALOUS!!!
laurelfan1 1 month ago 3
What's with the move around 0:26-0:27?! This guy is just too much!!!!
carvetop 1 month ago
What is the point of disrespecting Yngwie when it comes to his musical aptitude? He may have a huge ego, rock star attitude to the moon, and makes poor diet choices, but at the end of the day, this guy spent years and countless hours honing his craft before he ever became a "rising force". As far as playing the blues, there aren't very many of the original 'bluesmen' alive today so everyone else is just a disciple and who's to say that Yngwie's blues is any less appropriate than Clapton's
aineiss 1 month ago 3
I really felt the last poop I made in the toilet, does that make it a worthwhile expression? Blues aficionados, please take drums into the forest, beat them vigorously and relish how much you "feel" the beats, you've done enough damage. Fantastic technical ability in concert with his beautiful approach is a gift that you do not deserve because the extent of your grasp on the art is based on a strained face, or a furrowed brow while bending the same note 15 times. I feel sorry for you.
RmnWarrior 1 month ago 3
Malmsteen vs BB King guitar battle? BB King wins every time.
stephencolbertfanno1 2 months ago
this is just offensive...
gould0453 2 months ago
Purists are a big pain in the ass. There are as many ways to play the blues as there are people to play it. From Robert Johnson to Gary Moore, blues is an interperative form. Given Yngwie's knowledge and technical mastery, it's only natural that his take on the blues should sound like it does. Anything else wouldn't be Yngwie. If blues is the expression of one's unique soul, then this is Yngwie's blues, and we can take it or leave it. I personally find it to be exhilarating. The man is smokin'
jpalberthoward9 2 months ago
he can play using blues scales over a blues track all he wants....but he doesn't have the feel of the blues. at all. he definitely should stick to metal. any true blues guitarist would tell him to GTFO!
MetalManiac1414 2 months ago 3
@MetalManiac1414 How is feel introduced differently to the sound? I can hear it ? Can't you?
Syndicated4u 2 months ago
Nothing about this sounds bluesy
Guitargasm17 3 months ago 2
To those smartasses who say this is not blues educate us please what this is then...metal?fusion?pop? reggae?jazz? or maybe he invented yet another style altogether? fucking noobs...
Dreamdancer11 3 months ago
@Dreamdancer11 lol well if he invented another style it would be blues now would it dip shit?
by the way this fucking sucks, this is soul less emotionless shredding to blues rhythm
gould0453 3 months ago
@gould0453 Thats what iam saying trolly mc noobius.This is blues anyway you look at it.Fewer noter or more notes...faster or slower doesnt make it more or...less blues.Its ok to not like it(music tastes are subjective anyways) but to say this isnt blues is pure lie.And for your information emotions have nothing to to with speed.Speed builds tension and anticipation and those are emotions anyway you look at it.You may not like it but there is nothing emotionless about it.
Dreamdancer11 3 months ago
wow how do you get that i that quiality??
Resetonedw 3 months ago
all his hair in his private section is in his head cause you know you can't grow hair on steel ;)
pepehorhae 3 months ago
Well he`s always been an impressive technician. However, the self-consciousness often associated with this style of playing does not sit well with the blues. With good blues, the notes you leave OUT are often more important than the notes you put in.
PXR05 3 months ago 2
I think he's missed the point. He's a great metal guitarist, but blues isn't about speed. This is about as impressive as a receptionist that can type 80-100+ wpm - which I do indeed find impressive, just not artistic.. I mean, he's hittin' the right notes, but he doesn't seem to be hittin' the notes right, ya know?
subsuncavano 4 months ago 10
@subsuncavano nope. this isn't your traditional blues, but why should it be? he has so much more skill that it should be used for shred blues. just because you're a traditionalist, doesn't mean you should hate on the great new thing (back int he 80s). i much rather listen to this than your typical boring blues
killmysister 3 months ago in playlist Amazing! Yngwie! Malmsteen!
@killmysister Oh, I'm no traditionalist, and I'm not talking about traditional blues. I'm talking about good blues - which ranges from Lead Belly to B.B. King, Clapton to Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin to the Black Keys, etc. It ain't about new or old, it's a feel. But this here just isn't blues. It doesn't have the feel. Hendrix was far from traditional, but he had the feel. The Black Keys have massively distorted grunge guitars, and they also have the feel. Yngwie just doesn't have it.
subsuncavano 3 months ago
@killmysister Also, Stevie Ray Vaughan played some "shredding" type blues at times. When he played it, it was blues. It had the feel, despite it being fast. So it is possible, if a guy who's got the feel does it.
subsuncavano 3 months ago
@subsuncavano he express himself by playing fast. and blues is all about expressing yourself. right?
MrTomas112 2 months ago
@MrTomas112 Not exactly. Impressionism painting style is all about expressing yourself too, but that doesn't make it blues. Blues is a particular vibe, or feel. It's a specific channel to the soul. The stream through the channel can be fast or slow, hard or soft, heavy or light, dirty or sweet. It can be played with 3 notes, or 30,000. None of that matters. All that matters is that it comes through the specific channel to the soul. Yngwie just isn't tuned into that channel here.
subsuncavano 2 months ago
@subsuncavano i can type 130 wpm, pwnt! :P
tsotsc 2 months ago
@tsotsc It doesn't count if every word is "a"! :P
subsuncavano 2 months ago
@subsuncavano lmao, i mean real words on a prof. college writing test.
tsotsc 2 months ago
@tsotsc Truly, I find 130wpm impressive!! I'd be lucky if my typing speed was half that.
subsuncavano 1 month ago
@subsuncavano it takes time :), ive been on comps since i was like 4 years old.
tsotsc 1 month ago
@subsuncavano his technique is insanely accurate tho albeit the pidgeonholed view. His earlier blues was a lot more bluesy. He only plays like this because this is what his cult of fans want to see.
ilyaseleznyov 1 month ago
@ilyaseleznyov Well there's the exact problem. He's too narrowly focused on technique, but blues isn't about technique, it's about feel. He's putting the cart before the horse. He's more of a head player than a heart/soul player. Nothing wrong with that though. His technique is impressive, but it was developed void of his heart and soul. A strong blues player develops their technique (head) while never straying from the feel (heart/soul). Technique needs to be the extension, not the foundation.
subsuncavano 1 month ago
@subsuncavano ugghh im tired of hearing that from guitarists who cant play fast. playing fast takes skill no matter what you try to say.
proegerman1 3 weeks ago
@proegerman1 Clearly you haven't read my other posts. I don't deny he has tremendous skill. I just don't hear "blues" in his playing. Typing 130wpm is a skill. And it's impressive. Playing fast and accurate is a skill, and it's also impressive. But feeling the blues is a separate skill altogether, and Yngwie doesn't appear to have that one. There's plenty of skills to have out there - neither you nor he need be upset when he doesn't have one of them. I'm sure he's not a good seamstress either.
subsuncavano 3 weeks ago
@proegerman1 You gotta understand, "blues" is what you get when you cry through your guitar. Yngwie only "boasts" through his. Expecting him to be good at the blues is like expecting Jay-Z to deliver the most moving cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Does it make Jay-Z bad? Not at all. But as dynamic as Jay-Z may be, that just ain't his arena.
subsuncavano 3 weeks ago
@subsuncavano
your right.... there a place for speed in blues but its really hard to find the right place for it..... like for exemple clapton or hendrix they use speed but for short licks and i think that the timing and how long the "full shred" stuff last (depends on the backing track) really make a big difference
ofriishz 3 weeks ago
Spasebo Blues was on the Live In Leningrad video years ago. By the end of the song, his backing band looked like they'd lost the will to live, and it looked like the crowd had gone home...
MrFrothinger 4 months ago
Makes me think of metalocalypse. xD
messeng3r1 4 months ago
wow.this really is a clear version of the video.nice
amzrable 4 months ago
when Malmsteen wasn't overweight
priapo2 4 months ago 11
@priapo2 yeah he got pretty damn fat have you seen this guys collection of cars? hes got so much money he shits gold
psyckla5 2 months ago
Next time you are going to diss Yngwie, upload a video of you playing better fuckheads.
ToastedCigar 4 months ago
He schreds fucking awesome... but he blues just ok, I´d rather Eric Clapton 10000 times better
Xehen 4 months ago
his watch.. gold..:)
juliancro 4 months ago
That thing he does at 2:07 or 2:08 makes my cock rock hard!
lindgrenland 4 months ago
can play but can't feel.
PutraBlues 4 months ago
@PutraBlues and you feel (make fucking stupid faces) but can't play for shit. feeling statement happens to be the most gay statement of all youtube
tgolba90 4 months ago
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@PutraBlues and you feel (make fucking stupid faces) but can't play for shit. feeling statement happens to be the most gay statement of all youtube
tgolba90 4 months ago
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@PutraBlues and you feel (make fucking stupid faces) but can't play for shit. feeling statement happens to be the most gay statement of all youtube
tgolba90 4 months ago
@PutraBlues Feeling is held by the one who's plays it, not who portrays it.
RiceKiller191 4 months ago
He's a complete asshole, but damn that m**** F***** can play!!
Kitchenfreak81 4 months ago
his guitar changed.. from gold to some what cream color.. O.O
BEAT THAT ... :P
skip2looly 5 months ago
anyhow...you can't say he doesn't feel the blues...hail the blues!!
LoDantescoSeguace 5 months ago
..did he finally find the note he was searching?
tzatziki89 5 months ago
blues background music + shredding neoclassical = STUPID AWESOME!
alterbridgeindonesia 5 months ago
check out "Warren Haynes plays the blues" eff this malmsteen blues...garbage
ledzepplingood 5 months ago
That was some badass playing.
NME38 5 months ago
Blues purists are incredibly annoying. These are people who despise change, significant innovation, and just don't like seeing a highly skilled musician play their form of music. Yngwie has plenty of skill & feel, and the man should be applauded for his rare abilities.
killyou45 5 months ago
blues backing music + neoclassical metal soloing:p
Guitarvirtuoso666 5 months ago
I absolutely love his method of playing blues. It's such a refreshing change of pace from what you normally expect, but it still exudes that great Delta Blues feel. His incredible vibrato really makes this performance work. A few phrases hinted at Buddy Guy's playing, which I thought was just fantastic. I wish he'd do more blues pieces.
c4bb4g3 5 months ago
I like the storyline , but feel it lacks polyfonie
FenderRhodesService 5 months ago
only malmsteen hypnotize my fucking head for real ! he's so fucking great!!
Apoll042 5 months ago
i think i hear a little piece of "whole lotta love" at 2:39 . maybe 1 or 2 note :)
Telleffa 6 months ago
That pinch harmonic that he hits at the end is fkn nuts.
dazza2708 6 months ago
mmmmm creo que no nacio pa' el blues pero estubo curada
ThePanshisco 6 months ago
Nice stratocaster. All but the scalloped fretboard, although I've never played one before. Love the aged pickups. Seriously, if u love blues, listen to Michael Bloomfield because he brings jazz into the equation so tastefully.
cameltooth1 6 months ago
He's good regardless, but Mike Bloomfield is the greatest blues guitarist ever.
cameltooth1 6 months ago
Yngwie is great, but blues isn't his point of force.
matriosca74 6 months ago
my guitar teacher yells at me for not using my pinky...yet yngwie malmsteen sounds like God when he plays guitar and he doesnt use his pinky
guitarguy951 6 months ago
D --> This shit pisses me off so much. This is most generic blues sound in the world. This is the stuff every guitar player in a Sam Ash or Guitar Center would be playing on one of the sample amps for the hell of it even though they aren't considering buying the guitar, but they want to show off. (Yeah, I'm very specific.) "The Final Cut" by Coheed and Cambria or "Mrs. Beasley" by Buckethead are true modern day blues. You actually get a blue emotion from those songs.
StopRunningKid 6 months ago
this is trash U_U
simiontimao 6 months ago
BB King 1 note = Malmsteens 200 notes
chase6470 6 months ago
Yngwie's phrasing doesn't really work for blues in my opinion.
CosmicAlfonzo 6 months ago
72 blues snobs want to "enlighten" us.
StanleyKu 6 months ago
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StanleyKu 6 months ago
Guitar playing-wise, Yngwie Malmsteen is to his genre what Jimi Hendrix was to his which he, for the most part, invented.
Electrix
electrixladyland69 6 months ago
'What makes a song good is completely subjective, and many people, including myself, enjoy self-indulgent musicians who are proud to display every trick they've learned, even at the expense of appearing to be a "show-off".'
This so-called "showing off" is in reality called putting on a show...something the audience paid money to come and see.
Electrix
electrixladyland69 6 months ago
dont compare them u handsome chicken feet...this guys are born to be unique...all of those guys u mentioned are not the same..they have their own way of expressing the guitar...stop comparing them man ..ill suck ur dickk
MANANSALA143 6 months ago
Yngvie is definetly badass. I'm just not "moved" by his playing, like I am moved by say, Stevie Ray, or David Gilmour, or even Randy Rhoads. Still bad ass, though!
jamieg1tube 6 months ago
Do I need to remind you all every single time?! Blues is not definition of feeling,and slow playing is not definition of feeling.
Adrian92Smith 6 months ago
it sounds so 80s. crazzy blues solo
ewalks73 6 months ago
Best blues i've EVER heard
1234RockHard 6 months ago
There is no only one way to play blues... It's his conception of blues so stop flaming about it and if you don't like just don't listen and don't post such comments.
DehMaxwell 6 months ago
jazzy blues.shit is it bed time already(damn this ego MF is tiring).
aryinc 6 months ago
jazzy blues.
aryinc 6 months ago
It's not blues,it's Yngwie Malmsteen. :)
LPFan3118 7 months ago
angus young smokes yngwie malmstien when it comes to blues, he has no real feel for it, he's just shredding...the blues is simple but you either do it right or dont
at all.. there is a certain mystery about the blues, its basis is simple, but some people
just skim the top, yngwie sounds very generic, you half to dig deep to do it right..
ronpoolman1 7 months ago
I stick to classic blues over this shreddiffied blues. And Yngwie should sure stick to making his classical style stuff.
peliparado94 7 months ago
419 people have never heard real Blues
TheOrganicBeats 7 months ago
i respect yngwie, i admire his technical prowess...i've been playing for about 30 years and watching him completely humbles me...but, and this is only MY opinion: When it comes to blues, i'd rather listen to warren haynes or joe bonnamassa any day of the week
twst1 7 months ago
72 don't know the blues feeling
sakk3d 7 months ago
he is YNGWIE J MALMSTEEN, he plays it his way...so should we. this is his expression in blues, so? u play it any better? good.
wfe4567 8 months ago 18
You all do realize that when Yngwie landed in the US in the early 80's he decided not to play blues because 99.9 % of 80's shredders were just ripping on a pentatonic scale. This guy is sublime, he can play anything under the sun and did in order to be noticed.
As for all you sad Youtube dwellers who can't play worth a shit why don't you actually PRACTICE guitar instead of trying to be an even worse music critic than you are a player. There's a reason you'll never get recognition ever.
CamHawesMusic011 8 months ago
people need to listen with their ears not their eyes.
slowhand19 8 months ago
That last pinch harmonic came from an assiduously devoted study of Van Halen.
KazKylheku 8 months ago
HA HA!!! All these negative comments here reflect just how jealous you all are!! You talk about YM's ego? I think it's your ego that's crushed because you've been playing guitar for sooo many years and you still suck...
32slugger32 8 months ago 2
could learn a lesson from slash and page and guys like that in real blues playing speed kills
theshag20 9 months ago
he sure gives the money's worth in the number of notes :D
kissing88 9 months ago
It is Blues, it's just a guy who happens to be better than everyone else playing the Blues. I don't even think Yngwie's brain controls his body, I think his fingers do...as soon as he just picks up a guitar his fingers take over and he has to shred.
Btw, I hit the Like button on this.
killyou45 9 months ago
@killyou45 Son House played better blues than this guy, and half the time his guitar was out of tune, and he was too fucking drunk to notice or give a shit.
ominousinc 4 months ago
71 tried to play like Yngwie?
sakk3d 9 months ago
This is not blues.This is shit.
ivur8623 9 months ago
Not a good blues player at all. Thumbs way down.
jimothy60 9 months ago
Playing slow doesn't define emotion. People "feel" the music differently despite any genre of music. Playing fast is just as expressive opposed to playing slow, it is up to YOU whether you feel the music.
EvoPogo 9 months ago
Sounds like someone's a little jealous up there (look at the comments and you'll know who I'm talking about) They should know that Yngwie is one of the best guitarists in the world today and if they appreciated rock and blues, they would actually pay attention to his styles and listen to his music and try to learn that stuff instead of just bashing him like a little 12 year old kid.
guitarheroaddict365 9 months ago
@guitarheroaddict365 Well, actually I think that 12 yo kid would say something like: "Whoa, he is awesome." They are just acting like stupid jerks.
WakizashiSabre 9 months ago
I meant, "Shit, SRV..." not Shitty. I love Stevie. He's one of my faves. My bad.
takeaimnfire 9 months ago
So you think he's not bluesy enough just because he combines skill and technique that he's mastered with emotion and feeling? If everyone didn't practice, and learn technique, and only played from the soul or emotions. There'd be a lot of shitty ass blues guitarists out there. Shitty SRV used to sleep with his guitar he practiced so much. I dunno where you haters are coming from. He hits more sweet notes in one passage than most guys manage in whole songs. Jealousy's a biotch, you'll learn
takeaimnfire 9 months ago
Haters are going to hate.
tkbabalu 10 months ago
yngwie malmsteen is a musical genius, no doubt, but he does get a bit.... carried away. my favourite yngwie moments are his slow passages. the man knows a melody he just works too fast for me to take it all in sometimes
ijobrien3 10 months ago
Less is more sometimes. Yngwie needs to listen to bb king and taj a little more closely.
nsted2ba 10 months ago
verga d pana est man es unico nunca solea lento pero no pierd el feeling
guitarristametal 10 months ago
I have to agree I look at this type playing as musical masturbation. Technical brilliance is admirable and even desirable but if it was a prerequisite for greatness then bands like The Clash and Sam the Sham would not have immortal songs. What is technically brilliant is not always that pleasing to the ear.
b2c095 10 months ago
Dont get me wrong i love Yngwie... But this physical hurts my head if theres no pause to let the music seep and its just shred. Ouchie.
Cameronlikesramen 10 months ago
im sure at 16 you know all about everything its call a style of playing im sure your slower playing guys cant play fast right? duh hes not coping hes playing in his style
judas4320 10 months ago
gold strat?? :D WIN
ravenshield56 10 months ago
this aint blues.. listen to JohnLee Hooker or Muddy Waters if you want blues..
he does have a fantastic technique but the constant speed just overcooks everything and renders it pretty soulless and meaningless...he is a brilliant guitarist but does he have to play so fast all the time? it all wears thin pretty quick..
eunan74 10 months ago 2
@eunan74
Everybody can play that slow and boring blues with "soul", yngwie does it his own way, im sure he could play anything JohnLee Hooker or Muddy Waters can play..but vice versa, NEVER!
Yngiwe is loving the speed, and just because he plays licks fast, that doesnt mean that it lacks "soul" or melody, if your ears cant keep up, too bad.
I believe that the word soul for you is a player that wanks on the same 2-3 diffrent notes and bending for an hour and really digs into it..
minorharmonicscale 10 months ago
is there ANY video out there where he plays less than 500 npm????
kirdook 11 months ago
@kirdook
go listen buddy guy what a hell why u come here to see yngwie's blues !
i think this is fucking assom blues! i can play like buddy guy no problem..
but here i don't know where i can start crap!
don't think always he can only play 23285455 note per minut.. micheal angelo batio do this,, yngwie no! he play with feel!
letteratura2 11 months ago
@letteratura2 you're a fucking idiot, I wasn't hating, I wasn't challenging anyone to find something immpossible, I was just curious. Just asking, I would LOVE to see this guy play slow.
kirdook 11 months ago
The blues is played different by everyone that plays it. Albert King didn't sound like BB King. Buddy Guy doesn't sound like Muddy Waters. This might not be "traditional" blues, but that doesn't mean it's not the blues.
jazzgtrplayer 11 months ago
I haven't heard one actual blues turn around yet. This isn't the blues. The blues doesn't require that many notes and also benefits from some different notes then what he plays.
glezzery62 11 months ago
Blues solos doesn't require to feel blue. It requiers imagination to make simple things intresting. It is a greater skill to make solos with a good taste than a fast speed. Yngiwie's playing sounds me just like a some kind of generic fast picking excercise.
viinikellari 11 months ago
I think I am gonna look up blues videos on youtube and whine about how they cant play any Yngwie songs and say that they only can play slow shit! What about that?
YJM for the world
ParkusMarkus 11 months ago
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Yngwie is just like millions of asshole guitarists out there. I see players like this all the time. People with fucked up egos who think they have to be playing every beat of every measure. Learn to shut up every now and then and focus on making the song great, not masturbating your ego. Shit like this just ruins great songs.
Tharapita 11 months ago
@Tharapita You are confusing ego with expressiveness, attention to detail, and technical proficiency. What makes a song good is completely subjective, and many people, including myself, enjoy self-indulgent musicians who are proud to display every trick they've learned, even at the expense of appearing to be a "show-off". Dynamic, playful patterns (think Bach) convey feeling to me. It doesn't have to be bluesy or soulful or any of those terms. Yngwie inspires musicianship and that's respectable.
WigglyMalmsteam 11 months ago 63
@WigglyMalmsteam While I agree with what you say, Yngwie is one of the most egotistical and arrogant men on the planet. Is he one of the best to ever live? Yes, no denying that. But is a complete egotistical douche as well.
Raikkonen43 11 months ago
@WigglyMalmsteam amen man. there's nothing wrong with being able to play like a god and flaunting it. i love seeing the likes of yngwie pull out all the stops.
jimmyshitbags 10 months ago
@WigglyMalmsteam you dont have to be bluesy or soulful when playing blues? What if youre playing Soul music?
birdiejoehoaks 10 months ago
@birdiejoehoaks I didn't claim that blues doesn't need to be bluesy, and I don't see this video as a defining example of blues. I was commenting on the way the terms are thrown around negatively to imply that the guitarist shows no emotion, when the guitarist never had any intent of defining his music by those terms, or expressing emotion through obvious musical narratives. I think the issue of contention here is about the blues "purity". To say there is no blues sound here would be a stretch.
WigglyMalmsteam 10 months ago 11
@WigglyMalmsteam Now that youve defined it I do agree with you. I think that its more important for a musician to have feel than to play quickly, but I did actually learn a few licks from watching this video, which I will admittedly steal... slower.
and there IS about 20 seconds of "blues" on this video.
birdiejoehoaks 10 months ago
@WigglyMalmsteam I would say, this is really bluesy. It would just fit more into some parts of slower blues song. Then it would be perfect. I think those people are just jealous. If they cannot stay off the dogma that blues is "one note per minute", you cannot help them.
WakizashiSabre 9 months ago
@birdiejoehoaks Tthis is the bluesy state of ygnwie. When he's not throwing guitars around and breaking speakers.
teenspirit1 8 months ago
@WigglyMalmsteam
Comparing Malmsteen to Bach is completely fucking ridiculous.
Mykerawr 10 months ago
@WigglyMalmsteam blues fans don't have the facilities to "think Bach" haha. i used to be the biggest blues purist around and have since moved the fuck on lol
HendrixIsGod47 8 months ago
@HendrixIsGod47 You mean back when you came up with the username HendrixisGod?
Haha I used to be an asshole too.
BrianJLeong 8 months ago
@BrianJLeong hahaha! well, idk man, he's still the closest thing i have to a deity.
HendrixIsGod47 8 months ago
@BrianJLeong oh wait! ur being a dick. hmm well, i do think that fucking n00b guitarists whose only contributions the musical world are youtube vids of them playing jimmy page guitar parts in their rooms definitely have the right to be condescending as "musicians." ;). btw if u were like "defending" blues, the fact that u went to a blues brothers show, and thought it was important enough to record, shows you dont know SHIT about the genre. but, i must admit, u can play the shit out of rain song
HendrixIsGod47 8 months ago
@HendrixIsGod47 Actually I wasn't making fun him . . . just saying I used to be the kid that thought Hendrix and Clapton were the only people capable playing with emotion cause they played slow made faces and other guitarists somehow were and they all sucked . . . don't know what you're saying. But if you're gonna be like this, I'm gonna have to smash you for covering a John Mayer song.
Thanks about the Rain Song comment btw.
BrianJLeong 8 months ago
@WigglyMalmsteam agree..Yngwie is imo one of a kind guitarist.....for those who can't stand watching him..but perhaps they like his music I suggest to just listen to his cds...
slikkar 7 months ago
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@WigglyMalmsteam this is not dynamic at all, do you even know the definition of the word
topdog2328 7 months ago
@Tharapita The thing about Yngwie is, he pretty much created this style of lead playing. It may not be for everyone, but what style of music is? Yes he is cocky and has a huge ego, so does every star athlete who is great at what they do. You don't get to that level of playing without having pride or drive for what you do.
bmparks5150 11 months ago
@Tharapita you really took the time to type that? you have the choice of leaving the page! aint that something! you can just leave the page at anytime! dont have to listen to any of this fucking egoistic music!
irockyouroll 11 months ago
@Tharapita You could be right in some cases. But the truth is that guitar players are seen as musicians that like to show off, just because they play fast. But if a violinist, pianist or any other kind of musician plays the exactly same fast melodies, they are considered very talented musicians. Its just the electric guitar that has this kind of prejudice
rikardocarvalho 10 months ago 35
@rikardocarvalho I couldn't have said it any better mate ! You're absolutely right in that sense. It's fucking unfair !
theabyssaldevil 9 months ago
@rikardocarvalho Not exactly. Violinists and pianists know WHEN to play fast. Most guitar players think that fast equals music, and it doesn't.
LickNRiff 9 months ago
@LickNRiff I was not talking about what violinists or pianists do or think. But what the public think about fast playing generaly. I said that he could be right in some cases, but that is not a rule. Truth is that if a guitar player plays fast once (even if he doesnt do it often) it will be seen as show off.
rikardocarvalho 9 months ago
@rikardocarvalho I disagree. It has a lot to do with the guitar player's attitude. There are fast players out there who don't come off as showing off. There are a lot of fast blues and jazz and also rock, even classical metal players, whose fast playing is melodic and dynamic, and not just showing off how well they know finger exercises. I'll give you an example: Kirk Hammet Vs. Greg Howe. One plays the same lick all the time, the other reinvents himself at every lick he plays.
LickNRiff 9 months ago
@rikardocarvalho Classic violinists and pianists don't wear these tight and shiny pants!
texatexa 5 months ago
@texatexa ;) I forgot about that. Maybe Nigel Kennedy violinist does
rikardocarvalho 5 months ago
@rikardocarvalho Oh yes, sure he did. And he had also cool hairdo (Bow wow wow looks) and cool jackets. What happened to him these days ?
texatexa 5 months ago
@texatexa I don't know. I've never followed his career
rikardocarvalho 5 months ago
@Tharapita What good would instrumental solo guitar music be if they weren't playing for half the song? lol Obviously this type of music isn't your thing. That's no reason to bash other peoples talent just cause you don't enjoy it. Also, what blues guitarist have you ever heard that doesn't stroke his ego with extended solos in every song? Even when its not instrumental blues... He's one of the most famous guitarists of all time. I think he's doing something right guy.
takeaimnfire 10 months ago
@Tharapita youre confusing ego with perfect technique...so shut the fuck up...you can only play blues probably
skwizzgar 9 months ago 2
@Tharapita actually the blues. is a style of music played usually over the 1-4-5 chord progression over the "blues scale" Hes playing the blues scale. I don't see how it's not blues? its just different. I agree Its not my type of blues either. I enjoy the riffs and lick put into this. and It is very soulful. it doesn't always have to be swing rhythms, or slow held notes to be blues. this is just as bluesy as anything.
TH3B3A57 9 months ago
@Tharapita asshole.
tabotabojayar 8 months ago 7