yngwie flys solo but has suffered from lack of good tunes, the best thing on his solo in russia vid is the hendrix tune spanish castle magic, or when the songwriter is ludwig
for those who play guitar we could get this good if we just practise our asses off like he did so dont fret if u look at this and think fuck if only i could play like that
Damn shame Bonnet could not remember the lyrics. This was one of my favorite songs. Guys like him and Dan Dokken sing so well in the studio but night in night out, they can't deliver live. But when Bonnet is on, I love his vocals.
@juggalohunter100: You will go no argument from me that Schenker was / is a legend and an incredible guitarist. I would only challenge two of your comments...first that Schenker "plays with far more emotion and style" then Yngwie. That is a matter of taste and preference. I personally put Malmsteen far ahead of Schenker. However, even guitarists who "hate" Yngwie will admit he has arguably the best vibrato of all time.
both shencker and yngwie in alcatrazz has the best tone ever for a strat and a flying v at that time .. their vibrato, and yngwie impros was like WTF! u have to learn perfectly the scales, modes, intervals, relatives of all keys to play like'em.. and also a good earing for the vibrato and the bend pitch.
why this modern world is full of shit music? i mean JUSTIN BIEBER? JHONAS BROTHERS?? HANAAH MONTANA??!!......YOUTUBE TROOLLSS??!! JEEZZZ!! really this fucikin world is screwed up!!
blahblahblahhhh.........is what I get out of the reads down below. Anyway. I think Yngwie did alot FOR Alcatraz. ANDglad he left and went on his own to do his OWN thing cause Graham Bonnet sucks. His voice is SOOO strained. He can't hit the notes. Alcatraz was a good thing for Yngwie to "break into" the media........and once everyone heard HIM......oh ya. The rest is history. OK...kids down below.......go back to your blahblahblah.
The problem is that already listened to all guitarists, only Malmsteen guitar speaks to me - so now is from the very beginning - nothing of this will not do - I heard some nice pieces of other guitarists, but only a few - I appreciate their contribution and skills, but for me nothing can compete with Malmsteen.
@Reigendo Lol, while Yngwie is an elite guitarist and surely as great as any that have ever played, I couldn't disagree more. There are so many that are of an equal caliber. Try listening to Jason Becker, he practically invented and defined a genre with his neo classical or listen to Spanish Fire or 17th century chicken pickin'. By the way how many times have you seen Yngwie live? I have 7 times and I've seen Blackmore, MSG, UFO and a hundred others so you need to broaden your horizons.
i like michael besides yngwie (he's a good guitar player but i don't like him that much anymore [personal opinion] )...but i must say that yngwie's tone on michael's song doesen't fit at all...michael can also sing neo-classical, but his style is more hard rock oriented altough his latest solo records are more experimental and that's why i like about him...this is a great performance, very great even, but the tone doesen't fit
@ZZJOSH- You're just another idiot plenty of need here, who have nothing worthwhile to say and who do not have a clue about music. As the guitarist who is one of the ten best in the history may not be someone's copy. You may not like someone's music, but I know on it and appreciate different things. Yngwie were right - they are idiots.
MSGathome4 - Malmsteen is one of the greatest guitarists in history, and the problem is that you're trying to convince that this is not a real musician. Are challenging thing that is not rebuttable .. The top ten best guitarists of all time - let this be a punishment for all of you. Everyone in the world outside the United States know who he is and what he has done for music and it just counts - the rest is just words uttered by idiots like you who do not have anything specific to say about it.
@Reigendo ULI, SCHENKER, GARY MOORE ,BLACKMORE. ARE MUCH MORE TALENTED THEN MR YNGWIE WHO IS JUST A CHEAP COPY OF ULI AND BLACKMORE AND BEYOND HIS FIRST ALBUM IS....MMMMZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ VERY BORING
solarflares1058 - I suggest you speak no more on this topic already, for your own good, you are no longer compromised. This guy is one of the ten best guitarists of all time and this music had not assessed the impact. You're just another jealous American idiot who can not be reconciled with the fact that it is european.
@Reigendo I count myself as an Yngwie fan, but "one of the top 10 best guitarists of all time"? Even if I'm to replace the word "best" in your statement with "most influential" it's still not even close to being an opinion that's widely held. I'd say he's one of the top 5 most influential technically oriented rock guitarists of all time, but that's a vastly different statement than yours. It sounds to me like you need to start sampling from other genres of music.
Yngwie by any standard or measure is one of the greatest guitarist to ever live!!! Without a doubt he's among the 5 to 10 most important guitarist in the last 100 years!!!
In my opinion the Mount Rushmore of guitar players is Hendrix, Blackmore, Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, and Yngwie Malmsteen!!! In my opinion those are the guitarist who had the greatest impact!!!
I didn't count Les Paul because He is like the Father of guitar, he is his own category!!!
@epic103 So, basically you think that the only genre worth mentioning in "guitar god" terms is rock? What about Andres Segovia, Django Reinhardt, Al Dimeola, Michael Hedges, etc.? Anyone who listens to a wide variety of music wouldn't choose his top 5 greatest guitarists from a single genre. Also, I personally don't rate Clapton on the level of Hendrix, Blackmore, or even EVH. The only material from Clapton that I find interesting is with Cream.
Let me add one more thing - here is not just about his technique, phrasing, tone - just yet about how it fits - his compositions are sophisticated, dark, yet very melodic - a combination that makes this level there is no guitarist who could to compare with him in the history of the instrument. Malmsteen is the only guitarist whose music is not boring to me - thanks to his vision of composing.
@solarflares1058 Says the pot to the kettle.... Now you are forcing your opinion by calling Yngwie a "fame hungry tart", and telling us to listen to "real musicians" instead. Don't pretend to take the high road and then slip in a few cheap shots of your own. Practice what you preach buddy....
@solarflares1058 personally i liked so much differents musicians,i like yngwie and i like schenker;i listen flamenco,blues,classical music,jazz also,etc etc;surely malmsteen is too focused on himself with his arrogance etc etc but is the other side of the medal of his personality.
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Anyone who states that Schenker is a "superior" player, versus Malmsteen, is obviously not a guitarist. I;'ve been playing for 25 years, everything from blues to classic rock, up through neoclassical styles. Schenker is great, and a legend, but Malmsteen is on an ENTIRELY different level. Malmsteen is a true virtuoso of electric guitar. Yngwie could not be touched (especially in his early years) when it came to improvisation...unmatched phrasing, note selection, tone, and god-like vibrato.
@Deuterium2H I agree. You are absolutely correct. His phrasing and technique can't be touched. His Alcatrazz and early Rising Force years are like a new page for guitar playing. They're like text books for guitarists.
@Deuterium2H The Malmsteen fans will always say he is the best, her he destroys this song, I hve this concert & he is asked what gutarists he listens to?, he responed saying none, what about ( Blackmore/Uli jon Roth/ Al Dimeola?) he is good but just happens to repeat so much it burns me out!
I give more credit to Schenker for being an original,inovator & more influencial to so many other guitarists!
@Deuterium2H I agree but both are very unique and great in their own right. Neither can sound like each other and nor should they need too .Schenkers vibrato and tone are as amazing as Yngwies
@Deuterium2H Yngwie is technically a much better player but Michael's phrasing and tone are untouchable. There are a thousand Yngwie clones out there now - some of them very good - but only 1 or 2 others have ever come close to rip Schenker's style. I'm a huge Yngwie fan but I prefer Schenker, also because Michael has always understood that the song comes first and that a singer isn't just some nuisance you put up with but an integral part of the band. Yngwie's ego is too big to grasp that.
@Deuterium2H I have also played guitar for 25 years. Yngwie is faster and has more competence with a variety of scales but....phrasing ? Melody ? Taste ? Not even close. As a matter of fact i can hear Yngwie coping Schenker and Uli Roths tone here. A lot. I can also say through all the bad, Schenker has shown his ability's again in the last year. Yngwie ? His tone is horrible and he just mindlessly shreds nowdays.He never had a good sense of melody like Schenker.
@Deuterium2H That is a purely subjective opinion. Schenker laid the neo-classical groundwork for guys like Malmsteen. Malmsteen is cleary a better technical player but Schenker plays with far more emotion and style than Malmsteen can. And this is coming from a big Yngwie fan! I think he did this song great justice though, but Schenker had an amazing Vibrato better than Malmsteen's.
Malmsteen should, at least on one song or two, slow down a little bit. I mean, I know he´s a genious, but sometimes he overplays the song, IMHO.
That´s what I love in Michael Schenker: the mad axeman always knows when to slow things (like the song bijou pleasurette) or speed up (save yourself and the amazing instrumental Good Old Days)
Malmsteen was & is a killer guitar player. He definately overplayed on this tune. Jimi Hendrix, Michael Schenker, Eddie Van Halen & Yngwie Malmsteen made Rock/Metal guitar what it is today.
I personally love the way he played back then he says after his accident he played better but i don't know he was hungrier back then and had way more fire, same with paul gilbert his vibrato was the shit!!
Yngwie never gained back what he had lost in Alcatrazz. A great frontman/songwriter in Bonnet. Schenker went through some peaks and valleys(Contraband, McCauley-Schenker,MSG) and for the most part has had both periods of brilliance and stagnation.
IMO neither one lived uo to what they should of been after the initial departure. It should be noted that Vai didn't capture the magic in Alcatrazz and Chapman got better with time in UFO but, not by much. Both bands crappier without them.
Yngwie is bad ass and I love him to death but he doesn't always know when to let the SONG have the spotlight and ends up detracting from it as he demonstrates early on in this clip.
These were Yngwie's best days. Everything sounded fresh and exciting. He should have stuck with Graham: Yngwie's biggest mistake was ditching a strong songwriting partner. He ended up playing only in his comfort zone (though of course that zone is an admittedly AMAZING playing zone that blows away most players), and writing alot of the same music ad infinitum.
Still, check Yngwie out live these days...he scorches down the majority of the world. Fantastic player.
We are all entitled to our opinions. Schenker and Yngwie are both great, but Schenker is the superior player. I say this because he has more dimensions. Even when he is burning the fret board there is melody in everything he does. But Yngwie certainly influenced the way people played in the mid 80s and stands in the pantheon of great guitarists. Question: Why do metal fans turn on each other so quickly and angrily?
@Stretchmeister Schenker does rock hard. Him and Uli. I swear if you were in Scorpions you were just a badass.Sails of Charon is my favorite song by Uli. His solo stuff is cool...why am I talking randomly about Uli Jon Roth. Must be fanboyism.
@Stretchmeister I proudly list both Michael Schenker and Yngwie as major influences on my playing! I don't consider one guitar player better than another, myself
@badhorsee As long as you appreciate Schenker I have no problems. Mathias Jabs is a great player and so is Yngwie and Uli Jon Roth. We're lucky to have all these guys in the metal/hard rock genre.
No, you don't "got me there". You are obviously a Ying Yang Malstud fan. Sorry to here that. You know as well as the rest of the world,he is repetitve,tasteless,showboat. All of his solos are the same notes played over and over.Schenker's forgot more than he knows...And he is copying Schenker.Michael does'nt copy other players.He does'nt need to...Oh! i "Got" you there? This is'nt a competition.
@MSGathome4 Dude fuck off, regardless of what you want to believe, Schenker isn't anywhere near CLOSE to the playing level of Yngwie. I want to see you play HALF as good as Malmsteen, then talk. Go take your shit talking somewhere else. You, or anyone else, have nothing on Yngwie.
@Travis0671 ;either you have know idea of what a good guitarist is or you have some kind of weird fascination with Malmsteen. Schenker is much better in tone, style. versatility, creativity, and a better song writer.
Haven't you heard of UFO? He was a teenager back then and way ahead of his time.
@FreeMTrider Yeah I've heard of UFO dude, and I have all of their CD's, even the ones without Schenker on them. Just a kid? Yeah and Michael was great, but guess what? Yngwie was 19 when he started getting big, basically a kid himself. Look at it this way, it's taste dude, don't try to tell me that I'm wrong when your going by what YOU think is right. Yngwie coverd a Schenker song with ease. Michael couldn't play a note of Yngwie's Black Star.
@Travis0671 FreeM is right bro. I'm friends with Barry Sparks and I know for a fact when Schenker watched tapes with Barry and Yngwie he was like ah fuck. I know other jerks that talk smack about the Maestro, like my old buddy william who'd say you heard one Yngwie lead you've heard them all. Same could be said for any guitar player - it's called your own style and sound. Yngwie RULES always
@MSGathome4 i wouldnt say malmsteen copies shchenker as i never really heard any classical influence in schenker, I dont think Malmsteen is tasteless, he is one of the greatest innovators in guitar, along with les paul, hendrix, van halen. I think Malmsteen and Schenker are both amazing guitarists, and if you would say yngwie is copying anyone it would be uli jon roth, but music is not a competition- someone likes bb king 3 note riffs, and another loves malmsten's shreeding
Schenker has a lot of classical influence in his music, but it's more in the overall melody than in his style of playing. There are songs such as "Bijou Pleasurette" in which the classical influence is distinct, though.
@doghousepiiman I see what you are saying now, I just listened to Bijou Pleasurette, and its an amazing song really interesting, I gottas say I never listened to the MSG, I know Schenkers playing only form his UFO days, and now I see the classical influenced Shchenker
but of course he is a ying yang malstud fan...and so am i..why would we even be on this video if not?..i think you never actually gave yngwie a chance in your head that´s why you like to talk shit and say schenker is better when 100million people will tell you otherwise..schenker,uli jon roth,blackmoore and even hendrix was the shit! back then before yngwie came and blasted them with his playing..maybe you really believe the shit you read on the internet that yngwie is a douchebag
Many of us Comment on Yngwie's playing back then. Just remember this was before his terrible car Accident in 87 . Where he was in a Coma for a week and suffered Nerve Damage to his right hand. He had to through Months of Rehabilation. Thank God He almost died. i'm glad he's still with us. I wish he could play like he was before.
@ShreddaManiac314 great 80's/ 90's guitar player hahaha God alcatrazz was like only malmsteen, look what camera focus on the guitar player like that?? he is the band haha
I couldn't give a shit whether you like Bonnet or not. You stated 'Bonnet has no talent', thats not an opinion, thats a statement, but you're so fucking stupid, with fat fucking ugly head so far up your ass - you can't tell the difference
Graham had nothing but talent! He was an awesome songwriter and singer. His lyrics were far superior to Yngwie's "I am right and you are wrong, You are weak and I am strong....". lol
@Suncreation666 I applogise for calling you deaf, although I'm glad to see that agree you're an idiot!!! LMFAO. Ritchie tried to hire Bonnet back in 1973 but was told he had lost his voice, he had been a fan since 1969. Desperate for a singer? have you actually listened to the vocals on Down to Earth? Now I suggest you find a picture of your hero YJM and go play with yourself - you totally clueless prick
@Suncreation666 If he's got no talent, why have so many great rock musicians chosen to work with him, dispite his out of place image, you are either deaf or stupid. Its easy to find a below par live performance and say 'look the guy can't sing!', he'd probably had too much to drink before hand. Are you seriously trying to say that Sotos vocals on Marching Out are better than Bonnets on NPFRR. Listen to: Graham Bonnet Whisper in the Night
DUDE, CALM THE FUCK DOWN. you like soto, i like bonnett, apples and oranges, soto(and mccauley) are just too "vanilla"(does that term suit you better) for my tastes. and bonnett obviousley has some talent, as he has sang for 3 of the greatest guitar players ever(blackmore, schenker, malmsteen) and another highly under-rated one (impellitterri). but i know what you mean, i wanna throw up every time ozzie opens his yapper, compared to ozzie, bonnett is geoff tate
@yngwieshred11 uhhhh NO! when No Parole... came out Yngwie was just a 20 year old kid, Graham was the bigger attraction having played in Rainbow and the Micheal Schenker Group
@yngwieshred11 You said that people came to see Yngwie. And that was a concert... now ? You go to a "concert" to see Bieber -.-' and vocalists ... the 70's , 80's , 90's was the greatest time to have a band ... because people has know a BAND not a person who sing... 21 century is f*cked up for music -.-'
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Malmsteen is always ruining the songs with his fucking neoclassical solos. Check the Dream On cover by Malmsteen, he also ruined that beatiful Aerosmith song
I thought this song was first sung when Bonnet was sunging with MSG. Fantastic to see it was much earlier during Malmsteens time with Alcatrazz, Thanks very much for the video. I have never seen this before. Bonnet is excellent. To an earlier comment.. Malmsteen no soul and all technical? And bonnet is punk?! Both of you.. get outta here, Your talking rubbish.
Yngwie is all speed and tricks and has no soul or feeling tin his playing. Yes he is technical but no soul. Great player but too flash and has not got Schenkers tone and feel
yngwie flys solo but has suffered from lack of good tunes, the best thing on his solo in russia vid is the hendrix tune spanish castle magic, or when the songwriter is ludwig
guitargold77 1 week ago
for those who play guitar we could get this good if we just practise our asses off like he did so dont fret if u look at this and think fuck if only i could play like that
cornholio119 1 month ago
Damn shame Bonnet could not remember the lyrics. This was one of my favorite songs. Guys like him and Dan Dokken sing so well in the studio but night in night out, they can't deliver live. But when Bonnet is on, I love his vocals.
JSustain 1 month ago
Schenker is the master of tone, vibrato and phrasing! Check out born to lose by UFO etc.
EUguitarRULE 1 month ago
remember who taught michael everything he knows technically it was uli jon roth who also influenced yngwie
shredmaster100 1 month ago
@juggalohunter100: You will go no argument from me that Schenker was / is a legend and an incredible guitarist. I would only challenge two of your comments...first that Schenker "plays with far more emotion and style" then Yngwie. That is a matter of taste and preference. I personally put Malmsteen far ahead of Schenker. However, even guitarists who "hate" Yngwie will admit he has arguably the best vibrato of all time.
Deuterium2H 1 month ago
I seen Alcatrazz open up for Ted Nugent. It should have been the other way around. A very small auditorium too.They were fantastic.
firebirdsummer2 2 months ago
both shencker and yngwie in alcatrazz has the best tone ever for a strat and a flying v at that time .. their vibrato, and yngwie impros was like WTF! u have to learn perfectly the scales, modes, intervals, relatives of all keys to play like'em.. and also a good earing for the vibrato and the bend pitch.
why this modern world is full of shit music? i mean JUSTIN BIEBER? JHONAS BROTHERS?? HANAAH MONTANA??!!......YOUTUBE TROOLLSS??!! JEEZZZ!! really this fucikin world is screwed up!!
Resetonedw 3 months ago
Yngwie had a great sound, but was always preoccupied with theatrics.
myancov 4 months ago
blahblahblahhhh.........is what I get out of the reads down below. Anyway. I think Yngwie did alot FOR Alcatraz. ANDglad he left and went on his own to do his OWN thing cause Graham Bonnet sucks. His voice is SOOO strained. He can't hit the notes. Alcatraz was a good thing for Yngwie to "break into" the media........and once everyone heard HIM......oh ya. The rest is history. OK...kids down below.......go back to your blahblahblah.
RedBev59 6 months ago
@RedBev59 yeah men you are right
ozzidado 5 months ago
YOu can clearly see ego dominating with Yngwie. He is great and definetly made an impact on metal but he isn't Schenker.
rb7magnetico 7 months ago
I like both Versions... Schenker is the ORIGINAL thoug....
Mercurium67 7 months ago
I don't care what any of you rock critics and guitar aficionados say, Yngwie Valvestem just butchered the hell out of Micheal Schenkers song.
MarcosEsquandolas 7 months ago
Whoa fuck, an audience that actually claps in rhythm!
SixSecs 8 months ago
wlmason73:
The problem is that already listened to all guitarists, only Malmsteen guitar speaks to me - so now is from the very beginning - nothing of this will not do - I heard some nice pieces of other guitarists, but only a few - I appreciate their contribution and skills, but for me nothing can compete with Malmsteen.
Reigendo 8 months ago 4
@Reigendo
then you are wrong. try to listen gary moore and satriani.
Sick2Destroy 8 months ago
@Reigendo Lol, while Yngwie is an elite guitarist and surely as great as any that have ever played, I couldn't disagree more. There are so many that are of an equal caliber. Try listening to Jason Becker, he practically invented and defined a genre with his neo classical or listen to Spanish Fire or 17th century chicken pickin'. By the way how many times have you seen Yngwie live? I have 7 times and I've seen Blackmore, MSG, UFO and a hundred others so you need to broaden your horizons.
TheJammpie 4 months ago
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Now go to the right, click on the little picture of Michael Schenker, and see and hear how this tune is supposed to be played on the guitar
5B4Funky 8 months ago
Yngwie is amazing but shenker is better by miles, although i can say that Graham bonnet is among the best vocalists of all time.
pcdd11pj 8 months ago
I just like the fact that there are many comments on this video :)
tqf0400 8 months ago
Ferocity!!
Dying2Know 9 months ago
i like michael besides yngwie (he's a good guitar player but i don't like him that much anymore [personal opinion] )...but i must say that yngwie's tone on michael's song doesen't fit at all...michael can also sing neo-classical, but his style is more hard rock oriented altough his latest solo records are more experimental and that's why i like about him...this is a great performance, very great even, but the tone doesen't fit
axlhm 10 months ago
To each their own.
joeldoer 10 months ago
@ZZJOSH- You're just another idiot plenty of need here, who have nothing worthwhile to say and who do not have a clue about music. As the guitarist who is one of the ten best in the history may not be someone's copy. You may not like someone's music, but I know on it and appreciate different things. Yngwie were right - they are idiots.
Reigendo 10 months ago
MSGathome4 - Malmsteen is one of the greatest guitarists in history, and the problem is that you're trying to convince that this is not a real musician. Are challenging thing that is not rebuttable .. The top ten best guitarists of all time - let this be a punishment for all of you. Everyone in the world outside the United States know who he is and what he has done for music and it just counts - the rest is just words uttered by idiots like you who do not have anything specific to say about it.
Reigendo 10 months ago 2
@Reigendo ULI, SCHENKER, GARY MOORE ,BLACKMORE. ARE MUCH MORE TALENTED THEN MR YNGWIE WHO IS JUST A CHEAP COPY OF ULI AND BLACKMORE AND BEYOND HIS FIRST ALBUM IS....MMMMZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ VERY BORING
ZZJOSH 10 months ago
Damn I wish I was born in this great time !! Graham shows so much emotion and Yngwie plays amazing and absolut brilliant solos
Yngwie is just something we never have had again
keep on rock'n
chhrriissss 11 months ago 2
solarflares1058 - I suggest you speak no more on this topic already, for your own good, you are no longer compromised. This guy is one of the ten best guitarists of all time and this music had not assessed the impact. You're just another jealous American idiot who can not be reconciled with the fact that it is european.
Reigendo 11 months ago
@Reigendo I count myself as an Yngwie fan, but "one of the top 10 best guitarists of all time"? Even if I'm to replace the word "best" in your statement with "most influential" it's still not even close to being an opinion that's widely held. I'd say he's one of the top 5 most influential technically oriented rock guitarists of all time, but that's a vastly different statement than yours. It sounds to me like you need to start sampling from other genres of music.
wlmason73 9 months ago
@wlmason73
Yngwie by any standard or measure is one of the greatest guitarist to ever live!!! Without a doubt he's among the 5 to 10 most important guitarist in the last 100 years!!!
In my opinion the Mount Rushmore of guitar players is Hendrix, Blackmore, Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, and Yngwie Malmsteen!!! In my opinion those are the guitarist who had the greatest impact!!!
I didn't count Les Paul because He is like the Father of guitar, he is his own category!!!
epic103 9 months ago 3
@epic103 Jeff Beck too I hope man \w/
jamanursula 8 months ago
@epic103 So, basically you think that the only genre worth mentioning in "guitar god" terms is rock? What about Andres Segovia, Django Reinhardt, Al Dimeola, Michael Hedges, etc.? Anyone who listens to a wide variety of music wouldn't choose his top 5 greatest guitarists from a single genre. Also, I personally don't rate Clapton on the level of Hendrix, Blackmore, or even EVH. The only material from Clapton that I find interesting is with Cream.
wlmason73 7 months ago
@wlmason73
I agree, Clapton's best stuff was with Cream, but his overall body of work is very good!!!
Plus, he was one of the first "Guitar Gods." Also, Clapton had a big impact on many guitarist, including Eddie Van Halen!!!
I agree, Clapton isn't on the level with Blackmore, Hendrix, or EVH!!! But he has still a huge impact on guitar players overall!!!
I rated the 5 that I thought had the biggest impact on the most people!!! It's only my opinion though!!!
CHEERS!!!
epic103 7 months ago
incredible footage i cannot believe how easy it is to watch thx
todd6138 11 months ago
Let me add one more thing - here is not just about his technique, phrasing, tone - just yet about how it fits - his compositions are sophisticated, dark, yet very melodic - a combination that makes this level there is no guitarist who could to compare with him in the history of the instrument. Malmsteen is the only guitarist whose music is not boring to me - thanks to his vision of composing.
Reigendo 11 months ago 4
@Reigendo His compositions are not dark -they are very "twee".
Guitarists? Why would you want to compare them with each other? Total immature nonsense.
If you like someone's playing then fair enough - like it -buy it -play it to death - but don't try and force it on others.
Suggest you spend time listening to real musicians rather than some fame-hungry little tart like Yngve.
Might open up your mind.
solarflares1058 11 months ago
@solarflares1058 Says the pot to the kettle.... Now you are forcing your opinion by calling Yngwie a "fame hungry tart", and telling us to listen to "real musicians" instead. Don't pretend to take the high road and then slip in a few cheap shots of your own. Practice what you preach buddy....
StanleyKu 10 months ago
@solarflares1058 personally i liked so much differents musicians,i like yngwie and i like schenker;i listen flamenco,blues,classical music,jazz also,etc etc;surely malmsteen is too focused on himself with his arrogance etc etc but is the other side of the medal of his personality.
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jerrythepotato1919 11 months ago
Anyone who states that Schenker is a "superior" player, versus Malmsteen, is obviously not a guitarist. I;'ve been playing for 25 years, everything from blues to classic rock, up through neoclassical styles. Schenker is great, and a legend, but Malmsteen is on an ENTIRELY different level. Malmsteen is a true virtuoso of electric guitar. Yngwie could not be touched (especially in his early years) when it came to improvisation...unmatched phrasing, note selection, tone, and god-like vibrato.
Deuterium2H 11 months ago 21
@Deuterium2H I agree. You are absolutely correct. His phrasing and technique can't be touched. His Alcatrazz and early Rising Force years are like a new page for guitar playing. They're like text books for guitarists.
PetersRockinTheWorld 11 months ago
@Deuterium2H The Malmsteen fans will always say he is the best, her he destroys this song, I hve this concert & he is asked what gutarists he listens to?, he responed saying none, what about ( Blackmore/Uli jon Roth/ Al Dimeola?) he is good but just happens to repeat so much it burns me out!
I give more credit to Schenker for being an original,inovator & more influencial to so many other guitarists!
& I like his style better!!
AXEFLYERFV 7 months ago
@Deuterium2H I agree but both are very unique and great in their own right. Neither can sound like each other and nor should they need too .Schenkers vibrato and tone are as amazing as Yngwies
nylonsteel 4 months ago
@Deuterium2H Yngwie is technically a much better player but Michael's phrasing and tone are untouchable. There are a thousand Yngwie clones out there now - some of them very good - but only 1 or 2 others have ever come close to rip Schenker's style. I'm a huge Yngwie fan but I prefer Schenker, also because Michael has always understood that the song comes first and that a singer isn't just some nuisance you put up with but an integral part of the band. Yngwie's ego is too big to grasp that.
SabuPtolemy 3 months ago 2
@Deuterium2H I have also played guitar for 25 years. Yngwie is faster and has more competence with a variety of scales but....phrasing ? Melody ? Taste ? Not even close. As a matter of fact i can hear Yngwie coping Schenker and Uli Roths tone here. A lot. I can also say through all the bad, Schenker has shown his ability's again in the last year. Yngwie ? His tone is horrible and he just mindlessly shreds nowdays.He never had a good sense of melody like Schenker.
cobias 2 months ago 2
@Deuterium2H That is a purely subjective opinion. Schenker laid the neo-classical groundwork for guys like Malmsteen. Malmsteen is cleary a better technical player but Schenker plays with far more emotion and style than Malmsteen can. And this is coming from a big Yngwie fan! I think he did this song great justice though, but Schenker had an amazing Vibrato better than Malmsteen's.
juggalohunter100 1 month ago
@Deuterium2H Well said. Can you go smack all of Joe Stump's fans now cause they make my head explode
WildBillJP 3 weeks ago
guau!! jeje
yngwie1976 1 year ago
There's more to playing an electric guitar than shredding, geez!
fastfoodclowns 1 year ago
Bonnet' soutfit is hilarious here! I really like how Yngwie shows some restraint for a change.
oporuy 1 year ago
Now go to the right, click on the little picture of Michael Schenker, and see and hear how this tune is supposed to be played on the guitar
Fugaziac 1 year ago 3
fantastic version.
believer06 1 year ago
Malmsteen should, at least on one song or two, slow down a little bit. I mean, I know he´s a genious, but sometimes he overplays the song, IMHO.
That´s what I love in Michael Schenker: the mad axeman always knows when to slow things (like the song bijou pleasurette) or speed up (save yourself and the amazing instrumental Good Old Days)
Peace
rockerlawyer 1 year ago 2
a new record with yngwie and graham i dont like ripper he is not malmsteen he dont fit to the malmsteen music in my opnion
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Yngwie played a real beauty of a Michael Schenker song!
benchmat 1 year ago
Yngwie played a real beauty of a Michel Schenker song!
benchmat 1 year ago
Malmsteen was & is a killer guitar player. He definately overplayed on this tune. Jimi Hendrix, Michael Schenker, Eddie Van Halen & Yngwie Malmsteen made Rock/Metal guitar what it is today.
21JCOLL 1 year ago 2
I personally love the way he played back then he says after his accident he played better but i don't know he was hungrier back then and had way more fire, same with paul gilbert his vibrato was the shit!!
sk1972 1 year ago
look at bonnet at 2:23, he probably was having a flashback about his day with schenker and how he wished that it could of worked out...
L0stH0riz0n21 1 year ago 2
yngwie....yngwie....yngwie....yngwie....
IbnuRusdiMovie 1 year ago
thumbs for amazing guitar work and drunkenass vocals
nusdorfer 1 year ago
Graham rocks
SamQuentin 1 year ago 2
Yngwie never gained back what he had lost in Alcatrazz. A great frontman/songwriter in Bonnet. Schenker went through some peaks and valleys(Contraband, McCauley-Schenker,MSG) and for the most part has had both periods of brilliance and stagnation.
IMO neither one lived uo to what they should of been after the initial departure. It should be noted that Vai didn't capture the magic in Alcatrazz and Chapman got better with time in UFO but, not by much. Both bands crappier without them.
okokdokey 1 year ago 10
@okokdokey UFO is crappier with Vinnie Moore? Who do you want to replace him... God?
WildBillJP 3 weeks ago
How did i miss this in the 80s ?
supperbowl43 1 year ago 2
strange band!!!
amargusss 1 year ago
Yngwie is a GUITAR GOD !
BerlinMusikmaker 1 year ago 2
Yngwie is bad ass and I love him to death but he doesn't always know when to let the SONG have the spotlight and ends up detracting from it as he demonstrates early on in this clip.
bigpaulie68 1 year ago
this shit hurts my ears...amatuer without Michael !
HighMindedLunacy 1 year ago
Where did you get all those videos from? I need everything, backstage included. Put up on Youtube or make a torrent. I would be thankful if you did.
NisseEricsson 1 year ago
This is so fucking good. Too bad Yngwie never remained this good after the 80s.
NisseEricsson 1 year ago
These were Yngwie's best days. Everything sounded fresh and exciting. He should have stuck with Graham: Yngwie's biggest mistake was ditching a strong songwriting partner. He ended up playing only in his comfort zone (though of course that zone is an admittedly AMAZING playing zone that blows away most players), and writing alot of the same music ad infinitum.
Still, check Yngwie out live these days...he scorches down the majority of the world. Fantastic player.
Lyraka 1 year ago 5
We are all entitled to our opinions. Schenker and Yngwie are both great, but Schenker is the superior player. I say this because he has more dimensions. Even when he is burning the fret board there is melody in everything he does. But Yngwie certainly influenced the way people played in the mid 80s and stands in the pantheon of great guitarists. Question: Why do metal fans turn on each other so quickly and angrily?
Stretchmeister 1 year ago 18
@Stretchmeister Schenker does rock hard. Him and Uli. I swear if you were in Scorpions you were just a badass.Sails of Charon is my favorite song by Uli. His solo stuff is cool...why am I talking randomly about Uli Jon Roth. Must be fanboyism.
JimmieCrackCreamCorn 1 year ago
@Stretchmeister I proudly list both Michael Schenker and Yngwie as major influences on my playing! I don't consider one guitar player better than another, myself
DrGiggles68 8 months ago
@Stretchmeister i appreciate schenker.. but..CMON MAN!!!!!
badhorsee 4 months ago
@Stretchmeister i appreciate schenker.. but..CMON MAN!!!!! HELL ,I THINK MATHIAS JABS IS BETTER THAN SCHENKER LOL AND I LIKE SCHENKER
badhorsee 4 months ago
@badhorsee As long as you appreciate Schenker I have no problems. Mathias Jabs is a great player and so is Yngwie and Uli Jon Roth. We're lucky to have all these guys in the metal/hard rock genre.
Stretchmeister 4 months ago 2
it is a schenker song, orginally no whammy bar, twice the vibrato.
izzinami 1 year ago 2
seen em both......both very good live, schenker is the more original of the two. with a more impressive body of work.
izzinami 1 year ago
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seen em both......both very good live, schenker is the more original of the two. with a more impressive body of work.
izzinami 1 year ago
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seen em both......both very good live, schenker is the more original of the two. with a more impressive body of work.
izzinami 1 year ago
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seen em both......both very good live, schenker is the more original of the two. with a more impressive body of work.
izzinami 1 year ago
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seen em both......both very good live, schenker is the more original of the two. with a more impressive body of work.
izzinami 1 year ago
seen em both......both very good live, schenker is the more original of the two. with a more impressive body of work.
izzinami 1 year ago
@izzinami Schenker is about as impressive as your command of the English language's syntax!
TheAnarchistPrince 1 year ago
sounds like graham does not know which song this is until the second verse. love his voice and outfit though :)
ZuzerHun 1 year ago
GAY
slowJams88 1 year ago
Why do bands like Poison get played on MTV on bands like this that were way ahead of their time go unnoticed and relagated to relative obscurity?
michaels2boys 1 year ago 2
@michaels2boys Because most people cannot comprehend depth like the Alcatrazz masterpieces have.
johnstonebreaker 1 year ago
yeah great lyrics too young to die to drunk to live lol
GUILLEOLIVARES 1 year ago
and another thing, a thousand notes don't make up for less notes that have feel....
MSGathome4 1 year ago
What about a thousand notes that have "feel"... oh! i got you there...
Rocker8822 1 year ago
No, you don't "got me there". You are obviously a Ying Yang Malstud fan. Sorry to here that. You know as well as the rest of the world,he is repetitve,tasteless,showboat. All of his solos are the same notes played over and over.Schenker's forgot more than he knows...And he is copying Schenker.Michael does'nt copy other players.He does'nt need to...Oh! i "Got" you there? This is'nt a competition.
MSGathome4 1 year ago 5
I will agree with you that post 1990ish he is a repetive wanker, but before this, he is a musical genius.
Rocker8822 1 year ago
@MSGathome4 Dude fuck off, regardless of what you want to believe, Schenker isn't anywhere near CLOSE to the playing level of Yngwie. I want to see you play HALF as good as Malmsteen, then talk. Go take your shit talking somewhere else. You, or anyone else, have nothing on Yngwie.
Travis0671 1 year ago
And Yngwie doesnt have half the creativity Schenker has. Got it?
marune1975 1 year ago
@marune1975 AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Flakevee 1 year ago
@marune1975 Let me know when you wake up from your little fantasy dream.
Travis0671 1 year ago
@Travis0671 Hahahahaha Yngwie = crap compared to michael...
marune1975 1 year ago
@Travis0671 ;either you have know idea of what a good guitarist is or you have some kind of weird fascination with Malmsteen. Schenker is much better in tone, style. versatility, creativity, and a better song writer.
Haven't you heard of UFO? He was a teenager back then and way ahead of his time.
FreeMTrider 1 year ago 2
@FreeMTrider Yeah I've heard of UFO dude, and I have all of their CD's, even the ones without Schenker on them. Just a kid? Yeah and Michael was great, but guess what? Yngwie was 19 when he started getting big, basically a kid himself. Look at it this way, it's taste dude, don't try to tell me that I'm wrong when your going by what YOU think is right. Yngwie coverd a Schenker song with ease. Michael couldn't play a note of Yngwie's Black Star.
Travis0671 1 year ago 2
@Travis0671 FreeM is right bro. I'm friends with Barry Sparks and I know for a fact when Schenker watched tapes with Barry and Yngwie he was like ah fuck. I know other jerks that talk smack about the Maestro, like my old buddy william who'd say you heard one Yngwie lead you've heard them all. Same could be said for any guitar player - it's called your own style and sound. Yngwie RULES always
MikeToddOnline 1 year ago
@FreeMTrider I have to agree with that!
EUguitarRULE 1 year ago
@MSGathome4 i wouldnt say malmsteen copies shchenker as i never really heard any classical influence in schenker, I dont think Malmsteen is tasteless, he is one of the greatest innovators in guitar, along with les paul, hendrix, van halen. I think Malmsteen and Schenker are both amazing guitarists, and if you would say yngwie is copying anyone it would be uli jon roth, but music is not a competition- someone likes bb king 3 note riffs, and another loves malmsten's shreeding
iggypoprulez 1 year ago
@iggypoprulez
Schenker has a lot of classical influence in his music, but it's more in the overall melody than in his style of playing. There are songs such as "Bijou Pleasurette" in which the classical influence is distinct, though.
doghousepiiman 1 year ago
@doghousepiiman I see what you are saying now, I just listened to Bijou Pleasurette, and its an amazing song really interesting, I gottas say I never listened to the MSG, I know Schenkers playing only form his UFO days, and now I see the classical influenced Shchenker
iggypoprulez 1 year ago
but of course he is a ying yang malstud fan...and so am i..why would we even be on this video if not?..i think you never actually gave yngwie a chance in your head that´s why you like to talk shit and say schenker is better when 100million people will tell you otherwise..schenker,uli jon roth,blackmoore and even hendrix was the shit! back then before yngwie came and blasted them with his playing..maybe you really believe the shit you read on the internet that yngwie is a douchebag
HyperfastMalmsteen 1 year ago
sorry for the majority of you on here that never heard of MSG.......fools
MSGathome4 1 year ago
Playing the guitar with your teeth is a bit Spinal Tappish for me.
I like Bonnet but I always thought he seemed a bit flat live - not quite able to hit the notes as we here on the studio recordings.
Bonnet himself has pointed out that Yngwie was a poser looking for fame and he doesn't have the flair or emotion of other guitar players.
Schenkerflyingv 1 year ago
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Long live Michael Schenker!!!!This is a Michael Schenker song from the ''Assault Attack'' album.Yngwie plays it perfectly!!!!!!!
haroup 1 year ago
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haroup 1 year ago
Many of us Comment on Yngwie's playing back then. Just remember this was before his terrible car Accident in 87 . Where he was in a Coma for a week and suffered Nerve Damage to his right hand. He had to through Months of Rehabilation. Thank God He almost died. i'm glad he's still with us. I wish he could play like he was before.
perpetual61 2 years ago
I think he growed with his accident. As he said himself, he developed a very strong left fingering with the rehabilitation...and I believe Yngwie....
jem10th 1 year ago
great 80s singer, great rock vocals! \,,/
ShreddaManiac314 2 years ago 2
@ShreddaManiac314 great 80's/ 90's guitar player hahaha God alcatrazz was like only malmsteen, look what camera focus on the guitar player like that?? he is the band haha
edgarrg94 2 years ago
I couldn't give a shit whether you like Bonnet or not. You stated 'Bonnet has no talent', thats not an opinion, thats a statement, but you're so fucking stupid, with fat fucking ugly head so far up your ass - you can't tell the difference
robannenagy 2 years ago 3
Graham had nothing but talent! He was an awesome songwriter and singer. His lyrics were far superior to Yngwie's "I am right and you are wrong, You are weak and I am strong....". lol
StanleyKu 2 years ago
My comments make no sense to you because you're a moron and you don't have the capacity to understand simple English.
robannenagy 2 years ago 2
@Suncreation666 I applogise for calling you deaf, although I'm glad to see that agree you're an idiot!!! LMFAO. Ritchie tried to hire Bonnet back in 1973 but was told he had lost his voice, he had been a fan since 1969. Desperate for a singer? have you actually listened to the vocals on Down to Earth? Now I suggest you find a picture of your hero YJM and go play with yourself - you totally clueless prick
robannenagy 2 years ago 2
@Suncreation666 If he's got no talent, why have so many great rock musicians chosen to work with him, dispite his out of place image, you are either deaf or stupid. Its easy to find a below par live performance and say 'look the guy can't sing!', he'd probably had too much to drink before hand. Are you seriously trying to say that Sotos vocals on Marching Out are better than Bonnets on NPFRR. Listen to: Graham Bonnet Whisper in the Night
and take note of other peoples unbiased comments
robannenagy 2 years ago 3
DUDE, CALM THE FUCK DOWN. you like soto, i like bonnett, apples and oranges, soto(and mccauley) are just too "vanilla"(does that term suit you better) for my tastes. and bonnett obviousley has some talent, as he has sang for 3 of the greatest guitar players ever(blackmore, schenker, malmsteen) and another highly under-rated one (impellitterri). but i know what you mean, i wanna throw up every time ozzie opens his yapper, compared to ozzie, bonnett is geoff tate
theaxis2000 2 years ago 3
@Suncreation666 personally, i think soto sucks, his voice has no soul, hes like robin mccauley jr
theaxis2000 2 years ago
I am sure that Yngwie has always had an appreciation for Michael Schenker's guitar playing. I could always hear it in his playing. ;-)
OZRIC1985 2 years ago
Graham Bonnet just screams in alcatrazz, he was great in rainbow though
qwerty123123ify 2 years ago
we all used to bag on graham's miami vice vibe... counting down to yngwie's departure... funny memories of high school metal gossip. :)
johnnyrokkit 2 years ago
His Miami Vice look was ahead of it's time back then. I thought he looked pretty cool personally.
StanleyKu 2 years ago
This was a great band, I guess with timing issues, had they come out earlier... Who knows? Yngwie was on fire back then!
B0yardigi0rn0 2 years ago
lol id say 99% of the people here came to see yngwie
yngwieshred11 2 years ago 35
@yngwieshred11 irregardless,yngwie has never written a song close to being as good as this
krevice 1 year ago 2
@yngwieshred11 totally agree
aintnaive 1 year ago
@yngwieshred11 and the 1% came to do what?
Leonardoo69 1 year ago 2
@Leonardoo69 see graham bonnet
Flakevee 1 year ago 2
@yngwieshred11 Guess I'm the 1%
Bonnet ftw
CrosbyStillsNashYoun 1 year ago 3
@CrosbyStillsNashYoun also in the 1%. Love tho original song.
EUguitarRULE 1 year ago
@yngwieshred11 uhhhh NO! when No Parole... came out Yngwie was just a 20 year old kid, Graham was the bigger attraction having played in Rainbow and the Micheal Schenker Group
theaxis2000 1 year ago 2
@yngwieshred11
Yeah,probably,other members of the band had came out of fashion and fame.....
szelidrocker 1 year ago
@yngwieshred11 You said that people came to see Yngwie. And that was a concert... now ? You go to a "concert" to see Bieber -.-' and vocalists ... the 70's , 80's , 90's was the greatest time to have a band ... because people has know a BAND not a person who sing... 21 century is f*cked up for music -.-'
tomek1995v8 1 year ago
the best chord progression i´ve ever heard
slashguitarrr 2 years ago
amen brother! That song is awesome!
StanleyKu 2 years ago
歯ギター！
straightlife2008 2 years ago 3
Bonnet own's this song!!! He's one of the best singer's in the world. That's for sure!
cloudvol7 2 years ago 5
It's good to see Yngwie playing Michael Schenker cause it's usally Richie Blackmore. It's a relief for a change.
perpetual61 2 years ago 6
Yeah that's true as I never imagined him playing Schenker (who was a great player with a unique sound)
bloobear1 2 years ago 5
wow, bonnet muffs the vocals a bunch of times. did he forget he wrote the song?
TheEarnold 2 years ago 3
that was right. he has much soul in his play in the 80's than today.
now, he just rush on every sec of his solo.
only thing i see is just fast notes running. nothing good in them
stupidcompany 2 years ago
Yeah, he had way more style back then. He doesn't sound hungry anymore, but it's probably because he has achieved legend status.
StanleyKu 2 years ago
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Malmsteen is always ruining the songs with his fucking neoclassical solos. Check the Dream On cover by Malmsteen, he also ruined that beatiful Aerosmith song
bakalagz 2 years ago
Yeah, he should restrained himself more. But he was a much better player in those days than today.
StanleyKu 2 years ago 4
Does anyone know whose is this song? It doesn't appear in any of the Alcatrazz's studio album only in the live ones.
Devildef 2 years ago
MSG from the assault attack album
klbax63 2 years ago
micheal schenker group
Imsuperapplepie 2 years ago
I can't believe that Yngwie's strat stays in tune for this. Must have a great guitar tech
jasonbecker550rg 2 years ago
It stays in tune as long as your string it properly
Kiejzo 2 years ago
Bonnet was definitely the best singer Yngwie ever had. Too bad they only made one album.
pixelvisions 2 years ago 2
Bonnet better than Soto? I don't think so.
TruthSurge 2 years ago
I thought this song was first sung when Bonnet was sunging with MSG. Fantastic to see it was much earlier during Malmsteens time with Alcatrazz, Thanks very much for the video. I have never seen this before. Bonnet is excellent. To an earlier comment.. Malmsteen no soul and all technical? And bonnet is punk?! Both of you.. get outta here, Your talking rubbish.
SimonWhitelock 2 years ago 2
Yngwie was ALL soul in those days. Every solo on the No Parole album was a symphony. And Graham sounds awesome!
StanleyKu 2 years ago 25
@SimonWhitelock alcatrazz came after MSG
theaxis2000 2 years ago
@SimonWhitelock Schenker wrote it and recorded it before this.
FreeMTrider 1 year ago
Graham maybe looks weird but he talent as a singer is way better than any singer that Yngwie had
Lubial 2 years ago
Bonnet looks a punk (from the hairdo and outfit), so different from other band members.
clcachalot 2 years ago
im sorry but the singer is fucking annoying
Kaenanthebarbarian 2 years ago
Graham butchered the lyrics.
StanleyKu 2 years ago
It's a shame...
shonpistoll 2 years ago
Yngwie is all speed and tricks and has no soul or feeling tin his playing. Yes he is technical but no soul. Great player but too flash and has not got Schenkers tone and feel
steviemoff 3 years ago