Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star (live)

[Armagedon2030]

He's the master!!!



[killyou45]

Yngwie is literally 1 of a kind. No other player has ever lived that has his virtuosity, his arrorgance & rockstar attitude, and stage presence. Hell, his name is even pretty cool too.

[maryjaneclurricane]

i like it when u shred on acoustic Yngwie :)

[nikozampalanga]

i think malmsteen use the speedhack of the cheat engine in his hands...

[MrROCKDURO]

,,,,AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD I DO NOT REST BELIEVE THE ROCK AND HE SAID THIS IT IS GOOD, AND IT GAVE HIS GUITAR TO YNGWIE AND IN IT BECAME MORTAL,

[Armagedon2030]

@MrROCKDURO "...and on the seventh day God didn't (did not) rest and created rock and He said this is good... and He gave His guitar to Yngwie and in Him he became mortal".

[MrROCKDURO]

Y EN EL SEPTIMO DIA DIOSNO DESCANSO CREO EL ROCK Y DIJO ESTO ES BUENO,,,Y A YNGWIE LE DIO SU GUITARRA Y EN EL SE HIZO MORTAL ,,,,,

[wowtilldeah]

Poor guitar...

Being raped so hard...

:(

You are his whore....

[WolfgangOrpheus]

That's the reason ... that's why he's a god... no human can attempt playin that stuff without burning their hands thumbs and fingers....

[adambombin]

Too mutherfuckin good....

[tomepal2pinto]

these guitar skills are not from this world

[melihsahcan]

i think he's the best in the world.

[ryudragon12]

Yngwie made this song when he was 16 but not even my guitar teacher that has 30 years of experience couldnt play it with the same feeling but well i think thats about soul

[perpetual61]

Happy Birthday Yngwie born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerback on June 30,1963.

[AdrianWolfenstein]

Yngwie Malmsteen is one of the greatest guitarists in the universe!

[MMAProfessor]

Why did 14 deft people watch this video?

[SymphonyATM]

Black Star! awesome!!! beautiful!! thanks!

[aquemeni541]

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!!! YOU ARE NOT METAL ENOUGH FOR THIS EPIC GUITAR SOLO, BUT I AM!!!! CUZ I'M A ROBOT!!!!

[alan10014]

The master!

[TheTylerGeissler]

Why the fuck are people saying that he's an asshole and shit? I've watched numerous videos of him, and read many interviews and articles and stuff, and this guy seems to be a happy guy. Just shut up, people, and let the music flow!

[Bohemia220]

@TheTylerGeissler Then you didn't read the right interviews :D

[SampleX]

I just jizzed from this awesomeness.

[boarecipo]

me pone la piel de gallina.... que maestro...

[ghogrebe]

U feel stupid or what?

[armandddd]

@ghogrebe not stupid owerated...

[flyonfire1]

Excellent..

[420Teixeira]

What year was this ?

[perpetual61]

@420Teixeira 1998 in Brazil

[420Teixeira]

@perpetual61 Thank you

[toyaLEET]

ah he still uses the white guitar niceee

[snakesson]

That smoke is actually his strings burning out.

[bman0341]

@snakesson No, not everyone will be an asshole after all that, and not everyone would be as conceited as Yngwie after all that either. Is he a fucking unreal guitarist? Absolutely. Is he also a completely self-absorbed, narcissistic and conceited? Damn straight.

[justentime77]

@bman0341 Not to mention, he was a notorious asshole long before any of that stuff happened.....

[bman0341]

@justentime77 Well said, and 100% accurate.

[slifer967]

i swear if yngwie teams with steve vai they would change guitar history

[Videostar1another1fa]

Random fact:the bassline form 1:14 to 1:44 is the same to that from heaven and hell from 0:32 to 1:54

[slipknotpapamaiden]

does someone know how is called the thing where yngwie put's his acoustic guitar!? thanks! :)

[yngwieisking]

@slipknotpapamaiden I think it's called a guitar stand. ;-)

[killyou45]

holy fuck talk about a bend at 1:03

[Matjex]

@killyou45 he probably used his whammy bar :)

[icec4p3d]

@Matjex nope he can actually bend that high if he want to

[Matjex]

@icec4p3d thats an option too. :)

[gokuhatake]

14 people did'nt like it because they forgot to turn their fuckin speakers on and the fuck up! \m/

[Guppy915]

Has to be one if not the best, yeah I would say the best guitar song, I have seen. He belongs up there with Mozart, Bach and all those guys!

[Vicce82]

@Guppy915 He sure do!

[CR00K]

when i die, i imagine this song playing with i am in the presence of satan.

[ytbabbler]

@CR00K When I die I will be fucking dead.

I like Malmsteen, but I don't like the portable torture devices he wear, it's insane.

He can follow Jesus and sell everything he own and give to poor if he believe that bullshit for real.

[TheCar8484]

when someone can tap like that..... its gottah tell u somethng......love this vid...... love this song

[demonsempay666]

woooow malmsteen es impresionante

[runtodemhills]

So much fuckin' smoke, haha!

[luciad4e]

awesome

[hsneedude]

Gets so depressing when you compare yourself to him :)

[arsenal245]

Wicked - !

[sorintaus]

By far, the best guitar palyer of all times.

[rszymanski]

@sorintaus Please! Access some Uli Jon Roth! Malmsteen is a shredder – Uli Jon Roth is a guitarist! I could go on, but enough said … rs

[frankitoxi]

@sorintaus Ridiculous and subjective

[rockerMan0987]

@sorintaus hahahahaha yeah right!

[dagomaster]

alguien sabe como se llama el soporte o atril que usa para sostener su guitarra acustica???

Someone know how is the name of the support he uses for his acoustic guitar??

[jon5doe]

the tapping in the end is epic..better than van halens eruption

[boonec5]

@jon5doe so true dude.

[jimmygarlo]

this is the best version.

[1Fatal1Error1]

its just amazing how every version of black star he plays at concerts is so unique with its different nuances and original licks.

[bladedge666]

awesome techniques...this truly is one of his best songs..the most emotional..he plays it like mad

[Elsombrax]

malmsteen = God

[manindaironmask]

okay how do u know he is an asshole dont act like u fuckin know him.. neway dont waste ur thinking power and just listen to his music.. if u can think ull surely be baffled by his beethoven like abilities

[ianhellrazer]

Awesome! could anyone get me a link to a video of yngwie using a vobrater to make funky sounds!?

[perpetual61]

Yngwie wrote this back in 1977 when he was 14 with his First band Powerhouse. A True Prodigy. Some one has Posted the " Demo" of Yngwie Playing. even then a Legend was born.

[britarthc]

lol kind of a strange song to go to face god to hahaha

[HBK1337]

all these people here talkin about him being igorant. who fuckin cares?? he could be the biggest asshole on this planet and ill still listen to his music, cause thats what matters

[debbielove79]

damn he is good...

[JYZProductions]

amazing guitar player this is one of the few solos that made me pick up the guitar and honestly your on tour or just going to the grocery store and fans come up to you wanting a photo or something you can't be nice to people 24/7 people everyones got a breaking limit where they'll scream f*** off leave me alone. Just because hes talented doesn't mean hes got to be nice all the time, we've got Paul Gilbert for that

dont know though everyone who met him recently said hes a friendly person

[LLeo53]

So, so good ... He's the best. The album Rising Force changed my vision of music.

[ChillingInAFire]

The beat behind this is so amazing and powerful.

[bonigga]

Holy GOD! insane!

[TheShred23]

Doesnt matter who can play it. He made created it. MALMSTEEN FUCKIN OWNS!!!!!

[sikeiros17]

great song, great player, what else can u ask for? bloodthirst72, dont make stupid comments like that, who cares of what u think, keep da good work yngwie...

[Niro1001]

The version speed is the best..Rising Force for exemple..

[ravenrose89]

4.35 till the end is just pure inspiration.

[86collind]

rusty cooley has a similar style

[armandddd]

another malmsteen clone huh...

[boonec5]

what does he use at 1:12 AND 1:26? btw

the phrygian is the way to go. no other scale can deliver this much of a kick. YNGWIE FOREVER!!!!!!!!

[lynchefc]

he loves the yayo malm does

[fareed80]

you are still malmesteen

whts gona hill in the stag oHHH

[itchygobone]

Westy this is one bad mother

[itchygobone]

Westy this is one bad mother

[itchygobone]

Westy this is one bad mother.Thanks

[binnyman]

People can say what they want about Yngwie, but I have ALWAYS loved his attitude of "I am Yngwie J. Malmsteen, and I can play like THIS. And YOU can't !:P!"

While there were some of us who knew of him from Alcatrazz, this is the song that blew so many minds when first heard on "Rising Force".

He still rocks. Peace:-)

[bloodthirst72]

@binnyman While I have huge respect for YJM, there are many who can play this thing note for note. Yet he still thinks only he can do it. He is an old, fat washed up guitar hero who has been passed by with the younger players. I think he played at the county fair last year right after the pig judging contest.

[kennykanowski]

@bloodthirst72 LOve that comment plus he's an arrogant dick

[parsakke]

@kennykanowski So. Lemme get this straight... Yngwie is an arrogant asshole because he is old (some of us get old you know?) and fat (who the fuck cares, lmao) and because he isnt the only person in the world who can play his own songs, right? Ooookay...

[XionComrade]

@parsakke The guy isn't that big of a asshole...Even if he was I would let him have it and understand...I mean the guy was in a car accident that destroyed his memory, had to restart from scratch(Yes, he forgot everything about playing and restarted), and to top all his mom died from cancer while he was in a coma! Couple that with a lifetime of 12 hours a day, 7 days a week training(Thats what it takes to get to that level, ask anyone at that level), and anyone is going to be a asshole.

[rafarocks123]

@XionComrade Theres never an excuse to be an asshole, just look at jason becker. An amazing guitarist who lost his ability to move his whole body due to ALS, yet you never hear anybody call him an asshole.

[XionComrade]

@rafarocks123 True that, and Becker is suck a warrior that he still works to support himself by writing music. Important lesson is, no matter how bad you got it, someone else in the world has it worse. Be thankful, find happiness, and push forward.

[BiffBallbag]

what a fucking freak of nature, lol

[abeltyrrell]

from 4:00 onwards is just fucking sick!!

me likeys very much :)

[kpelarotgo]

ho my good wtf is that

[zerotasu]

何回聞いても飽きませんね

最高です！！

[cassssey19]

čosi :D

[danny591]

speed picking, and pull offs on top string.

[amixofmany]

this will always stand as the best song ever created

[jani14jani]

@amixofmany

I think that " Far beoynd the sun" is better, more i listen to Yngwies music more, i like it.

[boonec5]

@jani14jani that's how i became to love him

[blackfrancis55]

yngwie's touch on the acoustic, well, umm, u heard it.

[charvinaldo]

at 3:53 holy cow! i thats a pattern i think of trill, acending individual note, and open string. how does he do that? does anyone know how to play that?

[klined]

@charvinaldo

skills nigga

[d3vilofdreams121]

can sombody tell me which chords is he playing?

[makotoyoshikuni]

@d3vilofdreams121 you mean the acoustic part?

[boonec5]

when i die, i imagine this song playing when i am in the presence of god.

[dxnrck]

@dclaver2 looool

[Tomaxzo]

@boonec5 When you are in the presence of Yngwie?

[boonec5]

@Tomaxzo no God.

[yakraiv]

@boonec5 WTF?!!

[MrPaulolo]

o cheat

[boonec5]

:O whoa

[diediedie606]

imagine he was 20 when he made this song

[RRSTYLE77]

@diediedie606 he was 17

[beptube]

@diediedie606 I heard 17....

[malmsteen108]

@diediedie606 Man he was 16

[MrErwinator]

@diediedie606 he was 14 :P

[RRSTYLE77]

@diediedie606  17

[MrBorty123]

@diediedie606 He is a great artist , 

[rockmanX117]

@diediedie606 he was 14

[GameJourney]

@diediedie606 And it's his only somewhat original song... that sounds different than the others.

[unabonger777]

he's alright

[antitrop]

Did he seriously just play that with his teeth? Wow!

[wacmac1]

sorry-- meant 29-- but it might as well be 100 yrs!!!

[wacmac1]

I QUIT!!!! 39 yrs playin the strat-- this sonofabitch does it to me all the time!!!!!lol fuckin Yngvie-- oooof tendonitis time!

[DefenderOfRock]

If someone told me that smoke on stage was coming from his guitar I would believe them!!

YJM is on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

[djeikop]

Well where do you think it comes from?? Obviously the smoke arrives from the awesome epic veil surrounding Yngwie, seperating him from all the mortals

[ministerofanger]

LMFAO

[dubya305]

This song blows me away everytime I hear it!! And that live performance puts me in a different country

[malabarspyder]

I saw Y dio this and more in a tiny venue in FL with like 20 i the crowd and he gave it this much energy. Plus he SIGNED my axe.

Yngwie rox for real..

[devilwolv666]

hes good, a lot like Jimi Hendrix

[armandddd]

yeah his appearance like blackmore,

his guitar plyıng lıke hendrix....

[PrsFenderJackson1980]

I think that Malmsteen is no longer an artist for Dimarzio.

[callicottjr]

The sign of a fucking amazing guitarist is if he can add shit to an already awesome song. It makes the song 10 times more amazing live.

[MetallicaAndy]

at 2:14

what is he doing?

playing with his nose?

[WolfgangOrpheus]

no man he's picking with his theet ...

[skaterboy077]

with his teeth actually

[BlitzXBlaziken]

5:03 through the rest was freakin sweeeeet!!!!!!!!

[JYZProductions]

why worry about how accurate he plays this song, you clearly have no life or have heard this song way too much... shredding and overall guitar playing can be very different but really.. the 5 stars and views of his videos speaks for itself.

this version stands out to me of any of the proformances of this for its tone to overall energy

[ministerofanger]

I think Yngwie sounds better live. I don't know, it's all just a matter of taste.

[simmonbirch]

i cant believe some of comments /////// joe ///s ///// is not even in the same room as this gift ed player ////// keep on rocking ywgwie your playing is electric shock that goes though your head and it zaps you in a high place keeep rippping

[72godaddy]

He should stick mostly to the solo on the record.

It's interesting - he claims to improvise his solos on the record yet his playing in the studio is much better.

I think he'd be better off composing them, this goes for most guitarists actually.

[superbeasti]

almost every guitarist plays better in a studio? you dont get distracted by the lights and smoke and all that shit so it's normal

[goatmeat1121]

Yngwie is one of my favorites, but my only knock on yngwie is that he never plays the solos anywhere close to the studio versions. The only person ive ever seen that can is joe satriani.

[Whitarrow2]

And paul gilbert.

He does that to.

Gilbert all the way!

[fulivius]

i actually think that's a good thing, cause otherwise you could just as well listen to the record and not go to the concert

[iCorentin]

Yngwie is a god !

[TheIronHayden]

I think the only person that could ever beat Yngwie in Neo-Classical shredding would be Jason Becker but because of what happened no one can so he remains king

[CerealKiller5150]

@TheIronHayden Man if only Jason could play guitar again, i'd love to see a live guitar dual between these 2 shredders.

[SingingSexCoach]

@CerealKiller5150 - 

[SingingSexCoach]

@CerealKiller5150 - When was the last time you visited Jason's personal facebook page? You would have seen that soccer mom with her arms all over him....Stupid is as stupid does....

[speedwagon1213]

Love Yngwie! Saw him live last year. He rocked it like nobody else! What a great time! GO YNGWIE~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zoso0987]

younger yngwie is my favorite yngwie

[zoso0987]

and a sloppy player

[choptop1218]

Name one better.

[maidenfer05]

anyone of pantera

[choptop1218]

Dimebag Is the Epitome of a Metal Guitar player. Yngwie is the Epitome of a Neoclassical guitar player. There is no better, in either genre compared to those two.

Props for Pantera. ;)

[zoso0987]

How's two? Guthrie Govan and Shawn Lane. I am not here to bash Yngwie though... he is one of my favorites.

[zoso0987]

also, I am not saying he is sloppy here. He is as good as those other two I mentioned here.... (though I am not sure about that..)

[erwinvasquez]

HES AWSOME!

[nivekab]

The man who toppled Van Halen, Off Course he's AWESOME!

[ExtremeReaperOfDeath]

there just arent any guitarists like yngwie anymore...

[perpetual61]

On August 2009 Time Magazine Named Yngwie #9 on its List of 10. Best Electric Guitar players of All Time. Congratulations to The Neo-Classical King and Rock On Forever !!

[WeirdoOwl]

2 questions:

1. how is his name pronounced?

2. how the hell can he do a pick that lasts 30 seconds?!!! (4:00 to 4:30)?!! amazing...

[Knuxus]

1. like penguin

2. he vibrates the string by bending it up and down, and it only lasts like 10 seconds the rest is feedback

[pownjhell]

1. Ing-Vay

[JYZProductions]

for question 2 he uses a scalloped fretboard which enhances his vibratto which is holding and bending up and down a string.

plus the feedback perhaps..

[desolateroom]

also he's got really good gear and probably a sustain effect on the guitar which makes the notes more compressed and at an even volume so that it still sounds loud even when it would normally be quiet.