I wouldn't pay to see this (Malmsteen related)

[jacksonplayer]

He probably had a few (too many) gin-tonics before that.

That's gotta be it. I saw him in concert last year, and yeah he way overplayed everything and did his silly stage moves ad nauseum, but he was darn near note-perfect. Nothing at all like this.

Of course, it would help if his guitar was in tune.

 

[The Dark Wolf]

WHAT. THE FUCK. HAPPENED?



Nik, you really said it all. I can't add shit to that. Wow, I'm kinda sad.

 

[Naren]

That was horrible. He must've been completely drunk or something. I think Nik said it well. I've seen lots of live Yngwie performances and, bad for him, is thousands of times better than that.

 

[Ancestor]

Jeez... you guys are harsh. Admittedly, his attitude doesn't really foster a lot of empathy. Still, there's a gigantic difference between this performance and his other ones and that is that he's running through Fender amps, not Marshalls. I also wonder if we're hearing some kind of direct signal or something. Sounds weird. But I swear it's the Fender amps.

 

[HotRodded7321]

Jeez... you guys are harsh. Admittedly, his attitude doesn't really foster a lot of empathy. Still, there's a gigantic difference between this performance and his other ones and that is that he's running through Fender amps, not Marshalls. I also wonder if we're hearing some kind of direct signal or something. Sounds weird. But I swear it's the Fender amps.

It may be in part the amps....but that was also some shitty playing.

 

[Adamh1331]

That was pretty damn boring

 

[Ancestor]

It may be in part the amps....but that was also some shitty playing.

Give anyone a crappy tone and then ask them to perform at that level and I guarantee that you'll hear some mistakes. If it were me playing, I would have refused to play using anything but my usual amp setup.

His playing is great. He hits a couple bum notes, which I've never head him do before, further underscoring what a great player he is.

I still think that it's an exciting performance.

 

[Wiz]

Hey, if Yngwie is hitting the wrong notes I don't feel too bad for doing it myself anymore

 

[skinhead]

Yeah man, i saw that shit on the Fender new things. It's disgusting, Malmsteen has to stop drinking. But it's a hero to me, i like a lot is music.

 

[Hellbound]

That was honestly the worst shit I have ever heard played on guitar. I've heard kids on youtube play 100 times better than that and they still sucked. I hear that this guy used to be pretty damn good? I find that hard to believe. I may get flamed for that but hey if anyone has any videos of him when he was good I would seriously like to check them out because I am curious to see how he played when he was considered good.

 

[Metal Ken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0rvReE-4c

There ya go.

 

[Metal Ken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxPui7s4so
Here's another supreme one.

 

[Naren]

That was honestly the worst shit I have ever heard played on guitar. I've heard kids on youtube play 100 times better than that and they still sucked. I hear that this guy used to be pretty damn good? I find that hard to believe. I may get flamed for that but hey if anyone has any videos of him when he was good I would seriously like to check them out because I am curious to see how he played when he was considered good.

He's still very good. I must assume that he was drunk or something.

Here's a very old live performance of my favorite song by him (from probably around 1985 or so, I'm guessing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TaLQ0hZUpU (the song doesn't really start until about 1:45 in)

Here's a song of his from G3 in 2004 (which proves he STILL can play): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NEMSqovpSo (I have the DVD this is off of. He plays pretty well).

 

[b3n]

I saw him in 2005 and he shredded his ass off...talk about an off night.

 

[Kotex]

That sounded like a cat scratching on a window. :/

 

[Tymon]

Man wow, I always disliked Yngwie but this is just... wow

sloppyness, intonation, timing...

 

[Desecrated]

everything in that video sounded bad, the drums was just horrible and I dont recall hearing the bass.

 

[maliciousteve]

Looks like he's using those crappy fender HM heads. He probably didn't warm up before hand either.

 

[Project2501]

In his defense I saw him about 3 years ago in the G3 tour and his was awesome there.

I saw him at the old Grand Ole Opry stage.... 3rd row.... Man that was a fucking kick ass show... anyways maybe he was tired... I know the older I get the more sometimes I just don't care... but meh like I said before he was still outta tune!!

 

[Ancestor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxPui7s4so
Here's another supreme one.

That song is crazy. I thought Brian May could do some delay work, and then I checked this out.

I remember when I first saw Yngwie open for AC/DC. I was just floored. But, as usual, he got booed because he had thrown his guitar about 30 feet in the air and missed the catch. wtf? Forget the 30 minutes of mind-blowing technicality and showmanship, he sucks. Weird. And this was before anyone had read any of his interviews. Ha! Go figure.

Now I will also admit after seeing the Fender video, I was like, "What the hell is up with this?" His tone is so noisy and un-Yngwie.