When Yngwie’s first album came out, I was a metal head in high school. I remembered he was the guitarist from a band called Alcatraz, but his solo work was on a higher level. It was as if one of the old classical composers discovered an electric guitar and said, “Let’s see what I can do with this.”. Been a fan ever since. He is a true virtuoso.
I remember Yngwie being featured in the back of Guitar Player Magazine about 1981 or so. I think he was only 15 and had sent a tape in of his music. I could be wrong, but that is where I think I first heard of him. Yes, he was great with Alcatraz. I love the solo on Starrcar Lane.
Jens Johansson is the keyboardist and he's just as amazingly fast fingered as Malmsteen. His subtle textures and competing solos with Yngwie during the '80s are a wonder.
Been a huge, huge fan of Jens since that particular album. His solo piano works are as amazing as his power metal or jazz fusion compositions. Jens Johansson have been a fundamental character of my musical odyssey since 1984. Of course, Stratovarius was - and still is - so much emulated by his master craft. And still using the DX-7 today... His latest polyphonic vocal patches for Strato on Nemesis and their last album are especially interesting, reminding of... Tallis’s greatest offerings. Hail Jens and go listen, please, to El-sou sou, Kill it with fire, Giants, Kiss of Judas or, of course, Black Diamond. We are all in dept to Yngwie for the Johansson brothers Atlantic crossing back in 1983!
@@algojeff Totally Agree, when you know Jens os on the keys you know you will have nice arrangement and incredible keyboard solos, thank to him Keyboard player on Metal exist obviously thanks to Jon Lord one of the biggest influence to Jens.
Had the chance to meet and hang around with the Johansson bros on more than one occasions. A truly talented duo! I hope you'll enjoy my four playlists dedicated to their talent as well as their father's, the late Jan Johansson: ruclips.net/channel/UCao7USdYpNBa0rfmQ4LdNrwplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=9
The album that started a new genre in the guitar world.. from everyone wanting to be EVH ( RIP ) to everyone wanting to be YM love this album its his best
I remember getting this album ( and the Alcatrazz) and listening to it 1st time . I had heard the Steeler album so we knew he could play but this was at a totally new level . I play guitar myself but I m not gifted with any talent so this stuff it way out of my range . It s also the barock sound that makes Yngwie special . And Yngwie taught himself all this stuff at home in Sweden - simply amazing .
@@bojangles6444 for me, I think Roth begat Vai begat alcatraz begat malmsteen. Not positive, I'm sure satriani was in there somehow. There was a lot of begetting goin on.
@@mikeshelogowski434 I never thought Satriani was on the same level as any of these other guys. I know bc I can play most his music at least all that I have attempted. I had most of surfing with the alien down whah I was like 15. Trying to learn Malmsteen or Vai usually ended up an exercise in frustration or I could play it half tempo lol. I mean I can play some of it but the faster solo parts not so much. Plus with Vai there are crazy tunings and 24 frets that I don’t have. It’s like you need a guitar tech to try alternate tunings with a Floyd Rose. I sure don’t know how to rebalance the bridge at least lol. I think I spent 2 hours once and got just about nowhere lol. I guess the pros keep one guitar in every tuning if they use Floyd’s. One Floyd is all I want.
Funniest video I've ever seen is David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap reacting to Yngwie. "I threw my guitar out. Why bother? I'll never be able to play the thing like that"
absolutely, it's hard for people to understand just how jarring Yngwie was when he first came out, people who either don't like Yngwie or who just weren't there say "yes a lot of guitarists impressed other guitarists, he wasn't that important" I'd honestly put his impact on the same level as Hendrix or Van Halen. (and I'm not even a big fan of his)
@@bo7341 Me and several other guitarists at that time reacted similar . It s was basically WTF is this 20 year old swedisg guy doing ? And with Steve Vai on the scene well the game changed drastically .
Yngwie early work was more nuanced and allowed to breath, focused on the arrangement and motifs, much less dense and overplayed than the last 25 years. I'm hoping he can get together with a top line up again and most importantly a great producer to help him play to his strengths. Doug, do Black Star !!!!
For sure! His newer stuff is okay and all... But I feel like the earlier work was much more focused on making interesting and enjoyable music rather than 'look at mah shred'. Of course shredding is fun and all, but I liked the stuff from the early 90's and before better :)
Yngwie's best playing across his entire career - on this piece. Still my favorite after buying this the week it came out way back when. During the acoustic break at 8:19, if you listen closely, I believe the mic on one of his acoustics picks up the sound of Yngwie's bracelets on his left arm. Immense vibrato on this piece. Listen to the wide vibrato at 9:07 and 9:14. Just incredible. Probably played this record a thousand times while I sat with my guitar and tried to learn bits and pieces as an amazed 11 year-old just starting the instrument.
I first heard Yngwie as a young teen when he was in Steeler, then Alcatrazz, then his solo work. I was fortunate enough to see him on the Marching Out tour just before my 17th birthday. He was my gateway into "classical" music, which I never liked before. I ended up going on to get a Masters in music theory and composition, based in part due to my love of classical music that began with Yngwie. Nice work on this video!
Your Yngwie reactions are simply superb, by far the best reaction series I've seen on YT. I think a lot of long-time listeners and guitarists like myself greatly appreciate Yngwie's music, but your analysis really helps us to understand *why* we like it. Hope you keep reacting to more songs!
Agreed, but more musicians have been influenced by YJM than just guitar players. I doubt any other of his rock guitar peers have had their music covered by as many non-guitarists as he has!
Glad you found the "real" song, Doug !!! "Icarus' Dream Suite: Opus 4" was dedicated by Yngwie to his cat, Moje, who unfortunately died around the time he was recording this album. My longtime childhood friend, Wally Voss (RIP), played bass for Yngwie on subsequent tours (he was told that Malmsteen had just fired his bass player while on tour, rushed to the venue near Ft. Lauderdale, FL where Malmsteen was appearing and auditioned for him and was hired on the spot). Yngwie dearly love Moje, and the soulfulness of the original Adagio by Albinoni fit his feelings of morose perfectly. A beautiful tribute to a beloved pet.
@@brianj3626 No; Yngwie was playing at the Sportatorium at that time. I finally caught up with Wally on the Trilogy tour in Lakeland, Florida and hung with the band for the night. Jens Johansson was playing me a tape of his classically-influenced keyboard instrumentals when Yngwie plugged his yellow "Duck" Strat (complete with the "Play Loud" sticker) into a small Fender amp and started showing me---at a distance of 3 feet---his ridiculous opening riff to "Trilogy Opus 5". He *gasp* even made a mistake a couple of times before nailing it, commenting that the lick was "so damned hard !!!". He spent about an hour noodling around on the guitar, ripping off ungodly batches of notes. He was actually really cool.
@@kriszteblade My pleasure. Wally and I were friends from school since we were about 11 or 12 years old. He became an incredible bassist, and always kept us in stitches with his humor. He was an absolute monster player, and a great guy.
Both my parents were music majors in college and both taught music for many years. When I bought this album when I was about 17, it blew their minds! Check out "Little Savage" (last track on album).
Yngwie was very cheeky on this track, the 1/2 time harpsichord chordal breakdown is a direct steal from Billy Joels 'She's always a woman' the bridge section ( oh, she takes good care of herself...) . I picked it, Vinnie Moore picked it, thats good enough for me.
@@docgonzales First, Jens Johansson wrote the harpsichord arrangement on Little Savage (according to the booklet). Secondly I find that really hard to believe that he stole it. Chord progressions like that are not unique, in fact it's the opposite, they are very common. I've never heard of Billy Joels but when I listened to that song I think stealing that is more unlikely than coming up with the same progression yourself.
Cool story Chris👍 Yngwie sure changed rock guitar. I remember listening to Black Star from a 45 insert included in Guitar Player magazine. That was after Mike Varney featured him in Guitar Player in 83. The melody is so mesmerizing and Yngwie's technical proficiency was & still is phenomenal!
I'm a huge fan of Malmsteen from back in the day. I'd suggest Trilogy Suite Op. 5 from the album Trilogy (1986). One of his best 'show-off' pieces, in a good way. Harmonically quite interesting too.
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Absolutely! Trilogy definitely deserves attention. Come to think of it, he does something very similar to what he does here in the 2nd movement of Trilogy (with the classical guitar): descending 5ths (or ascending 4ths).
@doug helvering, always prefer studio versions of Yngwie's pieces over the live versions, perhaps with a few exceptions from early in his carreer. Would love to hear your comments on what the other instruments are doing too. Thanks for the follow-up and nice job
Man! I've heard this for over 30 years, and I didn't realize consciously a lot of those things you mentioned (partly because I didn't know one heck about music back then), but my ears knew! And the ears of a lot of people too! It's great hearing you today breaking it up for us. I've long forgotten my dreams about being a musician (leave alone a virtuoso), but everything I've learned has contributed to my enjoying music more and more. It's like you're Remi from Ratatouille and I'm Emile and you're helping me learn how to taste music even more. Big thank you for that! 🙏🙏🙏
I started listening to yngwie in Steeler. Rising force has always been my favorite, Listening to that on board ship during Persian gulf, and brand new, momentary lapse of reason
I don't know u more than those minutes form your videos, but a I REALLy LOVE YOU! you took more form me, for granted, than watching concerts and staring to som sharped speeches about what was being played, as the original musician taste... you did it with respect, running through the entire composition, respecting it... I'm from Brazil, know you from 3 videos ago and I'm really enjoying your stuff! keed doin' it! I'm a new subscriber here!
It's very nice to hear someone who knows music analyze "our Yngwie". This album is a pinnacle in guitar music. A solo that not so often mentioned is the one in the song Little Savage. On this album Yngwie still knew that less is more. Looking forward to "Black Star video. Keep it coming Doug.
Man I am learning SO much about these pieces I have listened to for sometimes over 20 years by listening to these analysis videos. This is so awesome. Thanks for doing a tremendous job! I always considered the sequence beginning at @6:12 in the video to be one of the most beautiful passages ever written. The movement in the acoustic guitar creates such a nice texture. That piano....I know why you would want it higher in the mix because it is lovely, but it's probably correct, that passage sounds perfect to my ear.
"This is sooo 80´s!" - absolutely!! Yngwie is stuck in the 80's, music, hair, bravado rockstar attitude, LOVE HIM or HATE HIM, he's an absolute genius.
@@KevinSmithdc Yes indeed, he does his thing and has been doing it for 40ish years straight now, I am a long time fan but lack the deep understanding Mr. Helvering has ;) I think I remember Steve Vai himself complimenting him for his confidence and doing things his own way on the last gig from the Generation Axe tours.
This album is Yngwies magnum opus (no pun intended). It's a shame that he hasn't focused more on songwriting during his career, this is such a cool song. It was my favourite Yngwie song when I was a kid and it still is.
In fairness he has a lot of great albums. Marching Out, Trilogy, Odyssey, Eclipse, Seventh Sign etc... are all great albums with awesome musicianship and songwriting.
@@arnyarny77 - That's a great one too, that's my point. Yngwie has many great albums. Attack is great, Fire & Ice is great, Alchemy is great, the Concerto was amazing etc... Cheers
Nothing beats his 80s stuff in my opinion. Rising Force and Marching Out are masterpieces, Trilogy and Odyssey are amazing too. After Fire and Ice it started to go downhill for me, but I still enjoy the occasional song from every album since then.
I've listened to this song a thousand times. 6:12 - 6:32 is my favorite part, yet I've never noticed the piano melody interwoven into it. You picked up on that on your first listen, and now it's clear as a bell. That's wild
Doug, it might have been ME that greatly helped your views on the last Yngwie video!!! :) I shared it like crazy online, including TO Yngwie himself and all his major forums---! :) I love your videos, man. You are a cool dude. PLEASE do his Evil Eye from the same album. Actually, there are sooooooooooooooo many songs of Yngwie's you could do that you would have material for ages!
Thanks for doing this follow-up video, Doug! Yngwie is my all-time favorite guitar player and who inspired me to pick up the instrument after being a classically trained violinist for a few years. And this piece and album changed my life. It was great to watch and hear your reaction and dcommentary! Can’t wait for more!
Barriemore Barlow played drums on this record, most known with Jethro Tull. One of the more brilliant creative drummers, it was cool hearing him jam with Yngwie back then, he had a different take on metal drumming, as he had a different take on drumming with Tull. Good stuff.
@@xara6657 YES! The horrible, horrible splash snare and the whole kit is mixed way out of proportion loud. Also, like he says in the video, the keys should be mixed louder in the first acoustic section.
@@Coynkydynk Nah man, The Song for being what it was needed all the pompousness and over the top display on all sections. Classic with Metal !! An explosive concoction, A Great One!! Keep Rockin!!
I almost forgot how beautiful this song is, makes me teary. Malmsteen has been one of my few favorites to play when giving Metallica, Megadeth and Dire Straits a break.
Came here to find some Yngwie to show my 16 year old metal head daughter. I wanted to interest her in the tickets I bought to see Yngwie, in Dallas, later this month. I told her I hadn't seen him in decades. What a treat to find this channel and watch an expert react! I hope my daughter enjoys the live concert as much as I am enjoying these reactions! SUPER! 🤩🤘🏽🖤🤘🏿
Thanks...my friend found that when we were in high school and I could never remember who wrote that bouree. This icarus is based on Albinoni Adagio, famous baroque piece that was likely "fake baroque" composed in the modern era. I suspect the intro for Black Star/Farewell is also ripped from some obscure baroque piece. On marching out he used Greensleeves and Bach's little fugue in G minor (transposed to E) in live in Leningrad. Air on the G string also one of Yngwie's best that he always did but finally recorded well later on.
Great video, Doug. It was amazing to see you reacting to the “real” piece. After classics like Far Beyond the Sun, Black Star, Trilogy etc, another great Yngwie piece that would be really interesting to see/hear your reaction is How Many Miles to Babylon, studio version, from the album Fire & Ice. Thank you very much for your amazing videos and the great knowledge you always share with us.
Every second from his first album is worth it. There´s no capital letters big enough to describe the greatness of that record. Period. And yet again, thank you Doug for that fascinating musical knowledge you have and pour on us mere mortals. Don´t understand a lot, but I´m hanging there, enjoying the music my way :-) You can listen to whatever you want, AFTER you have reacted and analyzed Far Beyond The Sun and Black Star. Essential Yngwie Malmsteen. Do the album versions, less is more, he is kind of more is more live.
Thank you, Doug! This is my first RUclips subscription, your channel is fantastic. By far the best “reaction” videos available. Even to call it “reaction” does not do justice to the matter. It is a deep, profound analysis transported in the most natural way! It is like a every day meditation for me, especially as I am a fan of any kind of “progressive” Music. It really is an eye/ear opener for me 👏👍😎! Keep going Doug!
i really like the analysis angle and how competent you are at explaining the concepts, its given me things to try out in my own music that i otherwise would not have, thanks for the content
I have watched react to several pieces over the last few months. I must say that Yngwie is the first modern composer whom I have been able to see you actually analyze and truely "sink your teeth" into. To me that is the ultimate compliment to his abilities as a composer and musician. Thank you for doing this piece.
Thank you for the education you offered up. Im still tingling from Yngwie's soloing language and you dug deeper into the composition and pointed out things i didnt even know existed.
Doug thanks for the great video. Icarus Dream Suite has always been my favorite piece of work from Yngwie and it was wonderful to have your analysis, reaction and interpretation of this masterful piece of music.
It's so beautiful listening to Yngwie to hold notes longer than a quarter of a second - this whole album (and the following Marchin' Out and Trilogy) were so good!
Thanks, Doug! This piece by YJM is my favourite of his. I was first introduced to Mr Malmsteen’s work back in ‘86 when I joined a band with a friend from college who wanted to include Black Star in the set. He was one of the two guitarists, I was to be the bassist. Thankfully, another friend, also a guitarist, had the sheet music for the track or I would never have been able to get anywhere near it at the time! On the back of the music, which was from a guitar player’s magazine, was an interview with Yngwie and his then touring bassist, Billy Sheehan who I have since been a huge fan of. Keep making these videos, Doug. Really enjoy watching your reactions and explanations of these tunes.
Thanks for the analysis Doug. When I listen to the key change part that you discussed, I think something worth mentioning is that A diminished chord that is part of the pivot and creates the building moment. He's also playing with Eb major and Eb minor. So, at least to my ear, just before the transposition, it's not just a descending fifths figure. Regardless of the analysis though, I think it is an excellent piece of music. When I was about 17 I got to see these guys live for the first time and briefly met the keyboard player, Jens Johansson. I told him that I really enjoyed the solo on the outro of this song (the part vamped on the C# minor chord). He said (picture a happy Swedish accent) "Oh yah! I remember that one. All improvised." I like the little baroque pedal figures and cascading sequences on the outro.
DUDE! i love the metal face you got as soon as you heard the intro. you rock! i really enjoy this album. looking forward to more malmsteen. great video!
Happy to see this! A few others to check out after the two listed in the video: Baroque & Roll, Amadeus Quattro Valvo, and Trilogy Suite Op. 5. His instrumentals are best as 85% of his tunes have vocals.
this is my favorite yngwie song. i love everything about it, the recording of it very early 80's sound (al dimeola like). I like the authenticity of the acoustic passage you can hear his jewelry jangling in it.
"A little piano in the background, I wish it was higher in the mix". lol I nearly spat out the ice I was munching. You don't know Yngwie's personality yet. lol
I think Yngwie is hilarious. I've heard stories, but from what I have seen his ego isn't THAT out of control. I think his personality fits him perfectly. Being immortal would have to have an affect on how you deal with humans. I'm sure it can be frustrating.
@@user-so3gv1dd4c It basically means transition or change. Specific to that sentence it would be a smooth, fluid like change of facial features. A werewolf morphs between wolf and human. Sort of.
great channel and analysis of composition and the theory. I've had a chance to see yngwie live during this time in his career and he really seperated himself in the knowledge of how the chords woked together.
You've already mentioned "Black Star" and "Far Beyond The Sun". I can suggest to you "Evil eye", "Overture 1383", "Crying", "Trilogy Suite Op. 5", "Brothers", Leviathan", "Overture 1622", "Dawn" (previously "Amberdawn", after his then wife, 1995"), "Marching out", "Eclipse", "Blitzkrieg", "Asylum"... instrumental tracks, but he has good tracks with voice as well. Anyway, I REALLY LOVE your reaction sir, that theory explanation is soooooo useful!!! 🤘🤘🤘🔝🔝🔝❤❤❤ Greetings from Italy!!! 😉
@@diccionaudio1043 it is impossible not to love a selection like this, Yngwie has great, legendary tunes. Long live Yngwie Il Maestro Johan Malmsteen!!! 🤘🤘🤘🔝🔝🔝❤❤❤ Have a nice day!!! 😉
This Channel gets better. I Love how Doug ist more and more interested un this kind of music and how we learn from his theory and he learns from the suggestions. Nice!
Yngwie is a classical musician who plays guitar with rock tones. Most of the 80’s guys were 80’s rock guitarists who tried to play virtuoso rock guitar. Big difference which is why a lot of people who like yngwie don’t like other “shredders” of the era and why many fans of the shredders don’t like yngwie. There is over lap for sure, but he gets singled out a lot.
Ok...Doug, I really love that you have perfect pitch, and that you know all the details of everything that's going on in a song. I first caught you reacting to a Rush video, and got hooked from there. However...on both this video, and the live one of a different "Icarus", you tell us what key, you tell us the changes, etc, but you never really reacted at all. On the first few runs that Yngwie played, your jaw should have dropped, your eyes open wide, and you say something like..."Holy Shit!!! Did you just hear what he played? That vibrato is mind-blowing! His vibrato is hauntingly similar to what a violinist or cellist would play. I've heard guitar players try to mimic this classically trained behavior, but they normally fall flat on their face. This guy has mastered this, and his phrasing is perfect. Whether he's playing slow, or psychotically fast, all of his parts and playing are PERFECT for the piece! Bravo, Mr. Yngwie. Bra-fuckin'-vo!" THAT would be a reaction. Anyhow, I just wanted to share my opinion of what I feel a reaction video would be like. Please do more Dream Theater, too! Maybe "Metropolis", "Learning to Live", Octavarium", "Ytse Jam", and "Trial of Tears". Have a phenomenal day! :-)
Cause they haven't heard "Angels of Love" yet. An absolutely spectacular mostly- acoustic instrumental release from Yngwie. Just show it to anyone who still claims Yngwie has no "feel."
The loud pick noise at 4:43 is an interesting choice for inclusion, and deserves some discussion I think. It's obvious that it's an intentional "screw up", and even though I am usually not a fan of such things, in this case it's really the perfect mistake. The beauty of the surrounding phrases is only enhanced by the realization that this is someone actually playing their instrument, and that there is the possibility that a wrong note might happen. Besides, there is a *lot* of gate on Yngwie's guitar sound on this album, and it is so clear and pick noise free that it sometimes sounds a bit too artificial. So that decision adds a lot to the piece IMO. The use of melodic minor in the main theme is one of my favourite treatments of it in the entirety of music. The Ab and Bb major keys come off a Eb major, but the Db-C Eb-Dnat melody leads right back into Eb minor, establishing post-hoc that we were actually in Eb melodic minor, and not Eb major. Honestly, my mind was blown when I bought the Hal Leonard transcription of the album as a teenager (I still have it, and am actually currently learning Icarus Dream Suite as a piano piece). You have an excellent ear to catch the C#-minor change at the end. That is such great way to end this legendary piece, and the improvised solo over top is one of my favourites on any Yngwie song (I may be a bit biased since I'm a keyboardist though). My recommendation is to react to a live version of Far Beyond The Sun that is called "Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond The Sun HD" on RUclips. It's very close to the original song, but has some parts that are superior I think. You can't go wrong listening to the album version though. Beyond that, Trilogy Suite, Op 5 is a must reaction. Black Star as well. There may be good live versions of those, but the album versions are the only ones I know and love.
@@curbowman You're right. I never noticed that before despite listening to the song hundreds of times in my life. The jewelry shaking resembles certain orchestral percussive sounds, so it isn't completely out of place, but it only happens with quick movements on the guitar, giving it the definite random feel of a live performance.
My face when Doug explains something musicaly. 👁👄👁 Hands down the only music reaction channel where i don't skip the actual comments. As someone who has always played guitar but has 0 music theory skills, this is just beautiful.
Just listened to this first Yngwie cd cranked to 11 in my truck day before yesterday and it is still just simply stunning and jaw dropping how articulate his technique is, even at 20 years old!@ Master Musician!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶
I'm glad you did both pieces. I feel that the last video helped me better understand what he was doing in this piece. Thanks for discussing the theory...it's good for my ear training and composition skills. Liked & subscribed!
Far beyond the sun and trilogy suite 5 both studio versions, as you will be able to dissect them more. best reaction channel ever because you explain theory and chord progressions. Superb.
today I came across your channel and have watched several videos! Fantastic...you remind me of a sort of "Classical Rick Beato" REALLY enjoying your presentations and look forward to MANY more!!!!!!!!!
@@mjolnir317 I'll have to check it out lol. It's been a long time since I was into Malmsteen. He is talented, for sure. It's funny how Malmsteen has branched out less than other musicians have in terms of style. Usually it's the other way around.
Loved the piece. Great informative analysis, as always. He's like an old master incarnated into this time and handed a guitar. He said, "Oh, yeah," and ran with it. By the way, I love your shirt. Great colors and it looks like the fabric has texture.
Loving these videos and learning a lot from them, even though I'm not a musician and don't understand half of what you say (I could go away and find out though). Don't worry about the mistake, Doug, two for the price of one, happy days.
Wow, that was awesome, thankyou! I've liked him forever, I play guitar and his stuff pretty badly, but I never knew what went into these things. Thanks again.
Just so you know, Yngwie’s mother used to sing in a Baroque choir in Sweden. That’s where he got all of his classical influence. I’d really love see a video of Yngwie watching you react to his videos while calling out every key throughout the song. I bet the two of you would have some very fascinating conversations about music if you ever met.
Good music always makes the hairs on my arms stand straight up. Someone that knows how to channel the spirit of music and convey it with feeling and honesty through their instrument of choice can truly change the world I believe.
Hey Doug, great channel you have ! Thank you for going to this effort, I really appreciate you breaking music down like this as I find it really insightful and helps me learn music theory.
I love Yngwie and I love when classical music (especially Baroque) is fused with modern instrumentation. Please do more of Yngwie reactions. Additionally, I would love to see you do some reactions to one of my favorite yet more obscure progressive bands which is Renaissance. They are a progressive classical, folk, rock fusion band and the vocals of Annie Haslam range from perfectly angelic to absolutely haunting. Would love to hear you react to anything from the following Renaissance albums: Prologue, Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, Scheherazade and Other Stories, A Song for all Seasons, Azure d'Or, Novella. You will find masterpieces on all of these albums.
Heavy Metal Baroque Music!!! Thanks for looking into one of my favorite guitar instrumental songs. Yngwie is such a grand musician. So awesome to see him with his own channel now. This video has gotta be awesome for someone just learning about music. Love hearing you pick apart songs. NEXT UP: KRAKATAU!!!
Do "Far Bayond the Sun" and "Black Star" (both studio) and in that order so you'll have greater contrast between the pieces. Then I'll suggest "Don't Let it End" so you'll hear how he applies his neoclassical chops to a more traditional rock/heavy metal structure. My favorite video of yours, btw. Cheers, Doug!
I don't care for reaction videos. It's the analysis and musical knowledge that separates this channel from others.
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Well said
Agreed 100% , Doug is the best !
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What's also worth noting is that Yngwie was only 20 years old when he recorded this album.
Awesome
And since then, he has been repeating the same harmonic minor scale over and over again. That's sad. 😞
@@ipojuca22 So, B.B King, Clapton, Angus Young,etc...who have used the blues scale fora ages, they all makes you sad also?
yeah but when you grow up with musician parents it gets kinda easier
Malmsteen is of course a genius in Music. Many people were disappointed because, well, I think people, including myself, expectations were too high.
May I suggest a reaction to Jason Becker - Altitudes? It's one of the most beautiful and epic neoclassical metal compositions
Absolutely.
For sure would be epic
Yes pls
Also End of the Beginning/Serrana!
Or Mabel's Fatal Fable, Perpetual Burn, Dweller in the Cellar, Opus Pocus, Go OFF, Images, SMS, Eleven Blue Egyptians...
When Yngwie’s first album came out, I was a metal head in high school. I remembered he was the guitarist from a band called Alcatraz, but his solo work was on a higher level. It was as if one of the old classical composers discovered an electric guitar and said, “Let’s see what I can do with this.”. Been a fan ever since. He is a true virtuoso.
I started following Yngwie from the Alcatrazz days. My mind was so totally blown the first time I heard him. Became I big influence in my playing.
Rising Force completely changed how guitar players looked at arranging music.
His steeler days were also great
Steeler before Alcatraz
I remember Yngwie being featured in the back of Guitar Player Magazine about 1981 or so. I think he was only 15 and had sent a tape in of his music. I could be wrong, but that is where I think I first heard of him. Yes, he was great with Alcatraz. I love the solo on Starrcar Lane.
Jens Johansson is the keyboardist and he's just as amazingly fast fingered as Malmsteen. His subtle textures and competing solos with Yngwie during the '80s are a wonder.
And now he's in the awesome band Stratovarius.
Been a huge, huge fan of Jens since that particular album. His solo piano works are as amazing as his power metal or jazz fusion compositions. Jens Johansson have been a fundamental character of my musical odyssey since 1984. Of course, Stratovarius was - and still is - so much emulated by his master craft. And still using the DX-7 today... His latest polyphonic vocal patches for Strato on Nemesis and their last album are especially interesting, reminding of... Tallis’s greatest offerings. Hail Jens and go listen, please, to El-sou sou, Kill it with fire, Giants, Kiss of Judas or, of course, Black Diamond. We are all in dept to Yngwie for the Johansson brothers Atlantic crossing back in 1983!
@@algojeff Totally Agree, when you know Jens os on the keys you know you will have nice arrangement and incredible keyboard solos, thank to him Keyboard player on Metal exist obviously thanks to Jon Lord one of the biggest influence to Jens.
The sons of another music legend, Jan Johansson.
Had the chance to meet and hang around with the Johansson bros on more than one occasions. A truly talented duo! I hope you'll enjoy my four playlists dedicated to their talent as well as their father's, the late Jan Johansson:
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The album that started a new genre in the guitar world.. from everyone wanting to be EVH ( RIP ) to everyone wanting to be YM love this album its his best
I remember getting this album ( and the Alcatrazz) and listening to it 1st time . I had heard the Steeler album so we knew he could play but this was at a totally new level . I play guitar myself but I m not gifted with any talent so this stuff it way out of my range . It s also the barock sound that makes Yngwie special . And Yngwie taught himself all this stuff at home in Sweden - simply amazing .
@@TURBOKONGEN who would have taught him? It’s not electric guitar music. I have heard he thinks he is Paganini,
Btw how did everyone discover this album?Guitar magazines I am guessing? That’s how I did in the 90’s. I never really knew how popular it was.
@@bojangles6444 for me, I think Roth begat Vai begat alcatraz begat malmsteen. Not positive, I'm sure satriani was in there somehow. There was a lot of begetting goin on.
@@mikeshelogowski434 I never thought Satriani was on the same level as any of these other guys. I know bc I can play most his music at least all that I have attempted. I had most of surfing with the alien down whah I was like 15. Trying to learn Malmsteen or Vai usually ended up an exercise in frustration or I could play it half tempo lol. I mean I can play some of it but the faster solo parts not so much. Plus with Vai there are crazy tunings and 24 frets that I don’t have. It’s like you need a guitar tech to try alternate tunings with a Floyd Rose. I sure don’t know how to rebalance the bridge at least lol. I think I spent 2 hours once and got just about nowhere lol. I guess the pros keep one guitar in every tuning if they use Floyd’s. One Floyd is all I want.
Black Star + Far Beyond the Sun, explote my head when was discovered in 1995
Same here, heard them on radio and it changed my life.
@@NoneOfyourBusiness468 i saw alive in 2001, wow.. was orgasmic
Kaboom there it is.
@@saposapochile would you like a cigarette
Same. Far Beyond the Sun is my favourite Yngwie track.
YJM frightened guitarists worldwide when he hit the scene. And still continues to do so now.
Yes
Funniest video I've ever seen is David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap reacting to Yngwie. "I threw my guitar out. Why bother? I'll never be able to play the thing like that"
absolutely, it's hard for people to understand just how jarring Yngwie was when he first came out, people who either don't like Yngwie or who just weren't there say "yes a lot of guitarists impressed other guitarists, he wasn't that important" I'd honestly put his impact on the same level as Hendrix or Van Halen. (and I'm not even a big fan of his)
Yes, even Malmsteen himself will tell you this as well!
@@bo7341 Me and several other guitarists at that time reacted similar . It s was basically WTF is this 20 year old swedisg guy doing ? And with Steve Vai on the scene well the game changed drastically .
Yngwie early work was more nuanced and allowed to breath, focused on the arrangement and motifs, much less dense and overplayed than the last 25 years.
I'm hoping he can get together with a top line up again and most importantly a great producer to help him play to his strengths.
Doug, do Black Star !!!!
He needs to use the bass player he had on this album. ;)
@@ChuckJansenII Ha-ha
For sure! His newer stuff is okay and all... But I feel like the earlier work was much more focused on making interesting and enjoyable music rather than 'look at mah shred'. Of course shredding is fun and all, but I liked the stuff from the early 90's and before better :)
@@ChuckJansenII he is releasing a new album soon, the first song Wolves at the Door is on RUclips already, not quite his early work still.
@@Solonacae Thanks for the heads up. I will look for the YT video of Wolves at the Door.
Yngwie's best playing across his entire career - on this piece. Still my favorite after buying this the week it came out way back when. During the acoustic break at 8:19, if you listen closely, I believe the mic on one of his acoustics picks up the sound of Yngwie's bracelets on his left arm. Immense vibrato on this piece. Listen to the wide vibrato at 9:07 and 9:14. Just incredible. Probably played this record a thousand times while I sat with my guitar and tried to learn bits and pieces as an amazed 11 year-old just starting the instrument.
I am totally j a z z e d that you are digging Yngwie Malmsteen brother
Not neoclassicalled?
@@ethanlocke3604 I think that jazzed might be a technical term
The song "brother"?
@@YuxinZhou13 awesome Choice my friend
I first heard Yngwie as a young teen when he was in Steeler, then Alcatrazz, then his solo work. I was fortunate enough to see him on the Marching Out tour just before my 17th birthday. He was my gateway into "classical" music, which I never liked before. I ended up going on to get a Masters in music theory and composition, based in part due to my love of classical music that began with Yngwie. Nice work on this video!
What a great path! I would be interested to hear if/how his music influenced yours.
Your Yngwie reactions are simply superb, by far the best reaction series I've seen on YT. I think a lot of long-time listeners and guitarists like myself greatly appreciate Yngwie's music, but your analysis really helps us to understand *why* we like it. Hope you keep reacting to more songs!
I agree we need to hear Trilogy suite Opus 5
Agreed, but more musicians have been influenced by YJM than just guitar players.
I doubt any other of his rock guitar peers have had their music covered by as many non-guitarists as he has!
That harpsichord line he does before the main solo is a jaw dropper. Call Yngwie what you will at the end of the day he is an amazing guitar player.
Glad you found the "real" song, Doug !!! "Icarus' Dream Suite: Opus 4" was dedicated by Yngwie to his cat, Moje, who unfortunately died around the time he was recording this album. My longtime childhood friend, Wally Voss (RIP), played bass for Yngwie on subsequent tours (he was told that Malmsteen had just fired his bass player while on tour, rushed to the venue near Ft. Lauderdale, FL where Malmsteen was appearing and auditioned for him and was hired on the spot). Yngwie dearly love Moje, and the soulfulness of the original Adagio by Albinoni fit his feelings of morose perfectly. A beautiful tribute to a beloved pet.
Thanks for sharing the story behind the scenes. Didn't know Wally Voss had passed away. RIP
Wow, thanks for the story.
Was the venue The Button South?
@@brianj3626 No; Yngwie was playing at the Sportatorium at that time. I finally caught up with Wally on the Trilogy tour in Lakeland, Florida and hung with the band for the night. Jens Johansson was playing me a tape of his classically-influenced keyboard instrumentals when Yngwie plugged his yellow "Duck" Strat (complete with the "Play Loud" sticker) into a small Fender amp and started showing me---at a distance of 3 feet---his ridiculous opening riff to "Trilogy Opus 5". He *gasp* even made a mistake a couple of times before nailing it, commenting that the lick was "so damned hard !!!". He spent about an hour noodling around on the guitar, ripping off ungodly batches of notes. He was actually really cool.
@@kriszteblade My pleasure. Wally and I were friends from school since we were about 11 or 12 years old. He became an incredible bassist, and always kept us in stitches with his humor. He was an absolute monster player, and a great guy.
This is one of the best experiences I've had watching youtube. Masterful. Thank you for taking us on this mesmering journey.
Both my parents were music majors in college and both taught music for many years. When I bought this album when I was about 17, it blew their minds! Check out "Little Savage" (last track on album).
Yngwie was very cheeky on this track, the 1/2 time harpsichord chordal breakdown is a direct steal from Billy Joels 'She's always a woman' the bridge section ( oh, she takes good care of herself...) . I picked it, Vinnie Moore picked it, thats good enough for me.
Little Savage is just awesome
@@docgonzales First, Jens Johansson wrote the harpsichord arrangement on Little Savage (according to the booklet). Secondly I find that really hard to believe that he stole it. Chord progressions like that are not unique, in fact it's the opposite, they are very common. I've never heard of Billy Joels but when I listened to that song I think stealing that is more unlikely than coming up with the same progression yourself.
Cool story Chris👍 Yngwie sure changed rock guitar. I remember listening to Black Star from a 45 insert included in Guitar Player magazine. That was after Mike Varney featured him in Guitar Player in 83. The melody is so mesmerizing and Yngwie's technical proficiency was & still is phenomenal!
We need to consider he was 20 years old when he made this record. I think it's quite impressive.
Amazing.
Prodigious! Yngwie is a beast.
He is a great guitarist but his Ego sucks
Yeah and most of the compositions on the record were composed when he was 16-18 years old!
@@vovindequasahi exactly!
I'm a huge fan of Malmsteen from back in the day. I'd suggest Trilogy Suite Op. 5 from the album Trilogy (1986). One of his best 'show-off' pieces, in a good way. Harmonically quite interesting too.
Absolutely! Trilogy definitely deserves attention. Come to think of it, he does something very similar to what he does here in the 2nd movement of Trilogy (with the classical guitar): descending 5ths (or ascending 4ths).
I mistakenly told him it was number nine. I meant five. Thanks brother.
@ Trilogy Suite is the way for sure
@doug helvering, always prefer studio versions of Yngwie's pieces over the live versions, perhaps with a few exceptions from early in his carreer. Would love to hear your comments on what the other instruments are doing too. Thanks for the follow-up and nice job
My absolute favourite instrumental of Yngwie's
Man! I've heard this for over 30 years, and I didn't realize consciously a lot of those things you mentioned (partly because I didn't know one heck about music back then), but my ears knew! And the ears of a lot of people too! It's great hearing you today breaking it up for us. I've long forgotten my dreams about being a musician (leave alone a virtuoso), but everything I've learned has contributed to my enjoying music more and more. It's like you're Remi from Ratatouille and I'm Emile and you're helping me learn how to taste music even more. Big thank you for that! 🙏🙏🙏
It's okay, Doug. We still love you.
Probably my favourite Yngwie track, and a good testament to his ability to play and write some gorgeous music.
For me is was "Black Star" and "Far Beyond the Sun", those two songs blew my mind!
I started listening to yngwie in Steeler.
Rising force has always been my favorite,
Listening to that on board ship during Persian gulf, and brand new, momentary lapse of reason
for me is Amberdawn
@@lefoule280 Amberdawn might be my second favourite track of his.
@@vaughanmacegan4012 Yeah his first album was his best work for sure.
I don't know u more than those minutes form your videos, but a I REALLy LOVE YOU! you took more form me, for granted, than watching concerts and staring to som sharped speeches about what was being played, as the original musician taste... you did it with respect, running through the entire composition, respecting it... I'm from Brazil, know you from 3 videos ago and I'm really enjoying your stuff! keed doin' it! I'm a new subscriber here!
Sir, your ear for notes is phenomenal. I'd subscribe to more reaction channels if they were this professional and genuine.
It's very nice to hear someone who knows music analyze "our Yngwie". This album is a pinnacle in guitar music. A solo that not so often mentioned is the one in the song Little Savage. On this album Yngwie still knew that less is more. Looking forward to "Black Star video. Keep it coming Doug.
Man I am learning SO much about these pieces I have listened to for sometimes over 20 years by listening to these analysis videos. This is so awesome. Thanks for doing a tremendous job!
I always considered the sequence beginning at @6:12 in the video to be one of the most beautiful passages ever written. The movement in the acoustic guitar creates such a nice texture. That piano....I know why you would want it higher in the mix because it is lovely, but it's probably correct, that passage sounds perfect to my ear.
"This is sooo 80´s!" - absolutely!! Yngwie is stuck in the 80's, music, hair, bravado rockstar attitude, LOVE HIM or HATE HIM, he's an absolute genius.
He stays true to his artistic vision without compromise and changing depending on which way the wind blows. That's called integrity.
@@KevinSmithdc Yes indeed, he does his thing and has been doing it for 40ish years straight now, I am a long time fan but lack the deep understanding Mr. Helvering has ;) I think I remember Steve Vai himself complimenting him for his confidence and doing things his own way on the last gig from the Generation Axe tours.
I hear his firts demos with her sister in Sweden ...maybe 1979
Doug He is Yngwe, he can land in any key he wants, and it will alway be perfect
This album is Yngwies magnum opus (no pun intended). It's a shame that he hasn't focused more on songwriting during his career, this is such a cool song. It was my favourite Yngwie song when I was a kid and it still is.
In fairness he has a lot of great albums. Marching Out, Trilogy, Odyssey, Eclipse, Seventh Sign etc... are all great albums with awesome musicianship and songwriting.
no "magnum opus" was actually his magnum opus
@@arnyarny77 came here ro say just that. His magnum opus album is «magnum opus» 😂
@@arnyarny77 - That's a great one too, that's my point. Yngwie has many great albums.
Attack is great, Fire & Ice is great, Alchemy is great, the Concerto was amazing etc... Cheers
Nothing beats his 80s stuff in my opinion. Rising Force and Marching Out are masterpieces, Trilogy and Odyssey are amazing too. After Fire and Ice it started to go downhill for me, but I still enjoy the occasional song from every album since then.
I've listened to this song a thousand times. 6:12 - 6:32 is my favorite part, yet I've never noticed the piano melody interwoven into it. You picked up on that on your first listen, and now it's clear as a bell. That's wild
Doug, it might have been ME that greatly helped your views on the last Yngwie video!!! :) I shared it like crazy online, including TO Yngwie himself and all his major forums---! :) I love your videos, man. You are a cool dude. PLEASE do his Evil Eye from the same album. Actually, there are sooooooooooooooo many songs of Yngwie's you could do that you would have material for ages!
Thanks for doing this follow-up video, Doug! Yngwie is my all-time favorite guitar player and who inspired me to pick up the instrument after being a classically trained violinist for a few years. And this piece and album changed my life. It was great to watch and hear your reaction and dcommentary! Can’t wait for more!
Barriemore Barlow played drums on this record, most known with Jethro Tull. One of the more brilliant creative drummers, it was cool hearing him jam with Yngwie back then, he had a different take on metal drumming, as he had a different take on drumming with Tull. Good stuff.
BB was the man. Love his parts on anything.
Too bad the typically 80s sounding production diminishes his contribution here
@@xara6657 YES! The horrible, horrible splash snare and the whole kit is mixed way out of proportion loud. Also, like he says in the video, the keys should be mixed louder in the first acoustic section.
@@Coynkydynk Nah man, The Song for being what it was needed all the pompousness and over the top display on all sections. Classic with Metal !! An explosive concoction, A Great One!! Keep Rockin!!
@@cocoloco65482 You may be right, but I sure wish he'd release a remix so we'd know for sure.
I almost forgot how beautiful this song is, makes me teary. Malmsteen has been one of my few favorites to play when giving Metallica, Megadeth and Dire Straits a break.
We need more malmsteen. He is my fav guitarist
Really really great answer
Amen
I prefer steve vai
Came here to find some Yngwie to show my 16 year old metal head daughter. I wanted to interest her in the tickets I bought to see Yngwie, in Dallas, later this month. I told her I hadn't seen him in decades. What a treat to find this channel and watch an expert react! I hope my daughter enjoys the live concert as much as I am enjoying these reactions! SUPER! 🤩🤘🏽🖤🤘🏿
EVIL EYE is definitely worth a reaction. He even uses Krieger's Bourreé as the intro. Very nice orchestration.
Oh I thought it was Bach's Bouree but in Eb
Thanks...my friend found that when we were in high school and I could never remember who wrote that bouree. This icarus is based on Albinoni Adagio, famous baroque piece that was likely "fake baroque" composed in the modern era. I suspect the intro for Black Star/Farewell is also ripped from some obscure baroque piece. On marching out he used Greensleeves and Bach's little fugue in G minor (transposed to E) in live in Leningrad. Air on the G string also one of Yngwie's best that he always did but finally recorded well later on.
Great video, Doug. It was amazing to see you reacting to the “real” piece. After classics like Far Beyond the Sun, Black Star, Trilogy etc, another great Yngwie piece that would be really interesting to see/hear your reaction is How Many Miles to Babylon, studio version, from the album Fire & Ice. Thank you very much for your amazing videos and the great knowledge you always share with us.
Every second from his first album is worth it. There´s no capital letters big enough to describe the greatness of that record. Period. And yet again, thank you Doug for that fascinating musical knowledge you have and pour on us mere mortals. Don´t understand a lot, but I´m hanging there, enjoying the music my way :-) You can listen to whatever you want, AFTER you have reacted and analyzed Far Beyond The Sun and Black Star. Essential Yngwie Malmsteen. Do the album versions, less is more, he is kind of more is more live.
Thank you, Doug! This is my first RUclips subscription, your channel is fantastic. By far the best “reaction” videos available. Even to call it “reaction” does not do justice to the matter. It is a deep, profound analysis transported in the most natural way! It is like a every day meditation for me, especially as I am a fan of any kind of “progressive” Music. It really is an eye/ear opener for me 👏👍😎! Keep going Doug!
Yng's vibrato is the standard by which all others are judged.
Marty Friedman's vibrato is more skilled
@@rubenvela23 it is killer
that's why we all suck
Excuse me but: Steve Vai.
Yngwie and Adrian Smith
i really like the analysis angle and how competent you are at explaining the concepts, its given me things to try out in my own music that i otherwise would not have, thanks for the content
I have watched react to several pieces over the last few months. I must say that Yngwie is the first modern composer whom I have been able to see you actually analyze and truely "sink your teeth" into. To me that is the ultimate compliment to his abilities as a composer and musician. Thank you for doing this piece.
Thank you for the education you offered up. Im still tingling from Yngwie's soloing language and you dug deeper into the composition and pointed out things i didnt even know existed.
Still, my favorite piece from Malmsteen...he is so restrained here yet he sounded so powerful and emotional. The debut album was a masterpiece.
Doug thanks for the great video. Icarus Dream Suite has always been my favorite piece of work from Yngwie and it was wonderful to have your analysis, reaction and interpretation of this masterful piece of music.
After mandatory "Black Star" and "Far Beyond the Sun", a suggestion could be: "Trilogy Suite Op: 5".
Far Beyond The Sun yes, Black Star is pretty straightforward.
That’s a great idea!
Follow up with Joe Satriani, Tony McAlpine, Eric Johnson, Jason Becker, or Gary Moore (didn’t include Vai since you’ve already done one by him).
Great Suggestions. Some of my favs.
@@benjaminbreeg6367 don't forget Paul Gilbert
These are wonderful analyses! Thank you for dedicating so many years to studying music so that you can eloquently share such insight!!
It's so beautiful listening to Yngwie to hold notes longer than a quarter of a second - this whole album (and the following Marchin' Out and Trilogy) were so good!
Thanks, Doug! This piece by YJM is my favourite of his. I was first introduced to Mr Malmsteen’s work back in ‘86 when I joined a band with a friend from college who wanted to include Black Star in the set. He was one of the two guitarists, I was to be the bassist. Thankfully, another friend, also a guitarist, had the sheet music for the track or I would never have been able to get anywhere near it at the time! On the back of the music, which was from a guitar player’s magazine, was an interview with Yngwie and his then touring bassist, Billy Sheehan who I have since been a huge fan of.
Keep making these videos, Doug. Really enjoy watching your reactions and explanations of these tunes.
Doug: i wish piano was higher in mix
Yngwie: HAAHAHAHAHAHHAH no way dude
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the analysis Doug. When I listen to the key change part that you discussed, I think something worth mentioning is that A diminished chord that is part of the pivot and creates the building moment. He's also playing with Eb major and Eb minor. So, at least to my ear, just before the transposition, it's not just a descending fifths figure. Regardless of the analysis though, I think it is an excellent piece of music. When I was about 17 I got to see these guys live for the first time and briefly met the keyboard player, Jens Johansson. I told him that I really enjoyed the solo on the outro of this song (the part vamped on the C# minor chord). He said (picture a happy Swedish accent) "Oh yah! I remember that one. All improvised." I like the little baroque pedal figures and cascading sequences on the outro.
My absolute favorite Yngwie song of all time.
One of mine too!
My favorite song too.
DUDE! i love the metal face you got as soon as you heard the intro. you rock! i really enjoy this album. looking forward to more malmsteen. great video!
Yngwie was so young when he did this... extraordinary accomplishment..
Glad to see you enjoyed Malmsteen. Good thing youtube algs recommended your channel great stuff so far man.
Happy to see this! A few others to check out after the two listed in the video: Baroque & Roll, Amadeus Quattro Valvo, and Trilogy Suite Op. 5. His instrumentals are best as 85% of his tunes have vocals.
Oh man I'm so jealous about your ear training! Hahaha you are amazing Doug, great video!
Trilogy Suite op5 by Yngwie Malmsteen is an amazing piece.
this is my favorite yngwie song. i love everything about it, the recording of it very early 80's sound (al dimeola like). I like the authenticity of the acoustic passage you can hear his jewelry jangling in it.
It's mine too.
Interesting comparison between Yngwie and Al Di. I’ve said it to myself many times but this is the first time I’ve seen someone else say it :)
"A little piano in the background, I wish it was higher in the mix". lol I nearly spat out the ice I was munching. You don't know Yngwie's personality yet. lol
If you react to everyone's personality in music you probably won't like too many people
@@interestingthings8598 if you went by every artist personality. Probably would not like them very much.
I think Yngwie is hilarious. I've heard stories, but from what I have seen his ego isn't THAT out of control. I think his personality fits him perfectly. Being immortal would have to have an affect on how you deal with humans. I'm sure it can be frustrating.
@@Roger8176 every single celebrity on planet Earth has a head so big they can probably not fit them through doors
So happy I found this channel. AWESOME.
There's a part in live in Leningrad where he's doing this song I swear to God he looks just like Ludwig van Beethoven for a few minutes here and there
He plays this intro to Far Beyond the Sun. The acoustic part is played(ish) as part of the intro to Black Star
@@fabianaguilar1358 yes sir you are correct. Live in Leningrad is a great concert because it happens when the Wall came down
I've wondered many times honestly. Lol
He really does seem to morph sometimes. It's crazy when you think about it.
What's morph?
@@user-so3gv1dd4c It basically means transition or change. Specific to that sentence it would be a smooth, fluid like change of facial features.
A werewolf morphs between wolf and human. Sort of.
great channel and analysis of composition and the theory. I've had a chance to see yngwie live during this time in his career and he really seperated himself in the knowledge of how the chords woked together.
You've already mentioned "Black Star" and "Far Beyond The Sun". I can suggest to you "Evil eye", "Overture 1383", "Crying", "Trilogy Suite Op. 5", "Brothers", Leviathan", "Overture 1622", "Dawn" (previously "Amberdawn", after his then wife, 1995"), "Marching out", "Eclipse", "Blitzkrieg", "Asylum"... instrumental tracks, but he has good tracks with voice as well. Anyway, I REALLY LOVE your reaction sir, that theory explanation is soooooo useful!!! 🤘🤘🤘🔝🔝🔝❤❤❤ Greetings from Italy!!! 😉
I love your selection!!
Amazing selection!!!
@@diccionaudio1043 it is impossible not to love a selection like this, Yngwie has great, legendary tunes. Long live Yngwie Il Maestro Johan Malmsteen!!! 🤘🤘🤘🔝🔝🔝❤❤❤ Have a nice day!!! 😉
@@AlejandroMagnusGTR yes, actually that's a selection full of great, legendary tunes!!! 🤘🤘🤘
"Marching Out" for sure, highly underrated
This Channel gets better. I Love how Doug ist more and more interested un this kind of music and how we learn from his theory and he learns from the suggestions. Nice!
Yngwie is a classical musician who plays guitar with rock tones. Most of the 80’s guys were 80’s rock guitarists who tried to play virtuoso rock guitar. Big difference which is why a lot of people who like yngwie don’t like other “shredders” of the era and why many fans of the shredders don’t like yngwie. There is over lap for sure, but he gets singled out a lot.
I’ve been a classical player most of my life, I don’t hate yngwie but his overuse of the harmonic minor scale gets very tiresome to my ear
The obligatory pedal tone lick in EVERY SINGLE SONG!!
Very interesting
@@JoeHeisler nobody's perfect my friend. I don't like everything that he has done either. But certain songs are extraordinary.
@@TSmith911 everybody's got their thing to keep them going and in time
Ok...Doug, I really love that you have perfect pitch, and that you know all the details of everything that's going on in a song. I first caught you reacting to a Rush video, and got hooked from there. However...on both this video, and the live one of a different "Icarus", you tell us what key, you tell us the changes, etc, but you never really reacted at all. On the first few runs that Yngwie played, your jaw should have dropped, your eyes open wide, and you say something like..."Holy Shit!!! Did you just hear what he played? That vibrato is mind-blowing! His vibrato is hauntingly similar to what a violinist or cellist would play. I've heard guitar players try to mimic this classically trained behavior, but they normally fall flat on their face. This guy has mastered this, and his phrasing is perfect. Whether he's playing slow, or psychotically fast, all of his parts and playing are PERFECT for the piece! Bravo, Mr. Yngwie. Bra-fuckin'-vo!" THAT would be a reaction. Anyhow, I just wanted to share my opinion of what I feel a reaction video would be like. Please do more Dream Theater, too! Maybe "Metropolis", "Learning to Live", Octavarium", "Ytse Jam", and "Trial of Tears". Have a phenomenal day! :-)
I don’t know how people say he doesn’t have emotion in his music...
He most definitely used to. Nowadays.....
They say it with their mouths. There...does that help?
They are morons.
Cause they haven't heard "Angels of Love" yet. An absolutely spectacular mostly- acoustic instrumental release from Yngwie. Just show it to anyone who still claims Yngwie has no "feel."
Some people don't realise excitement is an emotion lol
Yngwie played all the string instruments on this album
This album is dedicated to the spirit of Moje.
The loud pick noise at 4:43 is an interesting choice for inclusion, and deserves some discussion I think. It's obvious that it's an intentional "screw up", and even though I am usually not a fan of such things, in this case it's really the perfect mistake. The beauty of the surrounding phrases is only enhanced by the realization that this is someone actually playing their instrument, and that there is the possibility that a wrong note might happen. Besides, there is a *lot* of gate on Yngwie's guitar sound on this album, and it is so clear and pick noise free that it sometimes sounds a bit too artificial. So that decision adds a lot to the piece IMO.
The use of melodic minor in the main theme is one of my favourite treatments of it in the entirety of music. The Ab and Bb major keys come off a Eb major, but the Db-C Eb-Dnat melody leads right back into Eb minor, establishing post-hoc that we were actually in Eb melodic minor, and not Eb major. Honestly, my mind was blown when I bought the Hal Leonard transcription of the album as a teenager (I still have it, and am actually currently learning Icarus Dream Suite as a piano piece).
You have an excellent ear to catch the C#-minor change at the end. That is such great way to end this legendary piece, and the improvised solo over top is one of my favourites on any Yngwie song (I may be a bit biased since I'm a keyboardist though).
My recommendation is to react to a live version of Far Beyond The Sun that is called "Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond The Sun HD" on RUclips. It's very close to the original song, but has some parts that are superior I think. You can't go wrong listening to the album version though. Beyond that, Trilogy Suite, Op 5 is a must reaction. Black Star as well. There may be good live versions of those, but the album versions are the only ones I know and love.
I find it funny how we can hear all the jewelry Yngwie wears during the quiet interlude in 8:18
@@curbowman You're right. I never noticed that before despite listening to the song hundreds of times in my life. The jewelry shaking resembles certain orchestral percussive sounds, so it isn't completely out of place, but it only happens with quick movements on the guitar, giving it the definite random feel of a live performance.
The perspective you bring to reaction videos is SOOO unique. I love your experienced and educated ear. You have created a dedicated subscriber! 😁
My face when Doug explains something musicaly. 👁👄👁
Hands down the only music reaction channel where i don't skip the actual comments.
As someone who has always played guitar but has 0 music theory skills, this is just beautiful.
Black Star and Far Beyond the Sun 🙏🏼 Thank you for these videos. Can’t wait 🔥
Just listened to this first Yngwie cd cranked to 11 in my truck day before yesterday and it is still just simply stunning and jaw dropping how articulate his technique is, even at 20 years old!@ Master Musician!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶
Missed the previous video but really enjoyed this one. Love this tune, well reacted Sir 👍
What’s remarkable is YNGWIE was 21 when he recorded this MASTERPIECE record
Yes, exactly! 👍
he was 18 -down the comments he gets older everytime - you can see the realease date on his albums on the wall whrere he is living .
I'm glad you did both pieces. I feel that the last video helped me better understand what he was doing in this piece. Thanks for discussing the theory...it's good for my ear training and composition skills. Liked & subscribed!
Studio versions of BLACK STAR and FAR BEYOND THE SUN. Just awesome pieces of music, Yngwie at his best.
Never noticed the piano in the background until you mentioned it!
Far Beyond The Sun also worthwhile a listen. Keep 'em coming.
Your ear is incredible, thank you for sharing your insights into these pieces. it's truly a spectacle
Far beyond the sun and trilogy suite 5 both studio versions, as you will be able to dissect them more. best reaction channel ever because you explain theory and chord progressions. Superb.
today I came across your channel and have watched several videos! Fantastic...you remind me of a sort of "Classical Rick Beato" REALLY enjoying your presentations and look forward to MANY more!!!!!!!!!
You might like Trilogy Suite: Opus 5
from his Trilogy album..
Trilogy is my favorite of his albums. I think it has something to do with the artwork.
@@ezramiller8296 if we're going by artwork, i think Fire and Ice may have it beat..
That's exactly what I was thinking - please do Trilogy Suite Op 5 !
@@mjolnir317 I'll have to check it out lol. It's been a long time since I was into Malmsteen. He is talented, for sure. It's funny how Malmsteen has branched out less than other musicians have in terms of style. Usually it's the other way around.
Loved the piece. Great informative analysis, as always. He's like an old master incarnated into this time and handed a guitar. He said, "Oh, yeah," and ran with it. By the way, I love your shirt. Great colors and it looks like the fabric has texture.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Hard to believe he was 21 years old.
Loving these videos and learning a lot from them, even though I'm not a musician and don't understand half of what you say (I could go away and find out though). Don't worry about the mistake, Doug, two for the price of one, happy days.
Yngwie was just 21 when he recorded this. Gorgeous piece.
and was probably 19 when he began composing it.
@@jeffreycollins7297 and he was better back then than now
Wow, that was awesome, thankyou! I've liked him forever, I play guitar and his stuff pretty badly, but I never knew what went into these things. Thanks again.
6:12 - 6:33 is my favorite part on the song, The steel acoustic guitar playing is my favorite it feels so unique to the whole song.
Doug thanks for sharing your thoughts and facts, its very very interesting to listen to your "reactions". Keep 'em coming and finally cheers :-)
Just so you know, Yngwie’s mother used to sing in a Baroque choir in Sweden. That’s where he got all of his classical influence. I’d really love see a video of Yngwie watching you react to his videos while calling out every key throughout the song. I bet the two of you would have some very fascinating conversations about music if you ever met.
Classical in general is very popular in Sweden even today, it's quite normal for people to listen to it and it's on the radio.
Love the analysis, truly one of the better educational videos, for us musicians especially!
Good music always makes the hairs on my arms stand straight up. Someone that knows how to channel the spirit of music and convey it with feeling and honesty through their instrument of choice can truly change the world I believe.
Hey Doug, great channel you have ! Thank you for going to this effort, I really appreciate you breaking music down like this as I find it really insightful and helps me learn music theory.
This whole album is so great
I’m looking forward to more of you on Mr Malmsteen 👍🏻 you are truly good at what you do!
I love Yngwie and I love when classical music (especially Baroque) is fused with modern instrumentation. Please do more of Yngwie reactions. Additionally, I would love to see you do some reactions to one of my favorite yet more obscure progressive bands which is Renaissance. They are a progressive classical, folk, rock fusion band and the vocals of Annie Haslam range from perfectly angelic to absolutely haunting. Would love to hear you react to anything from the following Renaissance albums: Prologue, Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, Scheherazade and Other Stories, A Song for all Seasons, Azure d'Or, Novella. You will
find masterpieces on all of these albums.
Heavy Metal Baroque Music!!! Thanks for looking into one of my favorite guitar instrumental songs. Yngwie is such a grand musician. So awesome to see him with his own channel now. This video has gotta be awesome for someone just learning about music. Love hearing you pick apart songs. NEXT UP: KRAKATAU!!!
Do "Far Bayond the Sun" and "Black Star" (both studio) and in that order so you'll have greater contrast between the pieces. Then I'll suggest "Don't Let it End" so you'll hear how he applies his neoclassical chops to a more traditional rock/heavy metal structure.
My favorite video of yours, btw. Cheers, Doug!
Welcome to the club... got this album in 1984..I was blown away.. Thanks for spreading the love.