Originally posted by Luis Have you listened to Yngwie playing Concerto&Suite for Guitar and Orchesta?
Im not a deep fan of him, but definitely he is not a "puppet".
Even if Yngwie would turn out to be the almighty God, I will not like him.
I have tried any stuff by him.
It seems that zillions of people like/love/admire/worship him, but like Russel Allen® already stated "you're the 49.398.281 person...", I am gonna repeat myself once again: I do NOT like nor will I ever like Yngwie Malmsteen - no matter what anyone will say, no matter how much money anyone will pay me to like him... If I do NOT like any musician or band, it is MY DECISION and I stand behind it.
I won't say that he ain't talented, but for me he is just a boring guitarist, that doesn't "speak" to me through his songs. He fiddles and diddles up and down the neck without any "soul" in his playing. His songs are only "listenable" for me UNTIL his solos destroy everything.
Also, Yngwie only lives through the talented musicians he surrounds himself with. I guess, without any of the great musicians he hires for his albums, he'd probably not have the status he has.
SORRY, GUYS!
Go on, bash my #1 guitarist: Tony MacAlpine, or even Steve Morse. You wouldn't be the only ones
Oh, one other guitarist I don't like listening to: Eric Clapton. His music bores the hell out of me. *yawn*