Yngwie Malmsteen's collection

Must be one of Zappa's kids

 

Robert and I saw him broken down on I-95 in a black 328 several months ago. We stopped to make sure everything was ok. It was, but he was trying to find a towing service.

I was a huge fan of his years ago. He's really an amazing guitarist. I thought he looked familar, but he's gained some weight, so I didn't even think to ask who he was...............

 

he is amazing....never heard of him till now

 

Don't think so. I am a big fan of FZ, though his kids haven't done anything of any importance. I probably have about 15 Zappa albums. Remember 'You are what you is'. Dinah Moe Hum tonight!

BT

 

Watch out were the Huskies go and don't you eat thay yellow snow....

Love your nails...

 

I love the line from Cosmic Debris...."Is that a poncho or a Sears poncho..."

KevFla

 

Is that from Camarillo Brillo? Dirty Love, so many classics on that album. I remember hearing 'Don't eat the yellow snow / St. Alfonzo's pancake breakfast' on the way home from drafting one night at about 2:30 AM. Bought the Cd the next day (including Cosmic Debris) and listened to it almost daily for about ten years. I consider it to be a form of language lessons. Joe's Garage is an epic. 50 bucks?! 'Your father is waiting for you in the tool shed', classic!

BT

 

"Can I buy you a pizza?"

This could be bad. Don't get me started?

 

"Can I interest you in a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers?"

 

Quick bring me some water HTO.
BT

 

He's an amazing guitarist, i saw him here a few years ago and he really put on a good show. What a life eh? Not only does he do what he loves doing and plays shows all the time, but also can afford to have a nice collection of Ferrari's

 

Yngwie is one of the greatest guitarist on the planet period. I've seen him in concert fives times in the UK. I had the opportunity to meet him eight years ago in Nottingham, England after one of his shows. We talked about Ferrari for an hour or so. He's a really big Ferrari fan. His 308GTS has borrani wires (Yngwie was really surprised that I realised and we started to talk). I've heard romours that he has a GTO, but I don't know the s/n. Does anyone have any details?
He even has a piece on his concerto suite called Cavallino Rampante. On a Japanese only CD Anthology there is a tracked called Amadeus Quattro valvole.

Rock on Yngwie
Forza Ferrari!

 

is it "seat 42 on Fido 3" or is it "seat 43 on Fido 2"?

 

I think it is a seat on Phydeaux 3. Isn't that the vehicle that takes our lowly Joe to L Ron Hoover's where he falls in love with the Telefunken U-47 (looks like a vacuum cleaner with marital aids stuck all over it), but then gets a long prison sentence from shorting out the master circuit? I think I will be putting in discs 1 and 2 from joe's Garage on my way home tonight! Martin, do you know the German portion of the song 'Stick it out'???

BT

 

Will someone please invite him for a dinner?

Loved the Japan concert.

 

as a guitar guy, i find this to be a great thread! i would love to read his posts to see what he has to share!

 

I happen to be an instrumental guitarist (http://www.myspace.com/herbsandtheamazon or http://www.theguitardude.com), and thought I'd post my thoughts. Yes, absolutely, Yngwie has great technical ability. Where I think he falls short is creativity. If you listen to any of his albums, you hear the first song or two and think it's great (if you like the Bach 'n Roll thing). But by the time you get halfway through the album, you start to think that you already heard that song before. You can only hear so many variations of the harmonic minor scale before it gets old.

Another guy, Tony McAlpine, was one of Yngwie's contemporaries back in the 80s, a neoclassical shredder. Fortunately, he was able to break out of that shell and expand his playing. Now he is playing with Steve Vai and Planet X, in far more interesting music.

Back to Yngwie, I believe in Sweden (his homeland) they have an annual air guitar contest to Yngwie music. He is worshipped there. I don't want to take anything away from the guy, because his fingers can move, but I think most of his creative juices stopped flowing long ago.