Bruce Dickinson on Yngwie vs. Ritchie
Trond
- That type of guitar players are technically good, but so incredibly
boring; like watching paint dry. Yngwie Malmsteen is a long yawn; ego
with fingers, Ritchie Blackmore without brain. Ritchie is the
original, Yngwie is the copy. Yngwie will guaranteed do his version of
Blackmore's Night's "Shadow of the Moon". The press release will read;
"Yngwie Malmsteen - better than Mozart".
(Printed in Norwegian at the WWW music mag Puls;
http://www.nettpuls.no/intervjuer/bruce_dickinson.ephtml)
(interview with Norwegian DP tribute band Elements, who comment on
DP's history wearing Blackmore-glasses to be found at the same site,
for those who can read Norwegian and really care. ;-) ("CTTB was a
Bolin solo-album and isn't real DP... DP with Morse is just like DP
with Bolin, Blackmore was always the main force, and its not DP
without him", blah-blah-blah... we've heard it all before right here,
I guess. ;-)
http://www.nettpuls.no/intervjuer/elements.ephtml
As DP or members thereof guested Norway twice last year, I wonder why
they had to interview the tribute band.
Cheers,
--
Trond
Brad DeMoranville
> (Bruce Dickinson on Yngwie Malmsteen):
> - That type of guitar players are technically good, but so incredibly
> boring; like watching paint dry. Yngwie Malmsteen is a long yawn; ego
> with fingers, Ritchie Blackmore without brain. Ritchie is the
> original, Yngwie is the copy. Yngwie will guaranteed do his version of
> Blackmore's Night's "Shadow of the Moon". The press release will read;
> "Yngwie Malmsteen - better than Mozart".
>
> (Printed in Norwegian at the WWW music mag Puls;
> http://www.nettpuls.no/intervjuer/bruce_dickinson.ephtml)
>
> (interview with Norwegian DP tribute band Elements, who comment on
> DP's history wearing Blackmore-glasses to be found at the same site,
> for those who can read Norwegian and really care. ;-) ("CTTB was a
> Bolin solo-album and isn't real DP... DP with Morse is just like DP
> with Bolin, Blackmore was always the main force, and its not DP
> without him", blah-blah-blah... we've heard it all before right here,
> I guess.
Right. If Blackmore is the sine qua non of Deep Purple, then Rainbow makes
no sense at all. He had full control there and it wasn't as good or
successful.
Bye!
Brad
AFSchmid
>(Bruce Dickinson on Yngwie Malmsteen):
>- That type of guitar players are technically good, but so incredibly
>boring; like watching paint dry. Yngwie Malmsteen is a long yawn; ego
>with fingers, Ritchie Blackmore without brain. Ritchie is the
>original, Yngwie is the copy. Yngwie will guaranteed do his version of
>Blackmore's Night's "Shadow of the Moon". The press release will read;
>"Yngwie Malmsteen - better than Mozart".
>
>(Printed in Norwegian at the WWW music mag Puls;
>http://www.nettpuls.no/intervjuer/bruce_dickinson.ephtml)
>
>(interview with Norwegian DP tribute band Elements, who comment on
>DP's history wearing Blackmore-glasses to be found at the same site,
>for those who can read Norwegian and really care. ;-) ("CTTB was a
>Bolin solo-album and isn't real DP... DP with Morse is just like DP
>with Bolin, Blackmore was always the main force, and its not DP
>without him", blah-blah-blah... we've heard it all before right here,
>I guess. ;-)
>http://www.nettpuls.no/intervjuer/elements.ephtml
>
>As DP or members thereof guested Norway twice last year, I wonder why
>they had to interview the tribute band.
>
>Cheers,
>--
>Trond
>
Hmmmmmmmm...
Well, there is a lot of that Blackmore-Malmsteen-stuff in the
guitar-newsgroups. In fact I own some Malmsteen-LPs and I think it's too easy
to say that Malmsteen is the perfect copy of RB. For example I don't know what
is the "Blackmore original" of Malmsteen's "Rising Force". But generally you
can say that it get's boring listening too long to the Malmsteen-stuff. Always
these fast solos (impressive but somehow boring - in this point I agree with
Dickinson), this terrible Metal-voice, ... - I think these "pure" guitar-albums
like RF show the "real" Malmsteen (I hope there won't be a never-ending
discussion about what is the "real" YM now - it's just my opinion), and they
are far away from Blackmore. With these albums Yngwie has invented something
new (especially including the classic). I would be glad seeing Yngwie returning
to his "roots". ... and sometimes I just want to say when I listen to the
Yngwie-stuff: "All right, we accept that you are the (technical!!!) best, slow
down, improve your songwriting, and STOP DEMONSTRATING YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS!"
(I had a short listen to his concerto and I was not very fascinated - it sounds
not very "new") - That's the difference between RB and YM: Very soon Blackmore
had realized that technics are not everything - Malmsteen NOW starts to realize
it. Well, all I want to say is that Blackmore has been Yngwie's inspiration,
like Hank Marvin has been Blackmore's inspiration and Blackmore, Gilmour and
Malmsteen are my inspirations (... It's getting a bit complicated now), but I
think that there is still a difference between them (not only a technical one)
despite Malmsteen's '96-album "Inspiration".
Back to the "DP-cover-bands":
I think everybody is sick of these endless discussions about the "real" DP.
There has never been a clear answer and there will never be one. I think
everybody should have HIS OWN DP. Some of us like the Blackmore-stuff, some the
Morse-stuff, ... But what is the "real" DP???
- opinion of a guitarist
:)
Bye
--
Andreas Schmid - guitar fan
asou...@perth.geoquest.slb.com
I quite agree. I own several Malmsteen albums. They range from damn good (ie
Rising Force) to bloody ordinary. I sometimes find myself gettig frustrated
with Malmsteen. I kinda wish that he would slow down and play with a bit more
soul, and lose that bloody vibrato -- it just gets so annoying after a while.
I think he needs to listen to some Gary Moore (ie Corridors of Power, Victims
of the Future etc) to get an idea of how to play fast, yet tastefully...
There are many occasions when his playing is quite breathtaking, like on the
Opus... track on RF. I wish he did more of that, and really hard rocking
stuff like I'll See the Light Tonight. I just recently borrowed The Seventh
Sign of a mate of mine, and there are some great tracks on it, like the
bluesy number and Pyramid of Cheops. The covers album he did however, is
fantastic. The version of In the Dead of Night is at least as good as the UK
original (the lead break of jaw dropping)
Cheers
Adam
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AFSchmid
>Rising Force) to bloody ordinary.
completely right!!!
>I just recently borrowed The Seventh
>Sign
That's funny! Seventh Sign was my first Yngwie-LP and I still think it is quite
amazing!!! I discovered YM before DP...
>The covers album he did however, is
>fantastic.
I would say quite good. - I just mentioned it because half of the album is RB -
but I think the originals are better.
It is cool to see that there are other Yngwie-fans who have nearly the same
opinion. Thanks, Adam!!!
I found some of RB's words about the topic when I surfed around. I don't want
any copyright-trouble. That's why I will only mention the address:
http://www.deep-purple.com/rosas/intervie/blackmore/rb1973xxxx.html
- Read the last question and RB's answer...
Bye
:)