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ajeje, you're heavy, I've already given you the answers, learn to respect opinions different from yours, plus I won't respond to someone who points at Malmsteen as a charlatan, an ignorant when it comes to music, etc... I'm sorry, you've written so many nonsense that you don't deserve a response beyond the one I kindly gave you, someone else in my place would have responded very differently, but in the end, it wouldn't be worth it!

I'm sorry, but if you've listened and say that Malmsteen is musically incompetent (I mean not just that he can read sheet music, but that he is a complete musician, very skilled and also a modern composer), then it seems that the underlying disconnect is even greater than I thought. I understand, you're not the only one to make such claims, just as many deny that he has innovated the electric guitar or belittle him to simple and trivial shred, but honestly, as I've said before, I don't want to continue a monologue. I'm certainly not one to defend the Swede at all costs; I've often criticized him (including on this site, as on others), especially for his musical choices in recent years (which have been many, since only the orchestral album is worthy of his name to me), but also for losing sight of his music and initial path. So I have no difficulty in critiquing him, but I can distinguish between Rising Force and Unleash The Fury, and if we talk about the '80s, well, Malmsteen innovated, he marked that era influencing many bands and guitarists, like it or not, but that's the way it is. Then, rightly, everyone holds onto their own opinion, I leave you yours, but I’ll hold onto mine very tightly!

You're very wrong about Malmsteen being a musical incompetent, but since you're throwing out a series of absurdities (some of which are even objective, like denying his musical training), I’m sorry, but I prefer not to continue the discussion. I’ll leave you to your respectable beliefs, which, however, show a certain underlying closed-mindedness; it’s clear that prejudices prevent you from conducting a serious and objective analysis. I reiterate my opinion: unfortunately, many are unable to separate personal tastes from everything else, resulting in analyses like yours and others before it, which, at the end of the day, just shoot blanks!

I just listed them above, but since for you they are drawbacks, it's clear that we can't come to an understanding!

Ah, but I also prefer the magnum opus of the maestro; Rising Force remains and will always be the number one in the genre, hands down. It's a pity that Yngwie himself has not reached these levels of inspiration anymore! Moore has managed to create an alternative album, which is a great achievement, only partially mitigated by the fact that he's living a bit in reflected glory; without Rising Force, this album probably wouldn't even exist!

Allow me to say that your opinion is entirely personal and, as such, open to debate, since I think exactly the opposite of you... the beauty of music!

I avoid replying because it has gone too low, I’m sorry, but here we are talking about music, not about Uncle Adolf, who gets dragged into the conversation just because you have no useful arguments. Anyway, I have expressed my opinion. I reiterate, Malmsteen may disgust you, just like I may not like SRV or BB King, but sometimes you need to separate personal tastes from the historical value of a musician, something that evidently some of you are not capable of doing. Too bad!

Dearest, I’ve listened to it, yes Paganini, but try to understand a very simple concept: the electric guitar is not a classical instrument. Malmsteen has innovated in this, bringing classicism and the patterns of classical music into an electric instrument. No one before imagined the electric guitar this way, and this is called innovation. Just think about how many, after him, have been influenced by minor harmonies, classical-sounding arpeggios, etc. This may not be to everyone's taste, and I understand that, just as others may not like Page, Slash, BB King, SRV, and so on. But please, let’s not deny that Malmsteen is a true musician, because indeed he is.

Of course, when it comes to Malmsteen, you always hear the same nonsense. There’s no doubt that he has put technique at the forefront, but go listen to the compositions of Rising Force, or pieces like Crying, Trilogy Opus suite, and the album for orchestra before claiming that it’s just technique, nothing more. Just speed alone doesn’t lead to composing such pieces. I’m sorry to say it, but people like Malmsteen, Vai, and Satriani have taken the electric guitar to another level; they deserve the success they’ve achieved because they are true artists of the six strings. Learn to distinguish shred from real artists and musicians, otherwise, you show that you really have very little common sense.

Ah well, then I prefer Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, it’s more complete than just Romeo!!!!! Come on, what the heck does Romeo have to do with the comparison between him and Malmsteen in this context!