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"This concert is a total waste of time" another useless and Spartan comment! @ Lexus: as for tapping, it’s a technique widely used in electric guitar, there’s nothing useless about it, it’s just a matter of understanding that Gilmour is great in his music, Steve Vai in his, they are two universes light-years apart, and saying that one is the essence of guitar and the other is just showing off is an opinion entirely dictated by your musical taste, but as for objectivity, it has holes all over.

the usual useless and spartan comment, too bad that often those who call others a fool don't realize that they are the first to prove to be one

But what does "tapping is nonsense" mean, who are you to say that? It's your opinion, but allow me to tell you that it's quite subjective. Steve Vai, when he uses tapping, is an artist; before him, Van Halen influenced who knows how many guitarists with this technique. It's also clear that reducing Van Halen, or even more so Steve Vai, to just tapping is absurd. Just listen to them to understand that they are extraordinary musicians. With Vai, Malmsteen, and Satriani, the electric guitar has changed; they managed to elevate the instrument to another level. This doesn't take away from Gilmour, who is great, but the genre is absolutely different, and there's no sense in making a comparison. Each of these musicians excels in their own music and deserves the utmost respect.

Keep in mind that Yngwie has never played that piece (Amberdawn) again for obvious and well-known reasons (he changed wives hehe), and this is also why the song hasn't received the following it undoubtedly deserved. It's a matter of taste, but it's hard to argue that it's just one of the many pieces; it has extraordinary intensity and inspiration, and in the second part, there are technically stunning passages. Fire in The Sky is an acceptable piece; it might appeal to those who purchased this work by the Swede as their first CD, but those who have listened to Marching Out know very well that they can find much more beautiful and inspired epic tracks there.

Thank goodness someone remembers Amberdawn, an extraordinary piece, way beyond the Overture, absolutely one of the best of the entire oeuvre of the Swede since the days of Trilogy!

Look, I was fortunate in 1994 to attend a Deep Purple concert with Satriani, and I was so impressed that even many years later, I remember every moment of that live performance perfectly! That said, and given that the Purple have an innate ability to amaze the audience during their performances, I think that as a historic group, they have now exhausted their creative vein. The last songs of a certain level belong to the Blackmore era (Perfect Strangers first and foremost, The House of the Blue Light, The Battle Rages On). With Steve Morse, only Purpendicular is worth mentioning; the rest just doesn't have the essence of Deep Purple. In fact, their live setlist features tracks from a glorious past that is now gone. Morse is great, there’s no doubt about it, but for me, Ritchie Blackmore is the only one in Deep Purple. However, I must say that I believe Satriani could have been a better substitute for Steve; I find Morse skilled, but very far from the music of Deep Purple.

masterpiece pardon!

Wow! Amberdawn is, in my opinion, one of the best solo tracks by Malmsteen from Trilogy onwards, are you sure you remember it well? As for the rest, it's true that if he had combined the best of the three albums, it would have turned into a masterpiece, but Fire & Ice is too different in genre, it's closer to Odissey, but with more polished sounds.

Well, but you forgot to mention a beautiful piece like Amberdawn, it's enough by itself to buy the CD!!!!!! Moreover, in the Japanese version there was also the bonus Cantabile, another stunning track! That said, I share a lot of what you wrote, even if compared to the very latest works, Magnum Opus still maintains that bit of decency in my opinion; it certainly doesn't shine for originality, but some ideas are really good (few unfortunately, but they are there!)

a matter of opinions, for me the true mummy is Petrucci in the G3 of Tokyo and I'm not the only one who thinks so!!!!!