Matt7

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Mr. Big Lean Into It

5 apr 06

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Honestly, I would love to review the other albums as well, perhaps making the issue more comprehensive.

I don't want to compare the COF to Yngwie, but as you would say, both respect the "classical standards." I forgot to say thanks to ajeje, thank you, amidst all the criticisms (they called me ignorant, incompetent, etc...) a compliment is much appreciated.

Mr. Big Lean Into It

5 apr 06

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And do you think the review should focus more on the image than on the music? compliments...you're exactly the type of listener that record labels want to deceive.....anyway, thanks for the clarification, I didn't know about this photo thing.

Mr. Big Lean Into It

5 apr 06

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yes...maybe hard rock is the most suitable

Mr. Big Lean Into It

5 apr 06

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I always recommend the first one: MR Big, because it's the first they wrote, then Lean into it, and then Hey Man, which is perhaps the most "complete." But if you want to listen to them all, there aren't many: in total:
1) Mr Big; 2) Lean into it; 3) Bump Ahead; 4) Hey Man; 5) Get Over it (with Ritchie Kotzen instead of Paul Gilbert) 6) Actual Size (again with Kotzen)

I do not recommend the last two because they lack Gilbert. They are good works, but we got used to Gilbert, and Kotzen composes differently. Perhaps a good thing done with Kotzen is "Deep Cuts," a sort of remix of the most famous ballads.

G3 Live in Denver

5 apr 06

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Have you ever heard Damnation & a Day by Cradle of Filth?
That is an album composed for 2 guitars, drums (so I would dare to say: "percussions"), bass (or "double bass"), and an entire orchestra of strings, brass, and choir. I don't think it can be compared at all to a classical work...even if conceived with the orchestra.

G3 Live in Denver

5 apr 06

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And remember Marco85 that Malmsteen does nothing but copy Bach and Paganini (in a bad way) and all Baroque music in general. I consider that concert a simple performance with the orchestra, not a complete concerto or suite or whatever you want to call it written for guitar and orchestra. It isn’t and it never will be.
Another clarification about classical music: today dodecaphonic music, originated from Schoenberg (I believe it’s spelled that way, I apologize if I’m wrong), is also defined as classical music (even if it's in the "contemporary music" section), which absolutely does not respect the "classical canons" you talk about so much. And if you listen to the various works of Ligeti, Berio, or others, you will realize their absolute foreignness to the canons of 18th or 19th-century classical music.

G3 Live in Denver

5 apr 06

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Malmsteen I like just enough to appreciate this DVD. For the rest, I don't consider him that great because his style hasn't evolved like that of his peers. I wouldn’t even compare Malmsteen to Petrucci; he doesn't have the precision that the American has in spades (and sorry if Petrucci is my idol!!!!!)

G3 Live in Denver

5 apr 06

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Ajeje, I quote you once again: it is now objective that Malmsteen does not have a phrasing that can be compared to those of Vai, Satriani, McLaughlin, or even Petrucci. He may be liked, and that's fine, but how many guitarists "kill" him with criticism for his style?

G3 Live in Denver

5 apr 06

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Marco85, you say that the concert adheres to the standards of classical music, but you've forgotten a small detail that undermines that standard, and this detail is both insignificant and the biggest: this concert features the electric guitar, an instrument completely foreign to classical logic. My brother, unfortunately, is a conductor, and I can assure you that this live performance doesn't even meet certain standards.