No one will ever be Yngwie, shredding, in front of an orchestra, looking like a Disney Villain, making ears bleed cool. And he plays into the character so awesomely!

Yngwie said it best himself, “More is more.”

I love the way Paul Gilbert described Yngwie one time. He said it’s like he’s fighting invisible pirates, and he’s winning!🤘🤣🏴‍☠️⚔️🎸

It's not about the "shredding" thing, he can play blues like a boss, people are sooooo jealous because he is on another level. Thank you man!

I'm old enough to remember when he arrived from the outer space in 1983. He totally revolutionised how players looked at their practice. Everybody started playing scales and arpeggios for hours. All guitar freaks from 85 till now are somehow in debt with this guy.

He's an absolute king. Yngwie's got one of, if not the, most recognizable tone ever.

Whether you love him or hate him, you can't deny Yngwie has one of the best vibrato techniques ever.

Yngwies guitar playing style is totally based on lead violin. It’s awesome

Maybe I'm weird, but I hear tons of soul in Yngwei's playing, particularly when he plays slow. He shreds his way into some slow bends and accents and lets them breath. I don't listen to his music hardly at all, but I think his playing is beautiful. I also love that he makes NO apologies for being the character that he is. He's not an everyman, and doesn't bother pretending to be one. 🤣

When he hit the scene in the 80s I could not believe his guitar playing was real. Then I saw him live. No one can ever take away his incredible technique. It stands up today. He is a force.

To anybody who criticises Yngwies playing. Try to learn ONE of his songs and play it like he does. And you'll understand what an absolut master he is. He is truly one of a kind. He's tone is awesome, and the playing is sooo clean.

You cannot ignore his impact on modern guitar music. You may not digest all he does and how he does it, but you cannot ignore him. Kudos

I love Yngwie. He is unique, there will be only one Yngwie. I don't understand people that say he has no feel? He has 100% feel! Every note counts, can't they hear it? Thank you Michael for this reaction! More Yngwie to the people! :)

He exhibited tons of soul in this piece. It just soared over most heads at light speed.

i could hear that all day, i dont know where in the hell people get he has no feel, what! theres feel all over this masterpiece.

Yngwie can (and does) shred like a mad man, but his TONE, vibrato, and perfectly in tune bends are the things that really cement him as a guitar legend and not just another forgettable pyrotechnician.

FINALLY somebody who has really understood Yngwie and truly appreciates what he has accomplished: He basically created his on genre and while doing it, developed a sound that is totally unique to him. It represents a crossbreed of a violine-like high end note and v8-rumble down deep. All the while playing it so clean and immaculate, it really beggars believe. I´m listening to him for more than 30 years and he still blows me away. He was the sole reason why I quit playing the electric guitar, because I understood that I could practice until I´m a hundred years old and I would NEVER reach his level of virtuosity. This gig with the orchestra has-in my view- his best guitar sound ever. He should trademark this and somebody should put it into a dictionary und "Guitarsound/electric", because it doesn´t get any better than this. He is the result of an overdose of talent, character and a lifelong of practice, since he was 10 or so. Will not be replicated ever. All copycats in the world can´t bend time like he does and his fluidity as well as his vibrato is absolutely unmatched. Nice vid, BR from Germany.

One of the best vibratos in the guitar world! Yngwie was at his best with Alcatraz and his first 4 albums!

You can laugh at him, but this is the moment that inspired me to pick an electric guitar. To this day I still respect the soul and ballsiness of this performance.

Yngwie is so unusual in everything he does it is hard not to like him. While I always found it hard to listen to a full Yngwie CD, but seeing him live this year was an eye-opener. The show was so over-the-top...playing so fast, clean and melodic I just couldn't believe a guy could command so much technique...and I saw it all from 10 ft away. Even my wife, a Bee Gees fangirl, was totally knocked out. Seeing Yngwie is seeing music history. Yngwie is back and he is badder than ever. You have got to see it to believe it.

He's literally the reason I started playing guitar. I've seen him more times than I could possibly count. And I've even been lucky enough to see him in a very intimate setting, playing substandard Gear. And it made no difference whatsoever. His absolute command of the instrument comes through. His ability to play with more passion and balls the most people could ever possibly understand. Is absolutely incredible. Whether you love him or hate him he absolutely deserves your respect.Thank for giving him the respect he deserves

I'm going to state this here and now. Mr. Mike Palmisano you are the most entertaining guitar teacher on all of the KZfaq. I truly mean that you are so much fun to watch I've spent most of my vacation watching these videos and my wife looks at my like what you laughing at? Fantastic.

When Yngwie is "Under Control" he is unbeatable.

Yngwie's playing is an absolute thing of art, I'm crying listening to him it's so beautiful xoxoxoxo

Malmsteen's playing and approach...."its outrageous, its awesome".... you said it. STILL IN MY TOP THREE METAL PLAYERS !!!!

The 3 guys who fundamentally changed the way we play rock guitar: Hendrix Van Halen Yngwie

Anyone that says Yngwie does not play with feel either does not really play the guitar, or know music. Great reaction, Michael!!

I’m always stunned at the shear volume of notes he integrates into all of his playing. This piece is a combo of precision, knowledge of his instrument, what the orchestra is doing behind him, and athleticism. Just one of those runs makes my hand tired. This guy has been playing it for 20 minutes.

When the DVD of this concert was first released in Japan, I had no hesitation in paying about $150US to import it. Utterly epic.

Yngwie has the perfect feel for classical music. Right on the beat. Not behind like funk or jazz or blues. Not ahead like punk or rock. Smack dab on the beat.

Yngwie...there is only one like him and the guitar world is better with him in it. Jason Becker learned from his style and speed. George Lynch gives him a nod on influencing his playing as well. Like, Love or Hate him...Vai stated, "every player on the Gen Axe Tour would get burned trying to copy any of the others", meaning each player has his own style and swagger.😎🤘

I think I did the bulk of my Yngwie listening in 86 or around then before moving into the Shrapnel catalog. You are right about everything that makes him great makes him totally mock-able. He is a full on unapologetic Spinal Tap experience, and I love him for it. I haven't heard him in years, and this song was on that first album (tape) I had of his. Great pick.

A couple things about Yngwie also, he's lighting-fast with arpeggios, and muting notes on Stratocaster (which is difficult on a Strat) let alone, on a scalloped fingerboard!! He's the best at what he does, pretty much.

Thank you for introducing me to Yngwie Malmsteen! I will have to check out more of his stuff.

This guy plays nothing but heart and intellect pure genius and really plays electric like a mad man

I don't like to be called a shredder and I don't like people who play fast just for the sake of it. If you listen to early yngwei, there's so much feel and understanding of music, it's actually insane. Personally I'm not really into his style and music but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate and be inspired by his catalogue. Absolute legend.

His early stuff with Alcatraz is incredible. Soulful and ferocious. Nobody like him in those days!

I think many guitar players have a special place in their hearts for Yngwie he made us all practice more and strive for something when we first heard him not all ! but many...I get in the mood to listen to him at random times but not often...but I will never forget hearing for the first time in the 80's.

Watching someone who gets it makes the experience 10,000 times more awesome. Yup people talk smack about 'em but dude's a fucken living legend.

No other guitarist would dare step into that stage and become the lead violinist for that orchestra. No rock elements to hide behind. Either you can become the lead or u cant. Unbelievable, this is his crowning achievement for me. Insane! No one has done it before or since Other bands have had orchestras play along with them on a stage but no one else has done THIS

No one is Yngwie, but you have fun with it and try to make it relatable to everyone. That's cool.

It takes serious balls to stand out in front of an orchestra and just put it out there where everyone hears every note and pick stroke.

Yngwie doesn’t play single coils. He invented a stacked 2 single coil “hum bucker”. I watched an interview with him and he described how he has these built for his signature strat guitars. Anyway, he is a true virtuoso!!! Thank you for appreciating a true legend. Check out some of his early live solos when he was on tour for his trilogy album before his accident. His pick work was even more AMAZING!!!

What a beast! An absolute legend! That vibrato. That feel. That technique...

Great Video. I think Yngwie is Spectacular! Beyond his technical abilities, he plays some tasty and beautiful stuff. Plus, his vibrato is amazing!

People can say what they want but Yngwie has so much bravado in his playing which really is the essence of a great electric guitarist.He is without doubt a technical master of the instrument.

I absolutely love how he can make even the likes of you when trying to follow his playing look like a beginner!

Yngwie is the only guitarist to have embraced Classical and has praised the intricacy of this genre. He is a true artist..

Yngwie playing blues is also pretty mindblowing.

Add in number 5....his string action is unbelievably high. He gifted Vai his signature Strat and Steve said he couldn't attempt to play it due to the action.

Yngwie is a guitar god, I highly recommend to listen to his live in leningrad in 1989, also an awesome solo in Osaka (maybe 1998)

His picking hand is near perfect!

LOL, My 70+ year old Mom Loves Yngwie!!! She got introduce to his music through me when I was a teenager (80's Kid), and she's been to a couple of his concerts \M/

I'd never say that there's no feel. Yngwie is soooooooo much feel. I just haven't heard much awesome songs sings Odyssey. But his technique plus his attitude towards playing times the amount he does things Yngwie and NOT the way people want? You gotta respect the brother.

Yngwie is loaded with emotion and tasteful bends and vibrato. Plus the speed.

As a Swede myself, I proudly see similarities between Yngwie and Zlatan (our world famous fotboll-magician/soccer-player) both getting shit for being cocky, while backing up everything with godlike discipline to develope skills not one of the complainers/haters will ever come close to!

Saw Yngwie for the Eclipse tour in the 90's, full Swedish line up...my God they were awesome! Incredibly talented.

That intro part was actually the beginning of Yngwie’s Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4….. which is pretty much Albinoni’s Adagio. And I love it. YJM’s vibrato and touch is incredible.

Omg, this is one of my favorite classical songs. This is so cool! How have I never heard of this guy?

back in the 80s I used to read a lot of interviews with guitar gods in magazines back then and I remember an interview with Yngwie and he was saying "someday I would love to play lead guitar with an orchestra". He said it back in the 80s and eventually made his dream come true. Very cool!

I can’t name any other guitarist that has such a dramatic articulation and wibe that Yngwie has. He is the best in playing slow, long dramatic notes with elegant vibrato 👌 I love his runs but enjoy the slow, long notes and Blues licks he does ❤️‍🔥🎸

Extremely unique especially when compared to everyone else when he came out. He has his own style, look and feel and personality. I love him but could also see him not being everyone’s cup of tea. Phenomenal talent

great analysis on certain classical music having heaviness....so true....yngwie def shows it!!!

You know the orchestra loves the hell out of something like this.

His song Brother at this concert is amazing. there you can really hear his feel.

You said something like: "the whole point of the major 7 in the harmonic minor scale is to achieve the major 3rd of the V chord"... dude thankyou... now it seems obvious in retrospect but I needed someone to say it. Thank you. Brilliant. Really useful info on my own guitar journey through life.

One of the greats. He was really cool and down to earth to me. Mad respect to the guitar monster. 🎉❤

Everyone always talks about all his solos and tecniques, but the first time I watched one of his live concert videos I was very impressed by his rhythm playing and riff writing. He's written some great songs and some killer riffs. This is a bit different playing with an orchestra but like any guitarist in a band with a singer, he has to play rhythm during the vocals like anyone else.

you embodied almost everything I thought when I heard Yngwie for the first time, back when I was in boot camp in November of 1985; except you articulated it far better than I. I didn't know what harmonic minor was back then' I just knew that I loved it and had never heard it before. but your excitement is and was compelling. thanks for posting, Michael.

Your comment about "heavy" Beethoven - often catch myself thinking how awesome a metal cover of 9th symphony's Molto Vivace would be, with all that energy!

I believe some people have a hard time hearing soulful music when it doesn’t fall within a blues scale. That’s what their ears are trained to listen out for. Yngwie is serving a gourmet meal to people who are looking on the menu for a simple juicy steak. Two of my favs- SRV and YJM.

Yngwie is a Maestro in the true sense. Highly intelligent compositionally. His live shows, even now are astonishing. Back before his Jag crash and long coma, the stage show was THE best on stage virtuosity one could witness. He would throw the guitar 20 feet, catch it, and never miss a note that you would notice. I learned to play a fair bit of it, including FBTS note for note, but to do it, I am stock still, not running across the stage, swinging the axe around my head in time, or tossing it, catching it, and resuming like nothing happened. At the end of it, YMJ is ready for more, while most are spent. I love his work, and hold him in the highest regard. Time has mellowed him, and he seems a genuinely cool guy. Plays lots of small venues and loves his audience.

Listen to "Don't Let it End" from the Marching Out album. It's hard to believe that huge tone comes from a Strat. Technically, his pickups are stacked humbuckers, but they sound like single coils. Designed together with DiMarzio to reduce noise, because he uses pretty insane overdrive. *Edit* Actually, listen to both Rising Force and Marching out. Disciples of Hell also has one of his most beautiful solos. I discovered Yngwie in 2007 and guitar hasn't been the same for me since then.

IMO there are three players who have revolutionised rock guitar more than anyone else and changed how everybody viewed and played the instrument.. Hendrix, Van Halen and Malmsteen.

In '82-84 I remember walking into a book store to buy a guitar mag and I got one with (I think) John Fogerty on the cover and inside was a floppy record of Black Star. Steve Vai transcribed the solo if I remember correctly. When I put it on my record player I couldn't believe someone could pick that fast and play that clean. I was in shock. I begged my mom to take to find his first record. It was journey of pain trying to learn some of those licks. I didn't think it was possible to play faster than EVH until this guy reshaped my childhood.

Most people who display swagger are just playing the role. Yngwie has probably some of the most deserved swagger on Earth.

Ok, this is from the Yngwie 'Concerto for electric guitar' concert. This track was an extra or a warm up (can't recall) and comes from an earlier album, so the Orchestration was 'added'. If you want to get closer to this, you need to check out other tracks from the Concerto. These were composed by Yngwie with the Orchestra in mind and his guitar as the lead instrument (typically the violin). These tracks really do work the Orchestra and feature Yngwie's compositional skills. It shows there is yet more to him. Love it, hate it, just don't deny it. More Mr Malmsteen, more.

Yngwie is one of a kind on the guitar, and the list of dudes who can legitimately say that is exceptionally short. The physical part of his playing is of course absolutely ridiculous, but his touch and the emotive part of particularly his early playing has always been sadly overlooked. If you look up his versions of Far Beyond the Sun live with his band in the mid 80s, it is the stuff of legend.

Dude I totally agree . Yngwie is playing far Away beyond the sun , in a galaxy that only his mind can go to . All human beings are unique . Yngwie demonstrates that to the n’th degree

Your enthusiasm for Yngwie was marvelous to watch. Dude is full throttle rock and roll. Even when he's playing classical.

Your joy for this stuff is infectious. I starting watching expecting to find it kind of silly … and it is , bit it’s also awesome. Love your work.

Yngwie blows me away every time!

I love YM. He does his own thing,unapologetically and undaunted w passion. And yes his lead is based in Paganini. There have been runs he's played that are completely absolutely on fire and face melting musicianship.

Yngwie got tons of feeling, listen to his vibrato and how he plays this baroque style!

He's one of the best to ever pick up a guitar regardless of opinions!

people can hate on Yngwie all they want, but there are some important things to point out: he's a master of the instrument he can play circles around almost anybody almost all complainers just can't do what he does he has influenced more guitarists than you ever have or ever will one final point: don't gatekeep any style of playing. That makes you worse than his reputation. Of which he's really grown the hell out of. rock on🤘keep playing 🎸and brighten the world with your music bonus point: I'm beyond happy to see the respect in the comments

Yngwie has a unique style and it’s not for everyone. I happen to like it and his sweeping technique is nuts

Yngwie is a force of nature. His style is so ultra refined that, maybe, he can’t play any other way - and why should he? His vibrato is matchless, his tone is great and he is one of the most influential guitarists in history. So what if he overplays most of the time. 😉 Cheers, 💃🏽🕺🏽🍻🍻

Honestly, whether you like Yngwie or not, he's the ultimate stage performer. The moves he had are still unmatched

This guy reinvented the guitar up to 3.0. No one will ever be able to play like him...thats a fact NO matter what name they have. He is IT with e everything about howe to play and sound as a player AND on top of that his carisma and a total Rock Star...Nr 1 period.

Awsome,he has that feel,vibes, incredibly unbelievable, he is the only on planet earth to perform like this

Don't care what others think, or say about YJM....he is in a league of his own. Period. He has probably inspired more guitarists than EVH if truth be told. Try to learn EVH and YJM...then you'll truly understand how great this genius is.

Not an avid listener of his,but his absolute mastery of this instrument is completely mind blowing!! I just think the people that can't appreciate that are simply jealous, every bend,every slide, every speed of light run is perfect,I would say that's feel...

By the F-150 Electric . I love Yngwie Malmateen - Live in Leningrad . I had a Custom Shop Malmsteen Strat

I still think most people have no idea what he is doing in this performance. This is unbelievable to grasp

I can enjoy Yngwie in small doses. I've seen him live on a G3 tour and The Generation Axe tour. He can easily dominate the sound, even over Satriani, Vai, Zack Wylde, Nuno Bettancourt, and Tosin Abasi. But he plays nice with those guys because they all respect each other

Yngwie is the epitome of envy turning to hate.

Even on video, this was fabulous! I can't imagine it in person, I wouldn't be able to breathe. I took piano lessons for 4.5 years as a kid, lived in the classical world. I just picked up guitar... and now I'm listening to classical and thinking how awesome some of these classical pieces would be on electric guitar. Yngwie just blew everyone's hair back.

you know what, this concert has the best editing i've ever seen till today. i've watch this dvd since university back in 2000. it's just his own thing and never ever someone else can do this

Those single coils are stacked and hotter than just about any typical humbucker on the market. That said, Malmsteen stands alone. Incredible work. Bach inspired melodies and passages, with precise pattern based runs. YJM, baby!