this very song basically gave Yngwie a carreer :')

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Before 🦂?

@@cracktalestuff1176and kind of sounds like Ritchie Blackmore…

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Yes, same as 46 years ago, when he was 23

Couldn't agree more!

46 now.😎

YES!

Seen him 2 times. Same show. Xcellant shows better than most if not all . just ask kevin mcman. From midway fellowship club

He was always my favorite of the Scorpions guitarists, and this is my favorite of their songs. The Scorpions, a band that over the years had more guitar talent in it than any band has a right to. This is the song I recommend to people to show them how a brilliant guitarist transcends mere metal shredding and takes it to a higher plane. Ulrich Roth, always a class act.

May I add he looked tired with all the traveling and touring and yet delivered such a masterpiece. Indeed, Uli makes it look so easy!

@@rockerlawyer ever noticed it has the same melodic contours of Duke Ellington's "Caravan". And he is one of those shredders who DOES NOT OVERPLAY. In terms of discipline, Uli probably is the most disciplined of all rock guitar shredders.

@@bpabustan The phrase at the end of the shredding piece is clearly a hommage to caravan, I think to remember himself saying that

In Virgin Killer tracks, such as Catch Your Train, he sounds a lot like Michael Schenker IMO, but yes, I consider this guy as originator of "neoclassical shred" subgenres along with Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie Malmsteen

+PGeorge61 Much more so!!! Page and Clapton inspired a plethora of insipid, derivative, and conventionally boring pentatonic wanna-be rock players who've done nothing but drive the genre into cliche-dom. Uli took the psychedelic vibe of hendrix into a world that was never before heard. Alternate picking over strings, the phyrgian scale, unconventional chord voicing's , the guy really was the first shredder ever.

He's countless levels above all of those guys.

Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin led the way in the 1970s with styles that incorporated aggressive speed, technical precision, and harmonic sophistication. Their technically virtuosic and complex styles of music have been cited as an influence by a number of prominent rock and metal musicians.

I don´t think you´re wrong, but those guys are not rockers. Among rockers, the use of minor scales along with rock/classical mix began with Uli, Blackmore, Schenker and Jan Akkerman. And Uli was definitely the one out of those four that went deep in that path

Tomas SB The jazz fusion guitarist's speedy rock-oriented guitar solos demonstrated to many rock metal/guitarists that they didn't have to be slaves to the pentatonic scale, legato technique, and the 1st and 3rd fingers of their fretting hand.

Yes like a true jazz or classical musician - you always resolve or return to the main melody to tell your bandmates you are about to end.

@Joshua Mezza you basically quote the main melody again to indicate others you are done improvising. If you listen to a typical jazz recording, the track usually quotes the main melody at the end in order to finish the track off

@Joshua Mezza the JS Bach piece The Goldberg Variations, it starts with an ARIA or the main melody, then there are 30 variations of the aria then the last simply plays the Aria again. It tells us the piece is over.

Ritchie Blackmore was before either of them

yeah and Al Dimeola was the original Neo classical guitar player, before Uli and Steve Howe was the original Neo classical guitar player, before Al Dim and Blackmore

@@billgeezeriommi pff hahaha, ritchie who??

@@billgeezeriommi And wat neoclassical solo he played in wich year? sorry but in my opinion Uli is the master of the neoclassical guitar.

@@billgeezeriommi tell me please the song that makes him the first

Love that comment.

Older not Wiser yup :)

Brutalgruve exactly like this night back in 2013 :)

Not your fault , man :) He's very low profile. Also, he's a gentleman. So if you catch him in concert, the meet and greet will be an unique experience

Catch up on his early work with Scorpions. (1974-1978) As well as his work in his band, Electric Sun after he left Scorpions. (1979-1983)

Hell yeah!

SO TRUE!!!!

Yes!

Uli is considered a legend even by other rock gods. I mean, try googling about Uli's tours in the last two or three years, you'll find him sharing the stage with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Pettrucci... It's sad he is so overlooked by a lot of guitarists

@@rockerlawyer abdsolutely right

Finally I see it in print -- I thought it was just me that noticed that!

he's a God among mortals!

He never lost it,, only makes it more original every time :)

rudolfschenker he's even better now than he ever was

I couldn't have said it better! I had the huge privilege of having a beer with him after this concert. I was a bit over 30 years old back them , but i struggled not to freak out like a teenager who just met his idol hahaha

And all around beautiful human being, Uli is...

TerroristNeutralizer if you mean that in a good way, yes he is!

Agreed

I would believe Malmsteen was the fellows name.Something like that.Uli is an absolute master of his craft though and we all know about Malmsteens talent so I had to say something 6 freaking years later ;)

@@wesleyharrison9014 no fan of malmsteen all his junk sounds the same

He's no good on his own but definatly capable of some precision try him as a complete onsomble backing up Jorn Lande as opposed to some overly bedazled wank fest of a solo project.He should let Satraini handle those kinda vanity projects and be available to tour with Jorn at the drop of a hat.In other words tell me he's overrated without telling me he's over rated ;) While were on the subject Stevie Ray Vahns over rated I would say the most,I d never speak I'll of the dead but we put that guy on such a pedestool I spent the first month or so after his death pouring through that mans mediocre blues catalog trying to discover for myself what all the fuss was about.And Don't even get me started on Garcia and his meandering style that never took us anywhere.

Tell you one thing I'm sampling album number 3 as I'm texting this and ive gotta agree Uli just gets more dank with every album this guy certainly blows the mind once he's unshackled.That Swedish guy actually anoys me when given full control its not even the same tier Uli uses just enough fresh expertly prepared ingredients to keep all his Michilain stars till retirement. Malmsteen just chucks the entire pantry into a bowl and hope it all works out.

@@wesleyharrison9014 Yngwie is like a 13 yr old boy in the backseat with his first girlfriend a few seconds and the tank is empty. I appreciate how precise he is but after that nope.

what are you talking about 😂😂

sky guitar

sky guitar. Not stratocaster.

Sky yep. 30 frets. Insane.

Guys, Uli owns Jimi Hendrix favorite strato, he played Strato in his early days, so it´s safe we can say he is the master of the stratocaster (although he is much cooler as master of the sky guitar!)

EresiA77 yes!

D Silva You cant forget them! they all have their own sound and are amazing! Uli is playing at a small venue in my town, cant wait to see him destroy a gitfiddle up close!

You can't forget anyone!

I see Mr Roth digs Hernado's Hideaway, as do I. Not much ever really new is there ? But it sure is a fun scale/idea/riff to play. Needs to actually combine it with a chord change. Then it would be something special He should be commended for not hiding behind a Metal Dirt Box like so many of them do nowadays.

Uli is the most laid-back while laying it down, and my favorite of who you mentioned. Uli is a fucking mystical figure, not just a guitar player. So clean playing. But I can't put down those others. All greats in their way.

you dont even know what you dont know man.

It's still not complete until you add one of John McLaughlin with his double neck

I would also add Alex Lifeson and Brian May!!