What is bluesy about this?
What is bluesy about this?
The drums and keys are terrible in that song. There’s no build and release... every bar is dut a dut a dut a dut adut a dut adut a dut adut a dut a... like the crescendo at the end, but never goes up or down from there. Wow, he really needs someone with him to say “your guitar playing is good on this... but the song is crap. Period.”
I-IV-V?What is bluesy about this?
That’s not blues. That’s a chord progression.I-IV-V?
That’s not blues. That’s a chord progression.
That’s not blues. That’s a chord progression.
FFS, Yngwie isn’t classic.
Of course not. He is a Heavy Metal Post Modernist if I've ever heard one.FFS. Next think you’ll be telling us that Yngwie’s music isn’t neoclassical either.
The album is being promoted as being bluesierThis is a @Jbird thread. This is as close to the ghost of Charley Patton as it gets.

The album is being promoted as being bluesier
https://www.loudersound.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-goes-back-to-the-blues-for-new-album
The album is being promoted as being bluesier
https://www.loudersound.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-goes-back-to-the-blues-for-new-album
So this is Yngwie's bluesier direction he's going in?
What's next? Guest soloing on Mark's next blues album?![]()

Seriously, that’s the song list?Ah yes, everyone remembers Yngwie's humble start as a 1940s Chicago bluesman. Thank goodness he is going back to his roots.
1. Blue Lightning
2. Foxey Lady
3. Demon’s Eye
4. 1911 Strut
5. Blue Jean Blues
6. Purple Haze
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Sun’s Up Top’s Down
9. Peace, Please
10. Paint It Black
11. Smoke On The Water
12. Forever Man
Paint it Black, Demon's Eye, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and Smoke on the Water are not blues... Forever Man is Crapton but not one of his blues numbers.
I think this is just his answer to the Teal Album. Ironically he is probably making this album for quick cash to make car payments.