Classical Composer Reacts to Trilogy Suite, Op. 5 (Yngwie Malmsteen) | The Daily Doug (Episode 230)

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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to Yngwie Malmsteen's Trilogy Suite, Op. 5. I'm listening to the studio recording from Trilogy, released in 1985. As in songs of his that I've reacted to previously, I'm astounded by his technical ability. And, I very much admire the baroque-like counterpoint in some sections. But, I sometimes find his rhythm in very fast passages to be uneven. That said, it's a great instrumental. Enjoy!

(note...the audio is from the reference video, but I replaced the image in the video with an image of the original album cover.)

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[vovindequasahi]

You can tell in this song that Yngwie being so classically oriented basically just threw on the drums to the track as an afterthought, just because contemporary music should have drums. I would have loved for him to have dared to entirely skip the standard drums on this track, and instead take some time to develop some real classical percussion. That would have been awesome!

[remembertomorrow]

Yngwie is a fundamental piece in the evolution of the electric guitar. People can hate him or love him, but none can argue that.

[AndyD]

The different tone is the keyboard of Jens Johannsen, a virtuoso in his own right.

[davek]

One of Malmsteen's best instrumental but the live version is better. I'm not as big a Malmsteen fan as I used to be but it cracks me up how the haters will dump on him for being "soulless". The soul is there. You just don't want to hear it. Speed definitely doesn't equal soul but it also doesn't mean it's devoid of it, either.

[conradfarrar]

That bass guitar playing....my word! Breathtaking.

[worldsheaviestjamband]

Credit to Jens having such a great keyboard sound that it didn’t sound dated 35 years later.

[ChuckJansenII]

Yngwie did everything except the following:
Jens Johansson – keyboard
Anders Johansson – drums
In fact, Jens was Yngwie's Jon Lord.

[DarioSantaAnnaOfficial]

40 odd years after this was release and still as relevant and amazing as ever

[jeffbauer]

The very first time I heard Yngwie's first album, it literally took my breath away. I also immediately correlated Yngwie's approach as that of a solo violinist, hence his being greatly inspired by Niccolo Paganini.

[NBLP]

Vinnie Moore, "April Sky" It's a mashup of 2 pieces by Bach, Air On a G String" and "Arioso for Brass." Tony MacAlpine, 'Porcelain Doll' based on a theme from Chopin, Sonata #3 Opus #58 3rd movement (largo).

[dreadpirate]

I love the entire Time Odyssey album. Vinnie’s tone was totally unique at that time. Also Tony MacAlpine’s Edge Of Insanity.

[whatwouldhousedo]

"But ability isn't always enough. Just ask Yngwie Malmsteen."
-House, MD

[TVResults]

Ywgwie is the purest of artists, he only does what he is inspired to do. Looking forward to seeing him again next month live on his new album tour, Parabellum. One of the all time greats. 🎸

[paulhebert]

LOVE this album !!! One of his finest ones. Like him or not, his musical approach is just unique and his playing awesome.

[mikebuchanan]

If you want some slower acoustic stuff, I recommend the song Crying - also from Trilogy. Electric guitar is only used for the solo.

If you want some vocals, You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget is one of the songs he's best known for, and it is also on Trilogy. Mark Boals is one of his best singers.

[guitarnes]

To me, it's the "out of sync" that makes YJM 80's shred such a joy to listen to. He does his bursts and it doesn't come out as boring metronomic triplets or other tuplets. Very often it's 7 notes squeezed into a beat, and very often it's not perfectly clean, making it sound even more impressive because "it's so fast we're not even able to hear all the notes". Put his music in Midi or digitalize in any way (making it "rhythmically perfect") and it loses all interest...

[leehyson]

I could wrong but i think it's called Trilogy simply because it was his 3rd album at the time. Also at times during the various guitar solo's there is Jens Johansson "shredding" on the keyboards....(this was a popular thing that Yngwie and Jens did on the early albums)

[RogerSullivanNOLA]

"It's Trilogy because it's three." ~Yngwie J. Malmsteen

[angelomoshopoulos]

The Beauty of classical and heavy metal combined. Thanks Doug for showing us this song.

[jean-marcblanchet]

I listened to this masterpiece a long time ago, in let's say, 1988, I bought the Cassette (yes !). It's still so hypnotic and timeless, a really great piece of art. Thank you Mr Malmsteen, and thank you Doug, of course.