Metal and classical together - any thoughts

[dmccombe7]

Someone just sent me this and i thought it was pretty good.
Yngwie Mamsteen
Anyone got any strong opinions whether this works or not.

Dave

http://youtu.be/TbHc5i4O2tc

[Nicko]

Not really my bag, and he's got a massively overinflated ego. If you want classical mixed with rock you might want to check out Ozzy's first two solo albumns (Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madma)n - Randy was classically trained and he integrates classical lines into proper rock.

[dmccombe7]

To be fair i don't usually go for this kind of thing but on occasion it sounds good. I had no idea who the guitarist was when i first saw it on Facebook. Wasn't highlighted.
The one i attached had his name on it.

Dave

[Guest bassman7755]

There arnt many guitarists who can make a guitar gel with an orchestra but malmsteen is one of them. Another of my favourite unorthadox guitar backings is brian setzers big band ..
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[Mykesbass]

Jon Lord made a pretty decent job of it.

[Skybone]

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Anything Yngwie can do, Richie did it first.

[SH73]

How about some opera?

https://youtu.be/t5jaRipA5_M

[dmccombe7]

I'm a fan of most Deep Purple eras but just didn't enjoy that orchestral drivel. Maybe its just the VID quality but not for me.

As for the Iron Maiden clip .............not exactly the same comparison and i sense some tongue in cheek with that one New album aint bad tho.

Dave

[Barking Spiders]

No, to my ears the mix of metal - or any rock for that matter - and classical is a total abomination and praps a cynical ploy by those metallers trying to seek approval from the CM community. I enjoy a good old bit of unpretentious thrash and groove metal but symphonic metal is too much too swallow

[Dan Dare]

To answer the original question, technically, it's impressive. Musically, it's empty. Imho, of course.

[Dad3353]

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To answer the original question, technically, it's impressive. Musically, it's empty. Imho, of course.
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This could be said of pretty well any musical genre, and beyond, if we want to include sculpture, architecture, water-colours... A lot of 'metal' is also, perhaps, technically impressive but bereft of substance, as is a fair amount of 'classical' music, or 'jazz', or 'pop' or ...

[charic]

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No, to my ears the mix of metal - or any rock for that matter - and classical is a total abomination and praps a cynical ploy by those metallers trying to seek approval from the CM community. I enjoy a good old bit of unpretentious thrash and groove metal but symphonic metal is too much too swallow
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Well I won't be sharing my new material with you then!

[dmccombe7]

Think there are some parts of it that seem to fit reasonably well and altho i quite liked the clip i wouldn't go out and buy it.

Dave

[Bolo]

Always good fun though, Yngwie.