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Post by fenderbender on Nov 29, 2005 6:26:35 GMT -5
It is 6am here, I just got up and my ears are still ringing. The concert overall was good, I enjoyed being within a foot of Yngwie at all times once he invited the crowd to get out of their seats and storm the stage ( much to the displeasure of the security people). He was in top form as usual, didnt like the keyboardist at all and the sound man ought to be shot for what he did to Doogie all night. Two things dampened the night for me. Number one being that all the vocals all night were screwed up and it visually pissed off Doogie. You couldnt hear a word he was singing or Yngwie for that matter. Number two, There was this coked up freak that was jumping all over the stage hitting at yngwie's guitar when he would walk by ( finally getting the finger and a few choice words from the maestro) and he kept pushing my wife out of the way and putting his hands on her shoulder to further his exploits ( getting an elbow in the jaw from me). Other than that it was good I met April out at the vendor table and got a couple of shirts, a signed Rising Force record and about a dozen picks from Yngwie (thanks mostly to my wife). I must say it again Yngwie should fire then shoot his sound man.
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Post by Arsonsquad on Nov 29, 2005 10:58:02 GMT -5
Here's my "In a nutshell" review of last nights show. It was a normal set of 1:45 minutes and Yngwie was awesome as usual. His guitar tone was incredible and his arpeggio riffs were crisp and clear; truly a jaw dropping performance. This was, however, the weakest band performance I have seen of the 5 times I have seen him for a variety of reasons. But, it was still a great time and Yngwie's guitar sound was so good it pretty much made up for not being able to hear the keyboards and the vocals going in and out. O.K., now for the review (bear in mind I'm a harsh critic and did enjoy the show, as did everybody I brought  ). The show started off with Rising Force. Dougies mike was not working and he was pissed off about it. I could hear him yelling at someone to get him a working mike (he kept switching to one of the background vocal mikes). I definitely picked up a vibe that the band was not in synch and they were not very tight at all. I don't think the keyboardist could even hear himself. His sound was way too low and wasn't very good anyway. It was very harsh sounding I thought. He was visibly leaning towards Yngwie and squinting as if to try and get back in time by watching him. He just doesn't seem to be in the same league techinically as the other guys. Yngwie was awesome as usual, great guitar tone and his arpeggio riffs were just staggering; very crisp and clear, I was pretty blown away by it. He did make more mistakes then I ever remember him making though. The bassist, Mick, pretty much hung back by the keyboardist, almost as if to help him stay in time. He was solid if somewhat restrained and pretty much stood in place, I guess to allow Yngwie room to run around. Patrick was great on drums as we've come to expect and always looks like he's having fun. Dougie was really good. I think he did a good job on just about every song. I especially liked Hiroshima Mon Amour and Dougie did a better job than Bonnet did on the studio version (never mind the live one!). Watching Yngwie play Baroque & Roll while running around, improvising solos and jumping right back into the main phrase without skipping a beat was the hightlight of the night for me. His solo was great (obviously) but it still has the same structure of the one he played on Trial By Fire 17 years ago. I wish he would do away with the screechy part at the end and find another gimmick. It's been played to death already!. I definitely got the sense that it was a bunch of individuals playing as opposed to a tight band. I don't know if there was some tension going on behind the scenes, or maybe they were all having a hard time hearing the mix, but I thought it was very noticable. The drummer and bass player do seem to work well together, and Dougie does seem to fit in, but I don't think it can all be chalked up to the keyboardist not fitting in. Thats my opinion anyway. The set list was pretty good but there really weren't any surprises except for Hiroshima. Seeing as how he went on at 8:00 I was disappointed that he played a regular set. The show was over at 9:45! Heres the set list not in exact order: Rising Force Demon Driver Far Beyond The Sun (w\Paganini-Albinoni as the intro) Locked and Loaded Fugue Never Die Masquerade Unleash The Fury Guitar Solo (Trilogy, Krakatau, Tocatta?, fast playing, Red House, really fast playing, really shrieky and really fast playing) Badinere (Bach) Dreaming Baroque & Roll Rise Up Hiroshima Mon Amour Drum solo Prelude to April You Don't Remember (w/ 1 verse and chorus of Demons Eye by DP thrown in after the solo) Black Star I'll See the Light Tonight Good show, but I've seen them do better. Acoustically I thought Berklee was great so I would have to agree with FenderBender that it had to have something to do with the band themselves, maybe the sound guy. Anyway, I'm glad I got to see him again and my brothers girlfriend, who has never really heard much metal at all, enjoyed it and said she thought it was much better than she had expected and she is now a fan. That is probably one of the best compliments Yngwie could hope for! |
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Post by Arsonsquad on Nov 29, 2005 11:23:57 GMT -5
Two things dampened the night for me. Number one being that all the vocals all night were screwed up and it visually pissed off Doogie. You couldnt hear a word he was singing or Yngwie for that matter. Number two, There was this coked up freak that was jumping all over the stage hitting at yngwie's guitar when he would walk by ( finally getting the finger and a few choice words from the maestro) and he kept pushing my wife out of the way and putting his hands on her shoulder to further his exploits ( getting an elbow in the jaw from me). Too bad we never got to hook up. I was in the 3rd row and AJ actually climbed into my row and stood next to my wife. It was good to meet you A.J., I wish we could've talked longer  . I did see Yngwie flip out at someone standing in front on the right side of the stage but I didn't know what was going on. I guess you were one of the people in there? |
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Post by fenderbender on Nov 30, 2005 6:37:59 GMT -5
Yeah I was running late and didnt have time to call you. I was in the 8th row, but when Yngwie told everyone to storm the stage my wife ran and I followed. I thought that Patrik was awesome and Mick too. The keyboardist wasnt the whole problem he was there mainly just to add fill anyway. The sound however....First off the monitors were placed on the sides of the stage except for one which was for Yngwie, so the band probably was having a hard time hearing themselves. Yngwies guitar tone was the best live one I have heard yet, very silky and powerful. He did flip out, this freak that I was talking about earlier was hitting Yngwies leg and trying to grab his guitar, then he grabbed his tremolo bar and thats when Yngwie flipped out. and for the rest of the night Yngwie barely visited that side of the stage. My wife and this other chick were leaning right on the stage so he did throw several picks to them and would have come over more if it werent for the freak who couldnt feel his face. I had a good time, being able to see the maestro that close was awesome, but you would think that after touring for 25+ years that he would have a better execution of sound and better sound guys in general. A band that cant hear themselves will not be as tight on stage no matter who they are. You guys are only in Boston we should plan a day to hook up and jam or something.
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Post by fenderbender on Nov 30, 2005 6:43:26 GMT -5
oh yeah and there was also a full version of Bachs Badinere with back up disc on the acoustic.
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Post by playloud308 on Dec 16, 2005 9:31:28 GMT -5
You Don't Remember (w/ 1 verse and chorus of Demons Eye by DP thrown in after the solo) Cool |
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). The show started off with Rising Force. Dougies mike was not working and he was pissed off about it. I could hear him yelling at someone to get him a working mike (he kept switching to one of the background vocal mikes). I definitely picked up a vibe that the band was not in synch and they were not very tight at all. I don't think the keyboardist could even hear himself. His sound was way too low and wasn't very good anyway. It was very harsh sounding I thought. He was visibly leaning towards Yngwie and squinting as if to try and get back in time by watching him. He just doesn't seem to be in the same league techinically as the other guys. Yngwie was awesome as usual, great guitar tone and his arpeggio riffs were just staggering; very crisp and clear, I was pretty blown away by it. He did make more mistakes then I ever remember him making though. The bassist, Mick, pretty much hung back by the keyboardist, almost as if to help him stay in time. He was solid if somewhat restrained and pretty much stood in place, I guess to allow Yngwie room to run around. Patrick was great on drums as we've come to expect and always looks like he's having fun. Dougie was really good. I think he did a good job on just about every song. I especially liked Hiroshima Mon Amour and Dougie did a better job than Bonnet did on the studio version (never mind the live one!). Watching Yngwie play Baroque & Roll while running around, improvising solos and jumping right back into the main phrase without skipping a beat was the hightlight of the night for me. His solo was great (obviously) but it still has the same structure of the one he played on Trial By Fire 17 years ago. I wish he would do away with the screechy part at the end and find another gimmick. It's been played to death already!. 
. I did see Yngwie flip out at someone standing in front on the right side of the stage but I didn't know what was going on. I guess you were one of the people in there? 
