OT: Yngwie

[Ted Jackson jr.]

 Feeling, mood, tone, song structure, whether you *like*
> >it or not, all these things are subjective, but a certain amount of
> skill >can be assessed objectively. Well know of course that this is
> not the >whole story - witness Yngwie Malmsteen - but Paul's point was
> I think that >to dismiss technical skill in a musical appraisal is to
> do away with the >only fixed yardstick. > >        And this is of
> course very well but it doesn't help us much does >it? Because
> Malmsteen's still awful and Steven Wilson isn't :-)

I wonder if people would hate Yngwie's music as much if he weren't
such an asshole personally?

theo