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I've got an mp3 of Yngwie Malmsteen covering Gimme Gimme Gimme by Abba

it's fucking ace
( Vipros this crack is really moreish, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:30, Reply)

Almost
as bad as McFly detroying an ABBA track on the Olympics exhange doodah thingy.
(Ethelred now has a plethora of Cock Cords, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:33, )

it's not bad in any way
a) Yngwie Malmsteen is Swedish
b) he is a virtuoso so it has musical merit
( Vipros this crack is really moreish, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:35, )

Genius!
Also, McFly have done worse, they covered 'Pinball Wizard'
( Agnostic Antichrist will never again think "Ooh, 8% ale, sounds nice!", Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:41, )

McFly
are a bunch of utter utter cunts and deserve to be strung up by the balls. Seriously, why the fuck are they so fucking popular! Cunts, the lot of them.
( althegeordie probably shat on your face as you slept last night, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:48, )

Al
You may have my metaphorical virtual babies.
(Ethelred now has a plethora of Cock Cords, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:56, )

I also have a Gimme, Gimme, Gimme cover
but mine is a b-side from one of Erasure's first singles.

I like to use Yngwie Malmsteen when playing hangman. Confuses people no end.
(djtrialprice has been drinking., Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:05, )

If you made it
Yngwie J Malmsteen it could be even more confusing.

I like some of his stuff, but it does get a bit self indulgent after a while. It's a bit like the prog rock excesses of the 70s - Emerson, Lake and Palmer for example.
( K2k6 has seen Lesley Garrett naked, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:09, )

it can be excessive
but I find it more listenable than Steve Vai or Satriani these days

I tend to only listen to a few choice pieces, like his covers of Deep Purple songs, or some of the classical stuff
( Vipros this crack is really moreish, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:15, )

Weird Al
Unless it's a Weird Al version, I'm not interested :)
(james_tiger_woods is a bit up and down (mostly down today) on, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:15, )

I have
Paul Gilbert doing Dancing Queen from Acoustic Samurai. I wish I had Bumblefoot doing some ABBA songs =(
(Dangerous Disco Trev Isn't my real name, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 13:17, )

I had
a YJM guitar instruction video once - it was bloody funny (and you could see he found it so as well).

He'd run through an Am (or similar) arpeggio stupid fast (sounded good mind), then he would show you step by step how to do it.

He'd then say "and here it is slower" - and proceed to play it at the very same speed he started (i.e. impossibly fast for a mortal human).

...but f*ck me, it was brilliant to watch. I enjoyed it better than when I saw him live to be honest.
(dchurch bah, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:01, )