Did Yngwie Rip Off Impellitteri?

[ghosty999]

I've listened to both albums back to back and there are so many similarities it's pretty crazy

Making love and Stand in Line is the same riff

The groove in Leviathan is the same as How Many Miles, even the arraignment is so similar.

The strange thing is Imperitelli's album came first meaning that Yngwie was maybe "influenced" on his early 90s albums. Clearly Imperitelli is a Yng-clone but is Yngwie copying the copy of himself?

2:00 on wards:

 

[kunos]

lol that riff really sounds like the opening riff of Making Love.. but one is a great song (Yngwie's) with an awesome solo, and the other one, not so good.

 

[ghosty999]

lol that riff really sounds like the opening riff of Making Love.. but one is a great song (Yngwie's) with an awesome solo, and the other one, not so good.

Haha glad it's not just me then yeah Imperitelli's solo is a washy vomit of notes

 

[marshallmel]

I was around back then and I'm pretty sure I was listening to Steeler before any Impelliteri stuff was out.

 

[ghosty999]

I was around back then and I'm pretty sure I was listening to Steeler before any Impelliteri stuff was out.

I think you've misunderstood my post, I'm not talking about in general, I'm saying those two songs

 

[Chris6870]

Not sure who is ripping off who. In the first set of videos Impelliteri does the signature move @3:18 Yngwie does it @3:42.

 

[marshallmel]

I was around back then and I'm pretty sure I was listening to Steeler before any Impelliteri stuff was out.

I think you've misunderstood my post, I'm not talking about in general, I'm saying those two songs

My bad.

 

[shredhead7]

I love both guitarists and Stand in Line as a whole is Chris' weakest album (by a long shot) as well as being the most derivative of Yngwie. Leviathan on SIL is a direct rip of I am a Viking, even to the point that the lyrics are pretty similar. There were a few others on SIL that also were pretty blatant. With that said, Chris said that the producers wanted to capture that Rainbow/Yngwie vibe, especially with Graham essentially utilizing Chris as Alcatrazz part 4. For those really wanting to hear Graham and Chris at their best, check out System X, they absolutely rip on that.

To your point though, I think there are only so many neo classical chord progressions built around E harmonic minor.

 

[Purpleibby]

LMAO, I don't think YJM ever gave a fuck about Impelliteri or ever listened to his music. Of that I'm sure! No doubt if you saw the magazines back in the day Chris was sporting Yngwie's look/everything. I think you're off base here by 1000%....

 

[ghosty999]

LMAO, I don't think YJM ever gave a fuck about Impelliteri or ever listened to his music. Of that I'm sure! No doubt if you saw the magazines back in the day Chris was sporting Yngwie's look/everything. I think you're off base here by 1000%....

Then how did Yngwie write a song using the exact same riff

My theory is that Yngwie was like "oh for fockkk sakkee another clone of me trying to unleash the focking fury" then gave them a listen and said "okay that's a cool riff" then forgot about it for a few years. Then wrote Making Love with that melody in his subconscious

The chances of it being coincidental are slim

 

[Purpleibby]

LMAO, I don't think YJM ever gave a fuck about Impelliteri or ever listened to his music. Of that I'm sure! No doubt if you saw the magazines back in the day Chris was sporting Yngwie's look/everything. I think you're off base here by 1000%....

Then how did Yngwie write a song using the exact same riff

My theory is that Yngwie was like "oh for fockkk sakkee another clone of me trying to unleash the focking fury" then gave them a listen and said "okay that's a cool riff" then forgot about it for a few years. Then wrote Making Love with that melody in his subconscious

The chances of it being coincidental are slim

Lol, hehe that's funny....but I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell lmao....really.

 

[Webb]

LMAO, I don't think YJM ever gave a fuck about Impelliteri or ever listened to his music. Of that I'm sure! No doubt if you saw the magazines back in the day Chris was sporting Yngwie's look/everything. I think you're off base here by 1000%....

Then how did Yngwie write a song using the exact same riff

My theory is that Yngwie was like "oh for fockkk sakkee another clone of me trying to unleash the focking fury" then gave them a listen and said "okay that's a cool riff" then forgot about it for a few years. Then wrote Making Love with that melody in his subconscious

The chances of it being coincidental are slim

Lol, hehe that's funny....but I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell lmao....really.

Did you even listen to the songs posted above? The riffs are pretty much identical and the Impelliteri came out first.

 

[WizardSouth-JP]

there's a riff on a somewhat recent Impellitteri cd that sounds exactly like In Flames

 

[kunos]

Could it be that Impellittieri saw Yngwie playing that song during some show before it was recorded in Eclipse?

 

[rupe]

LMAO, I don't think YJM ever gave a fuck about Impelliteri or ever listened to his music. Of that I'm sure! No doubt if you saw the magazines back in the day Chris was sporting Yngwie's look/everything. I think you're off base here by 1000%....

Then how did Yngwie write a song using the exact same riff

My theory is that Yngwie was like "oh for fockkk sakkee another clone of me trying to unleash the focking fury" then gave them a listen and said "okay that's a cool riff" then forgot about it for a few years. Then wrote Making Love with that melody in his subconscious

The chances of it being coincidental are slim

Lol, hehe that's funny....but I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell lmao....really.

Did you even listen to the songs posted above? The riffs are pretty much identical and the Impelliteri came out first.

Don't irritate the fanbois by using facts and logic...we need to go along with their biased feelings

 

[sytharnia1560]

one thing that is very clear id Yngwie tone SLAYS Chris's

 

[Mailman1971]

Biggest question....
where can I get a pair of glasses like Yngwies Singer in the "Making Love" video??

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Have to agree with ghosty, very likely he saw how much of a clone chris was and listened to a few tracks... Years later he just starts riffing on it and says screw it, nobody does me better than me, this riff is so me I am gonna use it.

I have heard some of chris' later work and he can really string together some nice clean arpeggios. A very good player but sometimes he loses me on the crazy fast alternate picking... You know, like batio pinball fast! Love the eclipse album by the way, everything sounds so big on it and there are some bitchin tunes. My fave malmsteen album.

 

[thiswaythatway]

It happens. These are also pretty blatant.

 

[1meanplexi]

Biggest question....
where can I get a pair of glasses like Yngwies Singer in the "Making Love" video??

On the way Big D. Express! Wait...do we still do that ????