The CHAOS Behind a CLASSIC! Joe Lynn Turner: Working with YNGWIE!
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2024
- Joe Lynn Turner discusses his experience working with guitar virtuoso, Yngwie Malmsteen. Turner delves into the difficult but creatively impressive period when he collaborated with Malmsteen on the album "Odyssey," featuring hit singles like "Heaven Tonight" and "Dreaming." The candid discussion reveals the challenges Turner faced while creating the record amid Malmsteen's recovery from a life-threatening car accident and the tumultuous dynamics with Yngwie's manager!
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When I was about 17, I stood for over an hour in the rain outside the stage door of the Paramount in Seattle, hoping to get Yngwie's autograph... Yngwie could not have been a bigger jerk to me. I was soaking wet in my new Yngwie concert shirt, and just stunned at how rude he was to me. I was THE Yngwie supporter of my high school. I had gotten into fist fights over people slandering him... I was crushed. But then, out pops Joe Lynn Turner. He gives me a huge smile, shakes my hand, and says "How ya doing? I hope you liked the show tonight!" He was so cool and down to earth! He chatted with 3 or 4 of us for a good 15 minutes, very kind and respectful to everyone. I got the sense that Joe was pretty fed up with how Yngwie treated the fans that had the "privilege " of meeting him. Joe asked me with a wry smile, "Did you get to meet Prince Charming?" We both laughed and then he was off with a handshake and a smile... Joe Lynn Turner is one hell of a great singer, and a really good Dude. 👍
hmmm...sounds like yngwie did try his best to emulate one aspect of Blackmore, though ritchie has definitely improved over the years
Yes, Yngwie is a legend in his own mind
You should of offered him a donut 🍩 😂
I've known more talented assholes than I can count. I don't care how good he is you have no right to be disrespectful.
@@georgestanley8837 He is incredibly talented, but he is not the only one and there are others just as gifted as him with a lot more humility
Best album Yngwie ever did and it was because of Joe Lynn Turner. He is an incredible singer and writer.
Not even remotely close of being Yngwie best album.
@@Pazuzu- 🤣 yeah, OK then.
@user-df7lz6ds6x That's very hard lol, I would agree saying I don't think it's his best. It's effing great though!
Eclipse, Fire and Ice, Seventh Sign, Magnum Opus, Facing the Animal and Alchemy smoke this album.
@@josephkunath4173 Pretty much. Dont forget Marching Out and his Alcatrazz album.
“Yngwie’s Yngwie” that’s the best description of the man ever. Great clip!
People use that meme regularly about everyone and everything in everyday life. “Dad’s dad, mom’s mom, a dog is a dog and it is what it is”. He hardly invented faster than light speed travel with that one, even Steins “a rose is a rose is a rose” is a cliche at this point …
Probably Yngwie's best album. Joe is definitely my favourite of the singers YJM had. I saw the tour. It was an amazing show. JLT was outstanding.
No
@@ral8031 ha ha. You are entitled to your opinion. Even if it's wrong 😉
I prefer Jeff Scott Soto
@@down-the-rabbit-hole JSS perfectly suited the early stuff he sang on 👍
Best vocalist for Yngwie by a mile. Love that album and the live in Leningrad album. Joe is a legend!
36 years aince I heard Odyssey for the first time. Changed my life! Thank you Joe!
I went to a meet and greet during the 'Rising Force' tour and I have to say Joe was so nice and kind to me as a late teen. Yngwie was also cool but Joe actually asked me questions such a great dude!
Odessy is Yngwies best album. Joe said it right. Yngwie didn't over play. He just played enough.
Odyssey is a great album and stands out because of the quality of Joe’s vocals, and melodies too. Joe pushed his upper range on that album, really impressive.
I think Joe and Yngwie pushed each other just right. Yngwie had horrible depression during this period. Lots of personal tragedy and emotional instability. Yngwie said himself he was struggling too much to be dialed in.
What a powerhouse Joe Lynn and Maestro Malmsteen!
With Malmsteen it’s more like a cocaine and alcohol-fuelled madhouse
Respect for Mr. Turner,one of the best vocalists ever .He is so right...
This is called tact kids. It's a lost art. Learn how to utilize it because history will respect you more. You don't have to vomit every feeling onto social media. JLT made his observations so palatable in how he approached the subject. Respect.
Odyssey is the best Yngwie album and he should've stayed the course. JLT is such a gentleman and everything he's involved in is spectacular. And his resume is insane! He said it perfectly "he did not overplay".
I prefer Trilogy and Marching Out. Then again, I love Jeff Scott Soto.
@@down-the-rabbit-hole agree with Trilogy..Odyssey was good but Trilogy was better..
Love Odyssey. Yngwie's best album.
Riot in the Dungeons is sooo underrated.
It's mine and my dad's favorite song of the album! He raised me on good music, man!
Die on your feet or live on your knees! Classic!
Every note on that album is perfect
Got to see the Odyssey tour when they came through Philly...Joe was incredible on vocals and Yngwie was in his prime!!!
Joe Lynn Turner was the best thing to happen to yngwie and gave him his best shot at real mainstream success. They wrote great music together… I saw them on that tour and they were phenomenal live. Joe is the real deal with the Midas touch.
Yes! The best live line up Yngwie ever had was the Leningrad show with Joe Swede bros and Dunaway
BIG FAN - Joe - I met you at the Birch Hill, Sayerville NJ - You were eating a cheeseburger and I came up to bother you!
You signed an autograph for me, and were very personable. True Pro - Amazing voice!
To say Yngwie was not a good songwriter would be wrong, Yngwie was a great song writer as one can hear on his first 3 albums before Turner, but with Turner the songs became more radio friendly songs for that time. Great songs for sure.
I never understood people saying he is not a good songwriter, for them songwriting process means commercial radio shit and i can’t stand that ,
Yngwie was a great writer of music, lyrics not so much.
100% agree... Eclipse was also very good
They just don’t understand that all of the baroque influence and stylistic choices are enhancements
I wore out my Odyssey CD listening to it on the school bus in high school back in the 90s. Great album, great vocals. My favorite yngwie album for sure.
Masterwork of an album. I love Bob Daisley’s bass part on “Crystal Ball”. Still my fave Yngwie track.
Crystal Ball is a gem of a track. My favourite song on that album.
Bob Daisley is a BEAST
Odessy my favorite Yngwie Album with Joe Lynn Tuner songs like Heaven Tonight ,Crystal Ball, Rising Force, were perfection
Leningrad, got the Video, that Jacket Joe (I bought one) You were awesome, a powerful singer and you helped Y's band become a Rising Force. You still are a Powerful singer Joe😊
Huge respect for this great singer 🤙
Most down to earth Album of his career. Close to what 'Van Hallen' on the "mainstream" thing
And I love Joe Lynn Turner, his so cool!
Great album and Joe is a legend and definitely one of the best vocalists for sure.
I love Joey Lynn Turner on the Yngwie Albums! I was listening to those when I was stationed in Germany in 1990. I had listened to Yngwie first in 1988 the Trilogy album.
I saw them at Hammerjacks in Baltimore April 10th,1988. Two days after the album’s release.One of the best shows ever for me. I was 23 at the time, yngwie was 24 Joe Lynn turner was 37
Great interview!! Saw this tour at Barrymore’s in Ottawa as a late teen. Incredible show. Love the backstory. JLT looks like he’s aged gracefully with all his faculties. Great to see.
I always thought that Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Lynn Turner would have made more albums together!!!! That Odyssey record was really good!!!! Not only was it commercial AOR album, but 😊😊😊😊it featured Malmsteen's technical chops on guitar!!!!😊😊😊
Spot on! However, spectacular the guitar playing it still needs to be in the context of a good song.
Cracking album - when I heard rising force for the first time, my mind was blown as a kid.
the first time i seen Joe Lynn Turner was in 1983 with Rainbow. it was a video and he really stood out to me as a great singer.
It's true that most of Yngwie's singers made 2 records with him. JLT we will always miss the second one that we never had the occasion to hear with you!
He did two albums! Live in Leningrad is great.
Matt Leven did also only one
I have always been a big fan of Yngwie and JLT. Odyssey was my favorite album by far!
Joe is so fuckin' cool. Odyssey Is a great record. I wore out a copy of the "Live In Leningrad" video.
I'm also glad that Joe ditched that wig. He looks so much better like this. I'm glad he finally embraced the look. I'd work with Joe any day.
Odyssey is an amazing record… 🙏🙏🙏
JoeLynn is my hero. What a fucking tone this man has. rising force is still my go to when I crack my first tinnie
If anyone remembers Guitar School magazine there an interview with Yngwie in about 1990 where he was asked what he thought of rap music? The young Yngwie replied "That stuff is rock bottom sh*t!". 😂
Can't stand rap, techno! 😲😭
Went to see him in Norman Oklahoma as a teenager and he canceled. We were devastated and never bought another ticket for one of his shows. I believe it was 1985 or 1986 and he was opening for ELP.
…And what an interview! Wow 😮
one of the best shows I saw back in the day . Concord Pavillion was so good I had to go the next night to The Warfield. Joes vocals were stunning
Hey Joe! Wish I had the chance to thank you for the good ole days when Ezra introduced me to many of my favorite songs!
Yngwie's best are his 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Eclipse was as good as Odyssey.
Live in Leningrad goes to 4th place in my rating.
Joe Lynn Turner seems the kind of gentleman I would like to have discussions with on many topics, more than others in the YM history. Joe's attitude and work ethics seem admirable and a good sense for melody too.
Lately, I've been checking out the available Joe Lynn with Purple live videos here. By all means watch them!! A lesson in great, relaxed and soulful singing. Consistently high level!!
Great cd. I remember buying it when it came out. I just graduated from college.
I was lucky enough to see this lineup of the band in Pensacola Fl back in the day!
JLT, the archetypal perfect Rock singer huge range , fantastic vibrato and tone ,after I surrender i was mesmerised ,I had the guitar skills as a young dude but never found a singef anywhere near JLT .!
Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito aka JLT. One of my favorite singers from the Rainbow era...
Cool image with the Shades! JLT worked Rising Force which Yng opens every show with to this day!
Still one of my favorite albums! JLT was the icing on the cake.
"Heaven Tonight" is by far Yngwie's best song. His playing actually had feeling on that song and the lyrics and singing were great.
My favorite Rising Force album!! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Did you ever hear his work with Riot?? Outstanding!!!
Listen I appreciate everything Turner is saying and at that time it must’ve been quite a hectic scene
All of Yngwies singers have been very unique and he’s right, the singing isn’t his strong point, he is a virtuoso guitar player but you just have to respect him because he’s done it his way all the way through up to right now,
Long live the maestro
Dont Let It End is a helluva jam too!
That was Jeff Scott Soto who co-wrote that with Yngwie. He’s a decent composer but never ever will be the songwriter he purports himself in being. The other song with which he apparently wrote with Jeff Scott Soto was “I’ll See The Light Tonight.” Both songs, you may remember, were on Marching Out (1985).
@@xtreemrokker
JSS was a killer singer.
@@xtreemrokker Jeff Scott Soto is an amazing singer and my favorite with Yngwie
Brutally honest about Malmsteen. I can´t understand why Yngwie hates his singers so much. Joe is right when he talks about Malmsteen´s limitations and I guess that´s precisely the problem: his lack of objectivity about himself. Too much ego or insecurity? Maybe both.
Yngwie's vocals are awful.
Dee is such a nice humble guy.
About 11/12 years ago I walked into him on my vacation in LA. And I usually don’t tell celebs that I appreciate “thanks for your all you done, it’s been important for me.” Because they are doing their day to day business too. But in this case I just had to say: “Excuse Mr Snider, thank you so much for your music. It marked a great time in my life and your songs played loudly when I did my homework - even though is said were not gonna take this homework!” He smiled shook my hand said nicely: “it’s been great for us to! Have a great day.”
And to you sir. “It’s Dee btw” 😂
I think he’d expected me to also for a self or autograph but for me just saying thanks is all I need.
What a great dude!
Looks a bit like Dee now.
I love that album a lot too. It's beautiful work, I really don't understand why Yngwie hates it because it's conventional or cheese. That solo on Now is the time is pure gold, and Joe Lynn Turner's voice is wonderful, as always in all his work with YJM.
You're so right Joe. It is what it is.....
Joe has never lacked confidence. I doubt history will remember him as one of the greatest, but he has always been the right guy for the albums he's been on.
"I'm my own worst enemy" is a great quote from Joe here. Coincidentally, Yngwie wrote a song called "I'm my own enemy" that came out on the Fire and Ice album a few years after Odyssey. I'd take several albums over Odyssey, but it did have some great tunes.
Joe is looking great, btw, terrific singer and an amazing human being....
Joe Lynn Turner was the Best Vocal Yngwie ever had and will ever have!!!
great Interview. I wish Yngwie would work with a singer again
He needs to - he's a terrible singer.
Odyssey is a great album!
Class
Odyssey is one of my favorite albums Yngwie did and I wish you had worked with him on more albums. Always loved your voice Joe.
❤JLT is a swell, good-hearted guy.
He stuck around where others probably would have left.
Odyssey is a great album, but you can hear how Yngwie's playing suffered post-the-car-accident.
But a great album nonetheless.
This album and Eclipse are some of YJMs best song based releases. ❤
Just about every big band has had feuds at least once and now that all of these rockstars are aging we really get to see who lets go and forgets about the petty ego-driven fights they had and who doesn't.
Great of JLT to recognize Yngwie's personality is just the way it is, and also to admit he was in a very difficult position at the time which might have influenced his decisions.
Malmsteen is definitely “his own worst enemy”
He wrote a song with that title !
only 2nd to Marching Out....great abum! The song Rising Force just slams!
saw him 1989 at the concert in Hamburg,Germany (Docks) Hell of a concert with the Johanson bros....I hope they all reunite for Odysee 2...
Joe you'r the best❤
Yngwie has always been about himself. Thats just yngwie. It served him well for a long time. But got old pretty quick. I guess he’s mellowed out quite a bit if he can tour with Satriani, Vai and Paul Gilbert.
Joe looks cool af without hair!
I took Joes wife and Ingwie’s girlfriend to McDonald’s in my personal car. Me and my girlfriend worked at the holiday inn in Dayton Ohio. Scored some back stage passes for my effort. It was a great show. The bass player said he broke his foot at the last show before the Dayton Area. I was surprised that Ingwie was drinking red wine and everyone was was really nice. Especially Joe.
Great Sethi!
Joe was on fire in Odyssey. Yngwie wouldve been smart to make another album with him but here we are. Many times in life, stupid ppl are granted certain skill sets. Yngwie fit that mold many times over
I remember when the band came to my city, there was joe out front.......and there was Yngwie out front, you could tell there was some spotlight tussle going on, can only imagine when the donuts arrived, yngwie loves his donuts
Last album wow 😮
That is my favorite malmsteen album just for reason he said didt over play
JLT's Magnum Opus Brilliant vocals on that Album
That was not Joe Lyn Turner but Michael Vescera on vocals on Magnum Opus.
Yngwie's worst career mistake was turning Joe away. The Live in Leningrad concert is one of the most epic musical performances of all time despite the wardrobes. It's sad to hear how Joe was treated after looking after him after his car accident.
"...depite the wardrobes." Haha dude. Yeah.
the more i read about and listen to joe lynn turner the more i like him. he was an excellent vocalist and after listening to belly of the beast , i felt he was underutilized in Rainbow. He has incredible vocal range. his latest album is really good
Odyssey is the best album in Ynwie's catalog. His first three were great, but a bit too weird to be truly successful. Didn't know how much of this was due to Joe. So thanks Joe, you're the man. Crystal Ball is one of my favourite songs ever.
Yngwie was like the Ric Flair of metal, he lived the lifestyle with no apologies. Loved JLT's work with Malmsteem though, he was his best singer.
What!? No way, the days with Vescera, Sparks and Terrana were IT \m/
it was his best record. , that one was a classic, in my time,
All the other 80s Yngwie albums are miles ahead of Odyssey by absolutely any other criteria imaginable.
Yngwie, when you watch this video, pick up the phone, call Joe, and thank him.
Million % right
If Yngwie had continued making albums as good as Odissey, he wouldn't be dragging his ass around today. His last good album was Eclipse, from then on it has been downhill and without brakes.
Odyssey and Eclipse were GREAT Albums
Love Joe Lynn Turner. I wanted to sing like him. Yngwie was tiresome. Superfluous speed scales.
Comrade forgot to put his wig on before the interview😂
Let's set is such a great album. I just wish the production wasn't so thin.
Dead on target with his views on Yngwie!!
"middle aged" rockstars and their bold stories ❤
Ahh Joe Lynn Turner, always good whomever he works with. Brought Rainbow back to something resembling actual music and I wish there was more with Yngwie. He is like Kirk Hammet. He's great when a figure of authority who knows what they're talking about tells him no, or try that again, or this is boring do something new.
Becoming his own producer (and sound engineer and bass player and drummer and now singer) was his worst mistake.
The music isn't bad but I really don't need to heary every album. First 7 albums were great and the classical one, the rest... bah. And I used to be a huge fanboy, I scalloped the neck of my Squire and put YJM pups in there, two anyway couldn't afford a third and some nicer hardware plus a fret job.
Saw him live. I know all the horror stories and I had the occasion for a short meet and greet olus autograph. This was around 2007 or so I think. He was very nice. He talked to two drunk 15 year olds for 10 minutes.
Although it was in Asia so everyone was sitting down and nodding politely. We were wasted and headbanging standing on our chairs about 15 rows from his amps (oh man, 30% of my tinnitus is that show, Plexi is loud. 20 even louder).
He greeted us with "hey, it's you guys" and was very friendly. I could feel the arrogance ooze from him a real diva (I know opera people, same species). But to us he was humble and nice. It did feel like having an audience with god on one of his less "smitey" days.
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did JLT leave yngwie because of the deep purple gig or was there a falling out before that ? was there an intention to make a 2nd album but the DP offer came along and Joe took it?
Yngwie hates 🍩's
Dirtnap Darrell has a hole in his face
Pantera is gay and Jewish
At the time, I recall an interview with Malmsteen where he said he fired everyone (Jens, Anders, Barry Dunaway AND JLT) because they were asking for "more money". Part of me believes that because around that time he was majorly screwed over by his manager and realizing he wasn't as wealthy as he thought he was or should have been so he probably wasn't a happy camper in general...but, if this was actually the case, it was still one of the most stupid things he's done (and he's done quite a bit, lol). Jens & Anders were part of the foundation. After removing them "Rising Force"/Yngwie as a band was never the same. He put out some decent stuff afterwards for a while, no doubt or question but none of it ever matched the quality of his first four albums. Now he's just a joke, sadly.
@@incarnate6779 agreed. at some point and especially today he put money over the end product. He doesnt even wanna pay for a singer now