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Todd7 
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 17:44 |
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1. Limelight
2. La Villa Strangiato
3. The Necromancer
4. Working Man
5. The Fountain of Lamneth (No One at the Bridge)
6. Freewill
7. By-Tor and the Snow Dog
8. Subdivisions
9. Tom Sawyer
10. Natural Science
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 20:12 |
Isn't The Necromancer just one big long guitar solo?  Agreed on The Fountain of Lamneth; surprised to see Subdivisions in your list but he does have a very tasteful solo in there. Eh...top 20: 1. La Villa Strangiato (especially the Exit Stage Left version) 2. 2112 - Soliloquy 3. Red Sector A 4. Ghost of a Chance (especially live version from Retrospective III) 5. The Fountain of Lamenth - No One at the Bridge 6. The Pass 7. Leave That Thing Alone 8. Natural Science (Different Stages version) 9. The Trees 10. Earthshine 11. 2112 - Discovery 12. YYZ 13. The Analog Kid 14. Limelight 15. Fly By Night 16. Freewill 17. 2112 - Finale 18. Open Secrets 19. The Larger Bowl 20. Seven Cities of Gold Er...One more, can't miss 21. 2112 - Overture
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Todd7
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 20:34 |
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Great list!! Yes, Subdivisions works for me!! Glad you liked No One at the Bridge.
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 20:56 |
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the fadeout on Different Strings, very Jeff Beck
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 01:27 |
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Either Freewill or La Villa Strangiato would be top of my list if I could come up with one. Great performer Alex. I've only seen Rush once but he stood out a mile for me.
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 01:31 |
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the fadeout on Different Strings, very Jeff Beck
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Oooooh yes! So awesome! You just want it to keep going but... yeah Strangiato is ranked in my top guitar solos of all time. And I love the weird solo in Turn the Page. So strange but so... right. Turns out, a lot of his 80's solo's rocked, but in a completely different way than the 70's ones.
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 06:18 |
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I thought there were several solos on Villa. In may be wrong though my memory is poor. I presume we mean the quiet section that build up?
Edited by Snow Dog - August 06 2013 at 06:19
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 11:19 |
Snow Dog wrote:
I thought there were several solos on Villa. In may be wrong though my memory is poor. I presume we mean the quiet section that build up? |
Precisely. THE solo in my opinion.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 11:53 |
CKnoxW wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
I thought there were several solos on Villa. In may be wrong though my memory is poor. I presume we mean the quiet section that build up? |
Precisely. THE solo in my opinion.
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There are three: the intro classical guitar solo, the long build-up few couple minutes into the song, and then the weird one a bit afterwards, during the section when the tone switches to being more playful/Klezmer like. The Exit Stage Left version of that intro solo on electric guitar, by the way, is incredible and probably should have been included on my list.
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 13:19 |
La Villa Strangiato Freewill The Weapon Farewell To Kings Limelight Anthem The Analog Kid By-Tor YYZ 2112 (Discovery)
I always take solos for granted this helped me sort them out and really figure out the ones i love (besides the obvious ones).
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 13:26 |
Chemistry Kid Gloves Tom Sawyer A Farewell to Kings (the classical guitar intro)
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 15:27 |
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Anthem........wow, you've got me thinking now!!
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 15:31 |
Todd7 wrote:
Anthem........wow, you've got me thinking now!! |
What do you mean by that?
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Todd7
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 17:50 |
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What do I mean? I think Anthem has an awesome solo, perhaps a bit better than some songs on my list.
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Posted: August 06 2013 at 17:54 |
Todd7 wrote:
What do I mean? I think Anthem has an awesome solo, perhaps a bit better than some songs on my list. |
Aah I see haha.
Anthem best part is the solo section, give or take a couple of seconds :3 I like the other songs more.
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Posted: August 07 2013 at 11:25 |
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Favorite Lifeson solo? That's a good one. I'll have to think about it.
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Posted: August 07 2013 at 16:44 |
Ghost of a ChanceKid Gloves Marathon Emotion Detector Cut to the Chase The Anarchist The Garden The Camera Eye Mission 2112 VII Grand Finale
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Top 10 Alex Lifeson guitar solos
