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drumsandbass 
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 Posted: August 19 2005 at 17:54 |
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Renegade by Styx. And to be honest that one isnt one my favorite songs
either.
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Odd24
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 17:29 |
The keyboard solo in Genesis' Your own special way is really nothing special, the only flaw on W&W.
Sorry, Tony Banks, but I like your solos in The cinema show and Riding the scree much better.
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Retrovertigo
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 14:08 |
 Revan wrote:
me either...
Worst solos? Only one:
Oh yeah - Can
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el_Sethro
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 14:03 |
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the only one that comes to
mind is Neal Morse's keyboard/organ solo on TransAtlantic's "My New
World" at about 10:18. It's not very long, but It's not in the same key
as the rest of the song, and it doesn't work at all, in my opinion. The
rest of the song is absolutely teriffic, though.
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Who you gonna call?
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Wormboy
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 11:34 |
Zitro wrote:
Worst Guitar Solos :
_ Yes - The Ancient (slide guitar solo) |
YES! THANK YOU!
IIRC, I think it's a pedal steel guitar solo. Technically speaking.
The double coyote bad solo!
Occasionally a solo is single coyote bad: you gnaw your arm off to
remind you not to listen to it again. Double coyote bad is where
you gnaw your other arm off so you will never have the opportunity to
do it again! 
But seriously, it is probably the most self-indulgent, absolutely
clueless solo I've ever heard. Did he not know how awful it
sounds?
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nimrodel
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 11:09 |
i dont like the solo in bohemian rhapsody..
maybe i have heard it so many times that i cant stand it anymore..
but it has that feeling on it that it has too much emotion..
i know i suck
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We want... a shrubbery!
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Zitro
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 09:53 |
Lucky Man's solo?
That's probably the best keyboard solo I have ever heard in a pop song!
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salmacis
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 09:04 |
The studio version of 'July Morning' by Uriah Heep has quite a few fluffed notes from Ken Hensley on organ- I'm not really too critical of that though, I like it the way it is!!
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 09:02 |
NutterAlert wrote:
And drum solo...
I saw a double header of Carl Palmer Band and Blue Oyster Cult a few years ago in London.
CP was on first and was his usual excellent self. In fact his trio (then with Sean Baxter on guitar) were on great form, best show i've seen them do.
BOC came on next, and though good, near the end of their set the drummer has a drum solo spot that was, well pitifull. Seeing the legend of CP and this man in one night was quite a contrast.
This gig was reviewed later in one of the UK mags and the drummer, whose name I totally forgot, but who was fairly rotund, got a right pasting.
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Probably the drummer who played with Blue Öyster Cult was Chuck Bürgi - the worst drummer Rainbow ever had!
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Odd24
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 08:31 |
beterdedthnred4 wrote:
This may be blasphemy, but I just cannot take the atonal xylophone solo in Gentle giant's Knots |
How about the xylophone solo in Gentle Giant's The runaway. I think that is a jazz kind of solo (should be a nice topic: Jazz solos in prog music...)
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chopper
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 07:40 |
Jim Garten wrote:
beterdedthnred4 wrote:
This may be blasphemy, but I just cannot take the atonal xylophone solo in Gentle giant's Knots
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You think that's blasphemy? HAH!
I cannot stand the moog solo on ELP's 'Lucky Man' - cobbled together & stuck on at the last minute, totally inappropriate to the song, & whilst Emmo's noodling around, Lake gets bored & buggers off leaving Palmer to keep up the pretence of backing the moog, then even he thinks "sod this, I'm going for a pint" & just stops.
Great song, terrible ending. |
No, I like that solo. You should hear the version of Lucky Man on "The show that never ends". Now that is bad.
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NutterAlert
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 07:28 |
And drum solo...
I saw a double header of Carl Palmer Band and Blue Oyster Cult a few years ago in London.
CP was on first and was his usual excellent self. In fact his trio (then with Sean Baxter on guitar) were on great form, best show i've seen them do.
BOC came on next, and though good, near the end of their set the drummer has a drum solo spot that was, well pitifull. Seeing the legend of CP and this man in one night was quite a contrast.
This gig was reviewed later in one of the UK mags and the drummer, whose name I totally forgot, but who was fairly rotund, got a right pasting.
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Odd24
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 07:12 |
Uriah Heep - Gipsy
The keyboard solo really  RUINS the entire song.
Without solo 9/10, with solo 5/10.
I have made a special edit of this song and now I'm really satisfied with it.
Edited by Odd24
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BaldFriede
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 03:56 |
Jim Garten wrote:
BaldFriede wrote:
The worst guitar solo is, in my opinion, the first guitar solo in the
live version of "Sign" from Peter Hammill's live album "The Margin +"
(probably played by the man himself; he just ain't no lead guitar
player). The 2nd guitar solo by John Ellis is a lot better. But as
dilletantic as that first guitar solo is: I like it!
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There's a memory - I remember seeing Marillion on their first major
tour in 1983 & they were supported by a guy I'd never heard of with
his backing guitarist...
Peter Hammill & John Ellis.
If I knew then what I know now, eh? |
Fish is a great fan of Hammill; the covers of two Hammill albums ("Fool's Mate" and "Over") appear on the cover of "Fugazi".
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 03:34 |
BaldFriede wrote:
The worst guitar solo is, in my opinion, the first guitar solo in the
live version of "Sign" from Peter Hammill's live album "The Margin +"
(probably played by the man himself; he just ain't no lead guitar
player). The 2nd guitar solo by John Ellis is a lot better. But as
dilletantic as that first guitar solo is: I like it!
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There's a memory - I remember seeing Marillion on their first major tour in 1983 & they were supported by a guy I'd never heard of with his backing guitarist...
Peter Hammill & John Ellis.
If I knew then what I know now, eh?
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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BaldFriede
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 03:30 |
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The worst guitar solo is, in my opinion, the first guitar solo in the
live version of "Sign" from Peter Hammill's live album "The Margin +"
(probably played by the man himself; he just ain't no lead guitar
player). The 2nd guitar solo by John Ellis is a lot better. But as
dilletantic as that first guitar solo is: I like it!
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 03:27 |
beterdedthnred4 wrote:
This may be blasphemy, but I just cannot take the atonal xylophone solo in Gentle giant's Knots
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You think that's blasphemy? HAH!
I cannot stand the moog solo on ELP's 'Lucky Man' - cobbled together & stuck on at the last minute, totally inappropriate to the song, & whilst Emmo's noodling around, Lake gets bored & buggers off leaving Palmer to keep up the pretence of backing the moog, then even he thinks "sod this, I'm going for a pint" & just stops.
Great song, terrible ending.
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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BaldFriede
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 03:16 |
Publius wrote:
Holger Czukay's gutiar sounds exactly the same in every Can song I have heard so far... |
Holger Czukay played bass in Can. The guitar player was Michael Karoli (who died of cancer a few years ago).
By the way, we often see Holger Czukay, since he lives in Cologne,
where we live too. He is an instantly recognizable figure. Also his
face appears on many pillars in the Cologne underground, along with the
faces of other Cologne VIPs.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Logos
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 00:35 |
I won't bash any solos, but I gotta say to the guy who doesn't like the CttE organ solo: WTF???
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Trotsky
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 00:21 |
King of Loss wrote:
Zitro wrote:
LEts try the negative of things ... What is the worst Guitar solo and the worst keyboard solo you have ever heard?
Also include other horrid solos from other instruments.
Here I go:
Worst Keyboard Solo : Dream Theater - Live In Budokan - Keyboard Solo
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O C'mon, the first part of the solo wasn't really a solo. It was Jordan have sex with his keyboards 
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Hmmm, somebody just gave me this one this week ... not so sure I want to see it now
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