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urko 
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:04 |
Do u create your own Moog solos in that 70.s style?
Floyd used it on some track.....title escapes me...ive heard it throughout prog genre...i want to try to understand how that "feel" /technique is achieved .the only example that comes to mind at the moment is Deep Purple's "A" 2000 track from the "Burn" album...sounds quite funky actually
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Tiresias
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:07 |
I think they are specially made to have that signature sound. Most songs with Rick Wakeman in them by Yes will have a good Moog solo. Lonesome Electric Turkey by Zappa is basically one big Moog Jam. Dream Theater recently used one on Octavarium. Are they sampled like Mellotrons are?
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The Hemulen
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:15 |
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The best moog solos ever can be found on:
The Keys to Ascension rendition of Starship Trooper by Yes
Just the Same by Gentle Giant
The worst moog solo ever can be found on:
Lucky Man by ELP
*prepares to get hung from the nearest tree for blasphemy*
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:28 |
 Trouserpress wrote:
The best moog solos ever can be found on:
The Keys to Ascension rendition of Starship Trooper by Yes
Just the Same by Gentle Giant
The worst moog solo ever can be found on:
Lucky Man by ELP
*prepares to get hung from the nearest tree for blasphemy*
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:34 |
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I think 'Lucky Man' is an amazing solo, and Keith Emerson didn't even like it! However, it was one of the first and remains one of the best to me.
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:38 |
Trouserpress wrote:
The worst moog solo ever can be found on:
Lucky Man by ELP
*prepares to get hung from the nearest tree for blasphemy*
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Gonna have to agree with TP on that one, go ahead and hang me as well......
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:44 |
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Funny that Jon Lord's moog on Deep Purple was mentioned; I think if there was one keyboard player that should have stuck to the Hammond organ it was Lord; I find his Moog playing just average- 'A 200' is pure filler, and his solo on the California Jam version of 'Space Truckin' is unbelievably bad as it's like he was learning how to play it there and then.
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:47 |
meurglysIII wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
The worst moog solo ever can be found on:
Lucky Man by ELP
*prepares to get hung from the nearest tree for blasphemy*
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Gonna have to agree with TP on that one, go ahead and hang me as well......
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..with great pleasure!
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:49 |
I must mention one of my keyboard heroes here- Ken Hensley. He took to the Moog like a duck to water in my opinion- he played an outrageously good solo on the 'Live '73' version of 'Gypsy' and also on songs like 'Devil's Daughter' and 'Beautiful Dream'.
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 16:58 |
salmacis wrote:
I must mention one of my keyboard heroes here- Ken Hensley. He took to the Moog like a duck to water in my opinion- he played an outrageously good solo on the 'Live '73' version of 'Gypsy' and also on songs like 'Devil's Daughter' and 'Beautiful Dream'.
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what did you think of his move to Blackfoot? i've been a heep fan for 30 years or so - just wondered what you thought
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 17:03 |
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I've not heard his work with Blackfoot as yet, but I've heard most of Ken's other work- even his stint with WASP on 'The Headless Children'...
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 17:22 |
Snow Dog wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
The worst moog solo ever can be found on:
Lucky Man by ELP
*prepares to get hung from the nearest tree for blasphemy*
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Gonna have to agree with TP on that one, go ahead and hang me as well......
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..with great pleasure! |
It just seems so inappropriate on that song. It's a passable (well no,
quite poor, really) ballad that suddenly gets mauled at the end by the
weaving mess of a solo. Eugh.
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 17:44 |
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yeah the solo does not really belong but it still kicks ass
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 18:25 |
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One of my favourite moog solo is on the "THE REVEALING SCIENCE OF GOD" track by the great WAKEMAN.
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 19:04 |
Which version of Starship Trooper features the better Moog solo, Keys
to Ascention or Yessongs? I heard a live version of the song with an
incredible Moog solo at the end but I don't know which album it was
from  .
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ANDREW
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Posted: December 18 2005 at 20:17 |
Ty1020 wrote:
Which version of Starship Trooper features the better Moog solo, Keys to Ascention or Yessongs? I heard a live version of the song with an incredible Moog solo at the end but I don't know which album it was from . |
Maybe you have heard the "Yessongs" version. Here Mr. WAKEMAN played a wonderful synthesizer solo on the "Wurm" section. ( ENTIRE SONG LENGHT : 9:25)
But in "Keys to Ascension", "Starship Trooper" has a duet of solos by HOWE & WAKEMAN in the "Wurm" section very very nice. ( ENTIRE SONG LENGHT : 13:05).
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 11:14 |
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You may not like the solo on Lucky Man, but you have to admire KE's ability. He said he did the solo off the top of his head.
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 11:16 |
Trouserpress wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
The worst moog solo ever can be found on:
Lucky Man by ELP
*prepares to get hung from the nearest tree for blasphemy*
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Gonna have to agree with TP on that one, go ahead and hang me as well......
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..with great pleasure!
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It just seems so inappropriate on that song. It's a passable (well no, quite poor, really) ballad that suddenly gets mauled at the end by the weaving mess of a solo. Eugh.
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 14:25 |
The Old Castle By E.L.P. Great Moog Solo.!!!
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RoyalJelly
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Posted: December 19 2005 at 16:10 |
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Most beautiful Moog solos (IMHO):
Patrick Moraz on "To Be Over"
Eddie Jobson on Zappa's "I Promise Not to Come in
your Mouth" (Live in N.Y.)
Peter Wolf on Zappa's "Cy Borg" (Joe's Garage)
Jan Hammer on The First Seven Days", "The
Seventh Day"
Most Kick-Ass Moog Solos:
Emerson "The Old Castle"
Jan Hammer on The First Seven Days, "Darkness;
Earth in Search of a Sun"
Jan Hammer on Billy Cobham's "Quadrant 4"
(Spectrum)
Patrick Moraz "Sound Chaser"
Note the absence of Rick Wakeman from the list...
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