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Posted: July 03 2007 at 21:33

Han

I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?

DaysEnd

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Posted: July 03 2007 at 22:43

Has anyone heard any of Keith Emerson's piano impromptus? There's one on Return Of The Manticore sandwiched between a live recording of Lucky Man and Take a Pebble. Pure classical, jazzical, and prog glory. Could it really be impromptu?

Also pretty much everything off of Six Wives Of Henry VIII by Rick Wakeman. Jane Seymour is some of the best contemporary church organ stuff I've heard. Not to mention his work with the moog.

And guitar solos, hmm... Well, they've had a lot of say already.

All the old familiar choruses come crowding in a different key: Melodies decaying in sweet dissonance.

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Posted: July 04 2007 at 16:03

Neil Peart's triangle solo in Hemispheres.

Prog rock needs more triangle solos imo

Deus_Nova

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Posted: July 04 2007 at 19:13

Dream Theater (John Petrucci) - Under A Glass Moon, Rush (Alex Lifeson) - Kid Gloves, Queensryche (Michael Wilton) - Empire, IQ (Mike Holmes) - Leap Of Faith

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Posted: July 14 2007 at 11:23

Most of these are not "prog-solos", but here's the list:
1. Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land (Adrian Smith)
2. Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere In Time (Adrian Smith)
3. Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great (Adrian Smith)
4. Iron Maiden - Wasted Years (Adrian Smith)
5. Iron Maiden - No More Lies (Adrian Smith)
6. Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death (Adrian Smith)
7. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (Both solos by Adrian Smith)
8. Iron Maiden - The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner (Adrian Smith)
9. Iron Maiden - The Wickerman (Adrian Smith)
10. *ALL the other solos played by Adrian Smith*
11. Pink Floyd - Time (David Gilmour) (and probably all the other solos by Gilmour as well)
12. Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls (Marty Friedman)
13. Rush - La Villa Strangiato (Alex Lifeson)
14. King Diamond - Arrival (Andy LaRocque)
15. Deep Purple - Highway Star (Ritchie Blackmore)
16. King Diamond - Black Horsemen (Andy LaRocque, the acoustic one)
17. Rush - YYZ (Alex Lifeson)

etc etc etc....

What can I say? Adrian Smith is the BEST.

And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away
in the tidal destruction the moral melee.

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Posted: July 14 2007 at 12:03

Anyone who doesn't think Machine Gun by Jimi Hendrix doesn't contain the best guitar solo hasn't heard it. LOL

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Posted: July 14 2007 at 15:10

Rush- O'Baterista (Neil Peart)

Zappa- The Black Page Drum Solo (Terry Bozzio)

Primus- Jellikit (Tim Alexander)

DT- The Dance of Eternity (John Myung)

Yes- The Fish (Chris Squire)

Rush- La Villa Strangiato (Alex Lifeson)

Led Zeppelin- Since I've Been Loving You (Jimmy Page)

Hendrix- Machine Gun

Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb (David Gilmour)

Genesis- Firth of Fifth (Hackett)

King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid Man (Robert Fripp)

Anaon

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 16:44

Deep Purple - Highway Star
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Genesis - Firth of Fifth
Genesis - The Knife
Marillion - Easter
Marillion - Splintering Heart
Rush - La Villa Strangiato

Edited by Anaon - July 20 2007 at 16:45

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micky

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 16:51

Wilf Gibson (violin) ELO - Roll over Beethoven

absolutely wild and demonic... Clap

The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 16:55

At the moment, Erik Sayle's solo in Common Ground's Numerology

Dean

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 18:09

Richie Blackmore's solo from When A Blindman Cries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAZyjARWKzM - so simple, so pure, so sweet (and made even sweeter by the thought that he hates the song so much)

Though I am warming to this version with Steve Morse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_XJf1TAzU - His violinning intro is a pleasure to watch (just watch his pinkie-finger around the 1:20 mark)

However, this version by someone or other really famous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEF6YO-VcVg - while being very flash and stuff, just misses the point completely.

What?

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 18:26

StyLaZyn wrote:

progismylife wrote:

Rush - Neil Peart - The Rhythm Method off of Different Stages

Neil Peart solos...enough said.

No other drummer, for a major band, has constructed solos in such a listenable format. His solos are compositions not wailing fests.

You should listen to the solos of Moerlen.

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 18:33

easily and obviously the Hammond solo in apoc in 9/8 from supper's ready

febus

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 19:14

the CLEM CLEMPSON guitar solo on LOST ANGELES from COLLOSSEUM ''LIVE''

obiter

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 19:22

The Zoo ... Schenker/Scorpions
Comfortably Numb .... Gilmour/Floyd
Cliffs of Dover .... Eric Johnson
Crazy Mama .... JJ Cale
Different Strings .... Lifeson/Rush

and of course

Roisin Dubh/Black Rose ... Gary Moore/Scott Gorham at their best with Thin Lizzy (awesome live)

Edited by obiter - July 20 2007 at 19:29

An té nach mbíonn láidir ní folláir dó bheith glic

jimmy_row

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 20:39

Here's what I have at the moment (guitar only)"

Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth, Genesis Revisited version (not one solo list from myself would be complete without it, I should also mention The Musical Box, Moonlit Knight, Fountain of Salmacis....ah forget it)

Jan Akkerman (Focus) - toward the end of Birth

Steve Rothery (Marillion) - The Web and Chelsea Monday from the same album

Kerry Livgren and Rich Williams (Kansas) - intro to The Wall

Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers) - Jessica

Andy Latimer (Camel) - Lady Fantasy

Martin Barre (Tull) - Back Door Angels

Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman

I tried to stick to one's most people have heard, so these are all fairly common. I'll be back later with fave keyboard solo's...come to think of it it will be hard to control myself on that one

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 21:29

Roman Bunka's solo at the end of "Heartbreak" from his first album "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" is one of my absolute favourites. Also his solo in "Lost Scooters" on the "Live" album of Aera.
And, by the way, why is he still not in the archives as a solo artist? The album mentioned above is one of the very best prog albums ever, in my opinion..

Edited by BaldFriede - July 20 2007 at 21:30

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cuncuna

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 21:47

I'm more of a Lando Calrissian fan, I think...

¡Beware of the Bee!

Dirk

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 21:56

While i'm not a typical Yes fan my favorite musical moment is the 3-4 minutes after the i get up/down solo from Anderson. Wakeman and also the rest of theband are totally incredible in the section thereafter. All of this is better on Yessongs than on their studio material, imo Yes performs far better live than studio in the first place.

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Posted: July 20 2007 at 22:03

Has anyone heard the outro solo from Of Once And Future Kings by Pavlov's Dog?

Magnificent.