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    Posted: November 27 2004 at 11:21

Alright, I haven't seen this done before, so I'll be working under the illusion of originality...

What is your favourite solo done by each instrument? Here are mine:

 

Guitar: Firth or Fifth by Genesis (Hackett) or (so what if it's overplayed?) Stairway to Heaven by Zeppelin (Page) (although many of Page's solos come so close to perfection...)

Drums: Moby Dick by Zeppelin (Bonham) or Nothing at All by Gentle Giant (?)

Keyboards: Illuminations by Eloy (?) or the Song Remains the Same version of No Quarter by Zeppelin (Jonesy!) (the part right before the guitar solo)

Bass: Incredible. I'm a bassist, and I can't think of one... help! Alright, a job for you progsters: find me some good bass solos! So, I suppose I'll say anything by me for right now (Is it not safe to assume that I'm one of the world's best bassists?).

Vocals: eh... the beginning of Knots by Gentle Giant I suppose.

 

Alright, well, that's what I could think of. There are plenty of solos that come pretty near to these, but in my opinion, these are the best.  And of course, while I just listed the main instruments commonly used in prog rock, feel free to put any instrument you want, as long as it has a good solo! Any good castanet solos out there?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 11:22
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 12:15
Originally posted by HaroldTheBarrel HaroldTheBarrel wrote:

Bass: Incredible. I'm a bassist, and I can't think of one... help! Alright, a job for you progsters: find me some good bass solos! So, I suppose I'll say anything by me for right now (Is it not safe to assume that I'm one of the world's best bassists?).

geddy lee's playing on "La Villa Strangiato", the rest of the hemispheres songs are bass heaven too!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 13:50
Thanks, I'll check that out! (I also hear that Fragile by Yes is the place to be if you're a bassist... I'll have to pick that up too.)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 14:38

As a bassist, I'm not keen on bass solos generally, but I do like (among many others);

JJ Burnel (Stranglers) - the 1977-1982 Collection is an ideal place to start.

Lemmy (Rockin' Vicars, Hawkwind 1972-1975, Motorhead 1975-now!).

Pete Trewavas (Marillion).

If I want pyrotechnics, I normally dig out my old Stanley Clarke albums .

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 15:06

Here we go:

Guitar: Houschang Nejedepour, Day Of Timestop From The Guru Guru album Dance Of The Flames.

Drums: Bill Bruford's solo on Perpetual Change of Yessongs.

Bass: Martijn Dresden's Solo from Anonymous from the first Focus album, In and Out Of Focus.

Keys: Emerson's solo from Fanfare For The Common Man.

Violin: Tough one. I like the violin solo by Jean Luc Ponty on Be Happy from the Mahavishnu Orchestra's Visions Of The Emerald Beyond.

I can't thin of any Bassoon , harmonica, banjo or French Horn prog solos.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 15:08

My favourite Solo is Han Solo.

My favourite Wookee is Chewbacca. ("MOOOW!")

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 16:00
anything by David Gilmour
keys anything by Tony Banks
can't think of good bass ones but I'll go with the
duelling Geddy does with Alex during the solos in
Freewill
And I HAAAAAAATE drum solos they are the sonic
equivalent of diet cigarettes - life is too short too be
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 16:26
good bass solos:

yes - the fish (i think that is the song composed on a bass)
the mars volta - take the veil cerpin taxt
metallica - (anaesthesia) - pulling teeth. a 4 minute godlike bass solo which is insanely fast
dream theater prolly have some too cos john myung is a monster on the 6 string bass

also check out "the three ep's" by the beta band for some spectacular bass parts.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 16:29
ooh and "orion" by metallica has a lush emotional bass solo in the middle. one of their proggiest pieces from the early years. cliff burton was such a god on the bass.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 17:33
stanley clarke on "romantic warrior" by rtf
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 17:34
Keith Emerson - Piano Improvisation on 'Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 17:36

Best guitar solos ; Edgar Froese's on "Beach Theme" - Thief (OST) and on the last 10 minutes at "Pergamon Part II" - Pergamon....

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 17:36

I heard Jimmy Page plays a mean gazoo on Stairway to Heaven

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 17:42
I just gave Genesis' A Trick of the Tail on my turntable, and that synth solo at the end of Entangled should be mentioned, but that's Tony Banks for you.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 17:45

guitar: Anything by Page, Gilmour or Hackett, take your pick (page no quarter live)

keys: also have to say "Jonesy's" no quarter solo live

bass: i find bass solos preatty boring so ill say the 10 sec. (approx.) bass solo by Rutherford in "Can Utility and The Coastliners". Short and sweet

Flute: Certain sections of Supper's ready by gabriel, intro to "Cross Eyed Mary" by Ian Anderson.

drums: ughh.......can anyone BUT drummers truly enjoy these?!.......ill say "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" just because its so off the wall.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 18:44

The Rhythm Method Or O Batistera - Neil Peart.

The greatest by the greatest what else could one add.......................?



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 19:13

Guitar: Easter (Rothery), Comfortably Numb (Gilmour), Firth of Fifth (Hackett), Inside my Heart (Bainbridge/Iona).

Bass: can't think of a good solo (apart from some jazz improvisations), so I'd say: anything by Tony Levin, Guy Pratt (live), Geddy Lee, Eberhard Weber and many others.

Drums: The Rhythm Method (Peart)

Keys: Further Away (Martin Orford/IQ), Mirror of the Heart (Lyle Mays), Cinema Show (Banks) etc.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2004 at 21:11
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

The Rhythm Method Or O Batistera - Neil Peart.

The greatest by the greatest what else could one add.......................?

I have always hated this dumb Rythm method stupid solo. So uncreative.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 28 2004 at 08:51
Julian Cope's face solo on Culture Bunker(Live) by The Teardrop Explodes.No joke


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