Favorite Solo
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Topic: Favorite Solo
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Subject: Favorite Solo
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 20:17
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SHUT UP! I know this has been done before so don't don't wine, I know we're all Adults here or at least we feel like one. With all the talk about musical begginings and finales, and reapeted threads why not mention your favorite solos.......again. I'm sure some of you have discovered more "music" resently, maybe even a minute ago! What particular solo's get you off? Me: Watermelon In Easter hay - Frank Zappa For the love of god - steve vai anthing steve hackett plays Embryo - on bootlegged Pink Floyd recordings paganini's caprices (if you wanna call them solo's) anything robert fripp plays especially Larks' tounges material, whatever with Brian eno, and mate kudasai soon - yes |
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Posted By: selling_echoes
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 20:45
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David Gilmour solos. Echoes and Shine On You Crazy Diamond especially. Narcissist or not that man is high, high on my pedestral. Steve Hackett riffs. All of them. The one in Can Utility gets to me everytime, it's simple as hell but I love, I love. Dave Murray's solo in Hallowed Be Thy Name, and the one in Alexander The Great. Kirk Hammett's solo in Fade To Black. Jimmy Page The entire Stairway song. Kurt Cobain for Smells Like Teen Spirit (I'm kidding.) |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 20:57
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Keyboardsolo - Jon Lord (Deep purple), Burn drumsolo - Neil Peart, Oh Batistuta bass-solo - Chris Squire - Nous sommes de soleil accoustic guitar solo - Steve Howe & Jimmy Page all their works electric guitar solo - Brian May - Princes of the universe (way too short) ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 21:10
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On the risk of having repeated myself many times: 0) Van Halen - Eruption 0A) Van Halen - Fools 1) Marillion - Jigsaw 1A) Marillion - She cameleon 2) Steve Hackett - Spectral mornings 2A) Steve hackett - Every day 3) Rush - Marathon 4) Rush - Here again ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 21:45
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I'm not as big a fan of solos as I used to be (back in the metalhead days I could have made a list that was several pages long). But there are still plenty of great ones. Apart from the usual prog supsects (Zappa, Howe and Fripp, especially), I have a lot of admiration for the tasty guitar solos in Prince's "Lady Cab Driver" and Smashing Pumpkins' "Starla", as well as the classic "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers. Weezer does an incredible, almost post-rock guitar solo buildup at the end of "In Dreams". Television's "Marquee Moon" guitar solo is one of my all-time favorites, too. Non-guitar? The harmonica in Talk Talk's "The Rainbow" gets me every time, and so does the sax solo after the first verse of Van Morrison's "Crazy Face". I love the organ solos in Deep Purple's "Lazy". For bass, it doesn't get any better for me than Les Claypool on "Tommy the Cat". And I can't imagine a flute solo that would beat the one from "My God" by Jethro Tull (but I don't know too many flautists anyway). ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 05:20
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All the Zappa solos.Specially INCA ROADS.Best solo I ever heard. Organ solo by Keith Emerson Stones of years( but from the live album welcome back my friends.... not from Tarkus. Bass solo Patric O'hearn (Zappa's sleep dirt album-song Ocean is the ultimate solution) drum solo -everything of Carl Palmer |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 05:27
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It's still Yo'Mamma But I quite like the solo in Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 as well.
------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
. Good old Zappa.Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 05:58
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Inca Roads "Take it away Ruth" |
Posted By: Proghead
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 06:18
Ruth Underwood, does anyone know what happened to her 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 06:38
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La Villa Strangiato,Xanadu,Limelight oh hell most of Alex Lifeson's solos are brilliant. Eddie Van Halen- Human's Being. Ted Nugent-Stranglehold Frank Marino-Somethings Comin My Way Howe/Wakeman - Starship Trooper (esp Keys To Ascension) Gary Moore/Don Airey - Fighting Talk (Wardances-Colosseum II) All Skin And Bone - Jon Hiseman (Electric Savage-Colosseum II) Michael Schenker - Rock Bottom (live) (Strangers In The Night-UFO) Gary Moore - Black Rose (Thin Lizzy-Black Rose) and of course: Dave Gilmour-Comfortably Numb To name but a few of thousands. I love guitar and keyboard solos er and bass and drums and violins and........
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Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 06:40
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...And so widespread question again! %-) Well, Guitar solos: Steve Howe - a lot of them in THE GATES OF DELIRIUM, INTO THE LENS, MIND DRIVE, THE REMEMBERING... Jimi Hendrix: VOODOO CHOLE, ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, FIRE, PURPLE HAZE, 1983... Robert Fripp: a lot of his solo-"soundscapes" Steve Hackett: THE LAMIA (the end!), AFTER THE ORDEAL... Ritchie Blackmore: CHILD IN TIME, SPEED KING, LIGHT IN THE BLACK... etc...
Keyboard solos: Tony Banks: IN THE CAGE, RIDING THE SCREE, THE WAITING ROOM, CINEMA SHOW... John Lord: SPEED KING, ANTHEM, RAT BAT BLUE... Manfred MAnn: a lot of. Rick Wakeman: a lot of Vangelis: a lot of Keith Emerson: a lot of etc... ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: Pixel Pirate
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 08:13
Trying to be original ,I would nominate a couple of Zlatco Pericas amazing guitarsolos in Tangerine Dream,namely the acoustic one in "Firetongues" and what must surely be one of the greatest electric guitar solos ever: "Galley Slave's Horizon". And my favourite of all guitarists,living or dead: Mike Holmes. Any of his solos will do as an example,but the ones in "Common Ground","Came Down","Zero Hour" and "Harvest Of Souls" truly stand out even among the excellence of the others.------------- Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. |
Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 08:31
You think so too?Great. |
Alucard wrote:Posted By: lobster41
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 15:42
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Guitar - Prog - Marillion "Sugar Mice" - more emotion per note than any other Guitar - Non-Prog - UFO "Rock Bottom" (Strangers in the Night album) - seven minutes of pure shred Bass - Talas "NV43345" - Compiled on Billy Sheehans "Best of Talas" CD - 22 years later, and I am still amazed Sax - Clarence Clemons "Jungleland" or "independence Day" - just listen and you'll know why
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Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 15:47
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Maybe "Han" or "Napolean"..... Maybe neither....Oh instrumental solos...Too many to list !
------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: benny bouncer
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 16:25
| Keith Emerson, Piano Improvisation from 'Welcome Back My Friends to the show that never ends' |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 17:10
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Keith Emerson - Hammond Solo on ELP- Karn Evil 9 1st impression Pt2 Keith Emerson - Hammond Solo on ELP - Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression Keith Emerson - Piano solo that is ELP -2nd Fate Keith Emerson - Moog Solo in ELP - The Old Castle Mike Holmes - Guitar Solo in IQ - The Last Human Gateway Cozy Powell - Drum Intro for Rainbow - Stargazer Darryl Way - Electric Violin solo on Curved Air - Vivaldi Greg Lake - Acoustic Guitar Solo on ELP- The Sage Steve Howe -Acoustic Guitar Solo on Yes - Turn of The Century Rick Wakeman - Church Organ Solo on Yes - Close To The Edge Geddy Lee - Bass Solo on Rush - Freewill Ian MacDonald - Flute Solo on King Crimson - I Talk To The Wind Kerry Minnear - Tuned percussion solo on Gentle Giant - Funny Ways |
Posted By: Lunarscape
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 22:34
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Andy Powell on ASHES ARE BURNING Wakeman-Howe on STARSHIP TROOPER (Keys version) Zappas Guitar on WATERMELONS ON EASTERN HAY Edgar Froeses Guitar on PERGAMON and on BEACH THEME Jon Lords Hammond on MISTREATED (California Jam) Bramhall III - Andy Fairweather Low - Snowy White on COMFORTBLY NUMB Tony Banks Piano on FIRTH OF FIFTH Vangelis - LOTS OF (Sax solo on LES PETITE FILS DU LA MER) Peter Barden keyboards on LADY FANTASY Focus LOTS OF __________ Lunar ------------- Music Is The Soul Bird That Flies In The Immense Heart Of The Listener . . . |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: December 10 2004 at 23:30
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Greg Lake - Acoustic Guitar Solo - ELP- The Sage Greg Lake - Acoustic Guitar Solo - ELP- From the Beginning Greg Lake - Lead Guitar Solo - ELP- KE9, Pt. 1 - 2 Keith Emerson - Piano solo- ELP -2nd Fate Keith Emerson - Hammond Solo on ELP- Karn Evil 9 1st impression Pt2 Keith Emerson - Hammond Solo on ELP - Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression Keith Emerson - Piano Solo in ELP - An Officer & A Gentleman (Love at First Sight) Carl Palmer - Percussion Solo - ELP - Toccata David Gilmour - Guitar Solo - PF - SOYCD; Comfortably Numb, Marooned, Coming Back to Life, Sorrow, Time, Dogs David Gilmour - Guitar Solo - Raise My Rent; Lets Get Metaphysical Steve Howe - Yes - Sound Chaser John Tout - Renaissance - Can You Understand
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Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 00:27
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Update: I just got this today. Every aspect of this album has totally blew me away. Anything Frank Zappa plays on "Burnt weeny sandwhich" Especially "House where we used to live" It's put on a zappa mod all day. I bought it cause misplaced childhood was too expensive for my poorness, but this makes me glad i'm poor. If i wasn't i would have never pickep up this album. Buy it or steal or download it or borrow it or copy it, it's the music your looking for anyways right not the cover or price (unless you don't have enough money like me |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: December 11 2004 at 01:56
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Anything displayed by David Gilmour
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: kniprekcor
Date Posted: December 29 2004 at 06:23
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for sure the greatest guitar-solos ever are made by one man
DAVID GILMOUR the greatest ever out of those is the intensely-played COMFORTABLY NUMB in the live album PULSE in 1995 . |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: December 29 2004 at 08:06
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ZAPPA - YO MAMA - INCA ROADS - BLACK NAPKINS - WATERMELON IN EASTER HAY - FILTHY HABITS - etc. etc. etc |
Posted By: Captain Fudge
Date Posted: December 29 2004 at 08:19
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Not in order of value: Robert Fripp- In The Court of The Crimson King ( the song!) - guitar Rick Wright-Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - synth Various guitars: Kurt Cobain- Endless, Nameless Thruston Moore- Empty Page Geoprge Harrison- As My Guitar Gently Weeps ------------- 
Teenage sucks hard -- Emo sucks even harder Epic. Simply epic. |
Posted By: selling_echoes
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 01:15
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" Kurt Cobain- Endless, Nameless " That ... is beyond true. I didn't know people knew that song. Sad thing is I discovered it reading a book on who killed Kurt. |
Posted By: chorus of one
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:22
Doesn't Eric Clapton play that? Edit: I know it's a Beatles song, just talking about the solo. |
Posted By: benny bouncer
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:26
 Yeah, i think Clapton did play that
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Posted By: Metropolis
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:29
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Its a Beatles song ------------- We Lost the Skyline............ 
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Posted By: chorus of one
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:30
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Well no it's a Beatles song, but I'm pretty sure Clapton played the solo on that track. Great song anyway. |
Posted By: Captain Fudge
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:47
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Corrrect me if I'm wrong, I've got a life ahead of me and i don't want to burdened by my own stuypidity -------------
Teenage sucks hard -- Emo sucks even harder Epic. Simply epic. |
Posted By: chorus of one
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:49
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It's ok, we can't all know everything.
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Posted By: Captain Fudge
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 07:51
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Oh, BTW, NIrvana is the first good band I ever listened to. Still got all their albums and singles and I still loove them, Echoes! But I'm not talking about the crappy version of Endless, Nameless, the hidden track on their landmark Nevermind, I'm talking about the longer, rawer, badder vesion recorded withJohn Peel for the BBC. BTW, R.I.P JOHN PEEL, we'll miss you! -------------
Teenage sucks hard -- Emo sucks even harder Epic. Simply epic. |
Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 10:46
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John Petrucci - Trial Of Tears, Beyond This Life (the version on the recent
Budokan set is sensational) Steve Rothery - almost everything, but especially This Strange Engine and Neverland. |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 12:55
I also like one Clapton did not play. The slide solo at the end of the first part of Layla which Duane Allman plays.
Reed Lover named one of my all time favorites in The Black Rose Gary Moore with Thin Lizzy (or vise versa) 5150 the entire song by Eddie Van Halen Ritche Blackmores Child in Time Jeff Beck- The entire Blow by Blow album Some Keyboard moments Keith Emerson Stones of Years and anything on Piano Tony Banks- Firth of Fifth and Watcher of the Skies Steve Walsh- The Spider Kerry Livgren-Song for America Rick Wakeman Organ solo on Roundabout and Robby Stienhartd on Dust in the Wind and Song for America
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: Tarkustra
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 16:09
i can go with all these, just leave out renaissance cause i haven't really heard them.
------------- When you speak, is it you that hears? Are your ears full? You can't hear anything at all. |
Posted By: Eddy
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 16:44
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guitar-steve howe on awaken! pure coolness! drums-the end part of augm from cans tago mago!Pure craziness! keyboard-either rickwakeman on awaken or keith emerson on tarkus. VOCAL-0goes to starship trooper by yes. base-um.......i dont know |
Posted By: Wizard/TRueStar
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 17:52
Todd Rundgren's Version is pretty good |
Posted By: Rob The Good
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 20:08
I've always loved Steve Hackett's "Horizons". Keith Emerson's piano solo on "Take A Pebble" is fantastic! Actually, whenever any member of ELP solos it's usually REALLY good. Here we go though people, in my opinion, the greatest hard rock solo out there: Mick Box's guitar solo (you could say duel, with Lee Kerslake on drums) on "The Magician's Birthday". I LOVE IT!!  ------------- And Jesus said unto John, "come forth and receive eternal life..." Unfortunately, John came fifth and was stuck with a toaster. |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: December 30 2004 at 23:12
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In "The Concert for Bangla Desh", both Eric Clapton and George Harrison played lead guitars in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". Other solos: Trevor Rabin: "Hearts", "Endless Dream". Rick Wakeman: Hammond organ solo in "Close to the Edge" (Yessongs live version), synth solo in "Parallels" (Yesshows live version) Patrick Moraz/Steve Howe:"The Gates of Delirium" "battle" section. Steve Hackett/Tony Banks (or Daryl Stuermer/Tony Banks in live versions):"Ripples" Steve Hackett/Tony Banks:"...in that quiet earth", "The Musical Box" Steve Hackett: "The Knife" (Genesis Live, 1973), "The Fountain of Salmacis" Tony Banks: "Apocalypse in 9/8" (Supper`s Ready), "Cinema Show", "Robbery,Assault & Battery" Mick Box/Ken Hensley : "Circle of Hands" in Uriah Heep`s "Live January 1973" album. Carl Palmer:percussion solo in "Karn Evil 9" ("Welcome back my friends..." live album) Keith Emerson:"Knife Edge" and many more... |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: December 31 2004 at 01:43
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Chick Corea - Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant part I, Minimoog Solo w/ Return to Forever Sick. Just. Sick. If you haven't checked it out, check it. Its good. Real good. ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |