Best Prog. Classical Guitar Piece
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Topic: Best Prog. Classical Guitar Piece
Posted By: nousommedusolei
Subject: Best Prog. Classical Guitar Piece
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 01:54
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I probably missed a bunch, but this is off the top of my head. ------------- I don't believe in demons I don't believe in devils I only believe in you |
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Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 04:10
YES - Starship Trooper 
------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 05:27
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Hacketts 'Blood on the Rooftops' gets my vote Another one, not on the list is Howes intro to '..and you and I' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: John Gargo
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 09:04
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Is There Anybody Out There - Dave Gilmour One of the most haunting guitar pieces ever... |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 09:06
| Steve Howe on Queen's 'Inuendo'. |
Posted By: Vince
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 18:40
Mood for a day, but the classical version on the Symphonic Yes album 
------------- "The mind is like a parachute: it doesn't work until it's opened"... Frank Zappa. |
Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 18:46
| Horizons, seeing as I know how to play it |
Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 19:22
| Of the list I'll go with Hackett Horizon, but I think Classical gas from Jan Akkerman is absolutely amazing !! |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: April 26 2005 at 22:09
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My vote goes for the intr oto "Blood". But again, "Mood for a Day" was originally played on a Flamenco guitar (it also has nylon strings) and "Horizons" was originally recorded on a steel string acoustic guitar (therefore, not classical). |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 03:30
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Anyway, my vote goes for Hackett's 'Blood on the Rooftops', which I find to be just magical. I love that autumnal mood of the song. A pity he didn't play it in an acoustic live show I attended to last week. |
Progger wrote:Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 05:02
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GILMOUR ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 05:26
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Horizons for me....by the way did Gilmour really play the guitar on Is There Anybody Out There ? I thought that I read that someone else did it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 21:55
I was born in Andalucia, too, my friend, more specifically, Cádiz. I currently reside in Lima since 1986, but I spent the first 18 years of my life in that little Andalusian town. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 21:59
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Yes.. Gilmour really played guitar on ITAOT... geez And we all know how I feel about Gilmour..(and I'm certain you know how I feel about Greg Lake) but my favorite classical guitar solo is the acoustic solo by Greg on "Memoirs of an Officer and Gentleman".. "Love at First Sight". You have to hear it to see what I mean.. with Keith's acoustic piano that comes in with him... its a melter!! ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Yanns
Date Posted: April 27 2005 at 22:06
| I actually went with Is There Anybody Out There? I love Mood for a Day, but the first time I heard Is There Anybody Out There? I got chills. I love it. |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 03:37
Hey, so the famous (at least in prog fans circles) Cesar Inca has somthing in common with me! |
. Now I know of three Cadiz (province) born prog lovers: you, me and 'Engel', a guy who released a good Oldfieldish CD a couple of years ago. 
Sadly, never heard of more!.Posted By: Moribund
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 05:40
Um Im actually fairly sure he didn't actually. My vote away goes for the end section of The Ancient but if I'm allowed (coz it's a classical guitar piece played on an electric guitar) he middle section of Soundchaser (both Steve Howe) ------------- New Progressive Rock Live show now touring UK theatres! www.masterpiecestheconcert.co.uk |
Posted By: multitudinario
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 05:52
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Hello to everybody! I´m new in this forum. Please, forgive for my english, I know it´s very bad. I´m from Cadiz too, Paco. I was born in Algeciras and now I live in Madrid. It´s a great surprise to meet prog lovers from Andalucia. Well, for me the best piece of guitar are: - The end section of the Ancient (from Tales). - Mood for a day. |
Posted By: jojim
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 07:29
| A lovely intro of high quality is on the first UK Album (UK, without further title): the song is called "Evermore". Alan Holdsworth is playing classical guitar as an intro to the following artistic fight between him and Eddy Jobson on keyboards (synth, org. etc). It's a savourish track of music. |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 09:10
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Hello, Paco and Multitudinario. Earlier this year, a jazz guitarist named Andrés Olaegui (born in Puerto de Sta. María - Cádiz, of course) released an album called "Como Niños", full of excellent jazz with flamenco touches. He used to be one of the two guitarists in the band Guadalquivir, back in the late 70s. His website is located here: http://www.andresolaegui.net/ - http://www.andresolaegui.net/ Recommended -- pure talent from Southern Andalusia. Oh, by the way, Steve Stevens played some damn good flamenco stuff in both Bozzio Levin Stevens albums. Regards. |
Posted By: Andhi
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 12:36
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My vote goes to Blood on the Rooftops. That's probably my favourite song to play on classical guitar. ------------- It's only knock and knowall, but I like it... |
Posted By: Jaja Brasil
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 12:47
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 13:16
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the award goes to a non prog artist: eddie van halen's spanish fly ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: silvertree
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 14:12
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My vote goes to Hackett but deep in my heart I'd say PFM's majestic "Appena un po" (from the album Per un amico). |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 10 2005 at 21:35
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It´s not like it is my favorite...but it has not been mentioned...and frankly I can´t think right know of a better and more original piece of guitar work ...so I am gonna say Sailor´s Tales by mr. Fripp...in King Crimson of course... |
Posted By: Cygnus
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 02:59
| ALSO LISTEN TO THE INTRO OF LA VILA STRANGIATO |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 03:06
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I'm for Broon's Bane from Alex Lifeson ------------- 
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Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 03:32
Hey, I married a lady from Cádiz: does it count?
------------- Eppur si muove |
Posted By: midas man
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 03:48
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pink floyd-more:quiksilver,a spanish piece,...the main theme... jimi hendrix's intro on electric ladyland... is there anybody out there?prog-labeled piece!!!!
------------- life is a short warm moment and death is a long cold rest you get your chance to try in the twinkling of an eye eighty years with luck or even less |
Posted By: yesman72
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 21:04
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Mood For A Day by far.
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Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 19:00
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modd for a day for sure
This is cool...
------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 19:05
Blood on the Roof-tops!!!  ------------- 50 tonne angel falls to the earth... |
Posted By: thrang theng
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 09:47
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Out from the songs listed there, a tasty classical sound not mentioned yet (with steel strings guitar) is The Sage from Greg Lake in Pictures of an exibition. Another little preciousness is Peace a Theme from mr Fripp in The wake of Poseidon.
------------- Take my fire Take my food and water Forget about those promises Of social good and social order... |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 09:57
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Turn of the Century- but it's not there. ps. the tasty classical sounds mentioned above are folk sounds [edit] Howes best classical work is on the third movement of TFTO |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: October 02 2005 at 20:12
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Classical Gas was written by Mason Williams, not Jan Akkerman! My personal vote goes to Horizon, but al of these songs are absolutely awesome! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: fender101
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 04:02
True! I believe that someone else did it, I think the reason was that the floyd were under imense pressure to get the album out as soon as possible and David just couldnt play this that well so they brought in another guitarist so they could get it down. Although David is a brilliant guitarist lets never forget that technicaly he isnt.
Voted mood for a day but THE CLAP is better ------------- Well McGarnical Billy is dead! They slit his throat from ear to ear! |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: October 03 2005 at 05:24
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I'll go for Mood for a day out of the choices...
------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |