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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 07/03/2008 : 06:01:15
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Eruption.
Overplayed, overhyped. So quintessential it's become cliche. Like Stairway, except Stairway is awesome.
I can't handle the "tour of all my guitar solo techniques" approach. The solo has to fit the song. I have a co-worker trying to sell me on Petrucci (for the last 3 years), but I can't get into it. Give me Akerfeldt anyday.
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The solo in "Easy" by FNM is the same as in the original, isn't it?
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 My 100th Post!
Written while burning one down.
I'm gonna crack a Moosehead in celebration. 
Wish I had Guinness..
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Edited by - verivorax on 07/03/2008 06:04:35 |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 07/03/2008 : 08:52:35
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Hi verivorax
Congrats. on your 100th Bronze member post.
Bronze is very close to Gold.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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redundant
Silver Member
Turkey
247 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2008 : 09:02:05
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Wish I had a Moosehead  |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2008 : 09:47:58
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Originally posted by FunkenGrooven
Franz I gotta agree with you on the U2 thing while the Edge isn't a shred monster he can create a soundscape and to me that is what a quality musician does. I found a clip of one of my fave songs from them where he plays a little "mini solo" at the end thats not on the original I was a young man going through a divorce when this song came out and if you can hang till the 4:52,53 mark he nails one note that makes your heart cave in, great stuff.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X0i93JSkYP4
On the other hand this guy though impressive technique does nothing for me musically, it's just something to show off to other guitar players, and didn't we all get started to impress the chicks anyway?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0C6XzzDDWOs&feature=related
As far as Neil Young goes how bout the 1 note solo in Cinnamon Girl...Yikes
I have to be honest here,that speed guy is amazing but it leaves me cold as well....there was a time when i aspired to that sort of stuff..i.e MacLaughlin etc... but not anymore...i'm no slouch and can rattle out a bit of good ol' rock n roll with the best of them but learning mindless scales.... nah i'll pass thanks...... i think the proof is in album sales,if you look at who moves people it is the likes of U2,Dylan,Young etc... one of the 'hair on the back of the neck' moments i got lately was on the neils live concert of the 'prarie wind' album where one of his band comes in with the steel guitar...real dirty slide sound...........
P.S.......Congrats on going bronze verivorax...i'll have a guinness for you later............. |
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TKO Ken
Silver Member
USA
162 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2008 : 21:48:42
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Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
CSN&Y-Down by the river
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Caliban
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 22:30:09
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TKO Ken
Silver Member
USA
162 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 01:44:01
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Originally posted by Caliban
Elvis Costello's "I Want You". Great song, truly appalling solo, even though it's only got two notes. It's about 3:20, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jln3aDC2FnM
WOW, that's truely aweful. Only two notes... and both in the wrong key |
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the-destructor
Silver Member
USA
334 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2008 : 16:11:44
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Here's one for ya. While each piece is neither horrible nor great, it lacks segway and flow horrifically.
"TNT - 10,000 Lovers (In One)" check it out.
Peace,
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TKO Ken
Silver Member
USA
162 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2008 : 18:19:30
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Originally posted by the-destructor
Here's one for ya. While each piece is neither horrible nor great, it lacks segway and flow horrifically.
"TNT - 10,000 Lovers (In One)" check it out.
Peace,
T-D
ouy! '80's hair metal |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
2232 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2008 : 00:32:02
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awesome thread
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right.
every time i hear it, i cringe
i find Slayer has a lot of bad ones.like they just reef on the whammy bar for the while thing.
ya i agree that Nirvana had a lot of bad uncreative singalong solos. a more talented guitarist could have helped out but then again it wouldnt have been nirvana like that.
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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/18/2008 : 18:51:38
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| I would say Audioslave had a few bum solos. I like Tom Morello a lot but some just don't work for me, like the one in Doesn't remind me. |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 05:46:55
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I just found something I saw about 10 years ago.. "Pungent Stench: Viva La Muerte".
The solo is bad, but not as bad as the mini-solos each band member gets immediately afterward.
Pungent Stench - Viva La Muerte
see 2:30 onward. Please remember they're supposed to be death metal.
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 05:56:47
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Originally posted by verivorax
I just found something I saw about 10 years ago.. "Pungent Stench: Viva La Muerte".
The solo is bad, but not as bad as the mini-solos each band member gets immediately afterward.
Pungent Stench - Viva La Muerte
see 2:30 onward. Please remember they're supposed to be death metal.
\m/
That's not so bad Do you think they take themselves seriously?
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 07/20/2008 : 16:24:41
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i remember being like 7 hearing Eruption for the first time before i played guitar and just staring at the speakers like whoa. i think its a perfect blend of speed, technique, length, TONE, and attitude. its like he had something to say and he didnt say too much or too little; it just fits perfectly and thats a rare thing.
remember EVH was the first of his kind and most of these techniques were not heard before (or in that context) and made famous by him. i think its an timeless epic masterpiece is all im saying and aside from maybe Machine Gun, is the most important piece of electric guitar histpry ever recorded.
although i do agree with you about Petrucci. i never could get into his stuff. hes obviously a great player but i think he falls a little short on the "total package."
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Originally posted by verivorax
Eruption.
Overplayed, overhyped. So quintessential it's become cliche. Like Stairway, except Stairway is awesome.
I can't handle the "tour of all my guitar solo techniques" approach. The solo has to fit the song. I have a co-worker trying to sell me on Petrucci (for the last 3 years), but I can't get into it. Give me Akerfeldt anyday.
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The solo in "Easy" by FNM is the same as in the original, isn't it?
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My 100th Post!
Written while burning one down.
I'm gonna crack a Moosehead in celebration.
Wish I had Guinness..
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Awful Guitar Solos
