Best rockwank guitar solo?
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Freebird is the obvious choice but Ricardo Blackmore's astonishing performance on Rainbow's 'A Light in The Black' represents fretboard twiddlitus of the most severe kind.
The problem with the analysis is confusing solo with riff - any moron can produce a riff - the real art exists soley in the realm of pretentious, preferably fast, grinding axe attacking.
To wit, Judas Priest's twin approach on 'Steeler' or 'Thunder & Lightning' by Phil Lynott's mob.
Speaking of mobs, there's a wealth of unacknowledged moshismic guitar jism oozing from every crevice of early Dio era'd Sabbath: from Mob Rules, 'Turn Up The Night' and in particular 'Falling Off The Edge of The World' have both seen me commit minor transgressions with garden hosery.
In fact, my old mate Antoinne d'Iommi is the absolute man for frenzied concentrations of utterly controlled but blitzkreigially intense minor solos, burning twice as bright if not quite so long as the aforementioned 'good old southern boys.'
The great thing about Maiden is, that no matter how 'establishment' they become, you can always rely on classic swordplay at some point on an album, even if 80% of it resides in the 'not exactly exceptional' department.
The problem with the analysis is confusing solo with riff - any moron can produce a riff - the real art exists soley in the realm of pretentious, preferably fast, grinding axe attacking.
To wit, Judas Priest's twin approach on 'Steeler' or 'Thunder & Lightning' by Phil Lynott's mob.
Speaking of mobs, there's a wealth of unacknowledged moshismic guitar jism oozing from every crevice of early Dio era'd Sabbath: from Mob Rules, 'Turn Up The Night' and in particular 'Falling Off The Edge of The World' have both seen me commit minor transgressions with garden hosery.
In fact, my old mate Antoinne d'Iommi is the absolute man for frenzied concentrations of utterly controlled but blitzkreigially intense minor solos, burning twice as bright if not quite so long as the aforementioned 'good old southern boys.'
The great thing about Maiden is, that no matter how 'establishment' they become, you can always rely on classic swordplay at some point on an album, even if 80% of it resides in the 'not exactly exceptional' department.
derestrictor said:
In fact, my old mate Antoinne d'Iommi is the absolute man for frenzied concentrations of utterly controlled but blitzkreigially intense minor solos, burning twice as bright if not quite so long as the aforementioned 'good old southern boys.'
Hasn't Mr Iommi got some sort of prosthetic finger tips? I seem to remember reading somewhere that he lost the tips of his fingers in some sort of accident and that they were replaced with something else. Is this true?
Talking of Ritchie Blackmore, I saw Rainbow at Wembley Arena some time in the 80's, and Mr Blackmore was obviously in a bad mood. At the end of the concert, the band left the stage and the crowd were calling for an encore. It became obvious that there would be no encore, and seats were ripped out and thrown onto the stage. Eventually, we all left.
The following week, RB was interviewed in Sounds. When asked about the lack of an encore, he replied "I just went for a piss and when I got back everybody had gone!"
Classic!
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