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Good call to the poster about See What A Fool I've Been - lots of very different solos all taking place, apparently randomly, but all slotting in with each other and falling in and out harmony
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Over the Field
Hard to say....probably It's A Hard Life or The Millionaire Waltz
joesilvey
Brian has dozens and dozens of amazing solos... the jazz band at the end of Good Company always astounds my ears, and so many classics that are so well-known, we often forget how brilliant they are.
I expect few if any to agree with me on this one, but another personal favorite for me is Rock It (Prime Jive). yes, it's simple, but the power under restraint in the beginning, then the blast out of the gate - just love everything about that few seconds...
I expect few if any to agree with me on this one, but another personal favorite for me is Rock It (Prime Jive). yes, it's simple, but the power under restraint in the beginning, then the blast out of the gate - just love everything about that few seconds...
Red5Nige
Sorry for bumping this 3 year old thread, but since I'm new here, I thought it'd better than oppening a new one.
About my favourite Queen guitar solo,
You Don't Fool Me, no doubt, although the one on Ride The Wild Wind is quite powerfull.
About my favourite Queen guitar solo,
You Don't Fool Me, no doubt, although the one on Ride The Wild Wind is quite powerfull.
The King Of Rhye
[QUOTE] [b]Red5Nige wrote:[/b]
Sorry for bumping this 3 year old thread, but since I'm new here, I thought it'd better than oppening a new one.
About my favourite Queen guitar solo,
You Don't Fool Me, no doubt, although the one on Ride The Wild Wind is quite powerfull.[/QUOTE]
Nice bump indeed! As I was just about to start a new thread on the topic of favorite solos by Brian..........well, this will do, then............
I think my personal favorite of all time (by Queen that is......yeah, I kinda put music into 2 categories.......Queen and non-Queen........ok thats an oversimplification, but it aint totally wrong!!!)
Anyway, my favorite solo by Dr May has to be in Killer Queen..........not really a shred-fest, tho Brian can do that.......melodic as all hell, tho, and excellently executed multi-tracking of different parts at the end......
That solo was one of the first things that kinda caught my attention about Brian in particular when I first started getting into Queen......I listened to that song on Greatest Hits (the 92 US version! heh.....that kinda dates me, dont it......) and got to the solo and thought 'wow that was awesome!'
I vaguely remember a quote from Brian somewhere saying something like a solo should be a little song in itself..........KQ is the best example of that.......
Umm.........other favorites? actually I forgot about YDFM before I saw this thread......that IS an awesome solo.....and Invisible Man too........nice to hear Brian shredding now and again :D
Amd if you wanna hear some totally shredding guitar solos..............listen to some Yngwie Malmsteen.........dang that guys got some freakin chops....
Sorry for bumping this 3 year old thread, but since I'm new here, I thought it'd better than oppening a new one.
About my favourite Queen guitar solo,
You Don't Fool Me, no doubt, although the one on Ride The Wild Wind is quite powerfull.[/QUOTE]
Nice bump indeed! As I was just about to start a new thread on the topic of favorite solos by Brian..........well, this will do, then............
I think my personal favorite of all time (by Queen that is......yeah, I kinda put music into 2 categories.......Queen and non-Queen........ok thats an oversimplification, but it aint totally wrong!!!)
Anyway, my favorite solo by Dr May has to be in Killer Queen..........not really a shred-fest, tho Brian can do that.......melodic as all hell, tho, and excellently executed multi-tracking of different parts at the end......
That solo was one of the first things that kinda caught my attention about Brian in particular when I first started getting into Queen......I listened to that song on Greatest Hits (the 92 US version! heh.....that kinda dates me, dont it......) and got to the solo and thought 'wow that was awesome!'
I vaguely remember a quote from Brian somewhere saying something like a solo should be a little song in itself..........KQ is the best example of that.......
Umm.........other favorites? actually I forgot about YDFM before I saw this thread......that IS an awesome solo.....and Invisible Man too........nice to hear Brian shredding now and again :D
Amd if you wanna hear some totally shredding guitar solos..............listen to some Yngwie Malmsteen.........dang that guys got some freakin chops....
BradMay
Mentioning Yngwie Malmsteen and Brian May in one sentence......
Anyways, i would rank, Back Chat and You Dont Fool Me as his best solo`s.
Back chat is very simple in terms of playing (it`s mostly just a major scale, a few pentatonic licks and some unison bends ) But it`s very effective.
You Dont Fool Me is just great solo, the bit were he plays a scale in a very staccato kinda way just sends shivers down my spine (No pun intended)
I really like Days Of Our Lives as well, that solo suits the song perfectly.
As for non Queen:
U2 - Love Is Blindness. (From Sydney `93)
U2 - Out Of Control.
U2 - The Fly (Great one to play!)
LedZep - Stairway To Heaven (Pentatonics only, but DAMN!)
Rolling Stones - Hand Of Fate (That`s a very tricky solo)
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Ya-Ya`s version)
Anyways, i would rank, Back Chat and You Dont Fool Me as his best solo`s.
Back chat is very simple in terms of playing (it`s mostly just a major scale, a few pentatonic licks and some unison bends ) But it`s very effective.
You Dont Fool Me is just great solo, the bit were he plays a scale in a very staccato kinda way just sends shivers down my spine (No pun intended)
I really like Days Of Our Lives as well, that solo suits the song perfectly.
As for non Queen:
U2 - Love Is Blindness. (From Sydney `93)
U2 - Out Of Control.
U2 - The Fly (Great one to play!)
LedZep - Stairway To Heaven (Pentatonics only, but DAMN!)
Rolling Stones - Hand Of Fate (That`s a very tricky solo)
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Ya-Ya`s version)
Invisible Woman
Back Chat,Killer Queen,I Want it All,Bijou,The Invisible Man...
Sebastian
[QUOTE] [b]BradMay wrote:[/b]
Mentioning Yngwie Malmsteen and Brian May in one sentence...... [/QUOTE]
Better to feature them in one photo.
Mentioning Yngwie Malmsteen and Brian May in one sentence...... [/QUOTE]
Better to feature them in one photo.
Bike It 80
"These Are the Days of Our Lives", because it's probably the most heartfelt solo Brian ever played;
"Good Company", because it's so clever;
"Put Out the Fire", because I really like that story of Brian being drunk and recording this solo, he really let it rip on this one!
"Good Company", because it's so clever;
"Put Out the Fire", because I really like that story of Brian being drunk and recording this solo, he really let it rip on this one!
mike hunt
Malmsteen could be mentioned in the same sentence as Brian. One of Malmsteens many influences was Brian May. Of course Malmsteen surpassed Brian by a country mile as a guitarist. Everything else goes to Brian.
mike hunt
I don't have one favorite solo, but father to son and flick of the wrist I like a lot. Good Company as well.