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What concert Brian played his very longest solo?
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The Real Wizard
One time he played in his basement for an hour straight.
brENsKi
all five of the gigs i went to between 79 and 86 - the solo seemed about the same length - fucking labouriously endless
Micrówave
...with a delay pedal, so when it was done there was still 2 or 3 seconds left just in case you hadn't heard enough!!!
MadTheSwine73
I don't know.
emrabt
Yoyogi National Gymnasium May 11, 1985
Brian played for a full half an hour, Starting with his improve solo for 13 minutes then eventually moving to "last horizon". After that he jammed for a while, combining the Japanese song "Sakura" and the British Folk songs "knees up mother brown" and "Any old iron", eventually ended with the surge into "Brighton rock".
At the end Brian explains that he always wanted to be a rag and bone man.
It's very clear on the audience recording.
"rag and bone man" might be hard for google to translate, sorry.
Brian played for a full half an hour, Starting with his improve solo for 13 minutes then eventually moving to "last horizon". After that he jammed for a while, combining the Japanese song "Sakura" and the British Folk songs "knees up mother brown" and "Any old iron", eventually ended with the surge into "Brighton rock".
At the end Brian explains that he always wanted to be a rag and bone man.
It's very clear on the audience recording.
"rag and bone man" might be hard for google to translate, sorry.
Hangman_96
Paris, 1st March 1979.
tomchristie22
[QUOTE] [b]emrabt wrote:[/b]
Yoyogi National Gymnasium May 11, 1985
Brian played for a full half an hour, Starting with his improve solo for 13 minutes then eventually moving to "last horizon". After that he jammed for a while, combining the Japanese song "Sakura" and the British Folk songs "knees up mother brown" and "Any old iron", eventually ended with the surge into "Brighton rock".
At the end Brian explains that he always wanted to be a rag and bone man.
It's very clear on the audience recording.
"rag and bone man" might be hard for google to translate, sorry.[/QUOTE]
Wait what, Last Horizon in '85? I don't know when it was written but it didn't appear on an album until 1994...
Yoyogi National Gymnasium May 11, 1985
Brian played for a full half an hour, Starting with his improve solo for 13 minutes then eventually moving to "last horizon". After that he jammed for a while, combining the Japanese song "Sakura" and the British Folk songs "knees up mother brown" and "Any old iron", eventually ended with the surge into "Brighton rock".
At the end Brian explains that he always wanted to be a rag and bone man.
It's very clear on the audience recording.
"rag and bone man" might be hard for google to translate, sorry.[/QUOTE]
Wait what, Last Horizon in '85? I don't know when it was written but it didn't appear on an album until 1994...
liam
They were all too bloody long!
Can't believe the band kept allowing him to do it! Definitely a toilet break moment.
Can't believe the band kept allowing him to do it! Definitely a toilet break moment.
emrabt
[QUOTE] [b]tomchristie22 wrote:[/b]Wait what, Last Horizon in '85? I don't know when it was written but it didn't appear on an album until 1994... [/QUOTE]
It was on Johns solo album "man in the shadows" long before that, under another title.
It was on Johns solo album "man in the shadows" long before that, under another title.
Bo Rhap
I think he did the right thing by shortening it to an hour long solo.After all,he had to let that pesky Freddie sing.
Graeme Arnott
The longer the better for me, ca`nt get enough of the glorious red special tone.
thomasquinn 32989
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Brian's solos are extremely dull, especially when compared to the rest of his songwriting and playing?
epson
I always skip the solos on bootlegs, dvds and live cd's but I always enjoyed watching him perform them live.
The Real Wizard
Sometimes his solos can be quite musical. The descending bit near the end of his solo spot at the famous Wembley show is one of the most gorgeous things he's ever come up with.
The longest solo spot on tape is Marbella 86. He does his thing for over ten minutes. He got carried away with the Chinese Torture bit ... he had just brought his harmonizer pedal into the act a few nights earlier.
His solo spot was an experimental thing for him. Ideas came and went. He kept the good ones and incorporated them in. But sometimes things got out of hand (and Brian wasn't the only guilty one), like on the European 78 tour. The vocal/guitar solo spots went on for over 15 minutes combined on some nights, like in Rotterdam.
I'd say the peak of Brian's solos was 1982 - definitely his most creative. If only there was more video from that US tour. Many reviews state that the sight of the lights chasing him around were a sight to behold.
The longest solo spot on tape is Marbella 86. He does his thing for over ten minutes. He got carried away with the Chinese Torture bit ... he had just brought his harmonizer pedal into the act a few nights earlier.
His solo spot was an experimental thing for him. Ideas came and went. He kept the good ones and incorporated them in. But sometimes things got out of hand (and Brian wasn't the only guilty one), like on the European 78 tour. The vocal/guitar solo spots went on for over 15 minutes combined on some nights, like in Rotterdam.
I'd say the peak of Brian's solos was 1982 - definitely his most creative. If only there was more video from that US tour. Many reviews state that the sight of the lights chasing him around were a sight to behold.