There are certain elements that remained the same over the years, but many of them grew melodically and rhythmically while others were dropped. His solo spots were a very organic place for experiment and growth.
He brought in the harmonizer by 86, and by 93 he found many new avenues with it. Even last year he was incorporating new things into his solo.
If you want to find someone who keeps playing the same solos year after year, just watch any Carlos Santana video. He has a smoking band and all, but he's been playing the same licks since Woodstock. But that tone is ever so sweet, so all is forgiven.
Mr.QueenFan · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]
BM solo's got boring in about 1974 because he only ever played the same thing...
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People keep saying that, but is there any evidence to reasonably back it up ?
Compare Earls Court 77 to Milton Keynes 82. The only thing that is same is the analog delay. Musically there is absolutely no overlap at all.
I think he was talking about his solos in general, not the particular Brighton Rock solo, but maybe he can clear it out.
By the way, great footage from Earls Court. On youtube it really seems like official HD at some places.
As far as Brian shredding, i really don´t know what to think. I´m a guitar player fan, and i used to listen to almost everything shredding. But in the end i came to realize that i allways come back to Brian and other melodic players. The music is what matters. Technique should be used to bring the best out of you when intepreting a song or melody. Unfortunatelly there are many guys that have technique, but can´t mach Brian on his composational skills, or even his tone and phrasing, and interpretation.
Having said this, i think that the most shredding piece i´ve heard Brian play was on Cyborg. The "Invisible Man" is incredible too, and it´s probably the most "strange" solo in rock that i have heard.
I remember that the first time i´ve heard it, i thought that the sound was computer generated and not a guitar- i hadn´t seen the video yet!- and you have to understand that in the 80´s, some games and computers used to generate sounds like the ones Brian played.
After i saw the video i thought that it was genius that Brian was inside a video game generating the exact same sounds i first thought to be computer generated. Maybe that was his intention!? But it´s a great piece of work.
AB-88 · Member since
The Invisible Man - Guitar Solo (See Attachment)
waunakonor · Member since
Heeeeeyyy guys, are we talking about my avatar?
Anyway, Brian's solos after 1974 were boring? Ah hah, that's a good one. I'll just direct you to matt z's comment, among other solos.
Graeme Arnott · Member since
Let`s not forget It`s Late.
Matias Merçeauroix · Member since
He has many cool chops all over The Miracle album. Specially on Was It All Worth It and there's some sweep picking on Chinese Torture too.
But no, I wouldn't say this is the only time he shredded. Brian doesn't do that, most of the time. We know that. But he does put a little extra twist to a lot of solos. Save Me has a pretty fast and tricky guitar lick towards the end of the solo. Same with Father To Son, Dead on Time and many others.
inu-liger · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
If you want to find someone who keeps playing the same solos year after year, just watch any Carlos Santana video. He has a smoking band and all, but he's been playing the same licks since Woodstock. But that tone is ever so sweet, so all is forgiven.[/QUOTE]
Incidentally I do find HIS solos to be trite one trick pony bore :-P
BradMay · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]jazzy mercurois wrote:[/b]
He has many cool chops all over The Miracle album. Specially on Was It All Worth It and there's some sweep picking on Chinese Torture too.
But no, I wouldn't say this is the only time he shredded. Brian doesn't do that, most of the time. We know that. But he does put a little extra twist to a lot of solos. Save Me has a pretty fast and tricky guitar lick towards the end of the solo. Same with Father To Son, Dead on Time and many others.[/QUOTE]
Brian May did some nice sweeppicking on Scandal aswell :)
(Everyone overlooks him as a guitarist, but he is a great one)
tomchristie22 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]BradMay wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]jazzy mercurois wrote:[/b]
He has many cool chops all over The Miracle album. Specially on Was It All Worth It and there's some sweep picking on Chinese Torture too.
But no, I wouldn't say this is the only time he shredded. Brian doesn't do that, most of the time. We know that. But he does put a little extra twist to a lot of solos. Save Me has a pretty fast and tricky guitar lick towards the end of the solo. Same with Father To Son, Dead on Time and many others.[/QUOTE]
Brian May did some nice sweeppicking on Scandal aswell :)
(Everyone overlooks him as a guitarist, but he is a great one)[/QUOTE]
True, it's so buried under all the synths that you can't hear much though. There's a crazy fast run coming out of the guitar solo which is very difficult to hear.
rschoorl · Member since
If you really want to hear Brian shred, listen to the track Brian plays with Soundgarden on the Alternative Energy CD. He totally goes out of his usual comfort zone and rips.
BradMay · Member since
Wich song is the best example?
Matias Merçeauroix · Member since
There's no proper sweep picking on Scandal. He picks note by note, which is clearly not sweep picking, by definition. He does this, the same way Steve Morse does. There's some of this on Was it All Worth it too, half of that and half of real sweep picking.
